Comic books in 'Slice of Life/Urban Angst'

Written and Art by Various, Dan Parent. Cover by Dan Parent. BRAND NEW STORY! It's Friday the 13th and everyone in Riverdale is feeling a little superstitious! Betty, Veronica, Cheryl, Stacy, Nancy, and Harper are staying at the Lodge's winter cabin. But when mysterious attacks start happening in the dark, they start to suspect each other. Who-or what-is really after them? 192 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

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Written and Art by Various & Various. Cover by Dan Parent. Kick summer off with this sunshine-filled issue of Betty & Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest. 192 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

Written and Art by Various & Various. Cover by Dan Parent. It's always fun in the sun with Betty and Veronica-but things get even more exciting when they bring some friends along for summertime fun! 192 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 1 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tomohiro Marukawa. Narue is an adorable schoolgirl with a secret. She's really an alien with powers right out of a sci-fi comic! Join our spunky heroine as she faces androids, alien invasions, and (scariest of all) her very first date! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tomohiro Marukawa. Naure is a superpowered schoolgirl who just happens to also be an alien! Her boyfriend, Kazuto, doesn't really mind that she is from outerspace, but sometimes being with her can be very strange indeed. When Narue and her friends start hanging around town, that's when things REALLY start to get weird! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 3 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tomohiro Marukawa. Kazuto thinks he has found the perfect Christmas gift for Narue, his space-alien girlfriend. Unfortunately, when he visits the home of his good friend, Shiki, the expensive bauble is stolen by Sir Mouse, a hyper-intelligent and seemingly immortal rodent that steals things. Also in this romantic comedy, a bizarre twist on school field day, and the secret origin of the sentient spaceship, Bathyscaphe! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.99.

Volume 4 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Tomohiro Marukawa. More charming adventures of Narue: cute schoolgirl, good student...and super-powered alien! So far, Narue and her friends have successfully defended the Earth from alien invaders. Now they're tasked with wrangling a pair of talking hamsters, getting through gym class in one piece, and surviving a jam-packed comic book convention. But will all of this prepare them for the dreaded "Singing Cowboy?"! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. NOTE: This series has been cancelled, and no other publisher has picked up teh translation rights. Cover price $9.99.

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Written by Guy Delisle and Helge Dascher. Arta nd cover by Guy Delisle.

Universally beloved cartoonist Guy Delisle showcases a career-spanning collection of his work with a sly sense of humor and warm characterization.

World Record Holders ranges from wistful childhood nostalgia to chagrined post-fame encounters, touching on formally ambitious visual puns and gut-busting what-ifs. Delisle again and again shows how life is both exhilarating and embarrassing.

Softcover,5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 136 pages, B&W.

Cover price $21.95.

1st Printing. " 1980 - 1988" - Collects World War 3 Illustrated #1-10. Softcover, 8.5" x 11", 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

The Publisher of the World's Greatest Cartoonists has pulled out the stops for this year's Free Comic Book Day, commissioning all-new, exclusive work from the following comics heavyweights: Noah Van Sciver (Fante Bukowski), Simon Hanselmann (Megahex), Jason (Los Cat), Ed Piskor (Hop Hop Family Tree), Liz Suburbia (Sacred Heart), Dash Shaw (Cosplayers), Richard Sala (The Bloody Cardinal), Emil Ferris (My Favorite Thing is Monsters), and others. Each artist has created a new piece exclusively for Free Comic Book Day that relates to their latest book, making World's Greatest a must-have for Fantagraphics fans. 56 pages, PC/PB&W. Rated M [MATURE]

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Story and Art by Sophie Goldstein, Anne Simon, Jim Woodring, Liv Stromquist and Simon Hnselmann. Much like Fantagraphics' well-received 2017 FCBD book, they have commissioned over 12 new pieces by their most popular authors, each creating a short comic relating directly to their newest book! 32 pages, PC/PB&W. Rated M

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Written and illustrated by David Beyer. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 12 pages, B&W.

