AUGUST 2024 CATALOG

Ten years ago a deadly and mysterious infection spread across the Earth's terrain, forcing humankind to live in communities precipitously built above the ground. Growing up on Needle Three, Jo barely remembers a time before darkness enveloped the world. But when our hero's community comes under attack by the despotic Charon and his forces, Jo and his friends must decide whether or not to venture across the wasteland in search of a safe haven as the world hangs by a thread.

In this vibrant, tongue-in-cheek adventure, atypical teen Avani and Midwestern jock Trent teleport across a post-Cold War landscape to collect bizarre relics. Why? Well, because they need to summon the arcane powers of a resplendent 17th-century cabinet to fix a teeny, tiny mistake the last time Avani used it... unleashing an ancient evil from its prison and accidentally slaughtering her parents.

The New York shooting incident was caused by Bertha on Falcone's orders. As she continues her bloody escape, lost memories of her past begin to resurface. The New World Order conspiracy is moving forward fast! Miharu and Raizo try to make secret contact with the President of the United States!

Caught between warring humans and demons, Flio comes up with a new plan to spark communication between the factions-selling them both the secret to his magic! (With some strings attached.) Meanwhile, all is not well back at the homestead! Balirossa and company struggle with culture shock as they reckon with the newcomer Wyne the Wyvern and her decidedly inhuman takes on life and death. Flio's constant search for understanding leads to the snow-covered mountain homeland of the wyverns themselves, where he will walk a mile in their giant, scaly feet. Will hope prevail, or will the border wall of biases stand firm?

The hit yuri manga and anime series continues with this new spin-off manga! High schoolers (and stepsisters) Yuzu and Mei have gone public with their relationship! The two are happy to be dating out in the open, but friends and family keep trying to butt in with advice. Can Yuzu and Mei figure things out on their own? The return of the modern yuri classic!

Students of the prestigious Tokyo Metropolitan Advanced Nurturing High School are given remarkable freedom-if they can win, barter, or save enough points to work their way up the ranks! The entire student body is split into two teams for the annual sports festival. It's Classes A and D vs. Classes B and C, but with Horikita holding her classmates to the same high standards she holds herself to, it isn't long before everyone begins to distance themselves from her. Will this affect Class D's chance for victory?

A tragicomic meditation on masculinity, violence, and parenthood. Two fathers dig down to the roots of inherited trauma before its too late. Growth is possible, but so is oblivion. Pat and Mathieu are proto-feminist dads who try not to repeat their father's mistakes, but trauma inherited from previous generations makes family life volatile. Their partners earn more money and travel constantly for work, leaving these forty-somethings to assume a role traditionally reserved for women: taking care of the kids and the home. Despite their best intentions, they quickly collide against their own limits. Pat is particularly affected. His parents separated when he was young and his father is a notorious alcoholic.

ALL HAIL KING CONAN! CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE THIEF, THE MERCENARY, AND NOW CONAN THE KING! From the battlefield to the throne room, from barbarian to legendary monarch, the timeless saga of Conan reaches the era when he became KING!

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: FEBRUARY 18, 2025

ALL HAIL KING CONAN! CONAN THE BARBARIAN, THE THIEF, THE MERCENARY, AND NOW CONAN THE KING! From the battlefield to the throne room, from barbarian to legendary monarch, the timeless saga of Conan reaches the era when he became KING!

ESTIMATED ARRIVAL: FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Our heroic chefs-in-training are back for their second spicy year at the Gourmand Academy of Culinary Combat. Missed connections and bitter rivalries are rekindled as Hana, Olivia, Bobby, and the others struggle with new monsters, new techniques, and new recipes! But things are only made more difficult when the crew is split up.

The battle between heaven and hell rages on. From acclaimed creator LySandra Vuong comes the second volume of the hit supernatural webcomic! Ezra, an exorcist struggling with his own faith in God, has been tasked by the Archangel Gabriel to protect Sunny, a seemingly normal human constantly beset by demons. As Ezra and the rest of his team find themselves facing increasingly violentand increasingly powerfulforces, the mystery of why these demons want to capture Sunny continues to unfold, and Ezra finds himself drawn to his surly classmate-turned-charge. Can Ezras faith withstand the onslaught? And more importantly . . . will Sunny survive it?