Welcome back to the Stack! You’ve almost made it through your first week of 2024 — congratulations! Let’s celebrate with some new comics and comic-related goodies…
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Bookish Goods
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New Releases
Sweet Valley Twins: Choosing Sides by Francine Pascal and Claudia Aguirre, Adapted by Nicole Andelfinger
In the third entry in this ongoing series, twins Elizabeth and Jessica face a new dilemma: Elizabeth’s friend Amy wants to join the school cheerleading squad, but the squad — including Jessica — wants nothing to do with her! What will Elizabeth do?
Marriage Toxin Volume One by Joumyaku and Mizuki Yoda
Gero is a ruthless assassin — and he needs a wife, stat. If he doesn’t get married fast, his sister will have to give up her happy life with her girlfriend in order to bear the new heir to their clan. Desperate to learn about romance, Gero turns to a “marriage swindler” for advice, and that’s when things get really exciting…
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Riot Recommendations
Today’s Riot Rec theme is: the supernatural! No, not the franchise that refuses to die. So what if Halloween is ten months away? It’s always the right time of year to enjoy some ghostly, ghoulish comics!
Ghoster Heights by Corey Lansdell, Kelly Mellings, Lisa LaRose, and Becca Carey
After a terrible tragedy, Ona is forced to stay with her grandmother in the Goesher Heights apartment complex. She isn’t there long before she makes a new friend: a ghost hiding in the boiler room. With the ghost’s assistance, Ona helps the building’s other residents deal with past trauma — and confronts her own.
Muros: Within Magical Walls: The Case of the Cemetery Girl by Paolo Chikiamco and Borg Sinaban
Set in an alternate universe where Manila has spent decades cut off from the world on the orders of a dictator, a detective named Caloy accepts a missing person’s case. But with all manner of not-so-mythical creatures roaming around, his job isn’t going to be easy…
If you’re celebrating Three Kings Day/Epiphany this weekend, have a nice time. I know I will!
~Eileen