Personally, as the co-editor and co-publisher of Paul B. Rainey’s enthralling first graphic novel, published first some years ago in a limited hardcover by Escape Books, I’m thrilled that it is getting the paperback edition it so deserves next year and can reach many more readers.
Back in September, I had some great conversations at the Lodz Comics Festival in Poland with reknowned BD ‘scénariste’ Wilfrid Lupano. Both his and the other non-fiction work here can help recreate important figures and events in American history to resonate with our present-day issues.
Few comics creators have invested such attention and affection on their characters for over 40 years as Jaime Hernandez – in a class of his own.
It’s also exciting to be able finally to read Sam Fonseca’s substantial and ambitious psycho-chiller from Brazil…
Two of Japan’s manga geniuses – Maruo and Mochzuki – enjoy new single volumes translated, their first in too long and both guaranteed to chill and shock.
And I’m really glad to have introduced my friend and super-gifted writer John Harris Dunning to remarkable Portuguese artist Ricardo Cabral. After the sharp SF thriller Wiper, they’re back with a very different blend of shivers and frissons, set on a Greek island where the vampires go moon-bathing… These are just some of the great comics coming your way early in 2026 – they and more of my monthly PG Tips await you below!
Adam Eterno: Grunn the Grim
written by E. George Cowan & Chris Lowder, drawn by Francisco Solano Lopez, Eric Bradbury & Ted Kearon, cover by Andrew Howat
Rebellion / 2000AD
£20.00 / £14.99
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For the first time, Adam journeys into the future. Cursed by an old alchemist to live forever—unless struck from a weapon made of gold—Adam Eterno has gained the power to travel through the ages, fighting evil and injustice. Now Adam has been transported into a dystopian future where a cruel police regime led by Grunn the Grim, rule over the population with an iron fist. Written by Edward George Cowan (Robot Archie) and Chris Lowder (Dan Dare), with stunning art by Solano Lopez (Janus Stark), this book features Adam’s first adventures published in Lion. Also comes in a hardcover exclusively available from the Treasury of British Comics webshop. 112pgs B&W hardcover / paperback.
Almost Sunset
by Wahab Algarmi
Harper Alley
$24.99 / $15.99
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In a contemporary middle grade graphic novel debut that Gene Luen Yang calls “funny, endearing, and an intimate look at a Muslim family,” Almost Sunset follows a young Muslim American boy during Ramadan as he finds the balance between his family traditions and his secular middle school life. Perfect for fans of Swim Team and Chunky. It’s almost sunset, and Hassan has been dreaming about eating since the sun came up. The month of Ramadan has begun, and not eating until sundown intensifies his already busy days full of homework, soccer, and gaming. And since his teachers and friends at school barely understand Ramadan and its traditions, it’s easier to just…not mention it. As the month stretches on, Hassan’s family and community grow closer together. They wake up before sunrise every morning, feast when the sun goes down, and attend mosque in the evenings. Can Hassan balance it all during the hectic holy month—faith, tradition, school, and fun, too? 224pgs colour hardcover / paperback.
Beat It Rufus
by Noah Van Sciver
Fantagraphics
$22.99
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From the author of Fante Bukowski and Joseph Smith and the Mormons, a hysterical character comedy about an ageing rock-god-in-his-own-mind forced to face the music. Rufus Baxter is an ageing, professionally unemployed loser, desperately―delusionally—hanging on to his 1980s hair metal fantasies of headlining arenas, despite so much evidence to the contrary (like audience members ducking when he tosses promo t-shirts at an open-mic night). The rest of his bandmates in Funky Cool died decades ago in a horrible plane crash on the cusp of their first big break. When he gets kicked out of the Denver storage unit he’s been illegally sleeping in, his only prospect is a last-second wedding gig the very next day ― in Wyoming. A hop in his car, and possibly a peyote button or two, sends Baxter on a psychedelic and existential road trip through his past, and forces him to confront every bad decision he’s made along the way. Beat It, Rufus is very much a kindred spirit with Van Sciver’s Fante Bukowski series, a comedic character study both played for laughs but also infused with a surprising gravitas that has you rooting for Rufus despite having every reason not to. Van Sciver’s comedic and graphic talents are in peak form in this original graphic novel, his follow-up to the award winning and critically acclaimed graphic bio, Joseph Smith and the Mormons. 220pgs colour hardcover with a leopard spot fabric spine/quarter binding.
