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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
April 26, 1986, Chernobyl: the reactor core of the nuclear power plant begins to melt. It is the greatest nuclear disaster of the twentieth century. A cloud laden with radionuclides travels thousands of miles in every direction, contaminating a populace unaware of its danger and who cannot protect themselves. At that time, Emmanuel Lepage was 19 years old, watching and listening, incredulous, to the news on television. 22 years later, April 2008:...
2) The Grave
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Drawn one panel per day over a year, follow the story of three boys who discover a shallow grave while on a weekend camping trip. But that's just where the mystery begins. The unexpected find reveals a cigar box containing seven mysterious items: a knife, a coin, a pocket watch, a rare baseball card, a gold ring, a silver spoon, and a strange manga comic. How are these items connected? Whose body lies buried? Find out in this once in a lifetime tale...
3) Digested #6
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The noise begins to fade in the latest installment of 'OXYGEN,' but what does that mean for our protagonist? Also: Words Are Cheap, a selection of poems by Bobby.N
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Renowned artist of the dark fantastic Victoria Frances first made a splash in the US with her dreamy, sensual paintings in the Favole trilogy. Now, Frances returns with a gorgeous storybook for all ages. The tale of little Parisian boy Sasha and his poignant misadventures is at once heartwarming and melancholy, combining a sweetly gothic story with arresting, beautifully painted illustrations.
* The latest work from award-winning Spanish fantasy...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Moving Pictures is the story of the awkward and dangerous relationship between curator Ila Gardner and officer Rolf Hauptmann, as they are forced by circumstances to play out their private lives in a public power struggle. The narrative unfolds along two timelines which collide with the revelation of a terrible secret, an enigmatic decision that not many would make, and the realization that sometimes the only choice left is the refusal to choose.
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
What would it be like to stand head and shoulders above everyone else -- and to keep growing? Unable to interact with a fragile world that isn't built to withstand your size? To live in a house that doesn't fit you anymore -- with a wife who doesn't either?
Craig Pressgang's life is well documented in his official CIA biography, Giant Man: Pillar of America, but the heroic picture it paints is only half the story. The continuous growth caused by...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The Undertaker Morton Stone and his faithful hound, Cryptoe are on the trail of the tosser Mr. Noddy.
Little do they realise that Nod, the Toe Nail Clipper Killer, is on the lookout for Morty as well! Can the Undertaker get to split Noddy's corpus callosum with his spade, while avoiding that pesky a-hole Lt. Aubrey Turgid? Does Morton's spunky sister Sophie have all the clues? And are they all prepared for the dark, manky road they will have to travel...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The Man From Thunderhead.
The Undertaker Morton Stone has been locked up in Corkscrew Asylum for two years. Now he's come home to Thunderhead Cemetery and his darling (but deceased) wife, Lucinda. With his dead dog Cryptoe by his side, Morton is hellbent on finding the real Toe Nail Clipper Killer, Mr Noddy.
10) Water Memory
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A new life begins for Marion when her mother inherits an old family house and decides to make it their new home. With its own private beach and a view of the sea, the house has all the makings of a happy new life. But when Marion discovers strange rock carvings nearby, and learns that a sinister-looking lighthouse watchman may be part of a local legend come to life, it becomes clear that things are not as idyllic as they seemed.
Language
English
Description
The basis of a Netflix Original Movie!
Ripped out of retirement by an assassination attempt, the world's most deadly spy--the former agent known as Black Kaiser--is a wanted man that's wanted . . . dead! On a collision course with his former employer, the Damocles Agency, Black Kaiser goes head to head with a stab-happy, psychotic torture expert and a seductive but deadly redhead. His mission only ends if he dies or kills everyone out to get him,...
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Tras años de combatir en el ring, honrando la tradición de lucha libre de su familia, Chavo Guerrero Jr. está listo para retirarse. ¿Pero qué ocurre cuando un increíble secreto del pasado amenaza con destruir el futuro de los suyos? ¿Y si la condición para seguir vivo es aceptar un legado de poder que le forzará a luchar el resto de su vida? ¡Del excepcional guionista Fabian Nicieza (Deadpool, X-Force) y el dibujante Eddie Nunez (WildStorm)!...
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
All the monsters, creatures, and ghosts the world believes to exist only in storybooks and fairytales are actually out there--until Quinn and his ragtag band of monster hunters find and kill them. Quinn's hunters all have their own motivations. Some do it for Queen and Country. Most do it for revenge... Big Game Hunters is a fun, fast-paced romp around the Victorian world with a disparate band of monster hunters who take on real and invented mythological...
14) Moonlighters #3
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The Moonlighters need Renee to take on her first solo job -- tutoring a stressed out teenager. Simple, right? Oh, did we mention said student is A MEDUSA??
15) Moonlighters #2
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The Moonlighters face down against some bullying punk rockers. Plus, Renee learns more about being a werewolf from her roommates, but will she be able to handle her new life?
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
All the monsters, creatures, and ghosts the world believes to exist only in storybooks and fairytales are actually out there--until Quinn and his ragtag band of monster hunters find and kill them. Quinn's hunters all have their own motivations. Some do it for Queen and Country. Most do it for revenge... Big Game Hunters is a fun, fast-paced romp around the Victorian world with a disparate band of monster hunters who take on real and invented mythological...
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
All the monsters, creatures, and ghosts the world believes to exist only in storybooks and fairytales are actually out there--until Quinn and his ragtag band of monster hunters find and kill them. Quinn's hunters all have their own motivations. Some do it for Queen and Country. Most do it for revenge... Big Game Hunters is a fun, fast-paced romp around the Victorian world with a disparate band of monster hunters who take on real and invented mythological...
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
In a Victorian steampunk world, monsters and creatures of the night are not going to fit in. Someone has to round them up and put them away. That's the job of the Big Game Hunters, a rag-tag band of Steampunk Victorian monster hunters with mad skills, blunderbusses and a nose for trouble. In their first complete 3-part adventure, they exterminate a creature in the Scottish Highlands only to discover their reward is a trip to a seemingly deserted Prussian...
19) Flinch
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Stories to inspire wonder and question the darkness inside us all.
An anthology of unsettling comic stories by established and emerging creators.
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
All the monsters, creatures, and ghosts the world believes to exist only in storybooks and fairytales are actually out there--until Quinn and his ragtag band of monster hunters find and kill them. Quinn's hunters all have their own motivations. Some do it for Queen and Country. Most do it for revenge... Big Game Hunters is a fun, fast-paced romp around the Victorian world with a disparate band of monster hunters who take on real and invented mythological...
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