In this officially licensed collection, Marvel Comics heroes Thor and Loki regale us with engaging and fantastical retellings of the classic tales of Norse mythology. It’s a beautiful day in New York City and the Avengers have arranged a surprise birthday picnic for Peter Parker in Central Park—but the celebration is violently interrupted when a menacing rainbow suddenly crystalizes in the sky, dumping a shellshocked Thor and Loki into the middle of the party with a loud crash. The Avengers swiftly decamp to Stark Tower, where Doctor Strange freezes time to give the heroes a chance to regroup and formulate a plan. Thor and Loki warn the group that Ragnorok, the end of the world, has come, but before they can take action against it, they must understand how the world began. Thus, the brothers begin the age-old Norse tradition of storytelling. As they verbally joust, spar, and one-up each other over who can spin the most outlandish yarn, Thor and Loki weave the sagas of their people including: The Creation of Man, How Odin Lost His Eye, The Theft of Thor's Hammer, Freyja's Beautiful Necklace, Thor and Geirrod the Giant, Sif's Golden Hair, and many more. They recount the ancient stories of the Nine Realms, the first humans Ask and Embla, and the sacred tree, Yggdrasil. In recounting each tale, the brothers aim to bring the cosmos closer to salvation. A brilliant melding of the Marvel Comic universe with traditional Norse Mythology, illustrated throughout with full-color plates and black-and-white art, Thor & Loki is a must-read for Marvel fans and mythology lovers alike.

It''s Lindsay Grockle''s first day as the manager of the Lakeview Hotel. Her boss has handed her the keys and departed for vacation. And then the convention attendees start showing up, each more peculiar than the last. Lindsay''s a confirmed sceptic - so she''s surprised to be woken up in the middle of the night by her convention attendees, telling her that there''s been a murder... of the Loch Ness Monster. The guests at the hotel are all cryptids from around the world, and now one of them is dead. Which means that one of them must be the murderer. And it''s up to Lindsay to solve the case!

From celebrated author and illustrator Debbie Tung comes My Perfectly Imperfect Body , a frank, honest, and deeply vulnerable graphic memoir that chronicles the author’s journey of overcoming body-image struggles throughout her youth and young adult years. A Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table (GNCRT) Outstanding Comics Award Honor for Best YA Nonfiction From celebrated author and illustrator Debbie Tung comes My Perfectly Imperfect Body , a frank, honest, and deeply vulnerable graphic memoir that chronicles the author’s journey of overcoming body-image struggles throughout her youth and young adult years. A Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table (GNCRT) Outstanding Comics Award Honor for Best YA Nonfiction Debbie Tung has a simple and gentle message: your body is worthy of being treated with kindness and love at any size. Illustrated in her unique personal style, Tung shares the experiences of her teenage years and how growing into a mature body combined with teenage angst, vulnerability, and the pressure on girls to be thin and pretty spiraled her into disordered eating. She became obsessed with exercising and dieting, but no matter how much weight she lost, it was never enough. She spent the next few years trying to heal her eating habits, learning about self-love, and finally making peace with her body. My Perfectly Imperfect Body is her story and one she shares with many survivors of a thin-obsessed media. She hopes her gentle comics provide a safe space to rest on whichever healing journey you find yourself on as you read.

For the first time ever, Al Hirschfeld's iconic art of Stephen Sondheim's musicals are made available, packaged in an affordable, oversized removable poster book featuring texts by Bernadette Peters and Ben Brantley. Al Hirschfeld drew his first Sondheim show in 1957-West Side Story. Since then, in his iconic, illustrative style, Hirschfeld captured almost all of Sondheim's Broadway shows and several films featuring the composer's songs and scripts. Sondheim was a Hirschfeld collector, acquiring drawing

