Most Popular Books by Jeff Lemire

This critically-acclaimed graphic novel was recently chosen as one of Canada Reads'' Top 5 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade! It is also the winner of the American Library Association''s Alex Award, the Doug Wright Award, and the Joe Shuster Award. And here''s a brand new printing! \"A rich tapestry ... Mr. Lemire infuses his characters with vivid details that make them burst to life.\"-- George Gene Gustines, The New York Times \"Jeff Lemire''s Essex County trilogy represents one of the most remarkable recent achievements in indie comics: three interlocking graphic novels about the mysteries and melancholy of a small Canadian farming community, rendered in a distinctive style and turned out surprisingly quickly.\"-- The AV Club \"Essex County is a tremendous achievement ... This heartfelt piece of graphic literature surpasses its form to stand as an enduring example of the finest in Canadian literature.\"-- from the introduction by Darwyn Cooke \"The subtle inter-weaving of Jeff Lemire''s Essex County Trilogy is brilliant and constantly surprising. The cumulative impact left a lump in my throat.\"-- Jeff Smith, creator of Bone and RASL \"These three books on Canadian lives are individually striking, and cumulatively stunning.\"-- Paul Gravett, author of Graphic Novels: Stories to Change Your Life \"This is the comics medium at its best.\"-- Booklist (from one of three starred reviews) Where does a young boy turn when his whole world suddenly disappears? What could change two brothers from an unstoppable team into a pair of bitterly estranged loners? How does the work of one middle-aged nurse reveal the scars of an entire community, and can anything heal the wounds caused by a century of deception? Set in an imaginary version of Jeff Lemire''s hometown, ESSEX COUNTY is an intimate study of an eccentric farming community, and a tender meditation on family, memory, grief, secrets, and reconciliation. With the lush, expressive inking of a cartoonist at the height of his powers, Lemire draws us in and sets us free.

Theresa, the daughter of a small-town “psychic” fraud, returns home to care for her ailing mother, however begrudgingly. But when Theresa discovers that there may be more to the magic than she originally believed, she’ll find herself caught up in a town that desperately needs her help... One of the most renowned creators in comics, New York Times bestselling and award-winning writer and artist Jeff Lemire (Descender, Black Hammer) arrives at BOOM! Studios with an extra-length opening chapter of a must-read ongoing series inspired by, and intricately linked to the tarot and perfect for fans of his creator-owned work as well as Helen of Wyndhorn and Locke & Key.

In his most ambitious and most personal project to date, JEFF LEMIRE spins the captivating and engaging story of a family from the small factory town of Royal City and the ghosts that haunt them. In a return to the literary and thematic territory of LEMIREÍs breakthrough graphic novel Essex County, ROYAL CITY follows Patrick Pike, a fading literary star who reluctantly returns to the once-thriving factory town where he grew up. Patrick is quickly drawn back into the dramas of his two adult siblings, his overbearing mother, and his browbeaten father, all of whom are still haunted by different versions of his youngest brother, Tommy, who drowned decades ago. As each member of the family struggles to keep themselves above water, it quickly becomes clear that TommyÍs death isnÍt the only dark secret tearing the town, and this family, apart at the seams. Can each member of the Pike family come to terms with their own guilt over TommyÍs death, and make peace with the many versions of Tommy that still haunt them, or will they all be dragged down below the river along with his lingering ghost? ROYAL CITY promises to be a sprawling serialized graphic novel that will chart the lives, loves, and losses of a troubled family and a vanishing town, across three decades. JEFF LEMIRE is the creator of DESCENDER (with DUSTIN NGUYEN), A.D.: AFTER DEATH (with SCOTT SNYDER), Roughneck, Secret Path (with GORD DOWNIE), PLUTONA (with EMI LENNOX), Essex County, Sweet Tooth, Trillium, and The Underwater Welder. He had also written celebrated stories featuring Green Arrow, Animal Man, Bloodshot, Wolverine, Hawkeye, Teen Titans, the Valiant, the X-Men, and Inhumans for the major comic book publishers.

