This Week’s Comics: Deep Adventures

Highlights from this week’s list of new releases of comics and manga include a new graphic novel about Mister Rogers from Atheneum Books, Fred’s Big Feelings The Life and Legacy of Mister Rogers. Drawn and Quarterly releases the final Kitaro, volume 7 The Trial of Kitaro while Little Brown Books for Young Readers re-releases Plain Janes, a graphic novel originally released 13 years ago.

The List:

ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
Adventures Of Mickey And Maj Volume 1 Time Space Magic GN, $8.99 **Weekly Pick**
Miranda Fantasyland Tour Guide GN, $11.99
Nutmeg Volume 5 Spring The Good Dine Young TP, $11.99
Princeless Volume 9 Love Yourself TP, $14.99

AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
Rocky And Bullwinkle Seen On TV #2 (Cover A S. L. Gallant), $3.99
Underdog And Pals #3 (Cover A Matt Hansel Hero Variant), $3.99

ARCHIE COMICS
Archie #710 (Archie And Katy Keene Part 1)(Cover A Laura Braga), $3.99

ATHENEUM BOOKS
Fred’s Big Feelings The Life And Legacy Of Mister Rogers HC, $17.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers #27 (Cover A Eleonora Carlini), $3.99

CHAPTERHOUSE PUBLISHING
Pitiful Human-Lizard Volume 3 Almost Getting There TP, $19.99

CHARMZ
Amy’s Diary Volume 3 Moving On GN, $9.99

DARK HORSE COMICS
Disney Frozen True Treasure #3 (Of 3)(Cover A Eduard Petrovich), $3.99

DRAWN AND QUARTERLY
Kitaro Volume 7 The Trial Of Kitaro GN, $15.95

IDW PUBLISHING
Disney Comics And Stories #9 (Cover A Marco Mazzarello), $5.99
DuckTales Faires And Scares #2 (Of 3)(Cover A Various), $3.99
Marvel Action Avengers #9 (Cover A Jon Sommariva), $3.99
My Little Pony Omnibus Volume 5 TP, $24.99

LITTLE BROWN BOOK FOR YOUNG READERS
Deep And Dark Blue GN, $12.99 **Weekly Pick**
Plain Janes GN, $18.99

ONI PRESS
Courtney Crumrin Volume 6 The Final Spell TP, $12.99

QUIRK BOOKS
Comic Quests Knights Club The Buried City SC, $9.99

VIZ MEDIA
Pokemon Sun And Moon Volume 6 GN, $4.99
Splatoon Volume 8 GN, $9.99
Yo-kai Watch Volume 13 GN, $9.99

The Picks:

Adventures Of Mickey And Maj Volume 1 Time Space Magic GN – Action Lab Entertainment gives an out-of-print webcomic new life. Mickey Hawthorne, an average seven-year-old boy, and Maj, aka Majestic, a talking, flying, ancient Magic Carpet have both been in time-out; Mickey in his room for the day, and Maj in the attic for years. When the two meet, it is the beginning of a magical adventure, for Maj has the ability to travel through space, time and dimensions! His mysterious origin with The Weaver and The Tapestry is revealed. An evil Egyptian god shows up. Mickey stuffs a PB&J into his open maw. The action is non-stop! Adventures of Mickey and Maj take inspiration from Doctor Who, Calvin and Hobbes, and Harry Potter, making it a good addition to any tween library.

Deep And Dark Blue GN – Little Brown Book for Young Readers releases a new epic graphic novel. Hawke and Grayson are twins trying to stay alive after a political coup usurps their noble house. They assume new identities as Hanna and Grayce and find refuge with the Communion of Blue, an order of magical women who spin the threads of reality to their will. While in their care, the twins learn more about the Communion and themselves. They begin to hatch a plot to avenge their family and retake their royal home. While Hawke can’t wait to return to his old life, Grayce finds she wants to hold on to the new life she has found that allows her to finally live as a girl. With plenty of action, fascinating world building, and strong character development, middle school readers will flock to this breathtaking graphic novel.

Filed under: All Ages