Love Story comic books issue 1

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Written by Francesca Perillo. Art and Cover by Stefano Cardoselli. New York City, sometime in the far future, where robots like JoJo have taken over the tasks humans no longer want to perform…like driving a taxi. JoJo is pretty happy with his lot in life but feels as though something is missing…then he meets Gilda and it's love at first sight. But the course of true love is a bumpy one and JoJo is going to find that out firsthand when he discovers that Gilda is entangled with the mafia that runs his beloved city, and they're very much against this potential union for their own reasons. Watch out, JoJo! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

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Written by Francesca Perillo. Art by Stefano Cardoselli. Cover by Nimit Malavia. New York City, sometime in the far future, where robots like JoJo have taken over the tasks humans no longer want to perform…like driving a taxi. JoJo is pretty happy with his lot in life but feels as though something is missing…then he meets Gilda and it's love at first sight. But the course of true love is a bumpy one and JoJo is going to find that out firsthand when he discovers that Gilda is entangled with the mafia that runs his beloved city, and they're very much against this potential union for their own reasons. Watch out, JoJo! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

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Story by Winston Gambro. A tale of loss, horror, and overcoming grief. A sentient house falls in love with its architect and sole occupant, but soon the architect falls for someone else and the house seeks vengeance. 24 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.

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1st printing.

Written by Nicolas Finet. Art and cover by Christopher.

How did a very young messed up woman, a drug addict filled with doubt, become in a few years a planetary icon of rock music?

Janis Joplin went from the shadows to the blinding light of fame in only four records (the last one issued a month and a half after her tragic death). Thanks to a worldwide movement of emancipation which would consecrate for a long time the ideals and modes of alternative lifestyles from counterculture to the flower power generation, Janis, the ugly duckling, gave free rein to her impulses.

Joplin left for San Francisco, the epicenter of cultural innovation, where she lived a freedom of which she would hardly have dared to dream, abandoning herself to all impulses, overcoming without hesitation all the taboos of the time: bisexuality, alcohol, drugs, doing so not only with delight, but with the taste for excess which came naturally from her spontaneous character.

Softcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. Written by Jack Baxter and Joshua Faudem. Art and cover by Koren Shadmi. Mike's Place was one of the few spots in Tel Aviv where Jews, Christians, and Muslims could hang out peaceably, surrounded by the expats who filled the bar every night. It was a cosmopolitan haven from the conflict, a local gem that many pointed to as a hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East after all. In the spring of 2003, filmmakers Jack Baxter and Josh Faudem had just begun making a documentary about the phenomenon of Mike's Place. And then the bar was destroyed in a suicide bombing that took three lives and wounded another fifty people - an attack that changed Jack and Josh's lives forever. Mike's Place is a gripping nonfiction accounting of the lives of a handful of people who came together in hope, then had to find their way together through despair. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $22.99.

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1st printing. Written by Mary Downing Hahn and Scott Peterson. Art and cover by Naomi Franquiz. The graphic novel adaptation of one of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and most popular tales! Travis and his sister, Corey, can't resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little "haunting" of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks have tourists flocking to the inn, and business booms. But Travis and Corey soon find out that theirs aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn. Their thoughtless games have awakened something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep. Can these siblings lay to rest the restless spirits they've disturbed? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

