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Epic Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce - 2016
Now an animated series with Paramount+ and Nickelodeon!Happy Birthday to the New York Times Best Seller, Big Nate! Celebrate twenty-five years of the Big Nate cartoon strip with this jam-packed compendium of everything you've ever wanted to know about the character and Lincoln Peirce, the creator behind him.If there's one word that Big Nate would use to describe himself, it would be E-P-I-C! And so is this slipcased, jam-packed book full of cartoons and memorabilia celebrating 25 years of Lincoln Peirce’s long-running comic strip: Epic Big Nate. Hundreds of cartoons, selected by Peirce and presented with his witty and informative commentary, trace the evolution of the Big Nate comic strip and its colorful cast of characters. Also included is an exclusive Q&A featuring Peirce and Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney, detailing the friendship and mutual admiration that contributed to each cartoonist’s success. Featuring highlights from 1991 to 2015, Epic Big Nate is a must-have for Big Nate fans of all ages!
Puffin Graphics: Frankenstein
Gary Reed - 2005
But when his creature first stirs, he realizes he has constructed a monster. Abandoned by its maker and shunned by everyone who sees it, the monster turns on its creator and haunts Dr. Frankenstein with murder and horrors to the very ends of the earth. Artist Frazer Irving's cinematic and moving portrayal of the doctor and his creation is sympathetic and powerful.
WE HEREBY REFUSE: Japanese American Resistance to Wartime Incarceration
Frank Abe - 2021
Three acts of defiance. One mass injustice.The story of camp as you’ve never seen it before. Japanese Americans complied when evicted from their homes in World War II -- but many refused to submit to imprisonment in American concentration camps without a fight.In this groundbreaking graphic novel, meet:-- JIM AKUTSU, the inspiration for John Okada’s No-No Boy, who refuses to be drafted from the camp at Minidoka when classified as a non-citizen, an enemy alien;-- HIROSHI KASHIWAGI, who resists government pressure to sign a loyalty oath at Tule Lake, but yields to family pressure to renounce his U.S. citizenship; and-- MITSUYE ENDO, a reluctant recruit to a lawsuit contesting her imprisonment, who refuses a chance to leave the camp at Topaz so that her case could reach the U.S. Supreme Court.Based upon painstaking research, We Hereby Refuse presents an original vision of America’s past with disturbing links to the American present.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Kin Platt - 1973
The Ageless classic now in Comics
Cautionary Fables and Fairy-tales
Kel McDonaldJoe Pimenta - 2012
Old Tale of Magic and Woe.Come see Kate Ashwin (Widdershins & Darken), Kory Bing (Skin Deep), Marcy Cagle (Kiwi Blitz), KC Green (Gunshow), Kel McDonald (Sorcery 101), Joe Pimenta (A Friendly Game), Katie and Steve Shanahan (Silly Kingdom & Flight), and Lin Visel (Effort Comics) as they share with you fairytales you think you know.
Black Panther And The Crew #1
Ta-Nehisi Coates - 2017
Fear, hate and violence loom, but don't worry, The Crew's got this: "We are the streets."
Stray Bullets, Vol. 3
David Lapham - 2000
From the critically acclaimed and Eisner Award winning series, these stories will hook any new reader by giving them a feel for the many varied, emotionally charged stories fans have come to expect in every issue of Stray Bullets.
THE GIRL LIVING ALONE (136 ALL COLOR PAGES)
Koichiro Matsushita - 2014
She won't let poverty beat her and lives with a positive attitude doing the best that she can everyday. Overview 2015 Made into an e-book for Kindle in Japan 2016 Due to the exceptional reception it received on Kindle, Takarajimasha, a Japanese publishing company, made it into a paper-based comic book → http://amzn.asia/ao7fGd9 2017 Made into an anime by the Japanese anime company SIGNAL.MD in the form of a "vertical anime" that is easy to watch on a smartphone. Promotional video → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2OUt... Note: This comic was created as an e-book that can be read easily on a smartphone or dedicated e-reader. ・136 full color pages ・Four panel comic ・This comic book is read in the same style as a book, that is left to right.
Black Panther: Long Live the King #1
Nnedi Okorafor - 2017
As the nation rebuilds in the wake of revolution, T’Challa finds his people besieged by a massive monster tearing through the country, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake! From acclaimed novelist NNEDI OKORAFOR (BINTI, WHO FEARS DEATH) and illustrator ANDRE ARAUJO (SPIDEY, THE WICKED + DIVINE) comes an adventure set in the world of Ta-Nehisi Coates’ landmark BLACK PANTHER run and told in the Mighty Marvel Manner!Part of the comiXology Originals line of exclusive digital content only available on comiXology and Kindle. This title will be available as part of comiXology Unlimited at release.
Ghost/Hellboy Special
Mike Mignola - 1997
A ghost that hunts. A ghost that kills people. Not the kind that pushes you down a flight of stairs or grabs the wheel when you're driving -- the kind that cuts you in half with a pair of .45 automatics. If she's a ghost -- a "real" ghost -- then she's one of a kind, and the Bureau wants her. And if anyone can get her, you can bet it's Hellboy . . .Note: this story is collected in Hellboy: Masks and Monsters.
Sherlock: A Study in Pink #1
Jay. - 2016
Each oversized issue comes with a selection of brand-new covers by some of the best Sherlock artists around! #1 kicks things off with a 52-page special. Meet Sherlock and Watson for the first time, all over again!
2020 Visions
Jamie Delano - 2004
From symbiotic venereal diseases to exclusive human breeding facilities, the future never looked so bleak, or so hopeful.
DC Super Hero Girls: Out of the Bottle (2017-) #1
Shea Fontana - 2017
This year, in honor of Harley Quinn’s 25th anniversary, BATMAN DAY will also feature the immensely popular Clown Princess of Crime who burst into our lives when she debuted on Batman: The Animated Series in 1992. With deadlines looming, some of the students of Super Hero High decide to stay up and finish their comic book projects for Miss Moone's art class. Can the girls help each other finish in time?
The Phantom of the Opera
Varga Tomi - 2020
But no one has ever seen the monster . . . until now. When the promise of blossoming love lures him out from his intricately constructed hideaways in the labyrinthine building’s walls and cellars, a hideously disfigured artist trains the lovely Christine to be the opera’s next star for a steep price. Does she choose her newfound success or her beloved Count Raoul? This doomed love triangle threatens to combust when a tragic death, a series of betrayals, and increasingly dangerous accidents cast the players of The Palais Garnier into a heart-wrenching horror story that will echo through the ages.
The Umbrella Academy: Hotel Oblivion Ashcan (Convention Exclusive)
Gerard Way - 2018
Number Five is a hired gun, Kraken stalks big game, Rumor is dealing with the wreckage of her marriage, a rotund Spaceboy runs around the streets of Tokyo, Vanya continues her physical therapy after being shot in the head‚ and no one wants to even mention Seance until issue #2. Hotel Oblivion #1 comes to you in October, but this special summer preview gives readers their first glimpse into the lives of these strange heroes in nearly ten years, but picks up the story directly from the events of The Umbrella Academy: Dallas.