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Archie: The Married Life Book 4 by Paul Kupperberg

2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00

Archie: The Married Life Book 4
Written by Paul Kupperberg

Trade Paperback, 272 pages | Archie Comics | Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Romance | $19.99 | 978-1-936975-69-3 (1-936975-69-6)

The Eisner Award-nominated series The Married Life explores a grown-up Archie Andrews' life down two paths--if he had married girl-next-door Betty Cooper or wealthy socialite Veronica Lodge.

Hot on the heels of the historic marriage of Kevin Keller to Clay Walker in Book 3, Archie: The Married Life Book 4 collects issues 19-24 of the popular newsstand publication Life with Archie Magazine!

This fourth volume includes the headline-grabbing stories of femme-fatale Cheryl Blossom's battle with cancer, the shooting of Clay Walker, and the subsequent Senate run of Clay's husband Kevin Keller. It also follows Reggie and Betty's moment in the reality-TV spotlight and the return to Riverdale of superstar band Josie and the Pussycats!

The Married Life series is the most critically acclaimed storyline in Archie's more than 70-year publishing history. This fourth volume features the adult Archie characters dealing with more realistic, mature circumstances with the humor and heart Archie fans expect.

Archie: The Married Life Book 3 by Tim Kennedy

2013-02-26T00:30:00-05:00

Archie: The Married Life Book 3
Written by Paul Kupperberg
Illustrated by Fernando Ruiz, Pat Kennedy and Tim Kennedy

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | Archie Comics | Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Romance | $19.99 | 978-1-936975-35-8 (1-936975-35-1)

Featuring the headline-grabbing, Eisner Award-nominated, and sold-out wedding of Kevin Keller, Archie's most popular character in years, Archie: The Married Life Book 3 explores Archie Andrews' life down two paths--if he had married girl-next-door Betty Cooper or wealthy socialite Veronica Lodge. In this volume, things really start getting interesting, as the mysterious Dilton Doiley subplots that have been bubbling just below the surface since the series' beginning start to affect... well, everything!

Nothing is ever simple for Archie Andrews! In the Archie Marries Veronica storyline, the title relationship is facing some serious struggles. On the Archie Marries Betty side, Archie's trying to juggle more than his share of responsibilities... will he drop the ball? And in both storylines, Dilton and Ambrose are bringing some shocking, reality-shaking revelations to light that affect everyone in Riverdale... and possibly the world.

Archie: The Married Life Book 3 collects issues 13-18 of the popular newsstand publication Life with Archie Magazine!

Archie: The Married Life Book 1 by Norm Breyfogle

2011-10-04T00:30:00-05:00

Archie: The Married Life Book 1
Written by Michael Uslan
Illustrated by Norm Breyfogle

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | Archie Comics | Comics & Graphic Novels; Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Romance | $19.99 | 978-1-936975-01-3 (1-936975-01-7)

Find out what happens after the “I do”s!

Delve deeper into all of the emotion and drama surrounding two different choices: Archie’s decision to marry sultry debutante Veronica Lodge versus his decision to marry sexy girl next door Betty Cooper. How do his choices affect not only Riverdale, but the world and everyone around him? Is it a match made in heaven? Will he find that he can’t put a price on love?

Collects the first six chapters of both Archie Marries Veronica and Archie Marries Betty, the most critically acclaimed storyline Archie has ever published, as originally seen in the newsstand magazine Life with Archie.

Life with Mr. Dangerous by Paul Hornschemeier

2011-05-24T00:30:00-05:00

Life with Mr. Dangerous
Written by Paul Hornschemeier

Hardcover, 160 pages | Villard | Comics & Graphic Novels; Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Fantasy; Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Romance | $22.00 | 978-0-345-49441-2 (0-345-49441-5)

Somewhere in the Midwest, Amy Breis is going nowhere.

Amy has a job she hates, a creep boyfriend she’s just dumped, and a best friend she can’t reach on the phone. But at least her (often painfully passive-aggressive) mother bought her a pink unicorn sweatshirt for her birthday. Pink. Unicorn. For her twenty-seventh birthday.

Gliding through the daydreams and realities of a young woman searching for definition, Life with Mr. Dangerous showcases acclaimed cartoonist Paul Hornschemeier’s gift for deadpan humor and dead-on insight with a droll aftertaste—an unlikely but welcome marriage of the bleak and the hopeful.

Mister Wonderful by Daniel Clowes

2011-04-12T00:30:00-05:00

Mister Wonderful A Love Story
Written by Daniel Clowes

Hardcover, 80 pages | Pantheon | Comics & Graphic Novels - Literary; Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Romance; Comics & Graphic Novels | $19.95 | 978-0-307-37813-2 (0-307-37813-6)

The fan-favorite Eisner Award-winning story, originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine, now collected and with forty pages of new material.

