American style / tradition comic books
Panini Publishing Ltd Daredevil: Parts Of A Hole
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£16.99
Panini Publishing Ltd Carnage Reigns
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£19.54
Panini Publishing Ltd Daredevil & Echo
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£15.29
Panini Publishing Ltd Spider-gwen: Shadow Clones
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£13.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Extreme Venomverse
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£17.09
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Amazing Ace, Awesome Aro: An Illustrated
Book SynopsisThe split attraction model? Alterous Love? Queerplatonic relationships?From the creator of Perfectly Queer: An Illustrated Introduction, this bold and brilliantly illustrated guide is written for anyone looking to explore the beautiful ace and aro communities; the acefluxes, the arospikes, the demis, the greys, the frays and more. Separate the myths and stereotypes, and discover some of the wonderful intricacies that shape each spectrum, including: forms of love and attraction, common identities, microlabels, flags, and the entertaining community-led culture. Packed with quizzes, activity sheets and a directory of further resources, this is a celebration of all things ace and aro!Trade ReviewWhat a wonderful addition to the ace and aro bookshelf. The writing is approachable. The illustrations are playful. And the interactive pages make some of the hard ace and aro questions easier to tackle. Our identity journeys can be delicate things, and Amazing Ace, Awesome Aro is a warmhearted, gentle friend every step of the way. -- Cody Daigle-Orians, asexual writer, educator and advocate.Separates the myths and stereotypes in an effort to discover some of the wonderful intricacies that shape each spectrum, including: forms of love and attraction, common identities, microlabels, flags, and the entertaining community-led culture. -- Margaret Lane’s Bookshelf, Midwest Book Review
£14.43
Panini Publishing Ltd Empyre
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£17.09
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel's Avengers: Road To A-day
Book SynopsisAll-ages Avengers in the Gamerverse!
£10.79
Panini Publishing Ltd Spider-man Loves Mary Jane: Highschool Drama
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£10.79
Panini Publishing Ltd X-men: Hellfire Gala
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£13.49
Panini Publishing Ltd America Chavez: Made In The USA
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£11.69
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel Platinum Doctor Strange Reloaded
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£16.99
Panini Publishing Ltd She-hulk Vol. 1: Jen Again
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£13.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Black Panther Vol. 1: The Long Shadow Part 1
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£13.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Astonishing X-men Vol. 1: Life of X
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£12.59
Panini Publishing Ltd Return To Planet Hulk
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£10.79
Panini Publishing Ltd Phoenix Resurrection: The Return of Jean Grey
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£12.59
Panini Publishing Ltd Old Man Hawkeye Vol. 1: An Eye For An Eye
Book SynopsisThe superheroes have fallen. The country has been divided into territories controlled by super villains. Among the wastelands lives Clint Barton - one of the few Avengers to survive.
£12.59
Panini Publishing Ltd Venom & X-men: Poison X: Poison X
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£12.59
Panini Publishing Ltd Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol. 6: WLMD
Book SynopsisCollecting Spider-Man/Deadpool #29-33 and following the adventures of Spider-Man, Deadpool, and a wide cast of friends and foes.
£10.79
Panini Publishing Ltd You Are Deadpool
Book SynopsisDid you ever want to be Deadpool? Well, now's your chance - in this amazing role-playing romp! YOU decide what choices Deadpool makes! Just be sure to avoid the many bad endings you could fall into... or suffer the consequences!Become the Merc with a Mouth!
£10.79
Panini Publishing Ltd Avengers Vol. 1: The Final Host
Book SynopsisThor, Cap, Iron Man, reunited at last! And just in time to save the world from total annihilation at the hands of their most powerful enemies yet: the 2000-ft-tall space gods known as Celestials.Judgement is coming.
£13.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Thor Vol. 1: God Of Thunder Reborn
Book SynopsisLet loose the cry - The God Of Thunder hath returned!
£12.59
Panini Publishing Ltd Dead Man Logan Vol. 1: Sins Of The Father
Book SynopsisSins of the father.
£12.59
Panini Publishing Ltd Captain America Vol. 2: Captain Of Nothing
Book SynopsisLiberty caged!
