Adult Graphic Novels

For twenty years, Marvel’s Stormbreakers (formerly Young Guns) program has catapulted rising artists into comic book stardom. From Sara Pichelli’s contributions in co-creating Miles Morales, to Adi Granov’s highly influential work on The Invincible Iron Man's “Extremis” story arc, each class of creatives has gone on to become some of the most celebrated artists in the world. This deluxe coffee...

Combining DK's four-level reading program with the ever-popular Marvel comics, this book will help kids learn how to read-and learn to love reading via Marvel's popular character Ms. Marvel How did a teenager become an extraordinary Super Hero? Meet Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, an amazing Super Hero who can stretch and bend in any shape she likes! Join Kamala...

This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonised search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel, and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his most ambitious goal—to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics—continues to loom before him. Through love...

The brand-new book from Charlie Mackesy, revisiting the much-loved world of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse. #1 NEW YORK TIMES INSTANT BESTSELLER * USA TODAY BESTSELLER ‘One day you’ll look back and realise how hard it was, and just how well you did’ Charlie Mackesy’s four unlikely friends are wandering through the wilds again. They’re not...

"A singular gift. At once gentle and piercing, spare and profound, [Saito's] artistry breaks open hearts, releasing rivers of love for what is––and grief for what is already lost." –– NAOMI KLEIN, New York Times bestselling author of Doppelganger In her debut collection of comics, artist and climate activist Madeleine Jubilee Saito offers a quietly radical message of hope. Framed...

Fan-favourite mutants vie for power in a competition to become the Heir of Apocalypse! For centuries, Apocalypse tested the mutants of Earth to guarantee that only the strong would survive. Now, as he takes his throne on Arakko, another must rise in his place and ensure the mutants of Earth do not grow weak in his absence! Twelve mutants chosen...

Revisit X-23 at her deadliest in this throwback series set before she was an X-Man! Assassin or X-Man? Revisit the deadly days of X-23! Laura Kinney was cloned from Logan and trained by the Facility to be a deadly killer. But even as she attempts to put that life behind her, forces will try to drag her back - and...

Every witch uses her magic differently. I use mine to heal people, while others...What do the others do!? Are there many different types of witches!?Oh yes! Many... Join Lindsay, a young and curious 19th-century lass, as she meets Biddy Early, the famous 'wise woman of County Clare', and learns all about the magickal arts. From which plants can be used...

Bruce Barnes is a schoolteacher having yet another miserable day. His students are a disrespectful nightmare, gleefully relishing the misery they put him through. But today is even worse than usual, and after a particularly grim run-in with a student, he heads to the break room to bum a smoke off another member of the faculty. After lighting up, he's...

A new series of stories in the classic Marvel What If? tradition... but with a darker twist! The legendary series returns, with a dark twist! Prepare for some of the most harrowing stories the Marvel Multiverse has to offer! Walter Simonson returns to his acclaimed Thor era to see what happens if Loki takes charge! If Gwen Stacy never died...

Artist Ana Penyas's grandmothers Maruja and Herminia live alone in their respective Spanish towns, largely neglected by their children and relatives, who never visit. But when Ana comes to see them, she realises that these women, whose day-to-day existences now seem mundane, experienced firsthand an incredibly tumultuous and fascinating period of Spanish history. In We're All Just Fine, Penyas weaves...

Follow The Way of the Househusband and conquer the challenge of housekeeping with this essential guide! Everyone, from busy office workers and aspiring homemakers to the fiercest members of the yakuza, can gain important life skills from The Way of the Househusband: The Gangster’s Guide to Housekeeping! Learn the housekeeping secrets of the legendary gangster, Tatsu, with this practical and...

Turns out that the magical powers are actually a thing, and Mari is next up to wield them. Freshman year is gonna be a doozy. Before starting college, Mari Jiwe's relatives gift her an ancestral totem, once fabled to give its wearer the powers of the animal kingdom. Mari just chalks its magical powers up to superstition. After arriving in...

The essential illustrated bible of independent music! Although not widely known, each of these artists has changed the history of music. To celebrate the incredible contributions of these unsung heroes, Arnaud Le Gouefflec and Nicolas Moog have brought their stories to vivid life. Discover the sensitive and manic-depressive genius Daniel Johnston; the Peruvian queen of exotica, Yma Sumac; the improbable...

