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Boom! Studios Grim Vol. 4
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£10.99
Boom! Studios The Sons of El Topo Omnibus
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£999.99
Cinebook Ltd XIII Mystery 3 Little Jones
Book SynopsisChicago, the Seventies. Life is tough when you''re an orphan in the streets - and even more so if you''re black. Little Jones, 10, doesn''t even know her real name. All she has is a brother who flirts with the Black Panthers, a streak of cunning and determination a mile wide, and a dream: that of some day enlisting into the Army. A chance encounter with war hero Major Whittaker will change her life forever...
£9.49
Cinebook Ltd Amazonia Vol. 2
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£7.59
Random House USA Inc Nell of Gumbling My Extremely Normal FairyTale
Book SynopsisRaina Telgemeir meets the Land of Stories in this charming graphic novel-diary hybrid about a twelve-year-old girl and her perfectly average magical life.To everyone else, the Magical Land of Gumbling is something out of fairy tales. But to Nell Starkeeper, it’s just home. Sure, the town community center might be a castle, her dads run a star farm, and her best friend Myra is a fairy, but Nell is much more interested in finding out if she’ll get the seventh grade apprenticeship of her dreams with world-famous artist Wiz Bravo. She’s pretty sure her entire life has been RUINED when she’s instead matched with boring old Mrs. Birdneck in the town archives. And of course her perfect rival Leabelle gets to work with Wiz, and mean girl Viola won’t let Nell forget it. Meanwhile, suddenly Myra seems more into hanging out with Leabelle and saving the town from some weird strangers who keep talking about turning Gumbling into a fancy reso
£10.79
Fantagraphics Suffrage Song
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£27.99
Penguin Random House Group Count Crowley Volume 3 Mediocre Midnight Monster
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£19.54
Fantagraphics Elise and the New Partisans
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£23.99
Titan Books Ltd The Michael Moorcock Library Elric The Making of
Book SynopsisWitness the birth of a legend as the untold origin story of Elric and his epic ascension to the throne of Melnibone is finally revealed!Written by acclaimed science-fiction/fantasy icon Michael Moorcock and illustrated by comics legend Walter Simonson.
£22.94
Idea & Design Works Godzillas 70th Anniversary
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£22.95
Penguin Random House Group Eerie Archives Volume 8
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£19.54
Cinebook Ltd Emilies Inheritance 1 The Hatcliff Domain
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£8.54
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Imaginary Vol. 2
Book SynopsisA gorgeously illustrated tale about childhood friends, unrequited love, and the power of imagination!Back when Tasuku was a kid, he harbored a secret: he was in love with his friend Maika. But Maika moved away for school before he could gather his courage and confess. Now, as adults, they’ve reconnected as friends, and being together brings back memories of their shared past. It was so easy to fantasize about wild things when they were children, but what has become of those fantasies now that they’ve grown up?
£11.69
Fantagraphics The Complete Crepax City Stories
Book SynopsisThese erotic comics stories, spanning 1974-1991, feature metropolitan settings like Valentina taking the subway - but what begins as an ordinary trip soon becomes a fantastical journey with familiar characters cameoing along the way. Then, in a giallo-inspired tale, fashion photographer Valentina''s models keep turning up dead. Could she be the murderer? In ''Time Out'' (1991), she''s once again stalked by a Subterranean ... but what is its mission? The rest of this collection introduces a new heroine, Anita, who lives (and dies) for TV! Every flip of the channel has a new genre for her (and Crepax) to insert herself in. And in ''Input Anita,'' Crepax plays with the idea of bringing your work home with you. ''Data entry'' has never been so sexy (and a little sinister too).This volume of Fantagraphics'' ambitious series reprinting all of Guido Crepax''s most significant comics is the second of two volumes featuring Crepax''s comics adaptations from the literary erotica canon. This volume contains Crepax''s longest graphic novel - ''Story of O.'' A woman finds fulfillment when she subsumes her identity by sexually submitting to a secret society. Crepax sumptuously draws every strike of the whip and taps into the sensuality of body modification in his adaptation of this groundbreaking work. Also included is his short story ''The Unexpected Exchange,'' filled with the sensual delights you have come to expect from Crepax: lingerie, bisexuality, the 1920s, and the most symbolically drawn train you''ve ever seen outside of a Hitchcock film. As the Crepax Archives observes, ''The cartoonist, licensed by the authority of classics, ventures deeply into territories of eroticism that up to now he had only dared to touch.'' In addition to the usual accompanying essays putting Crepax''s stories into historical and cultural context, this volume also features Nouveau Roman novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet''s (The Voyeur, Last Year at Marienbad) introduction to Story of O.
