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Summer of...Video Games? Wait, isn't that every summer?
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While you are away from the day-to-day grind of school, join us for these diverting forays into Gaming, Fantasy Worlds, and...more school?! Also, while you're at it, sign up for Summer Reading if you haven't already. Seriously. You can get free books, sports tickets, and all kinds of great stuff. http://houstonlibrary.org/summer
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Sword art online progressive. 001
by Kiseki Himura
Yuuki Asuna was a top student who spent her days at cram school and preparing for her high school entrance exams—but that was before she wound up trapped in the virtual-reality game Sword Art Online with 10,000 other frightened players—and soon her scholarly abilities earn her a place on the front lines with the best players, including pro gamer Kirito. Original.
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Lumberjanes : band together
by Noelle Stevenson
While preparing for the annual Bandicoot Bacchanal, the Lumberjanes are faced with fixing a friendship that has fallen apart
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Gotham Academy : Welcome to Gotham Academy
by Becky Cloonan
Gotham City's most prestigious prep school is a very weird place. It's got a spooky campus, oddball teachers, and rich benefactors always dropping by...like that weirdo Bruce Wayne. But nothing is as strange as the students! Like, what's up with Olive Silverlock? Is she crazy or what? Where did she go last summer? And what's the deal with her creepy mom? And how come that Freshman Maps is always following her around? And is she still going out with Kyle? P.S. Did you hear the rumor about the ghost in the North Hall?! Gotham Academy is a new teen drama set in the shadow of Batman and the craziness of Gotham City, with new characters and old plus a secret tie to Gotham's past.."
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Wolverine and the X-Men. Vol. 1
by Jason Aaron
Wolverine takes one half of the X-Men back to Westchester to start over again with a new school, a new student body, and a lot of surprises up his sleeve
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Spider-Man : Miles Morales
by Brian Michael Bendis
Miles Morales joins the Avengers and engages in such adventures as fighting alone against a villain with the power to destroy the universe, tangling with Black Cat, and going on a possible date with Ms. Marvel
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Pandora hearts
by Jun Mochizuki
"The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessalius's coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. Thrown into the Abyss--an eternal prison from which there is no escape--Oz meets a young girl named Alice, who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn, will they lead only to crushing despair for Oz, or will Alice provide him with some shred of hope?"--p.[4] of cover
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Supergirl : Reign of the Cyborg Supermen Vol. 1, Reign of the cyborg Supermen
by Steve Orlando
"Supergirl moves to National City! As Kara Danvers, average American teenager and high school student, Supergirl must balance her life as a superhero with her new life on Earth. But some demons from her Kryptonian past are coming back to haunt her, and Kara will find herself face-to-face with her father: the sinister Cyborg Superman!"
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Giant days. Volume one
by John Allison
Three girls bond at university as they learn how to live away from home, battle the flu, and deal with obnoxious college boys
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Comics Plus: Library EditionComics Plus is our digital comics subscription service. Read thousands of comics on your computer, tablet or mobile device. All you need is your Houston Public Library card and a wireless connection!
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Image ComicsImage is a comics and graphic novels publisher formed in 1992 by seven of Marvel Comics’ best-selling artists. Since that time, Image has gone on to become the third largest comics publisher in the United States.
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Viz MediaHeadquartered in San Francisco, CA, VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media) is one of the most comprehensive and innovative companies in the field of manga (graphic novel) publishing, animation and entertainment licensing of Japanese content. Owned by three of Japan's largest creators and licensors of manga and animation, Shueisha Inc., Shogakukan Inc., and Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Co., Ltd., VIZ Media is a leader in the publishing and distribution of Japanese manga for English speaking audiences in North America, the United Kingdom, Ireland, and South Africa and is a global ex-Asia licensor of Japanese manga and animation.
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Marvel Marvel Entertainment, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company, is one of the world's most prominent character-based entertainment companies, built on a proven library of over 8,000 characters featured in a variety of media over seventy years. Marvel utilizes its character franchises in entertainment, licensing and publishing.
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DC ComicsDC Entertainment, home to iconic brands DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash), Vertigo (Sandman, Fables) and MAD, is the creative division charged with strategically integrating its content across Warner Bros. Entertainment and Time Warner. DC Entertainment works in concert with many key Warner Bros. divisions to unleash its stories and characters across all media, including but not limited to film, television, consumer products, home entertainment and interactive games. Publishing thousands of comic books, graphic novels and magazines each year, DC Entertainment is the largest English-language publisher of comics in the world.
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First SecondIs it first? Or second? First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh. Pressing the reset button. A clean slate. A fresh start. Everything begins with the First Second. . . .
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Yen PressYen Press is a US-based graphic novel publisher that releases a wide range of Japanese and Korean comics and well as a number of original English-language properties.
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Otaku USAOtaku USA is a thick, full-color magazine featuring comprehensive coverage of manga, anime, videogames and Japanese pop culture written from an American point of view. Otaku USA also publishes 32 pages of the hottest manga previews from the top publishers. Because Otaku USA is an independent US magazine, not a licensed product owned by those with an vested interest in a particular line of comics, anime, manga, games or movies, it presents the reader with objective coverage.
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ICv2For the people on the front lines of the pop culture business, staying ahead of the trends isn’t something that can be left to chance—it’s a basic necessity for being successful. That’s why ICv2 is the #1 source of news and information for the buyers, gatekeepers, and tastemakers on the front lines. ICv2 is where trend-watching has become a science.
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