NEW BOOKS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS HERE TODAY

BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER MEET ME - LEAH THOMAS

NIGHT VISION - ELLA WEST

I AM REBECCA - FLEUR BEALE

THE AGE OF SELFISHNESS - DARRYL CUNNINGHAM

A SAILOR'S STORY - SAM GLANZMAN

ISLA AND THE HAPPILY EVER AFTER - STEPHANIE PERKINS

RISK - FLEUR FERRIS

HARRISON SQUARED - DARYL GREGORY

VOICING THE DEAD - GARY CREW

NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS OUT THIS WEEK!!!

KICK ASS 3 by MARK MILLAR & JOHN ROMITA JNR

The grand finale of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.'s blockbuster! Hit-Girl is in jail, leaving Kick-Ass to lead the superhero team Justice Forever. But superheroes have been outlawed, leaving Kick-Ass and to dodge both cops and some terrifying new foes! For the first time, Kick-Ass begins to doubt. Is he in too deep to get out? Meanwhile, Hit-Girl starts running all the gangs in the joint, and a broken Red Mist gets an education from a terrifying crime boss. But when the new Skull and Bones vigilante team debuts and dissension hits Justice Forever's ranks, will Kick-Ass be able to fend off a coup? Plus: The flashback you've all been waiting for...the secret origin of Hit-Girl! How does little Mindy McCready earn her assassin stripes? Find out as Kick-Ass comes to its epic conclusion! COLLECTING : Kick-Ass 3 1-8

KINGDOM COME by MARK WAID & ALEX ROSS 

Writer Mark Waid, coming from his popular work on Flash and Impulse, and artist Alex Ross, who broke new ground with the beautifully painted Marvels, join together for this explosive book that takes place in a dark alternate future of the DC Superhero Universe. Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and almost every other character from DC Comics must choose sides in what could be the final battle of them all

PREACHER BOOK 5 by GARTH ENNIS & STEVE DILLION

Writer Garth Ennis’s violent, scabrous journey across America’s religious landscape continues in this fifth hardcover volume.Preacher Jesse Custer’s dark journey to find God, accompanied by his gun-toting girlfriend and Irish vampire buddy, continues as Jesse becomes the sheriff of a troubled Texas town. Then, he decides it’s high time to renew his quest to find God and hold him accountable for all of his actions. But before he can continue down that path, he must reunite with his girlfriend, Tulip. 

EX MACHINA 6: POWER DOWN by BRIAN K. VAUGHAN & TONY HARRIS 

Spin City and The West Wing meet Batman in this gripping superhero graphic novel series by the award-winning writer of Y: The Last Man, Brian K. Vaughan.A mysterious new visitor arrives in New York City, with powers that may be connected to superhero mayor Mitchell Hundred's - just as Hundred's own abilities shut down during an extended citywide blackout! Can the mayor manage the ensuing chaos, keep his family safe from an apparent madman, and deal with new revelations about the nature of his barely-comprehended powers?

ASTRO CITY: PRIVATE LIVES by KURT BUSIEK & BRENT ANDERSON

When you're the Silver Adept, one of Astro City's newest and most powerful mystic heroes, your life is full of magic, battle, demons, apocalypses and more. When you're the Adept's personal assistant, though, life gets really weird. A look at the woman behind the hero.

ADVENTURE TIME: SEEING RED & GRAYBLES SCHMAYBLES by KATE LETH, ZACK STERLING & MEREDITH McCLAREN 

Marceline has to go back home for a family reunion. Normally, she would skip out but it turns out she left her axe behind the last time she was there. With the help of Jake the dog, Marceline hopes this trip won’t be a complete drag. Little does she know, her dad has made some decisions while she’s been away and this visit is going to be a roller coaster of family, friends, and communication!

THE SWORN SWORD by GEORGE R. R. MARTIN

The Sworn Sword is a novella by George R. R. Martin that first appeared in the Legends II anthology series. This is the second in the series of Dunk and Egg stories.

EXPLORING CALVIN AND HOBBES by BILL WATTERSON

Exploring Calvin and Hobbes is the catalogue for an exhibition by the same name at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library Museum at Ohio State University that ran in 2014. The exhibit is Bill Watterson's personal exploration of how the wonder of Calvin and Hobbes came to be. It includes original art of Calvin and Hobbes, along with Watterson's original commentary. The show also includes art from cartoons and cartoonists that Watterson has identified as influential in the development of his art, including Peanuts, Pogo, Krazy Kat, Doonesbury, Pat Oliphant, Jim Borgman, Flash Gordon, Bloom County, and Steadman. The book also includes an extensive, original interview with Watterson by Jenny Robb, the exhibition's curator.

