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Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC CANDY AND CIGARETTES Vol. 7
Book SynopsisThe head of the European Central Bank, David Falcone, wants to fill the void left by Musou Saburou. To put an end to his ambitions, Miharu and Raizou form an alliance with the so-called Narcotics King of Naples. Their target? A powerful surveillance system - and they’ll have to fight through a fortress of foes to shut it down! On the battlefield, Miharu is reunited with her old mentor Rem... but Raizou has his suspicions about their teacher-student relationship.
£11.69
Scholastic US Spy Ninjas Official Spy Kit
Book SynopsisThe official Spy Ninjas: Official Spy Kit will teach you allyou need to know to become the ultimate Spy Ninja. Includes redreveal card, a 3-in-1 spy pen, folding binoculars and a top-secretcode key!
£10.86
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation: Mo Dao Zu Shi
Book SynopsisFeared and hated for his sinister abilities, Wei Wuxian - the grandmaster of demonic cultivation - was driven to his death when the most powerful clans united to destroy him. Thirteen years later, Wei Wuxian is reborn. Summoned by a young man who sacrificed his soul in a forbidden ritual, Wei Wuxian is now bound to seek vengeance on the stranger’s behalf or risk the destruction of his own soul. But when an evil entity emerges, a familiar face from Wei Wuxian’s past suddenly appears amidst the chaos - a powerful cultivator who will help shine a light on the dark truths that surround them. Don’t miss this full-colour xianxia fantasy manhua/comic from China about two powerful men who are drawn to each other through war and across lifetimes!
£16.19
DC Comics The Nice House on the Lake: The Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisWith Something Is Killing the Children and The Department of Truth, James Tynion IV has changed the face of horror in modern comics now get ready for his most ambitious story yet, alongside his Detective Comics partner Alvaro Martinez Bueno! Eisner Award Winner 2022 - Best New Series. Eisner Award Winner 2023 - Best Writer, James Tynion IV. Eisner Award Winner 2023 - Best Coloring, Jordie Bellaire. Eisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Continuing Series. Eisner Award Nominee 2023 - Best Penciller/Inker, Alvaro Martinez Bueno. Everyone who was invited to the house knows Walter well, they know him a little, anyway. Some met him in childhood; some met him months ago. And Walter s always been a little off. But after the hardest year of their lives, nobody was going to turn down Walter s invitation to an astonishingly beautiful house in the woods, overlooking an enormous sylvan lake. It s beautiful, it s opulent, it s private so a week of putting up with Walter s weird little schemes and nicknames in exchange for the vacation of a lifetime? Why not? All of them were at that moment in their lives when they could feel themselves pulling away from their other friends; wouldn t a chance to reconnect be nice? In The Nice House on the Lake, the overriding anxieties of the 21st century get a terrifying new face and it might just be the face of the person you once trusted most. Collects The Nice House on the Lake #1-12.
£33.75
DC Comics Teen Titans Go! to the Library!
Book SynopsisAll Raven wanted was a little peace and quiet, and the local library seemed like the perfect place to find that. But her teammates know all her tricks, and when they catch up to her all heck breaks loose. All Raven wanted was a little peace and quiet, and the local library seemed like the perfect place to find that. But her teammates know all her tricks, and when they catch up to her all heck breaks loose. It s not their fault: there s a villain on the loose! And that villain has a dastardly plot! And it could only happen at the library! When the teens get scattered into the library books, first they have to figure out what happened, then they have to find each other, then they have to find the real Jump City. It s all in a day s work for our heroes. Not their normal day s work, which involves a lot of punching and posing. This is more like a reader s day s work! You know: the fun kind!