Those Not Afraid is a new crime comics series from three-time Eisner nominee Kyle Starks, known for works like Peacemaker Tries Hard and Where Monsters Lie, aimed at fans of true crime and murder fiction. In this gripping series, two serial killers discover they are within reach of the state record for kills and enter a terrible competition to see...

At the very edge of the front lines stands a young girl. She has golden hair, blue eyes, and pale, almost translucent skin. This girl soars through the skies, mercilessly cutting down her enemies. She barks crisp orders with the unmistakable voice of a child. Her name is Tanya Degruechaff. But her true identity is that of a 40-year-old Japanese...

The concluding volume of the Elric: The Balance Lost saga. Their quest to the Lost Universe has revealed the shocking truth as to who the true architects behind the war between Law and Chaos are, and nothing could have prepared the four eternal champions for the shocking truth. Now they find themselves pitted together in an epic war of unimaginable...

The first act of this thrilling two-part adventure tale takes place in Beirut in 1941, when renegade journalist Marcel Labrume crosses paths with the beautiful and mysterious American millionaire Carol Gibson, whom the Germans suspect of being a spy. With the help of Labrume, the young woman works to deliver a Jewish man wanted by the Germans to Palestine. Then,...

Back to the beginning! See the original hippie days (and hippie daze) of the unrelated Brothers and watch as Shelton shifts from stoner slapstick to both sitcom and satire, building a broad approach that would let him comment comedically through these hapless mouthpieces for five decades. Also in this volume: the earliest appearances of the Freaks' feline flat mate, Fat...

This first book in a two-volume graphic novel series is set in a near-dystopian present, where mysterious creatures called "whols" coexist with humans since their sudden appearance a few years earlier. At first, they aroused curiosity and wonder, then their seemingly harmless presence became commonplace. Nineteen-year-old Orsay leads an uneventful life in the French countryside, until the day he gains...

Packed with 100+ inventive groupings, hierarchies, and infographics, The DC Book of Lists offers a creative way of looking at both the well-known and obscure histories of the top heroes and villains from the DC Universe across 80+ years. Each entry in this book celebrates another corner of DC's past, present, and future. It revels in the rich tapestry of...

A revised and expanded edition of Indigenous artist Gord Hill's brilliant history of fascism and anti-fascist movements. When it was first published in 2018, Gord Hill's The Antifa Comic Book was heralded for its searing imagery documenting the history of fascism and anti-fascist movements over the last century. In the years since its publication, the term 'antifa' has been co-opted...

Based on the masterpiece film from Studio Ghibli cofounder Isao Takahata. Why did she choose to come to earth? Why did she long for this world? An old bamboo cutter and his wife find a tiny girl inside a bamboo shoot and raise her. The mysterious little princess grows rapidly into a young lady, enthralling all who encounter her—but ultimately,...

The Super Hero's Journey is a genuinely moving treatise on the inspiration we can take from others, and an antidote for cynicism. -Alex Ross, Fantastic Four: Full Circle The Super Hero's Journey is an adventure unlike any you have ever read. Imbued with the creativity, artwork, and heart of Patrick McDonnell, the beloved creator of the comic strip Mutts, this...

Stranger Things: Tales from Hawkins (Graphic Novel) is an anthology of vibrant new stories woven into the larger tapestry of the hit Netflix series! Discover the hidden stories from Hawkins, Indiana. On the surface, Hawkins, Indiana seems like the kind of town where nothing too out of the ordinary ever happens. However, in the fall of '83, two hunters head...

Caught! Cassie finds herself in deep trouble with the police, after her journey down the rabbit hole of trying to find Amy puts her on legally shaky ground. Caught! Cassie finds herself in deep trouble with the police, after her journey down the rabbit hole of trying to find Amy puts her on legally shaky ground. She enlists the help...

The team makes a breakthrough in the mystery of Amy's disappearance! Hacking Amy's net gear glasses gives Cassie and Zeph new clues in their search for Amy, but may lead to unintended dangers for the friends. The team makes a breakthrough in the mystery of Amy's disappearance! Hacking Amy's net gear glasses gives Cassie and Zeph new clues in their...

