We are deep into the Christmas shopping season and while some people are ahead of the game, if you are like us we are still trying to find the right gifts for our family and friends.
As you are shopping you might be wondering what to get the comic book readers on your shopping list and we are here to help. We have compiled a list of 20 different comic series that would make excellent comic book gifts!
Nailbiter Compendium
(W) Joshua Williamson (A) Mike Henderson
Sixteen of the world’s most notorious serial killers were all born and raised in Buckaroo, Oregon, the worst and most infamous being Edward Charles Warren-the Nailbiter! What is happening in this small town to create so many serial killers?
Joshua Williamson & Mike Henderson deliver a mystery that mixes Twin Peaks with the horror of Se7en! Fans of Gideon Falls, Something is Killing the Children, and The Walking Dead will enjoy this bloody drama! This compendium collects the entirety of the original critically acclaimed hit thriller in one massive package.
Collects Nailbiter #1-30 and Nailbiter-Hack/Slash #1.
Revival Compendium
(W) Tim Seeley (A) Mike Norton
Binge-read this classic series before the adaptation airs on SyFy next year! The beautiful “farm noir” that puts a new twist on the zombie genre, now collected for the first time in one complete paperback volume.For one day in rural central Wisconsin, the dead came back to life. Now, it’s up to Officer Dana Cypress to deal with the media scrutiny, religious zealots, and government quarantine that has come with them. In a town where the living have to learn to deal with those who are supposed to be dead, Officer Cypress must solve the brutal murder of her own sister. Now everyone, alive or undead, is a suspect, while Em Cypress, murder victim, keeps getting in Dana’s way.
The sell-out hit series created by New York Times bestselling author Tim Seeley and Eisner-winning artist Mike Norton is collected in this Image Compendium featuring Revival #1-47, the Free Comic Book Day short story, the crossover with Chew, a Jenny Frison cover gallery, plus many behind-the-scenes bonuses and other features.
Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees Vol. 1
(W) Patrick Horvath (A) Patrick Horvath
Don’t. Murder. The locals. This is small-town serial killer, upstanding citizen, and adorable brown bear Samantha Strong’s cardinal rule. After all, there’s a sea of perfectly ripe potential victims in the big city just beyond the forest, and when you’ve worked as hard as Sam to build a cozy life and a thriving business in a community surrounded by friendly fellow animal folk, warm decor, and the aroma of cedar trees and freshly baked apple pie… the last thing you want is to disturb the peace. So you can imagine her indignation when one of Woodbrook’s own meets a grisly, mysterious demise-and you wouldn’t blame her for doing anything it takes to hunt down her rival before the town self-destructs and Sheriff Patterson starts (literally) barking up the wrong tree.
Something is Killing the Children Book One Deluxe Edition
(W) James Tynion IV (A) Werther Dell’Edera
Children in a sleepy Wisconsin town begin to go missing with most never returning, and those that do have disturbing stories of horrific creatures that live in the shadows.
There is one person that believes the children and claims to be the only who sees what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. This is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done.
Experience the critically acclaimed series by GLAAD Award-winning writer James Tynion IV (Department of Truth, Batman) and artist Werther Dell’Edera (Razorblades) like never before.
Collects Something is Killing the Children #1-15 in a single deluxe edition hardcover for the first time.
Secret Invasion
(W) Brian Michael Bendis (A) Leinil Francis Yu
Who do you trust? The shape-shifting alien race known as the Skrulls has secretly infiltrated every super-powered organization on Earth with one goal: full-scale invasion! Now, the invasion is here! The Marvel Universe is in shambles. The Skrull Empire’s plan has birthed itself into perfection. It is hero vs. hero! Resurrections and reunions! Is Tony Stark a Skrull? Page after page unveils reveal after reveal and shocking moment after shocking moment! Brian Bendis and Leinil Francis Yu leap off the pages of mega-hit New Avengers and deliver a story that will forever alter the Marvel Universe! EXPECT CHANGE!
Collecting Secret Invasion #1-8.
The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
(W) Cormac McCarthy (A) Manu Larcenet
The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with their humanity intact in a post-apocalyptic wasteland where Earth’s natural resources have been diminished, and some survivors are left to raise others for meat, The Road is one of Cormac McCarthy‘s bleakest and most prescient novels. This first official graphic novel adaptation of McCarthy’s work is illustrated by acclaimed French cartoonist Manu Larcenet, who ably transforms the world depicted by McCarthy’s spare and brutal prose into stark ink drawings that add an additional layer to this haunting tale of family love and human perseverance.
Cormac McCarthy personally approved the making of this book before his death, and the adaptation bears the approval of the McCarthy estate.
