Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga
RIT Cary Graphic Arts Press The Comics Scare Returns: The Contemporary
Book SynopsisAn examination of the popular horror comics of the 1950s and their re-emergence thirty years later. The popular horror comics of the 1950s not only frightened their readers, they also alarmed Cold War politicians who enacted the prohibitive Comics Code, sacrificing horror on the altar of good taste. Wandtke examines and explainsthe story of the resurgence of horror comics and introduces readers to the new shape of horror comics within the American culture in the 1980s. Terrence Wandtke is a professor at Judson University and the author of The Dark Night Returns (RIT, 2015).Trade ReviewA useful work for those interested in horror comics, especially in conjunction with his [Wandtke] 2015 volume on crime comics, and certainly if the reader is coming to the topic afresh. The book is also particularly useful for its focus on more contemporary iterations of horror comics. * STUDIES IN COMICS *
£23.75
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Gris Grimlys Frankenstein
Book SynopsisTells the tale of the hubris of Victor Frankenstein, the innocence of his monstrous creation, and the darkest desires of the human heart have never been more vividly represented on the page.Trade Review"Grimly enlivens the prose while retaining its power to both frighten and engage sympathy for the monster-creator Victor Frankenstein. This is a richly morose nightmare of a book, a primer for young readers on the pleasures and dangers of decadent languidness." -- New York Times Book Review "Grimly's fans have been awaiting this reworking of Shelley's 1818 classic for four years, and they will rejoice in the end result. Readers encountering the story for the first time may find Grimly's images rise to view whenever they think of it." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Grimly proves himself a more adept assembler of parts than his subject proved to be; his product is no monster, but a pastiche of style and substance that will reanimate the original for yet another generation of readers." -- Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review) "Grimly's unique and twisted style blends perfectly with the material and breathes new life into these characters and situations... Grimly's beautiful and trim version is a great way to immerse a new audience in this important work. -- School Library Journal "Grimly's haunting illustrations dramatically show the range of human emotion connected with Frankenstein and his monster-rage, despair, hurt, lament, and even joy and excitement. Though often dark, Grimly's version has a whimsical quality that will draw teens in and allow them to better access this classic novel." -- Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) "Gris has a natural empathy with the disfranchised, the lost. His line work becomes more elegant and precise with each book but it also becomes more and more emotional and expressive. Gris is a fabulist with the soul of a graveyard poet." -- Guillermo del Toro, director of Hellboy and Pan's Labyrinth
£16.99
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Northranger
Book SynopsisIn this swoony and spooky teen summer romance graphic novel set on a Texas ranch, sixteen-year-old Cade Muñoz finds himself falling for the ranch owner’s mysterious and handsome son, only to discover that he may be harboring a dangerous secret.Cade has always loved to escape into the world of a good horror movie. After all, horror movies are scary—but to Cade, a closeted queer Latino teen growing up in rural Texas—real life can be way scarier.When Cade is sent to spend the summer working as a ranch hand to help earn extra money for his family, he is horrified. Cade hates everything about the ranch, from the early mornings to the mountains of horse poop he has to clean up. The only silver lining is the company of the two teens who live there—in particular, the ruggedly handsome and enigmatic Henry.But as unexpected sparks begin to fly between Cade and Henry, things get…complicated. Henry is reluctant to share th
£22.94
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Took Graphic Novel
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£12.34
Penguin Putnam Inc Dark Hunger
Book SynopsisNew York Times bestselling author Christine Feehan's Carpathian classic goes manga—this edition of Dark Hunger includes the original novella which inspired the manga and a new note from the author! Christine Feehan has reinvented the vampire novel with her #1 New York Times bestselling Carpathian novels. Now, she and Berkley take her “out-of-the-ordinary” (Booklist) series in a thrilling direction that’s more graphic than ever....He is Riordan...Carpathian male. Immortal. Seer. Now trapped and cage, his honor is compromised by his captors. They’re in his mind. They’re in his blood. And not one can withstand his desire for revenge.She is Juliette...A beautiful activist devoted to the liberation of animals from the foul and humid confines of a secret, jungle lab. What she has stumbled upon is unexpected—a prisoner like no other she has ever seen. Or touched.She will release
£15.30
Roaring Brook Press Eerie Tales from the School of Screams
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£20.69
St Martin's Press Where Black Stars Rise