Beautiful Monster
by Maruo Suehiro, translated by Ryan Holmberg
Bubbles Zine
$24.99
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Sixteen short comics from Japan’s master of erotic horror. Stories are from 1981-1983 (plus a story from 2000). This is Maruo Suehiro’s first book translated into English in nearly 12 years. Maruo Suehiro (b. 1956) is globally recognised as the master of the erotic grotesque in Japanese art and comics. Since his debut in 1980, his exquisite and often shocking imagery has titillated readers of alternative, pornographic, and young adult manga. His other books in English include the impossible-to-find cult classics Mr. Arashi’s Amazing Freak Show (1993) and Ultra-Gash Inferno (2001), and the award-winning The Strange Tale of Panorama Island (2013). Adult readers only. 216pgs B&W paperback.
Bring Me The Head of Susan Lomond
by Connor B.
Silver Sprocket
$11.99
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In this graphic novel debut, Connor B. uses absurdist dark humour to craft a hilarious queer enemies-to-something-more story perfect for fans of The Addams Family. Susan Lomond must be defeated. Monroe Poole, teenage evil genius, has suffered her greatest humiliation. Susan Lomond, wretchedly popular football star, surpassed Monroe in their high school’s proficiency ranking system, contrary to all laws of reason or rationality. Revenge occupies Monroe’s every waking moment, yet she is somehow thwarted at every turn. The explosion detonates too late, the black hole opens up a few feet to the left, the lightning bolt instead strikes the flagpole. The homecoming dance is Monroe’s last chance to secure Susan’s demise. Will she finally succeed, or will she find that under the light of the disco ball, her obsession has turned from vengeful to something altogether different? 56pgs colour paperback.
Cassi and The House of Memories
by Dean Stuart
Random House Graphic
$24.99 / $14.99
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A dazzling journey through memories past gives one girl the chance to save her grandfather–as long as she can find him in time. A graphic novel perfect for fans of Pashmina and Anya’s Ghost. Cassi loves spending time with her grandfather. His games, songs, and stories have always brought her endless joy. This visit with him, though, is different: Grandpa seems to be losing track of things, including everything from the stories they’re sharing to who Cassi herself is. So when he goes missing after wandering off from his own backyard, Cassi knows she has to figure out where he’s gone. What she discovers is a world filled with memories, none of them her own. As she leaps from one memory to the next, she knows she’s getting closer and closer to finding her grandfather—but only if she can make sure he doesn’t slip away forever. 224pgs colour hardcover / paperback.
Defiant: The Story of Robert Smalls Vol. 1
by Rob Edwards, Nikolas Draper-Ivey, Caanan White, Sean Damien Hill & Ray-Anthony Height
Stranger Comics / Legion M
$39.99 / $19.99
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Penned by acclaimed screenwriter Rob Edwards (Disney’s Princess and The Frog and Treasure Planet), this narrative transcends historical boundaries, starting with the daring escape of Robert Smalls (1839-1915) from slavery. Produced by Legion M and Stranger Comics (known for the Niobe series), Defiant offers unparalleled depth and artistry into Smalls’ remarkable journey. Edwards’ Defiant immerses readers in the gripping tale of Smalls’ daring escape from slavery and ventures beyond, exploring the extraordinary acts of heroism and resilience that defined his legacy. From his audacious theft of a Confederate steamship to his fearless confrontations on enemy territory, Smalls’ story is a testament to courage, determination, and foresight. Known for their dynamic storytelling, featured artists Nikolas Draper-Ivey, Caanan White, Sean Damien Hill, and Ray-Anthony Height bring Smalls’ adventures to vivid life. More than a graphic novel series, Defiant is a tribute to Smalls’ courage and a call to recognise greatness within. With Legion M developing a feature film adaptation, Smalls’ legacy will captivate audiences worldwide. This book helps to ensure that Smalls’ remarkable tale receives the recognition it deserves, inspiring generations to defy the odds and pursue their dreams. 112pgs colour hardcover / paperback.
