#HorrorForLibraries Giveaway #131: Earthdivers V1 by Stephen Graham Jones

This week I have a signed ARC of a hotly anticipated Graphic Novel by a popular author. Details below, but first, here is how you enter:

1. You need to be affiliated with an American public library. My rationale behind that is that I will be encouraging you to read these books and share them with patrons. While many of them are advanced reader copies that you cannot add to your collections, if you get the chance to read them, my hope is that you will consider ordering a copy for your library and give away the ARC away as a prize or pass it on to a fellow staff member.
2. If you are interested in being included in any giveaway at any time, you must email me at zombiegrl75 [at] gmail [dot] com with the subject line "#HorrorForLibraries." In the body of the email all you have to say is that you want to be entered and the name of your library.
3. Each entry will be considered for EVERY giveaway. Meaning you enter once, and you are entered until you win. I will randomly draw a winner on Fridays sometime after 5pm central. But only entries received by 5pm each week will be considered for that week. I use Random.org and have a member of my family witness the "draw"based off your number in the Google Sheet.
4. If you win, you are ineligible to win again for 4 weeks; you will have to re-enter after that time to be considered [I have a list of who has won, when, and what title]. However, if you do not win, you carry over into the next week. There is NO NEED to reenter.

Click here to see giveaway #130. Our winner was Kevin from Boone County [KY] Public Library. Now on to today's giveaway.

While I was at ALA, I got to see my friend Stephen Graham Jones before his signing at the IDW booth. He signed a copy of the ARC of his upcoming Graphic Novel, Earthdivers, v.1: Kill Columbus, for me to give away to one of you. You can head over the to general blog to see a picture of him signing it. 

Don't know about this awesome comic? Well here is the STAR review from the current issue of Booklist.

STAR

Earthdivers, v.1: Kill Columbus

By Stephen Graham Jones. Illus. by Davide Gianfelice and others. Sept. 2023. 176p. IDW, paper, $17.99 (9798887240459). 741.5. REVIEW. First published July 2023 (Booklist). 

New York Times best-selling horror author Jones makes his comics debut with an irresistible revisionist history premise: in the postapocalyptic future, four Indigenous people discover a time-traveling portal in a desert cave and decide to alter the world’s fate by assassinating Christopher Columbus before he “discovers” America. Scholarly Tad is chosen as the group’s one-way traveler to 1492, where his awkward efforts to blend in with the fifteenth-century Spanish sailors on one of Columbus’ vessels lead to trouble, necessitating Tad to make increasingly questionable choices to survive. Meanwhile, the others in 2112 travel to an abandoned school looking for history books to see what’s changed, but run afoul of other time travelers bringing buried secrets to light. The juxtaposition of these two time lines creates a strong sense of dread, as the fallout from Tad’s actions is slowly revealed in the present time line. Tad’s sections are tense and gripping, a historical revenge slasher filled with moral ambiguity and anguish, while the storyline in 2112 is compelling but convoluted with multiple time lines and ghostly intrusions. Gianfelice’s kinetic, expressive artwork enhances Jones’ story, seeding clues from the different time lines, like a buried hand, in the foreground or background of other scenes, while portraying the bloody violence of 1492 and the desert desolation of 2112 with detailed specificity. Highly recommended.

It is awesome and terrifying and gorgeous. You want to pre-order it now for your libraries, but also, ever to win this signed advanced copy for yourself.

And bins info for those of you who are staff or a patron at an Illinois library who is part of Illinois Library Presents, you have a chance to see me and Stephen talk about his work for FREE in a virtual program. It is Wednesday October 4th at 7pm central and the details are available at this link.

But for now, enter to win this Graphic Novel. Remember, you enter once and you are entered going forward. 

Thanks to IDW and Stephen for providing the signed book. Good luck!