Zerocalcare is the pen name of Michele Rech, Italy’s best-selling graphic novel artist of the past twenty years. Michele, born in 1983, spent his very first years in France before moving to Rome. His comics blog, Zerocalcare.it, has become one of Italy’s most read and shared on social media. His first book, The Armadillo Prophecy (BAO, 2012) is structured as a set of inter-connected humorous stories, leading to the acceptance of the news that an old friend had passed away. The book has now been reprinted seventeen times in Italy, shooting toward 100,000 copies sold. It is now considered a modern classic among Italian graphic novels. In the same year Un polpo alla gola was released (BAO; Tentacles at My Throat, Europe Comics), a longform graphic novel about his school years. Dimentica il mio nome (BAO, 2014; Forget My Name, Europe Comics) is the true story of his grandmother's passing, through his eyes. The book was shortlisted for the prestigious Strega literary award, making it only the second time in its sixty-year history that a story told in comics form has been considered for that honor. Brutally honest and touchingly deep, this book has been repeatedly reprinted in Italy, where it has sold over 100,000 copies. In the early months of 2015, Zerocalcare published a reportage in the Italian magazine Internazionale, a sort of heartfelt diary of his trip to Turkey, Syria and Iraq, to document the struggle of the Kurdish people against ISIS. The report was later published together as Kobane Calling (BAO; Lion Forge in English), the most important graphic novel of 2016 in Italy. This powerful and touching memoir has also sold well over a hundred thousand copies in Italy, and has given voice to a whole nation fighting for the right to exist.

Perhaps when he grows up, Leopold will use his powers to fight the forces of evil...but for now, he just wants to have a little fun—sometimes at his sister’s expense, other times as her partner in crime. Join Leopold and Celine as they jump headfirst into a new adventure that spells fun for the whole family!

“It was like he’d missed the main part of the story and arrived between the big climax and the end credits. A new order had established itself and everyone, apart from him, was living happily ever after. Nothing interesting could possibly happen between now and the ending.” Philip is searching. For meaning. For connection. For someone to share a moment with. By day, he works from a rented room. By night, he drifts through cafés and bars, dodging awkward chats with his landlady and hoping for something more. When he meets Gina, a local musician, things begin to shift. But relationships are messy, and Philip’s discomfort grows as he stumbles through miscommunications, emotional misfires, and the looming presence of Gina’s intense ex. Add in a crumbling tower, gong baths (whatever they are), and the quiet ache of modern life, and you have a story that’s tender, funny, and deeply human. A beautifully observed graphic novel about connection, confusion, and the spaces in between.

Ellie comes home from school one day and finds a monster that only she can see. Now she must battle to find the truth behind reality and what really is going on with this monster of hers.

Kitty lives an unremarkable life with her aging parents and her job in the Post Office. She escapes into daydreams of dancing and romance to relieve the monotony of her daily routine. Her story provides a glimpse into a generation of women whose lives were shaped by the limits of their education, class and social expectations of the last century.

A couple realise that the best way to get the house they want is to build it themselves. Their story covers each stage of building the house. All information is based upon actual working practises and current planning and building regulations. This book offers professional help and guidance to anyone intending to build their own house.

This collection of comic strips from 2013 to 2014 by Vicky Stonebridge weave an honest and personal tale of coming down with a life changing illness, of managing transition, stress, worry and more importantly, the little moments in life that make it worth living no matter what ‘stuff happens’.

When punk poet sorcerer Jonny Chrome kills a demon, he unwittingly forces a secret society to accelerate their plans to take over the world. Now, the secretive group led by the dominatrix known as Cliché, a wordsmith sorceress, must enlist the assassin Tommy Cockles to fight Chrome in a world where looks can’t kill, but words can.

What would you do if you were truly free? “Do we grow towards gods by walking like people, or grow towards people by protecting our tolerance? “Beatrix Potter meets blockchain in this beguiling book, exploring the nature of power and structures through sympathetic storytelling.”

This is Bruce, a confident and agile cat born in Hong Kong. He moves from Hong Kong to England where he learns different things. He tries different jobs while searching for his dream career, using his unique perspective on cats in different areas to demonstrate the challenges of accepting life and continuously seeking personal growth.