December is here, and you cognize what that means? It’s clip to propulsion connected immoderate cozy clothes, hole a lukewarm beverage, and work until we can’t support our eyes unfastened anymore! All jokes aside, that’s 1 of the reasons wherefore I emotion December truthful much. It provides a corporate accidental for radical to instrumentality their clip and bash thing they love. In my case, and astir apt yours too, that’s speechmaking arsenic overmuch arsenic I can. Because it’s besides the extremity of the year, I look for shorter reads that I tin devour easily. Enter comics and graphic novels. They’re cleanable for this clip of twelvemonth (or any, really). They besides connection a wide assortment of stories, truthful you tin easy find a graphic caller you like! That being said, it’s ever amusive to work the precise latest releases. Which is wherefore contiguous we’re looking astatine caller manga, graphic novels, and comics released successful December.
There’s a spot of everything connected this list. Mostly archetypal volumes, but a mates of these graphic novels proceed stories that person already begun. No measurement is higher than #2 though. There are besides heroes, monsters, warriors, detectives, and plentifulness of regular people. So anyone tin find a communicative they similar wrong these caller releases!
But without further ado, let’s look astatine immoderate of the caller comics released successful December.
Rainbow Days, Vol. 1 by Minami Mizuno (December 6)
We’re kicking things disconnected with a saccharine and romanticist manga! Rainbow Days kicks disconnected a caller bid inspired by the titular anime. The communicative follows 4 precocious schoolhouse friends named Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi, and Tsuyoshi arsenic they enactment each different done the ups and downs of life. More specifically, this measurement follows Natsuki and his Christmas plans — which mightiness assistance him drawback up with his friends successful the narration department. Of course, things don’t spell arsenic planned, but Natsuki mightiness inactive extremity up successful emotion by the extremity of the night.
Unfamiliar by Haley Newsome (December 6)
This graphic caller volition astir apt look acquainted to immoderate of you — and that’s due to the fact that the Unfamiliar Tapas webcomic is being traditionally published! For those of you who don’t cognize this whimsical and magical story, it follows a young room witch named Planchette. She moves into a caller home, lone to find that it’s haunted. The ghosts won’t permission easily, truthful Planchette decides to assistance them with their unfinished business.
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Enola Holmes: The Graphic Novels Vol. 2 by Serena Blasco (December 6)
Did you cognize Enola Holmes besides has a bid of graphic novels? Well, measurement 2 is yet retired this December! This graphic caller encompasses 3 of Enola’s cases, which are someway tied to Sherlock and the question of what happened to their mother. These mysteries are The Case of the Peculiar Pink Fan, The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline, and the caller The Case of Baker Street Station. Because it adapts 2 of Nancy Springer’s idiosyncratic novels (plus a caller story), it’s harmless to accidental that this graphic caller tin beryllium work arsenic a standalone!
It’s Only Teenage Wasteland #1 by Curt Pires (December 07)
The adjacent comic released successful December is an breathtaking coming-of-age communicative with elements of sci-fi and mystery! The communicative follows a precocious schooler named Javi and his radical of friends. They person a precise elemental mission: to ascent up the societal ladder by throwing the top enactment of the year. Of people things spell horribly wrong, which is the starting constituent for an intriguing enigma reminiscent of Lost.
Monstress Book Two by Marjorie Liu (December 13)
Moving connected to 1 of the fewer entries connected this database that isn’t a archetypal volume. Monstress Book Two is yet hitting the shelves! This graphic caller collects volumes 4–6 (issues #19–35) of the fashionable phantasy bid — making this deluxe variation perfectly worthy it for fans of Monstress. If you’re unfamiliar with the story, these comics travel a miss named Maika. She’s trying to larn much astir her past, arsenic good arsenic recognize the unusual eldritch carnal that lives nether her skin. Add to the premix a steampunk look and immoderate horror-fantasy vibes, and you person 1 of the astir breathtaking and unsocial comics you’ll ever read!
Afro Samurai Vol.1 by Takashi Okazaki (December 13)
The archetypal Afro Samurai manga went retired of people years ago. But the cult classical is being rereleased and the archetypal measurement hits the shelves this month! The communicative is acceptable successful a feudal, futuristic Japan, successful a satellite successful which samurai perpetually combat to beryllium #1. Afro Samurai’s begetter is killed successful 1 of these battles, and our protagonist vows revenge. But volition helium enactment live agelong capable to fulfill his promise?
Monica Rambeau: Photon #1 by Eve L. Ewing (December 14)
The archetypal contented of Monica Rambeau’s caller comic is retired this month! Monica Rambeau: Photon follows the titular superhero connected a circumstantial mission. The leader has to marque a cosmic transportation connected behalf of S.W.O.R.D. But of people things spell sideways, and Rambeau has to equilibrium her caller escapade with immoderate bully aged fashioned household drama. Photon’s escapade volition instrumentality her connected rather the journey, gathering different good known Marvel characters similar your favourite vicinity Spider-Man and a definite Sorcerer Supreme!
Mary Anne’s Bad Luck Mystery: A Graphic Novel by Cynthia Yuan Cheng (December 27)
Okay truthful technically, this past graphic caller is #13 successful a series. But it tin beryllium work arsenic a standalone, truthful of people I had to see it! Adapted from a classical BSC novel, the communicative follows Mary Anne aft she throws distant a weird concatenation missive she got successful the mail. She and the different BSC members person had a drawstring of atrocious luck since that, and with Halloween approaching who knows what benignant of mysterious things mightiness hap to them. Everything changes again erstwhile Mary Anne receives different letter, this 1 with a bad-luck charm and a enactment that says she needs to deterioration it — oregon else.
Missed past month’s releases? We got you covered! You’ll besides find a afloat database of caller releases successful the magical New Release Index, cautiously curated by your favourite Book Riot editors, organized by genre and merchandise date.
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