A groundbreaking original graphic novel fantasy that’s Little Nemo meets The Little Prince set in the world of the Eisner Award–winning Black Hammer universe. Space-faring adventurer Colonel Weird sets forth on a journey to save his superhero colleagues from their rural purgatory by entering the Para-zone only to find himself paired with the much much younger Doctor Andromeda on a series of fantastical adventures through assorted worlds and dimensions Featuring a rock star artist lineup of some of the best creators in comics today: Ariela Kristantina, Ray Fawkes, Andrea Sorrentino, Marguerite Sauvage, Yuko Shimizu, Dani, Tyler Bence, Nick Robles, and written by Tate Brombal (Barbalein, House of Slaughter). A collaboration with Black Hammer co-creator Jeff Lemire. Collected in an oversized, deluxe hardcover edition!

The Eisner Award–winning superhero saga returns in this story picking up years later with new series artists Caitlin Yarsky, Malachi Ward, and Matthew Sheean. Years after Black Hammer and the rest of Spiral City’s greatest heroes seemingly died defeating the cosmic despot known as Anti-God, Lucy Weber, the daughter of Black Hammer, took up his mantle and carried on the legacy of her father. Years after that, Lucy, and the world, have moved on. Living in the suburbs of Spiral City, Lucy is married and has children. But all is not blissful. Her marriage is falling apart, her job has reached a dead end, and for mysterious reasons, she hasn’t picked up the hammer in years. But, as her domestic life begins to crumble, the secrets of the last twenty years, and the reasons Lucy really gave up being Black Hammer, begin to resurface, threatening her family, and the peace she has tried hard to find for herself. Collects Black Hammer Reborn #1–#12 in an affordable paperback format with sketchbook extras and more!

Transported to another dimension by the Books of Magic, Tim Hunter and Zatanna awake in a world where magic once ruled in peace until mad scientists banned magic and forced all of the magical creatures underground in exile. Tim soon finds out thathis ancestors are tied to this world and that only he, through the Books of Magic, can free the ''Wild World.'' Unsure of what transpired when Tim and Zatanna disappeared, the remaining members of JLD, with the help of Tim Hunter''s father, manage totransport themselves to the ''Wild World'' and soon find that the rules of magic here are very different and very deadly.This volume collects issues #14-21 of Justice League Dark.

From the world of the Eisner-award winning Black Hammer series comes a gripping World War II action adventure tale! During the Golden Age of superheroes, an elite Air Force crew called the Black Hammer Squadron bands together to combat the Nazis, a host of occult threats, and their ultimate aerial warrior the Ghost Hunter. This volume collects Black Hammer ''45 #1-4 from the all-star creative team of Ray Fawkes, Jeff Lemire, and Matt Kindt, as well as a sketchbook section.

When Superman is stricken by a mysterious illness, Wonder Woman leads the JL Dark on a quest to find Pandora’s Box and a cure it may contain – but the Phantom Stranger pleads with the team to stop before they accidentally end the world! Collecting issues #22-29 of the hit series!

The first chapter of the highly acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning superhero saga by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston, now in an affordable omnibus format. Mysteriously banished from existence by a multiversal event, the old superheroes of Spiral City now lead simple lives on a bizarre farm from which there is no escape! But as they employ all of their super abilities to free themselves from this strange purgatory, a mysterious stranger works to bring them back into action for one last adventure! Collects Black Hammer #1-13, and Black Hammer: Giant Sized Annual. “I didn’t think something could be thrilling and sad at the same time but now there’s Black Hammer proving me wrong. Amazing, Just flat-out amazing.”—Patton Oswalt “I don’t read many comics these days and I can’t remember the last time I read a superhero comic, but I’m loving BLACK HAMMER by Jeff Lemire, Dean Ormston, and Dave Stewart.”—Mike Mignola (Hellboy) \"On my pull list by the time I got to page five.\" —Mark Waid (Kingdom Come) “Fantastic.”—Scott Snyder (Batman, Wytches)

Five years from now, the DC Universe is reeling from a war with another Earth, leaving the world unprepared for an approaching evil that threatens to destroy the future. As heroes are turned into mindless villains, the planet as we know it is no more. The only salvation lies in the past, where this future apocalypse must be averted. Can a time-traveling Batman Beyond help a massive cast of the DCU''s finest avert the impending apocalypse? Written by a cast of the industry''s best talents, including Jeff Lemire, Brian Azzarello, Keith Giffen and Dan Jurgens, this new epic series will expose the secrets of the New 52 universe! Collects issues #0-17.

