New Releases by Skottie Young

ItÕs the eve of the big 5-0 milestone issue... what kind of messed-up mischief will Gert and Larry get into before they become quinquagenarians (aka The Olds)??? Join SKOTTIE YOUNG, DEREK LAUFMAN, and the whole gang for a penultimate party the likes of which Fairyland has never seen!

SKOTTIE YOUNG—the New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award-winning writer of AIN’T NO GRAVE, TWIG, MIDDLEWEST, and many more—brings you another heaping helping of fairy tale violence. In this oversized deluxe hardcover collection with art by Brett Bean (MARVEL’S ROCKET AND GROOT), Gert wanders around Fairyland sticking her axe where it doesn’t belong on adventure after bloody adventure! Ultimately leading to a confrontation with a long-lost foe, who has raised an army of the dead to put Gert down once and for all… Collects issues #11-20 of I Hate Fairyland (2022).

Once you've mad-scienced your way to a Frank-like monstrosity, there's just one thing left to do... No, not make it a bride, that's gross. You gotta find it a friend! Skottie Young, Derek Laufman, and the IHF crew continue their gothic horror experiment in THE BFF OF GERTRUDENSTEIN!

The Fairyland adventures continue in the eighth volume of the wildly hilarious and bestselling series! The end of all MUFFIN FLUFFERS! Gert saved Fairyland from a monster infestation and is being celebrated by one and all. Okay, well...maybe not all. Deep below the Inferno, in the bowels of Hell, an old rival is gathering an army of the dead to put an end to our green-haired heroine... and she might need to assemble some familiar faces to avenge her (get it?). Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (Ain't No Grave, Twig) and artist BRETT BEAN (Marvel's Rocket and Root) return with a cataclysmic new volume of the hit fantasy series! Collects I HATE FAIRYLAND Vol. 2 issues #16-20.

The end of all MUFFIN FLUFFERS! Gert saved Fairyland from a monster infestation and is being celebrated by one and all. Okay, wellÉmaybe not all. Deep below the Inferno, in the bowels of Hell, an old rival is gathering an army of the dead to put an end to our green-haired heroineÉand she might need to assemble some familiar faces to avenge her (get it?).Ê Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG ( AIN'T NO GRAVE, TWIG ) and artist BRETT BEAN ( MarvelÕs Rocket and Root ) Êreturn with a cataclysmic new volume of the hit fantasy series! CollectsÊI HATE FAIRYLAND, Vol. 2 #16-20

Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG and TRANSFORMERS artist JORGE CORONAÑthe team behind the hit series MIDDLEWEST and THE ME YOU LOVE IN THE DARKÑare back with a brand-new genre-bending tale of love, loss, bullets, and death: AINÕT NO GRAVE! This Unforgiven-style journey is an original macabre Western/fantasy tale for mature readers, told through a Guillermo Del Toro-esque lens. Ryder put her violent past behind her when she fell in love and became a mother. But that was before she learned it was all going to be taken away. ItÕs not the first time Ryder has been wanted. She picks her guns back up and rides to the city at the edge of the world to kill the one trying to rob her of her lifeÉdeath. Collects AIN'T NO GRAVE #1-5 Select praise forÊAIN'T NO GRAVE: ÒA truly promising and potent slice of highly emotional, semi-magical western storytelling.Ó ÑAIPT ÒThe masterful storytelling combined with stellar artwork creates a synergy that elevates this comic above others.Ó ÑCapes & Tights ÒI love the comic panel coloring, each panel is detailed to each character.Ó ÑNerd Initiative

"HAPPY END GAME," Part Two of Five Happy leads the army of dead Gerts from Hell, through the Inferno and into Fairyland. Gert needs allies, so the King summons a legend from Kansas who's pretty familiar with fighting off WICKED forces! Who could it be? Maybe someone whoÕs into glittery footwear? Yellow Bricks? Any guesses?ÊÊ

The Fairyland adventures continue in the seventh volume of the wildly hilarious and bestselling series! Gert wanders around Fairyland sticking her axe where it doesnÕt belong on adventure after bloody adventure! Gert deals with Cloudia being in the real world instead of her, gets involved with the Billy Goats Gruff, has a movie made of her life in Fairyland, and has to transform into more of a monster than she already is to deal with an old problem! Collects I HATE FAIRYLAND issues #11-15

Ryder is aboard a riverboat where she must gamble her fate against the mysterious Madam Gates. If she plays her cards right, Death will be within her sights. If not, this will be her last trip down any river.

