Graphic novels
Rebellion Publishing Ltd. Black Max Volume Three
Book SynopsisGerman World War One flying ace Baron Maximilien Von Klorr returns and this time he isn't on his own! Evil scientific genius, Doctor Gratz has formed an unholy alliance with the giant bat-controlling Baron and together the two sinister fiends have formulated a plan to destroy Paris! Featuring the stunning artwork of Alfonso Font, this third instalment marks the final adventures of the original Black Max comic strip run.Table of Contents Lion episodes 1st January 1972 - 21st October 1972 Writers Ken Mennell, Frank Pepper, Artist Alfonso Font Thunder Annual 1974 text story Thunder Annual 1974 strip artist Alfonso Font
£15.29
O'Brien Press Ltd Bobby Sands: Freedom Fighter
Book SynopsisBobby Sands was a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army who died on hunger strike while imprisoned at HM Prison Maze. He was the leader of the 1981 hunger strike in which Irish republican prisoners protested against the removal of Special Category Status. During his strike he was elected to the British Parliament as an Anti H-Block candidate. His death was followed by a new surge of Provisional IRA recruitment and activity. International media coverage brought attention to the hunger strikers, and the republican movement in general, attracting both praise and criticism. This graphic novel brings Bobby Sands’ story to life in a whole new way. Trade Reviewa thoroughly engrossing read … I’ve said it before when it comes to their line of Irish historical graphic novels but The O’Brien Press play an important part in keeping our history alive in the minds of people who are even more having their attention being called on by ever more shallow forms of so called entertainment. That is why I welcome this book and hopefully more like it as the quality and subject matter of the line of books is of such high quality, they are deserving of our time, attention and money. The book also boasts an afterword by Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams who comments on the legacy of Bobby Sands and the sacrifice for the greater good of Sands and his fellow hunger strikers. This powerful account of a very recent chapter in Irish history is a page turner -- irishcomicsnews.comArchitect-turned-Cartoonist Hunt surveys Sands’ life as an activist ... Buildings, streets, and furnishings are drawn with architect’s assurance. Figures are blocky and simplified, reminiscent of historic radical political cartooning -- Booklist
£13.29
Jessica Kingsley Publishers Anxiety is Really Strange
Book SynopsisHighly Commended in the 2018 British Medical Association Book AwardsWhat is the difference between fear and excitement and how can you tell them apart? How do the mind and body make emotions? When can anxiety be good? This science-based graphic book addresses these questions and more, revealing just how strange anxiety is, but also how to unravel its mysteries and relieve its effects.Understanding how anxiety is created by our nervous system trying to protect us, and how our fight-or-flight mechanisms can get stuck, can significantly lessen the fear experienced during anxiety attacks. In this guide, anxiety is explained in an easy-to-understand, engaging graphic format with tips and strategies to relieve its symptoms, and change the mind's habits for a more positive outlook.Trade ReviewFor many of us, anxiety and fear are daily visitors to the mind and body - in this brilliant book, Steve Haines gives us freeing tools to unmask these feelings, and possibly even reduce the causes. What he offers is apparently simple yet full of depth, with a touch of light-heartedness. -- Jonathan Sattin, Managing Director, triyogaHaines pulls together an accessible and friendly narrative with fantastic high level academic footnotes. These twin levels - with Standing's gently humorous graphics - convince. He takes us past some body-brain-mind confusion, to provide understanding of the workings of anxiety in the person. -- Dr David O’Flynn, Consultant Psychiatrist, Lambeth & Maudsley Hospitals, South London & Maudsley NHS Foundation TrustWith great erudition and wit Steve manages to condense philosophical thought, neurological research and psychological thinking into a fabulous tool for re-conceptualising are experience of this bane of modern life - anxiety. Psychoanalysts and others working with people experiencing anxiety will benefit from reflecting on this book and sharing it with their patients. -- Dr Peter Nevins, Psychoanalyst and Director of Islington MindIf you are interested in understanding a bit more about anxiety and the psychology about it, whether it's to help you understand your own illness, what a loved one is going through or just because you want to educate yourself further on the topic then I couldn't recommend this to you enough. -- A Beautiful Chaos BlogTable of Contents1. What Is The Difference? 2. How We Make Emotions. 3. What Causes Anxiety. 4. When Anxiety is Good. 5. Emotional Intelligence. 6. Tools For Change.
£11.81
New Island Books The Late Night Writers Club: A Graphic Novel by
Book SynopsisIn rich and abundant illustrations, Annie West tells a rowdy story of artistic struggle, ego and unexpected kindness. You will never look at the Irish Literary Canon in the same way again.
