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SPRING 2020 HIGHLIGHTS I Am Not Okay With This ( Series Tie-In Edition) Charles Forsman

A tie-in with the Netflix series adaptation starring Sophia Lillis (), 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 that keep popping up at the most inopportune Fantagraphics times. Charles Forsman once again expertly channels teenage ethos in a style that evokes classic 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 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, , Manuel Garcia, Art...

Summary Before 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 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 () and Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and all-star artists 9781682153406 Manuel Garcia (Black Widow), Barry Kitson (The Amazing -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

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IMAGE COMICS Undiscovered Country Volume 1 , , , D...

Summary The smash hit series written by New York Times bestselling writers SCOTT SNYDER (WYTCHES, AD: AFTER DEATH) and CHARLES SOULE ( WORDS, Oracle Year) with art by GIUSEPPE CAMUNCOLI (The Amazing Spider-Man, Darth Vader, ), DANIELE ORLANDINI (Darth Vader) and -winning 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 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 writer, musician, and attorney. He is best known for writing Daredevil, She-Hulk, Death of (inspiration for the film Logan,) and various 144 Pages Carton Qty: 0 comics from , 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 . His debut novel The Oracle Year will be Comics & Graphic Novels / published in 2018 by HarperCollins. Dystopian CGN013000 Scott Snyder has written WYTCHES, , The Wake, SEVERED, , Unchained, and , among many other projects. He's also the writer of the short story collection 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 from the past forces the Rat Queens to 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

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IMAGE COMICS Power by Kirkman & Samnee Volume 1: Prelude ,

Summary ALL-NEW series created by ROBERT KIRKMAN (THE WALKING DEAD, , 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 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, , 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 , 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 (, ) 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, , and . He soon began adapting the L. Frank Baum OZ novels at Marvel with . He is best known for writing and drawing the hit series , illustrating the children's book Fortunately, The Milk by , 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 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 ) 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… , Nightwing, and 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

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IMAGE COMICS Family Tree Volume 1: Sapling ,

Summary Bestselling, award-winning JEFF LEMIRE (ROYAL CITY, DESCENDER, ) and PHIL HESTER (Shipwreck, Green ) come together for FAMILY TREE. When an eight-year-old girl literally begins to transform into a tree, her single Mom, troubled brother and possibly insane Grandfather embark on a bizarre, and heart-wrenching odyssey across the back roads of America desperately searching for a way to cure her horrifying transformaon before it's too late. But the further they get from home, and the closer the girl gets to completely losing her humanity, the more external forces threaten to tear the family apart as fanacal cults, mercenaries and tabloid Paparazzi close in. determined to destroy the girl or use her for themselves. A new -defying FAMILY TREE will combine mystery, acon and Cronenbergian body horror into an epic story about the lengths a mother will go to keep her children safe in the face of an increasingly unstable world and unspeakable horrors. The first collecon of the hit new series by superstar creators JEFF LEMIRE and PHIL HESTER begins here! Image Comics Col... 9781534316492 Pub Date: 4/21/20 Contributor Bio $9.99 USD/$13.50 CAD Paperback Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, , Descender, 96 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, Ages 13 to 16 including the fantasy series Ascender with . Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror CGN004040

Ascender Volume 2: The Dead Sea Jeff Lemire, Dustin Nguyen

Summary The hit fantasy series from powerhouse creative teamJEFF LEMIRE and DUSTIN NGUYEN continues!

After a bruising escape attempt from the planet Sampson, Andy finds himself in the clutches of the militia, which means the murderous Mother can't be far behind. Meanwhile, Mila has booked passage on a ship piloted by none other than the irascible Captain Telsa. And while vampires may rule this strange galaxy, they're no match for Kanto, the Blood Scrapper-the most badass vampire hunter in the universe!

