New Releases by Sam Maggs

Class. Homework. Sleep. Repeat! Such is the life for Starfleet Academy star pupil Jean-Luc Picard. But if he’s to achieve his dream of an early graduation and his own crew, he’ll need to face his worst fear head on: making friends. But this doesn’t come easy for Jean-Luc, not when he’s got a bully like the Betazoid Resh calling out all his mistakes and a really cute girl named Marty making him nervous… and certainly not with guest professor Spock analyzing every step he takes!

La paisible soirée entre filles de Carol Danvers et sa meilleure amie Jessica Drew (alias Spider-Woman) tourne à la catastrophe quand l''île de Manhattan est envahie par une armée de chats en colère... Et ce ne sont pas n''importe quels chats, ce sont des Flerken, les créatures aliens les plus dangereuses de l''univers ! Découvrez les nouvelles aventures trépidantes de la pétillante Captain Marvel.

Long before the world turned upside down and new generations discovered D&D, six kids boarded a magical roller coaster and were transported to the Forgotten Realms! Noble ranger Hank, intrepid acrobat Diana, quiet thief Sheila, impulsive barbarian Bobby, fearful and cavalier Eric, and uncertain magician Presto only want to get back to their own world. But escaping the Realms has turned out to be much harder than getting there! Danger lurks at every turn, the enigmatic Dungeon Master is less than helpful, and Venger, the force of evil, will stop at nothing to get his hands on the magical weapons the kids have come to rely on. To top it off, Hank has made a startling discovery: Despite the dangers, Sheila, Bobby, Diana, and the others aren''t so sure they want to go home after all! Bards David M. Booher (Canto) and Sam Maggs (Rick and Morty Ever After) join artificer George Kambadais (John Carter of Mars) for a thrilling "lost episode" that charts new territory in the world of D&D.nbsp; Dungeons & Dragons aired on CBS in 1983 and ran for three seasons with 27 episodes, but premature cancellation meant crucial scripts went unproduced. Yet, it still made an indelible impression on its audience, and legions of D&D players recall it fondly to this day.

Critcal Role’s The Mighty Nein Origins is collected for the first time! This first of two volumes collects the whimsical, tragic, and sometimes haunting backstories of Jester Lavorre, Caleb Widogast, Yasha Nydoorin, and Nott the Brave. Delve deep into their pasts and witness what led them to the Mighty Nein. This hardcover collection features stories and art by fan-favorite Critter creators, in direct consultation with the cast of Critical Role! It’s a must for any fan’s library. Collects: Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins: Jester Lavorre Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins: Caleb Widogast Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins: Yasha Nydoorin Critical Role: Mighty Nein Origins: Nott the Brave

Der ehemalige Jedi-Padawan Cal Kestis hat sich zusammen mit der Crew der Stinger Mantis ein neues Leben aufgebaut. Sie haben Seite an Seite gegen Kopfgeldjäger gekämpft, Inquisitoren besiegt und sich sogar erfolgreich dem Zugriff Darth Vaders entzogen. Merrin, Cere, Greez und der treue Droide BD-1 sind für Cal nun zu so etwas wie einer Familie geworden. Während die Zukunft der Galaxie von Tag zu Tag unsicherer wird, wird die Mantis- Crew mit jedem Schlag gegen das Imperium mutiger. Bei einer Routine-Mission treffen sie auf eine abtrünnige Sturmtrupplerin. Sie will der Crew im Austausch für ihre Hilfe Informationen über ein mächtiges Werkzeug im Kampf gegen das Imperium liefern. Der einzige Haken dabei ist, dass sie dabei dem Inquisitor Fünfter Bruder in die Quere kommen – einem der gefährlichsten Diener des Imperiums. Cal und seine Freunde treten nicht zum ersten Mal gegen die Inquisitoren an. Die Frage ist nur, wie oft sie dem Imperium noch entkommen können, bevor ihr Glück sie endgültig verlässt.

