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Here are a number of books and graphic novels scheduled to be released this year that we're excited about. For a longer list of titles we're expecting soon, you can visit the coming soon section of our website. FEBRUARY Mister Miracle (DC) by Tom King / Mitch Gerads On The Come Up (Balzer + Bay) by Angie Thomas MARCH Little Boy: A Novel (Doubleday) by Lawrence Ferlinghetti Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead (Abrams) by Bill Griffith On Cussing: Bad Words And Creative Cursing (Tin House) by Katherine Dunn The Parade (Knopf) by Dave Eggers Sing To It: Stories (Scribner) by Amy Hempel Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories (Small Beer Press) by Sarah Pinsker APRIL Cassette Culture: The Past and Present of a Musical Icon (Benteli) by John Z. Komurki Leaving Richards Valley (Drawn and Quarterly) by Michael DeForge Outside Looking In: A Novel (Ecco) by T.C. Boyle Smashed: Junji Ito Story Collection (

2018 Best Selling Stand Alone Graphic Novels 1. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters (Fantagraphics) by Emil Ferris 2. Best We Could Do (Abrams) by Thi Bui 3. Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins (:01 Fist Second) by Clint McElroy / Griffin McElroy / Justin McElroy / Travis McElroy / Carey Pietsch 4. My Friend Dahmer (Abrams) by Derf Backderf 5. Puerto Rico Strong (Lion Forge) edited by Hazel Newlevant / Desiree Rodriguez 6. On A Sunbeam (:01 First Second) by Tillie Walden 7. Antifa Comic Book: 100 Years of Fascism and Antifa Movements (Arsenal Pulp Press) by Gord Hill 8. Sabrina (Drawn And Quarterly) by Nick Drnaso 9. Draw Stronger: Self-Care For Cartoonists And Other Visual Artists (Uncivilized Books) by Kriota Willberg 10. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (Houghton Mifflin) by Alison Bechdel 11. All Summer Long (:01 First Second) by Hope Larson 12. Watchmen (DC Comics) by Alan Moore / Dave Gibbons 13. End Of The Fucking World (Fantagraphics) by Chuck Forsman

2018 Best Selling Ongoing (Multi-Issue) Zines & Periodicals 1. Crap Hound 2. Murder Can Be Fun 3. Baltimore Magazine 4. Hi-Fructose Magazine 5. Mojo Magazine 6. One Punk's Guide To... 7. Cinema Sewer 8. Bust 9. My Complicated Relationship With Food 10. Bitch Magazine 11. Razorcake 12. One Minute Happiness 13. Baffler 14. Maximum Rocknroll 15. Lapham's Quarterly 16. Cometbus 17. Bmore Art 18. Uncut Magazine 19. First Line 20. Adbusters Magazine 21. The Believer 22. Record Collector Magazine 23. Behind The Wheel 24. Vinyl Vagabonds 25. Mineshaft 2018 Best Selling Single-Issue/One-Shot Zines 1. Family Fun Manual Vol. IV: Rainy Day Craft Projects For When Your Country Has Elected A White Supremacist Who Openly Brags About Sexually Assaulting Women by Creative Craft Books LLC 2. Making Spaces Safer: A Pocket Guide by Shawna Potter 3. Shit's Fucked: A Positivity Guide by Gina Sarti 4. Stolen Sharpie Revolution: A DIY Resource For Zines And Zine Culture by Alex W

New comics coming to Atomic Books  this week . Most new comics are available on Wednesday AM. Quantities are limited. Some titles go fast. NEW COMICS THIS WEEK A VERY DC VALENTINES DAY - $16.99 AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #13 - $3.99 ARCHIE AND ME COMICS DIGEST #14 - $6.99 ASGARDIANS OF THE GALAXY #5 - $3.99 BATMAN WHO LAUGHS #2 - $4.99 BATWOMAN TP VOL 03 FALL OF THE HOUSE OF KANE - $16.99 BLACK BADGE #6 - $3.99 BLACK PANTHER #8 - $3.99 BLACK WIDOW #1 - $3.99 BREAKNECK #2 - $3.99 CATWOMAN #7 - $3.99 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #2 - $3.99 CREEPY CREATIONS HC VOL 01 - $21.99 DARK ARK #13 - $3.99 DAYS OF HATE #12 - $3.99 DEADLY CLASS #36 - $3.99 DEATH OF CAPTAIN MARVEL - $19.99 DETECTIVE COMICS #996 - $3.99 DICK TRACY DEAD OR ALIVE #3 - $3.99 ELVIRA MISTRESS OF DARK #4 - $3.99 ETERNAUT - $49.99 FANTASTIC FOUR #6 - $3.99 FARMHAND TP VOL 01 - $12.99 FIREFLY #3 - $3.99 FLASH #62 - $3.99 GIDEON FALLS #10 - $3.99 GODDESS MODE #2 - $3.99   HAUNTED HORROR HC CRY FROM THE COFFIN - $24.99 HOUSE

