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  • We all have a place where we belong. Featuring all-new stories from Howard Chaykin (American Flagg), Marc Guggenheim (Arrow), Chris Roberson & Dennis Culver (Edison Rex), Adam P. Knave (Amelia Cole), Jed Dougherty (World’s Finest), and many more! Proceeds benefit organizations including GLAAD, Prism Comics, and Stand For The Silent.

    RISE: Comics Against Bullying #1 by: Joey Esposito, Kristopher White, Erica Schultz, Adam Pruett, Marc Guggenheim, Howard Chaykin, Jeremy Thomas, Boy “Boykoesh” Akkerman, Adam P. Knave, Chris Haley, Paul Castiglia, Chris Allan, Spencer Perry, Jody Houser, Jean Kang, Benjamin Bailey, Ryan Cody, Brad Bell, George Zapata, Jon Carroll, Dawn Griffin, Chris Roberson, Dennis Culver, $2.99$4.99

    We all have a place where we belong. Featuring all-new stories from Howard Chaykin (American Flagg), Marc Guggenheim (Arrow), Chris Roberson & Dennis Culver (Edison Rex), Adam P. Knave (Amelia Cole), Jed Dougherty (World’s Finest), and many more! Proceeds benefit organizations including GLAAD, Prism Comics, and Stand For The Silent.

  • Stand up against bullying! Featuring all-new comics from Marc Andreyko (Batwoman), Sina Grace (Li’l Depressed Boy), Vasilis Pozios, Marguerite Sauvage (Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman), Kristopher White (Father Robot), and MANY more! Proceeds benefit organizations including GLAAD, Prism Comics, and Stand For The Silent.

    RISE: Comics Against Bullying #2 by: Joey Esposito, Kristopher White, Erica Schultz, Adam Pruett, Marc Andreyko, Sina Grace, Christian Beranek, Brandon Barrows, Josh Southall, Tio Lavranos, Vasilis K. Pozios, MD, Marguerite Sauvage, Scott Larson, John Gomes, Elizabeth Amber Love, Carolyn Belefski, David Seltzer, $2.99$4.99

    Stand up against bullying! Featuring all-new comics from Marc Andreyko (Batwoman), Sina Grace (Li’l Depressed Boy), Vasilis Pozios, Marguerite Sauvage (Sensation Comics featuring Wonder Woman), Kristopher White (Father Robot), and MANY more! Proceeds benefit organizations including GLAAD, Prism Comics, and Stand For The Silent.

  • A comic book tackling the subject of teen bullying and suicide, written by Charles “Zan” Christensen and drawn by Mark Brill. Shannon gets picked on a lot; his dad and teachers think he should just “fit in” more, but that doesn’t help. So Shannon escapes into a super-powered alter-ego whenever he’s in a bad situation. But will the power within be enough to save him?

    The Power Within by: Charles “Zan” Christensen, Mark Brill, Donna Barr, Matthew Clark, Phil Jimenez, Andy Mangels, Carla Speed McNeil, Dan Parent, Greg Rucka, Stephen Sadowski, Gail Simone, $2.99$4.99

    A comic book tackling the subject of teen bullying and suicide, written by Charles “Zan” Christensen and drawn by Mark Brill.

    Shannon gets picked on a lot; his dad and teachers think he should just “fit in” more, but that doesn’t help. So Shannon escapes into a super-powered alter-ego whenever he’s in a bad situation. But will the power within be enough to save him?

    In addition to the main story, the book contains bonus pages by a collection of comics industry heavyweights, including Gail Simone (Wonder Woman, Birds of Prey), Phil Jimenez (New X-Men, Wonder Woman), Greg Rucka (Detective Comics, Gotham Central), Matthew Clark (Outsiders, Wonder Woman), Stephen Sadowski (JSA, Warlord of Mars), Dan Parent (Archie, Kevin Keller), Donna Barr (The Desert Peach), Andy Mangels (Gay Comics, Iron Man: Beneath the Armor) and Carla Speed McNeil (FINDER).

    Copies of The Power Within are available free of charge to youth services organizations and teachers’ groups. Please contact us by email to request copies. The book contains discussion questions so that the book can be used as a tool to start a conversation about issues of bullying and harassment.

    PREVIEW:

    Read the first part of the story right now!

    INTERVIEWS:

    Review at Gay.com by Jase Peeples — “Moved by the rash of suicides committed by bullied LGBT teens last year, Christensen and Brill took it upon themselves to create a story they hope will reach others in a way only comics can.”

    Interview on Tacoma KOMO — “Imagine a world in which bullied teens are protected by muscled superheroes. It sounds fantastic, but this is exactly the world Zan Christensen and Mark Brill have created in a new comic intended to help teens cope with bullying and harassment in school.”

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCXzxJ-qDA4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCGaSZfBpqM

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    Pride High is an award-winning independent comic book series about a gay-straight alliance at a high school for superpowered youth. This special edition of the first issue is optimized for digital reading and gives readers a great introduction to the series.

    Pride High #1 by: Tommy Roddy, Brian Ponce, Carl Hippensteel, $0.00

    Pride High is an award-winning independent comic book series about a gay-straight alliance at a high school for superpowered youth.

