Manga: Memoirs, true stories and non-fiction
Myriad Editions Marie Duval
Book SynopsisMarie Duval (1847-1890) was a groundbreaking Victorian female cartoonist whose wide range of work, depicting an urban, often working class milieu, has been largely forgotten. This is a book for pleasure: the first to celebrate the life and work of an extraordinary and inventive artist.
£17.99
Roaring Brook Press Family Style
Book SynopsisYALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction FinalistEisner Award Winner for Best Graphic MemoirAn NPR Best Books of 2023A moving young adult graphic memoir about a Vietnamese immigrant boy''s search for belonging in America, perfect for fans of American Born Chinese and The Best We Could Do!Thien''s first memory isn''t a sight or a sound. It''s the sweetness of watermelon and the saltiness of fish. It''s the taste of the foods he ate while adrift at sea as his family fled Vietnam.After the Pham family arrives at a refugee camp in Thailand, they struggle to survive. Things don''t get much easier once they resettle in California. And through each chapter of their lives, food takes on a new meaning. Strawberries come to signify struggle as Thien''s mom and dad look for work. Potato chips are an indulgence that bring Thien so much joy that they become a necessity.Behind every cut of steak and inside every croissant
£23.39
Dark Horse Comics,U.S. Unfinished Business
Book SynopsisFrom comic book all star Paul Levitz, an original graphic novel mystery.
£17.09
Random House USA Inc Seek You: A Journey Through American Loneliness
Book SynopsisFrom the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This?a timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a society.There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness. Shameful to talk about and often misunderstood, loneliness is everywhere, from the most major of metropolises to the smallest of towns.In Seek You, Kristen Radtke''s wide-ranging exploration of our inner lives and public selves, Radtke digs into the ways in which we attempt to feel closer to one another, and the distance that remains. Through the lenses of gender and violence, technology and art, Radtke ushers us through a history of loneliness and longing, and shares what feels impossible to share.Ranging from the invention of the laugh-track to the rise of Instagram, the bootstrap-pulling cowboy to the brutal experiments of Harry Harlow, Radtke investigates why we engage with each other, and what we risk when we turn away. With her distinctive, emotionally-charged drawings and deeply empathetic prose, Kristen Radtke masterfully shines a light on some of our most vulnerable and sublime moments, and asks how we might keep the spaces between us from splitting entirely.
£22.50
Papercutz Magical History Tour Vol. 7: Gandhi
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£8.07
Papercutz Magical History Tour Vol. 8: Vikings
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£8.07
Papercutz Geeky Fab Five 3-in-1 #1
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£13.49
Arsenal Pulp Press Skandalon
Book SynopsisThe follow-up to Blue is the Warmest Color. At times shocking, powerful and hedonistic, SKANDALON represents a great leap forward in Maroh s writing whilst still retaining the skill and charm that marked Blue is the Warmest Color out as such a unique work.
£18.89
Arsenal Pulp Press The Case Of Alan Turing: The Extraordinary and
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£20.69
Arsenal Pulp Press Kimiko Does Cancer
Book SynopsisA moving and honest graphic memoir about the unexpected cancer journey of a young, queer, mixed-race woman.
£14.39
Bold Type Books Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master: Pong, Atari,
Book SynopsisThe gripping origin story of Pong, Atari, and the digital icons who defined the world of video games.A deep, nostalgic dive into the advent of gaming, Easy to Learn, Difficult to Master returns us to the emerging culture of Silicon Valley. At the center of this graphic history, dynamically drawn in colors inspired by old computer screens, is the epic feud that raged between Atari founder Nolan Bushnell and inventor Ralph Baer for the title of ?father of the video game.?While Baer, a Jewish immigrant whose family fled Germany for America, developed the first TV video-game console and ping-pong game in the 1960s, Bushnell, a self-taught whiz kid from Utah, put out Atari?s pioneering table-tennis arcade game, Pong, in 1972. Thus, a prolonged battle began over who truly spearheaded the multibillion-dollar gaming industry, and around it a sweeping narrative about invention, inspiration, and the seeds of digital revolution.
£14.24
PublicAffairs,U.S. A for Anonymous (Graphic novel): How a Mysterious
Book SynopsisA for Anonymous shows how a leaderless band of volunteers successfully used hacktivism to fight for the underdog, embarrass their rich and powerful targets-from Sony and Paypal to the Church of Scientology and Ferguson Police Department-all in the name of freedom of speech and information. Their exploits blurred the distinction between "online" and "reality," and help shape our contemporary world.
£12.34
Fantagraphics Blacklung
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£21.24
Fantagraphics Heads Or Tails
Book SynopsisAn elegant selection of short stories from Lille Carre.
