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Fantagraphics Tedward
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£21.24
Little, Brown & Company Higurashi When They Cry Cotton Drifting Arc Vol 2
Book SynopsisAt the Cotton Drifting festival, Shion persuades Keiichi to sneak into a sacred storehouse with Miyo Takano and Jirou Tomitake. If anyone found out what they did, all four of them are likely to be killed or sacrificed for Oyashiro-sama''s Curse. Takano and Tomitake are found dead that night, and he and Shion are worried that they will be made sacrifices, but instead Kiichirou Kimiyoshi and Rika disappear. Keiichi dicover that Shion had actually been missing since the day after the festival, despite his having had several phone conversations with someone he thought was her since then. He figures it was Mion and confronts her with Rena. She confesses everything, agrees to show Keiichi and takes him to the Sonozaki family''s underground torture chamber, where she had kept Shion locked up, and chains him up to torture him in front of her. The police get there before she can kill him, but she runs away, warning Keiichi never to approach her again.
£10.44
Boom! Studios Dune House Atreides Vol. 2
Book SynopsisThe official graphic novel prequel to the groundbreaking Dune continues, now in softcover!
£14.24
DC Comics New Gods by Jack Kirby
Book SynopsisJack Kirby reinvented the superhero genre with his sprawling saga of the Fourth World--a bold storytelling vision that was decades ahead of its time. In honor of this extraordinary talent''s centennial, DC Comics is proud to re-present the groundbreaking work of the King of Comics in a brand-new series of trade paperback editions collecting his classic DC titles in all their four-color glory!At the heart of the Fourth World is The New Gods, a series whose scale and grandeur have astonished readers for generations. And at the center of Kirby''s startlingly original pantheon of larger-than-life characters are two of comics'' greatest adversaries: Orion of New Genesis and Darkseid of Apokolips! Ranging across space and time, these implacable foes are locked in a ceaseless struggle to control the fundamental forces of the universe. But this pair are more than mortal enemies--they are also father and son!Raised in exile as a living instrument of peace b
£22.10
Andrews McMeel Publishing Celebrating Peanuts
Book SynopsisSixty-five years of Peanuts, generations of fans, a gang of beloved characters, but only one creator: the legend, Charles M. Schulz. Andrews McMeel is proud to showcase the paperback edition of Celebrating Peanuts. It is packed with commentary from throughout Schulz''s career, making this book not only a heartwarming tribute but also a true collector''s item. This special tribute is arranged by decade, to spotlight the highlights and development of this world favorite classic.
£24.00
Penguin Random House Group DEN Volume 4 Dreams and Alarums
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£30.39
Penguin Putnam Inc Danger and Other Unknown Risks
Book Synopsis“Easily my favorite book of the year.” —Tillie Walden, Eisner Award–winning creator of SpinningA twisty, spellbinding adventure about a girl and her dog who want to save the world, Danger and Other Unknown Risks is the highly anticipated YA graphic novel debut from Eisner Award-winning and New York Times bestselling creators Ryan North and Erica Henderson.I''m gonna tell you a story, and I''m gonna ask that you let me finish before you say anything.Here’s the deal—on midnight of January 1st, 2000, the world ended. But it wasn’t technology that killed it: It was magic. Now, years later, the Earth has transformed. Magic works (sort of). People are happy (sort of). But this new world isn’t stable, and unless Marguerite de Pruitt and her canine pal, Daisy, do something about it, it’ll tilt into deadly chaos. Good thing they’ve been training their whole lives for this and aTrade Review"North and Henderson are a delightful team with this work, which shares many qualities with their run on The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. Marguerite and Daisy are both determined, spunky heroes who want to help others in big and small ways. Fans of Adventure Time will love the alternate-universe." —Booklist, starred review“Henderson’s dynamic paneling, rendered using psychedelic hues and stark shadows, ground North’s wry narrative asides to present a mind-bending and tenderhearted adventure.” —Publishers Weekly"This unexpected and creative version of the apocalypse is a worthy addition to a crowded field." —The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books“It’s been a while since a book sucked me in so completely. The adventure, mystery, humor, and darkness of it all left me floored. How many ways can I say that I loved it? Easily my favorite book of the year.” —Tillie Walden, Eisner Award–winning creator of Spinning “Cute and fun and clever—you will want to read it more than once. Erica Henderson’s art is cartooning at its finest. A rollicking adventure that left me wanting more!” —Molly Knox Ostertag, New York Times best-selling creator of the Witch Boy Trilogy and The Girl from the Sea “A stellar story with refreshing characters and riveting twists and turns, Danger and Other Unknown Risks will leave you spellbound!” —Sarah Andersen, New York Times best-selling creator of Fangs “This comic has everything: brilliant artwork, a roller-coaster story, sharp comedy, heartfelt teen romance, and the best talking dog ever. I loved it so much!” —Faith Erin Hicks, New York Times best-selling illustrator of Pumpkinheads
£13.49
Random House USA Inc Nothing Special Volume One