Meet Marshall. Sitting alone in the local coffee place. He’s been set up by his friend Tim on a blind date with someone named Natalie, and now he’s just feeling set up. She’s nine minutes late and counting. Who was he kidding anyway? Divorced, middle-aged, newly unemployed, with next to no prospects, Marshall isn’t exactly what you’d call a catch. Twenty minutes pass.
A half hour. Marshall orders a scotch. (He wasn’t going to drink!) Forty minutes.

Then, after nearly an hour, when he’s long since given up hope, Natalie appears—breathless, apologizing profusely that she went to the wrong place. She takes a seat, to Marshall’s utter amazement.

She’s too good to be true: attractive, young, intelligent, and she seems to be seriously engaged with what Marshall has to say. There has to be a catch.

And, of course, there is.

During the extremely long night that follows, Marshall and Natalie are emotionally tested in ways that two people who just met really should not be. Not, at least, if they want the prospect of a second date.

A captivating, bittersweet, and hilarious look at the potential for human connection in an increasingly hopeless world, Mister Wonderful more than lives up to its name.

The Exile by Hoang Nguyen

2010-09-21T00:30:00-05:00

The Exile An Outlander Graphic Novel
Written by Diana Gabaldon
Illustrated by Hoang Nguyen

Hardcover, 224 pages | Del Rey | Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Fantasy; Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Romance | $25.00 | 978-0-345-50538-5 (0-345-50538-7)

Diana Gabaldon’s brilliant storytelling has captivated millions of readers in her bestselling and award-winning Outlander saga. Now, in her first-ever graphic novel, Gabaldon gives readers a fresh look at the events of the original Outlander: Jamie Fraser’s side of the story, gorgeously rendered by artist Hoang Nguyen.

After too long an absence, Jamie Fraser is coming home to Scotland—but not without great trepidation. Though his beloved godfather, Murtagh, promised Jamie’s late parents he’d watch over their brash son, making good on that vow will be no easy task. There’s already a fat bounty on the young exile’s head, courtesy of Captain Black Jack Randall, the sadistic British officer who’s crossed paths—and swords—with Jamie in the past. And in the court of the mighty MacKenzie clan, Jamie is a pawn in the power struggle between his uncles: aging chieftain Colum, who demands his nephew’s loyalty—or his life—and Dougal, war chieftain of Clan MacKenzie, who’d sooner see Jamie put to the sword than anointed Colum’s heir.

And then there is Claire Randall—mysterious, beautiful, and strong-willed, who appears in Jamie’s life to stir his compassion . . . and arouse his desire.

But even as Jamie’s heart draws him to Claire, Murtagh is certain she’s been sent by the Old Ones, and Captain Randall accuses her of being a spy. Claire clearly has something to hide, though Jamie can’t believe she could pose him any danger. Still, he knows she is torn between two choices—a life with him, and whatever it is that draws her thoughts so often elsewhere.

Step into the captivating, passionate, and suspenseful world of The Exile, and experience the storytelling magic of Diana Gabaldon as never before.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel by Cliff Richards

2010-05-04T00:30:00-05:00

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel
Written by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
Adapted by Tony Lee
Illustrated by Cliff Richards

Trade Paperback, 176 pages | Del Rey | Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Horror; Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Romance; Comics & Graphic Novels - Literary | $14.99 | 978-0-345-52068-5 (0-345-52068-8)

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER—NOW AN EYE-POPPING GRAPHIC NOVEL OF MANNERS, MORALS, AND BRAIN-EATING MAYHEM

It is known as “the strange plague,” and its unfortunate victims are referred to only as “unmentionables” or “dreadfuls.” All over England, the dead are rising again, and now even the daughters of Britain’s best families must devote their lives to mastering the deadly arts. Elizabeth Bennet is a fearsome warrior whose ability with a sword is matched only by her quick wit and even sharper tongue. But she faces her most formidable foe yet in the haughty, conceited, and somehow strangely attractive Mr. Darcy. As the two lovers meet in the ballroom and on the battlefield, they’ll soon learn that nothing—not even bands of ninjas, hordes of flesh-eating zombies, or disapproving aunts—can stop true love.

Random House New Releases - Comics & Graphic Novels - Graphic Novels - Romance

Archie: The Married Life Book 4 by Paul Kupperberg

Archie: The Married Life Book 4 Written by Paul Kupperberg

Archie: The Married Life Book 3 by Tim Kennedy

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