£21.24
Fantagraphics Run Like Crazy Run Like Hell
Book SynopsisA blackly funny noir thriller from Tardi and Manchette about a staged kidnapping going horribly wrong.
£17.99
Fantagraphics The Children Of Palomar
Book SynopsisGilbert Hernandez's much anticipated return to the small Central American town of Palomar, more than a decade after his last Heartbreak Soup' story.'
£20.69
Fantagraphics Zap: The Interviews
Book SynopsisIn these definitive interviews, introduced by long-time Comics Journal contributor Bob Levin, the Zap contributors open up about how they came to create a seminal, living work of art.
£29.75
Fantagraphics Bright-eyed At Midnight
Book SynopsisFueled by an urge toward visual and narrative experimentation and enabled by serendipitous bouts of insomnia, Stein has combined words and images in a series of comic strips, paintings, and collages that reflect upon her life as a bartender, musician and artist living in New York.
£20.69
Fantagraphics Enough Astronaut Blood To Last The Winter
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£25.50
Fantagraphics Amadeo & Maladeo: A Musical Duet
Book SynopsisNew Yorker cartoonist R. O. Blechman deals with the age-old artistic struggle with the tale of two musicians.
£21.24
Fantagraphics Comics As Art: We Told You So: An Oral History of
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£39.99
Fantagraphics To Laugh That We May Not Weep: The Life And Art
Book SynopsisA sweeping career retrospective, reprinting - often for the first time in 60 or 70 years - more than 800 of Young's incendiary cartoons.
£39.99
Fantagraphics The Draw Of Sport
Book SynopsisA superb collection of Murrary Olderman's athlete portraits and essays.
£21.24
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Snowden
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£11.39
Seven Stories Press,U.S. The Epic Of Gilgamesh
Book SynopsisA graphic novel adaptation of the most complete Gilgamesh in translation - including the new discoveries from tablet V.
£14.39
Seven Stories Press,U.S. The Instinct For Cooperation: A Graphic Novel
Book SynopsisIn the tradition of Joe Sacco's graphic journalism comes the first interview-based graphic novel treatment of Noam Chomsky's political ideas and activism.
£10.44
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Spit Three Times
Book SynopsisAn extraordinary story of disillusioned young men trying to find their way, caught in the breach between post-war exuberance and the stagnation of the early 21st century.
£20.69
Workman Publishing Minding the Store: A Big Story about a Small
Book Synopsis“I really enjoyed this book. In fact, I could go for a second helping!”—Amy Sedaris “Entrepreneurs will learn a thing or two about translating a dream into thoughtful business growth, and everyone will laugh, cry, and nod along with a woman who has chosen to live an extraordinary life amidst many piles of dishes.” —Danny Meyer, CEO of Union Square Hospitality Group, founder of Shake Shack, author of the New York Times bestseller Setting the Table In this charming graphic memoir, the founder of an iconic housewares shop recounts the ups and downs—and ups again—of starting a family business, starting a family, and staying true to one’s path while trying to make it in the Big City. Whether it’s a set of vintage plates from a 1920s steamship, a mug with a New Yorker cartoon on it, a tin of sprinkles designed by Amy Sedaris, or a juice glass from a Jazz Age hotel, Fishs Eddy products are distinctly recognizable. A New York institution, Fishs Eddy also remains a family business whose owners endured the same challenges as many family businesses—and lived to write about it in this tale filled with humorous characterizations of opinionated relatives, nosy neighbors, quirky employees, and above all the eccentric foibles of the founders themselves. Readers come to know author Julie Gaines and her husband, with whom she founded the store, and because this is a family business, the illustrations are all in the family, too: their son Ben Lenovitz’s drawings bring Fishs Eddy to life with a witty style a la Roz Chast and Ben Katchor. Over the years the store has collaborated with artists and celebrities such as Charley Harper and Todd Oldham, Alan Cumming, and many others to produce original designs that are now found in thousands of stores throughout the country, and Fishs Eddy has garnered a huge amount of media coverage. A great gift for anyone who has ever dreamed of opening a little business—or anyone with any kind of dream—Minding the Store offers wisdom, inspiration, and an exceedingly entertaining story.