DiSCONNECT
by Magnus Merklin
Black Panel Press
$29.99
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One year after the passing of their friend, two young musicians return to the summer home where they used to record with their trioDiSCONNECT. When discovering an unfinished song written by their departed friend, the two decide to work together to finish it. With different ideas on what being back together means, they both project their sadness onto each other. The creative process and their relationship is at stake as their grief looms underneath. DiSCONNECT is the debut graphic novel by Danish artist Magnus Merklin, blending traditional and digital techniques to explore grief, friendship, and creative healing. 160pgs colour hardcover.
Ella Fitzgerald: The Official Graphic Novel
by Ngozi Nwadiogbu
Fantoons
$24.99
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Immerse yourself in the vibrant world of jazz with Ella Fitzgerald: the official graphic novel, capturing her life, music, and indomitable spirit. Experience her journey from humble beginnings to becoming the First Lady of Song. In this vibrant graphic novel, follow the remarkable journey of Ella Fitzgerald, as she rises from humble beginnings to become one of the greatest jazz vocalists of all time. Through stunning artwork and compelling storytelling, readers are immersed in the world of jazz, experiencing the highs and lows of Fitzgerald’s life and career. From her early struggles and breakthrough at the Apollo Theater’s amateur night to her groundbreaking collaborations with musical legends like Duke Ellington, this graphic novel captures the essence of Fitzgerald’s musical genius and her enduring legacy. Explore the challenges she faced as a black woman in a segregated society and the obstacles she overcame with her unmatched talent and determination. Ella Fitzgerald’s story is one of resilience, passion, and the power of music to transcend boundaries, making this graphic novel a captivating celebration of her life and music. 112pgs colour hardcover.
The Girl Who Flew Away
by Lee Dean
Iron Circus Comics
$28.00
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It’s 1976, and Greer Johnson has found herself pregnant, single, and packed off to Florida. Bunking with total strangers to await and hide the birth of her boss’s child, she finds herself unmoored and friendless in the sun-and-fun-obsessed Key West. While searching for something, anything to give her comfort, Greer does have a few things going for her: She’s surrounded by an unusual parade of singular advisors, neighbours, and allies in a strange new environment, and a wild imagination run amok. But will her flights of fancy be her salvation, or her ultimate undoing? A beautifully illustrated, nostalgic, and timely graphic novel about fate and making a life from scratch. 416pgs colour paperback.
Give Me Liberty! A Revised History of the American Revolution
by Gilbert Shelton, Ted Richards, Gary Hllgren & Willy Murphy
Fantagraphics Underground
$20.00
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The story of America’s battle for independence… but funny – Fiftieth Anniversary Edition. The true history of the American Revolution as it was never taught in school! Two titans of underground comix team up to retell the essential moments of the war against the British—as it might have seemed to the ordinary people of the time. Gilbert Shelton (ZAP Comix, The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers) and Ted Richards (Air Pirates, The Forty Year Old Hippie) combined their cartooning talents to create an episodic, comedic, and more-or-less accurate summary of the founding of the United States of America. Originally serialised in alternative weekly newspapers through 1975-76. Now, for only the second time in 250 years, Fantagraphics Underground brings this lost classic back to print. Originally published in paperback in 1976 by Rip Off Press.
Goes Like This
by Jordan Crane
Fantagraphics
$39.99
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Collecting all of acclaimed cartoonist Jordan Crane’s short stories (from self-published zines and anthologies such as Non and Uptight) and more for the first time, in a gorgeously designed package. For almost three decades, master cartoonist Jordan Crane has put together a body of short stories that garnered him multiple Eisner and Ignatz Award nominations, via the pages of his comic book series Uptight and the influential comics anthology, Non. Yet they have never been collected until now. Featuring over a dozen short stories (spanning multiple genres) published over the past 25 years, Goes Like This is a gorgeously packaged anthology (including varying paper stocks and exposed spine) of Crane’s work. The Hand of Gold is a short but grim Weird Western, a morality play in which an accidental crime leads a criminal to a supernatural maximum security cell. Below the Shade of Night presents an anxiety that is rooted in the follies and ignorance of childhood, adolescence and young adulthood. Vicissitude maps uncharted territory of graphic melancholia via a tale of infidelity. Trash Night depicts the troubled relationship of Dee and Leo, with mounting tension and mistrust that reaches a boiling point. In The Dark Nothing, a rare foray into science fiction, the three-person crew of prospecting ship Sagasu 17 attempt to harvest an asteroid, and things go horribly awry. The Middle Nowhere begins with a man waiting in a small shack. All around him is a black sand desert. The wind rises, the rain comes, and it just might be the end of everything he’s known. Also featuring additional prints and drawings from the author’s archives, Goes Like is a tantalising sampler of one of the most brilliant cartoonists working today. 192pgs part-colour paperback.
