Happy Thursday, nerd friends! I hope this past week has been kind to you and that the weekend will be even better.
Also, applications for Book Riot’s new Editorial Operations Associate are closing this Monday, August 8. This is your last chance to join our inclusive, forward-looking workplace, so snap to it!
Bookish Goods
Batman Hooded Towel by DanasCreationsOnline
Undoubtedly the best way to dry off the kids after a day at the pool. Green Lantern and Flash designs also available! $35
New Releases
Summertime Rendering Vol. 4 by Yasuki Tanaka
The hardcover edition of Summertime Rendering‘s fourth volume is here! Enjoy this special, high-quality edition of Shinpei’s adventures. Other volumes in the series will be made available in hardcover edition throughout this month.
Destiny: A Chronicle of Deaths Foretold by Alisa Kwitney, Kent Williams, Michael Zulli, Scott Hampton, and Rebecca Guay
This re-release is perfectly timed for a number of reasons. As an unstoppable plague sweeps the world, a woman named Ruth is visited by a strange man who promises her all the answers she has ever wanted about the illness and her own future — but at what cost? And is she willing to pay that price?
For a more comprehensive list of new releases, check out our New Books newsletter!
Riot Recommendations
Today’s Riot Rec theme is: dark fantasy! Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman is coming to Netflix tomorrow, so here are two other comics that may appeal to fans of the series.
The Me You Love in the Dark by Skottie Young and Jorge Corona
Ro is an artist in search of an inspiring getaway. She is immediately attracted to a broken-down old house with a dark history. Are the rumors that the place is haunted true? And if they are, what will the ghost think of Ro and her art?
The Low, Low Woods by Carmen Maria Machado, Dani Strips, and Tamra Bonvillain
There’s been something wrong with the town of Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, for quite some time now. Teen troublemakers El and Octavia never thought they’d be the ones to investigate the strange happenings surrounding them, but circumstances have forced their hand and they now find themselves on a terrifying adventure that they may not survive.
That’s it for me! I hope you all get a chance to take it easy this weekend and that you come back refreshed for another Tuesday newsletter.
~Eileen