Check, Please! #1

Ngozi Ukazu's Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey brings the beloved webcomic to print in this 2018 First Second collection, and the cover captures exactly the warm, energetic spirit that earned it a Rainbow Rowell endorsement. A grinning Samwell #15 skates front and center in full hockey gear — triumphantly holding up a pie — while teammates in red-and-white Samwell jerseys fan out behind him on the ice, fan signs visible in the background. It's a genuinely charming package: part college sports story, part baking enthusiasm, and entirely the kind of thing that makes you want to jump right in.