Dave Roman

"Hakata Soy's past won't stay in the past! This former space hero is doing his best to keep his head down at Astronaut Academy. Things aren't going so great, though. The most popular girl in school has it in for him. His best friend won't return his calls. And his new roommate is a complete jock who only cares about Fireball. Hakata just wants to make a fresh start. But how will he find time to study Antigravity Gymnastics and Tactical Randomness...

Hakata Soy, having recently fallen in love, discovers that a sinister culprit is stalking the halls of Astronaut Academy, impersonating the crush-objects of students and making off with their extra hearts.

Explorer, the graphic anthology series which launched with The Mystery Boxes, continues with new stories created by an array of comic artists around the theme of hidden places in volume two of the series.

Four Goosebumps Graphix tales by master of horror R. L. Stine are adapted into full-color comics and feature a brand-new Slappy story by bestselling author, Dave Roman.

In "A Shocker on Shock Street," Jamie Tolagson captures the chilling tale of a brother and sister doing their dream job: testing rides in a movie studio theme park, where the special effects are REALLY special.With his shadowy illustrations, Gabriel Hernandez creates the

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"It's summer vacation for the students of Astronaut Academy, and Maribelle Mellonbelly is throwing the best party ever on Beach Planet? Yes! But tensions rise when Hakata Soy's archrival, Rick Raven, arrives. And soon the whole planet is heating up--with a giant volcano threatening to blow its top! Unless they can work together to save the planet, the students of Astronaut Academy will be toast. But can they put aside their differences in time to...

"It's a new semester at Astronaut Academy, and everyone is excited for the Fireball Championship--especially Hakata's cranky roommate, Tak Offsky. But lurking in the shadows is a shapeshifting, heart-stealing monster, and it might just knock the Fireball team out of the competition! Can Hakata and Tak put aside their differences, lead the team to victory, and save the lives of their classmates?"--

"Pluto is peeved. And who can blame him? He was proud to be a member of the solar system's nine planets, until Poof!, he was kicked out -- and no one told him why. Now Pluto is on a mission to find out why he was expelled. While traveling through the science museum, he meets a friendly dinosaur, some wild-and-crazy germs, and a few real planets. It turns out that he's not the only one whose life has been turned upside down by scientists. They've done...

Thirteen prominent cartoonists discuss their creative processes and the experiences and influences that led to their success in one of today's most vibrant art forms. Each interview is followed by an original graphic short on the common theme of "the city."