GRAMMATON PUNCH TPB EditIon, story by Miles Gunter; art by Briane Andan · SRP: $19.99 · 136 Pages · For Readers 13+ · ISBN: 9781684973750 · Available January 29th
Van Nguyen isn’t like other kids. Born on an eclipse, he can see and lay hands on the parasitic ghosts that feed off the energy of unsuspecting people. Van’s abilities have made him a loner, but as he starts his freshman year of high school, he finds himself confronting his own self-imposed boundaries while struggling to protect his classmates from the frenzy of spirits feeding off their adolescent energy.
POPEYE: MAN OVERBOARD, story by Antoine Ozanam; art by Lelis · SRP: $16.99 · 116 Pages · For Readers 13+ ·
ISBN: 9781684973590 · Available January 15th
Everyone knows him: the loud-mouthed, one-eyed sailor man who shows off his biceps after gobbling canned spinach. He’s funny, Popeye. His way of speaking, and his ready-made expressions… And what’s more, he’s a courageous guy, a good guy. A true hero. But this isn’t exactly the Popeye you know. In this graphic novel there are other layers. A melancholy and beauty that only the exuberant watercolor art of Lelis and the sharp, sensitive script of Antoine Ozanam could express.
Unlike the famous cartoons, the Popeye of this tale is an unlikely hero who could be found in any port around the world. In the story, a strange girl with flowery language arrives to hit him in his healthy eye. He’s too old for her, but Olive is his girl, without a doubt. Like any man in love, reason disappears, and Popeye agrees to go on an adventure with Olive’s brother…in search of a fabulous treasure.
KINKY KARROT PRESENTS: OFF THE BEATEN PATH STANDARD EDITION, story by Marie Sann and Yann Krehl; art by Marie Sann · SRP: $24.99 · 136 Pages · For Mature Readers (Explicit Content) · ISBN: 9781684973767 · Available February 12th
Sex and relationships are the last thing Lizzy is thinking about when she moves to the big city. She is completely focused on starting her studies, looking for a job, and living with her sarcastic, older roommate Elva, which is still unfamiliar. She is also still reeling from the breakup with her long-term boyfriend.
When she visits a sex shop for the first time out of curiosity, Lizzy begins to explore her own sexuality and discovers a whole new side of herself. An exciting side. From dating apps to sex toys to bondage, she tries out lots of things and slowly discovers her interest in the kinkier side of sex.
However, this journey is not without challenges: she must deal with the uncertainties of modern dating, financial worries and the question of how she wants to shape her relationships and sex life in the future. Lizzy faces great challenges that offer great opportunities – anything but frivolous.
ABLAZE Spotlight on SWORD AND SORCERY COLLECTED SET featuring BELIT & VALERIA and THE MIGHTY BARBARIANS, story by Max Bemis, Michael Moreci and art by Rodney Buchemi, Giuseppe Cafaro · SRP: $31.99 · 144 Pages (Belit & Valeria TPB); 200 Pages (The Mighty Barbarians) · For Mature Readers 16+ · ISBN: 9781684973781 · Available November 20th
In Belit & Valeria: Rising from a watery grave, Belit once again finds herself commanding a ship, sailing the seas in search of adventure…and answers. But when a deal goes wrong, she finds herself teamed up with the woman she was holding prisoner: the equally beautiful and deadly Valeria.
In The Mighty Barbarians: When an unstoppable force starts consuming one world after another, sorceress Morgan Le Fey uses her magic to assemble a team of skull-cracking warriors who must somehow work together to save all of existence. There’s the young trickster Anansi, Viking shield maiden Birka, the shape-shifting Nanook, and their leader, heir to a fallen kingdom and mightiest of warriors, KULL!
ABLAZE ARTIST SPOTLIGHT COLLECTED SET – ZEROCALCARE, story and art by Zerocalcare · SRP: $58.00 · 240 Pages (Forget My Name), 208 Pages (Tentacles at My Throat), 160 Pages (The Armadillo Prophecy) · For Readers 16+ · ISBN: 9781684973774 · Available November 27th
In Forget My Name: When the last vestiges of his childhood are taken from him, Zerocalcare discovers unsuspected secrets about his family. Torn between the soothing numbness of the innocence of youth and the impossibility to elude society’s ever-expanding control over people’s lives, he’ll have to understand where he really comes from, before he understands where he is going.
In Tenatacles at my Throat: Three friends, their schoolgrounds, and a secret. And fifteen years later, the discovery that they all thought there was only one secret, but each had their own. And there was one more, bigger than the others, that none were aware of…
In The Armadillo Prophecy: Zerocalcare’s debut OGN, the story of how he coped with learning too late that a dear friend from his childhood had died, all while a giant armadillo represents his imaginary conscience.
BELIT & VALERIA COLLECTIBLE VIRGIN cover pack, story by Max Bemis and art by Rodney Buchemi · SRP: $19.99 · For Readers 16+ · ISBN: 9781684973798 · Available November 27th
Get on board with the barbarian baddies! Based on the works of Robert E. Howard, ABLAZE’s Belit &Valeria features a fetching if unlikely team-up of two iconic characters! Collecting all 5 issues of the series, this collectible cover pack offers a selection of variants used in publication of this hit series, all at a specially discounted price. Limited to only 200 copies!
Features the following covers:
#1 – Leirix Virgin Variant
#2 – Mirka Andolfo Virgin Variant
#3 – Fabrizio de Tomasso Virgin Variant
#4 – Julius Ohta Virgin Variant
#5 – Usanekorin Virgin Variant
THE MIGHTY BARBARIANS COLLECTIBLE VIRGIN cover pack, story by Michael Moreci
and art by Giuseppe Cafaro · SRP: $19.99 · For Readers 16+ · ISBN: 9781684973804 · Available November 27th
From the writer of Barbaric comes the world-hopping, skull-crushing adventures of The Mighty Barbarians! They’re barbarians. They loot, they plunder, they conquer. That’s what they do, and they do it alone…until NOW! Collecting all 6 issues of the series, this collectible cover pack offers a selection of variants used in publication of this hit series, all at a specially discounted price. Limited to only 80 copies!
Features the following covers:
#1 – Olivier Vatine Virgin Variant
#2 – Erica D’Urso Virgin Variant
#3 – Ennio Bufi Virgin Variant
#4 – Justin Mason Virgin Variant
#5 – Sunghan Yune Virgin Variant
#6 – Jordan Michael Johnson Virgin Variant
Latest Issues of Continuing ABLAZE Series:
PARLIAMENT OF ROOKS, Issue 2, story by Abigail Jill Harding, Richard Starkings; art by Abigail Jill Harding · SRP: $3.99 · 40 Pages · For Readers 16+ · Available November 27th
The May Day festival is in full swing and, in the wake of Darius’ sudden affliction, an old yet familiar face steps foot in Ravenscar Hall, possessing a diary that belonged to his late mother. With rumors speaking of a strange creature seen skulking around the city, Darius visits the Great East Window, fearful but determined to find out the truth.
ABLAZE is proud to present this Eisner-nominated Gothic Horror for the first time in print!
GANNIBAL Vol. 6, story and art by Masaaki Ninomiya · SRP: $24.99 · 200 Pages · For Mature Readers 16+ · ISBN: 9781684973293 · Available February 12th
Daigo goes alone into the depths of Kuge to save the children. There, he runs into Keisuke and finally dares to ask him directly: “Do you eat human flesh?” Keisuke’s answer will prove surprising, revealing more about his family, the village, and the dark past of the next head of the Gotos. The bloody story continues to take shape in this sixth volume!
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