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'What will we find in the uncut grass?'
A book of hope for uncertain times. The conversations between the four characters in this book - the boy, the mole, the fox and the horse - have been shared thousands of times online, recreated in school art classes, turned into tattoos, they inspire parents and grandparents, comfort children, cheer people who feel lonely, are grieving, need courage, or a reminder that they are not alone and to keep going when life is hard. Enter the world of Charlie Mackesy's creations, these four unlikely friends, discover their story and their most poignant and universal life lessons. The book includes Charlie's most loved illustrations and new ones too. 'The world needs Charlie’s work right now.' Miranda Hart ‘My hope is that the book goes some way to helping people live more courageously, more honestly and with more love for themselves and others.’ Charlie Mackesy
The World’s Finest Heroes Dive Deeper—Adventure Awaits in Volume 8! Batman/Superman: World’s Finest Vol. 8 – 20,000 Leagues continues the Eisner-nominated series from superstar writer Mark Waid and acclaimed artist Adrian Gutierrez. Collecting issues #35–37 and #40–43, this volume delivers another thrilling arc of high-stakes action, dynamic team-ups, and classic superhero storytelling. A distress call from Atlantis brings Batman and Superman deep beneath the ocean, where they confront Aquaman himself. But the King of Atlantis harbors a dangerous secret—one that could ignite a coup threatening the peace of all undersea life! Meanwhile, Batman, Superman, and Robin find themselves trapped in Bizarro World… with no clear way home! Following the critical and commercial success of Volumes 1–7, this latest installment further cements World’s Finest as one of DC’s most consistently celebrated titles. Available in both hardcover and softcover editions, this collection is perfect for longtime fans and new readers alike.
The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel's transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy. It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few. This anthology contains twelve key stories from the first two years of Spider-Man's publication history (from 1962 to 1964). These influential adventures not only transformed the super hero fantasy into an allegory for the pain of adolescence but also brought a new ethical complexity to the genre-by insisting that with great power there must also come great responsibility. A foreword by Jason Reynolds and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of The Amazing Spider-Man and classic Marvel comics. The Penguin Classics black spine paperback features full-colour art throughout.
The galaxy's most terrifying creatures are coming for Earth! Years after the first two Aliens films, a Xenomorph attack in space leads the Colonial Marines to take action. Soon, the badly scarred Hicks and the now-grown Newt find themselves swept up in a dangerous mission to locate and destroy the creatures' homeworld! But when Earth itself is overrun by a Xenomorph outbreak, Hicks and Newt must join a renegade group fighting to reclaim the planet. Can an obsessed military man train Aliens to wipe out their own kind? And can an old friend help Hicks and Newt turn the tide - by capturing an Alien Queen Mother? Plus: An outer-space treasure hunt becomes a battle for survival when Aliens attack!
The Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel's transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy. It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few. Drawing upon multiple comic book series, this collection includes Captain America's very first appearances from 1941 alongside key examples of his first solo stories of the 1960s, in which Steve Rogers, the newly resurrected hero of World War II, searches to find his place in a new and unfamiliar world. As the contents reveal, the transformations of this American icon thus mark parallel transformations in the nation itself. A foreword by Gene Luen Yang and scholarly introductions and apparatus by Ben Saunders offer further insight into the enduring significance of Captain America and classic Marvel comics. The Penguin Classics black spine paperback features full-colour art throughout.
AN ASSASSINATION PLOT AGAINST ANIS?! The magicology city is progressing apace, but now a foreign threat arises from the neighboring Ailean Empire: a group of extremists who intend to deal with Anis permanently. Anis and Euphie devise a plan to lure the assassins out and capture them, but they are also forced to confront how their magical revolution is perceived beyond the borders of the Kingdom of Palettia. As they turn their attention to the wider world, a new chapter begins!
He’s tall, dark and infernal. She’s ready to be corrupted . . . A deliciously dark tale of Faustian bargains and seduction, Clara & the Devil is a graphic novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Masters of Death, Olivie Blake and fan-favourite artist Little Chmura. Clara thought she had the rest of her life figured out. But when an unusual tourist – tall, dark, and satanic – comes to town, Clara’s careful plans start to unravel fast. She thought she’d graduate college with the support of her best friend, Jonah. Then she’d marry her adoring boyfriend, work at her local library and settle down in her small seaside hometown. But now things seem far from simple. And even while the stranger, who openly calls himself the devil, strikes up a situationship with Jonah, he continues to tempt Clara with reckless talk of power, ambition, and lust. Over the course of one sultry summer, tensions between Clara, Jonah and the devil mount to an intolerable degree. Clara is forced to confront the desires she’s kept secret her whole life, even from herself. This mesmerizing, darkly romantic graphic novel kicks off a sultry series that explores artistry and power through the temptation of the seven deadly sins.
