Vol 1: Indoor Cats, illustrated by Trish Forstner and Tone Rodriguez, colored by Brad Simpson
Several indoor cats are loose in a forest after an accident with their animal control car, but they soon learn that all the animals in the surrounding area are infected with a vicious strain of rabies. The cats are determined to make their way back home and hope their humans will rescue them, but they must survive without being scratched or bitten by ferocious raccoons and other feral cats along the way.
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Vol 8: Inferno, illustrated by Sana Takeda
Maika is in a coma following the events of volume 7, and we enter a potential dream-state with consequences. As Maika deals with the reality of her mother’s death, she and her friends become sucked into the prison world of the Old Gods. Zinn and Maika’s rolls are reversed on this planet and Zinn is confronted with many of the beings he helped the Shaman-Empress banish. Maika’s spiritual self is lured by some of the beings here, particularly one called The Smith, who is harboring a coveted shard of the Shaman-Empress’ mask. 
Illustrated by Max Fiumara, colored by Dave McCaig, lettered by Rus Wooton
Pigeon returns home to try to help his family but finds his village has been decimated by storms from the uncontrolled tides of Luna’s abandoned post. Soluna wanders the wilderness and is attacked by a mysterious inky blob. When Pigeon is discovered by the kingdom’s monk, he is chastised for not carrying out his sacrificial duty correctly and sent to Aquarius’ kingdom in order to make things right with the gods. Meanwhile, Soluna wanders into a different village looking for help but is spurned there because everyone believes her to be a beggar. 
Vol 1: Escape from Complex 12, illustrated by Emma Galloway, colored by Iacopo Calisti, lettered by LetterSquid
Kimi Kosmic is a fearless space cowgirl living on Pax. She thrives in her exciting environment at the edge of the galaxy, riding around in her space ship the Black Dragon Supernova with her cowboy partner, Pocketts. Kimi spends her days herding space cattle on the ranch, and her nights quad racing. The challenging but fulfilling life Kimi leads is destabilized when a strange cowboy, Leather Tongue the Awesome, bursts into town with secrets that threaten to unravel everything she believes in. This sets Kimi and her crew off to find her long lost father before the corporation can strike again. 
In the small town of Belle River, Canada, bugs known as Fishflies descend upon the residents for once a week every year. But once a generation, a different plague besets them. What started as a simple dare lands one young boy in the hospital and begins a manhunt that entangles the boy’s classmate, Franny. The young girl takes pity on the fugitive and makes a friend in the process. The townsfolk, Franny, and her new friend embark on something much more supernatural and rooted deep in the town's history, and many of the discover something much more than they bargained for.
 Vol 1: If I only had a Heart, co-created and illustrated by Drew Zucker, colored by Vittorio Astone, lettered by AndWorld Design
In 2024, Dark Horse began a publication of Canto, the story by David M. Booher and Drew Zucker. This story was originally published with IDW, so to find the synopses, check out my original reviews of the paperbacks below: vol 1, vol 2, vol 3, vol 2.5-3.5 This review is of the new hardcovers specifically and how I believe this format will best serve library patrons. Note: 2.5-3.5 will be re-release as Vol 3, while Vol 3 will be re-release as Vol 4 under Dark Horse. 
On the remote island of Mesa's Boon, Bandit and Thatcher run an underground kitchen providing fresh meals to locals using recipes their dad taught them. But, if only they had more ingredients, which are usually hoarded by a greedy company that squanders resources on the island. In an ill-conceived attempt to sneak in and stockpile fresh foods, the siblings find much more -- Zawa, a creature of myth, but also of cookies? She's been trapped below the surface, feeding on garbage and industrial waste, but she also could be the Spirit of the Mountain, and she also loves Bandit's cookies he fashioned to look like the Spirit. After an escape and some helpings of fresh food, Zawa's temperament completely changes, though her appetite is still ravenous! There's much more going on behind the company's door than shackling spirits and hoarding resources, including what Bandit and Thatcher's mom has been up to at work, and it all shakes the very foundation of the town, forcing the citizens to question the relationship they have with the natural world around them.
In a strange black-and-white city, Zet is studying to become a holy leader for his people. That means stamping out all traces of color and keeping them safe from the fierce creatures on the other side of the walls that thrive on color. One day, Zet discovers a creature in the tallest tower, a creature with two different colored eyes. But she's a girl, not a monster, and her very existence conjures questions about the rules of color, the way of life for those inside the walls, and what sacrifices are truly necessary for their survival.
Illustrated by Max Fiumara, colored by Dave McCaig, lettered by Rus Wooton
In a near utopia, the gods are about to come together for The Harvest Festival, which takes place only every twenty years. At that time, they demand a seemingly small price from the beings who enjoy the peace and prosperity of the world below. We follow Pigeon, one of those souls as he goes off to pay that price, not entirely certain what the gods will demand of him and the others who are with him. Within the castle of the gods is Soluna, young the daughter of the powerful sun and moon deities, who is eager to defy her father and eavesdrop on the business of the divine at her first Harvest Festival. However, she finds herself helplessly entwined in a much bigger power struggle between several gods and the souls from below. 
Illustrated by Kelsey Ramsay, colored by Ronda Pattison, lettered by Rus Wooton and Shawn Lee
Teenager Cheyenne and her mom Rebecca move to St. Augustine, Florida with a dream of fixing up an old diner and having it be the gem of the town. Little do they know the history of the diner, that a man was murdered there, and the town’s seething hatred for the building. Later, an investigative reporter named Jean McKnight comes to the town to cover the Founder’s Day celebration, a fluff piece to salvage her career after a terrible outing that tarnished her reputation. The three lives cross when they all find that there is much more to this town, including something supernatural that may trace its roots back to the landfall by Spanish explorers at the heart of the town’s celebration. |
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