Collects ASCENDER #6-10 Contributor Bio Image Comics Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic 9781534315938 Pub Date: 6/2/20 novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, Paperback including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen. 120 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Dustin Nguyen has worked in the comic industry since 2000, providing concept art and character design in Ages 16 And Up addition to being a talented sequential artist in his own right. His projects include Descender and Ascender Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy with Jeff Lemire. CGN004030

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IMAGE COMICS Gideon Falls Volume 4: The Pentoculus Jeff Lemire, , Dave Stewart

Summary "THE PENTOCULUS" The smash hit horror series connues! Aer the me and space ing journey of the last arc, Norton and Clara are trapped in "small town" Gideon Falls with a murderous psychopath. Meanwhile, Father Fred and Angie confront the in "big city" Gideon Falls and the secrets of "The Pentoculus Machine" are revealed in all their mind-twisng . And what will happen when The Ploughman finally answer the call of duty?

COLLECTS GIDEON FALLS 17-21

Contributor Bio Image Comics Jeff Lemire is a New York Times bestselling and award winning author, and creator of the acclaimed graphic 9781534315136 novels Sweet Tooth, Essex County, The Underwater Welder, Trillium, Plutona, Black Hammer, Descender, Pub Date: 5/5/20 Royal City, and Gideon Falls. His upcoming projects include a host of series and original graphic novels, $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback including the fantasy series Ascender with Dustin Nguyen.

120 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Andrea Sorrentino is an Italian artist who got his professional start illustrating licensed projects at Wildstorm Ages 16 And Up before its closure in 2010. He's worked for many publications since then, and is the artist on Image Comics' Comics & Graphic Novels / GIDEON FALLS. Horror CGN004040 Dave Stewart is a multi Eisner Award Winning colorist who has worked for DC, Marvel, Dark Horse and Image comics. Some of his award winning works include , Star Wars, , Daredevil, Ultimate X-Men, , Superman, BPRD, The Goon, Body Bags and .

920London Remy Boydell

Summary North of London, 2005. A doomed romance between an emo kid and a scene kid. More than friends, less than lovers, they're trying to grow shrooms before the world ends. Send help.

Solo graphic novel debut from REMY BOYDELL (THE PERVERT), fully painted in watercolor. Contributor Bio Remy Boydell is a comic book professional whose early works include Tender Objects, Victim Pheromone, Death Paradise, and Recovery Blogger. Boydell's debut graphic novel THE PERVERT was featured prominently in the award-winning comics magazine ISLAND. Having worked as a translator for Apple and various Japanese documentaries, Boydell shifted focus to comics Image Comics full time in 2015. 9781534315044 Pub Date: 4/28/20 $17.99 USD/$23.99 CAD Paperback

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IMAGE COMICS Coffin Bound Volume 1: Happy Ashes Dan Watters, Dani Strips, Brad Simpson

Summary Mad Max: Fury Road meets Neil Gaiman's Sandman in this full-throle, grindhouse, fantasy epic.

Cars! Guns! Entropy! Izzy Tyburn has promised the world that if it won't have her in it, it'll have nothing of her at all. Chased by an unstoppable killer, she's re-treading her life, leaving nothing behind but burned rubber, ash... and the sun-scorched bones of those who get in her way. Ride shotgun on an existenal road-trip through the tangled web of a blood-splaered life.

Collects COFFIN BOUND #1-4.

"If you like Dan Waers' work on Lucifer, this is even weirder..." -Neil Gaiman

Image Comics "Wholly original. Fresh concepts and characters pop up on almost every page, courtesy of Waers' mind and Dani's art. This is a series to 9781534313743 keep your eye on." -Entertainment Weekly Pub Date: 3/31/20 $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback "It's a gleeful of literary grindhouse comic that brings to mind Milligan's Arthouse Pulp and notes of Prey Deadly. Out in August. Pre-order now." - 144 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up "Dani is quite a discovery: the work is very invenve and actually very careful but the line is alive and organic-the ink just spills and Comics & Graphic Novels / branches into the right places.... Horror CGN004040 Contributor Bio London-based writer Dan Watters currently works on LIMBO with Caspar Wijngaard.