£17.99
Cinebook Ltd Twenty Years Later
Book SynopsisTwenty years have passed since the survivors of the Corsair crash emerged from the jungle - but they're suddenly dropping like flies. Rafalowski, the cowardly pianist, vanishes. Miss Taylor, the nanny, drowns. Draillac, who was 12 at the time of the accident, is kidnapped and believed dead... One by one, someone is trying to eliminate the survivors.
£8.54
Cinebook Ltd Thorgal Vol. 20: Kriss Of Valnor
Book SynopsisAaricia and her children, sold as slaves to an Imperial prince, refuse to believe that Thorgal is dead, and keep trying to escape, eventually wearing off their new owner's patience. Condemned to a year of hard labour in the silver mines, they meet someone unexpected there: Kriss of Valnor, wielding the whip of a forewoman, yet a prisoner like them. Despite their mutual hatred, the two women will have to work together to escape...
£6.99
Drawn & Quarterly Shortcomings
Book SynopsisNow a major motion picture directed by Randall ParkAdrian Tomine's beloved New York Times Notable book was adapted into a major motion picture. With the screenplay written by the cartoonist, Shortcomings debuted at Sundance and appeared at the Tribeca Festival, both to great acclaim.Ben Tanaka has problems. In addition to being rampantly critical, sarcastic, and insensitive, his longterm relationship is awash in turmoil. His girlfriend, Miko Hayashi, suspects that Ben has a wandering eye, and more to the point, it's wandering in the direction of white women. This accusation (and its various implications) becomes the subject of heated, spiralling debate, setting in motion a story that pits California against New York, devotion against desire, and trust against truth.
£18.36
Drawn & Quarterly Exit Wounds
Book SynopsisSet in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man,Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father''s death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last few months of his father''s life but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Rutu Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties.Exit Wounds is the North American graphic-novel debut from one of Israel''s best-known cartoonists. Modan has received several awards in Israel and abroad, including the Best Illustrated Children''s Book Award from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem four times and Young Artist of the Year by the Israel Ministry of Culture. She is a chosen artist of the Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation.
£16.96
Can of Worms Press The Tempest
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£9.49
Markosia Enterprises Ltd A Christmas Carol
£11.99
Classical Comics Dracula The Graphic Novel: Quick Text
Book Synopsis"I went down into the vaults. There lay the Count!He was either dead or asleep, I could not say which - for the eyes were open and stony but without the glassiness of death."The classic gothic horror story, presented in a totally engaging way through the immensley powerful illustrations. Staying true to the events of the original prose novel, this Quick Text edition features simplified and reduced dialogue to help reluctant readers and ELL students to engage with the text.Designed to encourage readers to enjoy classical literature, titles in the Classical Comics range stay true to the original vision of the authors. They also offer alternative text versions to cater for different readership levels. This title has been moderately and sympathetically abridged from the original text to fit within the graphic novel format. Despite that, all of the events of the book are represented in every version – it’s only the speech and captions that change!Like all of their titles, this Classical Comics production remains true to the original novel, and features incredible artwork that will engage any reader.
£17.06
Unicorn Publishing Group The Happy Warrior: The Life Story of Sir Winston
Book SynopsisThe complete set of Eagle comic strips which tell the story of Winston Churchill's life - his birth at Blenheim, his education at Harrow and Oxford, his time in the army as well as his appointment to government and eventually to his stint as War Leader.
£14.24
Classic Comic Store Ltd Romeo and Juliet
Book SynopsisAge range 9 to 12 Shakespeare's tragedy of the star-crossed lovers. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions and study questions.
£7.52
SelfMadeHero Picture a Favela
Book SynopsisAndre Diniz tells the extraordinary story of Mauricio Hora, who lives in one of the most dangerous slums (favelas) in Rio, Brazil. In spite of the odds, Hora has made a name for himself internationally as a photographer. We are led from his challenging childhood living with his drug dealer father up to the present day.
£12.74
SelfMadeHero Don Quixote Vol. Ii
Book SynopsisThe second volume of Don Quixote is much darker than the first, picking up the story where Volume I left off and taking us to Don Quixote's death. Don Quixote battles cats, puppets and the famous Knight of the Mirrors. He plunges head first into the legendary Cave of Montesinos and seeks to disenchant his imaginary truelove Dulcinea del Toboso, who is imprisoned there. Meanwhile Sancho Panza is finally given an island to rule over by the Duke and Duchess who, like many characters Quixote and Sancho meet in Vol II, have read Vol I. The Duke and Duchess play endless cruel tricks on our heroes and slowly our heroes’ madness and foolishness becomes painfully apparent. On his deathbed Quixote becomes Alonso once more, he finally denies the existence of Giants, Knights, Damsels and to Sancho’s horror he denies there ever was a Don Quixote de la Mancha. Sancho begs that they should ride out one more time, but it is too late Alonso Quixana is dead.
