Most Popular Books by Derek Fridolfs

Following a string of successfully solved mysteries, it’s time to celebrate, and Fred is treating the gang to dinner at his favorite local hangout! But Fred’s childhood haunt isn’t quite what he remembers—the pizza parlor has gone through a complete renovation. Gone are all the fun things Fred fondly remembered: the ball pit, ticket games, and especially the animal mascots in the band… until one of those angry animatronic performers comes to life!

Why is Fred always hungry, while Shaggy has nothing but traps on his mind? And why is Velma concerned with what to wear, while Daphne is consumed with books? What is the mystery behind our gang acting so unfamiliar, and can Scooby save the day? All will be answered once you fall under the spell of…the Hypno-Haunt!

Spot It: Double Trouble is based on the #1 bestselling, award-winning card game and includes activity pages! Meet Dobbly. He lives in a world filled with wonderful symbols that have power by finding matching pairs. This ne'er-do-well is so excited about his village's Festival of Matching, he can hardly sleep the night before. So when his impatience gets the best of him and finds himself trying to climb the Great Tree that will produce new pairs for the village, he also finds himself falling off the tree and breaking all of the branches on the way down, ruining the Festival. It's now up to the wizard Zadok and his apprentice, the druidess Dea, to find the magical seeds needed to repair the tree. And Dobbly is tagging along for the adventure! Traveling farther away from the village than he's ever been, Dobbly and his companions face harsh conditions and danger, all while being tracked by Single, the Dark Cloud King, who wants to cause chaos and prevent them from finding power in matching pairs. Will he prevent them from returning home with the magic they are searching for? Or will Dobbly become the hero he needs to be to help his friends save the Festival of Matching and feel like he belongs? Based on the #1 best-selling, award-winning visual perception card game from Asmodee and Zygomatic Games Studio! Spot It: Double Trouble includes 4 seek and find activities.

Rinosaur!! When an archaeological dig site is haunted by a phantom dinosaur, Mystery Inc. is called in to debunk it. But can they exorcise this prehistoric poltergeist, or will they go extinct in the process?

After years of private lessons, Daphne is ready to perform at her piano recital held at the Coolsville Civic Auditorium. But her practice turns petrifying when the puckish Pan makes his appearance. Can the gang catch the mythological creature before Daphne’s concert debut becomes her final performance?

When a malfunctioning Footbot starts following Mikey's lead, he's convinced he's got the perfect sidekick! But what happens when his brothers find out and the Foot comes looking for it? Plus, Part 1 of a LEGOÂ tribute to the classic TMNT origin story!

It's Valentine's Day, and love is in the air... but not for Spider Bytez! The surly mutant has had enough of the mushy stuff and is going to make sure that everyone is just as miserable as he is! The Turtles will have to act quickly or else the entire city will become ensnared in his evil web!

After the Mystery Machine gets into a fender bender while chasing a phantom race car, the gang winds up in traffic school while their van is in the shop-only to come face-to-face with a mummy that is trying to scare this class into cancellation! Can the gang solve both mysteries before they are wrecked for good?

Dobble: Double Trouble is based on the #1 bestselling, award-winning card game and includes activity pages! Meet Dobbly. He lives in a world filled with wonderful symbols that have power by finding matching pairs. This ne'er-do-well is so excited about his village's Festival of Matching, he can hardly sleep the night before. So when his impatience gets the best of him and finds himself trying to climb the Great Tree that will produce new pairs for the village, he also finds himself falling off the tree and breaking all of the branches on the way down, ruining the Festival. It's now up to the wizard Zadok and his apprentice, the druidess Dea, to find the magical seeds needed to repair the tree. And Dobbly is tagging along for the adventure! Traveling farther away from the village than he's ever been, Dobbly and his companions face harsh conditions and danger, all while being tracked by Single, the Dark Cloud King, who wants to cause chaos and prevent them from finding power in matching pairs. Will he prevent them from returning home with the magic they are searching for? Or will Dobbly become the hero he needs to be to help his friends save the Festival of Matching and feel like he belongs? Based on the #1 best-selling, award-winning visual perception card game from Asmodee and Zygomatic Games Studio! Dobble: Double Trouble includes 4 seek and find activities.

Playtel has designed a new VR game that allows players to experience their old-fashioned board games in a new light-by transporting them onto a giant virtual board to play! And Mystery Inc. is excited to jump in and give it a try. But when the game is hijacked by the Grim Gamer, it will be up to the gang to solve the mystery before it’s game over for everyone.

