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Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination

Dan Mishkin · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Within days of the murder of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a seven-member commission to investigate the assassination. In its report, the Warren Commission determined that there was “no credible evidence” conflicting with its conclusion of a lone gunman....
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Goodnight Darth Vader

Jeffrey Brown · Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

It's bedtime in the Star Wars galaxy, and Darth Vader's parenting skills are tested anew in this delightful follow-up to the breakout New York Times bestsellers Darth Vaderâ„¢ and Son and Vader'sâ„¢ Little Princess. In this Episode, the Sith Lord must soothe his rambunctious...
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Django Unchained

Quentin Tarantino · Vertigo
Format: Hardcover

Set in the South two years before the Civil War, DJANGO UNCHAINED stars Django, a slave whose brutal history with his former owners lands him face-top-face with German-born bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz. Schultz is on the trail of the murderous Brittle brothers, and only Django can lead...
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Uncanny X-Men Volume 5: The Omega Mutant

Brian Michael Bendis · Marvel
Format: Hardcover

Original Sin tie-in! The greatest secret of the late Professor Charles Xavier has been revealed! Against such overwhelming power, will the X-Men succeed in holding the line, or will Xavier's final "gift" to his children be their undoing? Cyclops must guide his X-Men through...
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Outlaw Pete

Bruce Springsteen · Simon & Schuster; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

When Bruce Springsteen was a little boy, he learned the story of Brave Cowboy Bill, about a pure-hearted little cowboy. It was the first of Bruce’s Western loves, which now range from John Ford movies to Mexican music to Native American art. Each of these inspirations, plus what he’s...
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Halo: Initiation

Brian Reed · Marvel Worldwide
Pages: 71
Format: Hardcover

Halo®—one of the most iconic video game franchises in history—comes to Dark Horse! Before she was a supersolider defending humanity as part of the Spartan-IV program, Sarah Palmer was an ODST—Orbital Drop Shock Trooper—carrying out the most dangerous...
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Over Easy

Mimi Pond · Drawn and Quarterly; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the 1970sOver Easy is a brilliant portrayal of a familiar coming-of-age story. After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret finds salvation from the straightlaced world of college and the earnestness...
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The Great American Documents: Volume 1: 1620-1830

Ruth Ashby , · Hill and Wang
Format: Hardcover

In the Great American Documents series, the teacher and graphic-book author Ruth Ashby and the renowned illustrator Ernie Colón tell the story of the United States through the major speeches, laws, proclamations, court decisions, and essays that shaped it.The Great American Documents:...
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Snoopy's Thanksgiving

Charles M. Schulz · Fantagraphics; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

This is a gift-book-size collection of Snoopy/Thanksgiving-themed Peanuts strip story arcs. Sometimes getting together with friends and family for Thanksgiving isn't all that it's cracked up to be, as Snoopy learns when his brother Spike invites him to spend Thanksgiving in the desert,...
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The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics

Ilya · Running Press

Brought together for the first time in a single volume, these cult comics are lost classics of underground and independent British and American comic-strip art.The comics collected in this anthology are the hidden gems of the comic worldindependent artists and writers who greatly influenced...
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