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Canadian comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly has distinguished itself during its four years of publishing by releasing a wonderfully idiosyncratic series of comic book serials notable for an emphasis on autobiographical stories, loose expressive drawing styles and characters either stuck on or passing through the social margins. This beautifully produced trade paperback collects work from D&Q's equally quirky, eponymous quarterly anthology and presents shorter pieces by some of the best young comic artists of the moment. Michael Dougan ( I Can't Tell You Anything ) contributes ``Black Cherry,'' another of his ``dumb job'' stories that recreates the parade of oddballs and crazies that frequent an ice cream parlour where he used to work. Maurice Vellekoops (who contributed the richly colored, ``scandalously'' funny cover art) presents ``The 8 pillars of Gay Culture'' and ``Homoman,'' both of which happily exploit gay sterotypes (`` `did you hire a decorator?' `Of course not; I'm a homosexual.' '') with mischievous, politically incorrect wit. Also note Debbie Drechsler's disturbing (and nicely drawn) ``Visitors in the Night'' on child sexual exploitation; and Joe Matt, Mr. Peep Show himself, who would like to share his darkest secret with us--it's crude and very funny--whether we want to know it or not. Also includes Carol Tyler, Roberta Gregory, David Mazzucchelli, Mary Fleener and others.

Jian Yi was just an ordinary office worker. Her all life is also ordinary, except for a one year's memory loss. Until some day, she picked up a dangerous man in front of her door who was covered in blood. According to what he said, Jian Yi was exactly same as his deeply loved and deeply hated girl, Stella! Does Jane's lost memory have something to do with this dangerous man? Gangster vs. Police, how does she choose? Although often being deep in danger, there will be a handsome guy to save the her; Although some colleagues want to seduce him, he is domineering and loyal~ ❗warning : Lose Memory, Love Triangle

A girl who was homless at the age of 14 she got beat up when she was young and a boy seen her the boys age is 17 he helped her he was like a dad but then they felt a connection but then they got separated at 18 and 23 he was rich a Royal man he koved her so much she loved him the same

From Comikey: “For me to have fallen this low at the age of 27... there has to be a reason for it. Happiness only exists because pain does too, after all.” Full-time housewife Hayame lives a simple and peaceful life. But when her husband suddenly asks for a divorce and her purse is stolen, she is forced to live on the streets without a penny to her name. In the midst of all this hardship, a rich and mean-spirited high school boy named Issei steps into her life. Her encounter with this guy soon turns her "peaceful" world upside down...

"Ms. Lee Soon-jung." "...Yes, please speak." "......" When Tae-geon didn't answer, Hae-in, who was puzzled, turned her head. A man, wearing a triumphant smile as if he had won a bet, was sitting languidly on the wooden floor. "Even roughly looking, you seem younger than me. Can I speak casually now? Formal speech is really ticklish." "No." "Why?" Swish- Swish. Hae-in answered curtly, putting more strength into her sweeping. "I like it awkward like this." "Awkward, and you like it..." Tae-geon, as if finding those words interesting, repeated them to himself and let out a light laugh, "Haha." Calmly switching back to formal speech, he flicked open his lighter with a click. "Alright then. Let's continue being awkward, Ms. Lee Soon-jung." A woman who lives hiding her name and face, Lee Hae-in. A man of unknown identity who suddenly appears covered in blood, Nam Tae-geon. A story of mutual salvation between Hae-in and Tae-geon, who arrive in Songdae Village for their own reasons.

Erika Tanaka, unemployed and disappointed after being dumped by the man she was in love with, becomes the manager of a bachelor's dormitory where elite science-minded men gather. However, it's a den of rather uncool science-minded men with zero love skills!? A new type of harem drawn by the author of 'Cinderella with Broken Heels'!

Rinko, a devoted teacher who has zero luck with men, gets dumped by her boyfriend because of s**. She is heartbroken, when a truck crashes into her and she dies... only for her to be reincarnated in a "reverse" Yoshiwara district (Japan's famous Edo-era pleasure district), where beautiful men sell their sexual services! Is this Heaven? Or He**...?! An Edo-era reincarnation rom-com begins here!