SFSX (Safe Sex) Volume 1: Protection Tina Horn, Michael Dowling, Jen Hickman, Alejandra...

Summary From notorious kink writer TINA HORN and featuring a diverse group of arsts comes SFSX (SAFE SEX), a social about sex, love, and torture. It's SEX CRIMINALS in Gilead, Hustlers with a SUNSTONEtwist.

In a draconian America where sexuality is strictly bureaucrazed and policed, a group of queer sex workers keep the magic alive in an underground club called the Dirty Mind. Using their unique talents for bondage and seducon, they resolve to infiltrate the mysterious government Pleasure Center, free their incarcerated friends, and fight the power!

Collects SFSX (SAFE SEX) #1-7 Contributor Bio Image Comics Tina Horn hosts and produces the long-running kink podcast Why Are People Into That?!. Her reporting on 9781534315853 sexual subcultures and politics has appeared in Rolling Stone, Hazlitt, Glamour, Jezebel and elsewhere; she is Pub Date: 6/2/20 the author of two nonfiction books and has contributed to numerous anthologies including the queer horror $9.99 USD/$13.50 CAD Paperback collection Theater of Terror. Tina has lectured on sex work politics and queer BDSM identities at universities and community centers all over North America. SFSX is her first creator-owned comic book series, the 184 Pages Carton Qty: 0 culmination of a lifelong obsession with comics and genre fiction. She is a LAMBDA Literary Fellow, the Ages 16 And Up recipient of two Feminist Porn Awards, and holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction Writing from Sarah Lawrence. Comics & Graphic Novels / Originally from Northern , Tina now lives in New York City. Dystopian CGN013000 Mike Dowling is the artist of SfSx, written by Tina Horn and published by Image.

He has also drawn Tie Fighter and Black Cat for Marvel Comics. He was the artist and co-creator of Unfollow, written by & published by Vertigo.

Other work includes Death Sentence written by Mont...

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IMAGE COMICS Space Bandits , Matteo Scalera

Summary Thena Khole and Cody Blue are among the universe’s most wanted felons. Each the leader of their own ops, they run heists across the galaxies -- hopping from ship to ship to fleece everyone inside. But when both women are betrayed by their crews, the bandits 0nly have one thing on their minds: REVENGE. Collects issues 1-5. Contributor Bio Multi award-winning writer Mark Millar is the writer of JUPITER'S LEGACY from Image Comics, which he co-created with artist . Also at Image, his WANTED comic series was the industry's biggest- selling creator-owned book of the last ten years until he smashed his own record with Kick-Ass, each issue selling more than Spider-Man and X-Men from issue one with an unprecedented five printings every issue. Image Comics Both properties were sold as movies before the first issue hit the stands and everything Millar has ever 9781534315013 created is in various stages of theatrical development. Wanted starred Angelina Jolie and James McAvoy. Pub Date: 2/18/20 Kick-Ass stars actor . In addition to WANTED and Kick-Ass, Millar has revamped the X-Men, $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback launched a number one Spider-Man title, brought Captain America into the 21st Century and made Superman a communist. 152 Pages Carton Qty: 48 Ages 16 And Up Matteo Scalera is an Italian comic book artist. Some of his work includes Batman, Daredevil, Deadpool, Comics & Graphic Novels / Dynamo Five and Dead Body Road. Currently he is the artist and co-creator to the Sci-Fi Drama Black Science with writer . CGN004070 9.9 in H | 6.4 in W | 0.5 in T | 0.7 lb Wt is a ...

Chrononauts Volume 2: Futureshock Mark Millar, Eric Canete

Summary ARE BACK. Time-traveling physicists and best friends Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly attempt to conquer the future in their latest adventure. But when their own mission goes awry, a face from the past calls upon them to fulfill a unique, and sinister, assignment.

A little bit older but none the wiser, Corbin and Danny return with a BANG in the second volume of this MARK MILLAR classic.