Oliver Queen has traveled the world to confront his fate and fully become what he was meant to be—the Green Arrow. But while Ollie was on his journey, things closer to home were falling apart. The crime lord Richard Dragon was able to consolidate the Seattle underworld under his own control. And those who rise up against him, including Green Arrow’s allies Naomi, Henry and Diggle, find themselves Dragon’s prisoners. Now, Green Arrow has arrived back home to find his city in chaos and his friends under siege. There’s only one way this can end—in a direct confrontation between Ollie and Richard Dragon. But that’s exactly what Dragon is after...and the only way he sees it ending is with the death of Green Arrow. Acclaimed creative team Jeff Lemire (JUSTICE LEAGUE UNITED, THE NEW 52: FUTURE’S END) and Andrea Sorrentino (I, VAMPIRE) wrap their celebrated run with the Emerald Archer’s greatest challenge yet! GREEN ARROW: BROKEN collects stories from GREEN ARROW #32-34, GREEN ARROW: FUTURES END #1 and SECRET ORIGINS #4.

Theresa’s mother has fallen ill, and as a young bitter misanthrope, returning to her hometown to take care of her phony psychic of a mom is the last thing on Theresa’s bucket list. But when Theresa finds out these abilities might be real after all, it will up to her to reconcile with her ailing mother, confront the failures of her past, and help the townsfolk she’d spent her life running from not so long ago... New York Times bestselling author Jeff Lemire (Descender, Black Hammer), garnering Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards and nominations for both written and illustrated works, as well as working with top talent like Andrea Sorrentino, Gabriel H. Walta, and Dustin Nguyen, debuts his first project at BOOM! Studios with this heart-gripping supernatural story about life, family, community, grief, mortality, and the power of human connection. Collects Minor Arcana #1-5.

A cross between Bambi and Cormac McCarthy''s The Road, SWEET TOOTH tells the story of Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid children, who has been raised in isolation following an inexplicable pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Dr. Singh arrives in Alaska and uncovers the origins of Gus and the hybrid children and the cause of the plague that decimated the world. And as Gus and Jepperd finally arrive in Alaska and come face to face with the truth, the militia continues to bear down on them. Their deadliest battle is still ahead.

When a visitor from the outside world arrives on the Farm, looking for the Black Hammer and bringing news of Spiral City to its Golden Age heroes, everything changes. Her arrival stirs up old memories and awakens new hope in the marooned heroes and they make a new attempt to escape their strange prison. • Jeff Lemire''s (Descender, All-New Hawkeye) most earth-shattering work yet! • Indomitably illustrated by Dean Ormston (Lucifer, 2000 AD) and Dave Stewart (Hellboy) • Dark Horse does the multiversal epic! Collects Black Hammer issues #7-11, and issue #13.

Oliver Queen thought he had it all figured out. As the heroic archer Green Arrow, he''d finally found a sense of purpose, friends to aid him, even a place on the Justice League of America. But now, he''s not even sure where he came from…or who he came from. As Green Arrow discovers that his stranding on a desert island was more than just an accident, there seem to be more sinister forces at work behind all these sudden revelations. The Queen family is embroiled in a war, generations old. A war of clans. A war of outsiders. Acclaimed creative team Jeff Lemire (ANIMAL MAN) and Andrea Sorrentino (I, VAMPIRE) take Green Arrow on his most challenging adventure yet. Collects issues #25-31.

Following on the heels of The Nobody, his Vertigo graphic novel debut, writer/artist Jeff Lemire pens his very first ongoing series SWEET TOOTH. A cross between Bambi and Cormac McCarthy''s The Road, SWEET TOOTH tells the story of Gus, a rare new breed of human/animal hybrid children, has been raised in isolation following an inexplicable pandemic that struck a decade earlier. Now, with the death of his father he''s left to fend for himself . . . until he meets a hulking drifter named Jepperd who promises to help him. Jepperd and Gus set out on a post-apocalyptic journey into the devastated American landscape to find \"The Preserve\" a refuge for hybrids. As the mysterious Captain James Thacker and his crew man a deadly expedition, they will uncover secrets centuries old, but what does any of this have to do with Gus and Jepperd? Plus, while Jeppard, Singh and Gus make plans to head to Alaska, things start to deteriorate for the rest of the group back at the sanctuary!

