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Ruri faces the usual high school issues: pushy classmates, annoying teachers, and…waking up with dragon horns?!
Just after starting high school, Ruri gets hit with the biggest reveal of her life—she’s a dragon!
Well, a half dragon. Her mom admits Ruri inherited her draconic traits from her father, who, yes, is actually a dragon. As if dealing with curious classmates wasn’t already challenging enough, Ruri and her dragon genes literally turn up the heat in the middle of a lecture. Her ordinary life is about to be anything but!
In the depths of space, a group of students is pitted against each
other in a brutal battle for survival―a gripping sci-fi survival horror
from rising star manga artist Shiro Kuroi perfect for fans of Battle
Royale and Attack on Titan
Monster or human . . . What sleeps deep in the darkness?
The Leviathan, an enormous spaceship, drifts in spaces, abandoned in a
galaxy far, far away. When looters break into the abandoned ship, they
discover the diary of a middle-schooler, Kazuma, who documented the
horrific fate of its passengers. Shocked, the looters read on, but as
they do, they reach a chilling realization―there is still one survivor
somewhere inside!
Along with the looters, the reader will piece together the decades-old
tale of an innocent school trip to Earth with a tragic and brutal
ending, as sudden explosions destroy the hull of the Leviathan. Trapped
in space without enough oxygen left to wait for rescue, Kazuma
documents the mental collapse and treachery of his teacher and
classmates as they realize that the only hope for survival is the
cryopreservation unit at the heart of the ship . . . which can only fit
one person. A bloody battle for survival ensues as friend turns against
friend, teacher against student, and each survivor is forced to
confront the value of their own life.
Is it possible to keep one’s humanity when lost in the darkness of
space? And moreover, what kind of survivor of that vicious struggle do
looters find themselves alone with, decades after the dust has settled?
One of the top bestselling new manga titles in Japan, Leviathan’s
incredible, brutal illustrations and tightly paced plot will leave
readers at the edge of their seats, and linger in their minds long
after the last page of each volume. Perfect for fans of Moebius, Star
Wars, and Katsuhiro Otomo, Leviathan is sure to be an instant hit.
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Outskirts of Vision
- #1
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Nir Levie; Illustrated by Nir Levie; Translated by Dekel Oved
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Japanese manga comic books have attracted a devoted global
following. In the popular press manga is said to have "invaded" and
"conquered" the United States, and its success is held up as a
quintessential example of the globalization of popular culture
challenging American hegemony in the twenty-first century. In Manga
in America - the first ever book-length study of the history,
structure, and practices of the American manga publishing industry
- Casey Brienza explodes this assumption. Drawing on extensive
field research and interviews with industry insiders about
licensing deals, processes of translation, adaptation, and
marketing, new digital publishing and distribution models, and
more, Brienza shows that the transnational production of culture is
an active, labor-intensive, and oft-contested process of
"domestication." Ultimately, Manga in America argues that the
domestication of manga reinforces the very same imbalances of
national power that might otherwise seem to have been transformed
by it and that the success of Japanese manga in the United States
actually serves to make manga everywhere more American.
After putting on a successful and sensual(?) show of food tasting at the garden banquet, Maomao is the talk of the palace! But she soon discovers that notoriety isn’t the only thing the party has granted her! Her collection of hairpins from the event brings the young herbalist a brief window of freedom beyond the palace walls, as she returns to the pleasure district for the first time in ten months! But while reunions with her father and her friends await, so too does another mystery…
After explaining to Jinshi the circumstances behind the poisoned cup at the garden party, Maomao returns home to the pleasure district for the first time in ten months, thanks to the ornate hairpin she received at the party. But there, she gets swept up in yet another mystery?!
Three-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito's legendary sci-fi
thriller is finally available in English! Four people intent on
killing themselves meet through the suicide website Black Paradox:
Maruso, a nurse who despairs about the future; Taburo, a man who is
tortured by his doppelganger; Pii-tan, an engineer with his own
robot clone; and Baracchi, a woman who agonizes about the birthmark
on her face. They wander together in search of the perfect death,
fatefully opening a door that leads them to a rather bizarre
destiny...
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Ungrounded
(Hardcover)
Patrick Gerard; Illustrated by Eryck Webb, Art Thibert
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"Like Kirby and Morrison before them, Gerard and Webb share a dream
of super-heroes with a practical use in reality: to alter our minds
so our minds can alter the world." -Tom Peyer (writer: BATMAN '66,
DEADPOOL TEAM-UP, assistant editor: THE SANDMAN, DOOM PATROL) FROM
THE SMASH HIT KICKSTARTER Joseph Danner is an existential physicist
who sets out to acquire electromagnetic super-powers in order to
fix a broken world. But when he encounters the ancient Egyptian
deity Thoth inside a box designed for Schrodinger's cat, reality
itself breaks Now known as the costumed Mister Solenoid, Danner
teams with billionaire treasure hunter Vivian Von Valiant and an
extra-dimensional flying polar bear named Ulysses in a quest that
sends them on a collision course with space cowboys, techno-genies,
and the cynical Doktor Bleak This romantically deadpan love letter
high adventure comics is sure to boggle your imagination on every
page. Writer and prize-winning raconteur Patrick Gerard (in his
feature comics debut) and illustrator Eryck Webb (LAKE MICHIGAN
BLUES, CARTEL) are joined by Dennis Culver (EDISON REX, JAM TALES
FROM THE WORLD OF ROLLER DERBY) and Moose Baumann (X-O MANOWAR,
GREEN LANTERN: THE SINESTRO CORPS WAR, STAR TREK: MOTION PICTURE
TRILOGY) in a volume engineered to take you on an epic romp that
defies imagination. Also featuring work by James Ritchey III (GREEN
LAMA: MAN OF STRENGTH) and Stephen Downer (EDISON REX, DOCTOR WHO).
This hardcover edition features a cover by comics legend Art
Thibert (THE NEW 52: FUTURE'S END, X-MEN, CHRONOMECHANICS).
The untold story of Sherlock Holmes’ greatest rival, Moriarty!
Before he was Sherlock’s rival, Moriarty fought against the unfair
class caste system in London by making sure corrupt nobility got their
comeuppance. But even the most well-intentioned plans can spin out of
control—will Moriarty’s dream of a more just and equal world turn him
into a hero…or a monster?
Three years after the fateful night when William and Sherlock
disappeared under the waves of the Thames, MI6 takes on a covert
mission to stop a leak of sensitive information that could disrupt the
balance of power between Great Britain and Russia. One stray bullet
winds up revealing the existence of someone unexpected hiding behind
the scenes, however. As rumblings of a great world war begin, it may
finally be time to repent for the crimes of the past…
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