Halfway to Somewhere
by Jose Pimienta
Random House Graphic
$21.99 / $13.99
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New school, new country, but only half a family?! Embark on a coming of age journey with a middle school teen navigating their parent’s divorce while moving to a new country in this stunning graphic novel. Ave thought moving to Kansas would be boring and flat after enjoying the mountains and trails in Mexico, but at least they would have their family with them. Unfortunately, while Ave, their mom, and their younger brother are relocating to the US, Ave’s father and older sister will be staying in Mexico…permanently. Their parents are getting a divorce. As if learning a whole new language wasn’t hard enough, and now a Middle-Schooler has to figure out a new family dynamic…and what this means for them as they start middle school with no friends. Jose Pimienta’s stunningly illustrated and thought provoking middle graphic novel is about exploring identity, understanding family, making friends with a language barrier, and above all else, learning what truly makes a place a home. 256pgs colour hardcover / paperback.
Hauntress
by Minetaro Mochizuki
Vertical Comics
$13.95
A seminal work of horror from 1993, this classic from the author of Dragon Head is finally appearing in English for the first time. Incorporating elements of psychological horror and urban legend, and credited with introducing the idea of stalking to Japan, Mochizuki’s early masterpiece remains just as terrifying as it was when it first appeared over 30 years ago. Hiroshi Mori is an ordinary college student leading an unremarkable life, until one day he hears someone ringing his neighbour’s doorbell over and over again. He goes out onto the landing and finds a strange woman in a trenchcoat—whose tenacious attention soon transfers to him. Stalked and harassed by this monstrous woman, Hiroshi tries to find out the truth about her before she ruins his life completely. 214pgs B&W paperback.
Hey, Mary!
by Andrew Wheeler & Rye Hickman
Oni Press
$17.99
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From writer Andrew Wheeler (Another Castle, Cat Fight) and artist Rye Hickman (The Harrowing) comes a touching story of religion, desire, and what it means to be yourself no matter how lonely or scared you feel. Mark is a good Catholic boy. He goes to church, says his prayers, and spends too much time worrying about hell. When Mark realises he has a crush on another boy in his school, he struggles to reconcile his feelings with his faith as the weight of centuries of shame and judgment—and his fear of his parents’ response—presses on his shoulders. Mark seeks advice from his priest, as well as a local drag performer, but also receives unexpected input from key figures in Catholic history and lore, including Joan of Arc, Michelangelo, St. Sebastian, and Savonarola. Ultimately, only Mark can answer the question: Is it possible for him to be both Catholic and gay? 128pgs colour paperback.
The History of Everything
by Victoria Evans
Harper Alley
$26.99 / $18.99
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Best friends Agnes and Daisy must learn to say goodbye in this coming-of-age YA graphic novel perfect for fans of Booksmart and Pumpkinheads from debut creator Victoria Evans. Daisy and Agnes have always had each other. And that’s all they’ve ever needed—or wanted, at least. So when Agnes’s mom drops the bombshell that she and Agnes are moving at the end of the summer, the girls are crushed. All seems lost until the pair unearth The History of Everything, an old friendship scrapbook with the ultimate bucket list to make their last summer together unforgettable. But when Daisy starts dating a charming drummer, her social calendar suddenly has less room for her best friend. Insecurities bubble to the surface, and Daisy and Agnes begin to question if their friendship is meant to last the summer, much less forever. In this tender graphic novel debut, Victoria Evans delves into the heart of a best friendship and explores what it means to grow up without growing apart. 240pgs colour hardcover / paperback.