A billionaire who doesn’t believe in love with a woman who’s given up on romance… After Lara witnessed her boyfriend’s betrayal with her own eyes, she fled her home through a downpour, stricken with grief. A regular woman like her just wasn’t destined to have a fairy-tale romance… She had nowhere else to go, so she went to the house where she worked as a nanny. The owners of the home were kind and let her stay in the house while they were away. That night, just as Lara thought she had time to calmly think about what she was going to do next, her bosses' friend Reuben Tyler visited. Lara’s life was turned upside down the moment he offered her his hand!

Mika Ono works for a minor magazine department at a major publishing company, until one day she’s thrust into the AMA editorial department. It’s full of rising stars and gorgeous men, but they’re even more twisted than she ever imagined. Meanwhile, Mika’s looking forward to living on her own – that is, until her new address comes with an unfamiliar man attached…! Now, the two will have to cohabit in secret!

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Deoksun, who makes rice cakes at a gisaeng house, one day meets her destined partner, Taemi. But that’s not all—her dream guy also wants to “make tteok” with her... “But the tteok you wanted to make with me wasn’t making tteok it was eating it?!” Can the two clear up their misunderstanding and finally make the kind of tteok they both want?

"Didn't they teach you in school? If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all." Aya Sakurai is your average office worker who likes to mind her own business, but she can never get across the things she wants to say... until Shun Serizawa comes along. After transferring to her department, he's got a lot to say regarding a mean boyfriend, workplace bothers, and all the other things she can't manage to confront!

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Will you drown yourself in my love? Caresses all over my body, oozing wet deep inside... Should I really be doing this with somebody who's just a substitute boyfriend...!? One day, the man whom Yumina thought of as her boyfriend, suddenly tells her that he is going to marry another woman, and Yumina realizes that he had only been treating her as a fuck buddy. She's unable to talk back to him in the moment, but when she complains about it to her best friend at a cafe the next day, Aoyagi, a waiter at the cafe, butts in! He suggests being Yumina's substitute boyfriend until the wedding, in order to get back at her ex. Her body and soul are now at the mercy of the boy, who is friendly and approachable, but rather forceful during sex...

A bug occurs in the world's first full-dive maiden game, and developer Yuri enters the game to investigate. But because of a bug the good looking characters have turned into crazy freaks! When you have the wrong choice and zero sensitivity it turns into a death game that dies in real life... ...

"I'm curious about men, and since you're the only man in this house, I'll have to see what you've got!" Yeonseul became a young widow when her husband died an untimely death before they could even consummate their marriage on their wedding night. Living quietly as a solitary young mistress wasn't enough for Yeonseul, as her curiosity for men only grew. In the midst of this, Dolsoe, a well-built and handsome servant of the household, seems to keep lingering around her... Now that her father-in-law is away! Yeonseul finally can't suppress her curiosity and decides to draw Dolsoe in.

"Every second of my life has been complete shit. But this is definitely the worst decision I've made in my entire life." Kang Hyeri ends up in trouble while hanging out with bad kids during her school days. Her life falls apart the moment she's implicated for the murder of a classmate. Hyeri, who has several different criminal charges of assault and fraud, a loan to pay back, and lives in a shabby semi-basement one-room apartment, kidnaps a woman who walks out of a wealthy household one night in order to pay off her debt. However, the woman Hyeri kidnapped turned out to be a crossdressing serial killer. She already thought of him as a pervert, but what he said next was even more outrageous. "If I had to choose, I'd prefer a woman like you."

“I warned you—the price of using me as a tool would be steep.” Crown Prince Yoo Jaeshin, destined never to become Emperor of Hwacheon, reunites with Mo Yeo-hwa, once the famed blacksmith of Sarakdo, now a fallen noblewoman living in exile. Yeo-hwa still holds the same fierce fire in her eyes. Jaeshin takes her in—not just as an ally in war, but as a blacksmith to forge weapons for his final journey toward death. “Your Highness… are you burning too?” Meanwhile, Yeo-hwa begins to suffer from searing pain as if her body were on fire. The only man who can share that unbearable heat is Jaeshin. Marked by the curse of the Girin Flower, Yeo-hwa is fated to die once the flower-shaped brand on her chest fully blooms. Jaeshin, caught in a deadly imperial scheme, has no future but death itself. Together, they embark on a journey toward what they believe is freedom through death— but the path leads them instead into a whirlwind of fate. And from that storm, something shifts: From hatred to love. From death to life.