Warning—frightening (and true) stories ahead! Author-illustrator Nathan Hale tells some of the scariest tales in US history in Bones and Berserkers , the 13th book in the #1 New York Times bestselling graphic novel series. Bones and Berserkers is the unlucky 13th book in the New York Times bestselling Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales series, and you know what that means? It’s time to gather around the gallows and tell the spookiest stories in US history! In this chilling collection, learn about the devil baby who terrorized New Jersey; a haunted well full of restless Confederate soldiers; a demon cat whose appearance has been an omen for some of the darkest days in American history; and a massacre by a murderous butler whose motives remain unknown to this day. Full of a frightful mix of folk tales and facts, this newest entry is sure to fascinate readers . . if they’re brave enough to read to the end. “These books are, quite simply, brilliant. Thrilling, bloody, action-packed stories from American history.” — New York Times Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tales! Read them all—if you dare! One Dead Spy: A Revolutionary War Tale (#1) Big Bad Ironclad!: A Civil War Tale (#2) Donner Dinner Party: A Pioneer Tale (#3) Treaties, Trenches, Mud, and Blood: A World War I Tale (#4) The Underground Abductor: An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman (#5) Alamo All-Stars: A Texas Tale (#6) Raid of No Return: A World War II Tale of the Doolittle Raid (#7) Lafayette!: A Revolutionary War Tale (#8) Major Impossible: A Grand Canyon Tale (#9) Blades of Freedom: A Tale of Haiti, Napoleon, and the Louisiana Purchase (#10) Cold War Correspondent: A Korean War Tale (#11) Above the Trenches: A WWI Flying Ace Tale (#12) Bones and Bersekers: 13 True Tales of Terror from American History (#13) Web of War: A World War II Tale (#14)

Goosebumps creator R.L. Stine joins forces with Topps and the pop-culture phenomenon Garbage Pail Kids for the second volume in this hilarious—and gross—illustrated middle-grade series The Garbage Pail Kids are back, and this time they’re desperate to win the Smellville Pet Show. But how can they compete against the Perfect twins and their perfect pet Chihuahua, Good Boy, who can balance on his head and perform magic tricks and a perfect dance solo?! Adam Bomb and Handy Sandy have an idea, and they just might win, too. But the whole contest suddenly gets thrown into chaos when the GPK meet five new students who call themselves the Garbage Pail Kids—Nasty Nancy, Nat Nerd, Disgustin’ Justin, Brett Sweat, and Windy Winston. The grand prize is an all-day trip to Six Thrills Amusement Park—but who will win? Could there be more than one winner? Will the winner really win and the loser lose? What does that even mean? And why so many questions? Join bestselling author R.L. Stine, creator of Goosebumps, for the latest book in this perfectly disgusting series!

This adult graphic novel chronicles the epic journey of George Lucas, from rebellious youth to prodigy of a new Hollywood era, and the creation of Star Wars. In a tale befitting the saga he created, Lucas Wars follows George Lucas’s journey from aimless dreamer to filmmaking trailblazer and prodigy of the New Hollywood movement. While his fellow rising stars—directors like Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg, and Martin Scorsese—craft The Godfather, Jaws, and Taxi Driver, Lucas follows his childhood dreams and begins work on an epic fantasy . . which, he soon discovers, is not without its epic challenges. Writer Laurent Hopman and artist Renaud Roche dive deep into the creative process behind Star Wars: A New Hope, from the hell of casting to the nightmare of filming. Lucas is forced to juggle actor quarrels, a secret love affair, costume and set mishaps, and constant pushback from film execs. But despite it all, a landmark movie emerges—one that changes the medium of film forever. Lucas Wars is an exhilarating underdog story and a unique glimpse into the world of cinema. But most of all, it’s an ode to the magic of childhood and the value of perseverance.

Journey to the Center of the Earth meets Ghosts of Mars in the supernatural science fiction mystery on Mars, THE INTERNAL SEA: Mare Internum where the divide between the living and the dead is more transparent – and delicate – than humanity ever suspected. Life on Mars… No man is an island entire of itself, but Dr. Michael Fisher, a disgraced planetary geologist living on Mars, has never felt more isolated. The situation worsens when both he and Dr. Bex Egunsola, the station's newest biologist, accidentally break through the floor of an unstable lava tube into an ancient subterranean world... and they are not alone. Is this purgatorial abyss a prison or a sanctuary? Genuine or constructed? How thin runs the line between life and death? And is there a chance for the fallen to return to the world of the living? For fans of: Terra Formars (Yu Sasuga), The Weatherman (Jody LeHeup/Nathan Fox), The Space Between (Corinna Bechko/Danny Luckert), DUNE: House Astreides, The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury), Sentient, Mars, Inc. (Ben Bova), The Strange (Nathan Ballingrud), Doom 3: Worlds on Fire (Matthew Costello), The MARS Trilogy (Kim Stanley Robinson), The Expanse, The Martian, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Red Rising , 2001: A Space Odyssey, Ghosts of Mars, The Expanse, The Martian, Scavengers Reign, Red Planet, and The Haunting of Hill House. Written, illustrated, colored, and lettered by Eisner-nominated and critically-acclaimed writer/artist/editor Der-shing Helmer, The Internal Sea: Mare Internum, was an acclaimed webcomic that ran 2015-2019.