Holy Lacrimony
by Michael DeForge
Drawn & Quarterly
$24.95
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The post-alien abduction trauma memoir we’ve all been waiting for. “Ah, there’s that famous lip quiver!” says Jackie’s abductor and student. Jackie has been determined to be the “saddest living person in the entire world” by a mysterious team of alien abductors. His earthly musical celebrity is nothing compared to his emotional superstar status in the eyes of these curious and peculiar shape-shifters. Jackie is forced to perform his sadness over and over again on command, so his captors can study and master this very puzzling, very human emotion. Until just like that, Jackie is returned to his old life. Trying to comprehend what has happened, he joins a support group. It’s a sea of conspiracy theorists, emotional vampires, and simpatico “real” abductees. As each person tells their story, he realises he may never know. Holy Lacrimony is classic DeForge–oscillating between shockingly dirty, casually funny and earnestly engaged in the socio-politics of his fictive worlds. Part abstract shape blending and part hieroglyphic storytelling, each image is a discrete and tightly designed object of beauty that never loses the forward motion of the best personal cartooning. DeForge continues to prove that he’s the single most innovative and empathetic cartoonist in the past twenty years. 120pgs colour hardcover.
Life Drawing
by Jaime Hernandez
Fantagraphics
$24.99
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Two Latinas, separated by a generation, hinder and help each other find their place in a world they never made. Ten years in the making (and torn from the pages of the legendary Love and Rockets), Jaime Hernandez’s newest graphic novel skilfully weaves two generations of his beloved characters into a satisfying story of love―both young and middle-aged. Life Drawing darts primarily between the youthful Tonta and the venerable Maggie. Tonta has a crush on her art teacher, Ray, as well as an axe to grind with an older woman in the neighbourhood. When Tonta finds that the woman, Maggie, is married to Ray, things get complicated. And Tonta does not handle complications well. Life Drawing showcases Hernandez’s brilliant talent for character, weaving relationships, rejections, infidelities, and adventures involving: Tonta’s self-involved sisters Vivian, Violet, and Muñeca; her colorful pals Gomez, Judy Fair, and Brown Alice; her mother, the infamous ‘Black Widow of the Valley’; and of course, the two great loves of Maggie’s life, Ray and Hopey. There’s also a forest spirit, two weddings, some cosplay, a little pole dancing, and page after page of breathtaking comics by the medium’s most wide-eyed romantic. Did we mention the weddings? 136pgs B&W hardcover.
Lifeform Vivian: An Angels & Airwaves Graphic Novel
by Helen Mullane, Amilcar Pinna, Sean Edgar & Brandon Rike
Z2 Comics
$19.99
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The all-awaited graphic novel by beloved alt-rock band Angels & Airwaves. The creative studio Tension Division and Angels & Airwaves bring the psychedelic story behind the 2021 album, Lifeforms, to a new graphic novel—Lifeform: Vivian. Co-written by Helen Mullane (Superstate, Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen) and drawn by Amilcar Pinna (Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes, Eternal Blue: A Spiritbox Graphic Novel), the story will unspool the tale behind the mysterious woman at the centre of the band’s sixth studio LP, as she wanders from the New Mexico desert into the life of a low-level government employee, Victor. The pair ignites a tentative romance as their world erupts in chaos, with secret agents following Vivian’s every move as events erupt around the amnesiac woman that defy explanation. 120pg colour paperback.
Mansect
by Koga Shinichi, translated by Ryan Holmberg
Living the Line
$19.95
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Humans grow and age. They change. But always we are the same person, the same creature. Not so with insects, whose powers of metamorphosis alter not only their shape and size, but also their very beings. And now, because of one young man’s unhealthy obsession with bugs, humans also find themselves transformed into disgusting, decrepit, bloodsucking insect monsters! Published in 1975, Koga Shinichi’s Mansect is a shonen horror classic by one of the undisputed masters of the genre. Swarming with mesmerisingly gnarly imagery and freakish bio-evolutionary speculation, Koga here demonstrates why his name is uttered with the same quivering reverence as horror manga legends Mizuki Shigeru, Umezz Kazuo, and Ito Junji. Mansect is the third volume of SMUDGE, a line of vintage horror, occult, and dark fantasy manga, curated and translated by award-winning historian Ryan Holmberg. 244pgs B&W paperback.
The Murder Next Door
by Hugh D’Andrade
Street Noise Books
$20.99
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When someone is murdered next door, it changes everything about the way you live your life. When Hugh was ten years old, he walked home from school to find his friends next door crying outside – they had just come home and discovered their mother’s body. She had been murdered. Now an adult, Hugh has a happy social life and a successful career as an artist in Oakland, California. But even so he is plagued by anxiety, anger, and panic attacks. As he attends therapy and looks back on his childhood, he comes to realise the trauma and stress that the murder next door had on his life, and how it still affects him today. Does trauma ever go away? Or does it just hang around, in the backs of our minds forever? This thoughtful, powerful memoir explores how one event in childhood can make a permanent mark on someone’s life. 152pgs colour paperback.