Once just a single ship, now the pirate fleet of the Rebel Army numbers in its thousands. Made up of traitors from each of the three empires, the fleet, who once made the open waters of the Blood Coast their home, have set their sights on establishing their own land-based empire with London as their capital. The Rebel Army is...

The youthful Maresh is sent to a violent and unmanageable port city on the Blood Coast of Verose, on strict orders from his father, King Nokil Maresh, to cut his military teeth in this lawless landscape. There, he encounters an unruly band of soldiers, a lawless landscape, and the intoxicatingly deadly presence of the newly returned pirate queen, Arisa... Shades...

Barbara has big goals. As the fiery captain of her U19 soccer team, the Rosigny Roses, she's determined to win a championship before graduating high school and leaving the grungy Parisian suburbs in the dust. So when her club threatens to divert their funding to the men's team and forfeit their season, she's devastated. Banding together, the Roses come up...

Sabretooth & The Exiles revolves around Sabretooth, who takes his destiny into his own clawed hands after escaping the Krakoan pit in which he was imprisoned! The powers that be condemned Victor Creed to the Pit for breaking the rules of Krakoa. But now he's free and ready to show the world that you can't keep a bad man down,...

Straight from Rooster Teeth’s hit animation series, a new four-volume anthology series featuring stories from various manga creators, each focusing on a different member of Team RWBY! The world of Remnant is filled with horrific monsters bent on the destruction of humanity. Fortunately, the kingdoms of the world have risen to combat these forces by training powerful Huntsmen and Huntresses...

Everyone is hiding something in this companion to the third season of the massive hit CW series Riverdale, by Scholastic writer Micol Ostow and Riverdale artists Thomas Pitilli and Joe Eisma. Take a deeper dive into some of the skeletons buried in and around Riverdale as well as hidden and unexpected connections to the Farm and the Game.

New York Public Library Best Comics for Adults 2024 It all starts with a photograph: an ordinary scene of a young woman and her family picnicking at a Valencian beach in 1947. Now in her twilight years, Antonia cherishes this photo dearly; it holds the memories of her upbringing, her family—the key to her Eden. Taking off from this routine...

The little-known story of Reg Saunders, the first Indigenous Australian to become an officer in the Army, retold in action-packed graphic format. Reg Saunders MBE (1920–90) not only survived the World War II battlefields in the Middle East, North Africa, Greece, Crete and New Guinea, but excelled as a military leader. He was recommended for officer training and, in 1944,...

This illustrated gift book of short comics illuminates author Debbie Tung's experience as an introvert in an extrovert’s world. Presented in a loose narrative style that can be read front to back or dipped into at one’s leisure, the book spans three years of Debbie's life, from the end of college to the present day. In these early years of...

Prophet against Slavery is an action-packed chronicle of a remarkable and radical individual. It is based on the award-winning biography by Marcus Rediker, which prompted the Quaker community that once disowned Lay to embrace him again after 280 years. Graphic novelist David Lester brings the full scope of Lay's activism and ideas to life. Born in 1682 to a humble...

Walt Kelly's newspaper comic strip Pogo was a platform for Kelly to express political satire and commentary via a wildly entertaining, motley group of swamp critters. He tackled many of the sociopolitical issues of his day: the Red Scare, civil rights, the environment, consumerism. But the strip is also a joyous, poignant, beautifully drawn, and occasionally profound work of 20th-century...

The return of Dick Grayson! A bullet from KGBeast robbed Nightwing of his memories and shattered the identity of Dick Grayson. Now he has found himself living as Ric Grayson, free from the influence of Batman and all that comes with him. But when the Joker comes to town, armed with a mind-controlling crystal and a taste for mayhem, Ric...

The sixth sensational installment in the Hard Case Crime books of Ms Tree, private detective, from famed Hard Case Crime author Max Allan Collins (Road to Perdition)! Fans of pulp noir and hard-boiled detective crime fiction will love this seminal collection of classic comics.