A detailed guide to creating new retro-futuristic fantasy vehicles for sci-fi illustrators! A detailed guide to creating retro-futuristic fantasy vehicles for sci-fi illustrators! This all-in-one guide takes you inside the artist's studio to learn firsthand how to conceptualize and draw new fantasy sci-fi vehicles. This book gives fantasy illustrators detailed information on the following topics: Designing three-dimensional vehicles using a perspective grid, schematics, blueprints and linear and axial measurements Using real-world inspirations—from modes of transport to animals and organic forms—as the basis for more fantastical forms and creations Illustration techniques that allow you to create realistic three-dimensional vehicles: line, depth, shadow, coloration and rendering the surfaces of various materials Step-by-step tutorials, six in all, allow you to create sci-fi mashups of cars, copters, jet fighters and battleships or use these designs as the inspiration for your own creations Illustrated with over 450 drawings and examples, this book is the perfect springboard to creating your own mind-blowing mecha vehicles. Your imagination will soar as these fantastic machines come to life!

With the fate of the multiverse hanging in the balance, Eternal Champions Elric, Corum and Dorian Hawkmoon unite with newcomer eric beck in a climatic batle to save very source of the great balance at the centre of the multiverse. The concluding volume of the Elric: Balance Lost saga. Their quest to the Lost Universe has revealed the shocking truth as to who the true architects behind the war between Law and Chaos are, and nothing could have prepared the four eternal champions for the shocking truth. Now they find themselves pitted together in an epic war of unimaginable scale between both sides for the very source of the Cosmic Balance leading to a climatic showdown between the original Eternal Champions and Eric Beck against his twin brother, the sinister Garrison Bow, and the immortal masterminds behind the cosmic war. Written by New York Times Bestseller, Chris Roberson, this all-new adventure redefines the word ‘epic’. With a cast of hundreds and featuring all of Moorcock’s most famous characters, this saga, drawn by Italian artist, Francesco Biagini is a thrilling and powerful epic that brings Elric crashing into the 21st Century and beyond! Collecting issues #7-12 of Elric: The Balance Lost.

From the award-winning writer of Oldmen and The Hidden Level, Chang Sheng now delivers an action-packed and genre-bending thriller. Compelling characters and a suspenseful story force readers to choose between order or the supernatural, and peace or vengeance. The chaos continues in Yan Volume 2, as award-winning writer and artist Chang Sheng delivers a second thrilling sequel in the unnerving and gripping series. Tieh-hua’s trail of destruction grows, as she pursues the bloody path of vengeance. However, the more bodies that drop means the more clues for Detective Lei who is hot on her heels. Chang Sheng once again toys with existential questions by throwing the detective even deeper into the world of the supernatural. While tracing the steps of Tieh-hua, who has returned from the dead, he also delves into the past to solve the crimes that set off these extraordinary events. Now that Tieh-hua has got to grips with her reincarnation and the world of the living, she has become increasingly powerful and formed strong bonds with the likes of her companion Higa Mirai. The chess prodigy has also been able to hone her power of precognition alongside her fearsome ally. For fans of Chang Sheng’s acclaimed works like Oldman and The Hidden Level, Yan Volume 2 showcases the talented creator’s versatility, as he blends Sci-Fi with a traditional horror story. As readers are once again consumed by the carnage of Yan, this second volume ventures further into the small space that sits between reality and the supernatural. Where readers and characters are forced to understand whether revenge can quench one’s bloodthirst, and whether the other-worldly can be held accountable to the rules of our world.

A woman who can be driven wild by a sultry whisper finds a man who can make her melt in this Steamship manga! After a missed connection years ago, office worker Mizuho developed an irresistible craving for deep, sultry voices. With such a unique fetish, she’s been on the hunt for that perfect tone to satisfy her desires. When she meets Hibino, a handsome salesman with a voice that’s smooth as velvet, at a company drinking party, Mizuho can’t help but melt. Captivated by his seductive timbre, she invites him back to her place, where just a single suggestive whisper sends her senses into overdrive. Is Hibino the passionate partner she’s been waiting for, or will her hopes for a true connection fall on deaf ears?

