Monday, January 29, 2024

iTunes Store: Top 25 Books in Comics & Graphic Novels 2024-01-30

Chester Brown - Louis Riel artwork Louis Riel
Chester Brown
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $14.99
Publish Date: April 22, 2021
Publisher: Drawn & Quarterly
Seller: Ingram DV LLC

Chester Brown reinvents the comic book medium to create the critically acclaimed historical biography Louis Riel. Brown won the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, meticulous, and dispassionate retelling of the charismatic, and perhaps insane, nineteenth-century Metis leader's life. Brown coolly documents with dramatic subtlety the violent rebellion on the Canadian prairie led by Riel, an embattled figure in Canadian history, regarded by some as a martyr who died in the name of freedom, while others consider him a treacherous murderer.



Chugong, DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), HYE YOUNG IM, h-goon, J. Torres & Abigail Blackman - Solo Leveling, Vol. 8 (comic) artwork Solo Leveling, Vol. 8 (comic)
Chugong, DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), HYE YOUNG IM, h-goon, J. Torres & Abigail Blackman
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: January 23, 2024
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

After his victory on Jeju Island, the top guilds are all clamoring to recruit Jinwoo Sung, the strongest S-rank hunter and the hero of Korea—a far cry from the hapless E-rank hunter he used to be. As exciting as each new development is, however, Jinwoo’s eager to finally get some answers, so an invitation from the system to return to the double dungeon that changed his life is a welcome opportunity. He’ll have to put the visit on the back burner, though, because first things first—Jinwoo has a guild to establish!



Gege Akutami - Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 15 artwork Jujutsu Kaisen, Vol. 15
The Shibuya Incident--Transformation--
Gege Akutami
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: April 05, 2022
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Sukuna is on a murderous rampage. Meanwhile, invaluabe Jujutsu Sorcerers have been taken down, and even Kugisaki falls into Mahito’s trap! Feeling the burden of his sins, Itadori finds it hard to keep going, but he rushes off to help Kugisaki anyway. Can he reach her in time?!



Chip Zdarsky & Carmine Di Giandomenico - Batman: The Knight (2021-2022) #1 artwork Batman: The Knight (2021-2022) #1
Chip Zdarsky & Carmine Di Giandomenico
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $5.99
Publish Date: January 18, 2022
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

The origin of Batman and his never-ending fight against crime in Gotham City is modern mythology, but what of the story in between? How did an angry, damaged young man grow into the most accomplished detective and crime-fighter the world has ever known? How did the Dark Knight�begin? Superstar writer Chip Zdarsky (Daredevil) and acclaimed artist Carmine Di Giandomenico (The Flash) will take Bruce Wayne on a fraught journey, making allies and enemies, on his training to become Batman in this definitive new series!



Hergé - Les Cigares du Pharaon artwork Les Cigares du Pharaon
Hergé
Genre: Graphic Novels
Price: $3.99
Publish Date: January 01, 1934
Publisher: MOULINSART
Seller: Tintinimaginatio

« Je voulais m’engager dans le mystère, le roman policier, le suspense et je me suis si bien emberlificoté dans mes énigmes que j’ai bien failli ne jamais m’en sortir ! » Hergé L’Égypte, le Moyen-Orient, l’Inde : Tintin est sur les traces de trafiquants d’opium, aux ramifications multiples et dangereuses. Ces individus se cachent sous les masques portés par les membres d’une société secrète, qui se réclame du pharaon Khi-Oskh. Tintin a traversé le siècle de son créateur Georges Remi, alias Hergé (1907-1983) et il est l’un des plus célèbres héros de bande dessinée. Mêlant enquête, mystère et humour, ses aventures sont ancrées dans l’actualité qui a marqué le vingtième siècle.



Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy & Travis McElroy - The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins artwork The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins
Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy & Travis McElroy
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: July 17, 2018
Publisher: First Second
Seller: Macmillan

Welcome to the Adventure Zone! SEE! The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure! READ! Their journey from small-time bodyguards to world-class artifact hunters! MARVEL! At the sheer metafictional chutzpah of a graphic novel based on a story created in a podcast where three dudes and their dad play a tabletop role playing game in real time! Join Taako the elf wizard, Merle the dwarf cleric, and Magnus the human warrior for an adventure they are poorly equipped to handle AT BEST, guided ("guided") by their snarky DM, in a graphic novel that, like the smash-hit podcast it's based on, will tickle your funny bone, tug your heartstrings, and probably pants you if you give it half a chance. With endearingly off-kilter storytelling from master goofballs Clint McElroy and the McElroy brothers, and vivid, adorable art by Carey Pietsch, The Adventure Zone: Here There be Gerblins is the comics equivalent of role-playing in your friend's basement at 2am, eating Cheetos and laughing your ass off as she rolls critical failure after critical failure.



Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon - Daytripper artwork Daytripper
Gabriel Bá & Fábio Moon
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $17.99
Publish Date: September 18, 2012
Publisher: Vertigo
Seller: DC Comics.

What are the most important days of your life? Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba answer that question in the critical and commercial hit series that took the industry by storm, winning praise from such comics veterans as Terry Moore, Craig Thompson and Jeff Smith. Follow aspiring writer Bras de Oliva Domingos as each chapter of DAYTRIPPER explores a completely different moment in his life. Moon and Ba tell a beautifully lyrical tale chronicling Domingos's entire existence� from his loves to his deaths and all the possibilities in between. Introduction by Craig Thompson (BLANKETS). Collects Daytripper #1-10



Eiichiro Oda - One Piece - Édition originale - Tome 106 artwork One Piece - Édition originale - Tome 106
Eiichiro Oda
Genre: Action
Price: $6.99
Publish Date: December 06, 2023
Publisher: Glénat Manga
Seller: Hachette Livre

Parvenu sur l’île futuriste d’Egg Head, l’équipage de Chapeau de paille découvre le laboratoire du docteur Végapunk ainsi qu’une multitude de technologies inconnues qui stimulent le goût de Luffy pour l’exploration ! Mais voilà que le CP-0 fait irruption dans le but de supprimer le génial inventeur ! Les aventures de Luffy à la poursuite du One Piece continuent !



Ai Yazawa - Nana, Vol. 2 artwork Nana, Vol. 2
Ai Yazawa
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: September 17, 2012
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Anxious to get into a Tokyo groove, both women are on the prowl for a funky and cheap place to live. But inexpensive apartments in Japan's capital city are hard to find. Thank goodness each Nana has a clique of cool friends willing to help out. Too bad these friends are a little wiggy!



Akira Higashiyama - Naruto: Sasuke’s Story—The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust artwork Naruto: Sasuke’s Story—The Uchiha and the Heavenly Stardust
Akira Higashiyama
Genre: Manga
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: November 22, 2022
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Uchiha Sasuke heads for an astronomical observatory, far from the Land of Fire. There, he syncs up with Sakura, and together they dive into an undercover investigation in search of traces of the Sage of Six Paths! They discover a plan that goes beyond life and death, and a battle that will test this husband-and-wife team till death do they part.



Tom King & Bilquis Evely - Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow artwork Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow
Tom King & Bilquis Evely
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $17.99
Publish Date: July 26, 2022
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

Kara Zor-El can no longer find any meaning or purpose in her life. But all that changes when an alien girl seeks her out to help her take revenge on the bad guys who destroyed her world. Now a Kryptonian, a dog, and an angry, heartbroken child head into space on a journey that will shake them to their very core. It�s Supergirl like you�ve never seen her before in a character-defining sci-fi/fantasy masterpiece! Collects the entire miniseries Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1-8.



Inio Asano - Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 5 artwork Goodnight Punpun, Vol. 5
Inio Asano
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: March 21, 2017
Publisher: VIZ Media
Seller: VIZ Media, LLC

Punpun gave himself a strict deadline.By the time his lease is up, he and Aiko will be together, his life will be better and he’ll be someone…Or else.Hey, Punpun, your lease just ran out.



Haro Aso - Alice in Borderland T03 artwork Alice in Borderland T03
Haro Aso
Genre: Action
Price: $7.99
Publish Date: October 09, 2013
Publisher: Delcourt
Seller: Hachette Livre

Bienvenue à Borderland, où la survie se gagne au fil de jeux funestes… où la date limite de votre vie est inscrite sur un ticket… Un shônen aussi surprenant que prometteur ! Les liens entre Alice et ses amis sont-ils assez forts pour résister à la pression de Borderland ? Les doutes, les faiblesses et les rêves les éloignent insidieusement les uns des autres. La nouvelle épreuve risque de parachever le processus : quatre participants, un seul survivant… Le plus pervers de tous les affrontements !



Bong Joon Ho - Parasite artwork Parasite
A Graphic Novel in Storyboards
Bong Joon Ho
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $19.99
Publish Date: May 19, 2020
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Seller: Hachette Digital, Inc.

