ARCANA STUDIO FOR AUGUST

ABIDING PERDITION GN

Written by Nick Schley, art by Pedro Delgado.

In a barren world where a looming shadow stretches its prevailing grasp, Little Red is a starving humanity's last hope. Yet will her contempt for the dark forces of this world be the very catalyst to its demise? Follow our young warrior as she traverses a landscape of fabled enemies and new found friends en route to discovering her own redemption at any cost.

104 pages, $14.95.

KONI WAVES: THE PERFECT WAVE GN

Written by Mark Poulton, art by Stephen Sistilli and Dexter Weeks.

Koni Waves introduces private detective Koni Kanawai, an ex-cop in Honolulu, Hawaii who worked her way through college as a dancer at the Apanapana Ballroom. When a drinking problem gets her booted from the force, Koni starts her own detective agency. With the aid of Pete, her surf buddy, Krystal, a colleague from her dancing days, and Huko, the owner of her favorite watering hole, Koni encounters a series of supernatural events that leads her to discover a dark side of her island not seen in the usual tourist spots.

104 pages, $19.95.

LOOSELY BASED GN

Written by Nikola Jajic, art by Rick Hershey.

Duncan Moreno has finally found the success he's been craving when his newest novel becomes a popular best-seller. But sometimes success comes with a price, and soon enough his life descends into chaos as his fictional characters begin coming to life and demanding that he write them into future works. Duncan's world becomes a downward spiral filled with vengeful antagonists, needy protagonists, a mysterious muse, and some good old fashioned murder.

104 pages, $14.95.

PHILOSOPHER REX GN

Written by The Miller Bros., art by Geraldo Borges.

Meet Dr. Ishmael Stone, Philosopher, detective, monster-hunter, primes inter pares of a shadowy network of supernatural guardians sworn to shelter the world from the Infernal Orders. Philosopher Rex opens at a moment of crisis as the old orders are fragmenting and the Philosophers dividing into rival camps. Stone and his comrades on one side of the battle, the craven Philip Delacroix on the other. Complicating matters: just when Stone and his associates need them most, their various abilities are inexplicably on the wane.

104 pages, $14.95.

RIPPED GN

Written by Jay Busbee, art by Jason Flowers.

Adam Fitzpatrick awakens one morning to find himself on a park bench in Dallas -- on the very day of JFK's assassination! A college dropout with the ability to travel through time, Alex is the only one who can stop the end of mankind, but will he be able to assemble the clues planted throughout history before it's too late?

104 pages, $14.95.