£12.74
SelfMadeHero The Good Inn
Book Synopsis“A book based on a soundtrack score that has not yet been composed for a feature film that does not yet exist.” Pixies frontman Black Francis has approached writing his first book as he would do a song: with inventiveness and originality. The Good Inn tells the story of an eighteen-year-old known only as Soldier Boy who, after escaping a devastating explosion at the French port of Toulon, sets out on a bizarre journey across France. Navigating his way past homicidal gypsies, combative soldiers and porn-peddling peasants, he takes refuge at The Good Inn – and promptly finds himself centre stage in the making of the world’s first narrative pornographic movie. Unique and vividly imagined, The Good Inn is a touchingly comic story that brings turn-of-the-century France to life.
£12.74
SelfMadeHero The Coalition Book
Book SynopsisSince 2010, Martin Rowson has been documenting the highs and lows – mainly the lows – of the Tory-Lib Dem coalition week after week in The Guardian, as well as in The Morning Star, Tribune and many other publications. This book collects Rowson’s best, most brutally funny, cartoons from a period that began with a “big, open, comprehensive offer” to Nick Clegg, continued on through riots, phone-hacking, double-dip recession, and endless debates on Europe, and will end (perhaps) with the general election in 2015. Accompanied by witty explanatory text, The Coalition Book takes a biting satirical look at Cameron and Clegg’s first – and perhaps last – five years in charge. The book contains a foreword by Will Self.Trade ReviewAdvance Praise "An inky ninja running riot in the corridors of power..." Phill Jupitus. "Martin Rowson is a good friend, exceedingly bad enemy. Cameron and Clegg deserve his ConDemNation." Kevin Maguire "Martin Rowson? Best cartoonist working in the UK today. When you've got a vicious bunch of cut throats in power you need cartoonist who is up for the evisceration. Rowson's your man." Mark Thomas "Martin Rowson's cartoons aren't just all sorts of comic genius - their exposure of the wrongdoings of those with power make you want to have a revolution and thus pose a mortal danger to the status quo." Owen Jones "Sending excoriating Exocets straight down at our current leaders, Martin Rowson is a great draughtsman and a sharply well-informed political critic with a wicked eye for detail as well as for the big picture." Polly Toynbee "REVOLUTION! Get Martin Rowson's genius work in front of every pair of eyes in the country, and revolution will surely follow...it's seditious, acerbic, masterly, and TRUE! And a thing of deep, dark beauty. Should be a compulsory text." Pete Wylie, The Mighty Wah!
£17.99
Mandrake of Oxford Crowley: A Beginners Guide
Book SynopsisDo what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. Nearly seventy years after his death Aleister Crowley, the notorious Beast 666, is only just beginning to attract serious academic attention. Even so we would not expect to find him on any mainstream university courses; he is still too much associated with occultism. So, this is not your standard beginner''s guide. Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the known. Readers may be surprised at the richness and complexity of his thought, as well as the extent of his influence. He needs background to be understood. Giving this opens fresh perspectives on much recent intellectual history. The guide presents his main ideas in a straightforward and accessible format, with drawings and diagrams to place them in their historical context. It relates him to contemporary movements in art and scholarship. It describes his relationship to modernism and postmodernism, and his role in the counterculture of the sixties, as well as his continuing influence today. Interspersed are entertaining stories of his life and reputation. Brilliantly illustrated by John Higgins, this is a highly accessible guide to this fascinating, complex and controversial figure. It neither promotes nor condemns him, presenting hostile as well as favourable views of his character and achievement.