Breakout comics star Kamala Khan, aka Ms. Marvel, enters an exciting new era of storytelling - co-written by the actress that plays her, Iman Vellani! Kamala Khan is back - and she's an X-Man! Ms. Marvel: The New Mutant Vol. 1 bursts into the next phase of her life in an exciting adventure co-written by Iman Vellani, the MCU's own...

An epic story of war and survival set in the legendary Gundam universe! In the Universal Century year 0079, the space colony known as Side 3 proclaims independence as the Principality of Zeon and declares war on the Earth Federation. One year later, they are locked in a fierce battle for the Thunderbolt Sector, an area of space scarred by...

'Buoyed by an appealing and measured sense of affection. Whether you love Marvel 3000 or you're a Scorsese sympathiser, MCU is worth your time, being a pacy, lively account of the single most important studio of the century... This account offers a wealth of insight.' - Empire Marvel Entertainment was a struggling toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel...

Relive moments from the epic romance between Scarlet Witch and the Vision in this tiny book of quotes! The journey of Scarlet Witch and the Vision is one of the most beloved stories in the Marvel Universe. Now, you can hold this incredible love story in the palm of your hand, with this tiny book that collects art and quotes...

The latest in the acclaimed series of art books celebrates the thrilling blockbuster Captain America: Brave New World! Marvel Studios presents the next book in their line of deluxe ART OF tie-in books—celebrating the highly anticipated release of Captain America: Brave New World! This volume is filled with all the features you'd expect, including a stunning gallery of never-before-seen artwork...

In the years 1965 through 1967, Stan Lee and his art partner Don Heck guided the Avengers through their "Kooky Quartet" era with unbridled adventures and important character development. Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, and Captain America took on all comers, often in multi-part epics that pitted the Avengers against foes old and new, like the Enchantress, Doctor Doom and Kang....

Written in 1910 in his 70th year, Mark Twain, having lived through 14 wars waged just by his own country on others, declined to publish this poetic despairing reproof against patriotism. His regular illustrator Daniel Beard even urged Twain to issue the piece, to which the author replied, “No, I have told the whole truth in that, and only dead...

The Washington Post, Best Graphic Novels of 2022 Living & Dying in America includes many lovingly drawn portraits of those who died in the pandemic and of those who displayed extraordinary strength, decency, courage, and endurance. But Brodner does not ignore those who perpetuated the pandemic in word or deed: he also etches in acid caricature those public servants and...

Fresh out of prison for an arson conviction, clueless 20-year-old Billy Bonney finds himself drifting through the seedy and unsavoury world of cut-rate moviemaking, even more out of place amongst his peers than he felt as a teen six years earlier when he got busted. Following his brother to the sets of grade B and exploitation 1970s Hollywood seems like...

On the morning of July 4, 1910, thousands of boxing fans stormed a newly built stadium in Reno, Nevada, to witness an epic showdown. Jack Johnson, the world's first Black heavyweight champion—and most infamous athlete in the world because of his race—was paired against Jim Jeffries, a former heavyweight champion then heralded as the "great white hope." It was the...

Faced with the choice of being married to a strange spirit or being made into dinner, Aoi decides to create a third option for herself! Aoi Tsubaki inherited her grandfather’s ability to see spirits—and his massive debt to them! Now she’s been kidnapped and taken to Kakuriyo, the spirit world, to make good on his bill. Her options: marry the...

In a galaxy far, far away, swashbuckling space adventurer Joe Galaxy is out raising hell. Whether smuggling contraband alien porn, cheating at interstellar poker with bug-eyed monsters, or contending with the wicked lizards of Calisto IV, our wisecracking antihero always finds himself embroiled in one outrageous scenario after another. Launched in the late-'70s, this satirical space opera showcases the twisted...

Bell, along with his adventuring party of Welf the swordsmith and Lilly the supporter, has made it into the middle floors of the Dungeon, but the schemes of another party have stranded them there! Hestia's going to need to send help, but will the rescuers arrive in time to save Bell and his friends from the monster that's got them...

Acclaimed writer Gerry Duggan continues his exciting run on Iron Man, as Tony Stark teams up with the X-Men! Invincible meets uncanny as Iron Man and the X-Men cross paths! When the cosmically enhanced Feilong attacks the latest Hellfire Gala, it's up to Tony Stark to save the mutants! Featuring a brand new status quo for Tony, complete with a...

