Lee Dean

Oct 19, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Keiichi Koike |Lee Dean |Matt Madden

Ashley Robin Franklin. Silver Sprocket, $39.99 (376p) ISBN 979-8-88620-041-6This lush, sensuous body horror collection from Franklin (The Hills of Estrella Roja) electrifies with its chilling depictions of decay and regeneration. Spooky and satisfying folktales include “No Bones Nancy” and “Fruiting Bodies,” which evoke American murder ballads and campfire yarns.

Oct 12, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Keum Suk Gendry-Kim |Keiichi Koike |Lee Dean |Matt Madden

Keum Suk Gendry-Kim, trans. from Korean by Janet Hong. Drawn & Quarterly, $24.95 trade paper (212p) ISBN 978-1-7704-6731-6Harvey Award winner Gendry-Kim (The Waiting) delivers a poignant semi-autobiographical graphic novel about a couple who love dogs, in a small town that often does not. Yuna and her husband, Hun, move from Seoul to the countryside for their anxious dog Carrot’s benefit (after dosing Carrot with Prozac doesn’t do the trick).

Sep 20, 2024 | publishersweekly.com | Lee Dean |Matt Madden |David Walker |Marcus Anderson

Alain Chevarier and Mark McGuire. Mad Cave, $19.99 trade paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-54580-841-2A father hopes to rein in his quick temper in the brooding graphic novel debut from filmmakers Chevarier and McGuire. Pat keeps snapping at his elementary school–age kids, Sam and Lily. Though the outbursts—during which he’s drawn as a looming grizzly bear—tend to stem from a protective impulse, he is troubled by echoes of his own father’s alcohol-fueled rages.