The most surprising Spider-Man story of the 21st century, taking Peter Parker in a whole new direction! Visionary writer Jonathan Hickman (HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X) and acclaimed artist Marco Checchetto (DAREDEVIL) unite to bring you a bold new take on Spider-Man, at the dawn of the reimagined Ultimate Universe! After the events of ULTIMATE INVASION, the world needs a hero…step forward, Peter Parker! But this is an older, wiser web-slinger — one who balances his costumed duties with his responsibilities as a husband and a father. That’s right, Peter and Mary Jane are married with kids! The stakes have never been higher — and as Spider-Man faces his first super villain, J. Jonah Jameson’s quest to uncover who is really pulling the strings of this new Ultimate Universe leads to a shocking revelation! Plus, New York City welcomes its newest hero…the Green Goblin! COLLECTING: Ultimate Spider-Man (2024) 1-6
The ostensibly frivolous Haruto Mashiba has an inferiority complex about himself compared to his brilliant younger brother, but everything changes after he encounters the seemingly serious high schooler Uryuu Asahina at the school culture festival. He’s thrown for a loop when he starts to have strange dreams showing him Uryuu’s “bedroom eyes,” and soon he can't take his mind off of him. As Haruto is caught up in worrying over whether his feelings about him are just protective or something more, a man attacks Uryuu on the street! Haruto rescues Uryuu and takes him home, but then...
Can the Omega Rangers survive to deliver critical intel about the Empyreals to Zordon and the Power Rangers? IT ALL ENDS HERE! Now that the truth of the Empyreals is revealed, the Omega Rangers must race to Earth to help the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers against the fearsome Eltarian force. Meanwhile, Lord Zedd struggles with where his loyalties ultimately lie, having finally discovered who was truly behind the sabotage of the Zeo Crystal all those years ago. With the fate of Earth and the entire universe hanging in the balance, can Lord Zedd and Zordon set aside their conflict long enough to stop the Eltarians? In the midst of a galactic war, new threats and unexpected alliances will change the Power Rangers universe forever! Superstar writer Ryan Parrott (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), fan favorite artists Francesco Mortarino (Firefly: Bad Company), and Marco Renna (Fathom) bring the Eltarian War event to an epic conclusion! Collects Power Rangers #13-16.
Are high-school girls Nanoha and Chidori ready to face the storms in their new romantic relationship together? Nanoha and Chidori are best friends who attend the same all-girls high school—and also share a heart-pounding secret: they’re lovers. Through sunny days and tumultuous storms, they’re always ready for new adventures together. Amidst Chidori and Nanoha’s anxieties about what comes after graduating, their one-year anniversary arrives. With a perfect plan for their date, nothing can get in their way! Except everything that can go wrong does. Can Chidori and Nanoha figure out how to salvage what’s left of their precious day?
A tough, no-nonsense delinquent and a sweet transfer student find a way to grow closer with a silly game in this sweet yuri/Girls’ Love romance! Kanzaki Riri, the new girl in class, has a peculiar pastime—she wants the school’s toughest delinquent, Atsuko, to say ridiculously cute things. Atsuko plays along, thinking Riri’s just a harmless weirdo… until those silly little word lists start making her cheeks turn red. With each sweet phrase, the gap between them closes—and it’s not just Atsuko who’s getting flustered. Is this just a quirky game between opposites…or the beginning of something real?
A war for the soul of magic—where the only rule is survival. Dark forces threaten to unravel reality, and only a ragtag team of the world’s most powerful—and most dangerous—mystics can stand in the way. From John Constantine and Zatanna to Deadman, Frankenstein, and more, the Justice League Dark battles sorcerers, demons, and cosmic horrors beyond imagination. But magic always has a price, and in this high-stakes war, not all will survive. This Justice League Dark: The New 52 Compendium collects the full, groundbreaking run of the supernatural team that redefined DC’s dark arts! Collects Justice League Dark #0-40, Justice League Dark Annual #1-2, Justice League Dark: Futures End #1, Constantine #5, #9-12, I, Vampire #7-8, Justice League #22-23, Justice League of America #6-7, The New 52: Free Comic Book Day Special Edition #1, Trinity of Sin: Pandora #1-3, #6-9, and Trinity of Sin: Phantom Stranger #11, #14, and #17.
