Mess comic books issue 1

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1st printing. Story and art by Rutu Modan. In the midst of a family dinner with her scolding parents, Maya receieves an unexpected invitation to dine with the Queen. Suddenly, her messy manners are put to the ultimate test and she begins to improvise her very own set of rules, with uproarious results. Filled with humor and exquisitely imagined detail, this book by Eisner Award winner Rutu Modan is bound to turn every child into a voracious reader. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 32 pages, full color. Cover price $12.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Terry LaBan. Ask anyone-twelve-year-old Mendel can't do anything right. When he tries to herd goats, they get out. When he tries to chop wood, he breaks the ax. It's embarrassing to be called "Mendel the Mess Up," but it's worse to be so clumsy that he can't even stand to read aloud without destroying the classroom. Nobody expects Mendel to keep out of trouble... least of all himself. But when the Cossacks invade Mendel's remote Jewish village of Lintvint (famous for Lintvint kvatch, which is made from a very special ingredient), Mendel's not the only one in trouble. When he slips away from the mountain caves where his fellow villagers are hiding, out of certainty he'll find a way to make things worse if he's around them, he discovers an unexpected opportunity to save the day. Could Mendel's bad luck be the key to saving Lintvint? Or will his plan to drive the Cossacks off go as badly as everyone-including him-expects? Softcover, 208 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Miss Lasko-Gross. Miss Lasko-Gross's graphic-novel debut, Escape from "Special," was one of the nominations for YALSA's 2008 Great Graphic Novels list. Her semiautobiographical follow-up, A Mess of Everything, picks up where Escape left off: nonconformist Melissa is now in high school. But this time, the stakes are higher for the well-intentioned Melissa as she copes with an anxiety-induced drug habit and an anorexic best friend. Even when the situation is not life-and-death, Melissa must negotiate the everyday problems that face young adults, such as alienating her friends with her uncomfortable honesty and accidentally breaking her best guy friend's heart. Eventually, her troubles cause her to nearly flunk out of school, and she finds herself back in "special" classes. By the end of the book, Melissa faces the choice that we all do at some point: whether to pursue her dreams or settle for a safer, more secure routine. As Melissa has grown, so has Miss Lasko-Gross' craftsmanship: A Mess of Everything retains the moodiness of Escape from "Special," but there's a new clarity to the art and characters' expressions and body language are more nuanced. Coupled with the unsentimental truthfulness that is the hallmark of Lasko-Gross' work, this intense book has appeal for anyone who is now navigating, or whose life has ever been touched by, these issues. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.99.

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1st printing. Written by Marc Bernardin. Art and cover by Ron Salas. "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Legendary icon Muhammad Ali, known worldwide as "The Greatest", immortalized those words by becoming one of the most significant and celebrated athletes of the 20th Century. Now, his epic story is retold for the next generation as a stunning graphic novel. Messenger: The Legend of Muhammad Ali chronicles Ali's journey from humble beginnings as Cassius Clay in Louiseville, Kentucky to his meteoric rise to Olympian and Heavyweight Champion of the world. Bringing readers through major moments of his life, this young adult graphic biography pays reverent tribute to Ali the fighter, the poet, and the inspiration he quickly became. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 240 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.99.

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1st printing. An unspeakable secret turns an idyllic North Dakota farm into a living nightmare in The Messengers, the upcoming U.S. debut by Thai filmmakers The Pang Brothers (The Eye). Sam Raimi's production company Ghost House has teamed with Dark Horse Comics to create this unique interpretation. Written by Jason Hall (Beware the Creeper, Pistolwhip) and drawn by Kelley Jones (Conan: Book of Thoth, Batman & Dracula: Red Rain), The Messengers tells the haunting tale of the Solomon family from a whole new perspective, turning the film on its ear and combining the events of the movie with chilling new scenes and details about the mysterious drifter who comes to help a troubled family farm, and the dark secret that he's running from ... ? The Messengers is an upcoming 2007 film release from Sony. Softcover, 5 1/4-in. x 7 1/2-in., full color. Cover price $6.95.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Laura Gao.

An insightful and hilarious graphic memoir of a queer Chinese-American immigrant, from debut author-illustrator Laura Gao. After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas where her hometown is as foreign as Mars - at least until 2020, when COVID-19 made Wuhan a household name.

In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates her coming-of-age as a girl who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make her heart flutter.

Toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao's debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 272 pages, full color.

Cover price $22.99.

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1st printing.

Text and Art by Aeon Hand.

Misfortune is a dark look into the prisms that create the illusion we call modern life, guided by fortunes from fortune cookies. Pairing innocuous messages like "Good news will come to you from far away" with a stark black and white drawing of riot police fleeing in terror from a Molotov cocktail streaking through the air creates jarring juxtapositions.

A very dark humor runs throughout these couplings, although Hand admits, "what other book is going to use fortune cookie messages to make you feel depressed?

Hardcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 140 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.99.

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Private Beach: Book 2 - 1st printing. Collects Private Beach (2001 Slave Labor) #1-6. Story and art by David Hahn. Trudy is a smart, sexy woman - with a penchant for being around ominous occurrences and strange people. Here are the first six issues of the Eisner and Ignatz Award nominated series, along with a new story, David's sketchbook, and other extras. Softcover, 136 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

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Cover art by Michael Cherkas. Abductions 1--The Silent Invasion, script by Larry Hancock, art by Michael Cherkas; Once an F.B.I. Agent, Phil Housley is now a down at heel private detective, and he gets a break. 28 pgs. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart GD/VG 3.0 $60.00 View scan 1/2" Spine split from top. Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor. Other items consigned by Bud Plant

True crime magazine. Softcover magazine, 8" x 11", 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.

1st printing. Story and art by Vaughn Bode. Includes prose, sequential art, and character designs for Vaughn Bode's Deadbone Erotica. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W. Mature Readers