Discover the illustrations that inspired the historic, OSCAR ®-winning film's every shot in this graphic novel drawn by Director Bong Joon Ho himself. So metaphorical: With hundreds of mesmerizing illustrations, Parasite: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards is a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of one of the best films in years and a brand-new way to experience a global phenomenon. As part of his unique creative process, Director Bong Joon Ho storyboarded each shot of PARASITE prior to the filming of every scene. Accompanied by the film's dialogue, the storyboards he drew capture the story in its entirety and inspired the composition of the film's every frame and scene. Director Bong has also written a foreword and provided early concept drawings and photos from the set, which take the reader even deeper into the vision that gave rise to this stunning cinematic achievement. Director Bong's illustrations share the illuminating power of his writing and directing. The result is a gorgeous, riveting read and a fresh look at the vertiginous delights and surprises of Bong Joon Ho's deeply affecting, genre-defying story.



Gardner Fox & Mike Sekowsky - Justice League of America (1960-) #21 artwork Justice League of America (1960-) #21
Gardner Fox & Mike Sekowsky
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $2.99
Publish Date: August 19, 2014
Publisher: DC Comics
Seller: DC Comics.

Crisis on Earth-One!' The Justice League of America meets the Justice Society of America! Both teams must band together to defeat the Crime Champions, as the JSA are reintroduced into the Silver Age!



Mathieu Bablet - Carbone & Silicium artwork Carbone & Silicium
Mathieu Bablet
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $25.99
Publish Date: September 28, 2020
Publisher: Ankama
Seller: Media Diffusion

Derniers nés des laboratoires Tomorrow Foundation, Carbone et Silicium sont les prototypes d’une nouvelle génération de robots destinés à prendre soin de la population humaine vieillissante. Élevés dans un cocon protecteur, avides de découvrir le monde extérieur, c’est lors d’une tentative d’évasion qu’ils finiront par être séparés. Ils mènent alors chacun leurs propres expériences et luttent, pendant plusieurs siècles, afin de trouver leur place sur une planète à bout de souffle où les catastrophes climatiques et les bouleversements politiques et humains se succèdent...



Suu Morishita - A Sign of Affection Volume 2 artwork A Sign of Affection Volume 2
Suu Morishita
Genre: Manga
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: July 07, 2020
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

“Why must the time we spend together always be so short?”  After struggling with her feelings for Itsuomi, Yuki’s chosen love. An intense heart-to-heart between the two, sitting against a laundromat window watching the falling snow, has begun to deepen their relationship. But there’s still much more progress to be made, and Yuki finds the world Itsuomi inhabits intimidating… How can they keep communicating when Itsuomi drops in and out of Yuki’s life?



DUBU(REDICE STUDIO) & Chugong - Solo Leveling, Vol. 2 (comic) artwork Solo Leveling, Vol. 2 (comic)
DUBU(REDICE STUDIO) & Chugong
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: July 20, 2021
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

Ever since he woke up in the hospital, Jinwoo’s been thrown into a world of cryptic messages, daily quests, and strange dungeons overflowing with creatures he’s never even heard of. As he tests out his new abilities, it starts to sink in that he is no longer the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind. Maybe he can finally attain what he’s always wanted—enough power to protect himself—but a run-in with an unexpected foe forces Jinwoo to consider just how far he’s willing to go to obtain it!



Chugong, DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), HYE YOUNG IM, h-goon, J. Torres & Abigail Blackman - Solo Leveling, Vol. 7 (comic) artwork Solo Leveling, Vol. 7 (comic)
Chugong, DUBU(REDICE STUDIO), HYE YOUNG IM, h-goon, J. Torres & Abigail Blackman
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: August 22, 2023
Publisher: Yen Press
Seller: Yen Press, LLC

The joint expedition between South Korea and Japan to the ant-infested Jeju Island is well underway, and the Korean team has successfully located the queen. Taking her out should finally spell the long-awaited closing of the S-rank gate. But little do they know that wings aren’t the only mutation the latest generation of ants has gone through— and having made short work of the Japanese hunters, the queen’s strongest soldier is now headed straight for them!



Touko Amekawa & Hinoki Kino - 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Manga) Vol. 4 artwork 7th Time Loop: The Villainess Enjoys a Carefree Life Married to Her Worst Enemy! (Manga) Vol. 4
Touko Amekawa & Hinoki Kino
Genre: Fantasy
Price: $11.99
Publish Date: December 05, 2023
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

After her confrontation with Prince Theodore in the slums, Rishe was finally able to end the feud between him and his brother Arnold. Most people would take a break after an ordeal like that, but Rishe is not most people! So when they return to the castle and Arnold offers her any gift she'd like, it's not jewelry or trinkets she asks for, but a duel! Later on, another ghost from Rishe's past arrives in Galkhein. This time it's the prince of a neighboring country who claims he's there to congratulate Rishe and Arnold on their engagement. However, Rishe can't shake the feeling there's more to his visit than meets the eye...