Ryder seeks out Death in the city of Cypress, but quickly realizes that Death is on the hunt for her as well. SheÕs a wanted woman and every bullet in this dark place is looking to put her in a grave.

Collects Strange Academy: Finals (2022) #1-6. The spellcasting students are ready to face their final exams! From day one, people have been wondering: Who is the savior of Strange Academy, and who can bring it all down? Prepare to find out as the students who have chosen to remain at the Academy must meet their biggest challenge yet! They've finally got a lead on Gaslamp and their missing friend - now all they have to do is fight and defeat the most terrifying villain they've ever known! The endgame is here, the future of Marvel magic is about to be decided, and students past and present will face a battle for their very souls! Skottie Young and Humberto Ramos reunite for the spellbinding climax of their Eisner Award-nominated saga!

MINISERIES PREMIERE A five-issue anthology series featuring Untold Tales based on Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG’s bestselling comic, I HATE FAIRYLAND, with stories written and drawn by a stellar lineup of creators. BULLY WARS co-creators SKOTTIE YOUNG and AARON CONLEY pit Gert against an uncouth barbarian in “Bruud the Brutal.” And in “Don’t Trust the P.I.G. in Apartment 23,” by DEAN RANKINE (Simpsons Comics, Invader Zim), Gert finds herself at the wrong end of a classic fairy tale.

Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (MIDDLEWEST, TWIG, THE ME YOU LOVE IN THE DARK) and artist BRETT BEAN (Marvel’s Rocket and Groot) bring back the hit comic I HATE FAIRYLAND! Everyone’s favorite green-haired, axe-wielding, crazed maniac returns in this Deadpool-meets-Alice-in-Wonderland-style adventure! Gert is all grown up and living in the real world. Times are tough, and the only job she’s qualified for has her trying to find her way back to the place she hates the most…Fairyland. Collects I HATE FAIRYLAND (2022) #1-5

In seinem neuen Job als Reisender – eine extrem verantwortungsvolle Position von schicksalsträchtiger Wichtigkeit – legt Twig keinen guten Start hin. Denn gleich am ersten Tag kommt er zu spät. Darum müssen er und sein Begleiter Splat sich ziemlich beeilen, ihre allererste Aufgabe zu erfüllen: Der Pfadsager wartet auf ein mysteriöses Objekt, einen leuchtenden, roten Stein, dessen Herkunft er feststellen soll. Als Twig und Splat beim Pfadsager ankommen, stellt sich allerdings heraus, dass dieser überraschenderweise verstorben ist. Zeit, die Dinge selbst in die Hand zu nehmen! Diese charmante Fantasy-Story von Skottie Young (»The Me You Love in the Dark«) führt uns in eine bezaubernd-abgefahrene Welt voller fantastischer Kreaturen und Technologien. Zeichner Kyle Strahm gelingt es, Youngs einzigartige Mischung aus warmherzigem Humor, absurden Charakteren und augenzwinkerndem Grusel in ebenso einzigartige Bilder zu fassen.

