The Moth comic books issue 1

1st printing. Story and art by Shirakawa Marina. "MOOOO! Lord Momon cries out, ready for her meal. MOOOO! Baby sister cries out, miserable and cold. As a young teen, sweet Miki learns the bizarre truth about her family: for centuries, they have harnessed half-cow, half-human beasts known as kudan for their wealth and power. And soon, another shall be born. The hour approaches. Her mother moans in pain as the contractions begin. But all poor Miki can plead is MOTHER, PLEASE DONT GIVE BIRTH TO A MONSTER! Published in 1988 at the end of the classic era of horror manga, MOTHER, PLEASE DONT GIVE BIRTH TO A MONSTER is a revolting and zany tour de force by the incomparable Shirakawa Marina. The authors last published graphic novel, this manga marks the ultimate elaboration of Shirakawas creepy, crackpot synthesis of Japanese history, legend, and the occult, as made famous in his cult favorite UFO MUSHROOM INVASION. Never before reprinted even in Japan, and with an essay about Shirakawas mysterious life and career, MOTHER, PLEASE DONT GIVE BIRTH TO A MONSTER is the eighth volume of Smudge, a line of vintage horror and dark fantasy manga curated by award-winning historian Ryan Holmberg and published by Living the Line. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 196 pages, B&W. Teen+ Cover price $19.95.

2nd Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Fubar: Mother Russia (2015) #1-3. Story and art by Jeff McComsey. Cover by Drew Moss. Stalingrad, 1943. In the middle of a zombie apocalypse, a Soviet sniper risks her life to protect something she hasn't seen in a long time: a perfectly healthy baby boy. Featuring previously unreleased content, Jeff McComsey's thrilling hit mini-series is collected here. Also available this month is a special Blank Sketch edition of issue #1. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 120 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.99.

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1st Printing - Girl Magazine launched in the UK in 1951, and it's popular strip "Mother Tells You How" provided inspiration and guidance for millions of teenage girls in the 1950s. Now, a whole new generation can learn such traditional tasks such as how to properly make a bed or bathe a baby, and also read whimsical tips on how to make a Burmese skirt, use old cheese, prepare baked Alaska, pack for a weekend holiday, and camp in comfort! Softcover, Horizontal Format, 10" x 6.5", 128 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Written by Lewis Helfand. Art by Sankha Banerjee. Born in Bosnia, Agnes Bojaxhiu found her calling in the Church when she heard stories of Bengali missionaries in her teenage years. Her journey would take her first to Ireland and then to India where she became known as Mother Teresa, bringing the word of Christ to millions as the founder of a new religious order, the Missionaries of Charity. Lewis Helfand explores the life and work of this beloved figure in Mother Teresa: Saint of the Slums. Softcover, 7-in. x 10in., 80 pages, Full Color. Cover price $11.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Dash Shaw. From the Eisner Award-nominated creator of Bottomless Belly Button, the recipient of rave reviews from mainstream media like The New York Times and Publishers Weekly! In a pre-Katrina New Orleans, a woman starts dating a younger man who reminds her of her deceased ex-boyfriend. They begin re-enacting scenes from her previous relationship as a psychodrama to correct her haunting past. Replete with Pac-Man ghost spirits, Michael Jackson, children's drawings and deathtrap sandboxes, The Mother's Mouth is a smarter, unsentimental Blankets that will be the ultimate weirdo romance book. This startling comic/tragedy book comes from the artist The Comics Journal describes as "the scarily young and skillful Dash Shaw." Softcover, 7-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

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Dark Horse Edition - 1st printing. With his clean, distinctive art style and poignant storytelling, up-and-coming indie comics sensation Paul Hornschemeier has earned comparisons to and accolades from today's top graphic novelists. Mother, Come Home is Hornschemeier's graphic novel debut -- the quietly stunning tale of a father and son struggling, by varying degrees of escapism and fantasy, to come to terms with the death of the family's mother. The story seamlessly weaves through the surreal and the painfully factual, guided by the careful, somber colors and inventive pacing unique to Hornschemeier's storytelling. Mother, Come Home extracts almost tangible drama from the most tranquil of moments, making that which is unspoken in each panel easily audible, and almost uncomfortably experienced. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. NOTE: "[E]xistential despair in a full-color extravaganza that constantly surprises with its design." - Andrew Arnold, Time.com Cover price $14.95.