Image Comics 9781534315082 Pub Date: 3/24/20 $14.99 USD/$19.99 CAD Paperback

128 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Science Fiction CGN004070

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IMAGE COMICS American Jesus Volume 1: Chosen (New Edition) Mark Millar, , Jodie Muir

Summary NEW EDITION CHOSEN. After surviving a accident, a twelve-year-old boy discovers he's the returned Jesus Christ. He can turn water into wine, make the crippled walk...he can even raise the dead. How will he deal with his destiny -- to lead the world in a conflict that's been thousands of years in the making? Collects AMERICAN JESUS: CHOSEN #1-3

Image Comics 9781534316621 Pub Date: 4/21/20 $9.99 USD/$13.50 CAD Paperback

96 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror CGN004040

American Jesus Volume 2: The New Messiah Mark Millar, Peter Gross, Jodie Muir

Summary AMERICAN JESUS returns with THE NEW MESSIAH. A virgin pregnancy in '70s New York leads a young couple to flee for their lives, as evil forces close in to destroy them. Yet more bloodshed lies ahead for their daughter, Catalina, who refuses to accept her destiny as the savior of mankind. Collects AMERICAN JESUS: THE NEW MESSIAH #1-3

Image Comics 9781534315129 Pub Date: 4/21/20 $9.99 USD/$13.50 CAD Paperback

96 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror CGN004040

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IMAGE COMICS Nomen Omen Volume 1: Total Eclipse of the Heart Marco B. Bucci, Jacopo Camagni

Summary No matter how fast your run, sooner or later your past will catch up with you. Becky Kumar is a daughter of three mothers, a geeky twenty-year-old from New York City who is about to cross the veil between our reality and an ancient realm of otherworldly truths. From writer and RPG creator MARCO B. BUCCI ( Veritas, Memento Mori) and artist JACOPO CAMAGNI (X-Men Blue, Deadpool The Duck) comes the tale of witchcraft and secrets that became a sensation in Europe!

Collects Nomen Omen #1-5 Contributor Bio Marco B. Bucci, in 1981, represents a new of storyteller. Photographer, designer, illustrator and writer, in 2004 he founded Studio Dronio with Jacopo Camagni, with whom he created Magna Veritas, a comic Image Comics book series published by Soleil in France in 2005. He also wrote the backstory of Dogs of War, a CMON Ltd 9781534315068 board-game, and co-created the tabletop RPG Memento Mori. In 2018 he co-wrote Codex Gigas, a Memento Pub Date: 3/24/20 Mori companion book that serves as a full-fledged grimoire as well. As of today, he still juggles between his $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback activity as a photographer for some of the most prestigious fashion labels, the artistic production of role-playing games manuals as well as a writer for comics and novels. 160 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Jacopo Camagni has been working in the comics and illustration industry for over twenty years. In 1998 he's Comics & Graphic Novels / drawn an original graphic novel dedicated to Lupin the 3rd under the of the late Monkey Punch, Fantasy creator of the character. Ten years later he began working for Marvel Comics. Since then he lent his art to CGN004030 some of the most famous characters of the Marvel Universe, such as Longsh...

Die Volume 2: Split the Party Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans

Summary No one can escape DIE until everyone agrees to go home. Or rather, no one can escape DIE until everyone who is alive agrees to go home. The second arc of the commercial and critical hit of bleakly romantic fantasy fiction starts to reveal the secrets of the world, and our heroes' pasts. There's always the chance they'll escape DIE. They'll never escape themselves. Contributor Bio Kieron Gillen first came to attention in his 2006 collaboration with Jamie McKelvie, . Jamie and he have yet to escape each other, and have somehow roped the otherwise innocent Matt Wilson into this unfortunate pop-comics Katamari. Their most successful work is their 2014 ongoing series, The Wicked + The Divine. Kieron's other books for Image include Three and the forthcoming Die. His other books include many Image Comics titles published by Marvel (featuring characters you've probably heard of) and Avatar (featuring characters 9781534314979 you probably haven't.) He lives in London. He's listening to Sound and Vision. He's stopping writing now. Pub Date: 2/11/20 $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback Stephanie Hans is a seasoned illustrator. She works mostly for the books mainstream market with clients as big as Marvel, DC Comics, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Valiant, Dynamite, Vertigo, and Boom Studios. 168 Pages Carton Qty: 40 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy CGN004030 9.9 in H | 6.6 in W | 0.6 in T | 0.7 lb Wt

