WATERLOGGED: TALES FROM THE SEVENTH SEA Click here to check it out on their website
by Cloudscape Comics Society
Cloudscape’s seventh anthology, over thirty creators from Canada’s rain-soaked West Coast bring you Waterlogged: Tales from the Seventh Sea.
Over two hundred pages of comics about pirates, mermaids, sea monsters,
castaways, explorers, sailors, and refugees. Some will find love, some
will find hardship, and some will meet their doom with lungs full of
salt water. The sea can be an unforgiving place, but if you’re lucky it
might show you who your truly are.
Recommended age: 12+
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LOCKE & KEY Click here to check it out on Amazon
by Joe Hill & illustrated by Gabriel Rodriguez, published by IDW Publishing.
After the gruesome murder of their father, the Locke kids, Tyler, Kinsey
and Bode move with their mother Nina to the ancestral family home,
Keyhouse. They soon discover that the house is full of secrets when they
start finding magical keys which hold impossible powers. They are not the only ones who know of the keys; a demonic creature
known as Dodge is also after the keys, with the goal of opening the
Black Door, which will allow the demons of hell to enter our world.
Recommended age: 14+
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SAGA Click here to check it out on Amazon
by Brian K. Vaughan & illustrated by Fiona Staples, published monthly by Image Comics.
Saga is an epic space opera/fantasy comic book series heavily influenced by Star Wars. It depicts two lovers from long-warring extraterrestrial races,
Alana and Marko, fleeing authorities from both sides of a galactic war
as they struggle to care for their newborn daughter, Hazel, who
occasionally narrates the series.
The comic was described in solicitations as "Star Wars meets A Game of Thrones," and by critics as being evocative of both science fiction and fantasy epics such as The Lord of the Rings and classic works like Romeo & Juliet.
Recommended age: 18+
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LANFEUST DE TROY (note: french only) Click here to check it out on Amazon
by Christophe Arleston & illustrated by Didier Tarquin. Published by Soleil Productions.
Troy est un monde fascinant, ce, la magie intervient dans le quotidien
de tous. Chacun en effet possède un pouvoir, petit ou grand, plus ou
moins utile. L'un a le don de figer l'eau en glace, l'autre, le pouvoir
d'émettre des pets colorés... Lanfeust, lui, sait fondre le métal d'un
seul regard. Dans son village, il est donc tout naturellement devenu
apprend chez le forgeron. Mais le contact d'une épée venue des
lointaines Baronnies, révèle en lui une puissance exceptionnelle ; il ne
dispose plus d'un don unique mais d'un pouvoir absolu et illimité.
Accompagné du vieux sage Nicolède et de ses deux filles aux caractères
si dissemblables, Lanfeust est emporté dans un tourbillon d'aventures au
cours desquelles il croise les plus incongrues, les plus surprenantes
et les plus dangereuses des créatures.
Recommended age: 14+
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SUPERMAN: RED SON Click here to check it out on Amazon
by Mark Millar & illustrated by Dave Johnson, Kilian Plunkett. Published by DC Comics.
In Red Son, Superman's rocket ship lands on a Ukranian collective farm rather than in Kansas,
an implied reason being a small time difference (a handful of hours)
from the original timeline, meaning Earth's rotation placed Ukraine in
the ship's path instead of Kansas. Instead of fighting for "...truth,
justice, and the American Way", Superman is described in Soviet radio
broadcasts "...as the Champion of the common worker who fights a
never-ending battle for Stalin, socialism and the international expansion of the Warsaw Pact." His "secret identity" (i.e. the name his adoptive parents gave him) is a state secret.
Recommended age: 12+
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SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW Click here to check it out on Amazon
by Brian Azzarello & illustrated by Jim Lee, Scott William. Published by DC Comics.
A cataclysmic event has struck the Earth. Millions of people have
vanished without a trace. No one is left unaffected; not even Superman!
But after a year, Superman is left with many questions. For a hero who
tries to have all the answers, it's torture. And, just as the action
heats up and the stakes are raised, one huge question emerges: Just how
far is Superman willing to go "For Tomorrow?"
Recommended age: 12+
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THE STRAIN Click here to check it out on Amazon
by David Lapham & illustrated by Mike Huddleston, Sierra Hahn
A Boeing 777 arrives at JFK
and is on its way across the tarmac, when it suddenly stops dead. All
window shades are pulled down. All lights are out. All communication
channels have gone quiet. Crews on the ground are lost for answers, but
an alert goes out to the CDC.
Dr. Ephraim "Eph" Goodweather, head of their Canary project, a
rapid-response team that investigates biological threats, gets the call
and boards the plane. What he finds makes his blood run cold. So begins a battle of mammoth proportions as the vampiric virus that has infected New York begins to spill out into the streets.
Recommended age: 14+
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