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Two future masters of the secret arts gained knowledge not meant for the world in a tragic encounter with a demon lord. Now their students must deal with what lies ahead, their friendships to be tested or even broken. Visit Dimensional Manga and click "Normal Preview" to preview the graphic novel Demon Prince: Children of Gaia Vol. 1 or "Serious Preview" for a peek at Vol. 2.


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5 Shots - Jemir Johnson
888 Vol. 1 - Noriko Kuwata
The 9/11 Report: The Graphic Adaptation - Sid Jacobson & Ernie Colon

Alter Ego - Roy Thomas & Ron Harris
Amelia Rules Vols. 1-3 - Jimmy Gownley
American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang
Amphigorey Again - Edward Gorey

Batman: The Dailies 1943-1946 - Bob Kane
Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943-1946 - Bob Kane
The Best American Comics 2006 - Harvey Pekar & Anne Elizabeth Moore, eds.
Bernet - Jordi Bernet
Black Hole - Charles Burns
Black Mane - Michael V. Lariccia
Blindspot - Kevin C. Pyle
Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story - Frederik Peeters
The Bluesman: Books 1 & 2 - Rob Vollmar & Pablo G. Callejo
The Book of Ballads - Charles Vess & various
The Boys Vol. 1: The Name of the Game - Garth Ennis & Darick Robertson

Cancer Vixen - Marisa Acocella Marchetto
Caped Crusaders 101: Composition through Comic Books - Jeffrey Kahan & Stanley Stewart
The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1 - Larry Gonick
City of Glass: The Graphic Novel - adapted by Paul Kurasik & David Mazzuchelli
Clifton: My Dear Wilkinson - Turk de Groot
Collision Course Goad - Zombienose
Comic Book Encyclopedia - Ron Goulart
The Contract with God Trilogy/Life on Dropsie Avenue - Will Eisner
Criminal Macabre - Steve Niles & Ben Templesmith
The Cute Manifesto - James Kochalka

Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda - Stassen

Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story - Harvey Pekar
Elk's Run - Joshua Hale Fialkov et al.
Ex Machina Vols. 1 & 2 - Brian K. Vaughn et al.
Exiles Vol. 11: Timebreakers - Tony Bedard et al.
Exorcisms & Pogo Sticks - Stephen Doerr

Fables Vol. 6: Homelands - Bill Willingham
Fables from the Mud - Erik Quisling
Flight, Vol. 2 - Kazu Kibuishi
The Fly Chronicles: Life at the Bottom of the Food Chain - Michael Blaney
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel

Graphic Classics Vols. 10-12: Horror Classics, O. Henry, & Adventure Classics - Rod Lott et al.
Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels - Frans Masereel et al.
Grease Monkey: A Tale of Growing Up in Orbit - Tim Eldred
Gun Fu Vol. 1 - Howard M. Shum & Joey Mason

Hack Slash Vol. 1: The First Cut - Tim Seeley et al.
Hard-Bullied Comics Vol. 1: Back in Blackmail - Steven Earnhart and Rudolf Montemayor
Here Be SnapDragons - John Kovalic & Liz Rathke
Hinadori Girl Vol. 1 - Mari Matsuzawa
A History of Violence - John Wagner & Vince Locke
House of M - Brian Michael Bendis
How to Make Money Like a Porn Star - Neil Strauss & Bernard Chang

Image Comics: The Road to Independence - George Khoury
Innocent Vol. 1: 2006-2007 Collection - Shawn Granger

The Killer - Matz and Luc Jacamon
Kurogane 1 & 2 - Kei Toume

Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. 1: Limited Edition - Winsor McCay
Lost in Space: Voyage to the Bottom of the Soul - Bill Mumy & Michal Dutkiewicz
Lost Raven - Darren G. Davis & Kue Cha

Mad Night - Richard Sala
The Making of a Graphic Novel/The Resonator - Prentis Rollins
Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography - Andrew Helfer
Manhunter Vol. 1: Street Justice - Marc Andreyko
Maybe...Maybe Not - Ralf Konig
Megillat Esther - J.T. Waldman
Melusine - Halloween - Francois Gilson and Clarke
MW - Osamu Tezuka

nEuROTIC - John Cuneo
The New Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout - Brian Michael Bendis & David Finch
New York: Life in the Big City - Will Eisner

Ode to Kirihito - Osamu Tezuka
Out of Picture Volume 1: Art from the Outside Looking In - The Artists of OOP

The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture - Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood & The Story of a Return - Marjane Satrapi
The Pin-Up Art of Bill Ward - Alex Chun & Jacob Covey
Pretty Maniacs Vol. 1 - Shinsuke Kurihashi
The Pulse Vols. 1 & 2 - Brian Michael Bendis et al.