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IMAGE COMICS The Marked Volume 1: Fresh Ink , , Geirrod Van Dyke

Summary Their magic is channeled through their tats!

The Marked may look like cool young influencers, but beneath the designer clothes their bodies are tattooed with the magical glyphs of an ancient order that secretly protects the world against evil forces. With no new occult threats, The Marked use their tattooed powers solely for the pursuit of pleasure until a young woman called Liza creates a dangerous new form of Hybrid Sorcery. The party is over for The Marked.

You'll believe in magic - terrifying, soul-destroying magic. Contributor Bio Image Comics Brian Haberlin is a comic book creator, artist, writer, editor, and educator. He is creator or co-creator of many 9781534314672 titles, including , , Stone, Anomaly, Area 52, Hellcop, Shifter, and many more. He teaches art at Pub Date: 5/12/20 MCAD and through his Digital art tutorials, which are available through Image Comics. $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback

160 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy CGN004030

20XX Volume 1 Lauren Keely, Jonathan Luna

Summary From JONATHAN LUNA (ALEX + ADA, GIRLS, THE SWORD) and LAUREN KEELY in her writing debut comes a sci-fi thriller set in a not-so-distant future-a world of norms and syms, divided by fear. Syms, a small percentage of the population with telekinetic abilities, form gangs to survive. But division only breeds more division, and as their relationship grows amid the often dramatic, sometimes violent, and always complex social landscape of sym gang rivalries, Mer and Nuon experience this firsthand.

Collects 20XX #1-6 Contributor Bio Lauren is a writer and illustrator living in northern Virginia. 20XX with Image Comics is her first comic book Image Comics series. 9781534316126 Pub Date: 8/4/20 JONATHAN LUNA co-created and illustrated THE SWORD, GIRLS, and ULTRA (all Image Comics) with his $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback brother, Joshua Luna. He co-created and illustrated ALEX + ADA with Sarah Vaughn. He wrote and illustrated STAR BRIGHT AND THE LOOKING GLASS (Image Comics). His work also includes the art for SPIDER-WOMAN: 152 Pages Carton Qty: 0 ORIGIN (Marvel Comics), written by and Brian Reed. Jonathan was born in California and Ages 16 And Up spent most of his childhood overseas, living on military bases in Iceland and Italy. He returned to the United Comics & Graphic Novels / States in his late teens. Writing and drawing comics since he was a child, he graduated from the Savannah Science Fiction College of Art and Design with a BFA in Sequential Art. He currently resides in Northern Virginia. CGN004070

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IMAGE COMICS Killadelphia Volume 1: Sins of the Father Rodney Barnes, Jason Shawn Alexander, Luis NCT

Summary Featuring the show-stopping talents of series artist JASON SHAWN ALEXANDER, and the writer behind such hit shows as Wu-Tang: An American , Marvel's Runaways, and Starz's American Gods--RODNEY BARNES.

When a small town beat cop comes home to bury his murdered father-the revered detective James Sangster Sr.-he begins to unravel a mystery that leads him down a path of horrors and shakes his beliefs to their core.

The city that was once the symbol of liberty and freedom has fallen prey to corruption, poverty, unemployment, brutality...... and vampires.

But the mystery goes even further when Jimmy's investigation leads him to uncover the source of the outbreak is long-thought Image Comics dead President of the United States John Adams--a man secretly biding his time as he builds an undead army to start a new 9781534315693 and bloodier American revolution. Pub Date: 6/30/20 $9.99 USD/$13.50 CAD Paperback There's a reason they coin a phrase, “you can't go home.” Welcome to Killadelphia.