1st printing. Written by David Pérez. Art by George Pérez. It's the South Bronx of the 1960s, a neighborhood teetering on change. The young Puerto Rican boy David Pérez is living in the Millbrook housing projects, about to be transferred to St. Luke's Elementary School, where he's already attended catechism and asked if God "popped out of nowhere." So begins this delightful and engaging "memoirito," a novella-like tale that follows David trying his best to be "cool" in a neighborhood where being smart in school isn't something to brag about. The first in a series, Wow! also adds a fresh chapter to the colorful chronicles of Latinos living in the United States - complex, layered, y lleno de sabor. Features illustrations by renowned comic book artist George Pérez (Avengers, New Teen Titans), David's brother. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 128 pages, Text (with B&W Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $10.00.

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Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Alone on the tough streets of an alien city, far from the lifeless planet they once called home, siblings Shea and Sean spent their youth struggling to survive. Still suffering emotionally from the loss of everything they'd ever known and loved, Shea and Sean have nothing else in the universe but each other. Forever outrunning the horrors of their past, they survive the only way they know how- by hunting and killing sentient robots for profit! Now, when the rough path that they had no chance to follow finally catches up to them, will they be able to keep each other safe or will they lose the only important thing they have left, each other? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

ComicTom101 Peach Momoko variant. Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Alone on the tough streets of an alien city, far from the lifeless planet they once called home, siblings Shea and Sean spent their youth struggling to survive. Still suffering emotionally from the loss of everything they'd ever known and loved, Shea and Sean have nothing else in the universe but each other. Forever outrunning the horrors of their past, they survive the only way they know how- by hunting and killing sentient robots for profit! Now, when the rough path that they had no chance to follow finally catches up to them, will they be able to keep each other safe or will they lose the only important thing they have left, each other? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