Ahoy! I’ve returned from Knight Terrors fresh-faced and well rested-Oh jeez! Looks like my new friend/interdimensional monarch who’s totally still threatening to murder my world at the drop of a hat Lady Quark is back, and she’s bearing gifts pulled straight from the deep recesses of Knight Terrors! But I got a class to teach and finals to prepare them for! Looks like we’re taking this show…on the road! Ahhh, thee children o’ da night, what terrible music they make. Sam Maggs and Kelley Jones tell the true story of the time I got proposed to by a nasty old perv in a castle. Don’t worry, me and Ives are gonna give ’im what for!

From New York Times best-selling author Sam Maggs (Star Wars Jedi: Battle Scars and Marvel Action: Captain Marvel) comes a new ongoing series unveiling the past of one of Starfleet’s most celebrated officers: Captain Jean-Luc Picard! Before becoming the Federation’s finest, Jean-Luc was an ordinary student at Starfleet Academy with sights on the stars. His path forward was charted: blow his classmates out of the water on the infamous Evasive Maneuvers exam and graduate early. But there’s a detail Cadet Picard hadn’t factored into his plan: the exam was a group project and he’d need to make friends with, ugh, people if he stood a chance at passing. Federation starships aren’t run by a party of one, after all.

Rick et Morty entrent dans un monde à vous faire GRIMacer... un monde de contes de fées inversé ! Lorsque Morty doit réviser un examen, Rick lui propose d''utiliser sa dernière invention pour intégrer complètement les connaissances de son manuel Avalonia : Mauvaises histoires pour mauvais enfants. Mais les choses tournent mal lorsque Rick et Morty sont tous deux entraînés à l''intérieur du livre et sont contraints de vivre une aventure dans un univers miroir des contes de Grimm, complètement tordu et bien loin des adaptations édulcorées qu''on connaît !

Collects Marvel Action Captain Marvel (2019) #1-6, Marvel Action Captain Marvel (2021) #1-5. All-action adventures of Captain Marvel and friends! Carol Danvers'' quiet night with BFF Jessica Drew (A.K.A. Spider-Woman) takes a cat-astrophic turn when Manhattan''s bodegas are suddenly overrun by a host of angry felines! And not just any felines - Flerkens, the most terrifying kitty lookalikes in the entire universe! Then, Carol has been a fighter pilot, a cosmic hero and an Avenger, but now she faces her most difficult job yet: driving instructor to Nadia Van Dyne, the Unstoppable Wasp! And it becomes an even bigger task when A.I.M. uses Pym Particles to shrink Captain Marvel down to tiny size! Plus: Carol joins Ghost-Spider in battle with the Mad Thinker and the Awesome Android - and needs some help from the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl to take down a digital doppelganger!

Everything in Cath’s offline life is going wrong. Just when she’s started to realize her feelings for Levi, she sees him kissing someone else. Plus, her writing partner, Nick, is acting strange, and her twin sister, Wren, is suddenly making time for their mother—the same woman who walked out of their lives ten years ago! When their dad ends up in the hospital, Cath decides it’s time to rethink her plans for the future. But how can she leave the past behind when it keeps showing up at her door? -- VIZ Media

Los valientes Jedi. Los astutos Sith. Estos icónicos héroes y villanos representan la lucha entre el bien y el mal que habita en el corazón de Star Wars. En esta emocionante antología, diez aclamados autores y autoras imaginan nuevas aventuras para los Jedi y los Sith, desde Luke Skywalker y Darth Vader hasta Obi-Wan Kenobi y Asajj Ventress, entre muchos otros, en historias que parecen haber salido de la pantalla. Peleas épicas, planes malvados, actos valientes y una ira sin límites están aquí para celebrar a algunos de los héroes y villanos más memorables de todos los tiempos.

Fire and brimstone! Fairy tales and witches! This deluxe hardcover collects fan-favorite miniseries Rick and Morty: Go to Hell and Rick and Morty: Ever After. The hit comic book series based on Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s hilarious [adult swim]™ animated show Rick and Morty™ continues in all-new stories not seen on TV! In Deluxe Double feature, our heroes seek the manager of Hell (yes, that Hell) and find themselves sucked into the fairy-tale world of Avalonia: Sad Stories for Bad Children. Fire and brimstone! Fairy tales and witches! Wubba lubba dub-dub, y''all. Collects the two miniseries Rick and Morty Go to Hell and Ever After.