£10.79
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC The Case Files of Jeweler Richard (Light Novel)
Book SynopsisDEADBEAT DADThe reappearance of a complicated figure turns Seigi’s life upside down—his birth father, Hisashi Shimeno. The man he wants nothing to do with will not leave him be, and Seigi would rather quit Jewelry Étranger for good than risk bringing trouble to Richard’s door. That is, if Richard will let him go…
£12.59
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Lets Do It Already Vol. 3
Book SynopsisHis rule: No sexual relations until age 18! Her rule: No rules.Free-spirited Yuri Hasegawa and straitlaced Keiichiro Katsuragi have fallen in love. But his elite political family—producing a line of prime ministers—does not allow male descendants to engage in any sexual relations until they are 18. Can the physically affectionate Yuri and rule-abiding Keiichiro keep their relationship strictly chaste?Yuri’s attempts at having a normal romance with Keiichiro are thwarted on a daily basis. But now that they’re on their first overnight school trip together in the mountains, they end up in the same bed?!
£8.54
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc My Special One, Vol. 3
Book SynopsisA girl who has sworn off beautiful boys meets a gorgeous pop star determined to win her heart!After a mortifying rejection, Sahoko Wakaume has sworn off beautiful boys. But a chance meeting puts her in the sights of gorgeous J-pop star Kouta Kirigaya of the group Like Legend. Sahoko will need all her cynicism to defend herself against Kouta’s tenderhearted and affectionate attacks to win her heart!Sahoko is officially dating Japan’s top idol! Now that her bias is her boyfriend, Sahoko sets about bettering herself for Kouta, but things quickly get complicated when a celebrity rival appears!
£7.59
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Ayashimon, Vol. 2
Book SynopsisMaruo punches his way into the monstrous world of Ayashimon yakuza with dreams of becoming a manga protagonist!When the Enma Syndicate’s chairman dies, Japan’s supernatural underworld is turned on its head, leaving gangs of ayashimon poised on the brink of war. Urara, the late chairman’s daughter, has plans to come out on top, and she’s found an unlikely ally to help make it happen—Maruo, a human who dreams of being a manga hero.Between monstrous enemies and super-powered battles, Maruo’s finally living the life he’s always dreamed of. But can his inhuman strength overcome Doppo Akari’s heat-stealing flames? And even if he does defeat the first opponent to ever drive him into a corner, how are one bodyguard and his boss supposed to win an open war against the Enma Syndicate?
£7.59
Idea & Design Works Star Trek: Lower Decks
Book SynopsisEnsign, report to the bridge! Board the U.S.S. Cerritos for a mission to the enigmatic Qvanti system as the hit Paramount+ animated series comes to comics!Captain Carol Freeman leads her crew on an expedition aimed to build bridges and advance Federation technology, but she and the away team quickly suspect that the planet and its people are not all what they seem… Meanwhile, the crew in the lower decks take to the holodeck for some much-needed recreational time?until a bloodthirsty visitor decides to join in on their games. Can Boimler, Mariner, Tendi, and Rutherford save the ship from the likes of Dracula?Star Trek: Lower Decks unites New York Times-bestselling and Eisner-winning writer Ryan North (Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) and comics artist extraordinaire Chris Fenoglio (Goosebumps, Star Wars Adventures).
£16.19
Kodansha America, Inc Whisper Me a Love Song 8
Book SynopsisNewly confident in their feelings for each other, Himari and Yori are able to tackle their roles in their respective bands with fresh enthusiasm. Himari even convinces Yori to write a new song for SSGIRLS'' school culture festival performance, and this time, it''s going to be a group effort. This song will belong to the whole band, and they eagerly discover the ideas each of them has to contribute to its creation. Meanwhile, the members of Lorelei have begun to open up to Himari and end up taking her on an unexpected daytrip, where she learns some crucial details about the band''s past. But there''s one more secret she doesn''t yet know-one that will put Yori center stage in this emotional drama!