160 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Collects KILLADELPHIA #1-6 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Contributor Bio Horror Rodney Barnes is the award-winning writer/producer of HBO's Showtime, 's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, CGN004040 Marvel's Runaways, Starz's American Gods, and a host of other television programs and films. He has also authored graphic novels for Lion Forge's Quincredible and Star Wars - Lando: Double or Nothing, as well as for Marvel Comics. He is now writing Killadelphia for Image Comics. Rodney resides in Los Angeles.

Jason Shawn Alexander is an expressionist figurative painter, illustrator, and comic book creator. Alexander pulls from the vulnerability, fear, and underlying strength of his rural upbringing, just outside of the haunting home of the Delta Blues.

Paul is Dead Paolo Baron, Ernesto Carbonetti

Summary London, November 1966.

John Lennon can't speak, he can't take his eyes off a photo of a car in flames with the body of Paul McCartney inside. His friend is no longer there, and that means the Beatles are no longer there, either. But John wants to know the truth, and with George and Ringo, he starts to re-examine the final hours in Paul's life.

Set in the magical atmosphere of Abbey Road Studios during the writing sessions for Sgt. Pepper, the definitive version of the legend of the Paul McCartney's death.

Image Comics 9781534316294 Pub Date: 4/28/20 $16.99 USD/$22.99 CAD Paperback

128 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 13 to 16 Comics & Graphic Novels / Historical Fiction CGN010000 9.5 in H | 6.5 in W

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DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT : Reflections of Death , , , ...

Summary An ALL-NEW, ALL-ORIGINAL James Bond graphic novel, by a cavalcade of superstars!

GREG PAK (Star Wars, Darth Vader)! ANDY DIGGLE (Daredevil, )! BENJAMIN PERCY (X-Force, Wolverine)! GAIL SIMONE (Deadpool, )! MARK RUSSELL (, The Flintstones)! VITA AYALA & DANNY LORE (James Bond ongoing series)!

Six stunning stories, featuring the world’s greatest spy! Moneypenny has been kidnapped, and the mystery of who has her, and what they want, will only be revealed when (if?) 007 is able to complete his incredible 9781524115012 Pub Date: 4/14/20 missions. $24.99 USD/$33.50 CAD Hardcover

128 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Media Tie-In CGN004060 10.3 in H | 6.8 in W | 1 in T

The Boys Omnibus Vol. 6 , , Russ Braun, John Mc...

Summary It's been a long time coming. When the finally sets an army of superheroes against the forces of the United States military, and The Boys must finish the job they were recruited for: to take every out of the picture. While the battle rages on the White House lawn, Frenchie and the Female are unleashed, Mother's Milk uncovers a terrible secret at Vought-American, and Wee Hughie discovers the senses-shattering truth behind Butcher's ultimate plan of vengeance.

Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson proudly present the final, bloodiest chapter of The Boys, collected in a gorgeous hardcover package, complete with a slipcover.

Dynamite Entertainment 9781524113377 Pub Date: 12/17/19 $29.99 USD/$39.99 CAD Paperback

320 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Superheroes CGN004080 10.1 in H | 6.6 in W | 1 in T | 1.6 lb Wt

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DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT F. Paul Wilson’s Repairman Jack: Scar-Lip Redux F. Paul Wilson, Antonio Fuso

Summary An original graphic novel starring Repairman Jack – written by series Creator F. Paul Wilson and illustrated by Antonio (James Bond) Fuso.

Got a problem? He can fix it. He thought he’d seen the last of the Rakoshi, but one has survived. A particularly cunning and deadly Rakosh known to Jack as Scar-Lip. Now, Jack faces the fights of his life as he seeks to end the creature once and for all, before it ends him!

Dynamite Entertainment 9781524114459 Pub Date: 4/14/20 $24.99 USD/$33.50 CAD Hardcover

120 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Horror CGN004040 10.3 in H | 6.8 in W | 0.5 in T

Dark One Volume 1 Brandon Sanderson, Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, ...

