Pride Reading Guide

BYTCHCRAFT

Writer: Aaron Reese – Artist: Lema Carril – Colorist: Bex Glendining – Letterer: Morgan Martinez

Set against the backdrop of modern-day New York City during a seemingly permanent supernatural eclipse, Bytchcraft follows a queer coven bound by magick and blood, each bringing their own flair to the craft: a pretentious oracle who speaks with gods, an emo necromancer with a forked tongue, and a nature wytch with the soul of a fairy tale princess. Under the guidance of their enigmatic guardian MTHR, the coven discovers they’re at the center of an ancient prophecy, and all wytchkind hangs in the balance! God Save the Wytch.

BLÜDWIRE

Writer/Letterer: Paul Allor – Artist: Ermitis Blanco – Colorist: Brittany Peer

Two lovers built as property fight for freedom in a brutal sci-fi chase where love becomes rebellion. Love is love. Liberation is violent. This five-issue series unites critically acclaimed writer Paul Allor with artist Ermitis Blanco and colorist Brittany Peer, with letters by Allor and covers by Victor Ibáñez and Mirka Andolfo, plus an exclusive Pride variant by Rachael Stott. Together, the team delivers a breakneck tale that blends explosive sci-fi thrills with a provocative exploration of identity, agency, and survival, as every confrontation and every mile gained on the road to freedom.

JUST ANOTHER SUMMER

Writer: Tillie Bridges, Susan Bridges – Artist: Giulia Rinaldo, AoiG – Colorist: Valentina Briški – Letterer: Chas! Pangburn

Just Another Summer is a sharp, big-hearted YA about two teen TV stars exiled to a Montana dairy farm after a tabloid blow-up—and the summer that remakes them. Hayley and Becky discover who they are without cameras: one sister falls for the girl who runs the town diner, the other for a trans farmhand whose quiet resilience shatters her Hollywood preconceptions. It’s funny, queer, tender, and unflinchingly real—about work that matters, love that surprises you, and the cost of chasing a dream when it might mean leaving a new life behind.

THE MAMMOTH

Writer: Paul Tobin – Artist: Arjuna Susini – Colorist: Pippa Bowland – Letterer: Charles Pritchett

There’s high strangeness afoot. The Mammoth is a series by Paul Tobin and Arjuna Susini, with covers by Jessica Fong and a special Pride variant by Kevin Wada. Something is wrong in the deep forests of Broke Tree Valley. Something deadly. Something mammoth. The legends speak of something larger than human comprehension: a monstrous phantom that disappears for decades at a time. Now, it’s back, and things are about to go Very Bad if four people—Olivia, Jess, Kokoro, and Mason, scientists who have come to the small city of Kasbro to investigate a bizarre series of seismic activities in this heavily forested valley—can’t put the Mammoth to rest. One real problem with this is…Olivia’s dead.

HOTBLOOD

Writer/Artist: Toril Orlesky

The year is 1871 and the centaur Evander Rook finds himself at rock bottom, working for would-be robber baron Asa Langley–a human! As the unlikely pair get closer, romance and conspiracy run wild and Rook finds himself caught up in Asa’s ambitions as they are both forced to face the ghosts of their interwoven pasts.

BEST FRIEND SHOW

Writer: Craig Hurd-McKenney – Artist: Melisa Jones

Sixteen-year-old Landon Snyder never expected to spend his summer in the world of dog shows. But after a family illness combined with a breakup sends him to live with his Aunt Iva, who runs a bustling dog rescue, Landon discovers a surprising talent for training—and a bond with Blue, Iva’s champion show dog. Between a cocky rival, a shy new friend who sees him like no one else, and the pressures of the Best in Show, Landon learns that healing doesn’t always come with a ribbon…but sometimes with love, loyalty, and second chances.

BEAT EVERY 1-UP

Writer: Lan Pitts – Artist: Joe Hunter – Letterer: Frank Cvetkovic

 Listen up! This is the fisticuff-filled tale of Princess Helia of Terrager. A natural-born fighter since childhood, Helia must head out into the wider world when her soon-to-be-husband is groom-napped on their wedding day by the atrocious ape and would-be world conqueror, Gogo. But what does a sheltered princess know of the other realms? Well, not a whole lot. Luckily, Helia is joined by her (only) friend and bodyguard, the ice witch, Sidra. Together, the pair will brave the deserts of Flaterra, the blizzards of Frosterra…uh, you get the idea…until they’ve rescued the wayward prince, thwarted Gogo, and punched every henchman they can find. And maybe, by the end of their journey, Helia and Sidra will realize their connection goes beyond mere friendship. Discover more in Beat Every 1-Up, a young adult graphic novel that will bring a new definition to “your princess is in another castle!”

I DIDN’T ASK FOR THIS

Writer: Jennie Wood – Artist: Josh Cornillon – Colorist: Michael E. Wiggam – Letterer: Charles Pritchett

I Didn’t Ask For This follows the members of Not Your Baby Anymore, a group of kids who share one thing in common: their parents are social media influencers who have shared their entire lives online. The group forms a chosen family as each member struggles with how to break away from a life and fame that they didn’t ask for and do not want.

SCHOOL FOR EXTRATERRESTRIAL GIRLS VOL. 3

Creators: Writer: Jeremy Whitley – Artist: Jamie Noguchi

School is out for the summer and it’s finally time for our extraterrestrial girls to take a break and head to the beach! Or it would be, if the world wasn’t about to be destroyed! An armada from The Lacertillian Empire – Tara’s people – are on the way to Earth and nobody knows why. There are only days before the strongest battlecruisers from the largest and most dangerous empire in the galaxy arrive and our girls are on the clock to help their headmasters figure out why they’re coming and how to defend the world. Are they coming to eliminate Misako after destroying her home planet? Are they coming to reclaim Tara for some crime of her family? Or is there something far more dangerous on their agenda? Tara, Misako, Summer, Kat, and their friends are back and this time the fate of Earth is in their hands. Let’s just hope they figure it out in time!