When an eight-year-old girl begins to transform into a tree, her single Mom, troubled brother, and possibly insane grandfather embark on a bizarre and heart-wrenching odyssey across the back roads of America, desperately searching for a way to cure her horrifying transformation before it''s too late. Bestselling, award-winning writer JEFF LEMIRE (ROYAL CITY, DESCENDER, Sweet Tooth) and superstar artist PHIL HESTER (Shipwreck, Green Arrow) come together for FAMILY TREE, a genre-defying epic about the lengths a mother will go to keep her children safe in a world of unspeakable horrors. Collects FAMILY TREE #1-4

They are the last children on Earth…and they also happen to be vampires. For longer than they can remember, these child vampires have lived a life of eternal wonder amongst the ruins of humanity. But shocking events fracture the group and set them on a path of discovery that will shatter their innocence forever. Lord of The Flies meets vampires in the first volume of a bold new ongoing series from JEFF LEMIRE & DUSTIN NGUYEN, the Eisner-winning creative team behind the bestselling DESCENDER and ASCENDER series. Collects LITTLE MONSTERS #1-6

**New York Times**\-bestselling writers **JEFF LEMIRE** (**GIDEON FALLS, DESCENDER**) and **MATT KINDT** (**BANG!, MIND MGMT**) unite with internationally acclaimed artist **DAVID RUBÍN** (**BEOWULF**, **Ether**) for original graphic novel **COSMIC DETECTIVE,** an epic science fiction mystery that asks: When a God is murdered, who solves the crime? Enter our detective. The murder of a god threatens to tear apart the very fabric of our reality, and only he stands in the way of utter destruction. Will the mystery he uncovers be worse than the disaster he’s trying to avert? And will his mind crack under the revelations he’s about to uncover before he can do anything about it?

END OF STORY ARC The epic second story arc of PHANTOM ROAD by JEFF LEMIRE and GABRIEL HERNçNDEZ WALTA concludes here!Ê Will Theresa discover where Dom and Birdie have disappeared to and solve the mysteries of Project Jackknife and her own traumatic past? While Birdie and Dom continue to transport the entity, they encounter a roadblock on their speedrun that might end their journeyÉ

The first chapter of the highly acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning superhero saga in deluxe, oversized hardcover format. Collects the first and second volumes of Black Hammer, and Black Hammer: Giant Sized Annual in a digital format with a new cover, sketchbook extras, and more! Mysteriously banished from existence by a multiversal event, the old superheroes of Spiral City now lead simple lives on a bizarre farm from which there is no escape! But as they employ all of their super abilities to free themselves from this strange purgatory, a mysterious stranger works to bring them back into action for one last adventure! \"I don''t read many comics these days, and I can''t remember the last time I read a superhero comic, but I''m loving Black Hammer.\" - Mike Mignola \"Black Hammer is easily one of Lemire''s best creations.\" - Scott Snyder \"Amazing. Just flat-out amazing.\" - Patton Oswalt

Alles steht Kopf in der Welt von Black Hammer! Erst kollidiert Spiral City mit einer Parallelwelt-Version seiner selbst, wodurch ein komplett neues Multiversum entsteht, und jetzt nimmt Lucy Weber den Hammer ihres Vaters wieder zur Hand, um gemeinsam mit Skulldigger nach einer Lösung für das katastrophale Chaos zu suchen. »Black Hammer: Reborn« läutet eine neue Ära des »Hammerverse« ein! Jeff Lemire verschränkt auf unverwechselbare Weise zutiefst menschliche Alltagsdramen mit atemberaubender Superheldenaction und katapultiert seine Hitserie »Black Hammer« in unsere Gegenwart. Diesmal liegt es an Malachi Ward und Matthew Sheean, in Dean Ormstons Fußstapfen zu treten und Lemires einzigartiger Vision Ehre zu erweisen. Beinhaltet Heft 9-12 von »Black Hammer: Reborn«