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SPRING 2020 HIGHLIGHTS FANTAGRAPHICS I Am Not Okay With This (Netflix Series Tie-In Edition) Charles Forsman A tie-in with the Netflix series adaptation starring Sophia Lillis (It), from the director of The End of the F***ing World and production team behind Stranger Things. Summary Sydney seems like a normal, rudderless fifteen-year-old freshman. She hangs out underneath the bleachers, blasts music in her friend's car, and gets into arguments with her annoying little brother. But she also has a few secrets she’s only shared in her diary: how she's in love with her best friend, the bizarre death of her war veteran father, and excruciatingly painful telekinetic powers that keep popping up at the most inopportune Fantagraphics times. Charles Forsman once again expertly channels teenage ethos in a style that evokes classic comics 9781683963318 strips while telling a powerful story about the intense, and sometimes violent, tug of war between trauma and Pub Date: 2/25/20 control. I Am Not Okay With This tackles familial strain, sexual confusion, and PTSD in Forsman's signature $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback straight-faced-but-humorous style and firmly stakes his place among the world's best cartoonists. 176 Pages Contributor Bio Carton Qty: 60 Ages 13 to 18, Grades 9 to Charles Forsman's The End of the F***ing World graphic novel has been adapted into a critically acclaimed 17 television series that is distributed by Netflix. He is also a graduate of the Center for Cartoon Studies. He lives Comics & Graphic Novels / in Hancock, Mass. Media Tie-In CGN004060 8 in H | 6 in W | 0.6 in T | 0.7 lb Wt Bloodshot Definitive Edition Duane Swierczynski, Matt Kindt, Manuel Garcia, Art... Summary Before BLOODSHOT hits the silver screen in 2020, experience the hit series that debuted Valiant's nanite- enhanced commando with this essential standalone volume! Killed in action, soldier Ray Garrison is brought back from the dead by Project Rising Spirit, a private military contractor trafficking in violence. Infused with cutting-edge nanotechnology, Bloodshot’s nanites make him a nearly unstoppable killing machine. His enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and healing make him the perfect weapon, and he serves his masters at PRS very well. But after defying his programming and escaping his captors, Bloodshot will fight to rediscover the secret of his true identity and expose the billion dollar black-bag operation that created him once and for all. Valiant Entertainment, LLC From acclaimed writers Duane Swierczynski (Birds of Prey) and Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and all-star artists 9781682153406 Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), Barry Kitson (The Amazing Spider-Man), Arturo Lozzi (Immortal Weapons) and Pub Date: 9/24/19 $24.99 USD/$33.50 CAD more – the BLOODSHOT DEFINITIVE EDITION trade paperback collection re-presents the blockbuster first Paperback year of the breakout Valiant ser... 352 Pages Carton Qty: 22 Ages 13 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes CGN004080 10.1 in H | 6.6 in W | 0.9 in T | 1.6 lb Wt Diamond Book Distributors Spring 2020 Highlights - Page 1 IMAGE COMICS Undiscovered Country Volume 1 Scott Snyder, Charles Soule, Giuseppe Camuncoli, D... Summary The smash hit series written by New York Times bestselling writers SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, AD: AFTER DEATH) and CHARLES SOULE (CURSE WORDS, Oracle Year) with art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (The Amazing Spider-Man, Darth Vader, Hellblazer), DANIELE ORLANDINI (Darth Vader) and Eisner Award-winning colorist MATT WILSON (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, PAPER GIRLS) gets its first collection! In UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY, readers will journey into an unknown region that was once the United States of America-a mysterious land that has been literally walled off from the rest of the world for well over a century. Two small expeditions enter the former US simultaneously-one from the east, one from the west-and journey inward, each seeking their own form of truth as they struggle to survive in this strange and deadly lost country! Image Comics Collects UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY #1-6 9781534315990 Pub Date: 6/23/20 Contributor Bio $9.99 USD/$13.50 CAD Paperback Charles Soule is a New York Times-bestselling, Brooklyn-based comic book writer, musician, and attorney. He is best known for writing Daredevil, She-Hulk, Death of Wolverine (inspiration for the film Logan,) and various 144 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Star Wars comics from Marvel Comics, as well as his creator-owned series CURSE WORDS from Image Comics Ages 16 And Up and the award-winning political sci-fi epic Letter 44 from Oni Press. His debut novel The Oracle Year will be Comics & Graphic Novels / published in 2018 by HarperCollins. Dystopian CGN013000 Scott Snyder has written WYTCHES, American Vampire, The Wake, SEVERED, Batman, Superman