£11.69
Marvel Comics New Avengers Modern Era Epic Collection Assembled
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£35.99
Drawn and Quarterly Roaming
Book SynopsisSpring Break, 2009: Five days, three friends, and one big city. Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and a deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal authors Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. Over the course of a much-anticipated trip to New York, an unexpected fling blossoms between casual acquaintances and throws a long-term friendship off-balance. Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of the city, capturing a spontaneous queer romance in all of its fledgling glory. Slick attention to the details of a bustling, intimidating metropolis are softened with a palette of muted pastels, as though seen through the eyes of first-time travelers. The awe, wonder, and occasional stumble along the way come to life with stunning accuracy. Roaming is the third collaboration from the critically acclaimed team behind Skim and Governor General s Literary Award winner This One Summer. Moody, atmospheric, and teeming with life, the magic of this comics duo leaks through the pages with lush and exquisite pen work. The Tamakis singular, elegant vision of an urban paradise slowly revealing its imperfections to the tune of its visitors rhythms is a masterpiece a future classic for generations to come.Trade ReviewI've never been a young Canadian tourist visiting New York for the first time in 2009, but Roamingmade me feel like one. It's a beautiful, immersive slice-of-life, and Jillian Tamaki's artwork has never been more observant, inventive, and breathtakingly alive.' - Adrian Tomine, Shortcomings and The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist. 'Roaming made me wanna be 17 all over again. Mobbing the streets of NYC with my angsty, goofy, dare-devil friends skateboarding at the cube on Astor place and riding the Cyclone at Coney Island, screaming at the top of our lungs, feeling like nothing could ever stop us. The Tamakis give us NYC youth magic on a platter scuffed with glitter, make out sessions and tourist stops at Times Square. I wanted to read Roaming over and over again. It s a love letter to the greatest city in the world and all the beautiful tender queer kids running wild and free.' - Gabby Rivera, Juliet Takes A Breath. 'Tender, honest, and gorgeously illustrated, Roaming charters a course through the choppy waters of a queer fling with aplomb. Following a trio of friends from Canada on a short trip to New York City, Roaming doesn t shy away from the splendid messiness of a sudden, passionate connection between two strangers. Jillian and Mariko Tamaki embrace the humanity of their characters and allow them to exist outside of the sanitized expectations so often imposed on media with LGBTQ representation. Like any great destination, it left an impression on me, and I m looking forward to coming back.' - John Paul Brammer, !Hola Papi! 'Roaming perfectly captures that weird second adolescence between high school and adulthood: the thrill and torture of new experiences, the growing pains of old friendships, the feelings that are ultimately both silly and life-altering. It might evoke embarrassing memories of cringey arguments or dramatic flings, but then it takes those formative moments seriously. This book loves its characters, and you will, too.' - Tavi Gevinson
£21.25
Kodansha America, Inc Cells at Work! Omnibus 1 (Vols. 1-3)
Book SynopsisHailed by doctors and educators for its fun and accurate depictions, Cells at Work! follows the spunky Red Blood Cell and cold-as-ice White Blood Cell as they face off against threats like cedar pollen, parasites, food poisoning, staph infection, and their ultimate nemesis, cancer. Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, these tiny workers are doing their best to keep you moving. The complete series is now available in these two oversized, 600-page volumes! Includes volumes 1-3 of Cells at Work! Collect the entire series in just two books!
£17.99
DC Comics The Dead Boy Detectives Omnibus (The Sandman
Book SynopsisEdwin Paine and Charles Rowland are no different than most boys. They love adventure, games, and spending time outdoors. They’re curious about girls, curious about life, and particularly curious when it comes to mysteries. You see, Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland happen to be two of the best detectives in England.Note that we didn’t say living in England. That’s because Edwin and Charles aren’t living in England. In fact, they’re not living at all.Collects The Dead Boy Detectives #1-12, Sandman Presents: Dead Boy Detectives #1-4, The Sandman #25, The Children's Crusade #1-2, Ghosts#1, The Witching Hour #1, Time Warp #1, Doom Patrol Annual #2, and Swamp Thing Annual #7.
£68.25
Marvel Comics Thor by Jason Aaron Omnibus Vol. 2
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£999.99
Scholastic Total Splash Down Two Splashtastic Inflatables
Book SynopsisA funny, sunny, splash-tastic series for readers 6+, perfect forfans of The Bad Guys, Bad Kitty, Spongebob and Toy Story.
£6.99
Scholastic The Bad Guys 4 Colour Edition Attack of the
Book SynopsisIt's a zombie kitten apocalypse!Can the Bad Guys save the world from evil Dr. Marmalade's meowing monsters?!? They'll need help from foxy Agent Fox, a swampy secret zombie antidote, and the feistiest, toothiest, hungriest granny around. Get ready to watch the fur fly!
