American style / tradition comic books
Capstone Press Batman and the Morphing Movie Star
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£6.95
Capstone Press Supergirl and the Man of Metal
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£6.95
Capstone Press Superman and the Big Bounty
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£6.95
Capstone Press Home Plate Heist
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£8.99
Capstone Press Ruff Luck
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£7.59
Random House USA Inc The Cardboard Kingdom: (A Graphic Novel)
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£18.69
Andrews McMeel Publishing Bb3x, 37: Baby Blues: The Third Decade
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£18.99
Candlewick Press,U.S. Pirate Queen: The Legend of Grace O'Malley
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£10.01
Candlewick Press,U.S. Snow White: A Graphic Novel
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£14.39
Candlewick Press,U.S. Ark Angel: An Alex Rider Graphic Novel
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£14.39
Candlewick Press,U.S. Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions
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£17.99
Candlewick Press,U.S. Lost Soul, Be at Peace
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£12.34
Candlewick Press,U.S. Rural Voices: 15 Authors Challenge Assumptions
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£10.44
Lerner Publishing Group My Beijing: Four Stories of Everyday Wonder
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£15.19
Kids Can Press Binky Takes Charge
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£8.99
Counterpoint The Tale of Brin and Bent and Minno Marylebone
Book SynopsisBrin and Bent are poolkeepers at The House for the Grossly Infirm. Their days are spent abusing the House residents with bleach and chlorine, spying on them through holes they have drilled in the walls. They do not know that someone else comes to the pool at night: Minno Marylebone, a child like no other.Pure and beautiful, every night the child enters the water and becomes celestial, laughing and riding the currents as the pool turns into a sea. Then one night Brin and Bent find the wax that has spilled from Minno's candle and decide to lie in wait...With this dark yet achingly beautiful tale, Ravi Thornton takes the graphic novel to a new level. The combination of her deft and masterful writing with the stunning artwork of Andy Hixon creates a wondrous and dark experience.
£16.14
Penguin Putnam Inc The Kite Runner Graphic Novel
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£20.40
The Library of America Lynd Ward: Gods' Man, Madman's Drum, Wild
Book SynopsisEdited by Art Spiegelman, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel MausA wordless novel in woodcuts from Lynd Ward, a pioneering artist/novelist who was “an unmistakable soul-companion to . . . Frank Capra and John Steinbeck, but also Fritz Lang and Franz Kafka” (Jonathan Lethem) From the Great Depression to WII, America’s first great graphic novelist bore witness to the roiling, dizzying national scene as both a master printmaker and a socially committed storyteller. In this, the first of two volumes collecting all his woodcut novels, The Library of America brings together Lynd Ward’s earliest books, published when the artist was still in his twenties. Gods’ Man (1929), the audaciously ambitious work that made Ward’s reputation, is a modern morality play, an allegory of the deadly bargain a striving young artist often makes with life. Madman’s Drum (1930), a multigenerational saga worthy of Faulkner, traces the legacy of violence haunting a family whose stock in trade is human souls. Wild Pilgrimage (1932), perhaps the most accomplished of these early books, is a study in the brutalization of an American factory worker whose heart can still respond to beauty but whose mind is twisted in rage against the system and its shackles. The images reproduced in this volume are taken from prints pulled from the original woodblocks or first-generation electrotypes. Ward’s novels are presented, for the first time since the 1930s, in the format that the artist intended, one image per right-hand page, and are followed by five essays in which he discusses the technical challenges of his craft. Art Spiegelman contributes an introductory essay, “Reading Pictures,” that defines Ward’s towering achievement in that most demanding of graphic-story forms.