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1st printing. Written by Mary Downing Hahn and Scott Peterson. Art and cover by Naomi Franquiz. The graphic novel adaptation of one of master horror storyteller Mary Downing Hahn's spookiest and most popular tales! Travis and his sister, Corey, can't resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little "haunting" of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks have tourists flocking to the inn, and business booms. But Travis and Corey soon find out that theirs aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn. Their thoughtless games have awakened something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep. Can these siblings lay to rest the restless spirits they've disturbed? Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. Collects Grim Leaper (2012 Image) #1-4. Written by Kurtis J. Wiebe. Art and Cover by Aluisio Santos. In death, he finally found something to live for. Lou Collins is caught in a cyclical curse of violent, gruesome deaths and new beginnings in the bodies of strangers. With no clue why, Lou desperately searches for a way to break the curse and cross over peacefully to the other side. Then equally doomed Ella comes along. It's a love story to die for. Collects all four issues and features never before seen sketches, alternate covers and conceptual art by series illustrator ALUISIO C. SANTOS . Softcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Sarah Leavitt. In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt's partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain and a rapid decline at the end of her life. About a month after Donimo's death, Sarah began making comics again as a way to deal with her profound sense of grief and loss. The comics started as small sketches but quickly transformed into something totally unfamiliar to her. Abstract images, textures, poetic text, layers of watercolor, ink, and colored pencil-for Sarah, the journey through grief was impossible to convey without bold formal experimentation. She spent two years creating these comics. The result is SOMETHING, NOT NOTHING, an extraordinary book that delicately articulates the vagaries of grief and the sweet remembrances of enduring love. Softcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. Stroy and art by Claire Lordon. How do we relate to-and hold-our family's past? Is it through technology? Through spirit? Art, poetry, music? Or is it through the resonances we look for in ourselves? In Artificial, we meet the Kurzweils, a family of creators who are preserving their history through unusual means. At the center is renowned inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil, who has long been saving the documents of his deceased father, Fredric, an accomplished conductor and pianist from Vienna who fled the Nazis in 1938. Once, Fred's life was saved by his art: an American benefactor, impressed by Fred's musical genius, sponsored his emigration to the United States. He escaped just one month before Kristallnacht. Now, Fred has returned. Through AI and salvaged writing, Ray is building a chatbot that writes in Fred's voice, and he enlists his daughter, cartoonist Amy Kurzweil, to help him ensure the immortality of their family's fraught inheritance. With Kurzweil's signature humanity and humor, in boundary-pushing, gorgeous handmade drawings, Artificial guides us through nuanced questions about art, memory, and technology, demonstrating that love, a process of focused attention, is what grounds a meaningful life. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 368 pages, full color. Cover price $38.00.

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1st printing. Written by MARK RICKETTS. Art by DARIO BRIZUELA. Cover by VINCE LOCKE. How does serial killer Winfield Vickers express his love for Charlotte Ramage? He creates elaborate, life-sized dioramas using real, dead human subjects. Softcover, 144 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

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1st printing. Written by Antony Johnston. Art by Matthew Loux. Nick is a struggling photographer headed down the drain until he spots Chantel, a Latina goddess with a bar tab better suited for a biker club than a stunning beauty. With a little exaggeration from his friends, he's the hottest shutterbug in N.Y.C. and the darling of the fashion world. But does Nick have what it takes to live up to his legend or is he destined to be exposed, losing both his career and his girl in the process? Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 168 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by PLUS. Art and cover by Sung Jae Park. Seventeen-year-old Joonho Suk just had the best day of his life. He finally got the guts to ask out his big crush, Sae-un, and she said yes!! But after floating home on cloud nine, he found . . . his family packing up to move to Seoul?! Now tossed into a big new city and lovesick for the girl still in Suwon, Joonho runs into weird characters at every turn. First there's the young girl who speaks a strange language and has enormous strength, then a wayward cat causes another-Hanami-to wipe out on her bike! She's okay, but Joonho might not be once her massive grandfather shows up and thinks he's to blame . . . ! Hanami's sweet nature quickly charms Joonho, and he discovers that his new school, including a self-styled blonde Casanova, is already abuzz over his cute Japanese neighbor. But what about Sae-un? And what on earth is the Babe Patrol Research Center?! Discover a completely entertaining read and one of the most popular comics Korea has to offer. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Ari W. North. Sunati and Austen are back in the final volume of their inspirational love story. Sunati and Austen's relationship is growing stronger by the day in this near-future, soft sci-fi graphic novel. Austen is working hard to overcome the limitations of Egan's Syndrome, a very rare condition that rejects body modifications, which is making school difficult. But while Austen is forced to confront her plans for the future, Sunati receives a once-in-a-lifetime job opportunity... on Saturn's moon, Enceladus! Will Austen find her way? And will Sunati leave Austen when she needs her most to follow her own dreams of space exploration? First serialized on the popular app and website WebToon, Always Human is now reformatted for a print edition in partnership with GLAAD. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 288 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Written by Len Wallace and Michelle Silva. Art by Dave Tunney. What if the one that got away kept coming back? Norm Raymer, an aspiring comic artist, has a turbulent relationship with Maggie. With their passionate ups and downs, is this love, or merely youthful lust? For better or worse, Norm and Maggie must discover whether or not they can ever really make it as a normal couple. Can you really be a normal couple when your whole life is just fodder for your comic book? A new romantic comedy graphic novel for young comic nerds in love. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 168 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $14.95.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Tiitu Takalo.

Based on a true story, Me, Mikko, and Annikki masterfully interweaves tales of Annikki's rich history, the author/illustrator's own autobiographical love story with the friend who would become her partner, and their part in the legal battle to save Annikki from demolition and the community effort to restore this unique place. From the formation of the landscape by prehistoric glaciers to the stories of the women laborers who once inhabited Annikki.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 248 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

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Story and art by Rich Watson.