Unchained, and Swamp Thing, among many other projects. He's also the writer of the short story collection Voodoo Heart. He is an avid and non-ironic fan of Elvis Presley. Rat Queens Volume 7: The Once and Future King Ryan Ferrier, Priscilla Petraites, Marco Lasko Summary A vengeful presence from the past forces the Rat Queens to face their own demons in order to save everything they've ever loved! Can the Queens hold their own legacy together when faced with their greatest challenge yet? A whole new era for the Rat Queens begins here, chronicled by a brand new creave team! Contributor Bio Kurtis Wiebe is a Vancouver, Canada based author who's been established in the world of comic writing since 2009. For his contribution to the critically acclaimed Green Wake, Kurtis was presented with the Outstanding Comic Book Writer Shuster Award. His other credits include Peter Panzerfaust, Debris, Grim Leaper, Intrepids and his upcoming title Rat Queens. Image Comics 9781534314665 Pub Date: 2/18/20 $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback 136 Pages Carton Qty: 50 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy CGN004030 10 in H | 6.4 in W | 0.5 in T | 0.6 lb Wt Diamond Book Distributors Spring 2020 Highlights - Page 2 IMAGE COMICS Fire Power by Kirkman & Samnee Volume 1: Prelude Robert Kirkman, Chris Samnee Summary ALL-NEW series created by ROBERT KIRKMAN (THE WALKING DEAD, INVINCIBLE, OBLIVION SONG) and Chris Samnee (Daredevil)! Owen Johnson's journey to China to learn about his birth parents eventually leads him to a mysterious Shaolin Temple. The students there study to rediscover the Fire Power, the lost art of throwing fireballs. A power they claim will be needed soon to save the world. Will Owen Johnson be the first person in a thousand years to wield the FIRE POWER? Contributor Bio Robert Kirkman - First and foremost a comic creator, Kirkman has seen groundbreaking success in the Image Comics adaptation of his comic book titles into major franchises in all forms of content. In 2010, his Eisner award 9781534316553 winning series, The Walking Dead, was developed into an AMC television series. It has become a worldwide Pub Date: 5/5/20 phenomenon as the highest-rated basic cable drama of all time. The property has also been extended into a $9.99 USD/$13.50 CAD Paperback blockbuster game franchise, licensing business and ongoing publishing success. Additional Kirkman comics include Oblivion Song, Die!Die!Die!, Invincible, Outcast, Super Dinosaur, Battle Pope, Astounding Wolf-Man, 160 Pages Carton Qty: 0 and Thief of Thieves. Ages 13 to 16 Kirkman also serves as consulting producer of The Talking Dead, the popular talk show hosted by Chris Comics & Graphic Novels / Hardwick that deep dives into each week's episode of both The Walking Dead and its companion series Fear Superheroes the Walking Dead. Kirkman is co-creator, writer and producer of The Walking Dead's companion series, Fear CGN004080 the Walking Dead. He is also executive producer of the AMC series Robert Kirkman's Secret History of Comics, and the Korean pre-apoca... Middlewest Book Three Skottie Young, Jorge Corona, Jean-Francois Beaulie... Summary Separated from Fox and in the clutches of a devious kidnapper and ruthless businessman, things look bleak for Abel. Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Feathers) push Abel and his companions to their limits, as the ability to control his chaotic nature could shape the future of the Middlewest. Contributor Bio Skottie Young got his start at Marvel on titles like Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider Clan, Human Torch, and Venom. He soon began adapting the L. Frank Baum OZ novels at Marvel with Eric Shanower. He is best known for writing and drawing the hit series Rocket Raccoon, illustrating the children's book Fortunately, The Milk by Neil Gaiman, and the Young Marvel variant covers. He's also the cartoonist of I Hate Fairyland and is currently Image Comics writing Middlewest with artist Jorge Corona and Bully Wars with artist Aaron Conley. 9781534315983 Pub Date: 6/23/20 Jean-Francois Beaulieu is a comics colorist with a bright and exciting palette. He currently works on $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback INVINCIBLE (with Robert Kirkman and Ryan Ottley) and I HATE FAIRYLAND (with Skottie Young). 160 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Jorge Corona is a Venezuelan sequential artist and the winner of the 2015 Russ Manning Award. A writer and Ages 16 And Up illustrator, his works include We are… Robin, Nightwing, and The Flash for DC Comics; Big Trouble in Little Comics & Graphic Novels / China: Old Man Jack, Adventure Time Comics, Jim Henson's The Storyteller: Dragons, and others for BOOM! Fantasy Studios. Corona is also the co-creator of Goners and No. 1 With A... CGN004030 Diamond Book Distributors Spring 2020 Highlights - Page 3 IMAGE COMICS Family Tree Volume 1: Sapling Jeff Lemire, Phil Hester Summary Bestselling, award-winning JEFF LEMIRE (ROYAL CITY, DESCENDER, Sweet Tooth) and PHIL HESTER (Shipwreck, Green Arrow) come together for FAMILY TREE.