New Releases by J. Torres

Because working together is a great way to handle things! Scarecrow tries to scarehis way into Gotham’s hearts, but Shaggy and Scooby just can’t get any more afraid.A giant problem at the Finger Memorial Museum requires everyone’s bravery andsmarts to conquer, and a convention appearance prevents the Bat-Family fromappearing at the Wayne Foundation’s Heroes Gala, so Mystery Inc. fills in! Villainstake over local garages, the library, and the opera house…but teaming up saves theday every time.

They’re BROTHERS. They’re ROBOTS. They’re BROBOTS! When BIG problems come to Brotown, Joukei, Kouro, and Panchi team up to save the day! From a kaiju kerfuffle, some mecha malarkey, and lots of shoujo shenanigans, these bro-fessionals can take on any challenge. From award-winning author J. Torres (Teen Titans Go, Lola: A Ghost Story) and illustrator Sean Dove (Fried Rice) comes the timeless action-packed adventure about the power of teamwork and enduring friendship! Now collected in one big book with new bonus content, get with the bro-gram and read all three Brobots stories!

After a massive breakout at Arkham Asylum, Batman and his team are on a mission to bring all the escapees back. First on the list is Clayface! Using social media, Batgirl taps into an informal network to track Clayface throughout the city. This inspires Penny-One to create a more organized network of informants and spies called Knightwatch! Batman: Knightwatch collects Batman: Knightwatch issues #1-10!

Firefly exacts revenge on the people who ruined his movie career and put him in jail by setting buildings on fire across the city. Batman has to figure out who is on Firefly’s list to predict where he will strike next.

A gripping graphic novel that tells a boy’s experience in a WWII Japanese internment camp, and the lessons that baseball teaches him. Sandy Saito is a happy boy who’s obsessed with baseball — especially the Asahi team, the pride of his community. But when the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor, his life, like that of every North American of Japanese descent, changes forever. Forced to move to a remote internment camp, he and his family cope as best they can. And though life at the camp is difficult, Sandy finds solace in baseball, where there’s always the promise of possibilities. Through his experience, Sandy comes to realize that life is a lot like baseball. It’s about dealing with whatever is thrown at you, however you can. And it’s about finding your way home.

Raven’s bummed her teammates are trying to hire a magic user…is she about to be kicked off the team?! Not if her “Disappearing Act” is successful!

Learn the secret stories and hidden pasts of your favorite Rick and Morty characters in Oni Press's new quarterly series of one-shots: RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS! In this first issue, J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!, The Mighty Zodiac) teams up with Rick and Morty series artist CJ Cannon to explore the twisted and bombastic history of THE VINDICATORS in an all-out superhero comics extravaganza. Read in amazement as the superhero team travels through dimensions to recruit other heroes to defeat a villain of their own making. Gasp in shock and awe as the plot twists and previously irrelevant characters revive from the dead! Frown in frustration as you forget the complicated backstory of suddenly important mythic items! And most of all... WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB!

Learn the secret stories and hidden pasts of your favorite Rick and Morty characters in Oni Press''s RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS! These 4 oversized comics, collected here for the first time, focus on fan-favorite characters and storylines, with writing and art from today''s top talent! Each story is illustrated by series artist CJ Cannon, with Nick Filardi and Brittany Peer. From writer J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!, BroBrots), delve into the secret history of THE VINDICATORS! Writer Daniel Mallory Ortberg (co-founder of THE TOAST) tells the tale of KROMBOPULOS MICHAEL, the professional assassin who just loves killin''. Writer Magdalene Visaggio (KIM & KIM, ETERNITY GIRL) wonders if it matters that Sleepy Gary''s a mind-altering parasite, if it makes Jerry...happy? And writer Delilah S. Dawson reimagines the Emmy award-winning episode Pickle Rick.

Perfect for reluctant readers, this third volume in the Brobots series can be read as a standalone or as part of the complete series! The BroBots return in another thrilling, top-billing adventure—with cousins Mary Ann-droid and Barbara Ann-droid in tow! What should be a routine trip to the moon to see pop sensation Starlite quickly turns to disaster when the BroBots discover her in a deep sleep! Waking up is hard to do, but the BroBots are experts at going by the book. But where''s the book that tells them how to defeat the giant, evil moon monster putting everyone to sleep? Against their biggest, baddest foe yet, do the BroBots—and their cousins—stand a chance?

ÒTHANAGARIANS AT THE GATE!Ó Forewarned by Dream Girl, Brainiac 5 knows that in order to keep the LegionnairesÕ flight rings out of the hands of Thanagarian space pirates, they will have to first give them over to them.

ÒFAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.Ó Computer chaos hits New Metropolis, crippling the high-tech city and throwing the Legion into the Dark Ages as communications crash, starships collide and magic takes over! Brainiac 5 has to prove that science is stronger than sorcery...but will he have to give up his place in the Legion to do it?

ÒMARS.Ó With the Man of Steel a thousand years away, Brainiac 5 takes the time to complete his records of SupermanÕs time with the Legion, including a never-before-seen adventure on Mars. One of SupermanÕs future allies has a legacy at stakeÑcan the Legion help Superman set it right?

Learn the secret stories and hidden pasts of your favorite Rick and Morty characters in Oni Press''s new quarterly series of one-shots: RICK AND MORTY PRESENTS! In this first issue, J. Torres (Teen Titans Go!, The Mighty Zodiac) teams up with Rick and Mor

The Brobots are back in another mecha action meets Mother Goose mash-up! This time they''re up against the Semisweet ChocoWitch of Crime Brûlée Mountain and her crumby criminal cohorts. Take a half cup of Power Rangers with a tablespoon of Powerpuff Girls and add a dash of Voltron for a recipe we''re calling Brobots and the Mecha Malarkey!