This manga recreation of Shakespeare's text transfers the action from Ancient Rome to a future Iraq, once again facing dictatorship after its prolonged struggles to establish a democracy. Part of the successful Manga Shakespeare series, a fusion of classic Shakespeare with manga visuals.
This girls love workplace rom-com by popular Twitter artist Sal Jiang features two lovestruck coworkers — who each think the other is straight! Ayaka is passionately head over heels in love with her manager, Hiroko, and has decided to take things into her own hands — by confessing her love in front of the whole office! With her feelings out in the open, Ayaka is more determined than ever to win Hiroko over! While their colleagues seem outwardly supportive, Hiroko finds herself waiting for the other shoe to drop — the sneering, casual homophobia, and accusations of favoritism. As office gossip begins to spiral out of control, Hiroko knows what she has to do to protect herself and her subordinate… But can Hiroko really bring herself to reject the woman that she loves?
Shadowbrokers are those who go unnoticed, posing as unremarkable people when in truth, they control everything from behind the scenes. Sid wants to be some just like that more than anything, and something as insignificant as boring reality isn't going to get in his way! He trains in secret every single night, preparing for his eventual rise to power-only to denied his destiny by a run of the mill yet deadly traffic accident. But when he wakes up in a another world and suddenly finds himself at the head of an actual secret organization doing battle with evil in the shadows, he'll finally get a chance to act out all of his delusional fantasies!
The spellbinding sequel to the tarot-inspired graphic novel, where five witches must break a generational curse to reclaim their futures. After uncovering harrowing secrets about their pasts, James, Daphne, Koko, Sunny and Eli are determined to break the grip of the ancestral curse that binds them. And as romances bloom between the friends, their bonds become beacons of hope in the darkness - a reminder of what's worth fighting for when everything is at stake. With the powerful Majors now their allies, the group returns to the place where Eli first discovered his magic: a seemingly abandoned farmhouse filled with echoes of the past. There, they must face the ghosts - both real and imagined - that have shaped them. To undo the curse, they'll have to confront who they were. To survive, they'll have to believe in who they've become. A powerful story of healing, rebellion and the magic of rewriting your own story.
To gain the power he needs to save his friend from a cursed spirit, Yuji Itadori swallows a piece of a demon, only to find himself caught in the midst of a horrific war of the supernatural! In a world where cursed spirits feed on unsuspecting humans, fragments of the legendary and feared demon Ryomen Sukuna have been lost and scattered about. Should any demon consume Sukuna’s body parts, the power they gain could destroy the world as we know it. Fortunately, there exists a mysterious school of jujutsu sorcerers who exist to protect the precarious existence of the living from the supernatural! The plan to confiscate Sukuna’s cursed technique fails. Higuruma finds himself separated from Itadori and the others while confronting Sukuna one-on-one! Can Higuruma take down Sukuna while armed with only his sword? Meanwhile, Okkotsu heads over to the most intense fighting in Shinjuku and opens his domain!
Somewhere, in an isolated corner of Western Europe, Carl and Rita rent a house on stilts. Due to the pressures of spending so much time only in each other's company, cracks in their relationship start to appear. To relieve the pressure and secretly hoping to meet someone he can look up to who will take him on as an apprentice, Carl embarks on a search for the last remaining practitioner of an ancient local tradition. His quest brings him to a craftsman who is very different to the type of man he was hoping to find.
The young Robert Louis Stevenson, living in a boarding house in San Francisco while waiting for his beloved's divorce from her feckless husband, dreamed of writing a soaring novel about his landlady's adventurous and globe-trotting husband but he never got around to it. And very soon thereafter he was married, headed home to Scotland, and on his way to becoming the most famous novelist in the world, after writing such classics as Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, and Kidnapped. But now Brian Doyle brings Stevenson's untold tale to life, braiding the adventures of seaman John Carson with those of a young Stevenson, wandering the streets of San Francisco, gathering material for his fiction, and yearning for his beloved across the bay. An adventure tale, an elegy to one of the greatest writers of our language, a time-traveling plunge into The City by the Bay during its own energetic youth, The Adventures of John Carson in Several Quarters of the World is entertaining, poignant, and sensual.
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