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Author
Series
Nameless City volume 1
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives in is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive.
Author
Series
Nameless City volume 2
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Kaidu and Rat have only just recovered from the assassination attempt on the General of All Blades when more chaos breaks loose in the Nameless City: deep conflicts within the Dao nation are making it impossible to find a political solution for the disputed territory of the City itself. To complicate things further, Kaidu is fairly certain he's stumbled on a formula for the lost weapon of the mysterious founders of the City. . . . But sharing it...
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Box, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The truth is out there...online! True believer Noa, her cynical little sibling Gus, credulous cameraman Ko, and skeptical Astrid head to one of the most haunted towns in America to prove that ghosts exist, for all the social media likes! The investigations of hauntings uncover something more devilish than just a couple of ghosts, something that will put Noa and Astrid's relationship to the test...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Richard is a benevolent but tough leader. He oversees everything that happens in the valley, and everyone loves him for it. When Lyle the Raccoon becomes sick, his friends-Omar the Spider, Neville the Dog, and Ellie Squirrel-take matters into their own hands, breaking Richard's strict rules. Caroline Frog rats them out to Richard and they are immediately exiled from the only world they've ever known. Michael DeForge's Leaving Richard's Valley expands...
Author
Series
Nameless City volume 3
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
The Nameless City--held by the rogue Dao prince Erzi--is under siege by a coalition of Dao and Yisun forces who are determined to end the war once and for all ... Rat and Kai must infiltrate Erzi's palace and steal back the ancient and deadly formula for napatha--the ancient weapon of mass destruction Erzi has unearthed--before he can use it to destroy everything they hold dear!
6) City
Author
Series
City (Manga series) volume 13
Publisher
Vertical Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]-
Language
English
Description
A humorous story about the adventures of a penniless Japanese college student who moves to a town filled with bizarre people. This reckless girl will be the one who eventually sets the city in motion.
Author
Series
Critical Role Vox Machina origins volume 1
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The band of adventurers known as Vox Machina will save the world. Eventually. But even they have to start somewhere. Six would-be heroes on seemingly different jobs find their paths intertwined as they investigate shady business in the swamp town of Stilben. They'll need to put their heads--and weapons--together to figure out what's going on ... and keep from being killed in the process. Even then, whether or not they can overcome what truly lurks...
Author
Publisher
Uncivilized Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A great wall separates a magnificent metropolis from the surrounding countryside. All humans are banned from ever entering the city. A young girl is determined to enter the forbidden city in search of her lost brother. When she crosses over, fantastic adventures ensue in narrow medieval streets, ancient temples, and abandoned bazars of the haunted city. To save her missing brother, she must grapple with mythical creatures, explore the mystery of the...
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Lower Crowchurch is a small English community enjoying the peace of the 1930s, but when the town becomes the victim of an alien invasion, the residents' lives are upended by the harsh realities of life-and-death violence. Led by the town's outsider and retired war veteran, they will have to rally together to uncover the secret of their invaders if they hope to fight back.
11) Stonebreaker
Author
Series
Stonebreaker volume 1
Publisher
ODOD Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Anya can't stop exploring the secrets of the mystical city, Noridun. With the help of Toris--demon librarian--she hunts for a cure to her brother's strange amnesia. Meanwhile a pair of mysterious strangers arrive, and their plan could change... everything!"-- Back cover.
12) We all float on
Author
Series
Royal City (2017) volume 3
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a surprise new member of the family arrives in the fading industrial town of Royal City looking for answers, the past and present all come together and the Pike family must face the truths about their youngest brother's death, decades earlier. The concluding chapter of this generation-spanning saga of one family haunted by their own private ghosts from the New York Times best-selling writer and artist Jeff Lemire (GIDEON FALLS, Sweet Tooth, Essex...
Author
Publisher
Titan Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In a post-apocalyptic far future/alternate world, dinosaurs roam the desolate land, while the last denizens of humanity survive together in technological cities run by a military regime. Jarri, a loner who shepherds a group of dinosaurs, travels to the city when his herd is murdered. There he becomes involved with a rebel group who defy the totalitarian society, and uncovers a conspiracy that reveals the true nature of the world they live in. What...
Author
Series
Publisher
Sky Pony Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this new dark, edgy series, Battle Station Prime, we encounter spies, rebels, conspiracy theories, hacks, and danger unlike anything we've covered before. In the second installment of Battle Station Prime, Pell, Logan, and Maddy join Uncle Colin's secret rebel society as junior insurgents. At first, they are happy to take down the system that failed them and kept them back, but when they receive intelligence of a dangerous presence in the center...
15) The Dregs
Author
Publisher
Black Mask Studios, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A gentrified city. Its homeless population restricted to six square blocks called The Dregs. When people start disappearing, a drug-addled homeless man obsessed with detective fiction becomes addicted to solving the mystery. This edition collects all four issues of the critically acclaimed series."--Provided by publisher
16) Scare City
Author
Publisher
Humanoids
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Scare City is the hub where all of the world's ghouls, ghosts and goblins dwell in perfect harmony, but when a mysterious light begins to steal people in the night, paranoia takes hold, and the city's fate rests in the hands of a compassionate zombie-witch baker named Gina.
17) Dryad
Author
Series
Dryad (comic) volume 1
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2021-
Language
English
Description
"The Glass family has spent thirteen years hiding peacefully in the sleepy forest settlement of Frostbrook where Morgan and Yale planted roots and raised their twins, Griffon and Rana. But secrets never stay hidden, and the entire Glass family find themselves the target of an unearthly attack on Frostbrook. Now on the run from Muse Corp., they must flee to the massive city of Silver's Bay to hide in plain sight. Rana and Griffon find themselves uprooted...
18) Strays
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A young man flees a disaster at home, and comes to live in the city with his sister, making ends meet by taking a job as a deliveryman - only to encounter a flood of old friends and past acquaintances on his daily route... At first elated by the company of these waifs and strays, their own desperation for work begins to trouble his conscience - but what happens when you can't deliver help to everyone?
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Paranoia runs wild. As survivors of the alien invasion of Lower Crowchurch try to cope with what happened to their small town, the military arrives in an attempt to cover up the "incident." Town residents are immediately detained, questioned, and treated with suspicion. Clive, Susan, and the others will need to escape imprisonment if they're to get the word out and warn the rest of the world before the aliens return.
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Before Jack Kryznan can venture farther into the city, he will discover the depths of his connection with Paradiso. In this world, rumors and theories abound regarding the origins and the meaning of this living metropolis. But, like any good city, she hides her best secrets in the dark. As events rumble on the surface, Jack will find that the strangest truths of Paradiso lie deep beneath her streets in a cityscape of warrens and tunnels, populated...
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