SERIES FINALE Our 12-issue celebration of Image’s 30th anniversary wraps up with an all-new SCIENCE DOG story by INVINCIBLE creators ROBERT KIRKMAN & CORY WALKER, a new tale of THE OLD GUARD by GREG RUCKA & LEANDRO FERNANDEZ, and a very special story by the late VINCENT KUKUA. Additionally, GEOFF JOHNS & ANDREA MUTTI bring us the conclusion of “The Blizzard,” BRENDEN FLETCHER & ERICA HENDERSON tie up “Red Stitches,” and PATRICK KINDLON & MAURIZIO ROSENZWEIG present the final installment of “Gehenna.” Plus! SKOTTIE YOUNG’s “Stupid Fresh Mess” and DEAN HASPIEL’s “Billy Dogma!”

END OF STORY ARC The band plays on as Gert finds her groove again and finally makes her way closer to Fairyland, where she’ll finish the mission VILLIANAIRE Walter Wiggins sent her on ages ago. There will be dragons slain, villages saved, and…a full song to listen to while following the action? Yeah, I just said that. Don’t miss this one! Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (MIDDLEWEST, TWIG, THE ME YOU LOVE IN THE DARK) and superstar artist BRETT BEAN (Marvel’s Rocket & Groot) return to I HATE FAIRYLAND for the end of a story arc—and a new beginning for Fairyland!

As we head toward the finish line with our all-star celebration of Image’s 30th anniversary, DAVID WALKER, CHUCK BROWN & SANFORD GREENE join in with an all-new BITTER ROOT short, JOHN LAYMAN & JOK premiere their new upcoming series IN HELL WE FIGHT, IVAN BRANDON & ANDY MacDONALDS reunite for a new NYC MECH tale, and JEFF BOISON teams up with ZOE THOROGOOD, TULA LOTAY, PAPER D, SIMON GANE & KATIE SKELLY for “WTFK, A Lyrical.” Plus: more of “The Blizzard” by GEOFF JOHNS & ANDREA MUTTI, “Red Stitches” by BRENDEN FLETCHER & ERICA HENDERSON, “Gehenna” by PATRICK KINDLON & MAURIZIO ROSENZWEIG, “Billy Dogma” by DEAN HASPIEL, and, of course, “Stupid Fresh Mess” by SKOTTIE YOUNG!

Gert continues her journey through the Inferno in search of the backdoor to Fairyland and finds herself stripped of, well…everything! NAKED and AFRAID, Gert is now a CASTAWAY in a strange land with no way back to civilization. Oh, I almost forgot—there’s a dope cliffhanger, too.

Following their encounter with the Horned Beast, adventurers Twig and Splat must figure out how to travel to the location of the final item! But with basically everything trying to kill them along the way, will they live long enough to get to the Moon? Part 4 of the new series from Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, MIDDLEWEST) and artist KYLE STRAHM (SPREAD, UNEARTH).

As they continue their quest for the gems that will hopefully save their world, Twig and Splat run afoul of the Trappers, a deadly group of hunters with nothing good on their minds. And the Trappers are not the only menace waiting for them along their way! Part three of the new limited series from Eisner Award-winning writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, MIDDLEWEST) and artist KYLE STRAHM (SPREAD, UNEARTH) brings the peril and keeps the adventure moving for our hapless heroes.

The celebration of Image Comics’ 30th anniversary continues! This issue features the latest installments of “The Blizzard” by GEOFF JOHNS & ANDREA MUTTI, “Red Stitches” by BRENDEN FLETCHER & ERIC HENDERSON, “Gehenna” by PATRICK KINDLON & MAURIZIO ROSENZWEIG, “Shift” by KYLE HIGGINS & DANIELE DI NICUOLO, and the final chapters of “Gospel for a New Century” by WYATT KENNEDY & LUANA VECCHIO, and Hopeless” by MIRKA ANDOLFO. Plus! An all-new RUMBLE short by JOHN ARCUDI & JAMES HARREN, WES CRAIG’s KAYA, DEAN HASPIEL’s BILLY DOGMA, CHRIS GIARRUSSO’s G-MAN, and the continuation of “Stupid Fresh Mess” by SKOTTIE YOUNG!