£7.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Marmalade Boy Collectors Edition 5
Book SynopsisA PERFECT STORMMiki is blissfully enjoying life with Yuu, but stormy days are on the horizon. When Chiyako-san?s younger brother, Eisaku, shows up with his two daughters, they blow into the house like a hurricane! It?s not long before Miki and Yuu are swept up in their antics?and that?s just the beginning of their turbulent new home life. What secrets does Eisaku have to share!? And what is the shocking true nature of Miki and Yuu?s relationship!? Find out in the final volume of Marmalade Boy!The final volume!
£16.19
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Let's Buy the Land and Cultivate It in a
Book SynopsisNorio, a corporate drone in modern Japan, is summoned to a fantasy world to fight evil! But it turns out that the magical ability he got doesn’t work?! Thankfully, he has a plan B. Ask for a plot of land to cultivate a farm! To his surprise, that supposedly useless magic ability turbo charges his tools, allowing him to craft with wood like a master and plant vast fields of crops. After fishing up a mermaid wife, charming a lich, and tempting a young dragon over to his side with home cooking, there’s nothing our hero can’t do!
£11.69
DC Comics Batman/Spawn: The Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisTwo of comics darkest characters cross paths again in the most anticipated comics event of the decade! Batman and Spawn are two vigilantes of the night who avenge the innocent by their own methods. When sinister forces manipulate the Dark Knight and the Hellspawn into confronting each other, you can bet that there ll be hell to pay when our heroes discover the truth and turn the tables on their would-be puppeteers. This deluxe edition of the blockbuster event features the 2022 Batman/Spawn one-shot; 1994 s Batman/Spawn: War Devil #1 and Spawn/Batman #1; and a gallery of behind-the-scenes art from the new story and the original tales from the '90s.
£23.40
Titan Books Ltd ATOM: The Beginning Vol. 5
Book SynopsisTenma and Ochanomizu begin work on an all-new robot, A107, based on what they learned from Six. But when the machine, newly christened U-Ran, is almost complete, the engineering duo receive a mysterious offer... Created by Masami Yuki and Tetsuro Kasahara, ATOM: The Beginning Volume 5, sees an all-new generation of robot arrive, continuing the amazing story leading up to the legendary Astro Boy!Trade Review"This is a fantastic read; it's a must if you love Astro Boy, and nevertheless strongly recommended for everyone else. 4 out of 5 stars!" - Jean-Karlo Lemus, Anime News Network "a must-have volume for Manga fans, especially Astro Boy fans. The action is intense, the mysteries are intriguing, and oodles of heart permeate every page. 9.5/10" Comical Opinions "It's a new spin on a classic series" - ICV2 "If you're an Astro Boy fan, the incoming twists and turns will be super exciting. Even if you're not, it's great sci-fi with lots of action and-naturally-lots of heart." Otaku USA Magazine "ATOM: The Beginning has crisp and clean linework that readers will appreciate and seems a stellar start to a new take on a sci-fi classic." - Comic Book "Delivers an enjoyable opening ... likable characters and an intriguing larger story." - But Why Tho "The action sequences and robot designs are freaking awesome. I really enjoyed this!" - Near Mint Condition "Fun, action-packed and immensely likeable, this is an absolutely blinding start to a series. It races out of the blocks and smashes it right off the bat." - Mainly Manga
£9.49
Kodansha America, Inc Noragami Omnibus 4 (Vol. 10-12)
Book SynopsisYato is a homeless god. He doesn't even have a shrine, not to mention worshippers! So to achieve his ambitious goals, he's set up a service to help those in need (for a small fee), hoping he'll eventually raise enough money to build himself the lavish shrine of his dreams. Of course, he can't afford to be picky, so Yato accepts all kinds of jobs, from finding lost kittens to helping a student overcome bullies at school. Collects Noragami: Stray God Volumes 10-12.