Book SynopsisTwo not-so-human teenagers and a friendly ghost radish face the fantasy adventure of a lifetime in this captivating graphic novel, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes material, from the inimitable Katie Cook.In the grand scheme of the worlds at large, Callie thinks she''s nothing special. Sure, she''s friends with the ghost of a radish and her dad owns a magical antique shop--but she''s spent her life in the human world. Her dad won''t let her join him on his collection trips in the magical realm “for her own protection”, so she’s only caught glimpses of that world through the gates of the town where her father’s store is.On her seventeenth birthday, Callie goes home with her friend Declan to find her home in disarray and her dad missing. Signs of a struggle point to the portal to the magical realm and when there are signs, you follow them. Now it''s up to Callie, Declan, and Radish to band together and bring him home. As they face creat
£17.09
Titan Books Ltd Alpi the Soul Sender Vol.6
Book SynopsisThe sixth volume of the beloved series, perfect for fans of Magical Girl manga, sees the greatest test of Alpi's skills yet! The spirit of the great serpent needs help moving on, but Alpi's companion Perenai must contend with his own darkness...
£9.49
Idea & Design Works Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IDW Sourcebook
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£44.99
Random House USA Inc Big Jim and the White Boy
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£18.70
Boom! Studios Abbott 1979
Book SynopsisThe final chapter of the hard-boiled supernatural Hugo Award-nominated series!On the eve of the 1980s and the Reagan Administration, Detroit is burdened with an oppressive darkness-both political and supernatural. Dejected and tough tabloid reporter Elena Abbott, who previously defeated the occult forces responsible for her husband’s death, must dig herself out from rock bottom if she’s going to save Detroit from the Umbra, one last time. Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Miles Morales: Spider-Man, Black Bolt) and artist Sami Kivelä (Beautiful Canvas) bring Elena into her final chapter, who will have to contend with the dark cloud hanging over Detroit… and over her personally. Collects Abbott:1979 #1 -5.
£14.24
Idea & Design Works 30 Days of Night Deluxe Edition Book Two
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£25.60
Idea & Design Works Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Kevin Eastman
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£24.80
Marvel Comics Star Wars The High Republic Phase II Vol. 1
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£15.29
Idea & Design Works Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Armageddon Game
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£54.75
Penguin Random House Group Star Wars Legends Epic Collection The Original
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£35.99
Boom! Studios Memetic The Apocalyptic Trilogy Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisA deluxe edition hardcover collecting the original apocalyptic horror trilogy by James Tynion IV--Memetic, Cognetic, and Eugenic-- all precursors for his later hit series like A Nice House On The Lake and w0rldtr33!In Memetic, a weaponized meme leads to the utter annihilation of the human race within 72 hours. The root of this apocalypse is a single image on the internet, a meme in the popular sense. A meme that changes everything. In Cognetic, a powerful psychic being that once controlled one-third of the world''s population as a part of its hivemind, returns to humanity in modern-day New York City. Meanwhile, the young assistant to the Director of the FBI may be the only one who can save humanity, but at a terrible, terrible cost. In Eugenic, a new vision of humanity’s future arrives. When a plague ravages the world, one scientist discovers the cure and becomes the savior of mankind. Hope is restored, and the world rebuilds. But then people who took the cure begi
£31.50
Marvel Comics Star Wars Thrawn New Printing
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£15.29
Marvel Comics Star Wars The High Republic Shadows of Starlight
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£14.44
Fantagraphics Life Drawing
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£21.24
Marvel STAR WARS BATTLE OF JAKKU
Book SynopsisMarvel’s STAR WARS storytelling reaches the post-RETURN OF THE JEDI era!In the wake of the battle of Endor, can Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker and the nascent New Republic stave off an unexpected — and deadly — new threat? Because a defiant Imperial is about to take center stage — and go on the offensive! But what is the deadly villain’s connection to Darth Vader? Mon Mothma and Leia must make a difficult decision! Luke hunts for a lost Jedi relic but makes a startling discovery! The underworld simmers with intrigue as an unholy alliance is formed! And a ragtag group of New Republic heroes sets out on a mission — but their return is not guaranteed!COLLECTING: Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Insurgency Rising (2024) 1-4, Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Republic Under Siege (2024) 1-4, Star Wars: Battle of Jakku - Last Stand (2024) 1-4
£26.24
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. DEN Volume 5 The Price of Memories
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£29.99
Titan Books Ltd Blade Runner Tokyo Nexus Die In Peace
Book SynopsisIntroducing the first of three in a new Blade Runner mini-series, exploring and expanding the Blade Runner universe with a whole new home planet!