Collects the first six issues of the fantasy and fable adventure, The Mighty Zodiac! One dark and quiet night in Gaya, six stars fall from the sky. Master Long, the ailing leader of the Mighty Zodiac, sends his warriors out to collect the stars before the Moon Rabbit Army can get their paws on them first. If the Rabbits get the stars, the balance of nature—and the fate of all of Gaya—will be in danger. But Long''s plans to use the stars to "cure" his illness may be just as dangerous—and bring an end to the Mighty Zodiac itself.

Big Blue meets Little Blue! Jaime Reyes tries to surrender himself to the local S.T.A.R Labs with disastrous results! This looks like a job for Superman!

Ho has arrived at Twilight’s Bastion with a star, but it’s… done something to him. As Hess and the others watch over him, Ho relives key moments from his past, including his friendship with Rang—and Rang’s betrayal.

Based on the hit Cartoon Network series! The greatest team of the under-eighteen set returns for another round of major league mayhem against the forces of chaos and destruction! Join Robin, Beast Boy, Raven, Cyborg and Starfire as they fight for right in six titanic tales! Blackfire and Starfire race to see who’s best. Hypnotic clothes. Robot Titans. Aqualad has a gillfriend. Terra rocks with the team. Magical mayhem ensues. The teen superheroes from Jump City tackle all this and more in this exciting all-ages graphic novel, collecting TEEN TITANS GO! #7-12.

The Unlucky Four finally arrive at Twilight’s Bastion, where they find that Master Long is in even worse condition than they feared. And they are still starless! Meanwhile, the other members of the Mighty Zodiac face multiple obstacles in their journey to Twilight’s Bastion. Will any of them make it in time to see Master Long alive?

They’re too young to drive, but not too young to save the world! The world’s hottest heroes-Robin, Beast Boy, Raven, Cyborg and Starfire-are here to show you how it’s done, Titan-style, in these six fantastic fables. Villainous video games. Dodo-hunting aliens. Heroic self-esteem issues. Super-dating. Monstrous zits. Super-sibling squabbles. The teen superheroes from Jump City tackle it all in this exciting all-ages graphic novel, collecting issues #1-6 of their first comic book appearances.

Includes instructions for how to teach a child to read comics.

Spring in high school brings a whole new set of challenges for feisty freshman Jinx—more tests, new sports, and anticipation for summer. But more frightening to Jinx than anything else is the dreaded school dance... and to make matters worse, this one is girls' choice! That means Jinx's friends Charley and Greg are competing to be her date, as if the very thought of dancing wasn't awkward enough. And on the home front, Jinx is faced with even more changes when her usually distant mom suddenly wants to be BFFs. As Jinx deals with questions of female identity and growing up, and as rules and relationships become more complicated, one thing remains the same: Jinx means bad luck to anyone who gets in the way of getting her way! A story told with great wit, humor, heart, and style—you'll fall in love with the realistic and uplifting story of Jinx: Little Miss Steps. An original graphic novel.

The book aims to provide an unifying view of a variety (a 'zoo') of mathematical models with some kind of singular nonlinearity, in the sense that it becomes infinite when the state variable approaches a certain point. Up to 11 different concrete models are analyzed in separate chapters. Each chapter starts with a discussion of the basic model and its physical significance. Then the main results and typical proofs are outlined, followed by open problems. Each chapter is closed by a suitable list of references. The book may serve as a guide for researchers interested in the modelling of real world processes.

Cousin Eerie is plumbing the depths of disgustingness while voyaging through the spooky stratosphere! Join J. Torres, Larry Hama, Alexander Perkins, and others, as they seek out loathsome life and sickening civilizations, boldly going where no horror comic has gone before! A lesson in how to do a good old fashioned horror short properly. It has everything you need.� Geeked Out Nation

When Joey joins the school soccer team, he finally begins to feel like a normal kid, especially since he doesn''t need to use his food-fueled superpowers to score goals. All that changes with the star players of a rival team – two terrible twins who excel at cheating! If Joey used his superpowers, he could teach the twins a lesson. But that would be cheating... wouldn''t it?

Rufus has returned to Grammy''s for the weekend, and he''s brought along the wooden Q''achi totem he uncovered on his last visit. After setting out to find his pal Penny in the woods and losing his way, Rufus once again turns to the totem for help. Unfortunately, Talon and Beak, a pair of greedy ravens, are watching from the trees as Rufus uses the powerful totem to transform into Bigfoot Boy. Imagining ?the things we could do with that totem,? Talon decides his flock of ravens must steal the totem. Though Rufus and Penny desperately try to thwart their plans, the ravens are tricky, deceitful and determined to do whatever it takes to get what they want. Will Rufus, Penny and their squirrel friend, Sidney, find themselves outsmarted by a bunch of birds? This is the second book in the terrifically entertaining trilogy of graphic novels by award-winning author J. Torres. Here, the mystery surrounding the totem deepens as readers learn of its origins and Rufus''s connection to its creator. The artwork by the renowned Faith Erin Hicks is rich with depictions of the Pacific Northwest landscape and its legends and mythology, which underlie and set the tone for the premise of the series. These books work well for teaching environmental awareness, as saving the woods from development becomes a central mission for Rufus and Penny. There are also important lessons to be gleaned on solving problems and on forming and maintaining friendships.

The high contrast, patterned art in these board books has been especially designed for babies and tots. Checkers and Dot on the Farm follows Checkers and Dot to the farm, where they meet some animal friends and learn some new animal sounds.

The high contrast, patterned art in these board books has been especially designed for babies and tots. Checkers and Dot at the Beach invites us to follow along with Checkers and Dot as they explore the beach, counting as they go.

Someone has abducted the Doom Patrol, a legion of weird heroes, and is up to Batman to solve the mystery and rescue them.