£56.99
Penguin Random House Group The EC Archives The Haunt of Fear Volume 5
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£15.99
Idea & Design Works Godzilla Skate or Die
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£15.29
Penguin Random House Group Andrzej Sapkowskis The Witcher The Edge of the
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£14.39
Titan Books Ltd Kamen Rider Kuuga Vol.9
Book SynopsisKamen Rider Kuuga continues its epic journey as it roars into its ninth volume! The world has gone mad - a Gurongi has become a turncoat, fighting alongside Kuuga, while Agito's power spirals out of control!
£9.49
Clairview Books Hshouma
Book SynopsisA feminist graphic novel based on the author's experiences of sexuality in Morocco.
£13.49
Idea & Design Works Hell Ink Water
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£28.80
Boom! Studios Dune House Corrino Vol. 2
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£18.04
Boom! Studios Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Across the Morphin
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£14.24
DC Comics Oracle Code
Book Synopsis#1 New York Times bestselling author Marieke Nijkamp and artist Manuel Preitano unveil a graphic novel that explores the dark corridors of Barbara Gordon''s first mystery: herself.After a gunshot leaves her paralyzed below the waist, Barbara Gordon undergoes physical and mental rehabilitation at the Arkham Center for Independence. She must adapt to a new normal, but she cannot shake the feeling that something is dangerously amiss. Strange sounds escape at night while patients start to go missing.Is this suspicion simply a result of her trauma? Or does Barbara actually hear voices coming from the center''s labyrinthine hallways? It''s up to her to put the pieces together to solve the mysteries behind the walls.In The Oracle Code, universal truths cannot be escaped, and Barbara Gordon must battle the phantoms of her past before they consume her future.
£13.49
Yen Press Mono Vol. 3
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£13.50
Seven Seas Entertainment Tokyo Revengers Omnibus Vol. 2324
Book SynopsisNO HAPPY ENDINGSAfter a host of life-and-death struggles, Takemichi has finally arrived at what feels like the best possible future. Hinata is alive, Kisaki is gone, and all of Toman's old members are living happy, fulfilling lives. Yet one very important person is conspicuously missing. Twelve years after leaving the past behind, Takemichi opens the time capsule that all his friends left for him to find. Hidden inside, he discovers Mikey's shocking true intentions...
£17.84
Penguin Random House Group William of Newbury
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HarperCollins Publishers The King of the Forest
Book SynopsisA fox was having a nap when a tiger leapt out at him, ready to attack. Could the fox use his cunning to save his own life? This traditional story has been beautifully illustrated by Tomislav Zlatic.Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied charactersText Type: A traditional storyCurriculum Links: Citizenship:Animals and us, Geography: Global eye
£9.05
HarperCollins Publishers Mega Slug and Big Dash
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£9.75
HarperCollins Publishers Night of the Chickens
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£9.75
HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Gay Agenda
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£15.29
Vintage Publishing The Night Bookmobile
Book SynopsisAudrey Niffenegger''s two novels, The Time Traveler''s Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry, have made her one of the most popular writers in the world. She is also the author of two extraordinary novels-in-pictures, The Three Incestuous Sisters and The Adventuress. Now, with The Night Bookmobile, she has written her first graphic novel.First serialised in the Guardian, The Night Bookmobile tells the story of a young woman who one night encounters a mysterious disappearing mobile library that happens to stock every book she has ever read. Seeing her history and her most intimate self in this library, she embarks on a search for the bookmobile. Over time, her search turns into an obsession as she longs to be reunited with her own collection and her memories.