2018 Best Selling Fiction 1. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 2. Lincoln In The Bardo by George Saunders 3. Night Shift: A Choose-Your-Own Erotic Fantasy by Joanna Angel 4. Go Tell it On The Mountain by James Baldwin 5. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman 6. Children of Blood And Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 7. The Hate U Give by Angie Thompson 8. Fifth Season: The Broken Earth, Book 1 by N. K. Jemisin 9. Killing Commendatore by Haruki Murakami 10. Less Than Zero by Bret Eason Ellis 11. Hope Never Dies: An Obama Biden Mystery by Andrew Shaffer 12. Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer 13. The Power by Naomi Alderman 14. American Gods by Neil Gaiman 15. Witch Elm by Tana French 16. My Year of Rest And Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh 17. Wait Until The Spring Bandini by John Fante 18. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline 19. A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle 20. Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan 21. Less by Andrew Sean Greer 22. Underground Railroad b

New comics coming to Atomic Books  this week . Most new comics are available on Wednesday AM. Quantities are limited. Some titles go fast. NEW MINI-COMICS THIS WEEK SOAP SOCKETS #1 - $8.00 TO BOLDLY GO - $2.00   NEW COMICS THIS WEEK ADVENTURE TIME FINN - $9.99 ADVENTURES OF THE SUPER SONS #6 - $3.99 ARCHIE JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #295 - $6.99 ARCHIE MEETS BATMAN 66 #6 - $3.99 ASTONISHING X-MEN BY MATT ROSENBERG - $17.99 AVENGERS #12 - $3.99 AVENGERS ENDGAME PRELUDE #2 - $3.99 BATMAN #62 - $3.99 BATMAN KINGS OF FEAR #6 - $3.99 BITTER ROOT #3 - $3.99 BLACK ORDER #3 - $3.99 BLACKBIRD #4 - $3.99 BUBBA HO-TEP AND COSMIC BLOOD-SUCKERS #5 - $3.99 CAPTAIN MARVEL #1 - $4.99 CEMETERY BEACH #5 - $3.99 CRIMINAL #1 - $3.99 CURSE WORDS #19 - $3.99 DIE #2 - $3.99  DIOSAMANTE - $19.95 DOCTOR WHO 13TH #3 - $3.99 DOMINO #10 - $3.99 DREAMING #5 - $3.99 DUCKTALES #16 - $3.99 EGG CREAM 1 - $11.99 EMOTIONAL DATE TEST TUBE SUGAR BABY - $6.00 EUTHANAUTS #5 - $3.99 FREEZE #2 - $3.99 FRIENDLY

Work. Most of us spend at least 1/3 of every weekday doing it. Some of us define ourselves by it. Others see it as little more than wage slavery. "McJob: A low-pay, low-prestige, low-benefit no-future job in the service sector. Frequently considered a satisfying career choice by people who have never held one." -Douglas Coupland, Generation X "I don't want to sell anything, buy anything or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed... or buy anything sold or processed... or process anything sold, bought or processed... or repair anything sold, bought or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that." -Lloyd Dobler, Say Anything OUR 2019 WORK-THEMED READING LIST January - Studs Terkel's Working Graphic Adaptation by Harvey Pekar / various February - Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata March - Nomadland: Surviving America In The Twentyfirst Century by Jessica Bruder April - The Fl

New comics coming to Atomic Books  this week . Most new comics are available on Wednesday AM. Quantities are limited. Some titles go fast. NEW MINI-COMICS THIS WEEK AUTOMA #8 - $3.00   NEW COMICS THIS WEEK ACTION COMICS #1006 - $3.99 ARCHIE #701 - $3.99 AVENGERS TP KREE SKRULL WAR - $24.99 BATGIRL #30 - $3.99 BATMAN SHADOW THE MURDER GENIUSES - $16.99 BETTY AND VERONICA JUMBO COMICS DIGEST #269 - $6.99 BLACK HAMMER VOL 03 AGE OF DOOM PART I - $19.99 BOOKS OF MAGIC #3 - $3.99 BPRD DEVIL YOU KNOW #12 - $3.99 CHAMPIONS #1 - $3.99 CONAN THE BARBARIAN #1 - $4.99   CROWDED #6 - $3.99 DARK DAYS ROAD TO METAL - $19.99 DEADPOOL #8 - $3.99  DEADPOOL VOL 1 MERCIN HARD FOR THE MONEY - $17.99 DETECTIVE COMICS #995 - $3.99 DEVILMAN GRIMOIRE VOL 05 - $12.99 EMPTY MAN #3 - $3.99  FLASH #61 - $3.99 GANTZ OMNIBUS VOL 02 - $24.99   GIANT DAYS #46 - $3.99 HAL JORDAN AND THE GLC TP VOL 07 DARKSTARS RISING - $19.99  HEAVY METAL #292 - $8.95   HEROES IN CRISIS #4 - $3.99   HEX WIVES #3 -