£34.00
The Library of America Lynd Ward: Prelude to a Million Years, Song
Book SynopsisThe second volume of collected woodcut graphic novels from a “brilliant and iconoclastic” author who has been compared to Frank Capra and John Steinbeck (Jonathan Lethem, New York Times–bestselling author of The Fortress of Solitude)In this, the second of two volumes collecting all his woodcut novels, The Library of America brings together Lynd Ward’s three later books, two of them brief, the visual equivalent of chamber music, the other his longest, a symphony in three movements. Prelude to a Million Years (1933) is a dark meditation on art, inspiration, and the disparity between the ideal and the real. Song Without Words (1936), a protest against the rise of European fascism, asks if ours is a world still fit for the human soul. Vertigo (1937), Ward’s undisputed masterpiece, is an epic novel on the theme of the individual caught in the downward spiral of a sinking American economy. Its characters include a young violinist, her luckless fiancé, and an elderly business magnate who—movingly, and without ever becoming a political caricature—embodies the social forces determining their fate.The images reproduced in this volume are taken from prints pulled from the original woodblocks or first-generation electrotypes. Ward’s novels are presented, for the first time since the 1930s, in the format that the artist intended, one image per right-hand page, and are followed by four essays in which he discusses the technical challenges of his craft. Art Spiegelman contributes an introductory essay, “Reading Pictures,” that defines Ward’s towering achievement in that most demanding of graphic-story forms, the wordless novel in woodcuts.
£32.00
Capstone Press Dognapped!: Jimmy Sniffles (Graphic Sparks)
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£7.59
Capstone Press Insect Ninja: Tiger Moth (Graphic Sparks)
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£7.59
Stone Arch Books Blackbeard's Sword: The Pirate King of the
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£7.59
Capstone Press Dung Beetle Bandits: Tiger Moth (Graphic Sparks)
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£7.96
Top Shelf Productions Girl Town
Book SynopsisIgnatz Award-winning cartoonist Casey Nowak (Lumberjanes) finds powerful truths in fantasy worlds. This solo debut collection celebrates the ascent of a rising star in comics.Diana got hurt -- a lot -- and she''s decided to deal with this fact by purchasing a life-sized robot boyfriend. Mary and La-La host a podcast about a movie no one''s ever seen. Kelly has dragged her friend Beth out of her comfort zone -- and into a day at the fantasy market that neither of them will forget. Girl Town collects the Ignatz Award-winning stories "Radishes" and "Diana''s Electric Tongue" together with several other tales of young adulthood and the search for connection. Here are Casey Nowak''s most acclaimed mini-comics and anthology contributions, enhanced with new colors and joined by brand-new work.Bold, infatuated, wounded, or lost, Nowak''s girls shine with life and longing. Their stories -- depicted with remarkable charm and insight -- capture the spirit of our time.
£16.19
Top Shelf Productions A Shining Beacon
Book SynopsisPictures at a revolution: acclaimed graphic novelist James Albon (Her Bark and Her Bite) explores the role of the artist in a frighteningly familiar near-future of tyrannical regimes and popular revolts.Francesca Saxon, artist and loyal citizen of the nation, is thrilled when she receives a commission to design the central mural of an epic new swimming pool: the jewel in the crown for an insecure regime obsessed by propaganda. Leaving the comfort of her coastal hometown for the lap of luxury of the capital, she is swept up in the paranoia of a government threatened by underground revolutionaries, whose promise of a freer, happier future looks increasingly appealing. Torn between rival factions and her personal loyalties, she realises that when ideology has a stranglehold on art, the picture is rarely pretty.
£17.09
Boom! Studios The Remnant
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£14.39
Boom! Studios The Art of Boom! Studios
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£17.09
Boom! Studios Robert E. Howard's Hawks of Outremer
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£11.39
Boom! Studios Dracula
Book SynopsisA powerful predatory corporation acquires a valuable asset...Dracula! They think they own him, but no one can own the son of the dragon. It's bloodsuckers vs. bloodsucker in this new original graphic novel from the mind of legendary comics' writer Kurt Busiek, best known for the top-selling MARVELS graphic novel. A new ongoing horror series sure to make your blood run cold! A powerful, predatory corporation acquires a valuable asset...Dracula! They think they own him, but no one can own the Son of the Dragon. Now, there's a monster in their midst that puts Hannibal Lecter to shame -- and he plans to gain his freedom in blood. Kurt Busiek, along with award-winning author Daryl Gregory and sensational artist Scott Godlewski, take you through the dark corridors of the corporate American boardroom and show you vampires aren't the only kinds of bloodsuckers!