£12.59
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel Cinematic Collection Vol. 2: The Avengers
Book SynopsisVolume 2 in an epic-ten part collection for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
£9.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel Cinematic Collection Vol. 6: Doctor
Book SynopsisVolume 6 an epic-ten part collection for the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
£9.49
Cinebook Ltd Bear's Tooth 1 - Max
Book SynopsisSilesia, 1930. Three children play with toy airplanes. Three friends - Max the Polish Jew, Werner and Hanna the Germans. All dream of becoming pilots, but they won't all have the same opportunities, and the world is heading down a dark road... 1944. Max is now an ace in the US Navy, while Hanna is one of Germany's top test pilots. Will anything remain of their old friendship, as the sides they each chose are locked in a struggle to the death?
£7.59
Cinebook Ltd Valerian Vol. 20 - The Order of the Stones: 20
Book SynopsisThe expedition into the heart of the Great Void is launched, and Valerian and Laureline are on it. But in no time they’re already facing the mysterious force that threatens the entire galaxy: the Wolochs, gigantic sentient monoliths dead set on destroying any civilisation that might stand in the way of their domination. Our two Human agents can’t hope to stop the Order of the Stones by themselves, but fortunately, they still have allies...
£6.99
Cinebook Ltd Valerian Vol. 21 - The Time Opener: 21
Book SynopsisThe evil hordes of the Wolochs are rampaging through space, and everywhere death and destruction follow. But despite the despair of some and the betrayal of others, Valerian, Laureline and a few other brave souls are resisting. They’re hoping to use a mysterious artefact, the Time Opener, to banish the stones and bring back Earth. But what price must they pay to do so? And what sort of Earth will they get back if they succeed?
£8.54
Cinebook Ltd Trent Vol. 2: the Kid
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£6.99
Cinebook Ltd Buck Danny 8 - Black Cobra
Book SynopsisDuring a top secret electronic intelligence-gathering mission, an American F-22 stealth fighter is shot down by an unknown enemy. Basran, the target nation, isn't supposed to have weapon systems able to detect - not to mention hit - the pride and joy of the USAF. So, who did? And how? Buck and his team are soon tasked with a delicate, top-secret job: complete the downed plane's original reconnaissance mission, and find out what happened to it - all that while flying Russian planes!
£7.59
Rebellion Publishing Ltd. The Complete Nemesis the Warlock, Volume Three:
Book SynopsisTomas de Torquemada has escaped back in time and finds himself in 1980s Britain. Here, amidst the rising unemployment and Thatcher-era angst Nemesis' sworn enemy spreads his own special breed of hatred. But the warlock is not far behind him and the scene is set for the last, definitive battle! Written by Pat Mills (Slaine) with art by David Roach (Star Wars: Tales of The Jedi), John Hicklenton (Zombie World) and Henry Flint (Judge Dredd) amongst others this third volume in the Nemesis series brings the saga to an explosive conclusion!
£16.99
SelfMadeHero Chico & Rita
Book SynopsisCuba, 1948. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unite them, but their journey brings heartache and torment. From Havana to New York, Paris, Hollywood and Las Vegas, two passionate individuals battle impossible odds to unite in music and love.
£14.39
SelfMadeHero Hellraisers
Book SynopsisHellraisers tells the story of four of the greatest boozers of all time: Richard Burton, Richard Harris, Peter O'Toole and Oliver Reed. Robert Sellers and Jake cleverly weave the four biographies seamlessly into one fast-paced adventure of drunken binges, orgies, parties and fun. Told through the eyes of Martin, a wannabe Hellraiser, the story begins in a typical London pub at Christmas time. One by one, each of the four Hellraisers take this disillusioned soul on a personal tour of their childhoods, rise to stardom and chaotic personal lives.
£13.49
SelfMadeHero When David Lost His Voice
Book SynopsisThe doctor's verdict is final: David has cancer. There is still a possibility of remission, but it is very small. And if the tumour kills him, David won't have a chance to see his baby granddaughter Louise grow up. We see his wife become progressively consumed by the looming shadow of death, in Vanistendael's sensitive portrayal of a family battling cancer.