Cal Kestis leads the Mantis crew on an adventure set between Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order and Star Wars Jedi: Survivor. Cal Kestis has built a new life for himself with the crew of the Stinger Mantis. Together, Cal''s crew has brought down bounty hunters, defeated Inquisitors, and even evaded Darth Vader himself. More important, Merrin, Cere, Greez, and faithful droid BD-1 are the closest thing Cal has had to a family since the fall of the Jedi Order. Even as the galaxy''s future grows more uncertain by the day, with each blow struck against the Empire the Mantis crew grows more daring. On what should be a routine mission, they meet a stormtrooper determined to chart her own course with the help of Cal and the crew. In exchange for help starting a new life, the Imperial deserter brings word of a powerful, potentially invaluable tool for their fight against the Empire. And even better, she can help them get to it. The only catch-pursuing it will bring them into the path of one of the Empire''s most dangerous servants, the Inquisitor known as the Fifth Brother. Can the Imperial deserter truly be trusted? And while Cal and his friends have survived run-ins with the Inquisitors before, how many times can they evade the Empire before their luck runs out?

When you become that which you fear most, how do you carry on? Veth Brenatto doesn’t have an exciting life, but she likes it that way. Unlike her childhood, it’s safe. Predictable. And her husband and son love her almost as fiercely as she loves them. But Veth’s cozy existence is turned on its head when she and her family are captured by raiders. In order to save them, Veth will commit an atrocity that will sever her from all that she loves––maybe forever––and lead her to become Nott the Brave of the Mighty Nein. Celebrated writer Sam Maggs (Captain Marvel, The Unstoppable Wasp) is joined by Critical Role cast members Matthew Mercer and Sam Riegel, with the expert art of William Kirkby (Rat Queens) and colors by Eren Angliolini (Justice League: Last Ride), with letters from Ariana Maher (Critical Role: Vox Machina Origins) for a heartbreaking look at a halfling’s end and a goblin’s beginning.

Explore never-before-seen stories from the world-record breaking EVE Online game, featuring fictional accounts of real in-game space battles, deep personal stories, death, and being reborn—again and again and again! A new threat has come to the New Eden star cluster, an ancient and ruthless civilization, demanding all factions either submit to conversion or die. Despite their differences in loyalties, four capsuleers battle tooth and nail to save each other and all of New Eden, hoping to buy just enough time for reinforcements to arrive. This isn’t just a book about epic space battles, exploding starships and an apocalyptic invasion. It’s about the people who are brave enough to keep fighting when they are outgunned, who pick themselves up every time they get knocked down, and are willing to sacrifice their lives to protect everything they love. Collecting all four digital comics into one hardcover collection for the first time, this is a great book for any fan of expansive galactic storytelling. Written by Sam Maggs (The Fangirl''s Guide to the Galaxy, Marvel Action: Captain Marvel) and Melissa Grey, penciled by Kieran McKeown (Crime Syndicate, DC Crimes of Passion), with inks by Dexter Vines and colors by Sebastian Cheng, this series is a thrilling addition to the EVE Online universe. Collects EVE Online: Capsuleer Chronicles #1–#4.

Der Erfolgsroman FANGIRL von Rainbow Rowell nun auch als Manga! Bücherwurm und Fanfiction-Autorin Cath meistert ihr bislang größtes Abenteuer. Was passiert, wenn sie Zauberstäbe und Vampire gegen Unikurse und zarte Campusromanzen tauscht? Cath will einfach nur mit ihrer Zwillingsschwester abhängen und Fanfiction schreiben. Aber jetzt, wo sie auf dem College sind, hat Wren keine Zeit mehr für sie. Und das Leben holt Cath immer weiter aus ihrem Schneckenhaus. Zum ersten Mal hat sie einen eigenen Freundeskreis. Da ist Nick, ihr gut aussehender Kommilitone, der Geschichten mit ihr schreiben will... Und Levi, der immer dann auftaucht, wenn sie nicht nach ihm sucht... Genau genommen... ist Caths Kreis vielleicht eher ein Dreieck? Eine leidenschaftliche Fanfiction-Autorin im Kampf gegen die reale Welt! Weitere Infos: - empfohlen ab 14 Jahren - in westlicher Leserichtung - auf 4 Bände angelegt

Como Capitana Marvel, la gran superheroína del Universo Marvel, Carol Danvers puede estar acostumbrada a ir más alto, más lejos, más rápido, pero en una aventura con Nadia Pym, La Imparable Avispa, será más pequeña, volará más bajo pero continuará tan formidable como siempre.