£11.39
Boom! Studios Soldier Zero, Volume 1
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£8.99
Boom! Studios Starborn: Beyond the Far Stars, Volume 1
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£8.99
Boom! Studios Starborn, Volume Two
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£12.59
Boom! Studios Incorruptible
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£14.39
Hermes Press Mother Goth Rhymes
Book SynopsisHermes Press presents the chilling rhymes and illustrations of Mother Goth in her debut book, Mother Goth Rhymes! Mother Goth invites you into her world of grim and gruesome tales that celebrate the macabre with a selection of poems created especially for you! Feel your spine tingle with a new look at some old classics, from “Rock-A-Bye Zombie” to “Roses are Dead,” these poems explore the dark underbelly of our childhood favorites. Don’t be afraid of the dark...it's more fun there!
£21.84
Hermes Press Birth of a Beetle: The Magazine Cartoons of Mort
Book SynopsisMort Walker, the Dean of American Cartooning, left behind a legacy that extended far beyond his Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois fame. For the first time ever, Hermes Press and Bill Janocha (Walker’s assistant) present a rare selection of gags and art from Walker’s early years, before Beetle-mania took over the world. This historical book contains examples of the work he did prior to Beetle Bailey, and explores the evolution of his style and showcases his many gags, from his early comics in Showme magazine to the work he did for the Saturday Evening Post. This tome also contains historical essays detailing his life and career, up until his death in 2018 as written by Janocha. This special project has been nine years in the making, and is something any fan of Mort Walker will need to own!
£42.74
Workman Publishing Cub
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£19.00
No Greater Joy Ministries Revised Edition: Good and Evil: The Ultimate
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£23.70
Oni Press,US Mooncakes Collector's Edition HC
Book SynopsisThe brand-new deluxe edition of Mooncakes features never-before-seen content from the bewitching graphic novel by Suzanne Walker and Wendy Xu. Perfect for any collector's bookshelf, the new edition comes in a deluxe hardcover package featuring a new cover and bonus content, including an introduction and behind-the-scenes development art and writing. A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft. Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers’ bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town. One fateful night, she follows reports of a white wolf into the woods and comes across the unexpected: her childhood crush, Tam Lang, battling a horse demon in the woods. As a werewolf, Tam has been wandering from place to place for years, unable to call any town home. Pursued by dark forces eager to claim the magic of wolves, and out of options, Tam turns to Nova for help. Their latent feelings are rekindled against the backdrop of witchcraft, untested magic, occult rituals, and family ties both new and old in this enchanting tale of self-discovery.
£21.84
Ignatius Press The Cave: Volume 5
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£999.99
Sophia Institute Press Saints Chronicles Collection 1
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£14.20
Roaring Brook Press Be Prepared
Book Synopsis"Beautifully drawn, brutally funny, brilliantly honest. Vera is such a good cartoonist I almost can?t stand it.? ?Raina Telgemeier, author of SmileIn Be Prepared, all Vera wants to do is fit in?but that?s not easy for a Russian girl in the suburbs. Her friends live in fancy houses and their parents can afford to send them to the best summer camps. Vera?s single mother can?t afford that sort of luxury, but there''s one summer camp in her price range?Russian summer camp.Vera is sure she''s found the one place she can fit in, but camp is far from what she imagined. And nothing could prepare her for all the "cool girl" drama, endless Russian history lessons, and outhouses straight out of nightmares!
£999.99
Roaring Brook Press The City on the Other Side
Book SynopsisThe first decade of the twentieth century is coming to a close, and San Francisco is still recovering from the great earthquake of 1906. Isabel watched the destruction safely from her window, sheltered within her high-society world. Isabel isn't the kind of girl who goes on adventures. But that all changes when she stumbles through the invisible barrier that separates the human world from the fairy world. She quickly finds herself caught up in an age-old war and fighting on the side of the Seelie - the good fairies.
£999.99
Roaring Brook Press Peter & Ernesto: A Tale of Two Sloths
Book SynopsisPeter and Ernesto are sloths. Peter and Ernesto are friends. But Peter and Ernesto are nothing alike. Peter loves their tree and never wants to leave, while Ernesto loves the sky and wants to see it from every place on Earth. When Ernesto leaves to have a grand adventure, Peter stays behind and frets. The two friends grow even closer in separation, as Peter the homebody expands his horizons and Ernesto the wanderer learns the value of home. With ridiculously cute art and simple, funny text, their reunion is even more adorable than you are imagining. Laika Studios superstar artist, writer, and director Graham Annable brings all his significant powers to bear on this timeless friendship story for the youngest graphic novel readers.