ComicTom101 Virgin Peach Momoko variant. Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Alone on the tough streets of an alien city, far from the lifeless planet they once called home, siblings Shea and Sean spent their youth struggling to survive. Still suffering emotionally from the loss of everything they'd ever known and loved, Shea and Sean have nothing else in the universe but each other. Forever outrunning the horrors of their past, they survive the only way they know how- by hunting and killing sentient robots for profit! Now, when the rough path that they had no chance to follow finally catches up to them, will they be able to keep each other safe or will they lose the only important thing they have left, each other? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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2019 NYCC by Ben Bishop variant. Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Alone on the tough streets of an alien city, far from the lifeless planet they once called home, siblings Shea and Sean spent their youth struggling to survive. Still suffering emotionally from the loss of everything they'd ever known and loved, Shea and Sean have nothing else in the universe but each other. Forever outrunning the horrors of their past, they survive the only way they know how- by hunting and killing sentient robots for profit! Now, when the rough path that they had no chance to follow finally catches up to them, will they be able to keep each other safe or will they lose the only important thing they have left, each other? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. With her brother, Sean, kidnapped by one of the bots, Shea must venture into the underbelly of a crime-ridden planet to find a lead to his whereabouts. Little does she know that a chance encounter with a bot named Burr may leave her dead before her rescue mission even begins. At one point, Burr was the last hope of the bots, setting out in search of a way to slow down their deterioration. Beaten and left for dead, he finally stumbles across something that will help the bots. Will his crooked allies kill him and use this discovery to gain power over the bots? Or will coming face-to-face with Shea, a human with a taste for killing bots, leave him dead in the gutter? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Sean must try to turn the tables on his robot kidnappers before they lose interest in the routine beatings and decide to finish him off. With a mixture of pure deadliness and stealth, he'll have to figure out a way to stick to the shadows and escape before it's too late. After receiving word that Sean is being held in the elusive robot settlement, Shea struggles to hold on to hope. When she then discovers the robot stowaway, Burr, on her ship, the last thing she'd expect is that this encounter may lead to a very unlikely partnership and her best chance at rescuing Sean. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Shea and Sean are finally within a laser's blast away from one another, and they don't even know it. Trapped behind enemy lines in the bot settlement, Timentes, Shea's inability to trust her temporary ally, Burr, might just leave her in need of rescuing. Meanwhile, armed and ready after escaping his captors, Sean needs to do whatever he can to get off Timentes in one piece. However, once he locks on to Shea in need of his help, his concern for himself goes out the window. In a last-ditch effort to act quickly and save them both, he may just take himself out of the frying pan into the fire. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Sean is forced to help the twisted bot who'd kidnapped him in the first place, as he attempts to infiltrate an alien city and rob the local drug-lord. The reward for his aid in this violent raid- the 'promise' of getting Shea back in one-piece once they succeed. After being taken through their slums, Shea begins to recognize that the average bots and their wants aren't any different than those of humans - to live their lives in peace. Unfortunately for her, these bots are still under the rule of a power-hungry tyrant, and her execution is imminent. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by James E Roche. Art by Salo Farias. Shea's execution is today, and all bots are tuned in to watch the show, however reluctant some may be. Having just about given up all hope only Sean and his crew of misfits can save her. When they infiltrate the bot settlement for one final battle, will they all walk out alive, or will their bodies be the first of many in the next robot revolution? 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Brecht Evens. Rendered in vivid watercolor where parquet floors and patterned dresses morph together, Wrong Place revolves around oft-absent Robbie, a charismatic lothario of mysterious celebrity who has the run of a city as chaotic as it is resplendent. With a hand as sensitive as it is exuberant, Brecht Evens's stunning debut English graphic novel captures the strange chemistry of social interaction as easily as he portrays the fragmented nature of identity. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 184 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Brecht Evens. A new edition of the debut classic by a visionary stylist offered in a deluxe format. Rendered in vivid watercolor where parquet floors and patterned dresses morph together, The Wrong Place revolves around oft-absent Robbie, a charismatic lothario of mysterious celebrity who has the run of a city as chaotic as it is resplendent. Robbie's sexual energy captivates the attention of men and women alike; his literal and figurative brightness is a startling foil to the dreariness of his childhood friend, Francis. With a hand as sensitive as it is exuberant, the first graphic novel by award-winning cartoonist Brecht Evens (The City of Belgium, Panther) captures the strange chemistry of social interaction as easily as he portrays the fragmented nature of identity. The Wrong Place contrasts life as it is, angst-ridden and awkward, with life as it can be: spontaneous, uninhibited, and free. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 184 pages, full color. Cover price $30.00.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Filth!" By Landry Walker and Eric Jones. Collecting the earliest comics works from the award-winning creative team behind SLG's Little Gloomy and Disney's Kid Gravity! This 144-page adult-oriented graphic novel explores the fun world of drug abuse, music, Jesus, cross-dressing, and the usual perils of love and alcohol. Originally published by the now defunct collective known as "Puppy Toss" and the sometimes dead company: AEON, this series portrays the twenty-something crowd as they truly are: Selfish, stupid, angry, psychotic and desperately horny. The critics hated it! Some readers loved it! You will order it! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Swine!" By Landry Walker and Eric Jones. Collecting the early works of Little Gloomy/Kid Gravity creators Landry Walker and Eric Jones. Read about the continuing adventures of Clay and his deranged friends as they come to terms with lesbian sex, dead pigs, and murder. This rare collection of vintage 90's comics also includes the occasionally popular BAM Magazine comic strip, X-Ray! Enjoy as two unemployed comic snobs ridicule the world of music in an attempt to hide their self-loathing through "humor." Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 112 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $11.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Asuka Konishi. Yoshino grew up as the yakuza princess of the Osaka Somei crime family. Everyone left her alone due to her sharp gaze and mobster ties. But when her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, she's offered for betrothal to the Miyama leader's grandson, Kirishima. At first, Kirishima seems amiable and polite-but when he shows his dark side, he proves to be more disturbing than any gangster Yoshino has ever met. This engagement is sure to be a wild ride for a tough yakuza princess and her twisted yakuza prince! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Asuka Konishi. Yoshino grew up as the yakuza princess of the Osaka Somei crime family. Everyone left her alone due to her sharp gaze and mobster ties. But when her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, she's offered for betrothal to the Miyama leader's grandson, Kirishima. At first, Kirishima seems amiable and polite-but when he shows his dark side, he proves to be more disturbing than any gangster Yoshino has ever met. This engagement is sure to be a wild ride for a tough yakuza princess and her twisted yakuza prince! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Asuka Konishi. Yoshino grew up as the yakuza princess of the Osaka Somei crime family. Everyone left her alone due to her sharp gaze and mobster ties. But when her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, she's offered for betrothal to the Miyama leader's grandson, Kirishima. At first, Kirishima seems amiable and polite-but when he shows his dark side, he proves to be more disturbing than any gangster Yoshino has ever met. This engagement is sure to be a wild ride for a tough yakuza princess and her twisted yakuza prince! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Asuka Konishi. SOME THINGS YOU DO FOR MONEY, SOME YOU DO FOR LOVE! Love can make you do some crazy things. For Kirishima, they're all for Yoshino, even an affair with an idol arranged by a spoiled rich kid for blackmail purposes. He's a tiger who has managed to trap the hunters in the cage with him. But as this intricate web of plans arranged by men comes to pass, the truth of the tale of the lady more vicious than even a tiger is revealed. The stress of dealing with Kirishima on her own home turf has made her snap, and now Yoshino is the one ready to move the pieces into the endgame. Perhaps she and Kirishima are better suited than she could ever imagine... Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Asuka Konishi. Yoshino's at the end of her rope with her fiancé Kirishima, whose secretive actions during their trip back to her hometown of Osaka has come to bad ends. A group of yakuza with the backing of a trust fund baby with his own goals have come to Osaka to take their revenge, and Yoshino's not about to let them. She only has her wits to protect her, but no one can beat her on her own home turf. Meanwhile, the two most dangerous teenagers in the city, Shouma and Kirishima, are destroying everything in their path to clear her way. When all the dust has settled, to the victor goes the spoils. If Kirishima wins, Yoshino has agreed to finally formally start dating him! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Asuka Konishi. Ripples travel out from the battle in Osaka, and Renji is none too happy with Shouma and Kirishima for involving his granddaughter. When a fight breaks out, Yoshino grabs a bat and breaks it up. But corporal punishment is not her style, never mind that Kirishima would absolutely take it and beg for more. Kirishima's punishment is a little more subtle, and he repays her consideration by finally opening up about his life. Then, the ripples begin to splash when the yakuza Yoshino and Kirishima fought start to plan their revenge! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Asuka Konishi. As Kirishima's birthday approaches he has a favor to ask from Yoshino: there's someone he'd like her to meet. They make a trip to Kirishima's childhood home, a visit with an old relative far overdue. Yoshino finally has an opportunity to learn more about her enigmatic fiancé. Meanwhile, with the Kirigaya Clan deep in murky conspiracies, the mysterious Azami schemes. When the opportunity arises to get Yoshino on her own, Azami's trap is sprung. An ambush from the shadows has Yoshino-will Kirishima get to her before it's too late? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

