Cheez Doodle fanatic. Master of pulling pranks. Cartooning expert. Big Nate knows fun. He is the king of detention, after all. He may not be Joe Honor Roll, but Nate knows he's meant for big things, really big things. Now Nate's funnier than ever in this new compilation. Featuring strips from June 2008 through January 2009, this book also features bonus activities and a sneak peek at Big Nate: In the Zone.

THE SECOND VOLUME OF THIS CLASSIC FANTASY, NOW IN AN EXTENDED AND IMPROVED VERSION With its long-awaited second volume, Linda Medley's witty and sublimely drawn fantasy eases into a relaxed comedy of manners as Lady Jain settles into her new life in Castle Waiting. Unexpected visitors result in the discovery and exploration of a secret passageway, not to mention an epic bowling tournament. A quest for ladies' underpants, the identity of her baby son Pindar's father, the education of Simon, Rackham and Chess arguing about the 'manly arts,' and an escape-prone goat are just a few of the elements in this delightful new volume. The book also includes many flashbacks that deepen the stories behind the characters, including Jain's earliest romantic entanglements and conflicts with her bratty older sisters, the horrific past of the enigmatic Dr. Fell, and more. Originally released in a slightly shorter version when the series ceased publication, this new edition includes over 60 pages' worth of brand new additional story and epilogue, and the entire book has been re-lettered in a livelier, more inviting style for an even more engaging reading experience.

Over the past 20 years, as Peter Bagge worked on his 'Buddy Bradley' stories and other graphic novels, he also cranked out dozens of shorter stories, which are now collected here. Included are one-off gags and short stories as well as a series of Bagge-written stories drawn by other cartoonists, such as Daniel Clowes, Adrian Tomine, R. Crumb, Johnny Ryan, the Hernandez Brothers and Danny Hellman plus the hilarious 'Kool-Aid Man' written by Alan Moore and drawn by Bagge. This collection shows Bagge at his most free-wheeling and craziest... 50 times over.

The Wandering Son series has garnered extensive praise for its uniquely funny and sensitive treatment of the travails of two Japanese tweens who find themselves coping with the knotty issue of gender identification as they slowly realize that maybe they aren't who they were meant to be. In this latest volume, a love triangle develops along with its inevitable companions, jealousy and hate.

The Playboy is a memoir about Brown's adolescence, sexuality, and shame that chronicles his teenage obsession with the magazine of the same name. Exploring the physical form of comics to its fullest storytelling capacity, a fifteen year-old Chester is visited by a time-traveling adult Chester, and the latter narrates the former's compulsion to purchase each issue of Playboy as it appears on newsstands. Fans of his acclaimed and controversial memoir Paying For It are sure to be drawn in by this early autobiographical portrait of blazing honesty. This new expanded reissue includes all-new appendices and notes from the author.

My Dirty Dumb Eyes is the highly anticipated debut collection from award-winning cartoonist Lisa Hanawalt. Her unique comics intermingle drawings, paintings, single-panel gag jokes, funny lists, and anthropomorphized animals in the service of satirical, startlingly observant commentary on pop culture, contemporary society, and human idiosyncrasies. Whether she's revealing the secret lives of celebrity chefs or explaining that what dogs really want are tennis ball brides, My Dirty Dumb Eyes will have readers rolling in the aisles, as Hanawalt's insights into human (and animal) behavior startle and delight time and again.

A new collection from The Guardian and New York Times Magazine cartoonist New York Times Magazine cartoonist Tom Gauld follows up his widely praised graphic novel Goliath with You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack, a collection of cartoons made for The Guardian. Over the past eight years, Gauld has produced a weekly cartoon for the Saturday Review section of Britain's most well regarded newspaper. Only a handful of comics from this huge and hilarious body of work have ever been printed in North America - exclusively within the pages of the prestigious Believer magazine. You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack distils perfectly Gauld's dark humor, impeccable timing, and distinctive style. Arrests by the fiction police and fictional towns designed by Tom Waits intermingle hilariously with piercing observations about human behavior and whimsical imaginings of the future. Again and again, Tom Gauld reaffirms his position as a first rank cartoonist, creating work infused with a deep understanding of both literary and cartoon history.

• One of the Legion's oldest foes returns and plans to destroy the Legion of Super-Heroes from the inside out! The Dominators have kidnapped Braniac 5 and Dream Girl, and it's up to Star Boy to rescue them! • Collects LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #8-14 and 0.

An ex-girlfriend-turned-vampire has been plotting Cal's demise since she was first bitten. But Cal's not done yet, and rises from the grave! Collects Die, Die, My Darling!, No Peace for Dead Men, They Fight by Night, Criminal Macabre/The Goon: When Freaks Collide, and 'Call me Monster'.

This introduction to the field for students of animation examines the synergy between the origination, construction and finish of animated films. It begins with history and context, and quickly moves on to more practical aspects of the craft. The technical processes and approaches are discussed, from scriptwriting through to production, with exciting visual examples from key animators and features that teach how to create exciting animation for a variety of audiences. A final chapter on job roles shows how students can get on in animation.

THE SAGA CONTINUES! Comic-Con is over. San Diego is completely dead...err, make that undead. Escaping the convention center was the easy part - now the Wrecking Crew has nowhere to hide as they wreck shop in the destroyed wastelands of the Gaslamp District! Written by comics sensation Sam Humphries (Marvel's UNCANNY X-FORCE, THE ULTIMATES, HIGHER EARTH) with art by rising stars Jerry Gaylord and Bryan Turner, FANBOYS VS. ZOMBIES is a loving send-up of geek fandom with a perfect blend of quirky comedy and zombie-killin' action! Collecting issues 5-8 of the fanboy-favorite series, join Amanda, Kyle, Jenna, and Missy as the Wrecking Crew comes face-to-face with the dark side of fandom - discovering the shocking secret behind the zombie outbreak in the process!

Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven. So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child - an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body. The raven girl feels imprisoned by her arms and legs and covets wings and the ability to fly. Betwixt and between, she reluctantly grows into a young woman, until one day she meets an unorthodox doctor who is willing to change her.

When you think you live in a Norman Rockwell painting - married 18 years, three kids, beautiful old house in the country, successful career as a writer - you don't expect there's another side to the canvas. Until you read a lovesick e-mail to your husband that didn't come from you! Good Riddance is an honest and funny graphic memoir about suffering through and surviving divorce. Cynthia Copeland tells her story with an emotional candor and spot-on humor that makes Good Riddance poignant, painful, and hilarious all at once.

story NICK SPENCER art RILEY ROSSMO cover FRAZER IRVING One of the hottest new series of the year gets its first, new reader friendly-priced collection! Fillmore Press was once Madder Red, a homicidal maniac and criminal overlord who ruled the city of Bedlam. Now he's been cured of his mania, and says he wants to help protect the place he once terrorized - but can he be trusted? Collects BEDLAM 1-6

In a future overrun by out-of-control machines and monsters, a handful of human survivors try to fight their way back to a normal life. But what is normal in a world where both monsters and machines need human blood? And which are the real bad guys? Find out in this horrific new story by 30 Days of Night co-creator Steve Niles and menton3, the demented artist behind Monocyte!