£13.49
Classical Comics Macbeth The Graphic Novel: Original Text
Book SynopsisSet in Scotland in the year 1040, Macbeth is thought by many to be Shakespeare’s finest tragedy - it is certainly one of his best known and most dramatic plays. This full color graphic novel really brings the wonderful story to life.The book includes an illustrated Dramatis Personae, 121 pages of story artwork, and fascinating support material that tells the story of the real Macbeth, details the life of Shakespeare and explains the origins of the play, how it was written for King James I in 1606.Designed to encourage readers to enjoy classical literature, titles in the Classical Comics range stay true to the original vision of the authors.This title is the most popular of the Classical Comics range, and is now in a library binding.Macbeth is a general (or “Thane”) in King Duncan’s army who is highly thought of amongst his fellow countrymen. Returning victorious from a battle, he encounters three witches who convince him that he will be king of Scotland. When Lady Macbeth learns about this, they formulate an evil plan to secure their future.As with most Shakespeare plays, some events and phrases from it have become part of our culture, such as “Double, double toil and trouble: fire, burn; and cauldron, bubble.” and “Is this a dagger, which I see before me”, where Macbeth sees an imaginary dagger leading him to the start of his wicked trail.The paperback edition of this title was originally the second publication by Classical Comics in the UK, and has gone on to enjoy worldwide critical acclaim, as well as being endorsed and supported by drama luminaries and educationalists alike.To support the use of this title in the classroom, photocopiable teachers resources are available that offer lesson plans and activities from 6th grade and up: ISBN 978-1-906332-54-9
£22.46
Classical Comics Frankenstein The Graphic Novel: Original Text
Book SynopsisConceived by Mary Shelley (wife of the famous poet Percy Shelley) on the banks of Lake Geneva in 1816, Frankenstein is today regarded as a classic piece of 19th century literature.The book includes an illustrated Character List (like a Dramatis Personae), 124 pages of story artwork, and fascinating support material that details the remarkable and tragic life of Mary Shelley - all beautifully presented in color.Designed to encourage readers to enjoy classical literature, titles in the Classical Comics range stay true to the original vision of the authors.This title has been moderately and sympathetically abridged from the original text to fit within the graphic novel format. Despite that, all of the events of the book are represented, and all the captions and dialogue is taken from teh Shelley original prose novel.The story begins with the journey of an adventurer, Robert Walton, who stumbles across a man in trouble at the North Pole, saving his life. That man is Victor Frankenstein, who tells Walton all about his experiments with the creation of life and how he came to be at the North Pole in the first place.Through this plot structure, Mary Shelley was able to deal with serious real-world issues, such as the need for acceptance, tolerance, and understanding despite differences, as well as the need for companionship and love among our basic human needs.The novel was of course, the inspiration and basis for the classic Boris Karloff movies, and more recently, the Frankenstein novels by Dean Koontz – however this Classical Comics publication, like all of their titles, remains true to the original novel.Frankenstein is one of Classical Comics best selling titles, and now this edition presents it into a library binding.To support the use of this title in the classroom, photocopiable teachers resources are available that offer lesson plans and activities from 6th grade and up: ISBN 978-1-906332-56-3
£22.46
Classical Comics Dracula The Graphic Novel: Original Text
Book Synopsis"I went down into the vaults. There lay the Count!He was either dead or asleep, I could not say which - for the eyes were open and stony but without the glassiness of death."The classic gothic horror story, presented in a totally engaging way through the immensley powerful illustrations, while staying true to the original prose novel by utilising authentic text and dialogue.Designed to encourage readers to enjoy classical literature, titles in the Classical Comics range stay true to the original vision of the authors. They also offer alternative text versions to cater for different readership levels. This title has been moderately and sympathetically abridged from the original text to fit within the graphic novel format.
£22.46
Soaring Penguin Press Urban Tails
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£15.29
Myriad Editions Things to Do in A Retirement Home Trailer Park
Book SynopsisA graphic novel about a young man taking care of and coming to terms with his dying father told in a wholly original way.
£16.99
Myriad Editions Black Project
Book SynopsisSet in an English suburb in the early 1990s, this is the story of Richard's all-consuming passion for creating 'girls' from household objects. But as his hobby begins to flourish, his real life friendships and family relationships deteriorate.
£11.69
Myriad Editions The Bad Doctor: The Troubled Life and Times of Dr
Book SynopsisDr Iwan James is often exasperated by his rural existence - incontinent old ladies and old men with biker tattoos - but cycle trips with his friend and mentor Arthur provide welcome relief. A gentle and inspiring tale.
£11.69
Myriad Editions The Facts of Life
Book SynopsisA beautifully drawn, funny and sometimes painful exploration of what it takes to be a woman, and a mother - or not.
£15.29
Myriad Editions For the Love of God Marie!
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£15.29
Myriad Editions The Opportunity
Book SynopsisThis thrilling debut graphic novel casts a spotlight on the unforgiving world of door-to-door selling.
£11.69
Myriad Editions Hole in the Heart: Bringing Up Beth
Book SynopsisA Shortlisted title for the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2014
£15.29
Valley Press She Was a Hairy Bear, She Was a Scary Bear
Book SynopsisThe unique collection of drawings, paintings and photographs that make up She Was A Hairy Bear, She Was A Scary Bear provide a loosely autobiographical account of creator Louisa Bermingham's idiosyncratic relationship with the world.Using her seemingly inconsequential but deeply resonant protagonist, created using her own hair, to explore themes of power, beauty, self-esteem, responsibility, acceptance, conformity, loneliness and happiness, she takes readers on a surprising, often humorous journey through contemporary womanhood.
