Happy holidays from all of us at Mad Cave Studios! This holiday season, give the gift of adventure, mystery, and unforgettable characters with Mad Cave Studios! Whether you’re shopping for a lifelong comic book fan or someone just beginning their journey into graphic novels, our curated Holiday Gift Guide is here to help you find the perfect pick.
With our limited-time 25% off sale on select items, now’s the time to stock up on gifts for the comic lovers in your life—or treat yourself! From fan favorites to new releases, there’s something for everyone in this year’s collection.
Check out our picks below!
NOTTINGHAM: HARDCOVER EDITIONS
Author: David Hazan – Artist: Shane Connery Volk
Colorist: Luca Romano – Letterers: Joamette Gil & Justin Birch
Limited to 500 copies, each copy includes bookplate signed by Shane Connery Volk and David Hazan.
JOHN TIFFANY: DELUXE HARDCOVER EDITION
Authors: Stephen Desberg & Dan Panosian – Artist: Dan Panosian
Letterer: Lucas Gattoni
Synopsis: Mad Cave Studios presents never before seen content in this special limited edition John Tiffany Hardcover! Limited to a PRINT RUN of 500 with new cover art by Dan Panosian, each copy will include a bookplate signed by Dan Panosian and a slipcase. In addition to this, each copy will feature the original concept designs, covers, and art pinups by Dani Strips, Enrico Marini, Howard Chaykin, Jeff Johnson, and Zach Howard.
John Tiffany is one of the best bounty hunters in the world. Given his precarious line of work, he has found that he can only truly trust four people: Pastor Lovejoy, an unorthodox priest; Wan Chao, an underworld geek; Dorothy, his conservative teammate; and Magdalena, a sex worker he has foolishly fallen in love with. But it seems that one of them has turned against him and now he’s the one with a bounty on his head. It’s a race against time as he tries to survive being a high-priced target and find out which of his confidantes is the traitor.
FLASH GORDON CLASSIC COLLECTION VOL. 1
(HARDCOVER)
Science fiction’s most enduring icon Flash Gordon returns in a newly-restored edition, collecting his earliest adventures with Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov on the mysterious planet Mongo. There they’ll encounter strange landscapes, fantastic creatures, otherworldly characters, and the universe’s most diabolical mastermind–Ming the Merciless.
Flash Gordon: Classic Collection Volume 1 reprints all of Alex Raymond’s Sunday strips from January 1, 1934 to April 18, 1937, and includes additional background material and an introduction from Alex Ross.
FLASH GORDON CLASSIC COLLECTION VOL. 2 (HARDCOVER)
Science fiction’s most enduring icon Flash Gordon returns in a newly restored edition, collecting his ongoing adventures with Dale Arden and Dr. Hans Zarkov on the mysterious planet Mongo. In this volume, the escalating tensions between Flash and Ming threaten to bring about a full-scale planetary war…and only Ming’s estranged son-in-law, Prince Barin, can avert it.
This collection reprints all of Alex Raymond’s Sunday strips from April 25, 1937 to January 12, 1941, the period considered his artistic peak, and has been restored from the original tearsheets to present the series as intended.
THE MUSHROOM KNIGHT VOL. 1
Writer & Illustrator: Oliver Bly – Colorist: Steph Snow
Letters: AndWorld Design
Best Graphic Novel – 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
2024 Russ Manning Award Winner: Oliver Bly
Kirkus Reviews – Best Indie Books of 2024
“A fantastical series-starter with sumptuous art, delightful dialogue, and lovable characters”
– Kirkus Reviews (Starred)
“Bly’s riotously imaginative dark fairy tale debut plunges readers into a “wide green world” of adventure beneath the feet of oblivious humans. […] Fantasy lovers will relish this gorgeously wrought escapade.”
– Publisher’s Weekly
Synopsis: A chivalrous faerie mushroom embarks on a quest to uncover a clandestine threat that has brought calamity to his magical woodland kingdom.
An adolescent girl from northwest Philadelphia desperately searches for her lost dog.
As their destinies coalesce, a whimsical friendship forms. But peril is nigh, and their respective journeys threaten to challenge the foundation of their realities… and reality itself.
David the Gnome meets David Lynch in this boundary crossing ecological fantasy filled with humor, horror, depth and delight.