I Hate Fairyland Vol. 1
(W) Skottie Young (A) Skottie Young
An Adventure Time/Alice in Wonderland-style epic that smashes its cute little face against grown-up, Tank Girl/Deadpool-esque violent madness. Follow Gert, a forty year old woman stuck in a six year old’s body who has been trapped in the magical world of Fairyland for nearly thirty years. Join her and her giant battle-axe on a delightfully blood-soaked journey to see who will survive the girl who HATES FAIRYLAND.
Collecting I Hate Fairyland #1-5.
Eight Billion Genies Deluxe Edition Vol. 1
(W) Charles Soule (A) Ryan Browne
If you had one wish…what would you wish for? What if everyone else on the planet had one wish too? That’s Eight Billion Genies.
Eight seconds after magical genies grant every person on earth one wish, the world is transformed forever…and that’s just the beginning!
From #1 New York Times-bestselling author Charles Soule (Undiscovered Country, Light of the Jedi) and superstar artist Ryan Browne (Curse Words, God Hates Astronauts) comes the most thought-provoking, hilarious, terrifying, and emotional ride of the year.
Collects Eight Billion Genies #1-8.
Marvel Super Graphic: A Visual Guide to the Marvel Comics Universe
(W) Tim Leong (A) Tim Leong
Marvel Super Graphic is a delightfully entertaining and fresh look at the Marvel comics universe through the mighty metrics of colorful infographics.
How many stomach-soothing tablets would Galactus need if he ate the Earth? Clobber versus smash: Who won each fight between the Thing and the Hulk? How worthy is each individual who has hefted Thor’s hammer? Which Marvel heroes play musical instruments? What’s on the Kingpin’s mind?
Author and designer Tim Leong has creatively visualized dozens of deep dive data points and witty “I wonder” subjects ranging from character speed rankings to the length Mister Fantastic can stretch before it hurts to the overlapping stories of the Spider-Verse. Through playful and informative pie charts, bar graphs, Venn diagrams, scatter plots, timelines, story arc guides, and more, Marvel Super Graphic shines a fun and fascinating new light on beloved comics, characters, and Marvel history.
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done?
(W) Harold Schechter (A) Eric Powell
One of the greats in the field of true crime literature, Harold Schechter (Deviant, The Serial Killer Files, Hell’s Princess), teams with five-time Eisner Award-winning graphic novelist Eric Powell (The Goon, Big Man Plans, Hillbilly) to bring you the tale of one of the most notoriously deranged serial killers in American history, Ed Gein.
Did You Hear What Eddie Gein Done? is an in-depth exploration of the Gein family and what led to the creation of the necrophile who haunted the dreams of 1950s America and inspired such films as Psycho, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre and The Silence of the Lambs.
Painstakingly researched and illustrated, Schechter and Powell’s true crime graphic novel takes the Gein story out of the realms of exploitation and gives the reader a fact-based dramatization of these tragic, psychotic and heartbreaking events. Because, in this case, the truth needs no embellishment to be horrifying.
The Beauty Vol. 1
(W) Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley (A) Jeremy Haun
Imagine a sexually transmitted disease that makes those infected better looking… a disease people want. That disease is real, and it’s called the Beauty. Two years after the Beauty burst onto the scene, over half of America is infected. Now, it looks like the downside may be far worse than anyone suspected. Detectives Vaughn and Foster find themselves on the front line of the battle against the Beauty, embroiled in a conspiracy they never knew existed.
Collects The Beauty #1-6.
Peacemaker Tries Hard
(W) Kyle Starks (A) Steve Pugh
Having earned his release from the Suicide Squad, Peacemaker wants to try to do normal superhero stuff for a change. Unfortunately everyone, including the bad guys, thinks he sucks at superhero stuff. But when busting up a terrorist ring introduces Christopher Smith to the cutest puppy to ever walk (awkwardly) on four legs, he finds the unconditional love he’s been de nied his whole life…until the dog is kidnapped by a super-villain with some very un-super-heroic plans for Peacemaker’s brand of ultraviolence. Will he help an unstable criminal steal the world’s most valuable–and dangerous– DNA? Honestly, Christopher’s pretty lonely, so it probably just depends on how nicely they ask…
This Land is Our Land: A Blue Beetle Story
(W) Julio Anta (A) Jacoby Salcedo
Jaime Reyes is an ordinary high school student in El Paso, Texas, with a deep love for his family, culture, and home, and loves nothing more than his neighborhood’s spontaneous gatherings that go late into the night. But lately, he’s begun to realize that he and his border community are being used as pawns in an increasingly toxic immigration debate. The last few months have seen armed troops deployed along the U.S. and Mexico border, manufactured crackdowns at official border crossings, and a mounting resentment among a group of disaffected and reactionary youth. Jaime’s problems get even more complicated when he finds an odd bug-like artifact while stargazing. He starts feeling a little different–like there’s another voice in his head pushing him toward his most base instincts. And to make matters worse, he’s been having surreal dreams that show him that the true threat El Paso faces isn’t illegal aliens but actual aliens known as the Reach. In fact, according to his dreams, Jaime is meant to pave the way for the Reach’s impending invasion!
