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public domain vol 1 by chip zdarsky

1/18/2023

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Cover of Public Domain volume 1. The Bottom half is red and comicbook pages can barely be made out behind it. The top half is black. In between the two halves is a superhero mas with what looks like a tear running down the middle.
Vol 1: Past Mistakes, written and illustrated by Zdarsky.

​Miles Dallas can't stand anything to do with The Domain and the whole superhero universe run by Singular, a mega corporation that screwed his dad, Syd, out of all rights to the character he created decades ago. Miles thinks Syd should fight for some more of the profits that are coming out of these mega-movies and all the merchandising. When an older copy of the rights paperwork is found by a Singular worker, they learn that Syd might actually have more of a stake in his creations than he originally thought! Meanwhile, Miles is trying to climb out from under loan sharks and find another writing job since he's been kicked to the curb. Getting what the family is owed is going to take all of them working together - something the Dallases haven't been great at!


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Love everlasting vol 1 by tom king

1/7/2023

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Love Everlasting volume 1. Joan is in a wedding dress, spotted with blood, and she's holding a shotgun.
Illustrated by Elsa Charretier
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Joan Peterson has been in love so many times, in so many lifetimes, and in so many different eras, but none of them work out the way they should. There’s always something slightly wrong about the man proposing marriage - he was her sister’s boyfriend, or she wants to travel the world, or he wants a life totally different than what she wants. She’s also being dogged by a cowboy who always shows up at the worst possible time, and then she’s thrown into a different time, different life, with a different beau. Just when she hoped to get answers as to why she's being put in this perpetual trauma, she's whisked away once more into another life.


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golden rage vol 1 by Chrissy Williams

12/22/2022

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Cover of Golden Rage volume 1. A pair of older woman's hands are shown palm up, covered in blood. There's a gold bracelet around one wrist that reads
Illustrated by Lauren Knight, colored by Sofie Dodgson, flatted by Shayne Hannah Cui, lettered by Becca Carey
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In this world, any woman who is past child-bearing years has been deemed useless to society and is banished to a remote island off the coast of any civilization. There, these women have made their own society and rules a-la Lord of the Flies. There is a group dedicated to helping with anyone deceased; there are the Red Hats who seem bent on destruction and domination; and there's Rosie and her friends, Lottie, and Caroline, who just want to raise chickens, have tea, and keep to themselves. Jay has been thrust into this world a little unexpectedly, having gone through early-onset menopause, and is now seen as a threat to the equally young leader of the Red Hats. There's also lots of backmatter that includes book reviews, recipes, and insights into the workings of the island.


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monstress vol 7 by majorie liu

11/5/2022

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Cover of Monstress volume 7, Maika is holding a vicious red sword and she's in full battle armor. Behind her is Zinn in his full body. Around the two are the fragments of the mask and tendrils of black power. Encircling them is a red light with lots of shadows.
Vol 7: Devourer, illustrated by Sana Takeda
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Maika has been captured by the Dusk Court, and the Baroness is bringing her back in a magic-and medically-induced coma. Through wrestling with her guilt, we learn more about the background of the Baroness and why she has had to do the things she's done to her friend. Inside Maika's mind, she and Zinn relive some of Maika's memories that have been trapped away, including what happened to her mother. Kippa continues to fight as staunchly as ever, even trying to gain some allies among the witches and Dawn Court nobility, in order to save Miss Maika from what the Dusk Court plans to do. The intrigues of the past, including the efforts of Maika's father to harness the power of the Old Gods, continue to come to light and make everything in the present much more complicated.


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Twig vol 1 by skottie young

10/26/2022

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Cover of Twig volume 1. Twig is a blue fuzzy creature, and he's standing in the middle of a path. Behind him is a mountain with a face, and a monster with goo dripping from his large fangs. Splat, a yellow creature with tentacle-type feet, is on a rock behind Twig.
Illustrated by Kyle Strahm

Twig is late for his very first day of his new job as a Placeling, and he just might destroy the planet because of his error! Twig is tasked with placing a jewel but nothing goes right, and the light in the jewel is gone. Now, he has to journey across the world to find the way to light it up again, and he has a very short amount of time to do it in. With his trusty friend, Splat, Twig gathers components and meets new creatures, some more helpful than others, in a journey that is part self-discovery and 


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Little monsters vol 1 by Jeff LemIre

9/7/2022

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Cover of Little Monsters volume 1. The eight children are stacked behind one another all looking off in various directions. One of them, front and center, has half his face covered in bright red blood. The rest of his face is black, and his eyes are solid white.
Illustrated by Dustin Nguyen

Eight young children play amidst destroyed buildings and derelict cars that spell out with certainty an apocalypse they all lived through. Some doodle on the buildings, others strum guitars. All of them are vampires. A few find rodents to eat, but then, they smell something they've never encountered before - a human - and it starts to make them salivate. A few of them attack the human and taste blood that is more delicious than anything they've had before, so they continue to hunt for more humans. Half of the group is reluctant to leave the city and disobey their creators, but the others can never go back to draining rats again.