Book SynopsisAN IGNYTE AWARD WINNER FOR BEST COMICS TEAM!Where Black Stars Rise boldly pushes the limits of what a comic can do. ...It''s a gorgeous work. I loved it. Trung Le Nguyen, author of The Magic FishNadia Shammas and Marie Enger''s Where Black Stars Rise is an eldritch horror graphic novel that explores mental illness and diaspora, set in modern-day Brooklyn.Dr. Amal Robardin, a Lebanese immigrant and a therapist in training, finds herself out of her depth when her first client, Yasmin, a schizophrenic, is visited by a nightly malevolent presence that seems all too real.Yasmin becomes obsessed with Robert Chambers' classic horror story collection The King in Yellow. Messages she finds in the book lead Yasmin to disappear, seeking answers she can't find in therapy.Amal attempts to retrace her patient's last stepsand accidentally slips through dimensions, ending up in Carcosa, rea
£13.29
St Martin's Press The Sculptor
Book SynopsisThe New York Times bestselling magnum opus from comics superstar Scott McCloud, The Sculptor is now available in a freshly designed, over-sized hardcover!David Smith is giving his life for his artliterally. Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering the love of his life at the 11th hour isn''t making it any easier! This is a story of desire taken to the edge of reason and beyond; of the frantic, clumsy dance steps of young love; and a gorgeous, street-level portrait of the world''s greatest city. It''s about the small, warm, human moments of everyday lifeand the great surging forces that lie just under the surface. Scott McCloud wrote the book on how comics work; now he vaults into great fiction with a breathtaking, funny, and unforgettable
£30.59
Roaring Brook Press Reynards Tale
Book SynopsisIn this atmospheric tribute to the medieval folklore tradition of trickster tales starring Reynard the fox, beloved children''s cartoonist Ben Hatke turns his pen to a very special project for adult readers.Inspired by the 12th century tales of the indomitable trickster fox Reynard, this offbeat tribute to the archetypal rogue has a satisfyingly old-fashioned feeling to it. Although this Reynard adventure is entirely the creation of modern fairytale master Ben Hatke (Mighty Jack), it fits seamlessly into the body of Reynard tales still beloved in Europe to this day.Featuring evocative, charming black-and-white illustrations and a swiftly moving narrative, Reynard''s Tale follows our hero through a series of encounters with other classic figures from this body of folklore to piece together a headlong journey through a perilous landscape filled with murderers, kings, ex-lovers, mermaids, and even Death herself.
£17.09
Hyperion Serafina and the Black Cloak The Graphic Novel
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£18.69
Tokyopop Press Inc Konohana Kitan Volume 7
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£11.35
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Blade of the Immortal Deluxe Volume 3
Book SynopsisOver 650 pages of samurai battles, bloodshed, and bitter rivalries!A young survivor's seemingly immortal protector, Manji, is helping her destroy the eccentric, bloodthirsty Itto-ryu sword school that ambushed and killed her parents. While Manji has his hands full with a trio of devious assassins, Rin decides to make her way across Edo to search for the murderous Itto-ryu leader Anotsu Kagehisa on her own! Will Manji find her before Anotsu does? This volume also features the debut of the mysterious Mugai-ryu warriors, who will become major players in this revenge epic from a modern manga master!Collects Blade of the Immortal volumes 7 to 9 in the original 7x10 serialized format, in a faux-leather hardcover treatment, and with a bookmark ribbon.
£44.99
Boom! Studios Dracula
Book SynopsisA powerful predatory corporation acquires a valuable asset...Dracula! They think they own him, but no one can own the son of the dragon. It's bloodsuckers vs. bloodsucker in this new original graphic novel from the mind of legendary comics' writer Kurt Busiek, best known for the top-selling MARVELS graphic novel. A new ongoing horror series sure to make your blood run cold! A powerful, predatory corporation acquires a valuable asset...Dracula! They think they own him, but no one can own the Son of the Dragon. Now, there's a monster in their midst that puts Hannibal Lecter to shame -- and he plans to gain his freedom in blood. Kurt Busiek, along with award-winning author Daryl Gregory and sensational artist Scott Godlewski, take you through the dark corridors of the corporate American boardroom and show you vampires aren't the only kinds of bloodsuckers!
£11.39
Idea & Design Works Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega
Book SynopsisNow a Netflix Original Series! Acclaimed suspense novelist and New York Times-bestselling author Joe Hill concludes his Eisner-winning story of dark fantasy and wonder in this climactic graphic novel.It took two lifetimes and countless victims, but Lucas "Dodge" Caravaggio has his terrible prize at last: the key which will open the Black Door. Disguised in the form of little Bode Locke, Dodge descends into the Drowning Cave, to throw back the door and release the demons on the other side. Those who have stood against him for so long—Tyler, Kinsey, Scot, Nina, Rufus, and all the rest—take their places as the final tragedy unfolds... a confrontation between decency and hate in the caverns a hundred feet beneath Keyhouse, at the threshold of an evil kept for generations under lock and key.
