Astronauts in Trouble - Larry Young (AIT/PlanetLar): Its 2019 and the richest man in the world has decided to become the first person to go to the moon since the Apollo missions ended. Brought to you by Channel 7 news. Read more about it here.

Barry Ween - Winick (Oni): This book should only be read if you like laughing out loud a lot. Oh, and monkeys. Monkeys are funny. MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE is only half as funny, and that's largely because it has to get itself onto network TV. Read more about it here.

Blue Monday - Chynna Clugston-Major (Oni): manga-flavored high school comedy. AMERICAN PIE meets THE BREAKFAST CLUB and steals its lunch money. Read more about it here.

Channel Zero - Brian Wood (AIT/PlanetLar): In the future, there is no freedom of speech. PUMP UP THE VOLUME on amphetamines, and without the bullshit. Read more about it here.

Eagle - Kaiji Kawaguchi (viz):: The first Asian American to run for President of the United States. Originally told in Japan, translated and reprinted here in America. If you like THE WEST WING (and who doesn't), try this. Read more about it here.

Finder - Carla Speed McNeil (Lightspeed Press): A Finder is a member of a secret society of ultra skilled trackers and hunters. You've probably never seen one, but may have been around one. A fantasy work that so many comic pros have dubbed "The Best Comic You're Not Reading" that it really ought to be a top ten seller. Read more about it here.

Herobear and the Kid - Mike Kunkel (Astonish Comics): cartoon style story of a boy and his superhero. You should try it if you like CALVIN AND HOBBES or THE IRON GIANT Read more about it here.

Jar of Fools - Jason Lutes (D&Q): This book tracks Ernie Weiss, a failed stage magician, as his life and the lives of his ex-girlfriend, his senescent mentor, and a con man and his daughter intersect and slowly fall to pieces. Read more about it here.

Pedro and Me - Judd Winick (Henry Holt): Judd Winick, now a successful comics creator, takes his first major turn in the medium by telling the story of Pedro Zamora, the cast member of MTV's "The Real World" who died of AIDS. Jamie Rich, Editor-in-Chief of Oni Comics, gives a full-length review in SAVANT here.

Rumble Girls - Lea Hernandex (Image): Big robots, beautiful girls, network television, celebrity, fortune... it all comes with a price. Lea Hernandez serves up a blast of dynamic pop entertainment with a dash of teen angst.

Slow News Day - Andi Watson (Slave Labor Graphics-SLG): A young writer from America is trying to make it working at a British giveaway newspaper. Culture clash, goal clash, romance: Watson's works have them all.

Strangehaven - Gary Spencer Millidge (Abiogenesis Press/TopShelf): Welcome to a small village named Strangehaven, which has a not so secret society, a resident claiming to be an alien, an abnormal number of twins --and if you don't like the town, you can't leave unless the village lets you. A mystery series that you can't figure out, and won't want to leave, no matter what the village says. Read more about it here.

Strangers in Paradise - Terry Moore (Abstract Studios): Two maybe-kinda-sorta lesbian women, a slightly nerdy guy that hangs out with them, and this whole weird subplot with the mob. Oh yeah, and the art is good too. Read more about it here.

The Waiting Place - Sean McKeever (SLG): A group of high school students in a small town wait for graduation, so they can begin the rest of their lives. You'll read it and think McKeever was following you around as a teen, taking notes so he could tell your life story. Read more about it here.