DEADPOOL: VOL 1 & 2 by BRIAN POSEHN, GERRY DUGGAN & TONY MOORE

Dead former United States presidents, from George Washington to Gerald Ford, have been resurrected--and that's bad. The Marvel heroes can't be the ones to stop them...someone is needed with the reputation, skills and plausible deniability to take out these com-monsters in chiefs.


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DVDS OUT TODAY

THE CAT EMPIRE

DISC ONE Welcome to the SIDNEY MYER MUSIC BOWL MELBOURNE where the weather is perfect, the stage is set, the lights, sound and production are second to none, and Harry has worn a gold tapestry suit for the occasion. This special concert event features THE CAT EMPIRE along with THE EMPIRE HORNS, THE EMPIRICAL STRINGS (4 piece string section), Sergio Ercole guest guitar, NOMADIC FUNK - four incredible hip-hop dancers dancing up a storm, and a troupe of FLAMENCO musicians and dancers who bring their elegance and passion to the stage. DISC TWO We take you where the fans are dying to go - backstage with The Cat Empire. A special behind the scenes view with Will (drummer) and Ryan (Bass) who give you guided tours of life on the road, including tour buses, a rangers view (they are the rangers!) of bears in Canada, and what Glastonbury Festival is really like - dirt and all. This disc also features highlights from a selection of other shows the band has performed in recent years, and rare ..

THE BOOK THIEF

While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. In the basement of her home, a Jewish refugee is being sheltered by her adoptive parents.

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

Banksy is a graffiti artist with a global reputation. Fiercely guarding his anonymity to avoid prosecution, Banksy has so far resisted all attempts to be captured on film. "Exit Through the Gift Shop" tells the incredible true story of how an eccentric French shop keeper turned documentary maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy, only to have the artist turn the camera back on its owner with spectacular results. The film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Invader and many of the worlds most infamous graffiti artists at work, on walls and in interviews. As Banksy describes it, "It's basically the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed!"

MADMEN: SEASON 6

A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.

NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK

THE INDISPENSABLE CALVIN AND HOBBES by BILL WATTERSON

 They're back: Calvin, the six-year-old dirty tricksmeister and master of indignation and his warm, cuddly philosopher sidekick, Hobbes. A tiger whose idea of adventure is to lie on his back by the fire and have his stomach rubbed. In six short years this unlikely duo has captured the hearts, the minds, and, most of all, the funny bones of America. They are the most phenomenal success story in syndication - and publishing - history. In only six years, they appear in more than 2,100 newspapers worldwide, and Calvin and Hobbes wins as many readership polls as Calvin has excesses. All seven of Bill Watterson's collections have sold a million copies within a year of publication. This treasury collection contains a never-before-published full-color section, as well as the cartoons appearing in 'The Revenge of the Baby-Sat' and 'Scientific Progress Goes "Boink."' All Sunday cartoons are presented full-page and full-color.

SOPPY by PHILIPPA RICE

 The wildly popular web comic SOPPY--with more than half a million notes on Tumblr--is the illustrated love story of author Philippa Rice and her real-life boyfriend. True love isn't always about the big romantic gestures. Sometimes it's about sympathizing with someone whose tea has gone cold or reading together and sharing a quilt. When two people move in together, it soon becomes apparent that the little things mean an awful lot. The throwaway moments in life become meaningful when you spend them in the company of someone you love.

SOPPY is Philippa Rice's collection of comics and illustrations based on real-life moments with her boyfriend. From grocery shopping to silly arguments and snuggling in front of the television, SOPPY captures the universal experience of sharing a life together, and celebrates the beauty of finding romance all around us.

 ZEN PENCILS by GAVIN AUNG THAN

Zen Pencils is an exciting and unique new comic form that takes inspirational and famous quotations and adapts them into graphic stories.

From icons like Confucius, Marie Curie, and Henry David Thoreau, to Presidents Theodore Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge, to contemporary notables like Ira Glass, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Neil Gaiman---their words are turned into sometimes heartwarming, sometimes sobering stories by cartoonist Gavin Aung Than.

Be inspired, motivated, educated, and laugh as you read famous words as never before!