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The Closet vol 1 by James Tynion IV

9/4/2022

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Cover of The Closet. Jamie picks up a toy from the floor in front of a closet door. The wall and door are red. The closet door has star stickers on it.
Illustrated by Gavin Fullerton, colored by  Chris O'Halloran, lettered by Tom Napolitano

Poor little Jamie is terrified of the monsters in the closet that come out at night and try to eat him. His father, Thom, is trying to convince him that when the move from New York to Portland, the monster will stay here, and he doesn't have to be worried anymore. Behind all this fear is a tumultuous family situation. Thom and his wife fight constantly, but he's trying to make things better. Trust has been broken between them, but they're both hoping the move will offer them a chance to hit reset, and they can remember why they fell in love in the first place. Much to Thom's dismay, Jaime's nightmares keep visiting him every night, and the monster didn't stay in New York. 


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Everyday hero machine boy vol 1 by irma Kniivila

7/26/2022

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Cover of Everyday Hero Machine Boy. Machine Boy is in his letterman, black pants, and sneakers running towards the right. The background is a sold pink with three lines behind him that are yellow, blue, and green.
Illustrated by Tri Vuong

It's starts as just another day for Grandpa of going to the store to get more tomatoes for Grandma's best Spaghetti, but when a machine boy falls to Earth, Grandpa must summon his karate skills of his youth to save everyone. He ends up awaking the heart of the metal boy, who goes on to train with Grandma in the karate arts. Machine Boy loves helping others, even if it's mostly rescuing cats from trees, and listening to his favorite crime-fighting superhero band. A little piece of Machine Boy breaks off and becomes fairly sentient, and Machine Boy keeps him as a pet, but the piece quickly outgrows the hiding place and then turns into a ravenous machine-eating robot who begins to devour parts of the city. Machine Boy, an unlikely friend from school, and the super band team up to get the robot under control and save the city.


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Die vol 2 by Kieron gillen

7/15/2022

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Cover of Die volume 2. Ash is centered in the forefront with her dictator power surging from her left eye. Behind her is Matt, looking sadly and angrily at us. Angela is posed behind them like she is about to run off to the left, her cyberpunk helmet on and her blonde hair flowing from the bottom. Behind them is Isabelle looking up into the sky, and beside her is Chuck, who is ready to draw a weapon from his sheath on his back.
Vol 2: Split the Party,​ illustrated by Stephanie Hans
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From the previous volume, the party gets stuck in the middle of a war zone, and the only way to escape it is for Angela to make yet another sacrifice. Once out, the party splits. Isabelle feels responsible for the people of Glass Town and wants to find a place for them to live, while the rest of the party is still insistent that getting home should be their number one priority. Chuck decides to go with Isabelle, but the rest of the party is off to Angria to confront their past, specifically some of the consequences of their actions from the last time they were in Die, with the hope that something will come of this to get them home. Ash is reunited with Zamorna, a vampire Lord and the father of her son in Die, and Ash decides the only way to leave Die is to save it all, not just Glass Town.


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Rain by Joe Hill

6/30/2022

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Cover of Rain. Honeysuckle kneels next to Yolanda. Honeysuckle has on a flannel shirt tied at the waste, and a white tank top. Yolanda is covered in extravagant folds of her puffy orange dress. A rod of glass pierces both of them through the chest.
Adapted by David M. Booher, illustrated by Zoe Thorogood, colored by Chris O'Halloran

​Honeysuckle and her girlfriend Yolanda are so excited to be finally moving in together. As they pack up the car with all of Yolanda’s things, the dark storm clouds over Boulder open up and let down a deluge - of razor sharp, nail-like crystals that pierce those out in the open. And this isn’t an isolated incident. Over the next few days, the sky drops more crystals all over Colorado, and other parts of the world. Honeysuckle traverses the somewhat post-apocalyptic landscape for survivors and for some answers to what has happened to the clouds.


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