LAGUNA STUDIOS
SURGEON #4 (OF 6) (MR)
(W) John Pence (A) Everardo Orozco & Various (CA) Omar Zaldivar
Hanover fought her way through the chaotic siege of Turtle Island and found a rare thing in the process — a friend. Now that friend has made a terrible mistake at a moment when she needs him most. (STL356362)
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (4 of 6) SRP: $5.99
LITTLE BROWN INK
RENEGADE GIRLS QUEER TALE ROMANCE & RABLE ROUSING GN
(W) Nora Neus (A) Julie Robine
Seventeen-year-old Helena "Nell" Cusack came to New York this summer looking for a story, a real story. She dreams of one day writing hard-hitting articles for the New York Chronicle, but so far she's only managed to land a job as a lowly society reporter. That is, until Alice Austen strolls into her life, an audacious street photographer who encourages Nell to shake up polite society… and maybe also take a chance on love. When her best friend, Lucia, is injured while working in a garment factory, Nell is determined to crack the story wide open. Posing as a seamstress, she reports on the conditions from the inside, making a name for herself as the Chronicle's first ever stunt girl. But as Nell's reporting gains momentum, so do the objections of those who oppose her. Will Nell continue to seek justice-even if it hurts her in the end? Based on real-life stunt girl Nell Nelson and photographer Alice Austen, this tenderly drawn narrative is about bringing buried stories to light and the bravery of first love. (STL355201) (C: 0-1-1)
SC, 6x9, 304pgs, FC SRP: $18.99
LIVING THE LINE
CENTRALIA HC (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Miel Vandepitte
2024 MoCCA Arts Fest Award of Excellence Recipient! The earth in and around Centralia has warmed so much, it's impossible to stand on without melting. Those who survive long enough will be confronted with carnivorous birds, collapsing buildings, and the trigger-happy Simia Nasalis, armed with bazookas and stilts. Against their better judgment, a group of adventurers set out to discover the treasure of gold hidden away at the heart of the abandoned town. (STL241247)
HC, 7x10, 144pgs, FC SRP: $35.00
STRANGE DEATH OF ALEX RAYMOND HC (O/A)
(W/A) Dave Sim, Carson Grubaugh (CA) Dave Sim
Legendary creator Dave Sim is renowned world-wide for his groundbreaking Cerebus the Aardvark. Now, in The Strange Death of Alex Raymond, Sim brings to life the history of comics' greatest creators, using their own techniques. Equal parts Understanding Comics and From Hell, Strange Death is a head-on collision of ink drawing and spiritual intrigue, pulp comics and movies, history and fiction. The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, Rip Kirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork, and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together. (STL191916) (MAY211557)
HC, 8x12, 326pgs, PC SRP: $40.00
THE EXILE HC (MR) (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Erik Kriek
Returing to print! Winner of MoCCA Arts Fest Award of Excellence 2023! After seven years of exile, battle-hardened Hallstein Thordsson returns home to Iceland, only to find that old wounds haven't healed. A remarkable decades-spanning epic, Erik Kriek's The Exile is equal parts action "Western" and family drama, with a surprising story of violence and consequences at its core. (STL241248)
MATURE THEMES
HC, 192pgs, FC SRP: $40.00
UFO MUSHROOM INVASION GN (O/A)
(W/A/CA) Shirakawa Marina
A flying saucer crashes deep in the mountains of Japan. Wary of the hyper-intelligent beings they find inside, the government hides from the public all news of the alien craft. But it's not the strange visitors themselves that they should be afraid of—the real danger is the parasitic spores smuggled aboard! Will Earth survive the UFO Mushroom Invasion?! Originally published in 1976, Shirakawa Marina's UFO Mushroom Invasion is a masterpiece of sci-fi horror. Pulling on his deep knowledge of Japanese folklore and the supernatural, Shirakawa serves up one of manga history's cult-classics and an unforgettably creepy entry in the canon of spore-horror. (STL310505) (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 6x9, 204pgs, PC SRP: $19.95
LOCUS MAGAZINE
LOCUS MAGAZINE #770 VOL 94 NO 3
The March issue of Locus will include out quarterly forthcoming books feature, listing all the science fiction, fantasy, horror, and related books being publishing from March 2025 to the end of the year, as well as interviews from new and established authors, magazine and book reviews, genre news, people notes, and other special features. (STL356000) (C: 0-1-1)
Magazine, 60pgs, FC SRP: $12.50
86th Floor Comics January 2025 Catalogue
