The Complete The Killer

The Complete The Killer
Author: Matz
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 772
Release: 2018-07-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1641440031

Artist Luc Jacamon and writer Matz (The Black Dahlia) deliver the definitive collection of the Eisner Award-nominated crime saga, The Killer, a hardboiled, noir series following a hitman lost in a world without a moral compass. Get inside the mind of a professional assassin, a man of few scruples, nerves of steel, and a steady trigger finger. A man whose crimes might be catching up with him. A man on the verge of cracking... After misadventures in Central and South America and having earned enough money to retire comfortably, the Killer retires to Mexico, but his colleagues are still in need of his irreplaceable skills... and before long he’s drawn back into the great geopolitical game between Cuba, Venezuela, and the United States.

The Magicians: Alice's Story Original Graphic Novel

The Magicians: Alice's Story Original Graphic Novel
Author: Lev Grossman
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2019-07-24
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 161398698X

Alice Quinn is manifestly brilliant, and she’s always known that magic is real. During her years at Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, she rises to the top of her class, falls in love with Quentin Coldwater, and witnesses a horrifically magical creature invade their dimension. It’s not soon after graduation when Alice, Quentin, and their friends set their sights on the idyllic setting of Fillory: a place thought to only live in the pages of their favorite children’s books. A land where magic flows like rivers . . . But in this magical realm nothing is what it seems to be, and something darker lies behind the spellbinding facade. It is in the darkness where Alice will discover her true calling and her life, and those friends, forever changed. Acclaimed novelist Lev Grossman teams with New York Times bestselling writer Lilah Sturges (Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass), and breakout artist Pius Bak for a new look at the smash hit trilogy The Magicians.

Sons of El Topo, The Omnibus

Sons of El Topo, The Omnibus
Author: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2024-06-26
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1934506397

A bandit without morals or limits... A transformative journey through the west... And his two sons, Cain and Abel. Embark on an unforgettable journey as these two brothers take their respective paths of hate and love, at odds, but set on a course of enlightenment amidst the magic and mayhem. Iconic filmmaker and writer Alejandro Jodorowsky completes his fantastical saga, the sequel to his beloved cult classic film El Topo (1970), alongside illustrator José Ladrönn (The Incal). Prepare to be immersed in a surreal and deeply spiritual western, where fate brings the two sons of El Topo to the end of their journey, collected in a premium, hardcover omnibus for the very first time.

A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel

A Thief Among the Trees: An Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel
Author: Sabaa Tahir
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2020-07-29
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1641446900

New York Times bestselling author Sabaa Tahir joins writer Nicole Andelfinger and artist Sonia Liao for an all-new original graphic novel introducing the dangerous world of An Ember in the Ashes to new readers and revealing an untold story of Elias and Helene's beginnings at Blackcliff Academy in this stirring standalone chapter in the series' mythology. Before they were on different sides of a revolution, Elias and Helene were comrades at Blackcliff Military Academy. When they’re sent on a dangerous mission to steal a heavily-guarded poison on Isle South, they soon find themselves up against surprising enemies—including other recruits. As the true horror of their assignment is revealed, they will begin to confront the harrowing realities of Martial rule, their place in the system...and the choices they must make to survive.

BAGS (or a story thereof)

BAGS (or a story thereof)
Author: Patrick McHale
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2019-07-31
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1641444622

This is the tale of John Motts. He is a man who had a dog, but now that dog is gone. John searches his house, his street, and his town, but the dog is nowhere to be found. John soon realizes that he must travel further, past the road and into the trees if he’s ever to find out the truth of what happened to his dog. BAGS (or a story thereof) is a journey of love and suspense as John Motts searches through the world he knows, and a world he doesn’t, weaved together beautifully by Pat McHale, creator of the Emmy Award-winning Cartoon Network series Over The Garden Wall, and Gavin Fullerton (Disney’s Space Chickens in Space).

Jim Henson's Beneath the Dark Crystal Vol. 2

Jim Henson's Beneath the Dark Crystal Vol. 2
Author: Adam Smith
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2019-09-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1641443790

Kensho and Thurma are worlds apart and their hopes of being reunited begin to dim. Alongside her rival, Nita, Thurma studies under the tutelage of the legendary Fireling elder known simply as The Fire That Stays. As the two prospective queens compete against one another, their teacher reveals new abilities of the Firelings with dark and powerful potential that could change the throne forever. In Thra, Kensho’s quest takes him to a place of wonder long forgotten...the Valley of the Mystics. There, alongside his companions, Kensho will need to face his past and the future he so desperately flees. Writer Adam Smith (Long Walk to Valhalla) and artist Alexandria Huntington continue Kensho and Thurma’s quests as the fate of two worlds hang in the balance.

Jim Henson's Storyteller: Giants

Jim Henson's Storyteller: Giants
Author: Conor Nolan
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2017-08-29
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1684150019

A collection of mythic tales of when giants roamed the Earth, inspired by folklore from around the world and told in the spirit of Jim Henson’s beloved television series. It’s not the stories you tell, but how they are told. The critically acclaimed Jim Henson’s The Storyteller: Giants includes four mythic tales of when giants roamed the Earth, inspired by folklore from around the world and told in the spirit of Jim Henson’s beloved television series. Featuring an array of styles and stories by some of today’s most original talent, including Conor Nolan, Brandon Dayton, Feifei Ruan, and Jared Cullum, this stunning hardcover edition also includes an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the process and care taken in adapting each of the these timeless tales.

The Sons of El Topo Vol. 2: Abel

The Sons of El Topo Vol. 2: Abel
Author: Alejandro Jodorowsky
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 88
Release: 2019-12-25
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 164144360X

The ongoing sequel to cult film, El Topo, from cult-favorite filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky. Cain and Abel reunite following the death of Abel’s saintly mother, but the reunion is not without trouble. Cain’s quick to anger and his penchant for hate and violence quickly overcome the brothers already contentious relationship. In a virtuosic journey of untethered magic, corrupted faith, and lust, cult-filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky and master illustrator José Ladrönn continue the complex story of two brothers at odds after the death of their saintly father, the legendary El Topo.

Japan's Total Empire

Japan's Total Empire
Author: Louise Young
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 509
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520210719

At the heart of the empire Japan won and then lost in the Pacific War was Manchukuo, a puppet state created in Northeast China in 1932. Not unlike India for the British, Manchukuo was the crucible and symbol of empire for the Japanese. In this book, the first social and cultural history of Japan's construction of Manchuria, Louise Young studies how people at home imagined, experienced, and built the empire that so threatened the world.

Rust Vol. 4

Rust Vol. 4
Author: Royden Lepp
Publisher: Boom! Studios
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2018-03-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1613989474

Seven years in the making, the breathtaking conclusion to Royden Lepp's Rust graphic novel series is here! As an unprecedented robot force closes in on the Taylor farm, Jet Jones must embrace his true identity if he’s to defend the family he loves.