£13.49
Penguin Random House Group Masters of the Universe Revolution
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£16.99
DC Comics Absolute Justice New Edition
Book SynopsisThey are the World's Greatest Super Heroes. But the members of the fabled Justice League of America are about to learn they aren't the only ones who can band together toward a common goal.
£85.50
DC Comics Scalped Omnibus Vol. 1
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed crime saga by Jason Aaron and R. M. Guera returns to print, in omnibus format for the first time!
£51.00
DC Comics Batman Detective Comics Vol. 4
Book SynopsisCorrupted! Abandoned! Sentenced to death! The Dark Knight fights for his life in the lawless land of Gotham.Following the events of ?The Gotham War?, Batman, now under the influence of the Azmer demon is set to be publicly hanged in Gotham City to atone for his crimes. With Gotham?s citizens under the spell of Orgham, the city is thrown into chaos like it?s never seen before. Can Batman?s greatest allies and enemies rescue him from the gallows before it?s lights out on Bruce Wayne?Collects Detective Comics #1076-1080
£22.10
Penguin Random House Group The Goon Bunch of Old Crap Omnibus Volume 1
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£27.19
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Dimwood
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£28.79
Random House USA Inc Nothing Special Volume Three
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£21.25
Titan Books Ltd Blade Runner 2039 13 Boxed Set
Book SynopsisReturn to the world ofBlade Runnerwith this, the officially sanctioned comic book series based on the cult 1982 science fiction movieBlade Runner, directed by Ridley Scott.
£35.99
Boom! Studios A Vicious Circle
Book SynopsisA mind-bending, genre-blending sci-fi epic following two time traveling assassins, locked in a battle of wills that spans millions of years from 22nd century Tokyo to 1950s New Orleans to the Cretaceous Era and beyond.
£20.90
One Peace Books Detectives These Days Are Crazy Vol. 2
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£11.82
Cinebook Ltd Episode 4
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£10.12
HarperCollins Publishers Beano The Day The Teachers Disappeared
Book SynopsisJoin Dennis, Gnasher and all of the Beanotown kids, and discover what it?s like to become a Bash Street Kid on the best school day ever!It?s your first day at Bash Street School and there?s something strange going on. No, it?s not the boy in a red-and-black jumper carrying a dog as if it were a backpack. Where are the teachers?!In this epic new Beanotown adventure, YOU are the main character. Choose which direction you?d like the story to go in and discover what it truly means to become a Bash Street Kid.Trade Review“The first thing I ever picked up to read for pleasure was The Beano.” – David Walliams
£7.59
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The History of Everything
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£9.89
Vintage Publishing Days of the Bagnold Summer
Book SynopsisJoff Winterhart is an artist, writer, occasional film-maker, 'drummer', and dog fan. His graphic novel Days of the Bagnold Summer was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award in 2012 and adapted into a film. His second graphic novel Driving Short Distances came out in 2017. He also made the animated films Two Guys I know and Violet and Turquoise, which won the Cymru BAFTA for best animation in 2003. He lives in Bristol, where he plays drums and writes songs in the long-running band Bucky, and thinks about getting a new dog.Trade ReviewDays of the Bagnold Summer is extremely original, funny, touching and beautifully observed in both the drawing and the writing. There is probably no truer portrait of teenage and parental angst. -- Posy SimmondsA universal crowd pleaser...my graphic novel of the year... I love this book so much, I would have to instantly excommunicate any friend who didn’t feel the same way – though such is its greatness, this won’t ever happen. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *Britain’s got a new graphic novel star. This funny, sad, extraordinary study of a heavy metal-loving teen and his long-suffering single mum is so well observed it makes your heart tingle. -- Larushka Ivan-Zadek * Metro *Days of the Bagnold Summer captures the humiliation and agony of adolescence with excruciating precision. This short, devastating book haunted me for weeks. -- Seb Hunter, author of 'Hell Bent for Leather'This is a memorable household, seemingly passed over by history yet given their rightful place on these pages – and recommended by us as well worth meeting. * thebookbag.co.uk *