£16.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Might as Well Cheat I Got Transported to Another
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£12.59
Andrews McMeel Publishing Fry Guys Batter of the Bands
Book SynopsisWaffle, Curly, and Sweets want to be a real spud-rock band! But in order to get the greases going, they need a music studio where they can rehearse. So when they see there's an upcoming Batter of the Bands event happening at the House of Bleus, and the first-place prize is 10,000 Sprouts, they're all in. Unless, of course, a monstrous stack of pancakes has something to say about that . . . readers will love this full-color graphic novel full of fun, action, adventure, and laugh-out-loud funny puns.The Fry Guys are ready to rock in Spudtown’s very first Batter of the Bands! Curly, Sweets, and Waffle want to win a music contest. There’s 10,000 sprouts on the line. But with stage fry-t, trickery, and a talented line-up, can the Fry Guys prevail? Fry Guys: Batter of the Bands is all about some good, healthy, greasy competition. With hilarious text by #1 New York Times bestse
£7.59
DC Comics Batman: Hush 20th Anniversary Edition
Book SynopsisGotham City is infected by a crime epidemic and all of Batman's enemies have emerged to throw his life into utter chaos. But little do they know that they're all pawns of the villainous Hush in an elaborate game of revenge against Bruce Wayne. Pushed past his breaking point, Batman will need to use more than the world's greatest detective skills to uncover the true identity of this mysterious mastermind before it's too late. This truly unforgettable story by three of comics' top talents, writer Jeph Loeb (BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, BATMAN: DARK VICTORY) and artists Jim Lee (JUSTICE LEAGUE, SUICIDE SQUAD) and Scott Williams (ALL-STAR BATMAN AND ROBIN, SUPERMAN), present the Caped Crusader's most personal case yet! Collects BATMAN #608-619 and a story from WIZARD #0.
£33.75
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Ayakashi Triangle Vol. 7
Book SynopsisMatsuri Kazamaki's job as an exorcist ninja means that his livelihood depends on driving away the ayakashi spirits who endanger humans. He's been protecting his childhood friend, Suzu Kanade, from the shadows for years, as she effortlessly attracts ayakashi. What will happen when Suzu encounters a creature who looks like a simple cat, but who is really Shirogane, the king of ayakashi? This supernatural romcom with a gender-bender twist from blockbuster artist Kentaro Yabuki is currently being serialised digitally in English through Viz's Shonen Jump program and Shueisha's Manga Plus service. Seven Seas will release Ayakashi Triangle in print and on digital platforms in uncut single volume editions as part of Seven Seas' Ghost Ship imprint.
£11.69
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Usagi Yojimbo Saga Volume 5 (second Edition)
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£24.64
Little, Brown & Company Bungo Stray Dogs, Vol. 21
Book SynopsisTo stop the spreading global vampire crisis, a sealed ability weapon is transported fromEurope to Japan. The detective agency launches a desperate plan to keep it fromfalling into the hands of Fukuchi!
£10.44
Little, Brown & Company Black Butler, Vol. 28
Book SynopsisThe truth of what happened three years ago comes to light, as the past Ciel sought to erase is thrust back into his face. The revelations shake the Phantomhive manor to its foundations, and even Sebastian, the resident devil, can only look on in admiration at the consummate gamesmanship at play. The Phantomhive blood, it would seem, runs thick with the thirst for vengeance...
£10.44
DC Comics Batman: The Long Halloween Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisChristmas. St. Patrick s Day. Easter. As the calendar s days stack up, so do the bodies littered in the streets of Gotham City. A murderer is loose, killing only on holidays. The only man that can stop this fiend? The Dark Knight. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month. A mystery that has the reader continually guessing the identity of the killer, this story also ties into the events that transform Harvey Dent into Batman s deadly enemy, Two-Face. The magnificent, New York Times bestselling creative team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale reach their apex in Batman: The Long Halloween. This deluxe edition includes the original 13-issue series as well as Absolute Batman: The Long Halloween.
£999.99
Little, Brown & Company your name. Vol. 3 manga
Book SynopsisThe third installment of the manga adaptation of the film that took the world by storm!To save Mitsuha and all of Itomori from the comet Tiamat, Taki joins up with Saya-chin and Tesshi to evacuate the town. But Mitsuha''s father is stubborn and refuses to listen...