Every night, a young man hears children playing outside his boarding house—but the alley below his window is fenced off from the world. Then, when a young woman’s family starts acting strangely at the same time she begins having bizarre dreams, she decides to stay with her aunt, but the town she heads for has neither addresses nor roads… Also, an all-you-can-eat ice cream bus that’s more sinister than sweet! Legendary horror author Junji Ito presents ten bloodcurdling short stories.

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Everywhere is he** and New York is the worst place of them all. Besides the very few who are rich, the rest suffer from starvation. Some people work as cleaners to survive and that's exactly how Maria makes her living. After every job, she then prays for the ones she's killed.

Kang Ha-young, who works at a so-called “family-like” small company, spends every day… Overtime, overtime, and more overtime! Why am I the only one doing all the work...? Then one day, Min Tae-hoon, a contract worker who might just help her escape the endless overtime, appears in front of her! But something’s suspicious about this guy... Why would someone with such high qualifications come to our company? Wait… is he gay? Or bi? Or maybe a player!? They say to avoid trouble, but she just can’t help being curious about Min Tae-hoon.

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. My boyfriend is Mr. Kinukawa. I worked hard to win a lover like him! I'm fascinated by adult romance, and I'd give anything to make my beloved Kinu happy... Huh? I'm supposed to wait until graduation!? There's no way I can wait that long! I'll get totally frustrated! Well, if Kinu's gonna be like that, then I'll show him my love on the school trip, during the sports festival... whenever and wherever!When it comes to love, Saya goes her own way! Saya and Kinu make their comic series debut! Their love is top secret.

I was suddenly told that I’m the wife of a future king! Six months ago, Abby, a model, was kidnapped by bandits while she was doing a photo shoot in the desert. Just when she thought all was lost, a handsome man on a beautiful horse chased after them and rescued her. The man was dressed like a desert chief, but who was he? All she knew was his name: Zain. Abby held on to him as they rode through the night on his horse. Even after she returned to England, her heart raced every time she thought of her mysterious rescuer. Then one day she learned the shocking truth: Zain was to inherit the throne of his country and she was his wife!

My former love appears before me once again and my feelings are overflowing… Laura’s publisher receives a manuscript from an unknown author. Could it be the work of bestselling author Liam O’Reilly? Eight years ago, Laura loved Liam, but he left for the United States to make a movie adaptation of his novel and she never heard from him again. By the time she realized she was pregnant, he had already married another woman. Despite that painful betrayal, Laura decides to meet Liam again. Being with him once more reminds her of the sweet moments they once shared together, but she has a big secret she still hasn’t told him…

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Mai's experienced little romance, having been stuck in unrequited love for most of her life. She's been close friends with a group of great guys since her childhood, but their friendship has never turned into more. Now a grown woman, she reunites with her old crush. Her chance, she thinks, until she realizes how much he's changed... While she's suffering from a second broken heart, her old pal Ayato, now an actor, is there to cheer her up. He's brusque, kind, and anything but smooth, simultaneously healing and hurting her with his words. His caring, straightforward nature even makes him offer to practice dating Mai when she tells him it's time for a change! Could this be what carries them from friendship into more? A comic version of the hit romance on Love 365: Find Your Story!

Do I really have to work here from now on...? Maya Blanche was born the daughter of nobility, but the family's wealth is in ruins due to her father's loan. The only place she could find immediate work as a noblewoman was the most fearsome house in all the land, the San-Chevalier House. There are rumors of servants of the house going missing... as pain and fear comes over Maya, she suddenly feels a strong head pain and all her memories come flooding back to her. "In my previous life... I was a high school student!" Maya was reincarnated into the world of one of her favorite fantasy novels after an accident on her way home from her maid cafe job! She now remembers the head of the house, Etel San-Chevalier, is actually an assassin...! Now begins the story of an isekai love fantasy of excitement and wonder, avoiding the death flags at all costs!