£9.89
Avery Hill Publishing Limited Macbeth
Book SynopsisWhen three witches prophecy to Macbeth that he will one day become the King of Scotland, an epic of unhappiness, treachery, and blood begins. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's ambitions lead to an ever-growing path of murder as Macbeth grows ever-closer to the throne. But where will it all end? Only with death and with madness. Influenced by the witches and magic of Macbeth, K. Briggs's lush new graphic novel rendition of the classic provides a new interpretation of the Scottish play. Briggs, as a Shakespeare reader (and performer) from age twelve, brings their lifelong love of the Bard to this work.Trade Review“A magnificent, abstract, emotional interpretation. Briggs speaks to every aspect the play has — and more. A luscious, freewheeling display of illustrative and intellectual prowess.” - DoomRocket
£15.29
SelfMadeHero Tetris: The Games People Play
Book SynopsisIt is, perhaps, the perfect video game. Simple yet addictive, Tetris delivers an irresistible, unending puzzle that has players hooked. Play it long enough and you’ll see those brightly coloured geometric shapes everywhere. You’ll see them in your dreams. Alexey Pajitnov had big ideas about games. In 1984, he created Tetris in his spare time while developing software for the Soviet government. Once this alarmingly addictive game emerged from behind the Iron Curtain, it was an instant hit. Nintendo, Atari, Sega – game developers big and small all wanted Tetris. A bidding war was sparked, followed by clandestine trips to Moscow, backroom deals, innumerable miscommunications and outright theft. New York Times bestselling author Box Brown untangles this complex history and delves deep into the role games play in art, culture and commerce. For the first time and in unparalleled detail, Tetris: The Games People Play tells the true story of the world’s most popular video game.
£11.69
SelfMadeHero Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol. 2: A Graphic
Book SynopsisCurl up by the fire and enter the sinister, supernatural world of Montague Rhodes James, the master of the English ghost story. An influence on writers from H. P. Lovecraft to Stephen King, James created tales of understated horror that continue to transfix readers 80 years after his death. Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Vol. 2 comprises graphic adaptations of four spine-chilling stories by M. R. James: “Number 13,” “Count Magnus,” “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad,” and “The Treasure of Abbot Thomas.” Filled with intrigue, suspense, and intellectual adventure, these enthralling tales of terror plunge readers into a world of creeping dread, where rationality is challenged and the mundane collides with the supernatural. Capturing James’s trademark atmosphere of pervasive disquiet, Leah Moore and John Reppion’s subtly crafted adaptations breathe fresh life into these classic stories about restless phantoms and ill-advised academic exploration.
£9.99
SelfMadeHero Corbyn Comic Book
Book SynopsisPollsters called it a foregone conclusion. Columnists said Theresa May’s snap general election wouldn’t just return her a thumping majority in the House of Commons – it would plunge the opposition into existential crisis. For Labour MPs, concerns about “job security” in an age of zero-hours contracts suddenly felt uncomfortably close to home. And then something happened. Momentum got to work. Grime4Corbyn gathered steam. Clicktivists were transformed into door-knocking, flag-waving activists. Soon, a familiar chant – “Oh, Jeremy Corbyn” – was reverberating around football stadiums and venues across the country. All this while Theresa turned Maybot and the Conservatives released a manifesto that looked bad for people and even worse for animals. Featuring work by many of the UK’s best-known cartoonists, including Martin Rowson, Steve Bell and Stephen Collins, The Corbyn Comic Book captures the qualities, quirks and flaws of a man whose startling rise to prominence has been the defining story of 2017. He didn’t win, but he did cause a political earthquake. Corbynmania is a thing now – and so is Comix4Corbyn.