£16.14
Workman Publishing We Saw Scenery: The Early Diaries of Merrill
Book Synopsis“Merrill Markoe got all the talent. In addition to being an Emmy-award winning comedy writer, she's also a top-notch artist. We Saw Scenery is revealing, sad, funny, and, above all, relatable. Merrill captures the experience of a young woman finding—and holding onto—her own voice. And we’re all lucky she did.” —Nell Scovell, author of Just the Funny Parts In her first-ever graphic memoir, four-time Emmy-winning comedy writer Merrill Markoe unearths her treasured diaries, long kept under lock and key, to illustrate the hilarious story of her preteen and teen years and how she came to realize that her secret power was her humor. Wielding her layered and comically absurd style, Markoe takes readers back through her time as a Girl Scout, where she learned that “scouting” was really more about learning housewifery skills, to her earliest crushes on uniquely awful boys and her growing obsession with television. Much has changed in our world since Markoe wrote in her diaries, or has it? Climate change wasn’t yet a rallying call, but the growing hole in the ozone preoccupied Markoe’s young mind. No one was flocking to the desert for Burning Man, but Markoe readily partook in the Ken Kesey Acid Test. As she charts the divide between her adolescence and adulthood, Markoe questions and berates her younger self, revealing how much is opaque to us in those young years. Perfect for fans of Roz Chast, Allie Brosh, and Lynda Barry, We Saw Scenery is a laugh-out-loud story of a girl growing up, told from the perspective of the woman she became, and it will speak to all who wanted to understand themselves in the midst of their own maturing.
£18.04
Microcosm Publishing Hardcore Anxiety: A Graphic Guide to Punk Rock
Book SynopsisA striking graphic novel about punk, mental illness, and community.
£13.49
Microcosm Publishing Six Days In Cincinnati
Book SynopsisSix Days in Cincinnati is an all-American story of systemic racism and the power of popular movements, more relevant today than ever before.
£11.39
Feral House,U.S. Hi jax & hi jinx:
Book SynopsisA black-humored, edgy social comedy based on the real life experiences of cartoonist and musician/ performance artist Dame Darcy, creator of the comix series Meat Cake.
£21.59
PM Press The Day The Klan Came To Town
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£14.39
PM Press The Cargo Rebellion: Those Who Chose Freedom
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£14.39
Seven Stories Press,U.S. Bernie
Book SynopsisThe only graphic biography of the Presidential contender, created by an award-winning political cartoonist Ted Rall.
£12.34
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC World's End Harem: Fantasia Vol. 5
Book SynopsisOLD FLAMES AND NEW FOESWhile visiting the Grand Duchy of Gorche, Arc learns the truth of the fatal miasma eating away at the land. However, his quest for knowledge is interrupted by a rampaging yeti! Meanwhile, Aurelia is betrothed to the Imperial Crown Prince, suddenly facing dangers all her own. What fate will befall Arc's old love? And what of the new Lady Knight in his orbit, Cassia? Swords will cross and passions will flare in the latest installment of this fantasy harem series!
£11.99
Seven Seas Entertainment, LLC Pompo: The Cinephile Vol. 2
Book SynopsisTHE SEQUEL STRIKES BACK!Young film director Gene Fini is basking in the glow of his wildly successful debut. In fact, Gene’s already got another offer on the table: a certain Nyallywood powerhouse wants him at the helm for their mega blockbuster sequel, Max Storm 2. The lavish budget and incredible locations are enough to leave his jaw hanging, but he soon realizes he doesn’t quite fit in with this new crowd. When it comes to film, Gene can’t accept anything but the best, and his passion and lofty ideals are about to send both him and his boss and mentor—the spunky, phenomenally talented film producer, Pompo—hurtling off in a very unexpected direction.
£11.99
Capstone Press Hiding from the Nazis in Plain Sight: A Graphic
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£8.54
Archie Comics The Archie Art Of Francesco Francavilla
Book SynopsisArchie fans rejoice! This celebration of Francesco Francavilla's Archie art is breathtakingly cool.
£21.59
Fantagraphics Last Girl Standing
Book SynopsisThe first lady of underground comix pens a sweet and blistering memoir.
£17.99
Fantagraphics The Thing From The Grave And Other Stories
Book SynopsisClassic crime, shocking horror - and outrageous satire!
£25.49
Fantagraphics I, Rene Tardi, Prisoner Of War In Stalag Iib
Book SynopsisIn his Magnum Opus, acclaimed cartoonist Jacques Tardi tells the story of his father, who was a WWII Prisoner of War.In his Magnum Opus, acclaimed cartoonist Jacques Tardi tells the story of his father, who was a WWII Prisoner of War.
£25.49
Fantagraphics Drawn To Berlin: Comics Workshops in Refugee
Book SynopsisA compassionate mix of memoir and graphic journalism recounting one cartoonists experience working in a Berlin refugee shelter.
£21.24
Fantagraphics Cryptoid
Book SynopsisFamous monsters of Haven-land!
£17.99
Fantagraphics Cowboy
Book SynopsisAn uproariously funny surreal take on the classic Western.
£17.99
Fantagraphics Red Rock Baby Candy
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£25.49
Fantagraphics I Never Promised You A Rose Garden
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£21.24
Fantagraphics Illustrating Spain In The US
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£21.24