HOUND
Writers: Sam Romesburg & Sam Freeman – Artist: Rodrigo Vázquez
Letters: Justin Birch
Kirkus Reviews – Best Indie Books of 2024
Finalist: Best Graphic Novel – 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Synopsis: During World War I, a young soldier is assigned to one of the most deadly areas along the western front. However, he finds the greatest threat to his life lies not with the enemy, but with a cult formed by his own men.
Found nestled and protected within a den of wolves, the journal of Private Barrow, a fresh young soldier drafted into Britain’s royal army during the height of World War I, meticulously and explicitly recounts the events that lead to his death. However, where most men are sent to the trenches, Barrow was sent to a place known only to him as the “gas quarter” — a patch along the western front known for incessant mustard gas attacks. Our story and the journal both begin with Barrow’s introduction to the unit occupying the quarter — a group referred to by the top brass as “The Hounds,” a nickname earned by the appearance of their long-snouted gas masks. Immediately, Barrow is shaken by the sight of them and is soon pulled into a hell that can only come from the savage horror of war.
DON’T SPIT IN THE WIND (TRADE PAPERBACK)
Writer & Artist: Stefano Cardoselli
Colors & Letters: Dan Lee
Foreword Best Indie Graphic Novels Finalist
Synopsis: One man’s trash is another man’s living. Since earth became inhospitable, humanity escaped ages ago to live in a space station floating above the atmosphere. Now Travis and his crew of garbage men are tasked with cleaning up mountains of toxic waste, working for a company called Atomic Bros INC., to create a ‘Clear World’. But when one of Travis’ crew members goes missing near an old nuclear facility Travis’ job becomes a bit more complicated. Collects issues #1 – 4.
CLAY FOOTED GIANTS
Writers: Mark McGuire & Alain Chevarier
Artist: Alain Chevarier
Finalist: French Language Comic Book Of The Year (Quebec)
Finalist: “Shoot the Book” FIBD Angoulême and Bédéis Causa Award
Synopsis: Set in Montréal, Clay Footed Giants is a tragicomic meditation on parenthood, masculinity, and violence.
Being a parent is so much harder than Pat ever imagined. While his partner Ester is away on a work trip. Pat loses his temper and transforms into a grizzly bear of a father, scaring his children and compounding his guilt. His friend Mathieu’s stay-at-home-dad parenting advice is of no help, and only emphasizes Mathieu’s professional shortcomings. The two men soon realize their children are mirrors reflecting old wounds that might never heal.
Meanwhile, an unexpected package arrives from Pat’s Estranged father containing letters, photos and a mysterious medal from his time as a soldier in Vietnam, and it propels Pat’s obsessive quest to understand his family’s dark past. As Pat plunges deeper into his research, he and his family reach their breaking point. With help from Mathieu and Pat’s mom. Pat digs down to the roots of their family’s intergenerational trauma and learns how to heal himself in the process Growth is possible, but so is oblivion. Eventually, the light pours in.
EDENFROST (TRADE PAPERBACK)
Writer: Amit Tishler – Artist: Bruno Frenda
Letters: Taylor Esposito
Finalist: 2024 JEWCE Awards
2024 JEWCE Award Winner – Writer Of The Year (Amit Tishler)
Synopsis: After losing their parents in a pogrom, teenage siblings Alex and Yuli use the mystical power of a Golem to survive the chaos of the Russian Civil War. In a harrowing journey through war-torn Ukraine, the duo will face the harsh reality of warfare, ethnic bias, and national pride as they fight for their place in the world.
HUNT. KILL. REPEAT.
Writer: Mark London – Pencils: Francesco Archidiacono – Inks: Marc Deering
Colors: Lee Loughridge – Letterer: Rus Wooton
Nominee: 2024 Eisner Awards – Best Letterer (Rus Wooton)
Synopsis: It’s “Kill Bill” meets “Clash of the Titans” in Hunt. Kill. Repeat. The all-new, action packed series by Mark London (Battlecats, Knights of the Golden Sun). When the Greek gods invade Earth, society is quickly forced to comply with their new rulers.
However, one god, Artemis, rejects her brethren’s ideology and has found solace in the love of a mortal. When she is called to Olympus to answer for her betrayal, the gods strip away her godly powers and leave her for dead. Now, ten years later, Artemis is on a quest for revenge to confront her father, Zeus, for taking away everything she ever loved.
