ILLUSTRATION MAGAZINE #72
We feature the work of Frank Fruzyna, best known for his thousands of clip-art illustrations that appeared virtually everywhere in the 80s and 90s. You've probably seen his work many times and never knew who created it; now we pull back the curtain to reveal the man behind the ubiquitous art. Next up we feature the work of Tom Sawyer, another clip-art artist from a previous generation. His work was everywhere, yet his name was virtually unknown. Our final feature showcases the work of Fred Freeman, notable for his futuristic and detailed magazine illustrations.
IM THE CATLORDS MANSERVANT GN #1
(W) Rat Kitaguni (A) Rat Kitaguni
Izumi Yukihara, high school second year. His life is completely average-until a series of misfortunate events turn his life upside down. As if losing his parents weren't enough, he's saddled with their massive debt and forced to relocate to a new residence. On the bright side, the owners of his new residence offer him a chance to repay his debt... by serving cats?!
IM THE HERO BUT THE DEMON LORDS ALSO ME GN #1
(W) Akiyoshi Ota (A) Tatsuya Endo
Yuuma Tsugari is an ordinary high school student whose family runs a public bath house. He leads a peaceful, uneventful life, but all that changes when a beautiful woman from another world appears before him, certain that he's the hero she's been searching for! Sure, he's no hero, but how can he refuse such a beauty?
IMMORTAL HULK #45
(W) Al Ewing (A) Joe Bennett (CA) Alex Ross
• The Hulk is at his lowest point. • His strength is gone. His friends cannot reach him. Gamma itself has turned against him. What hope is there now? • What hope is left... for THE WEAKEST THERE IS? Rated T+
IMMORTAL HULK #45
REBORN VAR
(W) Al Ewing (A) Joe Bennett
• The Hulk is at his lowest point. • His strength is gone. His friends cannot reach him. Gamma itself has turned against him. What hope is there now? • What hope is left... for THE WEAKEST THERE IS? Rated T+
IMMORTAL HULK #45
BENNETT HOMAGE VAR
(W) Al Ewing (A) Joe Bennett (CA) Joe Bennett
• The Hulk is at his lowest point. • His strength is gone. His friends cannot reach him. Gamma itself has turned against him. What hope is there now? • What hope is left... for THE WEAKEST THERE IS? Rated T+
IN PICTOPIA MAGAZINE
(W) Don Simpson (A) Various
In Pictopia is the legendary comic created in 1986, written by the era's most adventurous mainstream comics writer and drawn by a bevy of indie cartoonists-helmed by Don Simpson, with Mike Kazaleh, Pete Poplaski, and Eric Vincent. Presented here for the first time, scanned from the original line art and full-color painted boards, in an appropriately oversized format. Pictopia is the allegorical city inhabited by old, forgotten, but once famous and iconic comics characters, now considered pitiable has-beens by the popular new comics characters who are cheerfully and inevitably taking their places in the pop culture pantheon of celebrity. It is both a paean to timeless, beloved comics characters and a scathing critique of the then-contemporary comics sub-culture.
INCURABLE CASE OF LOVE GN #7
(W) Maki Enjoji (A) Maki Enjoji
Even when they're apart and lonely, they believe in their love. Our Valiant One and the Dark Lord have an incurable case of love! This is the grand finale! Nanase became a nurse to chase after Dr. Kairi Tendo. Before Kairi travels abroad to study, the two decide to do the things that lovers do. Their love deepens during their limited time together, but a problem arises concerning Kairi's succession in his family's business. What will happen to their romance? For mature audiences.
INDIGNATION OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA LIGHT NOVEL SC #8
(W) Nagaru Tanigawa
Since the beginning of the year, the SOS Brigade has been masking as the Literature Club to be recognized as an official high school organization. But when the new student council president threatens to disband the group, the members must write a collection of literature. Naturally, Haruhi assume the role of editor-in-chief and leads the team to publication with hilarious results.
INFINITE DENDROGRAM OMNIBUS GN #2
(W) Sakon Kaidou (A) Kami Imai
Ray's climb towards becoming a super paladin continues, but it's never as easy as anyone hopes. While walking the streets of Gideon, he meets a flamboyant new ally named Hugo, and the two decide to cooperate in order to take down a nefarious criminal group known as the Gouz-Maise gang. But little did Ray know that this seemingly simple rescue mission would cement just how gruesome a reality the world of Infinite Dendrogram could become! Contains the full Volume 3 and 4!
INKBLOT #7
(W) Emma Kubert (A) Emma Kubert (CA) Emma Kubert
NEW STORY ARC! Oblivious to the profound grief it has caused the Seeker, the cat travels to Earth where it befriends a young sorceress named Eliza Proctor. Eliza throws a party with her friends to celebrate the beginning of summer, but it's ruined by a monster tearing through the void.
