This Week’s Comics: Sports Action at Ellsmere

Highlights from this week’s list of new comics, graphic novels and manga releases are almost too many to list! Check out middle school stories from the worlds of Cuphead and Stranger Things from Dark Horse Comics. Dial Books has a graphic novel for early readers with Cookie and Broccoli Volume 1: Ready For School, while Putnam Publishing Group and Viking Books for Young Readers has graphic novels for middle grade readers with Zoo Patrol Squad Volume 1: Kingdom Caper, and City of Secrets respectively.

The List:

AMULET BOOKS
Lumberjanes Beastiary HC, $16.99

ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS
Archie #713 (Archie & Katy Keene Part 4)(Cover A Laura Braga), $3.99
Archie Milestones Digest #9, $7.99
Archie Showcase Digest #1 (Archie), $7.99

BOOM! STUDIOS
Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #52 (Cover A Jamal Campbell), $3.99
Wonder Pony GN, $9.99

DARK HORSE COMICS
Cuphead Volume 1 Comic Capers And Curios TP, $10.99
Disney Mulan The Story Of The Movie In Comics HC, $10.99
Disney PIXAR Onward Tales Of The Manticore TP, $10.99
Plants Vs Zombies Volume 16 The Garden Path HC, $10.99
Stranger Things The Bully TP (Young Adult), $12.99

DIAL BOOKS
Cookie And Broccoli Volume 1 Ready For School GN, $12.99

FIRST SECOND
One Year At Ellsmere GN, $14.99 **Weekly Pick**

GRAPHIX
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Volume 2 Karen’s Roller Skates GN, $10.99

IDW PUBLISHING
Marvel Action Spider-Man Volume 2 #3 (Cover A Fico Ossio), $3.99
Panda Roja y Oso Lunar TP (Red Panda And Moon Bear TP Spanish Edition), $14.99

JY
W.I.T.C.H. Part 6 Ragorlang Volume 3 GN, $15.00

KODANSHA COMICS
Yuzu The Pet Volume 2 GN, $10.99

ONI PRESS
Peng Action Sports Adventures GN, $14.99 **Weekly Pick**

PAPERCUTZ
Cat And Cat Volume 2 Cat Out Of Water GN, $9.99

PENGUIN YOUNG READERS
Xavier Riddle And The Secret Museum I Am Alexander Hamilton SC, $4.99
Xavier Riddle And The Secret Museum I Am Theodore Roosevelt SC, $5.99
Xavier Riddle And The Secret Museum We Are The Bronte Sisters SC, $5.99

PIXEL + INK
Carlton Crumple Creature Catcher Volume 1 Catch The Munchies GN, $12.99

PUTNAM PUBLISHING GROUP
Zoo Patrol Squad Volume 1 Kingdom Caper GN, $12.99

RANDOM HOUSE GRAPHIC
Kerry And The Knight Of The Forest GN, $12.99

VIKING BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
City Of Secrets GN, $14.99

The Picks:

One Year At Ellsmere GN – First Second revamps a middle-grade favorite series. Juniper wins a scholarship to the prestigious Ellsmere Academy, but it’s not the scholastic utopia the studious thirteen-year-old expected. The school’s queen bee has singled her out, labeling her a “special project, and is out to destroy her. And the forest next to the school is rumored to have a mythical beast roaming in it. It’s best to find a friend to get through it all. Luckily, Juniper has her roommate Cassie, who’s budding friendship makes the hardships tolerable. This book about friendship and kindness has found a new lease on life from creator Faith Erin Hicks, with a complete re-inking and now in full color. It’s ready for a whole new generation to pick up and enjoy.

Peng Action Sports Adventures GN – Oni Press introduces a new kind of sports adventure comic. In a world obsessed with even the most marginal sports, the All-World School of Sportsmanship is where kids from all over go to train to become the best athletes. Students Rocky, Sassy, Ven, and Radley, also known as the FOOT KNUX, work together to master some of the more “fringe” action-packed sports. From kickball, to breakdancing to hacky sack, these kids will battle boredom, the sun in their eyes, and their own self-doubt. They will also take on strange and unusual baddies like the Aurora Skeddos and The Biter, mystical foes who are also vying for victory. With a little love and luck, the FOOT KNUX will master their sports, and may just win the game. Peng has all the sports action to please any middle grade reader.

Filed under: All Ages