The celebration of Image Comics’ 30th anniversary continues with the second issue in a 12-issue anthology, featuring all-new stories by some of the biggest and best names in comics! This issue features the second chapters of two 12-part stories: “The Blizzard” by GEOFF JOHNS & ANDREA MUTTI and “Red Stitches” by BRENDEN FLETCHER & ERIC HENDERSON, plus the second installments of three shorter serials: “Gospel for a New Century” by WYATT KENNEDY & LUANA VECCHIO, “Hopeless” by MIRKA ANDOLFO, and “Shift” by KYLE HIGGINS & DANIELE DI NICUOLO. Plus! An all-new ICE CREAM MAN short story by W. MAXWELL PRINCE and MARTÍN MORAZZO, the beginning of WES CRAIG’s KAYA, the opening installment of a 10-part serial by PATRICK KINDLON & MAURIZIO ROSENZWEIG, and the continuation of the all-new ongoing comic strip by SKOTTIE YOUNG!

Eisner Award-winning I HATE FAIRYLAND and MIDDLEWEST writer SKOTTIE YOUNG and artist KYLE STRAHM (SPREAD, UNEARTH) come together for an all-new epic fantasy/adventure miniseries! It’s the first day of Twig’s new job as a journeyer on a JEFF SMITH’s Bone-esque quest to save a The Dark Crystal/Labyrinth-style world. Join our hesitant hero for an inspiring and imaginative tale of hope, heartache, and determination to overcome insurmountable odds!

Ro can no longer ignore the connection she feels to her unique housemate—or the extreme and intense danger that relationship could hold for her. Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Super Sons, Feathers) follow up their critically acclaimed series MIDDLEWEST with a brand-new haunting tale. Fans of Stephen King and Neil Gaiman will enjoy this beautiful, dark, and disturbing story of discovery, love, and terror.

Die Fantasy-Serie über die Schüler von Dr. Strange und Wanda Maximoff Die Zauberschüler an der Akademie von Dr. Strange kommen aus Asgard, Limbos und Weirdworld – und müssen dem Tod ins Auge blicken! Aber es stehen auch eine Exkursion zu den Asen sowie Unterricht mit Wanda Maximoff, Rocket Raccoon und Groot an. Darüber hinaus soll Privatdetektiv Howard the Duck einen Mord im Institut aufklären. Die Fantasy-Serie über die Schüler von Dr. Strange und Wanda Maximoff Die Zauberschüler an der Akademie von Dr. Strange kommen aus Asgard, Limbos und Weirdworld – und müssen dem Tod ins Auge blicken! Aber es stehen auch eine Exkursion zu den Asen sowie Unterricht mit Wanda Maximoff, Rocket Raccoon und Groot an. Darüber hinaus soll Privatdetektiv Howard the Duck einen Mord im Institut aufklären. Die Fantasy-Serie über die Schüler von Dr. Strange und Wanda Maximoff Die Zauberschüler an der Akademie von Dr. Strange kommen aus Asgard, Limbos und Weirdworld – und müssen dem Tod ins Auge blicken! Aber es stehen auch eine Exkursion zu den Asen sowie Unterricht mit Wanda Maximoff, Rocket Raccoon und Groot an. Darüber hinaus soll Privatdetektiv Howard the Duck einen Mord im Institut aufklären. Die Fantasy-Serie über die Schüler von Dr. Strange und Wanda Maximoff Die Zauberschüler an der Akademie von Dr. Strange kommen aus Asgard, Limbos und Weirdworld – und müssen dem Tod ins Auge blicken! Aber es stehen auch eine Exkursion zu den Asen sowie Unterricht mit Wanda Maximoff, Rocket Raccoon und Groot an. Darüber hinaus soll Privatdetektiv Howard the Duck einen Mord im Institut aufklären. vDie Fantasy-Serie über die Schüler von Dr. Strange und Wanda Maximoff Die Zauberschüler an der Akademie von Dr. Strange kommen aus Asgard, Limbos und Weirdworld – und müssen dem Tod ins Auge blicken! Aber es stehen auch eine Exkursion zu den Asen sowie Unterricht mit Wanda Maximoff, Rocket Raccoon und Groot an. Darüber hinaus soll Privatdetektiv Howard the Duck einen Mord im Institut aufklären. Die Fantasy-Serie über die Schüler von Dr. Strange und Wanda Maximoff Die Zauberschüler an der Akademie von Dr. Strange kommen aus Asgard, Limbos und Weirdworld – und müssen dem Tod ins Auge blicken! Aber es stehen auch eine Exkursion zu den Asen sowie Unterricht mit Wanda Maximoff, Rocket Raccoon und Groot an. Darüber hinaus soll Privatdetektiv Howard the Duck einen Mord im Institut aufklären. Die Zauberschüler an der Akademie von Dr. Strange kommen aus Asgard, Limbos und Weirdworld – und müssen dem Tod ins Auge blicken! Aber es stehen auch eine Exkursion zu den Asen sowie Unterricht mit Wanda Maximoff, Rocket Raccoon und Groot an. Darüber hinaus soll Privatdetektiv Howard the Duck einen Mord im Institut aufklären.

