LAGUNA STUDIOS
SURGEON #1 (OF 6) (MR)
(W) John Pence (A) Zack Dolan & Various (CA) Zack Dolan
Set about 15 years after the world fell apart, a nomadic physician struggles to survive in a savage frontier of the poor and powerless, trying to balance her calling as a healer with the necessity of killing for survival. (STL342855)
MATURE THEMES
32pgs, FC (1 of 6) SRP: $5.99
LITTLE BROWN INK
BUZZING GN (O/A)
(W) Samuel Sattin (A/CA) Rye Hickman
2024 Eisner-Nominated for Best Publication for Kids. A moving middle grade graphic novel about friendship, belonging, and learning to love yourself despite the voices in your head. Isaac Itkin can't get away from his thoughts. As a lonely twelve-year-old kid with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), everything from studying to looking in the mirror becomes a battle between him and a swarm of unhelpful thoughts. The strict therapy his mother insists on doesn't seem to be working, but when a group of friends invites him to join their after-school role-playing game, the thoughts feel a little less loud, and the world feels a little brighter. But Isaac's therapist says that exposure to games can have negative effects on kids with OCD, and when his grades slip, his helicopter mother won't let him play anymore. Now Isaac needs to find a way to prove to himself, to his mother, and to the world that the way to quiet the noise in his head may have been inside him all along. (STL273089)
SC, 6x9, 224pgs, FC SRP: $12.99
PRINCESS & GRILLED CHEESE SANDWICH GN (O/A)
(W/A) Deya Muniz
A nobleman with a secret and a princess on a mission find love and lots of grilled cheese sandwiches when they least expect it, in this funny, heartfelt graphic novel rom-com. Lady Camembert wants to live life on her own terms, without marriage. Well, without marrying a man, that is. But the law of the land is that women cannot inherit. So when her father passes away, she does the only thing she can: She disguises herself as a man and moves to the capital city of the Kingdom of Fromage to start over as Count Camembert. But it's hard to keep a low profile when the beautiful Princess Brie, with her fierce activism and great sense of fashion, catches her attention. Camembert can't resist getting to know the princess, but as the two grow closer, will she able to keep her secret? (STL263510)
SC, 6x9, 256pgs, FC SRP: $17.99
LIVING THE LINE
MOONRAY MOTHERS SKIN HC (O/A)
(W) Brandon Graham (A/CA) Brandon Graham, Xurxo G. Penalta
In a post-human world, the man of miium is born. Created to avenge a slain goddess, our nameless warrior travels an unrecognizable landscape, constantly evolving with new wonders and terrors: Zanikam pirates, deadly reflections, a living bridge, and a red tear in the sky. Written and drawn by Eisner-award-winning author and artist Brandon Graham and featuring artist Xurxo G. Penalta, Moonray presents a mind-altering new dawn for a distant sci-fi future unlike any other. This bold graphic odyssey births the Moonray universe, from comic book to video game and beyond. (STL288849)
HC, 8x11, 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 #767 VOL 93 NO 6
In December, Locus presents the winners of the World Fantasy awards and offers complete convention coverage; our quarterly forthcoming books feature which lists all the books published by US and British publishers from December 2024 to September 2025; in-depth interviews with noted authors; book reviews from the best and most insightful book reviewers in the field; genre news; people notes; and much, much, more. (STL342669) (C: 0-1-1)
Magazine, 60pgs, FC SRP: $12.50