£15.29
Vintage Publishing The Art of Pho
Book SynopsisThe noodle soup called pho is the national dish of Vietnam. When Little Blue-- having been dropped by a mysterious man with a red car and being told to count to 500 -- finds himself in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam''s baffling, daunting capital, his salvation is his own mobile pho stand. Little Blue''s relationship with the city and its food brings an understanding to what it means to never want to return home and the fact that everyone goes away in the end.Beautifully drawn and coloured, and featuring many delicious recipes for pho, this is a startlingly original and immensely appealing graphic novel by a brilliant new talent. Play the interactive motion comic at http://artofpho.submarinechannel.com/
£13.49
Vintage Publishing Im Never Coming Back
Book SynopsisElsewhere an out-of-towner meets a crab at a taco stand who seems to know more than any crab has a right to know.The 'sound mirrors of Denge' reflect more than noise for one day-tripper.And on Johnston Island a man struggles to hold onto his fading memories as his house slowly fills with pollen.Trade ReviewAt first I was drawn in by the delicate line and colours. Then I was captured by the subtle humour and the imaginative way Julian Hanshaw tells his stories. This was followed by a deep longing for home, which we share -- Rutu Modan, author of 'Exit Wounds'A beautiful example of the possibilities in this medium -- Ryan Rushton * The Skinny *The visuals, reminiscent of the 1990s US animation series Beavis and Butthead, accompany narrative that contains both humour and poignancy * Sussex Life *A brilliant exploration of the imagination... A brilliant, beautiful collection of lost thoughts * Bookmunch *
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Vintage Publishing Woody Guthrie
Book SynopsisForged in the Dustbowl of the 1930s, in an America crippled by the Great World Recession, this humble man found solace in song, and soon those songs became the voice of the People – men and women who had seen their lives deracinated and destroyed by the vicissitudes of global economic forces beyond their control.Trade ReviewHolds within its pages a tremendous sense of time and place… Hayes has set out on an ambitious path and creates a vivid and unforgiving picture. * Design Week *An inventive and expansive biography worthy of its subject. * Big Issue *A step up [for Hayes] in ambition and execution… An inventive and expansive biography worthy of its subject. -- Doug Johnstone * Big Issue *In a handsome square format, with open spreads as wide as the land itself, Hayes captures the man and the times in his lyrical writing and brush artwork. * Independent *This is a passionate picture of Guthrie and his times. -- James Smart * Guardian *
£17.00
Random House UK The Pillbox
Book SynopsisOn holiday in Suffolk, a boy and his dog discover a World War II pillbox half buried on a deserted beach. When he returns the next day with his parents, the pillbox has disappeared. They learn a pillbox had been there and a boy had once been found in it, dead...1945, another boy, another dog, the same pillbox and an American serviceman from the local base. Murder, treachery, a terrible secretDavid Hughes' second graphic novel is a haunting ghost story dark, disturbing and as always with Hughes stunningly drawn.Trade ReviewThe Pillbox captures time, twists it, and reconstructs it, to create a truly haunting experience… Once you’ve encountered it, it’ll stay with you forever. -- Sam Ashurst, 4 stars * SFX *An odd and fascinating book. -- James Smart * Guardian *Hughes’ stunningly drawn book makes the past and present nestle in original and uncomfortable ways. -- Neel Mukherjee * Independent *A salty, disturbing book. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *
£17.09
Vintage Publishing Stan and Nan
Book SynopsisSometimes, the simplest stories are the best... This is a lovely, tender book... Stan and Nan are all of our grandparents, their stability and infinite kindness much mourned as our ever-changing worlds spin frantically on.''Rachel Cooke, ObserverMy nan wrote me many letters back in 2011. They were about the love of her life, my grandad, Stanley Burndred. I’ve never met him, he died long before I was born, but his drawings, paintings and ceramics have been in my life for as long as I can remember. Every wall of Nan’s house would be decorated by his artworks and every windowsill bore his ceramic creations. Whenever we visited Nan in the Black Country I would study the ornaments and pictures, wondering who had made them. It wasn’t until I wrote to Nan many years later, receiving in return beautiful handwritten letters detailing his life, that it became apparent that the work was his. The letters were so beautiful I felt Trade ReviewLippett serves up a little slice of social history, and it’s this that makes her book so rich and touching… This is a lovely, tender book… Her story brims with love. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer *Both an intricate piece of superbly executed and charming illustration work and an exploration of ideas around shared memory and storytelling. -- Emily Gosling * It's Nice That *A tale of grandparents and northern families that made me weep for all the right reasons… I bloody loved Stan and Nan. It made me smile, it made me cry (happy and sad tears), it made me think and remember. It just did all those wonderful things that the best books can... So if you can get your mitts on it, it is a real joy to spend your time with, I will be reading it again and again. -- Simon Savidge * Savidge Reads *