INTRIGUES OF HARUHI SUZUMIYA LIGHT NOVEL SC #7
(W) Nagaru Tanigawa
After closing a time loop fiasco, our protagonist Kyon is ready to start a new year with a blank slate-no time travel, no apocalyptic worries, and maybe some actual peace and quiet with the SOS Brigade. Just as Kyon starts to get comfortable, he gets a visit from his friend Mikuru. Except this isn't his Mikuru; it's a Mikuru from eight days in the future!
IRON FIST HEART OF DRAGON #4 (OF 6)
(W) Larry Hama (A) Dave Wachter (CA) Billy Tan
THE SECRETS OF THE HEAVENLY DRAGONS! • The true nature of the Dragons of Heaven are revealed...but to who? And why? And what will be done with this cursed knowledge? • Danny fights for sanity of a world gone mad. • The identity of the mysterious herald of the 8th Kingdom's onslaught is exposed! Rated T+
IRON FIST HEART OF DRAGON #4 (OF 6)
ANDREWS VAR
(W) Larry Hama (A) Dave Wachter (CA) Kaare Andrews
THE SECRETS OF THE HEAVENLY DRAGONS! • The true nature of the Dragons of Heaven are revealed...but to who? And why? And what will be done with this cursed knowledge? • Danny fights for sanity of a world gone mad. • The identity of the mysterious herald of the 8th Kingdom's onslaught is exposed! Rated T+
IRON MAN #8
(W) Christopher Cantwell (A) Juan Cabal (CA) Alex Ross
Tony Stark has vanished in the middle of outer space, and his friends are moments away from death at Korvac's hands. It's up to a shell-shocked Hellcat to dig deep into her mind with the help of old friend and psychic mentor Moondragon, who reaches across the universe to help Patsy reclaim the once-powerful mental abilities she left behind. But to reignite those powers, Hellcat is going to have to face some pretty frightening demons in her past...one of them literally the Son of Satan himself. Rated T+
IRON MAN #8
REBORN VAR
(W) Christopher Cantwell (A) Juan Cabal
Tony Stark has vanished in the middle of outer space, and his friends are moments away from death at Korvac's hands. It's up to a shell-shocked Hellcat to dig deep into her mind with the help of old friend and psychic mentor Moondragon, who reaches across the universe to help Patsy reclaim the once-powerful mental abilities she left behind. But to reignite those powers, Hellcat is going to have to face some pretty frightening demons in her past...one of them literally the Son of Satan himself. Rated T+
IRON MAN BY GRELL COMPLETE COLLECTION TP
(W) Mike Grell (A) Michael Ryan (CA) Angelo Tsang
Acclaimed writer Mike Grell takes the iron reigns! Weapons that Tony Stark once created and sold are now being used to kill innocents, and Iron Man's past has returned to haunt him yet again. Can he stop the carnage before it's too late? Meanwhile, at the top of the world, precious cargo is delivered to a remote monastery. And when the ornate box is unlocked, Stark's most malevolent foe will be reborn! Then, Iron Man travels back to the age of knights and chivalry - and must pit his armor against dragon fire! And Iron Man takes on Thor when the Asgardians decide to meddle in Earthly affairs! But when terrorists target the Chinese embassy, why is Tony Stark the prime suspect?! Collecting IRON MAN (1998) #50-69. Rated T+
IS WRONG PICK UP GIRLS DUNGEON SWORD ORATORIA GN #15
(W) Fujino Omori (A) Takashi Yagi
As Loki Familia investigates Daedalus Street and the many mysteries it contains within its labyrinthine streets, evil eyes follow them! Deep beneath Orario an entirely different challenge from the Dungeon awaits!
JAMES BOND AGENT OF SPECTRE #2
(W) Christos Cage (A) Luca Casalanguida (CA) Sean Phillips
James Bond is in the USA...but NOT as part of Her Majesty's Secret Service. Shockingly, he's there as an Agent of SPECTRE, sent to eliminate an upstart rival SPECTRE boss at the bidding of Ernest Blofeld himself! The leverage Blofeld has against Bond is a threat to the life of his one of the few people in the world Bond can trust... but that friend may have the interests of Bond's target as the higher priority!
JAMES BOND ASTON MARTIN DB5 HC
(W) Simon Hugo
The ultimate luxury edition guide to the ultimate Bond car! Featuring the all the Aston Martin DB5 cars throughout 25 Bond films, including 2020's No Time to Die starring Daniel Craig and Rami Malek! The Aston Martin DB5 is a British luxury car made by Aston Martin and designed by the Italian coachbuilder Carrozzeria Touring Superleggera. First released in 1963, the DB5 is the best-known cinematic James Bond car, first appearing in the James Bond film Goldfinger. This deluxe coffee table 11" x 12 1/2" format packed with full page high-quality photos.