£5.95
SelfMadeHero Wolf
Book SynopsisIt is the long, hot summer of 1976. Hugo, the youngest child of three, is walking with his father in the woods. There, he comes face-to-face with a wolf—and from that moment on, his life will never be the same again. Soon after, a tragic accident leaves Hugo desolate and disoriented. The family, now grieving and incomplete, moves to a new home. Among Hugo’s new neighbors is the Wolf Man—a dangerous recluse, according to the boy next door. Spellbound by the movie The Time Machine and desperate to return to the days before the accident, Hugo draws up plans to build a contraption that will turn back time. But only the Wolf Man has the parts Hugo needs to complete his machine, and that will mean entering his sinister neighbor’s house. Beautifully illustrated in pencil, Wolf is a captivating and poignant graphic novel about confronting childhood grief and overcoming the loss of a loved one.Trade Review“Employing supernatural elements to represent a child’s grieving process, Ball’s viscerally moving graphic novel of parental loss unfolds like a haunting dream.” -- Publishers Weekly“Childhood grief and loss are sensitively and imaginatively handled in this quietly affecting graphic novel.” -- Booklist
£13.59
Vintage Publishing The Drunken Sailor: The Life of the Poet Arthur
Book SynopsisThe Drunken Sailor traces the life of Arthur Rimbaud: poet, surrealist, libertine and gun runner. In dazzling artwork, Nick Hayes follows Rimbaud from his youth in Ardennes to the poetry salons of Paris, from the absinthe-glazed passion of his relationship with Verlaine to his flight into the jungles of Indonesia and the deserts of Yemen and Egypt. Told entirely in Rimbaud’s own words, from a new translation of Le bateau ivre, The Drunken Sailor confirms Nick Hayes’ place as one of the most talented graphic novelists at work today.Trade ReviewMagnificent illustrations… [Hayes] has done a wondrous job… his visual narrative has an intense, restless pace… here is a ribald beauty you find only rarely between two covers. -- Rachel Cooke * The Observer *At once phantasmagorical and bewitching… the best of his career so far. * Bookmunch *Hayes’s green-filtered, stylised illustrations have a breathtaking punch to them. -- Teddy Jamieson * Herald Scotland *The Drunken Sailor is an Impressionist hymn to Rimbaud. But Hayes' song is greatly embellished with knowledge... You run the gamut when you read this book. * Bookmunch *A bewitching work from one of Britain’s finest graphic novelists. -- James Smart * Guardian,**Books of the Year** *
£18.00
Bookmarks Publications 1917: Russia's Red Year
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£13.49
Blue Fox Publishing Shed
Book SynopsisAfter the death of her father, Amber seeks refuge in his small town, reopening his junk shop and looking for the happy ending she’s seen in so many movies - the one where a young woman relocates and dates two men. The one where you know exactly what you’ll do for the rest of your life by the time you hit 30. The one that shouldn’t be examined too closely by anyone who’s slumped into it. But small towns in stories are never what they seem. It’s more than petty old women and repression keeping this town from moving forward. It’s the choices made long ago that echo out from the deep ocean. It’s the sea monster who should never have come ashore.Trade ReviewOne of the best graphic novels I have read this year... The words and art work together in beautiful unison. -- David Charles Bitterbaum * The Newest Rant *Shed is undoubtedly one of the best horror graphic novels to be released this year. -- Farid-ul-Haq * The Geekiary *an incredibly well-crafted book... smart and character driven. Fairgray’s artwork doesn’t disappoint. -- Phillip Kelly * Fanbase Press *...the horror of a small town and those caught within... the horror of the mind and the memories within. This isn’t your traditional read. -- Michael Nimmo * 3 Million Years *
£13.50
Urbanomic Media Ltd Chronosis
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£17.09
Berbay Publishing Bunnygirl: The First Adventure
Book SynopsisInspired by the creator’s love of all things 80s including Hello Kitty, My Little Pony, Rainbow Brite, retro comic books, and Lisa Frank, this picture book told in comic panels is brimming with cuteness, accessible quirk, and a feel-good message of kindness. Bea loves helping friends and wants to be a superhero, but none of the costumes she tries on fit her personality. While Bea’s world is anything but ordinary, the things she accomplishes with her creativity and preparedness are all things a regular kid--with a big heart, a healthy dose of confidence, and an inflatable turtle--could do. This is a perfect intro to reading stories told in sequential pictures and a way for emerging readers to take an active role in following the narrative. And when readers fall in love with Bunnygirl, they won’t have to worry because she has another adventure coming soon. "Berbay has produced a delightful book that retains the distinctly kawaii feel of Jayne’s original artworks…. Bunnygirl’s message of kindness as a superpower is lovely for little ones to discover." Books + Publishing"A great early introduction into graphic novels, and its simple word choice makes for a wonderful easy reader." School Library Journal Trade Review“We’ve come to expect wonderfully quirky books from Berbay and in this collaboration with artist Holly Jayne they have delivered once again. Another publisher may have let the overwhelmingly pink colour palette and the proliferation of cute puppies and bunnies become saccharine. However, Bunnygirl is just a little too hip and a tad too odd to be anything other than charming. Berbay has produced a delightful book that retains the distinctly kawaii feel of Jayne’s original artworks…. Bunnygirl’s message of kindness as a superpower is lovely for little ones to discover with an older reading partner.”—Books + Publishing
£12.99
Vanguard Productions Loverboy: An Irwin Hasen Story
Book SynopsisLoverboy is the risqué, romantic escapade story of a very short, blue-eyed, confirmed bachelor, who adores tall, voluptuous women. The double-breasted suit wearing man-about-town seeks psychiatric insight to his tendencies in this humorous, intimate, and sometimes poignant, graphic novel by award winning Dondi cartoonist, Irwin Hasen. Toward the end of the story, we find that Loverboy is, in fact, Hasen himself and the book segues into an entertaining biography of the noted cartoonist whose career spans from the birth of the comic book; to work for DC, All-American, Sheldon Mayer and M.C. Gaines, including Catman, Green Lantern, Wonder Woman, The Flash, All-Star Comics; to his own creation, with Batman co-creator Bill Finger, Wildcat; to mentoring comics and animation legend, Alex Toth; to creating the Dondi newspaper strip with writer Gus Edson; and the 1961 Dondi film staring David Janssen, Patti Page,and a cameo by Hasen as a police sketch artist. Loverboy is filled throughout with Irwin Hasen's famous humor.