In a world where people suddenly develop different powers, those who use their skills for evil are imprisoned in a catastrophic prison. Shu Ono, who works there as a guard, somehow falls in love with the strongest prisoner, Lava.

The meeting between Labricia, a girl about to be sold off in marriage, and the pig who will grant her wish.

Hinaki Kaguya is a college student with good looks who often catches the glances of her peers. However, she has a secret she can't tell anybody... she's obsessively in love with Subaru, one of the members of a popular online streamer group! Suddenly, a message from an unknown account comes to Hinaki as she wishes to be able to date Subaru... will this be an answer to her intense passion?

Unassuming tourist Mio Hiraishi is finally taking the trip she always wanted... only to find herself face-to-face with the Prince of the Hua Feng crime family?! Standing at the top of the infamous Yuehong Syndicate, Liu Xian is ruthless, gorgeous and powerful-- and looking for a mistress! But as a dangerous liaison turns into a passionate romance... will Mio leave her new life of luxury, or risk it all for love?

It's at her first ball that Carmilla falls in love at first sight with Bernhard. Despite his reluctant attitude, Carmilla ties the knot with him and believes she would be happy forever as long as she got rid of his lover. But her husband's disdain continues even throughout her pregnancy, causing Carmilla to lose her precious child. On the way back from seeing Bernhard's lover, Carmilla's carriage topples and she dies. Perhaps that was her fate for being the villainess in the love triangle. But suddenly, she finds herself back in time when she had yet to marry Bernhard. Could this be her second chance to rectify things? She decides to change her fate and no longer succumb to the strict rules of her family as well as her cruel first love.

Lee Sian is a woman fated to die in May. She is afflicted by a curse that dictates she must die in May, the same month her entire family was annihilated. Perhaps it's fate, or perhaps it's a cursed connection. Tae Go-eun is a dangerous man who promises to save her. His simmering possessiveness fixates solely on her.

England, the middle of the sixteenth century. Lady Tonia has been imprisoned in a fortress for treason against the king. So as not to soil the name of the Cavendish family, she remains strong-hearted until her final moments. The executioner who arrives is Sandor, a mysterious man with beautiful turquoise eyes. The moment Tonia takes her opportunity to escape, she falls into the river. Involuntarily, Sandor rescues her and, in the face of her purity, is reluctant to execute her. And yet, for the sake of his cousin, held hostage, he must deliver her heart to the king at any cost…!

THIS IS JUST A STORYBOARD. "I was a mindless zombie even when I was alive, completely lost in my isekai novels addiction. Now I'm a real zombie, working as a cleaning lady in Undead City and I'm still a lonely, depressed nobody. Is this karma? Then everything change when an amnesiac skeleton therapist and a blond vampire dilf try to kidnap me, for some reason…My detox and my journey to save the world from doom have just begun." --------- I already wrote 15 chapters of the novel and I'll draw them as storyboards before turning them into a proper comic. You can follow my original novel on Tapas or on Patreon (for free)

Ryu Uesugi and Torako Takeda are high school girls with memories of warlords. They have memories of Kenshin Uesugi and Shingen Takeda, who were sworn enemies in the Sengoku era - or perhaps it is because they have memories of them that they are attracted to each other. This is a beautiful and hard-hitting yuri story, with old-fashioned expressions and behavior that aren't unusual for high school girls, but exquisitely refreshing. Their love is single-minded and beautiful. Full of anecdotes and small stories about the warlords!

From Himnae Scans: Akimi, a high school student living on a picturesque island in the Seto Inland Sea, lives with her mother, who stopped smiling due to her father's affair. One day, she becomes close to Kai, who has transferred to the island and is being swept along by his free-spirited mother's love affairs. Both harboring loneliness and emptiness within, they are drawn to each other, miss each other, and eventually grow together.