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Dark Horse Edition - 2nd and later printings. With his clean, distinctive art style and poignant storytelling, up-and-coming indie comics sensation Paul Hornschemeier has earned comparisons to and accolades from today's top graphic novelists. Mother, Come Home is Hornschemeier's graphic novel debut -- the quietly stunning tale of a father and son struggling, by varying degrees of escapism and fantasy, to come to terms with the death of the family's mother. The story seamlessly weaves through the surreal and the painfully factual, guided by the careful, somber colors and inventive pacing unique to Hornschemeier's storytelling. Mother, Come Home extracts almost tangible drama from the most tranquil of moments, making that which is unspoken in each panel easily audible, and almost uncomfortably experienced. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, full color. NOTE: "[E]xistential despair in a full-color extravaganza that constantly surprises with its design." - Andrew Arnold, Time.com Cover price $14.95.

Fantagraphics Edition - 1st printing. Mother, Come Home is Paul Hornschemeier's piercing graphic-novel debut: it secured the cartoonist's place as one of his generation's most skillful and ambitious practitioners, and proved a harbinger of the subject matter that the artist would go on to explore most consistently in later work: the nuclear family.Mother, Come Home quietly studies the inner lives of recently widowed David and his 7-year-old son, Thomas; both are unable to deal with their grief directly. Thomas, protected by a lion's mask that his mother gave him, constructs an identity for himself as "the groundskeeper": ritual and routine, already important to children that age, become paramount to him. He struggles desperately to keep up appearances while his father, a professor of symbolic logic, becomes lost in abstractions. Father and son begin to retreat into their fantasies, but only one emerges.Mother, Come Home is masterfully drawn: Eisner-, Harvey-, and Ignatz-Award-nominated Hornschemeier's controlled brushwork is clean, and his nine-panel page layouts pace David's inexorable descent into utter despair. Hornschemeier is equally precise when it comes to Mother, Come Home's color palette: subdued but warm, which suits the story's melancholy and contemplative mode. Mother, Come Home is a powerful work, and, because of its universal themes of anguish and loss, has resonance beyond its core audience of alternative-comics readers. Hardcover, full color. Cover price $22.99.

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1st printing.

Written by George Mann. Art and cover by Aleta Vidal.

In the aftermath of a failed utopia, an exiled woman fights to be reunited with her children by harnessing the mythic power that changed the planet forever.

From the Sunday Times bestselling creator of Newbury & Hobbes and author of numerous comics and novels for Star Wars, Doctor Who, and Warhammer 40,000, comes an epic modern fantasy, rich in mythology and adventure, with an emotional personal story at its heart.

Softcover, 88 pagers, full color.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing.

By Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott.

BABY BLUE chronicles the lives of Wanda and Darryl - mid-thirties, college-educated first-time parents - and newborn Zoe. Their true to life experiences reveal the humor in the trials and triumphs of parenthood.

Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, B&W.

Cover price $10.95.

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Written by J. Michael Straczynski. Art and Cover by Mike Choi. Emily Kai has immense power inside her. However, the moment she taps into it a clock starts. She will have only six months to live. As Emily enters into this journey, she contemplates how to use her gifts to bring beauty into the world in the limited time she has to use them. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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Written by J. Michael Straczynski. Art by Mike Choi. Cover by Kaare Andrews. Emily Kai has immense power inside her. However, the moment she taps into it a clock starts. She will have only six months to live. As Emily enters into this journey, she contemplates how to use her gifts to bring beauty into the world in the limited time she has to use them. 32 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