£10.44
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC At 2500 in Akasaka Vol. 3
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£13.49
Penguin Random House Group Minecraft Heart of Cobblestone Volume 1
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£9.49
Penguin Random House Group Ajin DemiHuman Complete 1
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£20.39
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Colette Decides to Die Vol. 4
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£12.59
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Wolf Girl and Black Prince Vol. 13
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£8.54
Kodansha America, Inc Sailor Moon Eternal Edition 6
Book SynopsisTeenager Usagi is not the best athlete, she's never gotten good grades, and, well, she's a bit of a crybaby. But when she meets a talking cat, she begins a journey that will teach her she has a well of great strength just beneath the surface and the heart to inspire and stand up for her friends as Sailor Moon! Experience the Sailor Moon manga as never before in these extra-long editions (about 300 pages each).
£23.79
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Mind Mgmt Omnibus Part 3
Book SynopsisThe next omnibus installment collecting one of the most exciting comic books of recent years.
£24.64
Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Judge Dredd: Control
Book SynopsisThe psychopathic SJS Judge Pin murders officers that fall short of her standards, and Judge Dredd is in her sights in this collection of stories featuring flesh-eating Kleggs, hijacking ape gangs and out of control war robots reprogrammed by insane accountants in tales ranging from deathly serious to outrageously funny, all from one of the most popular contemporary Dredd writer/artist teams; Rob Williams and Chris Weston.Trade Review***** - SFX10/10 - Flickering Myth"Williams and Weston deliver again and again ... another essential Dredd volume for your collection." - comicon.com"Can we just stop whatever we’re doing for a moment and talk about Chris Weston? This guy knows how to draw some comics." - Tegan O'Neil, The Comics Journal
£13.49
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc Natsume's Book of Friends, Vol. 24
Book SynopsisTakashi Natsume has always been aware of the supernatural world, but after he inherits a magical book from his grandmother, the supernatural world is aware of him!Takashi Natsume can see the spirits and demons that hide from the rest of humanity. He has always been set apart from other people because of his gift, drifting from relative to relative, never fitting in. Now he's a troubled high school student who has come to live in the small town where his grandmother grew up. And there he discovers that he has inherited more than just the Sight from the mysterious Reiko.Tôru Taki can sense but not see yokai. Her gift is a mixed blessing that once got her cursed. Natsume was able to lift the curse, but Taki is still isolated from others. Natsume wants to be happy for her when her brother suddenly returns home from college, but there’s something very odd about him. Is Taki’s family just weird, or should Natsume be worried for her safety?
£9.52
Image Comics Olympia
Book SynopsisElon is a latchkey kid who spends his days alone reading comic books-until his favorite superhero, Olympian, comes crashing off the page and into reality! But as he nurses his wounded and delirious hero back to health, he discovers Olympian isn't the only thing that came through... something evil followed him. A comedic yet heartfelt love letter to the comics medium, OLYMPIA is also a meditation on hope and loss, conceived by CURT PIRES (Wyrd) and his father, TONY PIRES, while Tony was undergoing treatment for cancer.Collects OLYMPIA 1-5 and Bonus Material.
