5 Indie/Smaller Press Comic Trade Paperbacks that are the Perfect Gift for the Holidays

M.F.K. Nilah Magrudger/ Insight ComicsAge: 12+ “Journeys are hard on the social recluses of the world.” Nilah Magruder’s fascinating tale of one Abbie, a deaf girl with a mysterious power, who is traveling across an unforgiving desert to scatter her mother’s ashes is such a story. She’s just trying to move forward and accomplish her task when yet she gets sucks into a world of other people’s problems: corruption, tribal disputes, hopelessness, prejudices, the failed dreams of old men, the expectations of restless young men and so much more. This is a fantasy adventure yet it has the makings of a mystery yet its a gorgeously illustrated graphic novel with a main character who wants no parts of the hero title and the burdens that comes with it. M.F.K is a buy for a reader who wants to read about a quest with a less than enthusiastic person onboard, Buy M.F.K. for the reader who is ready for a taste of a series that is destined to be one we’ll all talk about as a classic. Quince Writers: Sebastian Kadlecik, Kit Steinkellner / Artist: Emma Steinkellner / Translator: Valeria Tranier / FanBase PressAge: 12+The tagline for this comic is: “If you can survive being fifteen, you’re a superhero.” Quince is a 15-issue, digital-first comic book series that was first released on the 15th of every month via ComiXology starting back on January 15, earlier this year. Chronicling the trials and triumphs of Lupe who finds out on the night of her quinceanera that she’ll have superpowers for exac…

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