£17.99
For Beginners FDR and the New Deal for Beginners
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£12.34
Black Coat Press Teen Angels & New Mutants
£18.99
Exile Press, LLC The Great Successor: Kim Jong Un A Political
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£15.29
Phoneme An Eternity in Tangiers
Book SynopsisAn Eternity in Tangiers tells the story of a teenager named Gawa on his journey to emigrate from his hometown, the imaginary African capital of Gnasville, to Tangiers, a waypoint on his journey to Europe, where he hopes to escape the economic, political, and social suffering that plague his home country. Ivorian author Titi Faustin and Cameroonian illustrator Nyoum Ngangue tell this contemporary African story from an African perspective, countering the exoticism and stereotypes of classics like Herge's Tintin in the Congo and offering an intimate account of one of the sociopolitical tragedies of our time.Trade Review"This book is an exemplary illustration of the complex reasons why young Africans leave their countries, the strong motivation they need to survive the threat of violence encountered on the path to the imaginary Eldorado, and the deep wounds that journey can cause, when failure is not the only result." --Alpha Blondy "For the first time the [Venice] Biennale also included comics. The North African artists Eyoum Ngangue and Faustin Titi created original drawings for a comic book about displacement, depicting a young African boy's failed crossing from Tangiers to Europe in search of a brighter future." --The New York Times "Titi and Ngangue address with wit confrontational and provocative aspects of everyday life in Africa, often softening through the watery evanescence of ink wash the potential blow of their imagery in otherwise highly detailed drawings. An Eternity to Tangiers positions itself within the tradition of the band dessinee subverting it from within. It gives voice and dignity to an overlooked narrative, the tragic experience of displacement lived by African people who flee their home countries to escape economic, political, or social ordeals. Fanciful and realist at once, it tells the story of a young African boy, Gawa, who leaves home, the imaginary Gnasville, seeking a better future, a journey of hope and disillusionment marked by the failed crossing from Tangiers to Europe. Speaking of Africa from the African point of view, this work counterpoints the exoticized images and the stereotyping gaze of much of the band dessinee exemplified by Herge's Tintin in the Congo." --"Think with the Senses, Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense," Catalogue La Biennale di Venezia 52. International Art Exhibition, Marsilio 2007
£13.30
Phoneme Panthers in the Hole
Book SynopsisIn 1972, inmates Robert Hillary King, Albert Woodbox, and Herman Wallace were put in solitary confinement in Louisiana State Penitentiary (a.k.a. Angola Prison), after being convicted under questionable circumstances for the killing of a prison guard. Because of their work organizing on behalf of the Black Panthers, Robert King spent 29 years in solitary confinement before his conviction was overturned and he was released. Wallace was released in 2013, after more than 41 years in prison, and days later of liver cancer. In November of 2014, Woodfox had his conviction overturned by the US Court of Appeals, and in April 2015 his lawyer applied for an unconditional writ for his release. As of June of 2015, that release has been blocked by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals. Despite documentary films, a long-running campaign by Amnesty International, and appeals from the murdered prison guard's widow, Albert Woodfox remains the longest-serving U.S. prisoner in solitary confinement. What is it like to spend decades in solitary confinement for a crime you did not commit? Panthers in the Hole relates the experience of three men whose lives were snatched away by a prison system that seems more at home in a totalitarian regime than America.
