The Magic Fish, by Trung Le Nguyen

Staff Pick

Le Nguyen’s debut graphic novel is full of tenderness and love. The Magic Fish follows Tiâãen as he navigates young adulthood--his interactions with the world, his parents, and his friends made complicated by his uncertainty about whether to reveal his secrets. An immigration narrative, coming-out story, and the retelling of a fairy tale all in one, Le Nguyen's work reminds us how powerful story telling can be against the pernicious dangers of self-doubt, bigotry, and identity crises.  

The Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel) By Trung Le Nguyen Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781984851598
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Published: Random House Graphic - October 13th, 2020

Ice Cream Man Vol 2; Strange Neapolitan, by W. Maxwell Prince

Staff Pick

Ice Cream Man is a terrific work of contemporary absurdism that gives form and intent to the forces that undermine and erase all that we love, trading the universe’s devastating ambivalence for something garish and malevolent. Morazzo’s abstracted figures and O’Halloran’s simplified color palette give perfect form to Prince’s tales of existential horror. The creators often toy with surprising formal devices, experimenting with the possibilities of their medium in a way that dodges the overly cerebral and instead brings an extra bit of fun to this delightfully horrifying series.

Ice Cream Man Volume 2: Strange Neapolitan By W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Marazzo (Artist), Chris O'Halloran (Artist) Cover Image
$16.99
ISBN: 9781534308763
Availability: Special Order—Subject to Availability
Published: Image Comics - December 18th, 2018

Lovesickness, by Junji Ito

Staff Pick

Horror manga fans, rejoice! Viz Media comes at us once again with a stunning new English-language collection from Junji Ito, master of the escalation of everyday situations into scenes of pure terror. Central to this volume is the eponymous Lovesickness saga, Ito's take on Japan's crossroads fortune-telling game. Here love turns into obsession as word of a handsome crossroads demon spreads through town and leads the local young women to violent ends. Ito follows "Lovesickness" with considerably lighter fare, mixing horror with the absurd and using his distinctive art to heighten tension and claustrophobia just as things take a turn for the worst. Once again, Ito draws you into his world--a place of chilling reminders that things are never what they seem.                                                            

 

 

 

Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection By Junji Ito Cover Image
$22.99
ISBN: 9781974719846
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Published: VIZ Media LLC - April 20th, 2021

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