£24.30
Roaring Brook Press The Phantom Twin
Book SynopsisIsabel and Jane are the Extraordinary Peabody Sisters, conjoined twins in a traveling carnival freak show - until an ambitious surgeon tries to separate them and fails, causing Jane's death. Isabel has lost an arm and a leg but gained a ghostly companion: Her dead twin is now her phantom limb. Haunted, altered, and alone for the first time, can Isabel build a new life that's truly her own?
£13.29
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Voynich Hotel Vol. 1
Book SynopsisStaffed by murderous maids and situated on a war-ravaged island, the Voynich Hotel is far from your run-of-the-mill vacation destination - but it’s not such a bad place to lie low for ex-yakuza Kazuki Taizou, who’s on the run from his so-called family. As he settles into his weird new life, this darkly comedic manga winds through plots both nefarious and romantic, delving ever deeper into the island’s witchy - and sometimes demonic - strangeness.
£9.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Voynich Hotel Vol. 3
Book SynopsisStaffed by murderous maids and situated on a war-ravaged island, the Voynich Hotel is far from your run-of-the-mill vacation destination - but it’s not such a bad place to lie low for ex-yakuza Kazuki Taizou, who’s on the run from his so-called family. As he settles into his weird new life, this darkly comedic manga winds through plots both nefarious and romantic, delving ever deeper into the island’s witchy - and sometimes demonic - strangeness.
£9.99
Idea & Design Works Locke & Key: Small World Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisNow a Netflix Original Series! Three years after wrapping up their award-winning, bestselling Locke & Key saga, the team that built Keyhouse returns to Lovecraft, Massachusetts with a new tale of terror and suspense! An impossible birthday gift for two little girls unexpectedly throws open a door to a monster on eight legs!This deluxe hardcover edition contains the new 24-page story and adds pages from various drafts of Joe Hill''s scripts, from the earliest hand-written pages to the various revisions; process pages from Gabriel Rodriguez; a special pinup from Brian Coldrick, and more!
£13.29
Aloha Comics LLC My Student Spirit Book 1
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£9.22
Aloha Comics LLC My Student Spirit Book 2: Sleepless Paralysis
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£9.02
Aloha Comics LLC My Student Spirit Book 3: Gameover
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£9.02
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Sheeply Horned Witch Romi Vol. 1
Book SynopsisAn offbeat dark fantasy about two strange classmates who fall in love in a transformed post-apocalyptic world.The world has changed: everyone has fallen into a deep slumber, except a bunch of sheep, a sheep-horned witch, and her senpai. And now monsters are closing in! Why are the only people still awake two teenagers snarled up in a tangle of complicated emotions? Find out in this beautifully illustrated, unique dark fantasy!
£10.44
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Versailles of the Dead Vol. 4
Book SynopsisJoan of Arc unleashes her tremendous might! Yet just as she ascends to heaven, she is thwarted. What will happen when she is cast back to the Earth? Meanwhile, the demon vanishes from Antoinette’s body–only for Bastien’s body to manifest a new and unexpected phenomenon!
£11.39
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC High-Rise Invasion Omnibus 7-8
Book SynopsisOn the roof of a high-rise building, a young girl named Yuri witnesses a masked figure split a man’s head open with an axe! It’s not exactly an everyday occurrence for a high schooler, but things only get weirder from there. Yuri soon finds herself in a strange world of skyscrapers with only two options for escape - fight past the mysterious masked figures or leap to her death!
£15.19
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Dance in the Vampire Bund: Age of Scarlet Order
Book SynopsisAn all-new sequel manga to the bestselling Dance in the Vampire Bund series! Vampire hunts rage across the United States like the witch hunts of old. But in the shadows, rumors whisper of a grand escape plan. “Mina Tepes summons all the vampires of America,” it says. “Reach the West Coast, and a ship will take you all to the Vampire Bund.” Desperate to survive, hordes of vampires follow that rumor and make for the West Coast. There’s only one small problem—the Vampire Bund sunk months ago, and Vampire Queen Mina Tepes is dead.
£10.44
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Dance in the Vampire Bund: Age of Scarlet Order
Book SynopsisThe hit supernatural series continues in this new manga, which starts after Dance in the Vampire Bund II: Scarlet Order.
