American style / tradition comic books
Titan Books Ltd Marvel's Captain America: The First 80 Years
Book SynopsisA collector's edition celebrating the 80th anniversary of the first appearance of one of the most iconic characters in the Marvel universe of comic books, with Captain America Comics #1, in March 1941.The special covers the milestones in the creation of the comic book adventures of the Super Soldier, featuring covers, comic art, behind-the-scenes facts and information about the authors and artists who brought the legend to life!
£23.99
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Marvel's Mutants: The X-Men Comics of Chris
Book SynopsisIn 1975, Marvel Comics revived the X-Men, a failed title which hadn't used new material for half a decade. It was a marginal project in an industry then in crisis. Five years later, it was the bestseller in a revived comics market. Unusually in the comics world, one man, Chris Claremont wrote the comic over seventeen years, from 1975 to 1991, developing new characters such as Wolverine and Storm, and taking themes from Freudian psychology, Christian temptation narratives, Existentialist philosophy and the language of sub-cultural identity. Marvel's Mutants is the first book to be devoted to the aesthetics of these comics that laid the foundation for the worldwide X-Men franchise we know today. Miles Booy explores Claremont's recurrent themes, the evolution of his reputation as an auteur within a collaborative medium, the superhero genre and the input of the artists with whom Claremont worked. Also covered are the successful spin-off projects, which Claremont wrote: solo Wolverine mini-series and whole new teams of mutant superheroes.Trade Review`Miles Booy is an expert critic and his much-welcomed account of Chris Claremont's tenure on Marvel's X-Men will be essential reading for comic fans and historians alike. Booy succeeds in analysing the narratives and politics of comics with admirable scholarly detachment while never losing sight of the fun nature of his subject. This book is likely to be the definitive survey of Claremont's contribution to the Marvel universe.' - James Chapman, author British Comics: A Cultural History, 'An excellent and timely book about the unsung genius of Chris Claremont, the most under-appreciated comics writer, who nevertheless made a vast contribution to the super hero genre. Booy gets deep into the work, and why Claremont is so influential.' - Paul Cornell, award-winning comics writer of Wolverine, X-Men & more, 'Marvel's Mutants provides the sort of literary analysis of the X-Men that we’ve been waiting for. This is not more of the same, endless discussions of the X-Men's politics. Rather, Miles Booy excavates and illuminates the subtle but often forgotten themes and tropes - joy and hunger, civilization and savagery, humanity and machinery - that truly gripped the attention of long-time writer Chris Claremont. This is a compelling, novel, and necessary reconsideration of the foundational period of the X-Men.’ - Neil Shyminsky,Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Chapter One: Claremont's Characters Chapter Two: History and Futures Past Chapter Three: Bringing It All Back Home Chapter Four: Existential X-Men: The New Mutants Chapter Five: Harder They Come... Appendix: Sales Figures of `The Uncanny X-Men' during the Claremont Era Notes Bibliography Index
£22.52
Lulu.com Zowie! Cartoons
£10.18
Panini Publishing Ltd Dark Ages
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£14.39
Panini Publishing Ltd What If? Vol.2: Secret Invasion
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£16.19
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Guardians Of The
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£21.24
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel Select Secret Invasion: Meet The Skrulls
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£9.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel Select Rocket Raccoon: A Chasing Tale
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£9.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Eternals Vol. 1
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£13.29
Panini Publishing Ltd The Legend Of Shang-chi
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£9.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Jupiter's Legacy Netflix Special Vol. 1
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£9.49
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Thor Rebooted
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£17.99
Panini Publishing Ltd Rocket Vol. 1: The Blue River Score
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£13.29
Panini Publishing Ltd Invincible Iron Man Vol. 2: Choices
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£11.39
Panini Publishing Ltd Marvel Legacy
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£17.09
Panini Publishing Ltd Infinity Countdown
Book SynopsisAs the Infinity Stones reappear around the cosmos, the ultimate race for power is on! Blood will be spilled as the greatest galactic heroes and villains vie for the Power Stone!
£15.29
Panini Publishing Ltd The Life Of Captain Marvel
Book SynopsisThe definitive origin of Captain Marvel.
