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2023 ALBERTA BOOK PUBLISHING AWARDS 'BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR' WINNER 2023 NORTHWORDS NWT 'YOUNG ADULT BOOK OF THE YEAR' WINNER A story spanning the globe both imaginary and real, King Warrior celebrates the turbulent glory of childhood while encouraging the reader to reconnect with that rich inner palace of youthful imagination that ultimately holds the key to our freedom. Living in different worlds and separated by an ocean, a father and son try to stay connected through the power of imagination as their distanced lives pull them further apart.
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Available now Collecting the latest and funniest of Bogart Creek, Derek Evernden’s laugh out loud funny single-panel comics of absurd and dark humour. If life scares the hell out of you one minute and cracks you up the next, you’ll feel right at home in Bogart Creek.
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Genghis Con is the story of guilt-ridden grifter, Alexis, who seeks redemption for herself and justice for her sister, Abigail, by taking part in a win or die rally race from England into the mountains of Mongolia. Along the way, she must team up with her erstwhile lover and fend off attacks from parties unknown, including one particularly ruthless gangster. Meanwhile, the spirit of a mysterious Mongol warrior haunts Alexis on her journey.
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Someone is stringing up blood drained corpses across the city, in what appear to be ritual killings, leaving the cops scrambling for answers before more bodies pile up. Meanwhile, Sun, a young woman recently added to the ranks of the blood sucking undead, feeds her hunger and rage on the men she feels deserve her wrath. Along with the police, more than one legendary vampire has their sights set on her too. A tale of blood, monsters, and those that walk amongst them seeking to help us all. ISBN: 9781988903705
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ALBERTA PUBLISHING AWARDS BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL SHORTLIST 2021 Awkward Pause is an anthology collection from Ryan Harby’s popular online comic series Honey Dill. Softcover - 168 pages ISBN: 9781989754023
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ALBERTA PUBLISHING AWARDS BEST CHILDREN'S AND YA SHORTLIST 2021 ALBERTA PUBLISHING AWARDS BEST BOOK ILLUSTRATION SHORTLIST 2021
ABC Monstrosity is a freaky-fun book designed to thrill adults and kids alike with pages that teach and delight all at once. As each new letter is introduced with a drawing of a familiar object or animal, the previous ones are continuously combined to create bizarre and creative monstrosities. Featuring beautifully hand coloured drawings, ABC Monstrosity includes a zany glossary featuring fascinating scientific facts augmented with humour.
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AVAILABLE NOW You know their name, you know their music, but do you know their story? Everyone’s favourite blood spewing alien band return to comics in an all new 96 page graphic novel.
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Prince Jack's days are numbered. Surrounded by criminals, assassins, knaves, and usurpers, everyone is out to get him, and that's just members of his own court. For centuries, The Four Kingdoms, the Hearts, Clubs, Diamonds, and Spades, waged war upon each other. To stem the bloodshed, the Four of a Kind, an order of wise and holy men, were entrusted to keep the peace at any cost. But the wheels of war are turning once more...
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AVAILABLE NOW BPAA Best Illustrated Book Of The Year Award Winner A touching and tender graphic novel following Ed, a reserved man dealing with dementia in a small, northern-Canadian town. As Ed’s memory declines he loses touch with the present and revisits a past he chose to forget. A queer, romantic-tragedy.
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One of England’s most famous folk stories introduces readers to the terrifying Black Shuck, the mythic beast that inspired Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic Sherlock Holmes story, The Hound of the Baskervilles. Written by Mark Allard-Will, art by Ryan Howe and Elaine M. Will Graphic novel - 80 pages - softcover
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Collecting the best of Bogart Creek, Derek Evernden’s laugh out loud funny, single-panel comics of absurd and dark humour. Similar in style to The Far Side, Bogart Creek is the laugh out loud book you've been waiting for.
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Necromantic is a love story disguised as a supernatural action thriller, proving that not even death is enough to stop true love. Story by Lovern Kindzierski and artwork by Geof Isherwood, David Ross and Chris Chuckry.
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A slick and sleazy chat show host gets more than he bargained for when he channels an ancient source of evil, unleashing terror and carnage upon the world. ISBN: 978-0986820045 Pages: 136
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'Investigating the forgotten corners of our world, one monster at a time.' The first trade paperback in this highly praised comic book series. Featuring the first 4 comic issues, the prologue comic strip (as seen in USA Today), plus a new origin story 'The Trouble With Harry.' 128 pages.