£10.44
Pixel+Ink Black Sand Beach 4: Where Do Monsters Come From?
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£19.54
Pixel+Ink Black Sand Beach 4: Where Do Monsters Come From?
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£12.34
Kodansha America, Inc In/Spectre 14
Book SynopsisBoth touched by spirits called yokai, Kotoko and Kuro have gained unique superhuman powers. But to gain her powers Kotoko has given up an eye and a leg, and Kuro's personal life is in shambles. So when Kotoko suggests they team up to deal with renegades from the spirit world, Kuro doesn't have many other choices, but Kotoko might just have a few ulterior motives.
£10.44
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Legend of Dororo and Hyakkimaru Vol. 3
Book SynopsisBATTLE AT THE BANMON The Banmon is a grim barrier between lands, a line that no man can cross alive. Its guardian: Tahomaru, a mysterious warrior with the same prosthetics as Hyakkimaru. Both men lost pieces of themselves to demons, and both men stood tall again thanks to the inventions of doctor Jukai. In another world, they might have met in friendship. But with Hyakkimaru’s companion Dororo missing, a fated and bloody conflict looms.
£10.44
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC GIGANT Vol. 5
Book SynopsisTHE SAVIOR OF SHINJUKU Voted into existence by the spiteful users of E.T.E., three utterly massive “Gods of Destruction” descend upon the city of Tokyo. Freed by special government order, Chiho Johansson is deployed to the scene. She may have the power to grow gigantic, but she’s outnumbered, and the whole world is watching. If she loses, the consequences would be catastrophic–if she succeeds, her life will never be the same.
£11.39
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Vol. 17
Book SynopsisDREAM A LITTLE DREAM OF MEIt’s time for the school trip, and all the girls are vying to get close to Kogarashi. But he just wants to have a good time, and as he’s a psychic trouble-magnet, he seeks it away from the gang. The fortune-teller Ryuzen uses her magic to show Chisaki that one day her wildest fantasies will come true! That is, if Kogarashi loses his powers and all the other girls sacrifice everything they ever had! The future is in her heart, and her hands!
£10.44
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs Vol. 18
Book SynopsisCHILD’S PLAY!Someone (or something) is after Kogarashi, and it’s up to the members of Yuragi-sou to protect him, each in their own special way. Can these romantic rivals work together? Suddenly, everyone except Yuuna is transformed into their child selves. As everyone loses their memories and Yuragi-sou falls into chaos…the assassin appears! But who is left to save Kogarashi?
£10.44
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Correspondence from the End of the Universe Vol.
Book SynopsisHe’s gradually getting used to his new job and getting to know an assortment of alien colleagues, but not everyone has his best interests at heart. The space pirates who set their sights on Marko were doomed to a sad fate! Series Overview: Russian recent college graduate Marko is looking forward to traveling the world with his lover. However, he is abducted by a mysterious being to the end of the universe, ruining his plans. That mysterious being assigns Marko a ten-year mission. All Marko can do is give his all to the mission and befriend his alien co-workers. This is the peculiar story depicting life in a place far removed from Earth.
£11.39
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Dance in the Vampire Bund: Age of Scarlet Order
Book SynopsisCALL OF THE WILDYuuhi, Phoebe, Cal, and Aaron are in for the trial of their lives as they find themselves naked and afraid in one of the most inhospitable places on earth—the Siberian Tundra! Should these young werewolves live through the ordeal, they will be men. However, just finding food, clothing, and shelter to survive for the month becomes all the more difficult when one of their group’s deepest secrets is laid bare. This revelation could put all of their lives in jeopardy, and lead to a second event like the “Siberian Tragedy” that befell Akira and Angie years before.
£10.44
Stone Arch Books Best Friends Until the End
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£20.79
Stone Arch Books Night of the Undead Frogs
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£20.79
Stone Arch Books Hide-And-Creep
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£20.79
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Valiant Must Fall Vol. 2
Book SynopsisSHE WILL KILL HER MOTHER, THEN HERSELF.Shino wants to end her life, but not before ending her mother’s, saving them both from a fate worse than death. However, they are Adashino, immortals who can’t be slain by ordinary means. That’s why she’s enlisted her new kinsman, former samurai Haruyasu, to steal a sessho-seki, a blade capable of killing the unkillable. But wielding one also claims the bearer’s life. Can Haruyasu help Shino fulfill her duty without sacrificing himself as well?
