In this classic graphic novel, Will Eisner’s pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. A Family Matter starts close to home, following a family as it gathers to observe the ninetieth birthday of its patriarch. While they must decide how best to provide for him, he ends up making a crucial choice of his own.
Kings in Disguise (ISBN 978 0 393 32848 6) won two Eisner Awards and was hailed by The Guardian as one of the ten best graphic novels of all time. This highly anticipated sequel tells the story of a young man’s coming of age in a world where the capacity to dream may be a fatal flaw. On the Ropes is a breathtaking visual achievement that delivers a powerful, timeless story.
Wuthering Heights is the only published novel by Emily Bronte, written between October 1845 and June 1846[1] and published in July of the following year. It was not printed until December 1847, after the success of her sister Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre, under the pseudonym Ellis Bell. A posthumous second edition was edited by Charlotte. The title of the novel comes from the Yorkshire manor on the moors of the story. The narrative centres on the all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimatel...
Fascinating Folklore: A Compendium of Comics and Essays
by John Reppion
"The first short story collection by the author of Artichoke Tales and Squirrel Mother is finally back in print. Originally published over 12 years ago and long out of print, Megan Kelso's Queen of the Black Black shows a young cartoonist pushing the boundaries of the cartooning vocabulary to tell interior stories of startling and subtle beauty."--from cover, p. [4].
"Six new stories of love, crime, alcohol, and severed heads"--P. [4] of cover.
Love and Rockets: New Stories #2
by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez
In the late 1990s, Nathan Tolzmann and his friend Matt took an epic bicycle trip across America to mark the end of their twenties. Beginning from the west coast, they travelled along minor roads through the changing landscapes of one state after another, keeping diaries to record the small towns, countryside campsites and eccentric museums they came across, and the vast space in between. Some 20 years later, Nathan began an even more daunting project: to capture the entire trip in comic-strip fo...
Victor Santos (Polar, Violent Love) writes and illustrates a crime and mystery story inspired by Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s tales featuring the heroic commissioner Heigo Kobayashi When the body of a skilled samurai is found along the road to Yamashina in feudal Japan, the search begins for his killer. Detective Heigo Kobayashi takes the case but finds only dead-end clues and no firsthand witnesses.
In the pages of The Massive, the Ninth Wave was struggling to repair a broken world. But before that, they were the preeminent global environmental-rescue unit, taking on criminals, polluters, politicians, and rogue states. The Massive: Ninth Wave tells these stories in a stylish, high-action, done-in-one format, reuniting the entire creative team from the original series. Critically acclaimed writer Brian Wood and artist Garry Brown go back to the beginning with the Ninth Wave environment...
Humor, fantasy, subtle moments of daily life. Seven experimental comics transform every day scenes into pictures of imagination and vitality. Illustrations are in black and white, with 10-12 pages of the book in three color. Stories included in the collection are Walk, Bathroom, Film,Room Service, Ice Cream, Killers, and Flower Shop. Yi's oversized, curvy nude figures stand out in stark contrast to her often angular backdrops, playing with negative and positive space. Her illustrations are i...
Ditko's Shorts is a fun and incredibly fascinating compilation of short comics one, two and three pages in length. Only a brilliant master could tell a dramatic, compelling tale in such compact form. You'll thrill as Ditko walks this exciting high-wire act without a net! The many stories contained in this hardcover are fast-paced and sport terrific, compelling artwork as only Steve Ditko can draw it! The genres show the artist's great range. There's horror, fantasy, science fiction, western, and...
Spinning out of Winsor McCay’s brilliant early 20th century strip, Little Nemo: Return to Slumberland sees King Morpheus’ daughter, in the Royal Palace of Slumberland, select her next-playmate: Nemo! Only Nemo has no interest in being anyone’s playmate, dream or no dream! An all-new tale full of magic and whimsy Winner of the 2015 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series.
Love And Rockets: New Stories #3
by Gilbert Hernandez and Jaime Hernandez
A collection of literary comics exploring joy, anguish, fear, and loneliness.
"In this wordless, all-ages graphic novel, our protagonist discovers a leaf that radiates a vibrant life. He returns to a meticulously wrought metropolis -- depicted in somber grays and blues -- and searches for answers. During his quest, he stumbles upon a man who knows what's really happening in the city's labyrinthine ducts; a woman who spends her life studying and classifying obsolete flora; and the truth about the ever-dwindling environment."--Page [4] of cover.