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Inhuman Traffick: The International Struggle against the Transatlantic Slave Trade: A Graphic History

Rafe Blaufarb · Oxford University Press
Pages: 198
Format: Print book

Inhuman Traffick tells for the first time a story of enslavement and freedom that spans the entire Atlantic world. Beginning in 1829 off the west coast of Africa with the recapture of the slave ship Neirsée--previously seized by the British Navy in its efforts to suppress the "inhuman...
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Tetris: The Games People Play

Box Brown · First Second
Pages: 253
Format: Print book

It is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you'll see those brightly colored geometric shapes everywhere. You'll see them in your dreams.Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about...
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Injustice: Year Two The Complete Collection

Tom Taylor · Dc Comics
Pages: 312
Format: Print book

The best-selling prequel to the hit videogame picks up right where it left off! Year one is over--now, year two begins. The death of one of their own has divided Earth's protectors as hero turns against hero. As Superman's iron grip on the world tightens, at the edge of the galaxy...
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Crosswind Volume 1

GAIL SIMONE · Image Comics
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

Goodfellas meets Freaky Friday in this mind-bending new ongoing series from Fan-favorite creators GAIL SIMONE (Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Deadpool, Secret Six, Birds of Prey) and CAT STAGGS (Adventures of Supergirl, Smallville Season 11, Wonder Woman '77) .A slick and ruthless Chicago...
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The Living Mummy And Other Stories

Jack Davis · Fantagraphics Books
Pages: 224
Format: Print book

This book collects more than 30 EC horror stories from Mad magazine cartoonist Jack Davis. When Jack Davis took up his pen for EC Comics, he made his innocent victims more eye-poppingly terrified, his ax-murderers more gleefully gruesome, and his vampires and werewolves more bloodthirsty...
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Rat Queens Volume 4: High Fantasies

KURTIS J WIEBE · Image Comics
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The Queens are back! Palisade is still a rat infested hell hole and the only hope of saving it are Violet, Hannah, Dee, Betty and the brand new Queen, Braga! It's been a long time since they've done a good slaughter, so join them as they get back to the basics of killing monsters and drinking...
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Solid State

Jonathan Coulton · Image Comics
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The graphic novel accompaniment (in square-bound, 10 x 10 format) to musician, singer-songwriter, and internet superstar JONATHAN COULTON's new concept album, SOLID STATE. From JONATHAN COULTON, the singer-songwriter behind Code Monkey and the Portal songs; MATT FRACTION, the writer...
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Amazing Spider-Man Epic Collection: Great Responsibility

Stan Lee · Marvel
Pages: 504
Format: Print book

Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created an unabashed cultural phenomenon in The Amazing Spider-Man. Their pitch-perfect blend of Peter Parker's everyday woes and Spider-Man's never-say-die adventures was something undeniably special. And after years of perfecting that formula, they unleashed...
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Locke & Key, Vol. 3: Crown of Shadows

Joe Hill · Idea & Design Works Llc; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The dead plot against the living, the darkness closes in on Keyhouse, and a woman is shattered beyond repair, in the third storyline of the Eisner-nominated series. Dodge continues his relentless quest to find the key to the black door, and raises an army of shadows to wipe out anyone who might...
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Wonder Woman: The Rebirth Deluxe Edition Book 1

Greg Rucka · DC Comics
Pages: 360
Format: Hardcover

The first two volumes of the NEW YORK TIMES best-selling author Greg Rucka's return to WONDER WOMAN as a part of DC Universe Rebirth are collected here in hardcover for the first time ever!After suffering an unimaginable loss, Diana must rebuild her mission as Earth's ultimate protector...
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Redlands Volume 1

Jordie Bellaire · Image Comics
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

A mysterious and bloodthirsty matriarchal force runs the town of Redlands, Florida, and in order to stay on top sacrifices must be made. Someone is intent on removing these women from the top of the food chain, and he's ready to unleash their darkest secret but has seriously underestimated...
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Bingo Love OGN

Tee/ St Onge Jenn (CON)/ San Joy (CON)/ T Genevieve F (CON) Franklin · Image Comics
Pages: 88
Format: Paperback

When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall....
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X-Men: Age of Apocalypse Volume 2

Scott Lobdell · Marvel Comics
Pages: 408
Format: Print book

The world groans under the Darwinian conqueror Apocalypse's rule. Under his thumb, America has become a dark and dangerous dystopia where mutants rule, humankind suff ers, and survival of the fi ttest is all! But in the shadows, the freedom fighters known as the X-Men - following a tenuously...
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Teen Titans by Geoff Johns Book One

Geoff Johns · DC Comics
Pages: 368
Format: Paperback

From #1 New York Times best-selling writer Geoff Johns!For years, Titans Tower has been a haven for young heroes, and has offered them a chance to train alongside their peers and to distinguish themselves from the mentors they will one day replace. After years of dormancy, original Titans...
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Hercules: Adventures of the Man-God Archive

Joe Gill · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Experience the adventures of the Man-God!All twelve issues of Hercules: Adventures of the Man-God collected for the first time! Comics legends Joe Gill (Flash Gordon, House of Mystery) and Sam Glanzman (Our Army at War, Star Spangled War Stories) brought this thrilling adventure to life...
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