Saving Chupie | This Week’s Comics
Saving Chupie from Harper Alley tops this week’s list of new comics, manga, and graphic novels along with a Books for a Better Earth from Holiday House. Other highlights include a new graphic memoir from Dial Books, Mexikid. Graphix releases the Good Neighbors ’ trilogy in one trade paperback while Penguin Workshop releases the second volume of Bigfoot and Nessie, The Haunting of Loch Ness Castle.
The List:
ARCHIE COMIC PUBLICATIONS Betty And Veronica Jumbo Comics Digest #316, $9.99
DC COMICS Scooby-Doo Where Are You #123 (Cover A Derek Fridolfs), $2.99
DIAL BOOKS Mexikid GN, $14.99
DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT Gargoyles #8 (Cover A David Nakayama), $3.99
GRAPHIX Good Neighbors A Graphic Novel Trilogy TP, $14.99
HARPER ALLEY Saving Chupie GN, $19.99 **Weekly Pick**
HOLIDAY HOUSE Team Trash A Time Traveler’s Guide To Sustainability GN, $14.99 **Weekly Pick**
IDW PUBLISHING My Little Pony #15 (Cover A Robin Easter), $3.99
KODANSHA COMICS Miraculous Tales Of Ladybug And Cat Noir Volume 1 GN, $10.99
LITTLE SIMON Guardians Of Horsa Volume 3 Marked For Magic GN, $9.99
MARVEL PRESS Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur Hair Today Gone Tomorrow HC, $15.99
NOBROW – FLYING EYE BOOKS Mason Mooney Supernatural Sleuth GN, $13.99
PENGUIN WORKSHOP Bigfoot And Nessie Volume 2 The Haunting Of Loch Ness Castle GN, $12.99
SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT Wonder Cat Kyuu-chan Volume 8 GN, $14.99
TUTTLE PUBLISHING Journey To Lupan-On The Mythology Class On The Run Again GN, $18.99
VERSIFY Slime Shop GN, $15.99
The Picks:
Saving Chupie GN – Harper Alley debuts a supernatural island adventure inspired by Puerto Rican culture and lore. After the destruction wrought by Hurricane Maria, Violeta Rubio’s Abuelita’s beloved restaurant La Casita needs help reopening. Violeta’s whole family travels to Puerto Rico to help. She is determined to contribute, but the rest of the family thinks they can do it without her. With nothing to do, she meets the best friend duo Diego and Lorena, who need help capturing the rumored chupacabra. She unexpectedly runs into the beast, only to discover he isn’t as monstrous as everyone thinks. But there are international smugglers and monster hunters who are also after Chupie. Violeta must find a way to keep Chupie hidden and convince her new friends he isn’t anything to be scared of, but saving Chupie may mean sacrificing everything else in the process. With bright, vibrant art and the cutest chupacabra ever, middle school readers will love this new title.
Team Trash A Time Traveler’s Guide To Sustainability GN – Holiday House continues their series of books designed to inspire young people to care for the planet with this newest entry. Charlie, a studious environmentalist, wants to save the planet. But she is stuck with science fair partner Oliver who only wants to doodle in his notebook. A mechanical mishap sends them traveling back in time, where they’ll have to work as a team to return to the present day. To do so, they must gather data on recycling through the ages, but the closer they get to the present, the more they see plastic as a problem. Charlie and Oliver need to discover ways to use their sustainability knowledge to return home and build a better Earth. Filled with accessible activist solutions, sustainability tips, and an optimistic look into how modern scientists are combating waste, this sweeping adventure will entertain and educate middle school readers and maybe inspire them to help bring about change.