Raider: Dead Men's Tales - Thomas F. Zahler
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean - Douglas Wolk
Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography - Andrew Helfer, ill. Steve Buccalletto & Joe Staton

John Woo's Seven Brothers: Sons of Heaven, Son of Hell - Garth Ennis & Jeevan Kang
Silver Star: The Graphite Edition - Jack Kirby
Shekhar Kapur's Snake Woman Volume 1: A Snake in the Grass - Zeb Wells & Michael Gaydos
Spent - Joe Matt
Spy vs. Spy 2: The Joke and Dagger Files - David Shayne
The Steel Claw: The Vanishing Man - Kenneth Bulmer & Jesus Blasco
Stonehaven: Subterranean Hearts - Kevin Tinsley
Stop Forgetting to Remember - Peter Kuper
Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre - Peter Coogan
The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb - R. Crumb

Tales of the Closet Vol. 1 - Ivan Velez, Jr.
The Collected Tall Tails Vol. 1 - J.D. Calderon & Daphne Lage
Thieves & Kings Vol. 1 - Mark Oakley
The Toxic Avenger: The Novel - Lloyd Kaufman & Adam Jahnke
Trailers - Mark Kneece & Julie Collins-Rousseau

The Ultimates 2, Vol. 1 - Mark Millar & Bryan Hitch

The Wandering Schoolgirl Bk. 1 - Gary L. & Louis C. Gallegos
The Wang, Vols. 1 & 2 - Stan Yan
Will Eisner: Edge of Genius - Will Eisner

Y: The Last Man Vol. 6 - Girl on Girl - Brian K. Vaughan
Yakari & Great Eagle - Derib & Job

Zed: Loads of Love - Duane M. Abel
 

Abel, Duane M. - Zed: Loads of Love
Andreyko, Marc - Manhunter Vol. 1: Street Justice

Bechdel, Alison - Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Bedard, Tony - Exiles Vol. 11: Timebreakers
Bendis, Brian Michael - House of M
Bendis, Brian Michael - The New Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout
Bendis, Brian Michael - The Pulse Vols. 1 & 2
Bernet, Jordi - Bernet
Blaney, Michael - The Fly Chronicles: Life at the Bottom of the Food Chain
Blasco, Jesus - The Steel Claw: The Vanishing Man
Buccallato, Steve - Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography
Bulmer, Kenneth - The Steel Claw: The Vanishing Man
Burns, Charles - Black Hole

Calderon, J.D. - The Collected Tall Tails Vol. 1
Callejo, Pablo G. - The Bluesman: Books 1 & 2
Cha, Kue - Lost Raven
Chang, Bernard - How to Make Money Like a Porn Star
Chun, Alex - The Pin-Up Art of Bill Ward
Clarke - Melusine - Halloween
Collins-Rousseau, Julie - Trailers
Colon, Ernie - The 9/11 Report: The Graphic Adaptation
Coogan, Peter - Superhero: The Secret Origin of a Genre
Covey, Jacob - The Pin-Up Art of Bill Ward
Crumb, R. - The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb
Cuneo, John - nEuROTIC

Davis, Darren G. - Lost Raven
de Groot, Turk - Clifton: My Dear Wilkinson
Derib - Yakari & Great Eagle
Doerr, Stephen - Exorcisms & Pogo Sticks
Dutkiewicz, Michal - Lost in Space: Voyage to the Bottom of the Soul

Earnhart, Stephen - Hard-Bullied Comics Vol. 1: Back in Blackmail
Eisner, Will - The Contract with God Trilogy/Life on Dropsie Avenue
Eisner, Will - Will Eisner: Edge of Genius
Eisner, Will - New York: Life in the Big City
Eldred, Tim - Grease Monkey: A Tale of Growing Up in Orbit
Ennis, Garth - The Boys Vol. 1: The Name of the Game
Ennis, Garth - John Woo's Seven Brothers: Sons of Heaven, Son of Hell

Fialkov, Joshua Hale - Elk's Run
Finch, David - The New Avengers Vol. 1: Breakout

Gallegos, Gary L. - The Wandering Schoolgirl Bk. 1
Gallegos, Louis C. - The Wandering Schoolgirl Bk. 1
Gaydos, Michael - Shekhar Kapur's Snake Woman Volume 1: A Snake in the Grass
Gilson, Francois - Melusine - Halloween
Gonick, Larry - The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1
Gorey, Edward - Amphigorey Again
Goulart, Ron - Comic Book Encyclopedia
Gownley, Jimmy - Amelia Rules Vols. 1-3
Granger, Shawn - Innocent Vol. 1: 2006-2007 Collection
Gross, Milt - He Done Her Wrong

Harris, Ron - Alter Ego
Helfer, Andrew - Malcolm X: A Graphic Biography
Helfer, Andrew - Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography
Hitch, Bryan - The Ultimates 2, Vol. 1
Hyde, Laurence - Graphic Witness