£12.34
Penguin Books Ltd An Icecream War
Book Synopsis''As ambitious as it is remarkable. Balances on seesaws of innocence and violence, sanity and lunacy, hilarity and horror'' The Times_____________________________''We will all melt like ice-cream in the sun!''British soldier, East Africa, 1914On the Western Front millions are being slaughtered. But in East Africa a ridiculous and utterly ignored campaign is being waged - one that continues after the Armistice because no one bothers to tell the participants to stop.As the conflict sweeps up Africans and colonials, so those left at home and those fighting abroad find themselves unable to escape the tide of history bearing down on them._____________________________''A towering achievement'' John Carey''Compulsively readable'' Blake Morrison, Observer ''Funny, assured, a seriocomic romp. A study of people caught in the side pockets of calamity that dramat
£999.99
Little, Brown & Company Soul Eater Vol 5
Book SynopsisYoung meisters battle to strengthen their weapons and eradicate the evil souls that threaten our world in this New York Times bestselling comedic action series
£10.44
Little, Brown & Company Waffles and Pancake PlanetaryYum
Book Synopsis Inspired by his beloved CatStronauts series, Drew Brockington is going back in time to when everyone's favorite Catstronaut, Waffles, was a kitten! Fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Elephant & Piggie will love this fun, cat-tastic early graphic novel series. One very special Saturday, Dad-Cat decides to take Waffles and his sister Pancake to the big city to go to the science museum! While they're there, the kittens see extraordinary things, like dino-cats, hairballs in 4D, and even the planetarium. But as the kittens learn about constellations and Neil Pawstrong, they get separated from Dad-Cat. Oh no! Will the kittens be able to find their (possibly invisible) Dad-Cat? Or will they get stuck living in the museum and eating star tots and tuna melts fur-ever?! This early graphic novel series is chock-full of educational facts about space—perfect for young readers.Read more in the Waffles and Pancake series: Flight or Fright Failure to Lunch
£10.46
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Pillow Talk
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£13.49
Scholastic US Bone Rose
Book SynopsisJeff Smith''s New York Times and USA Today bestselling, award-winning BONE books are one of the most popular graphic novel series of all time!When a terrifying dragon attacks the small towns of the Northern Valley, Princess Rose (later known as Gran''ma Ben) must defeat the bloodthirsty beast, who is possessed by the evil Lord of the Locusts. While Rose faces the danger with honor, her older sister, Princess Briar, follows a more sinister path.An unforgettable story with beautiful, sweeping artwork, this prequel explores the fateful beginnings of the epic BONE saga.
£11.69
Random House Children's Books Summer Vamp
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£10.79
Random House USA Inc We Are Big Time
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£11.39
Random House USA Inc Buckle Up
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£10.79
Random House Worlds Garfield Bacon Me Drool
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£12.59
Random House USA Inc Housecat Trouble Meow and Again Boxed Set
Book SynopsisJoin Buster the cat and his friendsChauncey and Nova as they save the day! The purrfect graphic novel series is now available in this two book boxed set!Book 1: Housecat Trouble Buster has only one job: keep the house safe. Too bad he is a massive scaredy-cat. When his owner goes away and he suddenly finds his home filled with monsters, Buster has the biggest challenge he?s ever faced. Can he learn to be brave before his owner gets back?Book 2: Lost and FoundAfter an adventure outside his home to help his owner, Buster now finds himself in the position of helping a lost little cat. Buster, Nova, and Chauncey take to the streets to find the cat''s owner. But this strange stray turns out to be a ghost, and a reunion with its owner is going to be a lot harder than they thought! ?
£19.55
