BLACKWOOD TP #2
MOURNING AFTER
(W) Evan Dorkin (A) Veronica Fish (CA) Veronica Fish
Blackwood College is in mourning after the death of Dean Ogden, unaware there's a traitor in their midst looking to bury the entire school. Meanwhile, the students continue to deal with Dennis's death, a situation that Reiko not only re FUSEs to accept but plans to rectify. Will mayhem ensue? Duh. Collects Blackwood: The Mourning After #1-#4, along with all covers, a sketchbook section, and pinups by Evan Dorkin, Andrew MacLean, Peach Momoko, and Andy Fish.
BLOOM INTO YOU GN #8
(W) Nakatani Nio (A) Nakatani Nio (CA) Nakatani Nio
Yuu has always loved shoujo manga and fantasizes about the day that she too will get a love confession that will send her heart a-flutter. Yet when a male classmate confesses his feelings for her... she feels nothing. Disappointed and con FUSEd, Yuu enters high school still unsure how to respond. That's when Yuu sees the beautiful student council president Nanami turn down a suitor with such maturity and finesse that Yuu is inspired to ask her for advice. But when the next person to confess to Yuu is the alluring Nanami herself, has Yuu's shoujo romance finally begun?
DEADLOCK GN #2
(W) Saki Aida (A) Yuh Takashina (CA) Yuh Takashina
Matthew was assaulted by another prisoner?! Concerned for his friend is Yuto, a former DEA investigator. Enraged by what happened, Mickey sets out to avenge his brother. However, Yuto re FUSEs to divulge the culprit's name and is placed in solitary confinement where he meets Neto, the leader of the Chicano group.
GIVEN GN #3
(W) Natsuki Kizu (A) Natsuki Kizu (CA) Natsuki Kizu
Uenoyama realizes he's in love with Mafuyu and steals a kiss from him backstage at their first live performance. But now he's even more con FUSEd-he hasn't shared his feelings with Mafuyu and has no idea how Mafuyu feels about him. Meanwhile, Haruki has been harboring a secret desire for bandmate Akihiko, who's already entangled in an intense, conflicted relationship with someone else. For older teen audiences.
HAYATE THE COMBAT BUTLER GN
(W) Kenjiro Hata (A) Kenjiro Hata (CA) Kenjiro Hata
Ruka has thrown down the gauntlet! By confessing her feelings for Hayate and going in for a lip lock, the idol singer turned manga artist puts our hero in danger of actually getting a girlfriend. To stop this unacceptable slackening of romantic tension, Nagi makes an offer Ruka can't re FUSE. Now Hayate's fate rests on the outcome of a manga drawing competition between the two aspiring artists. Does Hayate have any say on which girl he ends up with? Ha ha, of course not. For older teen audiences.
MY LITTLE PONY FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC TP #13
(W) Christina Rice (A) Agnes Garbowska (CA) Tony Fleecs
When Fluttershy is summoned away, it's up to Angel bunny to keep the animal sanctuary running. Will his bossy management style backfire when the other animals re FUSE to cooperate? Plus, while on a diplomatic mission to Yakyakistan, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash are surprised to uncover an imminent attack on the kingdom by dragons! Collects issues #54-58.
THAT TIME I GOT REINCARNATED AS A SLIME GN #13
(W) FUSE (A) Taiki Kawakami (CA) Taiki Kawakami
As players of Monster Hunter and Dungeons & Dragons know, the slime is not exactly the king of the fantasy monsters. So when a 37-year-old Tokyo salaryman dies and wakes up in a world of elves and magic, he's a little disappointed to find he's become a blind, boneless slime monster. Mikami's middle age hasn't gone as he planned: He never found a girlfriend, he got stuck in a dead-end job, and he was abruptly stabbed to death in the street at 37. So when he wakes up in a new world straight out of a fantasy RPG, he's disappointed but not exactly surprised to find that he's facing down a dragon, not as a knight or a wizard but as a blind slime demon. But there are chances for even a slime to become a hero...
THINGS FROM THE FLOOD SKYBOUND ED HC
(W) Simon Stalenhag (A) Simon Stalenhag
In 1954, the Swedish government built the world's largest particle accelerator in the pastoral countryside of Mälaröarna. The locals called this marvel of technology The Loop. But Mälaröarna and the world would never be the same. In FUSEd with strange machines and unfathomable creatures, Things from the Flood is transcendent look at technology that will stay with you long after you turn the final page.