Lose yourself in a library of fantastic graphic fiction in The Hot Mess Express Bundle by Image Comics! Read creative graphic novels like Snotgirl Vol. 1: Green Hair Don’t Care, the coming-of-age story of Lottie Person, a chic yet insecure fashionista with a mysterious snot condition; I Hate Fairyland Deluxe Vol. 1-3, a mischievously magical dark adventure akin to Alice in Wonderland; and Dead Eyes Vol. 1, the origin story of Martin Dobbs, a former masked criminal forced back into a life of crime to pay his wife’s medical bills. Get 40+ comics and graphic novels, and help support The BINC Foundation with your purchase!
Applications for the Macmillan Booksellers Professional Development Scholarship, which provides $750 to booksellers traditionally underrepresented within the industry to attend their region’s fall trade show, are open until June 1, 2026.
The scholarship allows eight booksellers from underrepresented groups to attend their regional independent book association trade show. Each scholarship covers the cost of travel, lodging and meals for one bookseller up to $750.
Categories of eligibility:
People of color, defined as people of African/African American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latin American, Middle Eastern, or Native American/Indigenous descent.
People who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, nonbinary, genderqueer, or queer.
People with disabilities (including but not limited to physical, sensory, cognitive, intellectual, or developmental disabilities, chronic conditions, and mental illnesses).
Applicants must be employed and have 90 days of continuous employment as a regular part-time or full-time employee to be eligible to apply. The bookstore must be a member in good standing of one of the regional trade associations and applicants must discuss their application and potential selection as scholarship recipient with their store owner/manager prior to applying for the scholarship.
Superheroes are all well and good, but oftentimes horror is where comics really shine. To bring you the spookiest stories the medium has to offer, Humble Bundle has teamed up with Oni Press for a selection of comics that are sure to keep you up at night! Something horrifically weird is going on and no one will talk about it in Hobtown Mystery Stories. A startling new experiment in comic book storytelling inspired by firsthand accounts of real paranormal encounters awaits in High Strangeness. And you’re only alive if you’re online in Cemetery Kids Don’t Die. There’s even more to explore in this ghoulish library of haunts, so grab it now at the price of your choosing, and support BINC with your purchase!
Discover the gripping, emotional, and magical tales in the pages of these series from manga publisher Kana! Follow the coming-of-age story of two school kids who find love and acceptance despite their trauma in Scars. Embark on a journey across a post-apocalyptic frozen landscape in the folklore-inspired series Silence. Jump into the action-packed boxing drama of two brothers who discover a mysterious, supernatural power in Space Punch. This bundle includes the complete volumes of all three series in digital form, so grab it now at the price of your choosing and support BINC with your purchase!
A powerful new anthology brings together Indigenous creators, centering stories of resistance, identity, and community. Mad Cave Studios supports organizations and awareness surrounding the Missing & Murdered movement with the anthology You Are On Native Land: A Charity Comic for Indigenous Rights. All profits from the collection will be donated to Not Our Native Daughters, a Native-led, survivor-led organization dedicated to addressing the Missing, Murdered, and Exploited Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) crisis.
Collecting stories and art donated by some of comics’ leading Indigenous creators, You Are On Native Land features contributions from Jon Proudstar, Gord Hill, Chas Lowry, Kelly Lynne D’Angelo, Jackie Fawn, Steph Littlebird, Roy Boney, Jim Terry, David Cutler, David Mack, Arihhonni “Honni” Cannon Clay David, and many more. Tales of native resistance, family and kinship, love and grief fill the book, including a special reprint of Tribal Force #1, the first comic to feature a superhero team made up entirely of Indigenous heroes.
More than an anthology, You Are On Native Land stands as a collective effort to support Native communities through storytelling and action.
You Are On Native Land: A Charity Comic For Indigenous Rights goes on sale September 15, 2026, in paperback (ISBN: 9781545835937 | $19.99), with a Direct Market FOC of August 24.
New York City’s Mayor Zohran Mamdani is showing its politician’s unwillingness to act that has left so many Americans behind. In just a few months he’s launched numerous initiatives to better the city and attempt the make the lives of its residents better. He’s also savvy, simplifying issues in ways the average person can understand and relate.
Mamdani is attempting to get New Yorkers to donate to the Child Care Action Fund. It provides universal child care to everyone in the city who needs it. Its raised $3.5 million but needs $16.5 million to reach its goal, a drop in the bucket for the ultra-rich that call New York City home. While he’s talked about raising taxes on the ultra-wealthy, this one is being funded through just good old donations.
Mamdani took to explaining it all through Mario Kart in an April 16 press conference.
I like to think of it this way: government is driving the racecar, and philanthropy is there to give it that turbo boost across the finish line. Or, if you are a Mario Kart fan, government is Yoshi and philanthropy is the golden mushroom—that edge we need to beat Bowser on the Rainbow Road. To belabor this metaphor even further, Bowser is corporate greed in this scenario.
One of Mario Kart’s more fun mechanics is giving those behind in the race better items to help them compete while those ahead get less useful items.
Zohran Mamdani: "If you are a Mario Kart fan, government is Yoshi and philanthropy is the Golden Mushroom, that edge we need to beat Bowser on the Rainbow Road. To belabor this metaphor even further, Bowser is corporate greed in this scenario."
Spring has sprung and love is in the air—and it’s also in the gorgeously illustrated pages of Image Comics’ best romance series!Humble Bundle has teamed up with Image to bring you the most heartstopping, most unique, and most adventurous love stories the world of comics has to offer. Watch a man and a robot fall in love (or will they??) in the romantic science fiction drama Alex + Ada! East meets West in the swashbuckling samurai-gunslinger love story Falling in Love on the Path to Hell! A mysterious app that makes your desires a reality takes over an elite college campus in Crave! And, of course, no romance comic bundle would be complete without the greatest space opera love story of them all, Image’s bestselling series Saga! Grab these series and many more in this extremely romantic ebook bundle, and a portion of your purchase at the price of your choice supports BINC!
Mix up your Spring Reading List with heartfelt titles from Kana Manga! Help restore the balance between man and nature as a witch-in-training named Pili in Eden of Witches or Leviathan, the epic story of siblings Bota and Rita navigating a world on the brink of collapse. Pay what you want for the hottest titles by Kana Manga and help support The BINC Foundation with your purchase!