£13.49
Vertical, Inc. City 10
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£11.69
HarperCollins Publishers The Last Kids on Earth Thrilling Tales from the
Book SynopsisThe first ever full-colour graphic novel in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print!Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy KidNow an award-winning Netflix show!Includes SIX brand new Last Kids stories by Max Brallier, featuring full-colour artwork by Anoosha Syed, Xavier Bonet, Lorena Alvarez, Jay Cooper, Christopher Mitten and The Last Kids on Earth series illustrator Douglas Holgate!When a vicious monster attacks the tree house (rudely interrupting board game night!), our human heroes and their monster pals must decide who is brave enough to battle the beast alone. The only way to choose? An epic, end-of-the-world STORY SHOWDOWN!Jack launches into an epic, totally-heroic, super rad story of one of his many post-apocalyptic adventures. Soon, Quint, Dirk, June and Skaelka, and even Globlet regale the group with sometimes outrageous, often hilarious Trade Review'Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier's The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills and even bigger laughs.' Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid 'this is the perfect book for any kid who's ever dreamed of starring in his or her own comic book or video game.', Critic, KIDSREADS.COM 'terrifically funny … Holgate’s b&w cartoons mix splatter-and-slime-heavy action sequences with humorous character profiles (a portrait of a “winged wretch… points out the creature’s “huge, hooked talons like a freaking velociraptor…), all playing into Jack’s gamified take on post-apocalyptic life. Snarky end-of-the-world fun. Ages 8–12.', Reviewer, Publisher's Weekly
£8.54
HarperCollins Publishers Inc Beak Ally 1 Unlikely Friends
Book SynopsisHe has all sorts of friendship goals in mind, like riding bikes together, going to the movies together, and even solving mysteries together!Trade ReviewFeuti’s art is bright and expressive. Clean lines, plenty of white space between panels, and a clear narrative arc with three short chapters make this a solid choice for emerging readers. — Kirkus Reviews
£6.99
Penguin Books Ltd Captain America 2 Penguin Classics Marvel
Book SynopsisThe Penguin Classics Marvel Collection presents the origin stories, seminal tales, and characters of the Marvel Universe to explore Marvel’s transformative and timeless influence on an entire genre of fantasy. A Penguin Classics Marvel Collection Edition Collects Captain America Comics #1 (1941); the Captain America stories from Tales of Suspense #59, #63-68, #75-81, #92-95, #110-113 (1964-1969); “Captain America…Commie Smasher” from Captain America #78 (1954). It is impossible to imagine American popular culture without Marvel Comics. For decades, Marvel has published groundbreaking visual narratives that sustain attention on multiple levels: as metaphors for the experience of difference and otherness; as meditations on the fluid nature of identity; and as high-water marks in the artistic tradition of American cartooning, to name a few. Drawing upon multiple comic book series, thisTrade Review“A groundbreaking example of comics representation in literature.”—Publishers Weekly“Penguin provides introductory essays; superb analyses by the series editor, Ben Saunders; and extensive bibliographies.”—Michael Dirda, The Washington Post“Stories become classics when generations of readers sort through them, talk about them, imitate them, and recommend them. In this case, baby boomers read them when they débuted, Gen X-ers grew up with their sequels, and millennials encountered them through Marvel movies. Each generation of fans—initially fanboys, increasingly fangirls, and these days nonbinary fans, too—found new ways not just to read the comics but to use them. That’s how canons form. Amateurs and professionals, over decades, come to something like consensus about which books matter and why—or else they love to argue about it, and we get to follow the arguments. Canons rise and fall, gain works and lose others, when one generation of people with the power to publish, teach, and edit diverges from the one before ... A top-flight comic by Kirby—or his successor on “Captain America,” Jim Steranko—barely needed words. You could follow the story just by watching the characters act and react. Thankfully, Penguin volumes do justice to these images. They reproduce sixties comics in bright, flat, colorful inks on thick white paper—unlike the dot-based process used on old newsprint, but perhaps truer to their bold, thrill-chasing spirit.”—Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker
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Vintage Publishing Tamara Drewe tekst en tekeningen Posy Simmonds