£14.39
Titan Books Ltd Tank Girl: Visions of Booga
Book SynopsisA pink haired girl dressed like a gangster, a kangaroo in a tutu and a homicidal manic with an obsessive trouser disorder can only mean one thing. Tank Girl's back for more!Following a bungled Mafia financed train heist and a shoot out in an outback petrol station, Tank Girl, Booga have gone on the run in a WWII German Mittlere Schutzenpanzerwagen (Sd.Kfz.251/1) armoured personal carrier with the only copy of the great lost Beat Generation classic, "Book of Hipster Gold" (said to hold the secret to ending all wars and suffering). Now with a convoy of Mafia dons, henchmen, a crooked cop and half the Australian constabulary hot on their tails it's one long frenzied chase across the Australian outback to the sanctuary of Booga's long-lost little bother's vast business empire and maybe world peace.Trade Review"8 out of 10 cat owners who expressed a preference chose Hewlett and Martin as the voodoo sex-gods of the nineties." - Grant Morrison "Sheer sensual enjoyment, by jingo it's a must!" - Jonathan Ross"
£11.39
Cinebook Ltd Trent Vol. 4: The Valley Of Fear
Book SynopsisTrent's superior tasks him with helping a lady who came to the police to report the disappearance of her husband. The sergeant is stunned to discover the woman he is still in love with: Agnes. Her husband is the manager of a railway construction site far to the northwest, and he hasn't been heard from in weeks. Worse, his last letters spoke of a mysterious danger threatening the camp. The pair go to investigate...
£8.07
Classical Comics Frankenstein The Graphic Novel: Quick Text
Book SynopsisConceived as part of a literary game among friends in 1816, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is today regarded as a classic piece of 19th century literature. The story begins with the journey of an adventurer, Robert Walton, who saves the life of a man at the North Pole. That man, Victor Frankenstein, tells Walton about his experiments with the creation of life and how he ended up at the North Pole. Through this simple plot device, Shelley was able to deal with serious real-world issues like acceptance, tolerance, and understanding, as well as the universal human need for companionship and love. The novel, of course, inspired a host of films, from the 1931 classic starring Boris Karloff to Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein, and more recently, a series of novels by Dean Koontz. This version, though slightly abridged, retains much of the original dialogue and remains true to Shelley’s brilliant vision.
£18.00
SelfMadeHero The Park
Book SynopsisOn a beautiful Sunday afternoon, an incident takes place in a North London park. Chris is accidentally bitten by an excited dog, and aims a defensive kick at it. The owner, well-known polemicist Ivan Grubb, takes to his blog to express his outrage, spinning the story to sit happily within his own narrative. When Ivan and Chris relate the event to their children, they are surprised and confused by the strength of feeling their reactions have provoked. The Park is a delicate examination of how anger, repression and powerlessness can overwhelm even the most logical and well-intentioned person in a confusing modern world.
£14.39
SelfMadeHero The Cigar That Fell In Love With a Pipe:
Book SynopsisOn the eve of the release of his latest movie, The Lady From Shanghai, Orson Welles receives a gift: an admirer has sent him a box of cigars. Rich and full-bodied, they are the finest he’s ever tasted. But then, these are no ordinary cigars: they’ve been assembled by the most famous cigar roller in Cuba, Conchita Marquez. It is an exquisite gift, though one not appreciated by Orson’s wife, Rita Hayworth. As Welles smokes these most coveted of cigars, he daydreams about the plump genius Conchita Marquez, whose story of triumph, despair and love unfolds within the pages of this stunning and imaginative graphic novel.
£13.49
SelfMadeHero Celeste
Book SynopsisIn London, the moment two commuters, Aaron and Lilly, lay eyes on each another on a packed Monday morning tube train, everyone else around them vanishes. In Los Angeles, Ray is sitting in gridlock on the 405 Freeway when he receives a call from an LAPD officer with news about his wife. Ray fears the worst. But just as the officer is about to give Ray the news, he is cut off. The caller has disappeared, and so has everyone else around him. Everyone except for a badly beaten man tied up in the trunk of another car. In Japan, comic artist Yoshi has come to the demon-haunted Aokigahara Forest to die, but the spirits of the forest have other ideas. Taking us through the deserted streets of London, the empty freeways of Los Angeles, and the dream world of the Aokigahara Forest, Celeste is a compelling and profound graphic novel about the choices we make and the courage it takes to make them.
