Comics & Graphic Novels

Does what it sets out to do and serves as a Chinese history text teenagers might actually read. --Asian Review of Books on Division to Unification in Imperial ChinaThe fourth volume in the Understanding China Through Comics series covers the stunningly productive Ming dynasty...

Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.Division to Unification in Imperial China is series volume two. It explores one of China's more...

The original five story arcs of one of the all-time greatest crime comic series are collected in this GIANT 1,200 page volume. "The Innocence of Nihilism," "Somewhere Out West," "Other People," "Dark Days," and "HiJinks and Derring-Do" appear in their entirety. Collects Stray Bullets...

The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe, causing the dead to rise and feed on the living. In a...

Rick and his group rebuild from the events of NO WAY OUT, and learn that maybe they can take part in A LARGER WORLD. Collects The Walking Dead # 85-96. Author: Robert KirkmanPublisher: Image ComicsPublished: 10/09/2012Pages: 336Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 2.30lbsSize: 11.00h x 7.70w x...

Mark Grayson finds himself at a crossroads: Is fighting battles head-on always the best solution to the world's greatest threats, or is there a better way? From visionary creators Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Cory Walker (Science Dog), and Ryan Ottley (Amazing Spider-Man).Author: Robert...

Sara Pezzini is once more in sole control of the powerful, mystical gauntlet known as the Witchblade. Still reeling from the events of "War of the Witchblades," writer Ron Marz (Green Lantern) and hot artistic sensation Stjepan Sejic (Broken Trinity) take Pezzini on a...

With Spawn, legendary writer and artist Todd McFarlane unleashed his iconic antihero on the world, and launched the most successful independent comic book in history. Reprinting Spawn #15-20, Spawn: Origins Volume 3 includes stories penned by Grant Morrison, and introduces unforgettable, all-new characters. Author:...

As this fourth volume begins, Prince Valiant, haunted by Aleta, seeks Merlin's wise counsel. This brief episode segues into one of Hal Foster's patented epics, "The Long Voyage to Thule," which ran for seven straight months and featured Valiant's return to his birthplace and...

Hoping to further increase his irrelevance to the esteemed world of graphic novels and thus cement his status as "former cartoonist," the saturnine Ivan Brunetti (author of the acclaimed Misery Loves Comedy and editor of Yale Press's two essential Anthologies of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons...

The Shadow has enjoyed nearly a century of enduring popularity as the first and greatest hero from the golden age of pulp magazines. Here, for the first time, is unveiled the origin story of how the Master of Men returned to America following his...

He could have been a very different man. Billy Butcher, leader of The Boys, once had a chance at another life entirely - when the love of a good woman pulled him aside from his dreadful path of violence and despair. This is the...

Things looked bleak for comic books throughout the 1970s because of plummeting sell-through rates. With each passing year, the newsstand became less and less interested in selling comic books. The industry seemed locked in a death spiral, but the Powers That Be at DC...

"From now on, destroy anything that gets in the way. I will become the damn king!" Kiahn and Sooho's cat-and-mouse game continues, as Kiahn tries to make Sooho fall in love with him. Meanwhile, Prince Nick is torturing Isaac, and their interaction will bring...

Ellie captures all the excruciating and funny details of a dreaded camping trip in her secret journal. Complete with games, songs, weird facts, and more, Ellie's sketch diary soon reveals she's actually having fun! Perfect for sleep-away campers, vacationers, and any kid looking for...

The return of the greatest warrior in the universe: The Metabaron The Metabaron character was created by legendary artist Moebius and writer Alejandro Jodorowsky in The Incal, and was later spun-off into his own international bestselling series, The Metabarons, with art by Juan Gimenez....

Ballad is a story, and like all great stories it deepens with each retelling.Ballad builds over seven sequences. The first has three images: school, path, home. The next builds upon the first, giving us: school, street, path, forest, home. The next five sequences take...

Earl Cain Hargreaves investigates the macabre mysteries that haunt eighteenth-century London in this chilling prequel to Godchild! Delve into the tortured past of Earl Cain C. Hargreaves, charismatic heir to a wealthy family full of secrets, lies and unthinkable crimes. The prequel to the...

Life as an angel can be hell! The angel Alexiel loved God, but she rebelled against Heaven when she saw how disgracefully the other angels were behaving. She was finally captured, and as punishment sent to Earth to live an endless series of tragic...

Life as an angel can be hell! The angel Alexiel loved God, but she rebelled against Heaven when she saw how disgracefully the other angels were behaving. She was finally captured, and as punishment sent to Earth to live an endless series of tragic...