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1st printing. Written by Jeremy Lambert. Art and cover by Alexa Sharpe. Endless night befalls a sleepy seaside town, leaving it to young Madeline Tock to save her community from a threat known only as the Night Mother . . . The moon is stuck like a broken clock in the midnight sky, the sun a distant memory. No one in this quiet seaside town can remember how long this unnatural darkness has lasted. No one, that is, except for the curious girl who lives in the graveyard, caring for the dead: twelve-year-old Madeline Tock. In gratitude, the departed whisper their worries to her, sounding just like her overprotective but loving father: beware this endless night and she who causes it. Because there's someone else who can hear the whispers, too . . . someone whose gown is a map of the cosmos, hair a tangled constellation, eyes like the lights of faraway stars. The Night Mother. Her elemental duty is to gather the souls of the dead in her lantern, then send them to their eternal rest as beautiful moonlight. But when her hunger for power drives her to take souls from the living, Madeline bravely stands up to defend her town and those she loves. Can Madeline help bring back the sun, or will she be lured by the starry promises of this mysterious woman? Written by Jeremy Lambert (Doom Patrol, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Goosebumps) and richly illustrated by Alexa Sharpe (Lumberjanes, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Uncanny Magazine), The Night Mother is a lush gothic tale perfect for readers of all ages who relish in the wonder of the night sky. Softcover, 88 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

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1st printing. Story and art by Luke Howard. A comedy about growing up with a parent who has an anxiety order. Luke Howard mixes genres to tell an utterly open personal reflection about his childhood and his relationship with his mother. Jumping between noir, giant robots, fantasy adventure, and even scientific animal research, Luke brings a very intimate story to life with humor and cartooning experimentation. Softcover (Saddle-Stitched/Stapled), 40 pages, B&W (and Pink). Cover price $9.00.

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By Art Baltazar and Franco. Hot off the trail of Patrick's Valentine issue, comes the next comic: The Mother's Day Special! What does a little wolf-boy's mom do when her lonely little boy misses her so? Well, she tries to keep him occupied while trying to do her shopping, her housework, and hold a steady full-time job. Little werewolves do need a lot of love and attention, but this little guy is about to drive her crazy! There must be a full moon tonight. Patrick comics make great gifts for moms old and new. Come join the fun and spread some love this Mother's Day! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Christian Lax.

In Mali in Africa, a red Mother with Child, a 14th century African sculpture, is saved from the destructive madness of Islamists by Alou, a young honey hunter. In the company of other migrants, sisters and brothers of misfortune, Alou goes all out to reach Europe. His goal and his obsession: entrust the pre-cious statuette to the Louvre Museum!

An epic adventure, touching upon the burning worldwide issue of refugees and immigration, in the ever-expanding Louvre collection commissioning graphic novels from leading world artists to spin tales around the famous museum.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $27.99.

1st printing. By Mike Peters. A miscellany of madcap MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM, the nationally syndicated cartoon strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Peters. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 7-in. x 5-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

2nd and later printings. By Mike Peters. A miscellany of madcap MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM, the nationally syndicated cartoon strip by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike Peters. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 7-in. x 5-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Sarah Leavitt. What do you do when your outspoken, passionate, and quick-witted mother starts fading into a forgetful, fearful woman? In this powerful memoir, Sarah Leavitt reveals how Alzheimer disease transformed her mother, Midge, and her family forever. In spare black-and-white drawings and clear, candid prose, Sarah shares her family journey through a harrowing range of emotion - shock, denial, hope, anger, frustration - all the while learning to cope, and managing to find moments of happiness. Tangles confronts the complexity of dementia and ultimately releases a knot of memories and dreams to reveal a bond between a mother and a daughter that will never come apart. Softcover, 9-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Written by Wristina Oxtra. Art and cover by Dario Brizuela. When the Teen Titans enter a rift in the Multiverse, they arrive in the creepy halls of Hallowell Academy. And who is there to greet them? None other than the Creature Titans-their very own monstrous mirror images. But all is not well at this school of ghouls. Something is turning the academy's spooky students into Normies! Can the ten Titans team up to stop the Normie Terror? Or will they fall victim to the vile villain responsible for this creature calamity? Find out in this hilariously mixed-up Multiverse chapter book for fans of Teen Titans Go! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 72 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $8.99.