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Volume 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by Asuka Konishi. Translated by M. Fulcrum. Yoshino grew up the sheltered yakuza princess of the largest crime family in Osaka, the Somei. Due to her resting bitch face and dangerous family, no man has ever approached her. When her grandfather signs a truce with the Tokyo-based Miyama crime family, he offers her up as a truce bride to the Miyama leader's grandson! Kirishima Miyama is popular, charming, and seems totally normal. But behind his smile is a violent sadomasochist who thirsts for her dominance even more when she impresses him with her moxie! Even though she knows how bad yakuza can be, she's stunned by Miyama's viciousness. She can't turn him down with the East-West peace treaty on the line... so instead she steels herself to play ball! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 200 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

1st printing. Written by Meg Medina. art and cover by Mel Valentine Vargas. Newbery Medalist Meg Medina returns to her powerful YA novel about school bullying with a dynamic graphic novel. It's the beginning of sophomore year, and Piedad "Piddy" Sanchez is having a hard time adjusting to her new high school. Things don't get any easier when Piddy learns that Yaqui Delgado hates her and wants to kick her ass. Piddy doesn't even know who Yaqui is, never mind what she's done to piss her off. And Yaqui isn't kidding around, so Piddy better watch her back. At first, Piddy is more concerned with learning about the father she's never met, navigating her rocky relationship with her mom, and staying in touch with her best friend, Mitzi. But when the harassment escalates, avoiding Yaqui and her gang takes over Piddy's life. Is there any way for Piddy to survive without closing herself off from those who care about her-or running away? Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

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Written by Saif A. Ahmed. Art and Cover by Fabiana Mascolo. Iraq, 2014. Life couldn't be better for 16 year-old Yasmeen as her family is able to buy a big new house. Then ISIS invades Mosul. Yasmeen's Shia family barely escapes, while Yasmeen us captured by terrorists and sees her uncle executed. Yasmeen is sold to an ISIS fighter as a slave and must relinquish her innocence in order to save her three new Yazidi friends who are punished with starvation. Two years later, Yasmeen is reunited with her family in the United States. Her parents are so happy to be reunited with Yasmeen that they fail to see the state of depression that she has fallen into after two years of slavery and torments. Now faced with a new life, Yasmeen must learn to survive in a society that both fears and hates her and must overcome the horrors of the past in an attempt to find herself again. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Cardstock Variant Cover by Fabiano Mascolo. Written by Saif A. Ahmed. Art by Fabiana Mascolo. Iraq, 2014. Life couldn't be better for 16 year-old Yasmeen as her family is able to buy a big new house. Then ISIS invades Mosul. Yasmeen's Shia family barely escapes, while Yasmeen us captured by terrorists and sees her uncle executed. Yasmeen is sold to an ISIS fighter as a slave and must relinquish her innocence in order to save her three new Yazidi friends who are punished with starvation. Two years later, Yasmeen is reunited with her family in the United States. Her parents are so happy to be reunited with Yasmeen that they fail to see the state of depression that she has fallen into after two years of slavery and torments. Now faced with a new life, Yasmeen must learn to survive in a society that both fears and hates her and must overcome the horrors of the past in an attempt to find herself again. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Saif A. Ahmed. Art by Fabiana Mascolo. During the ISIS invasion of Mosul, Yasmeen and her uncle are stopped by one of Iraq's infamous fake checkpoints, where Yasmeen's uncle was murdered. Now Yasmeen finds herself at the mercy of a family of fanatics, while two years later in America, Yasmeen's family pushes her back to school in hopes that she would forget the past and move on. Powerfully written by Iraqi immigrant, Saif A. Ahmed, YASMEEN is a dramatic coming of age drama in a time of war. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Saif A. Ahmed. Art by Fabiana Mascolo. Yasmeen finds a ray of light in her friendship with the three Yazidi girls that are captured with her. But that little happiness gets shattered when Abu Assem decides to sell one of the girls. Now that it's a matter of time for them to be sold one by one, Yasmeen and her friends decide it's time to escape. While two years later in America, Yasmeen's angry outburst has caused tension between her and her father. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Saif A. Ahmed. Art by Fabiana Mascolo. Yasmeen is starting to lose hope after her last attempt to escape has failed. While two years later in America, Yasmeen goes on a mission with her mother in a race against time to stop a nude photo of her friend from spreading online. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.