As Ro’s isolation takes a turn toward the dark, a series of events reveals more of the true nature of her mysterious companion. Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Super Sons, Feathers) follow up their critically acclaimed series MIDDLEWEST with a brand-new haunting tale. Fans of Stephen King and Neil Gaiman will enjoy this beautiful, dark, and disturbing story of discovery, love, and terror.

Writer SKOTTIE YOUNG (I HATE FAIRYLAND, Deadpool, Strange Academy) and artist JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Super Sons, Feathers) follow up their critically acclaimed series MIDDLEWEST with a brand-new haunting tale. An artist named Ro retreats from the grind of the city to an old house in a small town to find solace and inspiration without realizing the muse within is not what she expected. Fans of Stephen King and Neil Gaiman will enjoy this beautiful, dark, and disturbing story of discovery, love, and terror.

When a violent storm levels his sleepy Middlewest town, Abel and his childhood companion, Fox, must hastily flee into a world of mystical carnies and soothsayer hobos, bridge trolls and wilderness spirits, endless forests and forgotten children. SKOTTIE YOUNG (Strange Academy, I HATE FAIRYLAND) and JORGE CORONA (NO. 1 WITH A BULLET, Feathers), with colorist JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU and letterer NATE PIEKOS, collect the complete Eisner Award-nominated tale of Abel, a boy who must navigate a strange and mysterious land in order to discover who he can become. Collects MIDDLEWEST #1-18, with exclusive bonus features!

Deadpool geht dem Weihnachtsmann auf die Nerven, mischt zwei Freizeitparks auf, verliert sein Herz und engagiert Jessica Jones! Mit anderen Worten – es läuft! Bis ein Kerl auftaucht, dessen Eltern vor seinen Augen von Deadpool ermordet wurden. Damals war der Bursche noch ein Kind. Heute will er Wade in den Schlaf wiegen. Auf immer! Bühne frei für Good Night!

Collects Rocket Raccoon & Groot (2016) #1-10. There’s a new criminal mastermind in the galaxy, and it’s - Rocket Raccoon?! How did this happen? Groot knows, but he’s not talking! Well, he is talking, but all he’s saying is - Oh, you know. Diabolical danger, madcap mysteries and astonishing adventure abound in tall tales of everyone’s favorite cosmic double act! Then, Rocket and Groot put the “fun” in “funeral” — but any mirth is only hiding a certain raccoon-like critter’s grief at the death of his mentor in conartistry. And when Captain Marvel enlists her Guardians of the Galaxy pals to fight in CIVIL WAR II, surely it won’t divide these BFFs. After all, they are Groot, right? All that, plus the unbelievable Gwenpool! If you love adventure, animals, outer space and just about anything in between, this is the book for you!