£14.39
SelfMadeHero Herman by Trade
Book SynopsisHerman is a reclusive, straight-laced street cleaner—or so it seems to those he works with on the city’s waterfront. But he has an extraordinary hidden talent: the ability to transform his appearance at will. When the unsmiling cinematic genius MIO calls an open audition for her new movie, a queue forms along the waterfront, snaking past the industrial park, the beach, the shipyard, and beyond. On the fourth day, Herman joins it. As he waits, swept up in the frenzy of creative ambition that has overcome the city, his past life becomes increasingly remote. By the time he enters the audition room, he might have lost his job, but his talent remains. Dazzled by Herman’s ability to adapt to any role, MIO deems the rest of the cast redundant, sparking a furious outcry. When the cult director’s new film premieres, with Herman performing every role, it doesn’t get the reaction she expects. Spectacularly drawn, Herman by Trade is a captivating graphic novel about art, identity, and making space for self-expression.
£13.49
SelfMadeHero Mikel
Book SynopsisMikel lives with his wife and two children in Costur, an idyllic Spanish town surrounded by hills. He has a job selling confectionary, but Mikel is a dreamer, not a businessman, and money is tight. What’s more, the mundanity of small-town life is preventing him from fulfilling a life-long dream: to become a writer. Seeking both drama and financial security, Mikel takes a job as a bodyguard. His family is soon uprooted to the Basque country, where Mikel is charged with protecting politicians from the armed separatist group ETA. It is a job that provides drama worthy of the pagebut only at the cost of fear, uncertainty and family breakdown. In Mikel, author Mark Bellido draws on his own experiences to create a powerful and provocative story about a man who risks everything in the pursuit of a dream.
£21.24
Classic Comic Store Ltd Iliad
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£8.20
Classic Comic Store Ltd The Prisoner of Zenda
Book SynopsisSet in the fictional land of Ruritania, "The Prisoner of Zenda" is a tale of intrigue, crime and scheming villains trying to depose the rightful heir to the throneâ
£8.20
Centrala Ltd Bad Dreams
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£13.50
Centrala Ltd Panic!: Pandemic diary from Italy
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£15.30
Between the Lines May Day: A Graphic History of Protest
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£999.99
Catapult I, Parrot: A Graphic Novel
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£16.19
Vertical, Inc. My Boy 2
Book SynopsisAn award-winner and top-seller in Japan, this provocative new manga handles its controversial subject with insight and sensitivity.
£12.34
Silver Sprocket Please Destroy My Enemies (second Edition)
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£8.54
Source Point Press Grief
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£9.49
Source Point Press Monstrous: Pathways To Doom
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£13.49
Source Point Press Dial P For Peanuts
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£13.49
Source Point Press No Heroine
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£9.49
Rustik Haws LLC Very Much a Woman's Book
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£21.52
Artists Writers & Artisans Old Haunts
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£9.49
Artists Writers & Artisans Bad Mother
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£9.49
Artists Writers & Artisans American Ronin
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£9.49
Source Point Press Cold Dead Hands
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£9.49
Source Point Press Backfired
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£17.09
Source Point Press Touching Evil Vol. 2: The Phantom Limb
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£17.09
Source Point Press Yuki Vs Panda Vol. 2
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£13.49
Little, Brown & Company Kyle's Little Sister
Book SynopsisMy name is Grace, not "Kyle's little sister!"Having a good-looking, friendly, outgoing older brother sucks-especially when you're the total opposite, someone who likes staying home and playing video games. Your parents like him better (even if they deny it!), and everyone calls you "Kyle's little sister" while looking disappointed that you're not more like him. I was really hoping I'd get to go to a different middle school, but no such luck. At least I have my friends...until he finds a way to ruin that, too...! Argh! What do I have to do to get out of his shadow?!
£17.09
Little, Brown & Company Zo Zo Zombie, Vol. 10
Book SynopsisWill zombie boy finally turn Isamu into a zombie!? All that and more in this powered-up volume!
£9.99
Little, Brown & Company Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target
Book SynopsisIt's the Royal Wedding arc, and that means...Mamako's getting married?! And so is Masato?! Plus, the party gets to play matchmaker for the game world's most eligible bachelor, the Prince of Catharn, in this next chapter of the cutting-edge momcom adventure!
£11.39