£15.29
SelfMadeHero FUN: Spies, Puzzle Solvers and a Century of
Book SynopsisIn December 1913, the New York World newspaper published the first crossword in history. It appeared in their Sunday supplement, “Fun.” A century later, this absorbing puzzle continues to attract (and infuriate) millions of devotees every day. But the world’s most popular—and seemingly mundane—pastime has a surprising history, filled with intrigue and adventure. Paolo Bacilieri’s FUN transports us from turn-of-the-century New York to present-day Milan, taking in stories of ingenious puzzle makers, ardent solvers, and intellectual luminaries. Part detective story, part docudrama, and interlaced with a fiction of Bacilieri’s own imagining, FUN questions the crossword’s “harmless” status. Sure, it’s fun—but could it also be a form of resistance, of cryptic communication, of espionage?
£14.39
SelfMadeHero Lip Hook
Book SynopsisSomewhere in the British Isles, at the end of a neglected road, there is a village called Lip Hook. For its inhabitants, the village is more than the end of the road—it’s the end of the world. Beyond it, there is nothing but mist-shrouded marshland. Few travelers take the road to Lip Hook, but one foggy night, a car speeds perilously toward the village. The driver is a dangerously beautiful woman, the passenger a man with a gunshot wound and a suitcase containing a treasure he has risked his life for. Cash-strapped but in need of a place to hide, the two fugitives seek shelter at the Hanged Man Inn, where the woman persuades the innkeeper to accept payment in kind. As days pass and the woman extends her services to more of Lip Hook's men, among them the village priest, a false faith grips the community—and reason, logic, and humanity begin to disappear.Trade Review"Lip Hook takes some of the best conventions of the British folk horror genre and uses them to perfect effect." -- ComicsBeat
£13.49
Vintage Publishing Freedom Hospital: A Syrian Story
Book Synopsis‘With the intimacy of a person who has lived the tragedy himself but with the restraint of a true artist, Hamid Sulaiman tells a powerful tale of Syria’s descent into cataclysm while reminding us of those still tending the seeds of the revolutionary spring.’Joe SaccoWinner of the 2017 PEN Translates AwardWinner of the 2017 Burgess GrantIt is spring 2012 and 40,000 people have died since the start of the Syrian Arab Spring. In the wake of this, Yasmin has set up a clandestine hospital in the north of the country. The town that she lives in is controlled by Assad’s brutal regime, but is relatively stable. However, as the months pass, the situation becomes increasingly complex and violent. Told in stark, beautiful black-and-white imagery, Freedom Hospital illuminates a complicated situation with gut-wrenching detail and very dark humour. The story of Syria is one of the most devastating narratives of our age and Freedom Hospital is an important and timely book from a new international talent.Trade ReviewUrgent, cogent and compelling… Freedom Hospital is genuinely shocking at times, but Francesca Barrie’s impressive translation also finds the black humour that tends to have a natural home in graphic novels… Yes, Freedom Hospital is a must read, but its tone, mood and form somehow make it as entertaining as it is informative and thought-provoking. A graphic novel might just be “the” piece of creative writing to come out of the horrifying mess that is Syria in the 2010s. -- Ben East * National *With the intimacy of a person who has lived the tragedy himself but with the restraint of a true artist, Hamid Sulaiman tells a powerful tale of Syria’s descent into cataclysm while reminding us of those still tending the seeds of the revolutionary spring. -- Joe SaccoThis eye-opening graphic novel is a powerful and moving introduction to the realities of the war in Syria. Sulaiman's stark black and white artwork brilliantly conveys the moral, political and emotional shades of grey rarely shown on the news. -- Stephen CollinsHamid Sulaiman's shocking inside story of an ongoing people's revolution against one of the world's most brutal regimes is eye-opening, explosive and utterly necessary. The chiaroscuro-heavy artwork, more dark than light, seems drawn in Sulaiman's heart's blood. -- Neel MukherjeeIf you want insight into the complex situation in Syria, read this book. It provides a stark vision of life in a war zone but, like Freedom Hospital itself, it never loses hope. -- Mary TalbotHeartbreaking and funny, tender and troubling; this is a vital piece of art about the great humanitarian tragedy of our age. -- Andrew McMillanThe artwork is beautiful... It's a necessary, powerful book. -- James Bluemel, director of EXODUSSyrian cartoonist Sulaiman’s debut novel follows the desperate lives, noble struggles, and