Summary From Hugo Award winning, New York Times Best-Selling author, Brandon Sanderson (The Mistborn Trilogy, The Stormlight Archive series) comes DARK ONE, a new graphic novel series from Vault Comics.

Paul is a young man who sees visions of strange and fantastic worlds—visions he initially believes are hallucinations. But these visions turn out to be prophesies, dark projections of a world in which Paul is a tyrant who destroys the world and the creatures that reside there. Dark One examines the dual roles we often take on in life - the ability to be a savior as well as a destroyer.

Vault Comics 9781939424457 Pub Date: 8/18/20 $24.99 USD/$33.50 CAD Hardcover

224 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy CGN004030 10.3 in H | 6.8 in W

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UDON ENTERTAINMENT Sticky Dilly Buns Volume 1 Gisele Lagace

Summary Sometimes romance can be as easy as finding the boy next door. For flirty Dillon, that boy comes with a jealous ex. His best friend, roommate, and fellow actress Amber is an ex porn star trying to go mainstream. And Ruby, Amber’s prudish sister, has just shown up to move in with them both. But when Ruby gets an eyeful of Dillon’s freewheeling life, it’ll lead the two of them into a bond that’ll turn her life around… and maybe Dillon’s too! A spin-off of the popular Ménage à 3 series!

Udon Entertainment 9781772941210 Pub Date: 1/28/20 $19.99 USD/$26.50 CAD Paperback

384 Pages Carton Qty: 20 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance CGN004090 8.2 in H | 5.8 in W | 1.7 in T | 1 lb Wt

Ménage à 3 Volume 5 Gisele Lagace, David Lumsdon

Summary Ménage à 3 follows the lives of comic book geek Gary and his two way-hotter-than-he-is roommates. In this volume: The paths of Gary’s, DiDi’s, and Zii’s love lives get closer and more complicated than they ever have before! Can friendships survive when roommates become lovers? It’s the final volume of Ménage à 3!

Udon Entertainment 9781772941234 Pub Date: 3/17/20 $19.99 USD/$26.50 CAD Paperback

354 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Romance CGN004090 8.3 in H | 5.3 in W

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Z2 COMICS Grateful Dead Origins Chris Miskiewicz, The Grateful Dead, Noah Van Sciv...

Summary The Grateful Dead are one of the most influential rock and roll bands of all time, but every story has a start.

The Grateful Dead Origins takes an in depth and personal look at the formation of one of the most important American rock bands of all time, exploring the early days of Garcia, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Pigpen, Bill Kreutzmann and Mickey Hart, and their transition from being a bar cover band to one of the greatest sounds in history.

The Grateful Dead Origins showcases the beginning of the band through the early 1960’s San Francisco Haight Ashbury era, becoming the house band for the Ken Kesey’s psychedelic “acid tests,” while telling a personal Z2 Comics tale of the highs and lows of the tightly knit community that would grow around them, culminating at their 9781940878300 historic performance at Woodstock, just one more show on their legendary road trip that would soon follow... Pub Date: 4/21/20 $24.99 USD/$33.50 CAD Paperback This official Graphic Novel will also feature an accompanying album of rare Grateful Dead music.

152 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Comics & Graphic Novels / Nonfiction CGN007010

The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2020 Edition Rich Horton

Summary This twelfth volume of the year’s best science fiction and fantasy features thirty stories by some of the genre’s greatest authors. With selections of the best fiction from Asimov’s, Clarkesworld, F&SF, Lightspeed, and other top venues, The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy is your guide to magical realms and worlds beyond tomorrow. Books 9781607015383 Pub Date: 6/2/20 $19.95 USD/$26.50 CAD Paperback

576 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Fiction / Science Fiction FIC028040 9 in H | 6 in W | 1 in T

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PAIZO INC. Pathfinder Bestiary 2 (P2) Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Stephen Radney-MacFar...