Writer: Cullen Bunn – Artist: Andrea Mutti
Letterer: Rus Wooton
Nominee: 2024 Eisner Awards – Best Letterer (Rus Wooton)
Synopsis: A Legacy of Violence, by masters of horror Cullen Bunn and Andrea Mutti, with letters by Rus Wooton, follows Dr. Nick Shaw; an honest doctor just trying to help people. But one day, when a patient gets out of control, Nick suddenly begins recalling past memories he had kept hidden away. That’s when he decides to join Doctors Without Borders and heads straight for Central America. But his past still comes calling. With a serial killer on the loose in the small town of Disante, Honduras, Nick’s flashbacks begin to intensify-and become clearer. Was Nick meant to go to Honduras? Is this all part of the killer’s plan? Find out what Nick has been repressing all these years and why.
NATURE’S LABYRINTH (TRADE PAPERBACK)
Writer: Zac Thompson – Artist: Bayleigh Underwood
Colors: Warnia Sahadewa – Letterer: Rus Wooton
Synopsis: When eight former felons are left stranded on a deserted island with a murderous backpack strapped to them and nothing but a cartoon to help them through a deadly, constrantly changing environment filled with danger around every corner, they have no choice to result to violence. Nature’s Labyrinth is filled with actioon and off-kilter humor.
In the middle of the ocean lies a remote island complex lined with traps and an ever-changing landscape. Created by a mysterious man known only as “Ahab”, the island was designed to test the wills of the world’s most notorious criminals. In a battle royale style game, eight violent felons will fight for survival and to the death over the course of three days of relentless action. The winner receives a wealth or riches and complete anonymity, but at the cost of keeping their silence about the island’s existence. What Ahab doesn’t know is that someone is on to him. Someone has infiltrated his island with the intention of revealing the truth about this twisted game.
Nature’s Labyrinth is an all-new six issue mini-series from writer Zac Thompson (Yondu, The Brother of All Men, Undone by Blood) and Bayleigh Underwood (It Took Luke, The Sixth Borough). Collects issues 1-6
NAVIGATING WITH YOU
Writer: Jeremy Whitley – Artist: Cassio Ribeiro
Letters: Nikki Foxrobot
USA Today Best Books of 2024
Library Journal’s Best Books of 2024
“Readers will root for the girls as their friendship becomes a romance in this story by Jeremy Whitley and Cassio Ribeiro.”
– New York Times
“A perfect choice for teens who swoon over shojo.”
– Victoria Rahbar, Booklis, (Starred Review)
“Young love, shared interests, and a propensity for adventure drive this snappy graphic novel love story.”
– Publishers Weekly
“Whitley’s dialogue handles the various issues (orientation, ableism, racism, PTSD, abusive relationships, death) with great care. Despite these serious themes, the novel is sweet and heartfelt with a wholesome romance at its center. Earnest and uplifting.”
– Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis: A charming POC-led WLW romance where two new friends hit the road in search of the missing volumes of their favorite manga.
Neesha Sparks is a disabled, vocal community activist with a passion for costume design. Gabby Graciana is an optimistic surfer – and, like Neesha, a new kid at school. When the two girls discover that they like the same manga series, Navigator Nozomi, they become more than just fellow new kids. But it was more than just having read the same book series–neither of them had finished it! Soon, they become new friends on a mission – to track down the remaining Navigator Nozomi books. This slice-of-life romance follows the two girls as they adventure across North Carolina to find each book, with their story intercut with the tales of Navigator Nozomi. Neesha and Gabby find more than just the books though—they find acceptance, friendship, understanding, and love.
PAPER PLANES
Writer: Jennie Wood – Artist: Dozerdraws
Letters: Micah Myers
Children Book Council Favorites Award
2023 Indie Book Award Winner – Young Adult Fiction
2023 IPPY Award (Bronze) – Young Adult Fiction – General
2024 CIPA EVVY (Bronze) – Young Adult
Synopsis: Leighton Worthington and Dylan Render have always been inseperable, but when they’re both shipped off to a summer camp for troubled youth in the aftermath of a life-altering event, their lifelong friendship is put to the test.
Neither ‘chose’ to be there, but they’ll need a positive evaluation from the camp to avoid being sent away, so they can continue attending high school with their friends. The challenges of camp pushes the once-inseparable Dylan and Leighton onto personal journeys of self-discovery that force them to re-examine the incident that threatens their futures, explore the friendship they have shared for so long, and discover the type of person each of them truly wants to be.
Don’t wait until the last minute—these deals will be available from December 1st through December 14th, 2024! Happy shopping!
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