JEKYLL ISLAND CHRONICLES GN
(W) Steve Nedvidek (A) Prentis Rollins (CA) S.J. Miller
Cities burn, electricity crackles, and the world hangs in the balance as the award-winning alternate-history graphic novel trilogy comes to a stunning conclusion! The action picks up where The Jekyll Island Chronicles (Book Two): A Devil's Reach left off: the cabal of anarchists, known internationally as Zeno, have stolen the plans to Nikola Tesla's Death Ray and intend to build it and use it first on the heroes of Jekyll. Meanwhile, Tesla and his contemporaries Charles Proteus Steinmetz and Henry Ford work against the clock to come up with an improbable chance to render the weapon useless. For their biggest challenge yet, our heroic regulars - mechanically-limbed Peter Karovik, electrically-powered Helen Huxley, high-flying Billy Colfield, and the brilliant cryptologist Solomon Taylor - must build an army of new heroes that join the battle royale on the tiny Georgia island of Jekyll. With more thrilling science-heroism than ever before, A Last Call completes the Jekyll Island trilogy as the forces of good stand up one last time against those seeking to burn the world. Praise for the Jekyll Island series: "The Jekyll Island Chronicles can satisfy your curiosity, and blow your mind with previously unknown facts, all while entertaining you." -The Geekian Report "I swear my heart was going to explode as I read this." -Goodreads "The story and the design in the world of The Jekyll Island Chronicles is refreshingly original...and very cool. I can't think of anything that is quite like it. Wish I'd had the chance to bring this project to life on film years ago!" -Joe Alves, BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated Production Designer, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Production Designer, Jaws, Escape from New York "As a history teacher in Georgia, The Jekyll Island Chronicles has been an eye-opener for me. My students are such visual learners and giving them a chance to learn about our movers, creators, inventors and dreamers from history in a beautifully illustrated platform is a dream come true. What a breath of fresh air for educators to have something like this that not only reinforces many of our educational standards but also helps student engagement and fosters imagination. If history could be taught this way, our students would never forget it." -Thomas Panter, Durham Middle School, Acworth, Georgia "It's hard to believe The Jekyll Islands Chronicles is a new graphic novel series because it's full of classic adventure set in a clever mixture of science fantasy and historic reality. Everything you like about heroics, epic battles and grounded stories is in there. It's been special privilege contributing and a lot of fun getting to know the creators and their stories and I can't wait to read more!" -Jason Scott Jones, Eisner nominee, veteran comic colorist, video producer and motion graphics director, working on assorted titles for Milestone, DC, and recently IDW.
JENNY ZERO #1 (OF 4)
(W) Dave Dwonch (A) Magenta King (CA) Magenta King
Meet Jenny Tetsuo, the hard drinkin', hard partyin' daughter of beloved superhero, Mega Commander Zero. After washing out as the military's top kaiju killer, "Jenny Zero" now lives the celebutante life with her hotel heiress and publicist best friend, Dana Sheraton. But when the massive creatures return, Jenny must decide if she can sober up and save the world! From Dave Dwonch (Cyrus Perkins and the Haunted Taxi Cab, Mind Palace), Brock McKinney (MAD Magazine, Full Moon Deadly Ten films) and superstar in the making, Magenta King comes a new hero for a new decade!
JIM HENSON LABYRINTH UNDER SPELL HC
(W) S. M. Vidaurri (A) Various (CA) Jenny Frison
* RETURN TO THE MASQUERADE. * Discover an all-new collection of stories expanding the world of Jim Henson's beloved fantasy classic Labyrinth, including the secret history of Sir Didymus and the untold story of one of Jareth's Masquerade guests who embarks on a journey of self discovery after Sarah shatters the mirror during the Masquerade Ball. * Collects Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Under the Spell #1 and Jim Henson's Labyrinth: Masquerade #1.
JIM HENSONS STORYTELLER TRICKSTERS #2
CVR A MOMOKO
(W) Jonathan Rivera (A) Jade Zhang (CA) Peach Momoko
* A teen Yoruba village girl summons the great god of mischief, Eshu, to coerce her crush, a dashing hunter, to break up with his sweetheart and marry her instead. * Eshu agrees to help her, revelling at the chance to wreak havoc with them all...only to find that the village girl had a mischievous plot all of her own. * New York Times bestselling author Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer) and rising star artist Erin Kubo present the next standalone chapter of this Jim Henson-inspired epic limited series here, with a different acclaimed creative team on each issue!
JIM HENSONS STORYTELLER TRICKSTERS #2
CVR B PENDERGAST
(W) Jonathan Rivera (A) Jade Zhang (CA) Dani Pendergast
* A teen Yoruba village girl summons the great god of mischief, Eshu, to coerce her crush, a dashing hunter, to break up with his sweetheart and marry her instead. * Eshu agrees to help her, revelling at the chance to wreak havoc with them all...only to find that the village girl had a mischievous plot all of her own. * New York Times bestselling author Jordan Ifueko (Raybearer) and rising star artist Erin Kubo present the next standalone chapter of this Jim Henson-inspired epic limited series here, with a different acclaimed creative team on each issue!