Jacamon, Luc - The Killer
Jacobson, Sid - The 9/11 Report: The Graphic Adaptation
Jahnke, Adam - The Toxic Avenger: The Novel
Job - Yakari & Great Eagle
Johnson, Jemir - 5 Shots

Kahan, Jeffrey - Caped Crusaders 101: Composition through Comic Books
Kane, Bob - Batman: The Dailies 1943-1946
Kane, Bob - Batman: The Sunday Classics 1943-1946
Kang, Jeevan - John Woo's Seven Brothers: Sons of Heaven, Son of Hell
Karasik, Paul - City of Glass: The Graphic Novel (adap.)
Kaufman, Lloyd - The Toxic Avenger: The Novel
Khoury, George - Image Comics: The Road to Independence
Kibuishi, Kazu - Flight, Vol. 2
Kirby, Jack - Silver Star: The Graphite Edition
Kneece, Marc - Trailers
Kochalka, James - The Cute Manifesto
Konig, Ralf - Maybe...Maybe Not
Kovalic, John - Here Be SnapDragons
Kuper, Peter - Stop Forgetting to Remember
Kurihashi, Shinsuke - Pretty Maniacs Vol. 1
Kuwata, Noriko - 888 Vol. 1

Lage, Daphne - The Collected Tall Tails Vol. 1
Lariccia, Michael V. - Black Mane
Locke, Vince - A History of Violence
Lott, Rodd - Graphic Novel Classics Vols. 10-12: Horror Classics, O. Henry & Adventure Classics

Marchetto, Marisa Acocella - Cancer Vixen
Masereel, Frans - Graphic Witness
Mason, Joey - Gun Fu Vol. 1
Matsuzawa, Mari - Hinadori Girl Vol. 1
Matt, Joe - Spent
Matz - The Killer
Mazzuchelli, David - City of Glass: The Graphic Novel (adap.)
McCay, Winsor - Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. 1: Limited Edition
Millar, Mark - The Ultimates 2, Vol. 1
Montemayor, Rudolf - Hard-Bullied Comics Vol. 1: Back in Blackmail
Moore, Anne Elizabeth - The Best American Comics 2006 (ed.)
Mumy, Bill - Lost in Space: Voyage to the Bottom of the Soul

Niles, Steve - Criminal Macabre

Oakley, Mark - Thieves & Kings Vol. 1
OOP, The Artists of - Out of Picture Volume 1: Art from the Outside Looking In

Patri, Giacomo - Graphic Witness
Peeters, Frederik - Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story
Pekar, Harvey - The Best American Comics 2006 (ed.)
Pekar, Harvey - Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story
Pyle, Kevin C. - Blindspot

Quisling, Erik - Fables from the Mud

Rathke, Liz - Here Be SnapDragons
Redding, Margot - Zesty! (Yaoi)
Darick Robertson (pencils) - The Boys Vol. 1: The Name of the Game
Rollins, Prentis - The Making of a Graphic Novel/The Resonator

Sala, Richard - Mad Night
Satrapi, Marjane - The Complete Persepolis: Now a Major Motion Picture
Satrapi, Marjane - Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood & The Story of a Return
Seeley, Tim - Hack Slash Vol. 1: The First Cut
Shayne, David - Spy vs. Spy 2: The Joke and Dagger Files
Shum, Howard M. - Gun Fu Vol. 1
Stassen - Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda
Staton, Joe - Ronald Reagan: A Graphic Biography
Stewart, Stanley - Caped Crusaders 101: Composition through Comic Books
Strauss, Neil - How to Make Money Like a Porn Star

Templesmith, Ben - Criminal Macabre
Tezuka, Osamu - MW
Tezuka, Osamu - Ode to Kirihito
Thomas, Roy - Alter Ego
Tinsley, Kevin - Stonehaven: Subterranean Hearts
Toume, Kei - Kurogane 1 & 2

Vaughan, Brian K. - Ex Machina Vols. 1 & 2
Vaughan, Brian K. - Y: The Last Man Vol. 6 - Girl on Girl
Velez, Ivan Jr. - Tales of the Closet Vol. 1
Vess, Charles - The Book of Ballads
Vollmar, Rob - The Bluesman: Books 1 & 2

Wagner, John - A History of Violence
Waldman, J.T. - Megillat Esther
Ward, Lynd - Graphic Witness
Wells, Zeb - Shekhar Kapur's Snake Woman Volume 1: A Snake in the Grass
Willingham, Bill - Fables Vol. 6: Homelands
Wolk, Douglas - Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean

Yan, Stan - The Wang, Vols. 1 & 2
Yang, Gene Luen - American Born Chinese

Zahler, Thomas F. - Raider: Dead Men's Tales
Zombienose - Collision Course Goad
   

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