£14.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Succubus and Hitman Vol. 4
Book SynopsisChan Louis is a drug lord, martial arts master, and one of the mysterious figures on Shouya’s revenge hit list. Chan is out to take control of the Yatsufusa Clan’s impending ritual. In order to stop him, the Proxy Hitmen must first find him - but Chan won’t make the hunt easy.
£11.69
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid: Fafnir the Recluse
Book SynopsisIn this volume, he tries retro games, has a spinning top showdown with the kids, and overall becomes a surprisingly active recluse! Even curses can be helpful depending on how you use them. Series Overview: Fafnir is a dark, brooding curse dragon from the same world as Tohru, Kanna, and their friends. He’s also an otaku who’s as obsessed with games, merch, and doujinshi as he is with gold, jewels, and destroying all humans. This latest spin-off from the popular Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid series follows Fafnir’s daily life in a shared apartment with Kobayashi’s otaku co-worker Takiya, where Fafnir tries to get along with humans and dragons—or just avoid them!
£11.69
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC My Sister, The Cat Vol. 3
Book SynopsisAfter losing his mother at a young age, Nekota is taken in by family friends…who happen to be a couple of human-sized walking, talking cats. Not only do his new parents have paws, tails, and furry pointed ears, but now he also has an adorable little sister, Neneko-chan! As a high schooler, he’s integrated well into their household, and his precocious adoptive sister has fully accepted him as her big brother. Whether she’s showing him things she brought home from elementary school, purrsistently asking him to play with her mouse toy, or waking him up at the same early hour every morning for breakfast, life with this charming feline family is never dull!
£11.69
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Bite Maker: The King's Omega Vol. 9
Book SynopsisNobunaga has finally found Noel, but she’s not out of harm’s way yet. Just what are Masamune’s intentions? Can Nobunaga get Noel off the boat and back to safety? A harrowing death game is about to begin and everyone’s lives are on the line.
£11.39
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Vol. 2
Book SynopsisTsukumogami can be dangerous, as Hyoma, a fledgling Saenome, has seen firsthand. After moving in with Botan, a young woman with six tsukumogami caretakers, he has to admit that there may be exceptions - but he’s still on high alert. When he learns of Botan’s true role in the world of tsukumogami, he decides he’ll need to step up in order to protect her. And when Botan’s family sees his true power, they decide he might be just the right person… to marry Botan!
£11.69
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Bite Maker: The King’s Omega Vol. 8
Book SynopsisNoel is finally getting to spend time with another omega! She’s super excited for the opportunity, but their conversation is going some very unexpected places. How will she handle the angelic girl’s decidedly un-angelic questions?
£11.39
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Malevolent Spirits: Mononogatari Vol. 4
Book SynopsisIt’s been two months since Hyoma moved in to the Nagatsuki residence, and he’s starting to feel like part of the family. Sure, there’s a marriage proposal that both he and Botan are trying to ignore, but overall, things have gone smoothly. As Botan begins her third year of university, Hyoma continues his specialised training. That is, until a high-level tsukumogami challenges him to a fight. This tsukumogami knew Hyoma’s siblings - and also knows the paper umbrella tsukumogami who murdered them. And he knows something else, too - a secret that could shatter Hyoma’s peaceful life!
£11.69
Storm King Productions John Carpenter’s Tales of Science Fiction:
Book SynopsisAs the Cold War widened in the 1950s, military hero George Kutter and his family trained to be legacy survivors in the event of an atomic exchange with the Soviet Union. Prepared to wait out the aftermath of nuclear war, they were subjected to myriad simulations, scenarios and stresses in hopes of helping salvage something of their family, their country and humanity from the ashes of a conflict with the Russians that never happened. But when a group of hunting buddies stumble upon an old fallout shelter buried in the present-day Pennsylvania wilderness and end up locked inside, they quickly learn that “truth” is just a matter of conditioning, while a crash course in paranoia, propaganda and control awaits. What was the nature of the secret Archonite initiative? What lengths did the United States go to in order to prepare for all-out war and its aftermath? What did the Kutter Family endure in perpetration for their duty? And if World War III never broke out… why are they still down there?
£15.99
DC Comics Basketful of Heads
Book SynopsisJune Branch visits her boyfriend, Liam, on Brody Island for a relaxing last weekend of summer. After an escaped group of criminals breaks into the house that June and Liam are watching, Liam is taken by them. June grabs a strange Viking axe and flees from the intruders. When one of the attackers finds her, she swings the axe and takes off his head, which rolls away and begins to babble in terror. For June to uncover the truth, she'll need to hear the facts straight from the mouths of her attackers, with...or without their bodies attached.
£19.80