violent deaths of people tied to an underground hospital during the Syrian civil war... The art’s flat blacks, stark whites, and heavy lines give the work an almost impressionistic feel, bringing to the real-world images a rotoscoped look... A heartbreaking and eye-opening primer to the quagmire of a generation. * Kirkus *Sulaiman’s stripped back black and white art reminded this reader of both the work of Marjane Satrapi but also more broadly 2000AD (this must be in the future, your mind shrieks, it can’t possibly be happening now, on the same planet I’m on)... as a piece of work it’s to be applauded... a story that deserves to be read. * Bookmunch *Drawn in a stark, chiaroscuro style, Sulaiman uses the simplest of imagery to convey intense, harrowing drama. It’s a subtle technique that hits like a hammer... Despite its painful subject matter, Sulaiman imbues Freedom Hospital with its fair share of gallows humour... Even when Freedom Hospital is at its bleakest, Sulaiman’s optimism shines through. Many of his characters die in acts of altruism and meaningless violence, but his focus is always on the strength and resilience of community. -- Josh Franks * Ink *
£15.29
Vanguard Productions Sensuous Frazetta
Book SynopsisVampirella, Weird Science, Dejah Thoris... No one renders exotic women better than Frazetta, the World s greatest Fantasy artist. Until now, only the most ardent collectors possessed the elusive grail items from the short period of Frazetta s early-1960s Men s magazine and risqué paperback illustrations. Often selling for hundreds of dollars each, these rare publications bridged Frazetta s exodus from traditional comics work, to his now-legendary Conan, John Carter of Mars and Death Dealer oil paintings. Now, in an affordable volume, Vanguard expands their authorized line of Frazetta books with this, the most complete collection ever, of rare, vintage, Sensuous Frazetta. This book includes a Foreword by popular Cry For Dawn creator, Joseph Michael Linsner. Contents: FOREWORD Joseph Michael Linsner; Chapter One Between the Sheets (Paperback Interiors); Chapter Two Romance & Cigarettes (Sequential Art); Chapter Three Pretty Funny Women (Sex in a Humorous Vein); Chapter Four Saucy Stories (Men s Magazine Art); Chapter Five From Casting Couch to... (Hollywood Vignettes); Chapter Six Stars in her Eyes (The Zodiac Calendar).
£26.09
Aftershock Comics ROUGH RIDERS VOL. 3 TPB: Ride or Die
Book SynopsisIt's 1906 and Theodore Roosevelt is the sitting president when a familiar face from his past asks him once again to call upon the Rough Riders to save the world. But this time it's not anarchists or aliensno, it's something from the great beyond. Something so ancient and inherently evil that the Rough Riders will need to add to their ranks in hopes of defeating it. Will HP Lovecraft be the newest historical figure to have the honor to call themselves a Rough Rider? Or will he be the one who finally brings death to the history''s greatest team?Created and written by Adam Glass (executive producer of Supernatural and writer of Suicide Squad) with artwork by Patrick Olliffe (Untold Tales of Spider-Man).
£12.59
Z2 comics Chasin' The Bird: A Charlie Parker Graphic Novel
Book SynopsisThe graphic novel tells the story of Bird's time in L.A. starting in December 1945, where Bird and Dizzy Gillespie brought frenetic sounds of bebop from the East Coast jazz underground to the West Coast for a two-month residency at Billy Berg's Hollywood jazz club. This marked the beginning of a tumultuous two year-stint for Bird bumming around L.A., showing up at jam sessions, crashing on people's couches, causing havoc in public places, and recording some of his most groundbreaking tracks, "A Night in Tunisia" and "Ornithology," as well as "Relaxin' At Camarillo," inspired by the end of his time in SoCal at the Camarillo State Hospital. The novel explores Bird's relationship with the characters and events he encountered during his time in L.A. including recording some of his signature songs with Dial Record founder Ross Russell, a brief but influential stay at the home of famed jazz photographer William Claxton, a party for the ages at the ranch home of artist Jirayr Zorthian, and others who found themselves in the orbit of the jazz genius. Chasin' the Bird is named for Charlie Parker's 1947 standard, and adapts one of the sunnier, but darker chapters in the life of Bird, beautifully told by Dave Chisholm The book will include an exclusive flexi disc record featuring a recording from Parker's time in Los Angeles. The deluxe limited edition will include a vinyl 45 with two tracks to be announced ahead of release. In conjunction with the graphic novel, Verve Records/UMe are currently working on a new album spanning Bird's L.A. period that will be released in September as well.