Roihu
by Kutikuti
Living the Line
$19.95
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What would the suburbs look like if fire was never invented? Can a person get pregnant from a single look? What’s it like growing up as the only gay person in a village in Lapland? Another carefully woven set of cutting-edge Finnish comics storytelling. Roihu is a joint work by twelve artists and the second part in a series. Kutikuti is an association and collective of about sixty contemporary comic artists living in Finland: Roihu/‘roîhu/Blazing flames. The astronomical term is solar flare; a powerful but transitory emission of the Sun. 104pgs colour paperback.
The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero
by Raeghan Buchanan
Silver Sprocket
$14.99
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Delve into the largely overlooked footprint that Black punks have on the underground music scene in a new archival publication brought to you by Raeghan Buchanan and Silver Sprocket. The Secret History of Black Punk: Record Zero by Buchanan is an illustrated roll-call for punk, post-punk, hardcore, no-wave, and experimental bands from ground zero ‘til now. A starting point for anyone curious, another reference for those who devour all genre-related things, or a cool artefact for anyone in the know. This book is part of an ongoing series that covers musicians like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Poly Styrene, Don Letts, Minority Threat, and many others. From LA to London, from the early 1900s till today, Buchanan examines and presents narratives to show how Black musicians shape (and are shaped by) the world we live in. Now published in a second edition with a spine for easy shelving! 64pgs B&W paperback.
Secrets of a Lost Diary
by Santiago Cohen
Fantagraphics Underground
$25.00
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When her dementia-stricken grandmother Babi dies, 15-year-old Lucy—sensitive and sentimental, with a punky haircut and ears full of piercings—is left reeling and unmoored. That is, until a secret diary locked away in a hidden compartment drops out from Babi’s desk. What follows is a living epistolary, reflecting grandmother and granddaughter’s struggles with belonging. Babi, caught between her Polish-Jewish past and Mexican home, both of them reckoning with lesbian identity and the need to conceal it. Lucy comes to find in a life they shared far more than a birthday. In a style that perfectly captures tenderness and heartache, painter and animator Santiago Cohen crafts a moving reflection on love, grief, and connection across generations. 112pgs colour paperback.
Shadowplay: Midnight School
by Sam Fonseca
IDW
$24.99
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Jaw-dropping artwork illuminates a mind-bending work of psychological horror about creative souls struggling against oppression and depression. This class is a nightmare. Violent teachers, barbed wire fences, torture devices, and gruesome suspensions… How did these students get trapped here? Why can’t they remember? And once they realise the truth, are they strong enough together to escape? In his astonishing debut, Brazilian graphic novelist Sam Fonseca presents a mind-bending work of psychological horror about creativity, self-doubt, and the battles we all face to endure a world where shadows only grow stronger. 424pgs B&W paperback
The Smurfs Archives: Vol. 1
by Peyo
Papercutz
$39.99
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For fans who love humour and adventure, this hardcover collection has never been presented in this format before with over 300 pages of story and historical commentary. For the first time ever, The Smurfs’ adventures are collected in their originally published order in English. From their very first appearance in the 1958 Johan and Peewit story, The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, to their debut Little Smurfs adventures and their 1963, first album-sized story The Flying Smurf, The Smurfs Archives Volume 1 is the perfect collection for every Smurf fan, young and old. Collecting the first twelve Smurf stories along with introductions and historical context by Smurfologist, Matt Murray, this 304-page hardcover collector’s edition is a must own book. 304pgs colour hardcover.
Station Grand
by Craig Hurd-McKenney & Noah Bailey
Oni Press
$17.99
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From Xeric Grant-awarded and Ignatz Award-nominated writer Craig Hurd-McKenney and acclaimed illustrator Noah Bailey (Double Walker, Wonder Woman: Black and Gold) comes a gripping sci-fi novella about the darkness that lurks beyond Earth’s orbit… Dr. Michael Kinney is light years from Earth, overseeing the terraformation of Venus. Michael is all alone, save for the computer who keeps him company during the 272 day-long orbit from night to day around the sun. And during this time, there is no contact with Mission Control. With his circadian rhythms disrupted by his extended stay in deep space, his insomnia peaks. Reality as he knows it comes into question. As Michael struggles to finish his mission, what he thinks he knows will collide with the existential mysteries of the universe: Who am I? Why am I here? Am I alone? Why is this happening to me? 80pgs B&W hardcover.