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Dorling Kindersley Ltd The Renegades Flames of Amazonia Defenders of the
Book SynopsisBack from their adventure in the Arctic, the Renegades are once again called to a climate emergency - flaming monsters threaten to destroy the Amazon rainforest!Katelyn, Mo, and Leon need to use their superpowers to ensure that the world doesn''t go up in flames - quite literally! This graphic novel for kids follows the three heroes as they stand face to face with the climate''s latest threat.The Renegades: Flames of Amazonia follows on from the popular The Renegades: Arctic Meltdown comic book. Filled with adventure and captivating artwork, this action-adventure series addresses pressing environmental issues and connects ideas such as eating meat, deforestation, and farming. This climate change book in particular tells the story of the potential worldwide disaster the destruction of the Amazon forest would cause. What''s more, it helps teenagers between the age of 12-17 understand modern threats to the ecology and encourages them t
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Little, Brown & Company Higurashi When They Cry EyeOpening Arc Vol 1
Book SynopsisThe long-awaited ''answer arc'' to the Higurashi WHEN THEY CRY Cotton Drifting Arc:You''ve already met Keiichi Maebara and his mischievous friends in the Abducted by Demons Arc. But Oyashiro-sama''s curse is poised to strike anew in Hinamizawa village. When Keiichi spots tomboy Mion working at a maid café, he can hardly believe his eyes! But it''s not Mion after all - it''s her identical twin sister, Shion. Keiichi''s never heard of this ''twin sister'' before and suspects it''s just another one of Mion''s pranks. But through Shion, Keiichi is able to see a quieter, more feminine side of his best friend, even if it is all an act. As Keiichi spends more time with Shion, however, Rena grows more accusatory...
£999.99
Little, Brown & Company A Brides Story Vol 1
Book SynopsisA slice-of-life tale about a twenty-year old bride who marries a twelve-year old boy in 19th-century Asia.
£13.29
Little, Brown & Company Sword Art Online Progressive 1 light novel
Book SynopsisThere''s no way to beat this game. The only difference is when and where you die...One month has passed since Akihiko Kayaba''s deadly game began, and the body count continues to rise. Two thousand players are already dead. Kirito and Asuna are two very different people, but they both desire to fight alone. Nonetheless, they find themselves drawn together to face challenges from both within and without. Given that the entire virtual world they now live in has been created as a deathtrap, the surviving players of Sword Art Online are starting to get desperate, and desperation makes them dangerous to loners like Kirito and Asuna. As it becomes clear that solitude equals suicide, will the two be able to overcome their differences to find the strength to believe in each other, and in so doing survive?Sword Art Online: Progressive is a new version of the Sword Art Online tale that starts at the beginning of Kirito and Asuna''s epic adventure--on the very first level of the deadly world of Aincrad!
£11.39
Little, Brown & Company Soul Eater NOT Vol 4
Book SynopsisTsugumi Harudori is in love with life at DWMA, but she still hasn''t made a decision on whether to take Meme or Anya as her meister. Anya has delivered an ultimatum: Tsugumi must make her choice by Halloween--and the clock is ticking! Can Tsugumi make up her mind in time, and without hurting one of her friends? It''s a savage but super-fun life!
£10.44
Little, Brown & Company Spice and Wolf Vol. 15 Novel
Book SynopsisThe Myuri mercenary band--a troop named for one of Holo''s old comrades. In order to find them, Lawrence and company make for Lesko, a town dominated by the copper-trading Debau Company. Rumors of the Debau Company''s schemes to both open more mines and seize control of the northern lands swirl, along with rumors that they''re concentrating military power in the town in preparation. But when Lawrence and Holo arrive in Lesko, they discover a surprisingly cheerful and peaceful place. What is really happening? Find out as the end of Holo the Wisewolf and Lawrence the traveling merchant''s long journey draws close to its end!
