Happiness comic books issue 2

Volume 2 - 1st printing.

Written by Jean Van Hamme. Art and cover by Griffo.

Three more short stories to illustrate the dangers of a welfare state running amok.

A single card to access all the details of a man's life - personal data, medical history, bank details - now that would make everything simpler, wouldn't it? But what if the card stops working would the person still exist within society? And in a world where births are regulated, how can children born illegally survive in said society if it doesn't even recognize they exist and won't let them have access to anything?

Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 56 pages, full color.

Cover price $13.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Shuzo Oshimi. The biggest loser in high school goes out one night to return a DVD and gets attacked by a blood-sucking woman. She asks if he wants to die or live. He chooses to live - but back in school he finds himself craving blood. When his desire becomes unbearable, and realizes he has climbed onto a female classmate and is trying to bite her neck. He stops himself, but she hugs him close. She asks, "Did you really want me that much?" Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.99.

Volume 2 - 1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Shuzo Oshimi. Nothing interesting is happening in Makoto Ozakis first year of high school. His life is a series of quiet humiliations: low-grade bullies, unreliable friends, and the constant frustration of his adolescent lust. But one night, a pale, thin girl knocks him to the ground in an alley and offers him a choice. Now everything is different. Daylight is searingly bright. Food tastes awful. And worse than anything is the terrible, consuming thirst. The tiny shames of his old life have been replaced by two towering horrors: the truth of what will slake his awful craving, and high school itself! Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 210 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.99.