Summer Shadows
by John Harris Dunning & Ricardo Cabral
Dark Horse
$24.99
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The Talented Mr. Ripley meets Dracula, this stylish neo-noir horror graphic novel will sink its teeth into you and leave you infatuated. Forever. By day the Greek islands are all sand, sea and fun…but by night they’re the perfect hunting ground for vampires! Nick Landry is searching for his ex on the unspoiled island of Avraxos. Anthony was the love of his life, and without knowing why he left, Nick can’t move on. But Anthony isn’t the only one to disappear on Avraxos. Coast guard officer Alekos Kourkoulos is on the trail of another young man who disappeared there. Both men had fallen in with the glamorous set onboard a jet-black superyacht moored offshore before vanishing. As the mystery deepens, Nick and Alekos discover that the brighter the sunshine, the darker the shadows… Acclaimed writer John Harris Dunning (Tumult, Wiper, Salem Brownstone) and talented artist Ricardo Cabral (Wiper) team up again to bring you this darkly seductive horror. 136pgs colour paperback.
Surrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832
by Wilfrid Lupano & Stéphane Fert
NBM
$24.99
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In 1832, in Canterbury, Connecticut, a “ charming and picturesque” little school for young girls opens to accommodate around twenty residents. Educating girls is a bit ridiculous and useless, they think in the area, but harmless enough. Until the day when the “ charming school” , led by Prudence Crandall, announces that it will now welcome Black girls… Thirty years before the abolition of slavery, some fifteen young people in the Crandall school are greeted by a wave of hostility of insane proportion. White America is afraid of some of its children. The story of this school and its legal legacy for civil rights cannot be understated. Crandall v. State (of Connecticut) was the first full-throated civil rights case in U.S. history. The arguments by attorneys in the Crandall case played a role in two of the most fateful Supreme Court decisions, Dred Scott v. Sandford, and the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education. It catapulted Ms. Crandall into a Civil Rights pioneer. 144pgs colour hardcover.
There’s No Time Like The Present
by Paul B. Rainey
Drawn & Quarterly
$24.95
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If time travel existed, would you right societal wrongs or just watch future episodes of Doctor Who? Paul B. Rainey’s There’s No Time Like the Present continues to upend grand science fiction gestures with a deep desire to understand the emotional lives of the common man (nerd). It’s a simple conceit: time travel is only possible between the invention of the necessary, functioning machinery and the day those machines are shut off. In that finite sliver of space-time, humanity schisms into those who defiantly refuse to look into the future, and those who reap the benefits of doing so. After all, what would you do if you accidentally found out for certain that you would still be working the same dead end job at the age of 70? What would you do if you could read every future issue of your favourite comic? Or if you traveled back in time and couldn’t afford to travel back? Would your life actually be that different? Can we admit that there might not be such a thing as free will? Is life just a series of denials of reality? Why does that one guy have horns? There’s No Time Like The Present proves the success of Why Don’t You Love Me? was no fluke, and is yet another brilliant graphic novel by a modern master. First published in hardcover by Escape Books, UK. 324pgs B&W paperback.
Toxic Summer
by Derek Charm
Oni Press
$19.99
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Perfect summer plans become a nightmare beach party in this slimy, spooky, madcap summer mystery from Eisner Award winner Derek Charm (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Jughead). Best friends Ben and Leo are ready to celebrate the summer after graduation by patrolling the beaches of idyllic seaside town Port Dorian as lifeguards—allowing them to also check out the hottest hunks and snag invites to the best parties, of course. But they arrive to find that a mysterious toxic spill has turned the water unswimmable and littered the shore with rotting fish carcasses. Their jobs become beach cleanup and the hunks are nowhere to be seen—like hermit crabs. When they save a local historian with suspiciously glowing eyes from the water, and tentacled monsters begin snatching people in the night, Ben and Leo have to team up with the only other teens in town to uncover the cause of the spill, save their new friends and family, and try to get this sexy summer back on track before it’s too late. 120pgs colour paperback.
Posted: November 30, 2024
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