£10.44
Little, Brown & Company Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon
Book SynopsisFollowing his defeat of the Minotaur, Bell has reached Level Two--and is the new record holder for the fastest to do so. Suddenly everyone in Orario wants to form a party with him and go adventuring! But with sudden popularity comes many a complication. How will Bell and Hestia know whom to trust? The Familia myth--written by the goddess and lived by the boy--continues!
£11.39
Little, Brown & Company Brave
Book SynopsisIn his daydreams, Jensen is the biggest hero that ever was, saving the world and his friends on a daily basis. But his middle school reality is VERY different--math is hard, getting along with friends is hard...Even finding a partner for the class project is a huge problem when you always get picked last. And the pressure''s on even more once the school newspaper''s dynamic duo, Jenny and Akilah, draw Jensen into the whirlwind of school news, social-experiment projects, and behind-the-scenes club drama. Jensen has always played the middle school game one level at a time, but suddenly, someone''s cranked up the difficulty setting. Will those daring daydreams of his finally work in his favor, or will he have to find real solutions to his real-life problems? The charming world of Berrybrook Middle School gets a little bigger in this highly anticipated follow-up to Svetlana Chmakova''s award-winning Awkward with a story about a boy who learns his own way of being brave!
£18.04
Little, Brown & Company Awkward
Book SynopsisCardinal rule #1 for surviving school: Don''t get noticed by the mean kids.Cardinal rule #2 for surviving school: Seek out groups with similar interests and join them.On her first day at her new school, Penelope--Peppi--Torres reminds herself of these basics. But when she trips into a quiet boy in the hall, Jaime Thompson, she''s already broken the first rule, and the mean kids start calling her the nerder girlfriend. How does she handle this crisis? By shoving poor Jaime and running away!Falling back on rule two and surrounding herself with new friends in the art club, Peppi still can''t help feeling ashamed about the way she treated Jaime. Things are already awkward enough between the two, but to make matters worse, he''s a member of her own club''s archrivals--the science club! And when the two clubs go to war, Peppi realizes that sometimes you have to break the rules to survive middle school!
£18.04
Little, Brown & Company The Devil is a PartTimer Vol. 1 Novel
Book SynopsisDo you want fries with your hellfire? Being soundly thrashed by the hero Emilia, the Devil King and his general beat a hasty retreat to a parallel universe...only to land smack in the middle of bustling, modern-day Tokyo! Lacking the magic necessary to return home, the two are forced to assume human identities and live average human lives until they can find a better solution. And to make ends meet, Satan finds gainful employment at a nearby fast food joint! With his devilish mind set on working his way up the management food chain, what will become of his thirst for conquest?!
£11.39
WW Norton & Co The Dreamer
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary autobiography story from a legend in American comics.
£12.34
WW Norton & Co Kafkaesque
Book SynopsisAward-winning graphic novelist Peter Kuper presents a mesmerising interpretation of fourteen iconic Kafka short stories.Trade Review"For tips on graphic novel adaptations, publishers would be well-served to look at Peter Kuper's Kafkaesque. The renderings of fourteen Franz Kafka short fictions remain true, but not slavishly devoted, to the originals and the final product gives us new perspectives on classic stories. It certainly helps that Kafka's work is opaque and ripe for reinterpretation, but it is Kuper's art that makes it so fresh." -- Times Literary Supplement"Kafkaesque is a stout, enchanting exploration of Kafka’s work. Illuminating his curious character with such incomparable art galvanises the comic’s content, making each individual story land with dramatic flair... It’s not only a startlingly robust testament to the power of Kafka’s literary prowess, but also a splendid showcase for Kuper’s manic artwork." -- Starburst Magazine"...fans of enigmatic pessimism can allow themselves a shudder of delight." -- Strong Words"Brilliant... The Kafkaesque humor is intact, even enhanced." -- The Wall Street Journal
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