PREPARATEVI A TRASCORRERE UN ADORABILE ANNO NELLA PICCOLA GOTHAM! Addobbate le stanze e tenete pronti i fuochi d'artificio mentre i piccoli e potenti abitanti di Gotham si apprestano a celebrare il Natale, Halloween, il Giorno del Ringraziamento, San Valentino, Capodanno e tutto ciò che c'è nel mezzo in queste storie a tema festivo per ogni età, scritte da Dustin Nguyen e Derek Fridolfs, con protagonisti il piccolo Batman, il piccolo Robin e tutti i vostri piccoli cattivi preferiti. [VOLUME UNICO. CONTIENE: BATMAN LI’L GOTHAM (2013) 1-12, BATMAN ANNUAL (2009) 27 (II), DETECTIVE COMICS ANNUAL (2009) 11]

"Série de bandes dessinées suivant les aventures de superhéros de la franchise DC Comics. Bien qu'ils ne soient encore que des enfants, ces derniers possèdent déjà leurs costumes et leurs pouvoirs emblématiques. Dans cet épisode, Clark Kent, alias Superman, est heureux d'apprendre que ses amis Bruce (Batman) et Diana (Wonder Woman) ont eu aussi reçu une invitation pour passer leur semaine de relâche au camp d'aventure Evergreen. À travers une série d'activités allant de la course à trois jambes à la souque à la corde, en passant par le tir à l'arc et le concours de talents, chaque enfant démontre des aptitudes particulières avant de disparaître mystérieusement. Les trois jeunes héros vont ainsi mener enquête en compagnie de leurs nouveaux amis, parmi lesquels on retrouve Vic Stone (Cyborg), Barry Allen (Flash) et Arthur Curry (Aquaman)."--SDM.

Qu'il s'agisse d'une apparition surprise du Pingouin à la parade de Thanksgiving ou du Chapelier Fou qui organise pour Pâques une chasse aux oeufs des plus explosives, il est évident que pour Batman et ses fidèles compagnons, jour férié ne rime pas avec congé. Entièrement réalisé à l'aquarelle, le style unique de Dustin NGUYEN (BATMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND) plaira au plus grand nombre. Noël à Gotham, vous en êtes ? (Contient LITTLE GOTHAM #1-12)

Qu'il s'agisse d'une apparition surprise du Pingouin à la parade de Thanksgiving ou du Chapelier Fou qui organise pour Pâques une chasse aux oeufs des plus explosives, il est évident que pour Batman et ses fidèles compagnons, jour férié ne rime pas avec congé. Entièrement réalisé à l'aquarelle, le style unique de Dustin NGUYEN (BATMAN, JUSTICE LEAGUE BEYOND) plaira au plus grand nombre. Noël à Gotham, vous en êtes ? (Contient LITTLE GOTHAM #1-6)

Gotham just got a whole lot li'ller! Illustrated by Dustin Nguyen, thesegorgeously drawn and painted all-ages tales feature all of your favorite GothamCity characters, including Batman, Robin, Nightwing, Catwoman, The Joker, ThePenguin and many others! First up, Robin needs Batman's help to learn thetrue meaning of Halloween. Then, on Thanksgiving, Batman and Robin join thefamilies of Gotham City around the table for a holiday feast--and birds of afeather flock together to stage a march against the city...led by The Penguin! As Christmas time approaches, the search for a missing holiday choir leadsBatman and Nightwing into a confrontation with Mr. Freeze! But in this heartfeltChristmas tale, the frozen fiend's motives aren't as nefarious as they seem...And on a festive New Year's Eve, Catwoman thinks she'll be spending a quietnight at home, contemplating her New Year's resolutions--until Poison Ivy andHarley Quinn show up, that is! Now collected in its entirety in hardcover forthe first time ever, the critically acclaimed series BATMAN: LI'L GOTHAM is backfor a whole new generation of readers.

Written by PAUL DINI, CHRISTOPER YOST and MIKE BENSON Art by DUSTIN NGUYEN & DEREK FRIDOLFS Cover by DUSTIN NGUYEN Batman hunts a serial killer in this title collecting BATMAN: STREETS OF GOTHAM #5-11, while the Huntress finds herself partnered with Man-Bat! Plus: Batman and Robin uncover a sinister plot involving dozens of Gotham City's young runaways. On sale OCTOBER 27 - 160 pg, FC, $19.99 US