Shige & Nagayori - Slow Life In Another World (I Wish!) (Manga) Vol. 6 artwork Slow Life In Another World (I Wish!) (Manga) Vol. 6
Shige & Nagayori
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $13.99
Publish Date: January 16, 2024
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Seller: Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC.

Itsuki finally spent his first night with Wendy. But he's barely basked in afterglow when the feudal lord of the city, Origoll, shows up to berate him for all the trouble he's caused in town. When Origoll suddenly falls gravely ill, however, Itsuki is determined to help her and puts his alchemy skills to the test to prepare a remedy. Yet nothing seems to work! Finally, he recalls the elusive miracle drug he'd managed to concoct by accident. Will he be able to re-create this life-saving cure in time?



Suu Morishita - A Sign of Affection Volume 6 artwork A Sign of Affection Volume 6
Suu Morishita
Genre: Manga
Price: $10.99
Publish Date: July 05, 2022
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

“Will he answer anything I ask him now?”  Yuki’s a college student who admires and then falls in love with an upperclassman at her school, Itsuomi, who treats her naturally despite her being Deaf. After she resolves to pursue this love in earnest, and Itsuomi asks her to go out, the two become a couple. On their first date alone, Yuki asks Itsuomi about something she’s been wondering for a while, but how will he respond?



Suu Morishita - A Sign of Affection Volume 3 artwork A Sign of Affection Volume 3
Suu Morishita
Genre: Manga
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: December 29, 2020
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

"Will you see me... as a woman?" Deaf college student Yuki is diving into her newfound romance with Itsuomi, a classmate she met on the train who doesn’t tiptoe around her disability, and also happens to be extremely hot. But his handsome looks mean girls tend to throw themselves at him, and he’s unintentionally broken hearts before. Can Yuki draw out Itsuomi’s true intentions? And is he even interested in romance, or is his focus on entirely different kind of dream?



Joe Sacco - Paying the Land artwork Paying the Land
Joe Sacco
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
Price: $16.99
Publish Date: July 07, 2020
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Seller: Macmillan

NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES , THE GUARDIAN, THE BROOKLYN RAIL , THE GLOBE AND MAIL , POP MATTERS , COMICS BEAT , AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY From the “heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman” ( Economist ), a masterful work of comics journalism about indigenous North America, resource extraction, and our debt to the natural world The Dene have lived in the vast Mackenzie River Valley since time immemorial, by their account. To the Dene, the land owns them, not the other way around, and it is central to their livelihood and very way of being. But the subarctic Canadian Northwest Territories are home to valuable resources, including oil, gas, and diamonds. With mining came jobs and investment, but also road-building, pipelines, and toxic waste, which scarred the landscape, and alcohol, drugs, and debt, which deformed a way of life. In Paying the Land , Joe Sacco travels the frozen North to reveal a people in conflict over the costs and benefits of development. The mining boom is only the latest assault on indigenous culture: Sacco recounts the shattering impact of a residential school system that aimed to “remove the Indian from the child”; the destructive process that drove the Dene from the bush into settlements and turned them into wage laborers; the government land claims stacked against the Dene Nation; and their uphill efforts to revive a wounded culture. Against a vast and gorgeous landscape that dwarfs all human scale, Paying the Land lends an ear to trappers and chiefs, activists and priests, to tell a sweeping story about money, dependency, loss, and culture—recounted in stunning visual detail by one of the greatest cartoonists alive.



Suu Morishita - A Sign of Affection Volume 4 artwork A Sign of Affection Volume 4
Suu Morishita
Genre: Manga
Price: $8.99
Publish Date: August 31, 2021
Publisher: Kodansha USA Publishing
Seller: Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC

“I wish Itsuomi-san would take me into his world…”   Yuki, a deaf college student who’s led a relatively sheltered life, has just taken a huge step: She’s got a boyfriend! And he seems like a keeper: Itsuomi is a multilingual globetrotter who works hard, and he’s a knockout, to boot. Yuki can still scarcely believe that Itsuomi casually dropped the question, “Wanna go out with me?” And she can’t help wondering, when will Itsuomi start to open up to her about his past, and his dreams for the future? Is this a whim, or is it real?