When middle schooler Jackie writes herself a fake love letter in an attempt take her new friends' attention off her love life, she accidentally attracts the attention of the entire school; for fans of Raina Telgemeier and the Berrybrook Middle School series.

Darryl Cunningham''s new graphic biography of Elon Musk is a riveting deep dive into the audacious mind and tumultuous journey of the world''s richest man. Using his signature pictographic style-clean lines, vivid colours, and lean panel compositions-Cunningham peels back the layers of myth around Musk to deliver a timely portrait that is provocative and informative. Spanning several generations, the book traces Musk''s journey from his family roots in South Africa and his grandfather''s role in the Technocracy movement to his current position at the apex of tech power and far-right politics. From Musk''s early education and influences, the creation of PayPal, and the meteoric rise of Tesla and SpaceX thanks to millions in government handouts, to his acquisition of X.com and his ascension as a ''dark MAGA'' influencer and kingmaker, Elon Musk: American Oligarch captures the tension, tumult, and chaos in which oligarchs thrive today. Cunningham''s award-winning clarity and style sparkle as he presents freewheeling financial and engineering concepts used by startups and tech companies. This fast-paced biography reveals the complex interactions of visionary ideas, relentless drive, and unyielding ambition. Elon Musk: American Oligarch offers a fresh, unvarnished look at Musk''s rise, aggressive leadership style, and appetite for risk-taking that have propelled him into a unique position as an unelected private business owner with unprecedented access to political power.

Page, a petty thief with fractured memories, and Maelle, a bounty hunter looking for revenge, are thrown together when a plot to pass Page off as a missing heiress goes awry. They decide to pull off a con of their own, but their plans thrust them both into a centuries-long political plot that could alter the course of a whole galaxy… If something seems too good to be real, you’ve got to get out of there. That’s the rule that Page Found has always followed. She’s a petty thief with no memory of her past, scrounging to survive on a backwater outpost – until she’s kidnapped by one of her marks. Her kidnappers – the cruel, self-serving Zhak and the tough maverick Maelle – plan to pass Page off as a monk from an ancient, isolated planet to help them capture a treasure-filled ship. If Page is willing to play along, they all stand to become richer than they can imagine. Everyone is keeping secrets, and Maelle finds her loyalties conflicted as she gets closer to their captive. Page can’t remember the last time she counted on anyone. But to navigate this deception, she and Maelle will have to trust each other to survive.

Cornwall, 1786. For years, the villagers of Mirecoombe have turned to their Keeper, the old and battle-scarred Lord Pelagius Hunt, mediator between the worlds of men and fey, for help. But this is a time of change. Belief in the old ways, in the piskies and spriggans, has dimmed, kindled instead in the Reverend Cleaver’s fiery pulpit. His church stands proud above the mire; God’s name is whispered, hushed, loved. And now, death stalks Mirecoombe on the moor. There are corpses in the heather. There is blood in the gorse. Nancy Bligh is determined to do what Pel will not: maintain the balance between the fey and the human world, be the Keeper that he refuses to be. Blessed with natural sight, friend to spriggans, piskies and human locals of Mirecoombe, Nancy has power that Pel never had and never lets her use. But as Mirecoombe falls into darkness, perhaps her time has come. A poignant and lyrical examination of faith, love and grief, Gorse asks what do we choose to believe, and how does that shape who we are?

Effie, a tween-witch in training, navigates the highs and lows of coming of age in Brooklyn from this smash hit graphic novel series! This time she must uncover a local witch playing with teens emotions. Being a teenager is hard — and twelve-year-old Effie''s about to find that out for herself! When a witch targets the emotions of teenagers, Effie and fellow witch-in-training Garrance have to go undercover as teenagers themselvesn—luckily it''s nothing magic can''t do! But this witch might be more than Effie can handle and Effie finds herself in the middle of a duel! Will her friends and family help her through? Don''t miss out on the latest Witches of Brooklyn graphic novel! This series continues to grow along with our favorite witch, Effie! “Charming beyond belief.” –Entertainment Weekly