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New Graphic Novels July 2025
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Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the talents
by Damian Duffy
"Against a background of a war-torn continent under the control of a Christian fundamentalist fascist state, Asha searches for answers about her own past, while struggling to reconcile with her mother's legacy--caught between her duty to her chosen family and her calling to lead humankind into a better future among the stars"
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Q & A
by Adrian Tomine
Q&A is one part personal history, one part masterclass in crafting quality entertainment. With questions pulled from his time at the Substack Writers' Residency, and with additional, new material, Q&A is an indispensable addition to the collections of eagle-eyed fans and aspiring artists, writers, and cartoonists alike. Tomine answers questions about his preferred tools, his creative process, the ups and downs of adaptation, and perhaps most importantly--how to pronounce his last name. Illustrated with drafts, outtakes, and photos from the artist's personal collection, this rare peek into the mind of a contemporary cartooning giant lays out the method to his meticulous brand of madness. The artist looks back on his career in response to queries from his--maybe adoring but mostly curious--public with his signature dry wit and unflinching, self-deprecating honesty.
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Bowling with corpses & other strange tales from lands unknown
by Mike Mignola
"From a search for the beating heart of a long-dead sorcerer, to a pirate girl who makes a deal with the devil, to the titular boy who wins a grim prize in a game with some undead interlopers, and more. Mignola builds a brand-new world filled with the weird, wicked and whimsical in this volume that will delight longtime Hellboy fans and new readers alike"
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Time waits
by Chip Zdarsky
"Meet Blue, a man trapped in the past, which is our present. Sent back in time for a mission he could not bring himself to complete, the former soldier Blue builds a life with Grace, the Sheriff of a small rural town. The pair build a foundation of happiness on a history of bloodshed, as far away from the trigger-happy corporate overlords that used Blue as a human gun. After ten years together, Blue and Grace are on the cusp of taking the next step in their relationship: adoption. Before Grace can fully convince Blue to expand their family, the future comes calling. The overlords want their first deserter and to complete the mission Blue could not. They have one simple rule: kill anyone who stands in their way"
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Convert
by John Arcudi
"After a catastrophic disaster destroys his ship, a crew member is left to fend for himself on a beautiful but deadly planet. Science Officer Orrin Kutela finds himself stranded on a distant planet, starving and haunted by the ghosts of his dead crew. Onthe verge of death, he makes an astonishing discovery that will forever change his life"
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The Power Fantasy. : The Superpowers Volume one
by Kieron Gillen
"It's 1999. Six indescribably powerful people each have the destructive capability of America's nuclear arsenal. If they come into conflict, the world ends. The Power Fantasy is a pop culture-infused, superpowered, Cold War thriller about the spying, scheming, and violence these people will do to avoid coming into open conflict"
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Love Languages
by James Albon
Two foreigners in France reach across language barriers and turn each other's lives upside down in this stunningly beautiful queer romance graphic novel painted in dazzling watercolor. Sarah Huxley has moved from London to Paris, only to find a lonely life of corporate drudgery and disappointment--a far cry from her romantic expectations of the city. She collides with Ping Loh, a young woman working as an au pair to a wealthy family of Hong Kong expats, and the two bond over their shared struggle with the French tongue. In museums and markets, over text messages and translation apps, Ping and Sarah slowly begin to learn each other's languages, communicating in a rich and ever-shifting blend of English, French, and Cantonese. As their friendship blooms, so does their private dialect--a personal linguistic patchwork, a shared secret just for them. But when their feelings for each other start to deepen, they discover that the simplest words to translate can be the hardest words to say.
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Rook : Exodus. Volume 1, Fight or flight
by Geoff Johns
"Hundreds of years from now, the Earth's climate steeply deteriorated, and most of the population fled for a new life on other worlds. After Rook's family farm burned to ash, he took a one-way ticket to Exodus. A terraformed planet, Exodus was created bythe corporation Better-World and offered a home where nature, including its genetically modified animal population, was completely controlled by humans designated as Wardens. But when Exodus's world engine mysteriously failed, the Wardens' power fell into the wrong hands, creating chaos and mass evacuation... at least for those who could afford it. THe rest, like Rook and allies such as Dire Wolf and Swine, must either escape or fight the forces vying for control of what's left of Exodus. They are vastlyovermatched..."--Page 4 of cover
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Violator
by Alan Moore
"Violator's siblings, Vacillator, Vindicator, Vandalizer, and Vaporizer, along with ruthless mobsters, hire assassin Admonisher to kill Violator. Stripped of his powers, Violator must defend himself against attacks from his brothers and Admonisher. In a twist of fate, an unexpected team-up with none other than Spawn to help Violator along the way"
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Lore Remastered
by T. P. Louise
A unique mix of prose and sequential storytelling, Lore follows Jennifer Bradley's journey to solve the mystery of her father's death. But her search grows increasingly bizarre when what she discovers threatens not just her existence, but the entirety of modern society, too.
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