Book SynopsisWinner of the Grand Prix 2009 de la Critique Bande Dessinée.Tamara Drewe has transformed herself. Plastic surgery, a different wardrobe, a smouldering look, have given her confidence and a new and thrilling power to attract, which she uses recklessly. Often just for the fun of it.People are drawn to Tamara Drewe, male and female. In the remote village where her late mother lived Tamara arrives to clear up the house. Here she becomes an object of lust, of envy, the focus of unrequited love, a seductress. To the village teenagers she is ''plastic-fantastic'', a role model. Ultimately, when her hot and indiscriminate glances lead to tragedy, she is seen as a man-eater, a heartless home-wrecker, a slut.First appearing as a serial in the Guardian, in book form Tamara Drewe has been enlarged, embellished and lovingly improved by the author.Trade ReviewPosy Simmonds is the laureate of English middle-class muddle, a peerless observer of their romantic confusions, emotional insecurities and professional vicissitudes. She gets to the heart of them more incisively and wittily than any number of her contemporaries... Tamara Drewe offers not only the psychological intricacy of good fiction but also the pictorial subtlety of art -- Mail on Sunday * Anthony Quinn *Simmonds manages to be both sympathetic and merciless...she has a novelistic insight and ear for dialogue... If civilisation falls leaving only Tamara Drewe behind, it can be used as a blueprint for a flawless reconstruction of English village life in the mid-2000s, right down to the hoodies in the bus shelter * Daily Telegraph *Posy Simmonds is a true child of Hogarth, her accomplished cartoons a merciless commentary on the way we live now -- Penny Perrick * Sunday Times *Simmonds is much more than a cartoonist: she makes us realize that a great cartoonist can be a great artist too -- Stella Tillyard * Prospect *
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Vintage Publishing The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Book Synopsis**A GUARDIAN, OBSERVER AND FINANCIAL TIMES ''BOOKS OF 2021'' PICK****A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021**From the bestselling, award-winning author of Fun Home comes this Christmas''s must-gift graphic novel.All her life, Alison Bechdel has searched for an elusive secret...The secret to superhuman strength.She has looked for it in her favourite books, the lives of her heroes, celibacy, polyamory, activism, therapy, and most obsessively, in her lifelong passion for exercise. Skiing, running, karate, cycling, yoga, weightlifting - you name it, she''s tried it. Oh, to be self-sufficient! Hard as a rock! An island!But as she gets older, her body isn''t getting any stronger. And in a changing, sometimes overwhelming world, are cantaloupe-sized guns all a person needs? Maybe the all-important secret is not where she expected to find it . . .''The Secret to Superhuman Strength practically glows with a beguiling mixture of intellect, warmth and humour'' Daily TelegraphIn this, her third graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel has written a deeply layered, personal story about selfhood, self-sabotage, mortality, addiction, bliss, wonder, and the concerns of a generation. This is an extraordinary, laugh-out-loud chronicle of the conundrums we all grapple with as we seek our true place in the world. Truly, a must-gift book this Christmas.Trade ReviewAstonishing . . . How on earth does she do it? The ingenious concision, the warmth of feeling . . . I cannot hope to capture all that this extraordinarily generous and roomy book contains. -- Rachel Cooke * Observer, *Graphic Novel of the Month* *Drawing is often seen as a cartoonist's primary skill, but Bechdel can also really write . . . Fresh, clever and moving . . . It [The Secret to Superhuman Strength] is probably her most beautiful [work]. -- Lucy Knight * Sunday Times *The long-anticipated return of . . . one of the most acclaimed authors in the genre, this should be one of the year's highlights. -- Kate McHale * Bookseller *Graphic Novels Spotlight* *Every bit as deep, searching and multi-layered as Bechdel's previous efforts . . . The new book is fun, too . . . A sort of very sweaty A Portrait of an Artist. -- Tom Tivnan * Bookseller *Everything you'd expect in a work from Alison Bechdel: wry, insightful and multi-layered. It even almost made me want to do some exercise. -- Matthew Dooley, winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2020Alison Bechdel's literary, illustrated dive into a lifetime of fitness fads - from skiing to karate to yoga - is characteristically expansive and profound. * Vanity Fair *Funny and moving. * i *Astonishing... Through her precise drawings, we can feel the yearning for a sense of equilibrium, an attempt to abolish the dissonance of being fully alive while racing down a ski slope, at the same time knowing with certainty that one day she will die. -- Fani Papageorgiou * Financial Times *Gorgeous...The Secret to Superhuman Strength feels perfectly pitched to meet the nervy uncertainties of our almost-post-lockdown moment. It's a wise, wry, generous look at selfhood, ageing and mortality, a sort of hymn to transformation, to the importance of forging connections and the necessity of letting things go. -- Sarah Waters * Guardian *The Secret to Superhuman Strength practically glows with a beguiling mixture of intellect, warmth and humour, the suppleness of which is helped by a surprisingly lavish use of colour. -- Lucy Scholes * Daily Telegraph *
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