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Home  >  Read and relax  >  Fiction  >  Graphic novels  >  Good reads

Good reads: Graphic novels - April

Jaime HernandezDicks and deedees

Dicks and deedees

In this newest collection of short stories, Jaime Hernandez's cast of characters - Maggie, Hopey, Norma, Ray, Doyle and the mysterious bon vivant H.R. Costigan - flirt and fight, confront cruelties large and small, resign themselves to dashed hopes, shattered illusions, even death with an ironic acceptance and a lighthearted if somewhat bruised graciousness as they embrace the cockeyed absurdity of life.

 

Bryan TalbotHeart of empire

Heart of empire, or the legacy of Luther Arkwright

In a future alternate-reality a vicious totalitarian British Empire reigns supreme. But in Rome, the dying Pope sets into motion a dark plan to place the throne of Britannica under papal control - by any means necessary. And while such temporal machinations threaten the world's political and social stability, a monstrous force is building across the multiverse, and a countdown begins to almost certain dimensional apocalypse. Luther Arkwright has saved a universe before, but with an infinity of universes threatened with annihilation, all of Arkwright's preternatural talents are needed. If only Arkwright weren't dead.

 

Peach-Pit  Zombie-loan. 2

Zombie loan. (Vol. 2)

Three classmates who make their living (literally) by acting as agents of the Z Loan office and dispatching zombies, Chika Akatsuki, Shito Tachibana, and Michiru Kita are hot on the trail of an elusive psychopath known as "The Butterfly". But as if serial killers and zombies weren't enough to worry about, poor Michiru's barely had a chance to get used to her new digs, her new life - and what's this? - a new member. Chika's friend Shiba joins the teen trio as they solve riddle after riddle and get ever closer to the madman's lair. Can Michiru survive life as a bounty hunter?

 

Brian K. VaughnPride of Baghdad

Pride of Baghdad

In war-torn Iraq, many casualties have gone unreported - among them, an escaped pride of lions. This struggling family of four great cats must find a way to stay together and avoid the deadly conflict that's exploding around them in a world they can never hope to comprehend. This work presents a tale of love, war and pride.

 

 

Masakazu Katsura I"s. Vol 5, Burnt past

I“s. Vol. 5 Burnt past

Getting to hang out with Iori in preparation for a school event was, by near and far, the biggest and brightest highlight of lovelorn Ichitaka Seto's life. Sadly, just like all things in life that are too good to be true, his time with Iori was just that - too brief. But what's this? The original I's team is reunited on a school trip to Kyoto, and Ichitaka and Iori get to visit a temple renowned for forming loving bonds between those who pass beneath its hallowed gates. Will this ancient sanctuary of divine bliss succeed in eternally uniting Ichitaka and Iori, or will yet another Itsuki-related emergency forestall Ichitaka's chances for true love with the girl of his dreams?

 

Chris ClaremontEssential X-men. Vol. 5

Essential X-men. Vol. 5

Still hated and feared by those they're sworn to protect, the X-Men face the Juggernaut, Doctor Doom and the Hellfire Club's newest recruits, the Hellions - and team up with the Avengers, Spider-Man and Power Pack. Featuring the first appearances of Forge and Nimrod, and a chapter from the legendary Secret Wars II crossover! Plus: Parts I & II of Claremont and Windsor-Smith's unforgettable epic, "Lifedeath."

 

Hiroaki Samura

Blade of the immortal. (Vol. 18)

Blade of the immortal. (Vol. 18), The sparrow net

The immortality of the captive Manji is being sorely tested, as the horrifying experiments commanded by Habaki Kagimura in the dungeons below Edo castle continue. One of Kagimura's doctors, Ayame Burando, has already gone half-mad, tormented by the sickening mutilations intended to unlock the secret of passing Manji's amazing regenerative powers to others, and Burando's replacements have upped the ante with their utter incompetence. Meanwhile, Manji's charge, Rin, is desperately trying to find him, but Edo's brutal police are on her trail, and the race is on for Rin to free her immortal bodyguard before she joins him behind bars!

 

Robert KanigherEnemy ace

Enemy ace. Volume one

Famed German fighter pilot Hans von Hammer has learned his lesson all too well, in countless battles high above the blasted fields of World War I Europe. Feared by his own men almost as much as he is hated by the Allies, Rittmeister von Hammer wages a lonely war from the cockpit of his crimson Fokker triplane, struggling to fight with honor amid the savagery of modern combat. But honor can be an expensive luxury in the unforgiving skies where the slightest mistake can bring a swift and merciless death-- a fate that will, inevitably, claim even the Hammer of Hell himself!

 


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