1st Printing - The Teens at Play are back in their very own graphic album. Suburban housewife Rebecca serves up another heaping helping of luscious pencil drawings in the way only she can. This time around, the teens are being influenced by mom in their lust for the perfect orgasm. Teens in love, teens in lust, and teens in distress. Sometimes, mom is shocked at the teens' behavior, and other times mom is part of the action. Hot moms, and hot teens hard at it and all packaged in a beautiful volume of exquisite drawings from Rebecca. Softcover, 8" x 10", 48 pages, B&W. -MATURE READERS- Cover price $9.99.

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1st printing. Collects Titan (2018 Amigo) #1-4.

Written by Colleen Douglas. Art and cover by André Stahlschmidt and Wesllei Manoel.

The Elder Gods only have one rule: "None Shall Be Greater Than Another." Titan is an astronaut and the reincarnation of The Mother of Monsters. Her uncle wants control of her cosmic power. To get it he will blow up her home, murder her mother, and lobotomize her father... and yet, he is just a pawn.

Softcover, 112 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

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Reprinting Spider-Woman (1978-1983 1st Series) #10. Things That Go Flit in the Night - Written by Mark Gruenwald. Art by Carmine Infantino and Al Gordon. Cover by Carmine Infantino and Bob McLeod. At a Hollywood party, Spider-Woman confronts a strange new character...but is she friend or foe?! (NOTE: First appearance of Gypsy Moth.) 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $1.00.

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1st printing.

Disney's 1949 adaptation of Mother Goose's nursery rhymes, featuring beloved characters like Mickey Mouse, Cinderella, and Pinocchio, is now in a sturdy board book edition of a Little Golden Book that features a classic gold spine, vintage illustrations, and sturdy pages.

Experience all the wonder of your favorite Disney classic in a format that is just the right size for little hands, a perfect book for Disney fans and children ages 0 to 3.

Hardcover, 7-in. x 8-in., 24 Board pages, full color. All Ages

Cover price $7.99.

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Volume 1, 1st Printing. Collects War Mother #1 - 4. Written by Fred Van Lente. Art by Stephen Segovia. Cover by David Mack. BECAUSE YOU DEMANDED IT - WAR MOTHER RETURNS IN A RIVETING NEW SERIES! Out of the pages of 4001 A.D., the breakout hero of 41st century charges onward in an high-powered tale of tomorrow from New York Times best-selling writer Fred Van Lente (ARCHER & ARMSTRONG) and high-octane artist Stephen Segovia (NINJAK, Action Comics)! Two millennia from today, Earth is not the hospitable home we once we knew. Ravaged by an endless onslaught of war, disaster, and time, the world is littered with desolate badlands, fortified kingdoms, and secretive enclaves where humanity still clings to life… Enclaves like The Grove - Earth's last known repository of scientific knowledge and bioengineered prosperity. Now, under the leadership of the lone protector called WAR MOTHER and her sentient sniper rifle, the denizens of The Grove face a critical choice: remain where they are and die, or find a new land and flourish. Can War Mother lead her people out of isolation and reignite the fires of a dying planet? And even if she can locate the distant citadel she seeks, can she fight back the horrors and perverse monstrosities that lurk just beyond her doorstep? In the footsteps of RAI and BOOK OF DEATH, raw power meets tribal warfare as Fred Van Lente & Stephen Segovia forge a modern myth of the near future through the fire-tempered frontier of 41st century Earth for Valiant's next stunning science-fiction showdown! Cover price $9.99.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Emily Burell.

In China, an entire generation's most formative years took place in remote rural areas when city kids were sent to the countryside to become rusticated youth and partake in Mao's mandated Great Leap Forward. In an inspiring tale, Emily Burell shares her mother's true experience during the Countryside Movement of the early 1970s, which sought to increase agricultural outreach and spur social and ideological change amongst youth.

Burell's stunning illustrations honor her mother's courage, strength, and determination during a decade of tremendous political upheaval.

Hardcover, 160 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Wrigley's Gum Illustrated Poem Booklet. Giveaway promo from 1915. "Introducing the Sprightly Spearmen" Saddle Stitched, 4-in x 6-in, 20 Pages, Full Color.

11" x 13.5", 6 pages, B&W