Haeru, who was gifted with the mysterious power to foresee the future, rejects her fate and flees. One day, a peculiar scholar appears before her! A man who constantly gets lost, tells lies, and insists that fighting is done with the mind, not the body. From the moment she meets him, Haeru's halted fate begins to move again. In 15th century Joseon, a sweet yet dangerous tale of love and war unfolds between the greatest genius king, untold by history, and a mysterious woman bound by the chains of destiny!

“First, my little sister steals my fiancé. And now… they want me to marry the most hated man in the kingdom? Oh, what fun this will be.” Raised under her father’s thumb and treated as an inconvenience her entire life, Lucrezia has survived on one thing alone—delusional optimism. If this is a test of love, so be it. With a crooked smile, she marches straight into the lair of the so-called Vile Duke. But the man awaiting her isn’t the monster the rumours promised. What should’ve been a miserable ordeal… Becomes a life too sweet to be real?! Two outcasts. One unexpected chance at happiness. A sharp, satisfying love story where the underdogs rise.

Should you sell dreams? Buy dreams? Or...?Oiran (courtesan), the business of selling dreams.Though he reigns at the top of his courtesan profession, Tankou leads a boring life.While gazing at the fleeting yet beautiful...and hateful cherry blossoms blooming before his eyes, a mysterious person named "Yoru" appears.Who on earth is she?

My fate is to be the substitute bride of this cruel lord… After her cousin elopes, Elizabeth is chosen to take her place as a bride for Lord Raymond. Elizabeth lived miserably in a convent for the last thirteen years, and she feels marriage will be her chance to finally have a happy family. Though Raymond frightens her at times, with his cold and cruel eyes, Elizabeth begins to see glimpses of his sincerity and kindness, and she settles into life with him. Until she hears a rumor in the castle that Raymond’s previous wife was killed…by him!

Princess Fairis, reincarnated into the world of strategy simulation games, uses her knowledge of the games she played in her previous life and is called the Warrior Princess. However, as soon as the war ends, she is ordered by the king to marry. In addition, she competes with her sister in arranged marriages and, depending on her partner, cannot get involved in national politics. ...... I want to build my country, not get married! As she struggles to arrange a political marriage that will give her more territory, Orpheed, a wizard who is also her trusted subordinate and a potential bride, unexpectedly confesses his love for her...?a love comedy between a reincarnated princess with zero love skills and the strongest wizard with an intense love.

Hae-ran wants three things. Good health for her grandfather, one meal per day, and a masterpiece of a lifetime. In front of her appears a potter named Hwaseon (畵仙) who can grant all three wishes. “Be my chemist.” This will be the beginning of a sad fate... The story of Hwaseon Ye-an, who wants to end his immortal life, and Hae-ran, the only person who can kill him.

I thought I could keep moving forward, but in an unexpected instant, I've lost myself in the gaps of this vast universe. Where have I seen this, this landscape that doesn't exist? Right over there, in a time that will never come to pass. Welcome to the world of panpanya. The 22 chapters of Makura Uo, which include stories like Ame no Hi (Rainy Day) and Gomi no Sakebigoe (The Cries of Trash), were either serialized in the special web edition of Hakusensha's Rakuen Le Paradis magazine or published as doujinshi. Included are entries from panpanya's diary as well as annotations from the author herself. (Source: AniList)

King Zahir, ruler of the desert country of Maraban, is taken aback when he learns that his ex-wife, Sapphire, is visiting the country. Zahir divorced her five years ago, despite the fact they were still madly in love! Even after all this time, the moment the two meet again there’s an undeniable attraction between them. But Sapphire hasn’t returned alone—she’s brought a secret back to Maraban with her!

Although her marriage was arranged by her parents, Chloe, the daughter of a count, had deeply loved her fianc, Ernest, the eldest heir of the Ordrand Marquis family, since childhood. However, she is struck by the shocking reality when Ernest decides to break off their engagement and choose her younger sister, Emily, instead.Amid the pain of betrayal and heartbreak, Lionel, a young duke from the renowned Cislay family, suddenly appears and proposes marriage to her without any warning.