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'Burns was loved as a lyricist, farmer and even as a ladies' man. Now prepare to meet Burns, scourge of all evil and witch hunter in training!' ISBN: 9780992150853 Pages: 96
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The second trade paperback in this highly praised comic book series is here. 'Investigating the forgotten corners of our world, one monster at a time.' Gordon Rennie, PJ Holden, Steven Denton and Jim Campbell return to campus with the next instalment of cryptozoological adventure. Sabbaticals picks up after the events of Monsterology 101, with several team members pursuing their own agendas following their near miss with apocalyptic catastrophe in China and the South Pacific. ISBN: 9781987825015 Pages: 128
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Faith and facts collide on a Creationist-themed golf course when the daughter of a widowed creationist falls for the adopted son of a gay paleontologist. Unbeknownst to the lovers, a prehistoric dino-shark has emerged from hibernation, leaving a trail of death and destruction. Will the creationist and paleontologist settle their ideological differences or will Sharkasaurus devour them all? -
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Jeremy Knowles is a 17-year-old outcast who dreams of being a great artist. But when he suffers a severe mental breakdown brought on by bullying and other pressures at school, his future is called into question — as is his very existence! Can he survive the experience through the healing power of art? And just what does it mean to be "crazy," anyway? -
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The turmoil of the Great Depression galvanized Canadians to rise up and fight for improved labour conditions, social equality and universal healthcare. In the frontier city of Calgary, Holly Burnside and Brian Mah get involved with the founding of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation, the first national party dedicated to the needs of workers and farmers. Written by James Davidge, art by Bob Prodor and Nick Johnson, cover, lettering and design by Ryan Ferrier graphic novel - 80 pages - Full colour - softcover
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AVAILABLE NOW In the new book in the acclaimed Shame series, Hope has to deal with the corruption of a trusted friend and ally, whilst also fighting her way through the horrific monsters that bar her way back to Cradle. Her innocence and resolve is put to the test as she faces the fury of Shame’s evil acolytes. Book 5 in the successful and acclaimed Shame series following the ultimate story of mother-daughter conflict.
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WINNER OF THE DOUG WRIGHT 'EGGHEAD' AWARD FOR BEST KID'S BOOK 2021 ALBERTA PUBLISHING AWARDS BEST CHILDREN'S AND YA SHORTLIST 2021 VLA GRAPHIC NOVEL DIVERSITY AWARD 2021 HONOUR LIST Marcus is an enthusiastic boy, but when ridiculed at school, he begins to feel that his best efforts are second rate. His confidence already low, Marcus suffers a serious, virus-induced, brain injury. While in the hospital, and with the help of fellow patient Emily, Marcus learns to embrace the reality of who he is. "A powerful and honest story that goes to places other, more sanitized narratives, do not. It is an important book." - Mike Donachie, Toronto Star ISBN: 9781988903767
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This triumphant final volume of Spinechillers begins with Doug's well-researched insights into the stories and their authors.
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Volume 12 begins with Doug's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by H.P. Lovecraft's haunting tale of an old man and his violin, as well as a classic tale by Charles Dickens. The volume closes with one of Poe's well-regarded poems, Dreamland.
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Volume 11 begins with Doug's well-researched insight into the stories and their authors. This is followed by Edgar Allan Poe’s highly acclaimed gothic romance "Ligeia", Ambrose Bierce's haunting "A Fruitless Assignment", H. P. Lovecraft's dark and disturbing "Pickman's Model", Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's sinister masterpiece "Blue John Gap", and more.
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Volume 10 launches with Doug's well researched insight into the stories and their authors, this is followed by HP Lovecraft's evocative tale of exploration 'The Strange High House in the Mist'. Next we hear Ambrose Bierce's truly chilling 'A Diagnosis of Death', and Jeffery Combs reads Edgar Allan Poe's classic revenge tale 'The Cask of Amontillado'. Disc 2 presents us with Rudyard Kipling's tale of ghosts 'They', before disc 3 takes us down into Arthur Conan Doyle's 'New Catacomb' in his tale of a heartbroken lover's revenge. Jeffery Combs brings us part 3 of Herbert West Reanimator, and Robert Englund rounds off this volume with his sublime reading of Edgar Allan Poe's poem 'The Sleeper'.
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Volume 9 launches with "The Ash Tree", M.R. James' insight into an enigmatic woman and her rituals around this mysterious tree. A lost world of ancient evil is explored in Lovecraft's The Nameless City finished off with Poe's classic poem Alone.
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New Guest reader Jeff 'Reanimator' Combs kicks off Lovecrafts Herbert West six part series with From the Dark. Poe gives us a voyage of damnation and Bierce takes the werewolf myth in an unfamiliar direction.
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Ambrose Bierce plays with time in The Suitable Surroundings, you may think twice before air travel after Doyle's A Horror of the Heights and bringing you a new author with Arthur Machen's The Bowmen.
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Special guest Robert 'Freddy Krueger' Englund reads Ambrose Bierce's mesmerizing short story An Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge with Doug at the helm of a tale that will leave you in fear of walking the streets alone, The Mark of the Beast.
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Having kicked off the Mummy genre Arthur Conan Doyle's masterpiece, Lot No. 249, simply speaks for itself. In its 80+ minute wake you can experience and end with Poe's heartbreaking poem, For Annie.
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Volume 4 is a feast for crows with such tales as Lost Hearts, The Damned thing, Poe's poem A Dream Within a Dream and a man's descent into depraved madness with his Black Cat to keep him company.
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Taking you into the realm of greed revenge and grave robbing, Volume 3 presents a plethora of all time greats, with M.R. James, WW Jacobs and Robert Louis Stevenson.
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A tomb, your dream woman, a ring and portrait are the focal points surrounding the four classic stories from Volume 2 of Doug Bradley's Spinechillers.
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