£13.99
WW Norton & Co In Search of Lost Time: In the Shadow of Young
Book SynopsisIn what renowned translator Arthur Goldhammer called “a piano reduction of an orchestral score,” the first volume of Stéphane Heuet’s adaptation of In Search of Lost Time electrified the graphic community like no other—re-presenting the novel for anyone who has always dreamed of reading Proust but was put off by the sheer magnitude of the undertaking. Whereas the first volume described the narrator’s childhood in the pastoral town of Combray, the second volume portrays the narrator’s foray into adolescence, set in the opulent seaside resort of Balbec. Preserving Proust’s original dissection of the spontaneity of youth, translator Laura Marris captures the narrator’s infatuation with his playmates—his memories of their intoxicating afternoons together unfolding as if in a dream. Featuring some of Proust’s most memorable characters—from mysterious Charlus to beguiling young Albertine—this second volume becomes a necessary companion piece for any lover of modern literature.
£13.99
WW Norton & Co In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way: A Graphic
Book SynopsisWith its sweeping digressions into the past and reflections on the nature of memory, Proust’s oceanic novel In Search of Lost Time looms over twentieth-century literature as one of the greatest, yet most endlessly challenging, literary experiences. Influencing writers like Virginia Woolf and James Joyce, and even anticipating Albert Einstein in its philosophical explorations of space and time, In Search of Lost Time is a monumental achievement and reading it is a rite of passage for any serious lover of literature. Now, in what renowned translator Arthur Goldhammer says might be “likened to a piano reduction of an orchestral score,” the French illustrator Stéphane Heuet re-presents Proust in graphic form for anyone who has always dreamed of reading him but was put off by the sheer magnitude of the undertaking. This New York Times best-selling graphic adaptation reveals the fundamental architecture of Proust’s work while displaying a remarkable fidelity to his language as well as the novel’s themes of time, art, and the elusiveness of memory. As Goldhammer writes in his introduction, “The reader new to Proust must attend closely, even in this compressed rendering, to the novel’s circling rhythms and abrupt cross-cuts between different places and times. But this necessary attentiveness is abetted and facilitated by the compactness of the graphic format.” In this first volume, Swann’s Way, the narrator Marcel, an aspiring writer, recalls his childhood when—in a now-immortal moment in literature—the taste of a madeleine cake dipped in tea unleashes a torrent of memories about his family’s country home in the town of Combray. Here, Heuet and Goldhammer use Proust’s own famously rich and labyrinthine sentences and discerning observations to render Combray like never before. From the water lilies of the Vivonne to the steeple and stained glass of the town church, Proust’s language provides the blueprint for Heuet’s illustrations. Heuet and Goldhammer also capture Proust’s humor, wit, and sometimes scathing portrayals of Combray’s many memorable inhabitants, like the lovelorn Charles Swann and the object of his affection and torment, Odette de Crécy; Swann’s daughter, Gilberte; local aristocrat the Duchesse de Guermantes; the narrator’s uncle Adolphe; and the hypochondriac Aunt Léonie. Including a Proust family tree, a glossary of terms, and a map of Paris, this graphic adaptation is a surprising and useful companion piece to Proust’s masterpiece for both the initiated and those seeking an introduction.
£19.24
Red Chair Press The Deadening
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£8.99
Bloomsbury Publishing USA Cheeky: A Head-to-Toe Memoir
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£18.04
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Berserk of Gluttony (Manga) Vol. 5
Book SynopsisRAVENING FOR REVENGEFate has arrived in monster-infested Galia. But before he can continue to Babylon, the sentinel city where Lady Roxy is stationed, he must first fulfill his promise to Myne by putting down a powerful, ancient weapon. Then, just when he finally reaches his destination, Fate runs afoul of another mysterious woman, Eris, who confronts him with a terrible truth!
£10.44