To submit to weakness or to defeat it—Arturo finds that giving in might just be the key to breaking the cycle. And if second chances exist—life can be worth choosing.

Llega más alto, más lejos y más rápido en esta nueva aventura de la Capitana Marvel para todos los públicos. Una noche tranquila se convierte en una pesadilla, después de que Manhattan sufra una invasión Flerken... ¡sí, la raza de la gatita de Carol!

Die Computerspiel-Serie Call of Duty gehört zu den erfolgreichsten Franchises überhaupt. Mit CALL OF DUTY: VANGUARD gibt es nun eine neue Geschichte im Comic-Format, die Einblicke in die Entstehung der Task Force Vanguard aus dem gleichnamigen Computerspiel gewährt. Geschrieben von Sam Maggs und gezeichnet von Piotr Kowalski ist dieser Comic ein Must-read für alle Fans des Spiels!

Cath just wants to hang out with her twin sister and write fanfiction. But now that they’re in college, her sister doesn’t have time for her. And life keeps pulling Cath further and further out of her shell. For the first time ever, Cath has her own social circle. There’s Nick, her handsome classmate who wants her to write short stories with him... And then Levi, who keeps showing up when she isn’t looking for him... Actually...maybe Cath’s circle is more of a triangle? -- VIZ Media

Brand-new middle-grade stories featuring all your favorite characters from the far reaches of the Star Wars galaxy, spanning the entire Skywalker Saga and beyond! To be a Jedi is to project peace and embody order in the face of conflict and chaos. But there''s no conflict like the conflict between siblings--and Luke and Leia don''t even know that''s what they are! Can they keep their cool in a feverish fray in Bogano''s swamplands? Mace Windu is a Master of the Jedi Order, but even he can be ruffled, when an entire planet goes dark, leading Mace and the clones of Lightning Squad to a ghostly encounter! Then, it''s Luke''s turn to convey the lessons of the Jedi mindset, but is Rogue Squadron''s hotheaded new recruit ready to learn? All this, plus six stories of villainy that put the Dark side in the spotlight! Boba Fett tangles with Han Solo, Count Dooku has a new scheme, the Crimson Corsair proves himself a hotshot pirate, and more! Collects Star Wars Adventures (2020) issues #7-12.

Der Erfolgsroman FANGIRL von Rainbow Rowell nun auch als Manga! Bücherwurm und Fanfiction-Autorin Cath meistert ihr bislang größtes Abenteuer. Was passiert, wenn sie Zauberstäbe und Vampire gegen Unikurse und zarte Campusromanzen tauscht? Cath ist als gefeierte Fanfiction-Autorin aktives Mitglied der Simon-Snow-Fangemeinde. Die Magie der achtteiligen Fantasyreihe lebt in ihr weiter. Doch mit ihrem Wechsel an die Uni ist sie komplett aus ihrer Komfortzone geraten. Da zwischen ihr und ihrer Zwillingsschwester Wren beinahe Funkstille herrscht, ist sie auf sich allein gestellt. Dabei gibt es plötzlich so viele neue Menschen in ihrem Leben! Ihre mürrische Zimmergenossin Reagan und deren Freund Levi zum Beispiel, aber auch der gut aussehende Nick, der ihr neuer Schreibpartner wird. Nicht zu vergessen Professor Piper – die Fanfiction zutiefst verabscheut. Wird es Cath bei all diesem Chaos gelingen, ihr alternatives Ende der Simon-Snow-Serie fertigzustellen? Eine leidenschaftliche Fanfiction-Autorin im Kampf gegen die reale Welt! Weitere Infos: - empfohlen ab 14 Jahren - in westlicher Leserichtung - auf 4 Bände angelegt