Summary With more than 350 classic and brand new monsters, this 320-page hardcover rulebook greatly expands on the foes found in the Pathfinder Bestiary. From classic creatures like serpentfolk and jabberwock, returning favorites like the primal dragons or the Sandpoint devil, to brand new menaces sure to test even the bravest of heroes, this must-have tome of monsters designed to challenge characters of any level is an essential companion to your Pathfinder game!

Pathfinder Bestiary 2 includes: Paizo Inc. • More than 350 monsters drawn from mythology, genre classics, and more than a decade of Pathfinder, with 9781640782235 plenty of new monsters too! Pub Date: 6/9/20 • Gorgeous full-color illustrations on nearly every page! $49.99 USD/$66.50 CAD Game • Detailed monster lists sorted by level, type, and rarity to help you find the right monster for any situation! • Universal monster rules to simplify special attacks, defenses, and qualities like grab, swallow whole, and 256 Pages Carton Qty: 0 regeneration. Ages 16 And Up • Detailed lore sidebars offering additional information about even more of Pathfinder’s most popular Games & Activities / Role monstrous friends and foes! Playing & Fantasy GAM010000 11 in H | 8.5 in W | 1 in T

Starfinder RPG: Near Space Paizo Staff

Summary Journey to Near Space, the galactic region that contains Worlds, the Veskarium, and many of the planets discovered and colonized by explorers from those civilizations. This hardcover rulebook expands the Starfinder campaign setting with details on dozens of worlds and cultures found in Near Space, each perfect as a locale for science-fantasy adventure!

Inside this book, you’ll find in-depth gazetteers of the nine worlds of the Veskarium, the interstellar founded by the warlike vesk; detailed entries on other planets and civilizations of Near Space; new starships Paizo Inc. from the Veskarium and beyond; alternate racial traits for playable Near Space races; and new themes, 9781640782280 archetypes, equipment, spells, and more for any character! Pub Date: 4/7/20 $39.99 USD/$52.99 CAD Game

160 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 16 And Up Games & Activities / Role Playing & Fantasy GAM010000 11 in H | 8.5 in W | 0.8 in T

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TOKYOPOP Disney Manga: Kilala Princess -- Mulan Graphic Novel Mallory Reaves, SAA, Asuka Tun, Nao Kodaka

Summary Kilala was an ordinary girl living an ordinary life, until a magical tiara and a miraculous portal led her on an incredible journey through the worlds of her favorite Disney princesses, and gave her the strength she needed to save a kingdom and become a true princess. But being a princess isn't easy, and Kilala's tiara sends her on a new quest... this time to ancient China's greatest , Mulan! Bandits are storming the countryside, and Mulan and Shang are on an imperial mission to help the villagers relocate to safer grounds. Kilala and her friends stop to help, but when they're overpowered by a team of bandits they must all work together to free themselves.

Tokyopop 9781427858443 Pub Date: 3/3/20 $15.99 USD/$21.50 CAD Paperback

128 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 9 to 12 Comics & Graphic Novels / Fantasy CGN004030 7 in H | 5 in W | 1.2 lb Wt

The Royal Book of Oz Ruth Plumly Thompson, Elaine LaRosa, Sara Richard

Summary A new edition of the original 1921 OZ book written by Ruth Plumly Thompson. This edition features a new cover and set of interior illustrations by Sara Richard and an afterword by Eisner-Award-winner, Eric Shanower.

The Royal Book of Oz is about the Scarecrow’s search for his family tree and how it leads to him discovering that he’s the long-lost Emperor of the Silver Island. It is significant in that it is the first book in the Oz series written by Ruth Plumly Thompson, who would go on to write an additional 20+ books in the series.

Clover Press, LLC 9781951038021 Pub Date: 4/21/20 $30.00 USD/$39.99 CAD Hardcover

272 Pages Carton Qty: 0 Ages 13 to 16 Fiction / Classics FIC004000 9 in H | 6.5 in W

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