    This special edition of the first issue is optimized for digital reading and gives readers a great introduction to the series.

    Pride High writer and co-creator Tommy Roddy was the co-recipient of Prism Comics’ 2008 Queer Press Grant.

  • From 1995 to 1998, David Kelly’s “Steven’s Comics” ran in LGBT and alternative newspapers around the country. This comic strip explored the world of a sensitive boy coming of age in the seventies, with all its joys, quirks, and heartbreaks. Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics collects the entire Xeric-Award-winning series in one volume suitable for young adult and adult readers, with additional material created specially for this collection.

    Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics by: David Kelly $6.99$19.99

    From 1995 to 1998, David Kelly’s “Steven’s Comics” ran in LGBT and alternative newspapers around the country. This comic strip explored the world of a sensitive boy coming of age in the seventies, with all its joys, quirks, and heartbreaks. Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics collects the entire Xeric-Award-winning series in one volume suitable for young adult and adult readers, with additional material created specially for this collection.

    The book also includes a foreword by advice columnist and It Gets Better Project founder Dan Savage; Northwest Press will be making a donation to the It Gets Better Project with every copy sold.

    Includes a foreword by It Gets Better founder Dan Savage.

    PREVIEWS:

    You can read a preview of Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics right here on the site.

  • Pride High is an award-winning independent comic book series about a gay-straight alliance at a high school for superpowered youth. This collection assembles the first seven issues of the fan-favorite series, optimized for digital reading, as well as a foreword by Fanboys of the Universe Editor-in-Chief Chance Whitmire, bonus sketches, creator bios and a brand-new cover illustration.

    Pride High by: Tommy Roddy, Carl Hippensteel, Dex Craig and Paul Jack, Polawat Darapong, Diego Gómez, Mike Millard, Brian Ponce, Patrick Pungpee, Robert Rivera, William O. Tyler, $9.99

    Pride High is an award-winning independent comic book series about a gay-straight alliance at a high school for superpowered youth.

    This collection assembles the first seven issues of the fan-favorite series, optimized for digital reading, as well as a foreword by Fanboys of the Universe Editor-in-Chief Chance Whitmire, bonus sketches, creator bios and a brand-new cover illustration.

    Pride High writer and co-creator Tommy Roddy was the co-recipient of Prism Comics’ 2008 Queer Press Grant.

  • From the moment Kitty, a ballerina doll, is assembled in the Doll Factory, she questions her existence. She ends up in a suburban home where a little girl plays domestic games with her and Soccer Scotty, a male doll happy with the status quo. The restless Kitty escapes, along the way meeting Army Jim, a military action figure. He’s heading for Dolltopia, where dolls have created their own society, separate from humans.

    Dolltopia by: Abby Denson $6.99

    From the moment Kitty, a ballerina doll, is assembled in the Doll Factory, she questions her existence. She ends up in a suburban home where a little girl plays domestic games with her and Soccer Scotty, a male doll happy with the status quo. The restless Kitty escapes, along the way meeting Army Jim, a military action figure. He’s heading for Dolltopia, where dolls have created their own society, separate from humans. She joins him on the journey and the biggest adventure of their lives! They give themselves makeovers, meet a helpful black cat and other free-thinking dolls, lead a raid on the Doll Factory, and Kitty undergoes plastic surgery by Dolltopia’s mysterious Doctor. Just as she’s getting settled in, Soccer Scotty tracks her down. Things get even worse when a human discovers Dolltopia! Acclaimed graphic novelist Abby Denson brings her trademark manga- and punk-inflected style to this imaginative graphic novel.

  • From the mischievous mind of David Cantero comes Little David, an exploration of all the ways kids become part of a family, from same-sex parents to in-vitro fertilization to adoption to step-parents. Meet Little David and all his Little friends as they ask questions, make jokes, and figure out that they’re not really that different after all.

    Little David by: David Cantero $4.99

    From the mischievous mind of David Cantero comes Little David, an exploration of all the ways kids become part of a family, from same-sex parents to in-vitro fertilization to adoption to step-parents. Meet Little David and all his Little friends as they ask questions, make jokes, and figure out that they’re not really that different after all.

  • Inspired by shounen-ai manga—melodramatic Japanese comics by girls about gay boys—Tough Love is a teen romance and coming-out story about a shy boy named Brian.  Socially relevant, fun, immediately accessible, and a bit of a soap opera, Tough Love helps gay teenagers to be more comfortable with themselves and less troubled, especially when they’re feeling alone and misunderstood.

    Tough Love: High School Confidential by: Abby Denson $6.99

    Inspired by shounen-ai manga—melodramatic Japanese comics by girls about gay boys—Tough Love is a teen romance and coming-out story about a shy boy named Brian. More realistic than Japanese manga, this story centers on the relationships Brian develops with the boy he likes, Chris, and Julie, the girl who befriends him. Serious issues like gay bashing, suicide, and coming to terms with one’s own sexual identity are depicted with an honest, gentle touch. Socially relevant, fun, immediately accessible, and a bit of a soap opera, Tough Love helps gay teenagers to be more comfortable with themselves and less troubled, especially when they’re feeling alone and misunderstood.

    148 pages, black-and-white.