Everything I feel from reading and listening to music I commit to paper in black pen And gradually, blot by blot, stroke by stroke, A new mode of expression emerges. At this point, it’s just scribbles in a diary Not yet reborn as “Henn Kim” of the future. Depression and creativity, love and family, books and music: this personal and...

Acclaimed writer Al Ewing continues his groundbreaking run on Thor, the God of Thunder! The All-Father sought answers to new troubles in memories of old. To refresh those memories, he consulted his Skald of Realms, to tell a tale of when young Thor and young Loki journeyed out beyond Asgard on a quest that would determine the fate of all...

A year and a half after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the Ghostbusters are officially back in business and headed to where it all began—New York City! Callie, Gary, Trevor, and Phoebe are moving into the Firehouse and ready to take on the Spengler family business... or are they? Ghostbusting on top of changing family dynamics has a way of...

Gatchaman Vol. 2 or Galactor—will the young trainees fall for Berg Katse’s tricks and turn against their own? The continuing adventures of Gatchaman, the iconic Japanese animated franchise of a five-member, bird-themed superhero team! Galactor has concocted a new mecha to spread a dangerous chemical that drives people into a murderous rage. Meanwhile, a different form of corruption grows within...

It's the game everyone has been waiting for—The Fernwood Valley Fuzzies vs. The Rocky Ridge Red Claws! The Fuzzies, featuring such all-star players as Jackie Rabbitson, Sandy Kofox, and Hammy Sosa, are ready. So are the Red Claws, with players like Gator Gibson, Stetch Giraffolo, and Fernado del Toro. Together they'll make this the greatest game ever played between the...

In the far-flung future... An all-new Justice League must investigate the mysterious death of their greatest foes—the Legion of Doom! The Justice League Dark emerges from years of hiding to fight the villainous force stalking supernatural heroes and villains alike. John Stewart and his band of abandoned Green Lanterns must hold the line against an invasion of murderous zealots in...

When Frank Johnson, an itinerant musician and shipping clerk, died in 1979, he left behind a startling discovery: more than 2,300 notebook pages of comics and 131 unbound drawings. Among them was a massive, continuous storyline beginning in the earliest surviving notebook dated 1928—before the existence of comic books!—and following the exploits of his own cast of characters across 50...

Conceived as part of a literary game among friends in 1816, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is today regarded as a classic piece of 19th-century literature. The story begins with the journey of an adventurer, Robert Walton, who saves the life of a man at the North Pole. That man, Victor Frankenstein, tells Walton about his experiments with the creation of life...

First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world! From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space… whether he likes it or not. His efforts to outperform the space program veer off course when an accident introduces him to Tsukasa, a mysterious girl with strange powers. Is she...

From noted cartoonist Rick Parker comes his long-awaited original graphic novel memoir about his time in the United States Army, when he was drafted to serve during the Vietnam War. Drafted is a graphic novel memoir by Rick Parker, a shy, inexperienced, and overly protected teenager who gets drafted into the United States Army at the height of the Vietnam...

In Guy Colwell's first full graphic novel in over 30 years, we see one painter, Colwell himself, consider another, Hieronymus Bosch, and the story behind the latter's most notable work told in sequential panels. The known details of Bosch's life, and the commissioning of his enormous triptych, "The Garden of Earthly Delights," are scant. Colwell takes the facts of Bosch's...

This debut graphic memoir (the first of two books, with Book Two coming in 2025) is a bittersweet coming-of-age story that chronicles the author's teenage experiences with sexual assault, PTSD, and resiliency. Dear Mini is not a cautionary tale; rather, it is a vivid (at turns hilariously and uncomfortably so) depiction of adolescent agency in the face of trauma, tracing...

In the 1920s they were socialites and flappers. In the 1960s they were homemakers and heartthrobs. But from the late 1930s to the early 1950s, female stars of the newspaper comic strips were detectives, spies, soldiers of fortune, even superheroes. Accomplishing everything the male comics stars of the time achieved, except they did it in high-heels and flowing skirts. Follow...