ABLAZE is shining the spotlight on the wide variety of genres and fantastic works within our catalogue! Our Spotlight on Kids' Stories includes three comic titles - Family Time, The Nightcrawlers, and Spot It: Double Trouble - bundled together under a specially discounted price. In Family Time: The O'Connell family (Lily age 13; Tyler -age 11; and their parents) are vacationing in Ireland when they encounter an old man with a mysterious crystal that seemingly teleports 1,000 years back in time. Unsure whether they have stumbled into a historical reenactment, the family must befriend Rory, a timid local, battle a medieval tyrant named Ciaran and his henchmen, and figure out how to get back to the present, while Lily learns to use her newfound superpowers. In The Nightcrawlers: When things go bump in the night, they bump back. If you think aliens replaced your teachers or your neighbor might be a vampire, then there's only one group to call for help: The Nightcrawlers. The Nightcrawlers take on their first case when a friend from school believes werewolves replaced his parents. They get more than they bargained for when their investigation leads them into the middle of a confrontation between their caretaker William Jones and a former Nightcrawler out for revenge. This story is about the unlikeliest group of friends coming together to help others...with a spooky twist! A new all-ages, supernatural adventure about a group of supernatural kid detectives, by Eisner Award-winning writer Marco Lopez and artist-on-the-rise Rachel Distler. For fans of Goosebumps, Ghostbusters, The Goonies, and Stranger Things. In Spot It: Double Trouble: Meet Dobbly. He lives in a world filled with wonderful symbols that have power by finding matching pairs. This ne'er-do-well is so excited about his village's Festival of Matching, he can hardly sleep the night before. His impatience gets the best of him, and he finds himself trying to climb the Great Tree that will produce new pairs for the village. He also finds himself falling off the tree and breaking every branch on the way down, ruining the festival. It's now up to the wizard Zadok and his apprentice, the druidess Dea, to find the magical seeds needed to repair the tree. And Dobbly is tagging along for the adventure!

"The Huntress finds herself in an unusual position - the responsible one. Because when Huntress hunts down a violent new criminal, she finds herself stuck with a violent, loose cannon of a partner on the case - the Man-Bat! Batman and Robin uncover a sinister plot involving dozens of Gotham City's young runaways. Is Arkham Asylum escapee Humpty Dumpty at the center of the scheme - or is he just the tip of an even more dangerous iceberg?"--Amazon.com.

Tales of adventure through the holidays featuring favorite Gotham City characters.

"When Lex Luthor's family company, Lexcorp, invites kids from all over the country to attend an honors ceremony, Clark Kent is happy to participate. That is, until his award trophy creates a portal to another dimension and sucks him in! Lucky for Clark, his old friends Bruce and Diana along with newer friends Barry (The Flash) and Ollie (Green Arrow) are on the case! They'll have to travel to an alternate dimension to free their friend from Lex Luthor's grasp (and the worst detention ever) in this all-new adventure from Eisner Award winner Dustin Nguyen and Eisner Award nominee Derek Fridolfs"-

"My name is Bruce Wayne, and I'm the new kid (UGH) at Ducard Academy. I can't say for certain, but I think something fishy's going on. There's a gang of clowns roaming the halls, a kid named Bane wants to beat me up, and the guidance counselor, Hugo Strange, seems really, well, strange. At least I have two new friends -- Clark and Diana are kinda cool, I guess. We're going to solve this case no matter what, even if I have to convince Alfred to let me stay up past eleven."--Back cover of Volume 1.

Mordecai, Rigby, Skips, Benson, and all your favorites from the hit Cartoon Network series embark on a series of adventures in this very special anthology issue of Regular Show. Features work from The New York Times best-selling writer Derek Fridolfs (Study Hall of Justice), Hannah Blumenreich (Spidey Zine), and a series of new groundbreaking storytellers! Rigby attempts to make dinner for a date night with Eileen, Rigby is caught lying about his birthday to get free cake all year, Mordecai agrees to be Rigby's roller-skating coach, and Muscle Man accidentally summons the Four (Mini-Bikers of the Apocalypse in new stories!

"Let's rock! Here we go with more adventures with the funniest teenage superhero gang around - the stars of Teen Titans Go! to the Movies! All the Teen Titans wanted to do was enjoy a fun night out at a concert... but their plans change when Terra shows up to terrorize the team! Will paper beat rock when Robin leads the Titans in an origami attack against Terra? Then, the Titans are shunned by social media elites when a bad after-action photo reveals them as poseurs! Can they finalize a successful stance in time to defeat their next great menace? Plus, it's game night at Titans Tower as Robin oversees a session of Basements and Basilisks as Game Master. When Raven plays a portal-casting spell, a real portal opens up and sucks the Titans into a dimension where strange things are happening! Check out these adventures and more in TEEN TITANS GO!: WEIRDER THINGS."--

"My name is Bruce Wayne, and I'm the new kid (UGH) at Ducard Academy. I can't say for certain, but I think something fishy's going on. There's a gang of clowns roaming the halls, a kid named Bane wants to beat me up, and the guidance counselor, Hugo Strange, seems really, well, strange. At least I have two new friends -- Clark and Diana are kinda cool, I guess. We're going to solve this case no matter what, even if I have to convince Alfred to let me stay up past eleven."--Back cover of Volume 1.

The World's Grumpiest Cat-- and the world's most adorable internet sensation-- continues to delight fans of all ages with her comic book misadventures (although she's actually quite disappointed to delight anyone, of course)! Whether she gets drawn into her fun-loving brother Pokey's games of hide-and-seek, spends her afternoon daydreaming of a world without humans, or unleashes a genie from the bottle to answer her every malcontent whim, Grumpy Cat's escapades are guaranteed to make you smile... even if she's scowling!