Mammoth Books

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The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga 2

by ILYA

Published 25 October 2007

The essential collection for every manga fan - the latest inspirational new manga


Here is the second volume of the world's premier annual showcase of international manga. Bursting with energy and imagination, the collection features the most exciting new work by the brightest young talents in the field. Over...

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The essential collection for every manga fan - the latest inspirational new manga


Here is the second volume of the world's premier annual showcase of international manga. Bursting with energy and imagination, the collection features the most exciting new work by the brightest young talents in the field. Over 500 pages long, the anthology showcases more than twenty new stories, complete and unabridged - in every genre you can think of, and quite a few more besides. True-to-life drama, sci-fi parable, medieval fantasy, updated Chinese myth, historical, romance, time-travel, comedy, horror, funny animal and sometimes all of it happening at once! Many expand on the limited popular conception of 'bigeyed' manga in original and unexpected ways - homegrown stories that speak directly to western audiences.

The Mammoth Book of Skulls

by ILYA

Published 9 September 2014

Skulls have always captured the human imagination. This extraordinary collection of the most engaging and intriguing images of the skull from pop culture around the world, presents a visual feast of the ultimate doom-laden image. Here you will find the skull in graphic novels, manga, graphic design, art, costume,...Read more

Skulls have always captured the human imagination. This extraordinary collection of the most engaging and intriguing images of the skull from pop culture around the world, presents a visual feast of the ultimate doom-laden image. Here you will find the skull in graphic novels, manga, graphic design, art, costume, make-up, vintage advertising and popular culture, along with the just plain weird. Page after page of stunning photographs reveal an incredible diversity of interpretations of the iconic image.

The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga 3

by ILYA

Published 6 November 2008

The essential collection for every reader intrigued by manga, The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga continues to break new ground with this latest volume.

Bursting with energy and imagination, it features the most exciting new work in 2007/08 by the brightest young talents in the manga field...

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The essential collection for every reader intrigued by manga, The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga continues to break new ground with this latest volume.

Bursting with energy and imagination, it features the most exciting new work in 2007/08 by the brightest young talents in the manga field - comic strip stories and characters influenced or inspired by Japanese anime and manga, and now being produced worldwide. This year's collection is produced full colour throughout.

Over 400 pages long, the anthology showcases more than 20 new stories, complete and unabridged - in every genre you can think of, and quite a few more besides. Action adventure, romance, angst ridden drama, super spy sci-fi, yaoi, pastoral parable, mythical horror, comedy opera, beating up big dragons, true-to-life drama, medieval fantasy, zombie horror, updated Chinese myth, hysterical, historical, romance, time-travel, manwha high fantasy, funny-animal - and sometimes all of it happening at once!

Contributors include award-winning artists, as well a host of new talent. Many expand on the limited popular conception of 'big-eyed' import manga in highly original and unexpected ways.

Praise for the Best New Manga Series:

'Seminal' The Times

'Applying the winning Best New formula to the exponentially popular field of manga. Well worth adding to your burgeoning manga section.' Publishing News

'A fantastic collection of original and exciting comics ... Over 500 pages of material, almost all of which is really very good, and some of which is utterly superb. I thoroughly recommend it.' www.puritybrown.blogspot.com

The Mammoth Book Of Cult Comics

by ILYA

Published 16 October 2014

Compiled by comic artist ILYA, whose stories are published in the US (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse), Japan (Kodansha) and Europe, The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics brings together for the first time in a single volume lost classics from recent decades of underground and independent British and American comic...Read more

Compiled by comic artist ILYA, whose stories are published in the US (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse), Japan (Kodansha) and Europe, The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics brings together for the first time in a single volume lost classics from recent decades of underground and independent British and American comic strip art. It includes the miraculous-in-the-mundane diary comics of John Welding (Goathland), and Paul O’Connell’s chilling yet darkly funny cut-ups, The Sound of Drowning. Also Through the Habitrails, the little-known masterpiece by Jeff Nicholson. A chance to catch up on previously unseen hidden gems.