Legendary writer Scott Snyder presents Dark Spaces: Wildfire—a thrilling new anthology series exploring our deepest fears of the unknown, beginning in the smoldering hills of California in Dark Spaces: Wildfire! Six weeks into the slow burn of the historic Arroyo Fire, a crew of women from an inmate firefighting program are risking everything on the frontlines when their newest recruit—a...

TELL NO ONE what you find in a secret torture dungeon. Or the previous owner might come back. Snyder and Sherman reunite for this installment of the Dark Spaces horror anthology. A family moves from the hustle and bustle of the Big Apple to upstate New York. However, their father's dream of a quiet rural life is shattered when he...

Franz Kafka not only wrote prose, he was also passionate about drawing: at one time, he even said it satisfied him more than anything else. In this graphic biography, acclaimed artist Nicolas Mahler echoes Kafka's own minimalist drawing style in a unique and surprising approach to the great writer's life and work. Drawing extensively on Kafka's fiction, letters and diaries,...

Set in Montréal, Clay Footed Giants is a tragicomic meditation on parenthood, masculinity, and violence. Being a parent is so much harder than Pat ever imagined. While his partner Ester is away on a work trip, Pat loses his temper and transforms into a grizzly bear of a father, scaring his children and compounding his guilt. His friend Mathieu's stay-at-home-dad...

An international collaboration involving 26 writers and illustrators from 14 different countries has transformed 15 of Cixin Liu's – 'China's answer to Arthur C. Clarke' (New Yorker) – award-winning stories into graphic novels. In the depths of mountains shrouded with ignorance and superstition, one man has dedicated his life to igniting a passion for maths and science in the hearts...

Milo Manara's Caravaggio: The Palette and the Sword Book 2, the second half of Manara's epic two-volume biography of the hot-tempered Italian master painter, depicts the tragedy of his years on the run for killing a man in a duel in Rome. With a price on his head, Caravaggio flees to Naples, Malta, and Sicily — continuing to paint and...

For fans of historical fiction focusing on a woman, Belle Gunness, with a murderous vendetta... a nice amount of mayhem and the supernatural thrown in for good measure. For fans of the film The Witch and the comic adaptation of The Dunwich Horror. Based on true events, from 1901-1908, Belle Gunness lured dozens of lonely men to her Indiana farm...

Block'd explores the turmoil of Cam Banter, a teen basketball star faced with the dual challenges of adolescent life under an overbearing father and the supernatural struggles of being a werewolf. In a small but not too quiet town, Cam grapples with the pressures of his high school basketball career while harbouring a monstrous secret — he is part of...

A mysterious meteor has crashed into the idyllic plains of the American Midwest, setting in motion a chain of events that will echo across history! How will Batman contend with the emergence of super beings beyond anything the 19th century has seen? And how will the rest of this lamp-lit incarnation of Gotham handle these cataclysmic events? Return to Elseworlds!...

Superstar writer Tom King's Batman stories are now collected in a new format, including the Batman/Elmer Fudd Special by King and Lee Weeks! Who is Batman? What becomes of Bruce Wayne after years spent in service of vengeance? What drives a man to become a creature of the night? Is there still a man under the mask, or has the...

Arm the Atlantean! Experience one of the seminal comic book runs on Arthur Curry (Aquaman) that influenced the character we know and love in popular culture. Re-discover the story behind the protector of the deep, The Aquaman. As the King of Atlantis, Arthur Curry must rule a kingdom, while also being its greatest protector. As new threats invade from the...

In the sleepy German countryside live the Annas, cursed to be too tall for their small town. Laughably long-limbed and gangly, their bodies refuse to conform to societal norms of delicate femininity, and the trauma of being different ripples across generations. And yet, there may be a blessing to their burden; like the mighty mountains surrounding their town, they find...

The Spider-Man event that will rock the street-level of the Marvel Universe! The Spider-Man event that will rock the street-level Marvel Universe! New York City's super-crime landscape has been a ticking time bomb, and now it finally explodes! What incites the Gang War?! Who hired Shotgun and took out Tombstone? And what, if anything, can Spider-Man do about it? As...