Stray Dogs
(W) Tony Fleecs (A) Trish Forstner
It’s scary being the new dog.
In this suspenseful new series, readers meet Sophie, a dog who can’t remember what happened. She doesn’t know how she ended up in this house. She doesn’t recognize any of these other dogs. She knows something terrible happened, but she just…can’t…recall…Wait! Where’s her lady? Now Sophie has to figure out where she is, what’s happening, and how she’s going to survive this. They say there’s no such thing as a bad dog-just bad owners.
Stray Dogs is a heartbreakingly adorable suspense thriller by My Little Pony comic artists Tony Fleecs and Trish Forstner. It’s Lady and the Tramp meets Silence of the Lambs.
Collects Stray Dogs #1-5.
Feral Vol. 1
(W) Tony Fleecs (A) Trish Forstner
Meet Elsie, Lord Fluffy Britches, and Patch: three indoor cats lost in the not-so-great outdoors during a nightmarish rabies outbreak. Without their humans to protect them, the cats must find their way home without getting eaten by the zombie-like horde of beasts on their tails.
Collecting Feral #1-5 of the smash-hit ongoing series from the creators of Stray Dogs. Don’t get scratched. Don’t get bit. Don’t become… feral.
Transformers Vol. 1
(W) Daniel Warren Johnson (A) Daniel Warren Johnson
Optimus Prime was supposed to have led the Autobots to victory. Instead, the fate of Cybertron is unknown, and his allies have crash-landed far from home, alongside their enemies-the Decepticons. As these titanic forces renew their war on Earth, one thing is immediately clear: the planet will never be the same. New alliances are struck. Battle lines are redrawn. And humanity’s only hope of survival is Optimus Prime. Superstar creator Daniel Warren Johnson, alongside showrunner Robert Kirkman, reimagines Hasbro’s robots in disguise for a brand-new generation. Featuring a Direct Market Exclusive cover by Jonboy Meyers that will only be printed once.
Collects Transformers #1-6.
Civil War
(W) Mark Millar (A) Steve McNiven
Whose side are you on? A conflict is brewing that threatens to pit friend against friend, brother against brother and all it will take is a single misstep to cost thousands their lives and ignite the fuse! As the war claims its first victims, no one is safe as teams, friendships and families begin to fall apart and the Marvel Universe super heroes go to war against each other.
Collects Civil War #1-7.
Y: The Last Man Omnibus
(W) Brian K. Vaughan (A) Pia Guerra
In 2002, the world changes forever. Every man, every boy, every mammal with a Y chromosome everywhere on Earth suddenly collapses and dies. With the loss of nearly half the planet’s population, the gears of society grind to a halt, and a world of women are left to pick up the pieces and try to keep civilization from collapsing entirely.
The “gendercide,” however, is not absolutely complete. For some unknown reason, one young man named Yorick Brown and his pet male monkey, Ampersand, are spared. Overnight, this anonymous twenty-something becomes the most important person on the planet–the key, it is hoped, to unlocking the secret of the mysterious sex-specific plague.
For Yorick himself, the most important person on the planet is 10,000 miles away–and he will stop at nothing to find her. In setting off across the post-male landscape, however, man and monkey are about to learn just how valuable they are–both as a prize and as a target.
Collected for the first time in a single, comprehensive omnibus, writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Pia Guerra‘s Eisner Award-winning Vertigo series Y: The Last Man brings to vivid life the age-old speculation: What would really happen to the last man on Earth?
Collects Y: The Last Man #1-60 and a sketchbook featuring behind-the-scenes art by Guerra.
Lost Boy
(W) Jay Martin (A) Jay Martin
The comics debut of accomplished music video director Jay Martin in a beautiful and heartwarming tale of adversity and survival.
In the aftermath of a deadly car accident in the remote Wyoming wilderness, a young boy escapes as the sole survivor.
Stranded, freezing and without anyone around to help him, he struggles to stay alive as he attempts to find his way back to civilization. Along the way, through extreme tests of will, courage, and endurance, he discovers what it truly means to be tested, and learns that the secret to survival isn’t always what you think it is.
TRVE KVLT
(W) Scott Bryan Wilson (A) Liana Kangas
Marty Tarantella has been flipping burgers for 15 years. He has no kids, no hobbies, no love interests, and, essentially, no life. But what he does have is a plan to change everything. Years of watching the daily rhythms of the neighboring stores has given Marty the idea for a perfect heist, but when he accidentally steals a supernatural weapon from a cult full of violent lunatics, the resulting Satanic panic will be way above his minimum-wage pay grade. A strip mall heist, a satanic cult, and another lousy shift at a minimum wage job-grab a #2 with fries and settle in for a hilarious thrill ride!
