Frank Carlson Library

Hex: a magic spell; a curse. Sometimes, things don’t work out. Sometimes, you wonder what exactly it is you’ve done to wind up in the trouble you’re in. Sometimes, it feels like you’re cursed. Taking place in the same universe (The Hexiverse) there diverse stories will unnerve and disorientate you. They are tales that happen to the everyday people, your neighbours or your family, perhaps even your best friend, and you’d never know it was...

When Josh Glass is abducted in the night, journalist, Lina Santos, must delve into Stonebridge's underbelly to uncover what happened to him. Corrupt institutions, apathetic police and an uncaring system stand between her and the terrifying truth. Someone, or something, is stealing the city's children. 148 pages of suspense, action and drama as our heroes battle this supernatural terror.

Connie misses her son, and her marriage is falling apart. Empty with grief, she barely lives an existence. Then, she is visited by two demons, one a messenger, the other, something else entirely...

Lee arrives at a nursing home in the middle of nowhere. When he looks for help, he is met by Greta, a 101 year old resident. This is no ordinary home, however, and both Lee and Greta have some unfinished business inside...

The most critically acclaimed comic of the last five years introduces its second helping of deluxed-ness: THE SUNDAE EDITION, VOL. 2! Collecting another 12 issues (plus some more) of the bestselling anthology comic ICE CREAM MAN, this oversized hardcover features standalone stories that manage to push the boundaries of the comics medium while also telling emotionally compelling yarns. From a comic that's a perfect palindrome (it can be read first-to-last...

The cartoon WuMo celebrates life's absurdity and bittersweet ironies, holding up a funhouse mirror to our modern world and those who live in it. Thanks to its delightful artwork and irreverent humor, this hilarious comic by writer Mikael Wulff and illustrator Anders Morgenthaler has grown from an underground sensation to one of the biggest and most popular strips in Europe.WuMo's inventiveness is reminiscent of their countryman Hans Christian Andersen--if...

This third issue of MOME will include the following: John Pham's "221 Sycamore Street," presented in a unique three-color process and design that recalls the classic strip Gasoline Alley; Paul Hornschemeier's "Life with Mr. Dangerous," a full-color narrative about a young woman who struggles to define a life outside of the example her mother provides, spending far too much time watching a cartoon called "Mr. Dangerous"; and David Heatley (Deadpan,...

More than 60 female comics' creators share their personal experiences with sexual violence and harassment through new and original comics. Inspired by the global #MeToo Movement, Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival is a collection of original, nonfiction comics drawn by more than 60 female cartoonists from around the world. Featuring such noted creators as Emil Ferris, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, MariNaomi, Liana...

Billy continues to wake in the same hotel bed, but his mind is jumbled about exactly how he got there. He's avoiding a phone call, but who's on the other end, and who's the woman in the hotel room with him?

This accessible, reasonably priced, quarterly anthology runs approximately 120 pages per volume and spotlights a cast of a dozen of today's most exciting cartoonists. Mome is quickly earning a reputation as one of the premier literary anthologies on the market, and the only one comprised entirely of comics. Hightlights of the seventh and eighth volumes include: the concluding chapters of Lewis Trondheim's "At Loose Ends," an autobiographical diary...