£22.08
Astra Publishing House Maya Makes a Mess
Book SynopsisIn the midst of a family dinner with her scolding parents, Maya receives an unexpected invitation to dine with the Queen. Suddenly, her messy manners are put to the ultimate test and she begins to improvise her very own set of rules, with uproarious results. Filled with humor and exquisitely imagined detail, this book by Eisner Award-winner Rutu Modan is bound to turn every child into a voracious reader.Trade ReviewModan’s beautifully expressive clear-line cartoons work well in a story for children, and the story itself has just the right twists for new readers to enjoy and maybe even hazard a chance of predicting...Another winner from TOON.—BooklistThe sparse, effective dialogue works seamlessly with the colorful, detailed pictures to tell this simple but engaging story. Various panel sizes perfectly pace the story’s sequences. Modan, an award-winning illustrator and graphic novelist, skillfully depicts Maya’s sensitivity and spiritedness through keenly drawn facial expressions and body movements...Young readers will devour the visual details and cheer on Maya as she asserts her individuality.—Library Media ConnectionRidiculous and hysterical, perfect for messy eaters and those who are forbidden to have their own fun at the table.—Shelf Awareness ProA fun read with an engaging hero.—Publishers Weekly
£7.59
Silver Sprocket That Full Moon Feeling
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£13.49
Silver Sprocket Let's Get Burgers
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£17.09
Iron Circus Comics Patience & Esther: An Edwardian Romance
Book Synopsis"This charmer serves scorching heat in a sugar coating."– PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "An engrossing and delightful read."– NEWSARAMA Patience is a kindhearted country girl, eking out a living in Edwardian England as tremors of social change rock the world around her. When she starts her employment in formal service on the grounds of an opulent country manor, she has no idea that her own personal revolution is about to begin. Selfless, dutiful, and just a touch naive, she takes to both her place as a parlor maid and to her new roommate, the bookish and progressive lady’s maid, Esther. In another time, the two women would have kept one another’s company forever in their little attic bedroom, living out their days in the employ of a Lord. But it’s now the dawn of a new age. The expanding empire has brought with it not only plundered wealth, but worldliness and new ideas. Suffragists agitate in the street, idle-rich bohemians challenge sexual mores, and Patience and Esther slowly come to realize the world is wider and full of more adventure and opportunity than they ever imagined . . . so long as they find the will to seize it. Sensual, sweet, and beautifully illustrated, PATIENCE & ESTHER is a steamy period romance and an inspirational erotic journey across the epic sweep of history, from the end of a gilded age to the start of an uncharted future.Trade Review"This charmer serves scorching heat in a sugar coating." – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "An engrossing and delightful read." – NEWSARAMA "A tender, nuanced, and sensual adult graphic novel." – FRESH FICTION “Searle's work revolves around relationships, often but not always romantic ones. What's more, these relationships are frequently non-normative, in that they include queer women, people of color, sexual women, diverse body types and -- get this -- real, complex emotions.” – HUFFINGTON POST
£14.24
Manga Classics Inc. Manga Classics Othello
Book SynopsisA brilliant general in the service of Venice, Othello is also the new husband of the adoring - and young - Desdemona, whose innocent hero worship has blossomed into love. But can a beautiful girl, so much younger than her husband, truly be faithful? Othello's trusted ensign Iago seems to think not. Can Othello trust him? Can Othello trust anyone? Manga Classics presents Shakespeare's classic story of love, hate, vengeance, and betrayal, in its full, original glory! (This volume features the complete, unabridged text from the Shakespeare Play.)
£19.54
Aftershock Comics KNOCK 'EM DEAD
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£11.99