A touching modern day fairy tale about a rat that falls in love with a human woman, and the great lengths he goes to win her love. But love is not always a straight and narrow road, and the story isn't as simple as it seems.

Softcover, 72 pages, B&W.

Cover price $7.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by en Hatke.Beloved children's author Ben Hatke turns his pen to a very special project for adults: an atmospheric tribute to the medieval folklore tradition of trickster tales, starring Reynard the Fox. Inspired by the twelfth-century tales of the indomitable trickster fox Reynard, this offbeat tribute to the archetypal rogue has a satisfyingly old-fashioned feeling to it. Although this Reynard adventure is entirely the creation of modern fairy-tale master Ben Hatke (Mighty Jack), it fits seamlessly into the body of Reynard tales still beloved in Europe to this day. Featuring charming black-and-white illustrations and a clever narrative, Reynard's Tale follows our hero through a series of encounters with other classic figures from this body of folklore to piece together a headlong journey through a perilous landscape filled with murderers, kings, ex-lovers, mermaids, and even Death herself. Hardcover, 6-in. x 7-in., 80 pages, 2C. Cover price $22.99.

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1st printing.

Story and art b Philippa Rice.

The wildly popular web comic Soppy, with more than half a million notes on Tumblr, is the illustrated love story of author Philippa Rice and her real-life boyfriend.

True love isn't always about the big romantic gestures. Sometimes it's about sympathizing with someone whose tea has gone cold or reading together and sharing a quilt. When two people move in together, it soon becomes apparent that the little things mean an awful lot. The throwaway moments in life become meaningful when you spend them in the company of someone you love. Soppy captures the universal experience of sharing a life together, and celebrates the beauty of finding romance all around us.

Hardcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 108 pages, PC.

Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Sydney Padua. A unique take on the unrealized invention of the computer in the 1830s by the eccentric polymath Charles Babbage and his accomplice, the daughter of Lord Byron, Ada, Countess of Lovelace. When Ada translated Babbage's plans for the "Difference Engine," her footnotes contained the first appearance of the general computing theory, 100 years before an actual computer was built. Sydney Padua gives us an alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage build the Difference Engine, and then use it to do battle with the American banking system, the publishing industry, their own fears that their project will lose funding, and a villainous street musician who will force the two friends to reevaluate their priorities-"for the sake of both London and science." Hardcover, 320 pages, B&W. Cover price $28.95.

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2nd and later printings. Story and art by Sydney Padua. A unique take on the unrealized invention of the computer in the 1830s by the eccentric polymath Charles Babbage and his accomplice, the daughter of Lord Byron, Ada, Countess of Lovelace. When Ada translated Babbage's plans for the "Difference Engine," her footnotes contained the first appearance of the general computing theory, 100 years before an actual computer was built. Sydney Padua gives us an alternate reality in which Lovelace and Babbage build the Difference Engine, and then use it to do battle with the American banking system, the publishing industry, their own fears that their project will lose funding, and a villainous street musician who will force the two friends to reevaluate their priorities-"for the sake of both London and science." Hardcover, 320 pages, B&W. Cover price $28.95.

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Written by LAUREN MYRACLE. Art and cover by ISAAC GOODHART.

New York Times bestselling author Lauren Myracle (ttyl, ttfn) and artist Isaac Goodhart (Under the Moon: A Catwoman Tale) reunite in this gorgeous young adult story about living life to the fullest, and how far one will go for love.

Seventeen-year-old Victor Fries has a cold heart. After his brother died in a tragic house fire for which Victor feels responsible, his parents have isolated themselves, and Victor has dedicated his whole life to one thing: science. Nora Kumar is full of life. She is suffering from an incurable illness that will slowly consume her, so shes decided to live her last days to the fullest at her summer home outside of Gotham City until her birthday. On that day, she plans to take her own life.

When Victor and Nora happen to meet at the cemetery outside of town, they are astonished to find the connection they have each been missing in their lives. Their summer quickly spirals into a beautiful romance, and Victors cold heart begins to thaw, allowing him to enjoy life just a little more. But when Victor learns of Noras illness, hes driven to try to find a solution to keep from losing another person he loves...by any means necessary.

Victor and Nora: A Gotham Love Story is a tragic tale about living life to the fullest and what it truly means to love...and to let go.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color.

Cover price $16.99.