£15.30
Uncivilized Books Borb
Book SynopsisSelected for The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016 Borb by Jason Little (Shutterbug Follies, Motel Art Improvement Service) is the story of Borb, a severely alcoholic homeless man. Borb is a downtrodden urban Candide whose misfortunes pile up at an alarming rate. The narrative is presented as a series of daily newspaper strips as the author draws on the long and complex tradition of the comic strip slapstick vagabond archetype. At once hilarious, horrifying, and full or heart, Borb depicts the real horrors specific to present-day urban homelessness. Borb is Little's most complex and challenging work. Jason Little studied photography at Oberlin College, and now resides in Brooklyn with writer Myla Goldberg and their daughter Zelie Goldberg-Little. He has been drawing cartoons since he was a child. In addition to acclaimed Shutterbug Follies and Motel Art Improvement Service, he also created the Xeric Award--winning Jack's Luck Runs Out, as well as a number of short works for various cartoon anthologies.Trade ReviewSelected for The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2016 "What makes Little's approach and execution so impactful is the way it subverts the wacky expectations of the medium. Chestnuts like pratfalls, farts and dentures flying out of mouths are coupled with their real-life spouses: gruesome compound fractures, life-threatening food poisoning, and gory, debilitating oral surgery. This dichotomy is most deftly rendered when the protagonist's frustrating loss of a belt leads to a series of trouser drops presented simultaneously with punch-line rhythm and a sense of heartbreaking hopelessness."--The Chicago Tribune "When we talk about something "being human" or a "universal experience," what we hope to mean is that there are things--emotions and feelings, regardless of how they're gotten to, that bind us through basic empathy: shared recognition and understanding of a thing lived or felt. The fundamental achievement of Jason Little's Borb is the manner in which he harnesses that attention, underpinning the trials and tribulations of his main character with equal amounts of mirth and despair."--The Onion A.V. Club "Little's elegant linework, minimal dialogue, and unwavering focus on the man's day-to-day struggles are powerful, giving us a gruesome, slapstick view of society's underbelly." -- Publishers Weekly "Borb is rich in the way that Little is able to present shocking and dark themes in short, light spurts to give the reader an overall greater depth. While Borb is a comic strip, its impact is novelistic in every sense."--Cleaver Magazine "[...] There is no way this book will not get a reaction out of you. It is an early contender for book of the year."--Mental Floss
£14.24
Uncivilized Books New Construction: Two More Stories
Book SynopsisL.A. Times Book Prizes Finalist (Graphic Novel/Comics) 2016 A collection of two new stories from cartoonist and Adventure Time contributor Sam Alden. In "Household," a brother and sister deal with divergent memories of their father and grow closer than ever. In "Backyard," vegans and anarchists share a house, small dramas and bizarre transformations (featuring a new, never before published ending). Designed as a companion volume for the critically acclaimed It Never Happened Again, New Construction cements Sam Alden's reputation as one of the best cartoonists of his generation. Sam Alden Sam Alden is the author of It Never Happened Again, Wicked Chicken Queen, and Lydian, among others. He is a two-time Ignatz winner and four-time nominee, and works full-time as a writer and storyboarder on Cartoon Network's Adventure Time. Praise for Sam Alden's It Never Happened Again: "Alden's natural sense of framing and pace, his willingness to use silent panels to tell stories, and his beautiful (yes, beautiful) pencil images combined to open my eyes to a new idea of what a great comic can be. It helps that he's also an excellent writer--both stories sketch out lonely, lost characters efficiently, and put them each through very different quests for meaning."--Dan Kois, Slate "Two thematically divergent, but devastatingly human portraits from an emerging cartoonist displaying the sort of storytelling and artistic restraint that often only comes after years of toiling away at the drawing board. Alden is a talent to watch."--Publishers WeeklyTrade ReviewL.A. Times Book Prizes Finalist (Graphic Novel/Comics) 2016 "Alden has an explicit gift, no doubt well-practiced, for drawings that are effortless in their breezy sloppiness -- a quick hand, never belabored -- that simultaneously exhibits a brilliant technical ability for composition, lighting, detail, and abstraction. His natural ability seems to reach all the way back to Rembrandt."--LA Times Review of Books "With his delicate pencil work and skill for atmospheric, emotionally rich storytelling, Sam Alden has emerged as one of the most exciting talents in alt-comics. His new graphic novel New Construction is an exceptional showcase of his cartooning prowess."--Onion AV Club "Alden's art is often described as evocative and rich in atmosphere, which it is -- but it's also rich in information. I think as comic readers, we have been trained to be lazy, to skim over the pretty pictures and let text guide our understanding. If we linger over images, it's for our own visual pleasure. That's fine, but with New Construction, a careless reading is not going to cut it. These stories are not like your typical Hollywood blockbuster where you can mentally check out because all the important plot points, not to mention emotional cues, will be shoved down your throat. New Construction requires your full attention."--Cute Juice Comics
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