A collection of one shots: 1) Ruru to Mimi 2) Suteki na Mahou 3) Cool Cat 4) Bakuhatsu Gaisha 5) Bianca 6) Porch de Shoujo ga Koinu to 7) Bell to Mike no Ohanashi 8) Yuki no Ko 9) Sebonme no Pin

A wordless comic somewhat in the vein of "The Far Side" with a Japanese twist.

In *Dream of Spring*, the first volume of this new suite of tales, teen vampires Edgar and Alan are in the United Kingdom, Wales, 1944. WWII rages, and Alan is weak as they encounter figures from their past―Falka, a charismatic vampire, kind and sinister in turns; Chloe, an emissary from the Village of Poe, greedy for Edgar's rich blood (granted by the King himself) and, above all, power; and others too mysterious to mention. Meanwhile, Edgar becomes the subject of fascination for their neighbors: 16-year-old Blanca and her little brother, Noah, Jewish refugees who long to reunite with their mother and father. Alan, dependent on Edgar and often left in the dark about vampire society, is jealous, angry, and despondent. But, for mortals and immortals alike, there are always forces (and fates) beyond their control… (Source: Fantagraphics)

*Note: Part of Okinawa by Fantagraphics* Sword of Sand is a collection of stories that take place at the end of WWII. Susumu Higa gives us an inside look at the battle of Okinawa, from the first signs to the aftermath, through different points of view of inhabitants, soldiers, Japanese and American, in this war where there is neither good nor evil, neither good nor bad, only a cruel sense of absurdity. The men are in turn overwhelmingly stupid, full of wisdom or infinitely touching by their humanity. Because Higa's work has something deeply generous, which is also felt in his simple and precise lines.

*Note: Part of Okinawa by Fantagraphics* In Mabui Susumu Higa continues to weave stories set in Okinawa. This is a collection of his unique and previously uncollected stories about the present day.

Fifth grade friends Shuichi Nitori and Yoshino Takatsuki have happy homes, loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a transgender girl, and Yoshino is transgender boy. (Source: Fantagraphics)

Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumour of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arie Kimura's mother is found by this tunnel's entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming? In order to appease the wrath of the beast, the children decide to offer it a sacrifice: The unfortunate Arie, whom they believe to be the cause of the curse, is shoved into a well that leads to the Nijigahara tunnel—an act that in turns pushes Komatsuzaki, the budding thug who has carried a torch for Arie for a while already, entirely over the edge. But this is only the beginning of the complex, challenging, obliquely told Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Suzuki; Higure, his stalker-ish would-be girlfriend; their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more―brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another and all will eventually―ten years later―have to live with what they've done or suffered through. (Source: Fantagraphics) *Note: Includes three extra chapters.*

This is a tale of rage. Rage against hypocrisy, injustice, exploitation, and the wrongs done to a child who grew into a righteous killer….Complete in three volumes, Search and Destroy transplants the vengeful action of Dororo from feudal Japan into a dystopian future where mercenary robots known as "creatures" serve the human elite and victimize the city's scrabbling, desperate masses. The violent death of one of these creatures connects an orphaned thief named Doro with a mysterious girl in a stinking animal hide that conceals deadly cybernetic implants. Who is this mysterious girl? How is she killing, one by one, the city's most twisted and powerful creatures? And why is she so angry? (Source: Fantagraphics) *Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.*

Yukie Sakai is a sprightly young home health aide eager to help her elderly clients. But what seems like a straightforward job quickly turns into a series of increasingly surreal and bizarre adventures that put Yukie's wits to the test! Cartoonist Kago, who is well known for combining a more traditional manga style with hyper realistic illustration technique, an experimental visual storytelling approach, and outrageously sexual and scatological subject matter, has single-handedly created his own genre: "fashionable paranoia." (Source: Fantagraphics) *Note: Includes the unrelated oneshots "Detective SumoKING" and "Separate."*

Usagi Yojimbo is the story of a fictional, idealized, totemic, and somewhat historical Japan. It is a story told by following (primarily) a single wandering ronin as he follows the way of the samurai, seeking enlightenment, honour, justice, and the beauty of living. Note: Won the Eisner Award in 1996 (twice), 1999, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2020 (twice) and 2021 (twice) in multiple categories.