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In The Shadow Of No Towers "What No Towers captures
most vividly in its documentary sections are those moments when
the witnesses begin to comprehend the magnitude of the catastrophe,
when the almost holiday atmosphere of a normal evacuation turned
into horror. It is Spiegelman's ability to recapture the feelings
of the moment before that will make
No Towers an important document in times
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Apes Of Wrath "If the world will queue up in multiplexes for Michael Moore's
Fahrenheit 9/11 and the anti-McDonalds Super-Size-Me,
surely it would pay to see If... the
Movie. Apes
of Wrath will
do admirably until that hits the screens." |
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The Bush Junta edited by Gary Groth & Mack White Fantagraphics $18.95 A variety of world-class cartoonists take on the Bush Administration in the US Presidential election year. A fact-based, impeccably researched work of comics journalism chronicles the high crimes and misdemeanours of the Bush Presidency in the context of the Bush dynasty that spawned it. Contributors include Carol Swain, Carol Lay, Ethan Persoff, Kim Dietch, Jeremy Eton, Alexsander Zograth, Bill Griffith and Spain. |
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Wreckage Begins With W - Cartoons Of The Bush Administration by Jeff Danziger Steerforth Press $16.95 Created in the heat of the moment and collected here for the first time, independent political cartoonist Jeff Danziger's documents George W. Bush's ascent to the White House and his first term in office and amount to a highly entertaining excursion through the national and international political landscape of the last four years. Foreword by Frank Miller. |
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Upton Sinclair's The Jungle (HC) "...Kuper's adaptation makes for a fine compliment to the prose
novel, and a worthwhile work in its own right." |
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Sticks & Stones "It's really easy to end up with a dark ending, and it's really
hard to come up with something that has a positive tilt. I generally
feel positive, even though I'm depressed half the time about how
bad things are getting. I work on." |
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Musical Legends by Justin Green Last Gasp $24.95 In these full-color strips from Pulse! magazine, cartoon master Justin Green depicts the lives of some of music's most outrageous legends, from old-time bluesmen to rock and roll icons. Whether it's Robert Johnson's deal with the devil or the drug-filled spiritual quest of Jim Morrison, Green's visual style distills biographical information into entertaining eyefuls. Over 100 separate stories. Afterword by author and S.F. Chronicle rock critic Joel Selvin. |
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The Originals (HC) by Dave Gibbons DC/Vertigo $24.95 Dave Gibbons (co-creator and artist of Watchmen and Give Me Liberty) returns to comics with an all-new graphic novel, The Originals. When they walk, they look cool. When they ride, they drive fast. And when they hate, they fight - brutally. The Originals is set in a world both familiar and strange, where the young are angry, loyal and fight for what they believe in. And the only thing more important than who your friends are is who your friends hate. |
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The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish (HC)
- New Edition by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean White Wolf Books $17.99 This is a new edition of Neil Gaiman's story written for children and the young at heart, lavishly illustrated by Dave McKean, which puts us into the mind of a young boy and where we discover the perils of striking a bargain. This new edition boasts brand new cover art, an afterword by Neil Gaiman and a limited edition CD featuring a recording of Neil Gaiman reading the story and a Dave McKean screensaver. |
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The Complete Peanuts 1953-1954 |
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Dan Dare: The Red Moon Mystery by Frank Hampson Titan Publishing $19.95 Dan and his trusty crew head into outer space to uncover the secrets of a strange red moon that has entered the Solar System and threatens earth with destruction. Continues Titan's reprint series of the Classic Dan Dare strip from the Eagle comic volume 2 #26 to volume 3 #46 and includes background material exclusive to this book and part two of a previously unseen interview with Frank Hampson. |
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The Comic Adventures Of Felix The Cat by Otto Messmer Felix Comics $12.95 "They have such a great comic presence, you know - just the way the characters dance around on the page. Simple, but really inventive and perfect and charming. Really smart stuff." - Dan Clowes on the Felix comics of Otto Messmer |
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The Andy Capp Collection by Reg Smythe $12.99 Andy Capp first appeared in The Daily Mirror in 1963 where it is still published today. With plenty of naps on the sofa, pints at the bar and frayed tempers for Andy's long suffering wife, Flo, The Andy Capp Collection has a laugh for every day of the year. |
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The Silk Tapestry & Other Chinese Folktales
(HC) by Patrick Atangan NBM Publishing $12.95 Time.com listed Patrick Atangan's previous book The Yellow Jar as one of it's favourite books of 2003 describing it as "beautiful to look at and a delight to read, The Yellow Jar made for a knockout debut." - read the full review here. In The Silk Tapestry, Atangan presents three folk tales revolving around the unique struggle of artists. |
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The Collected Sequential by Paul Hornschemeier AdHouse Books $25.00 The Collected Sequential assembles the long-out-of-print series Sequential from the Eisner, Harvey and Ignatz Award nominated Paul Hornschemeier, where he began to hone his comic craft in these seven highly experimental comics. |
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Dead Herring Comics |
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No Dead Time Tom Williams was the worthy recipient of the 2002 Day Prize for his self-published MISA - more details here - and his artwork has also been seen in Channel One, Engine, Panel and he has collaborated with Sean McKeever on Looking At The Front Door. He is definately a comic artist with a bright future ahead of him. |
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Waterwise by Joel Orff Alternative Comics $14.95 Waterwise is the story of two old friends who are reunited for one night and wander together through a surreal, vaguely apocalyptic landscape, pondering life, griping about their circumstances, and trying to connect. Along the way they explore the nature of dreams, the fragile facade of civilization and the tenderness of a true friendship. Imagine a cross between American Splendor and Alice in Wonderland ...or a cross between Carl Barks and Carlos Castaneda. |
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A Few Perfect Hours... |
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100 Artists See Satan |
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La Stanza (The Room) |
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The Little Endless Storybook (HC) by Jill Thompson DC/Vertigo $9.95 A superb all ages story utilising diminutive versions of the cast from Sandman. Little Delirium is lost. Her protector and favourite puppy Barnabus has searched the waking world for his tiny princess to no avail. Now Barnabus must travel to the strange and unlikely realms of each of the Endless to see if Delirium's siblings have seen their missing sister. This is a new hardcover printing of Jill Thompson's diminutive version of the characters from Neil Gaiman's Sandman series. New material will include a special sketchbook section and an advance look at Jill Thompson's latest project The Deadboy Detectives. |
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Doom Patrol Vol 2: The Painting That Ate
Paris by Grant Morrison, Richard Case & John Nyberg DC $19.95 The long awaited second collection from Grant Morrison's stunning run on Doom Patrol reprinting #26-34, including the rise of the legendary Brotherhood of Dada, the menace of the Decreator and the return of Monsieur Nallah. An added bonus will be never before printed character sketches by Grant Morrison. |
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Hellblazer: Setting Sun by Warren Ellis and various artists DC $12.95 Reprinting the last four issues of Warren Ellis' run on Hellblazer #140-143, featuring five bone chilling tales of horror, magic, loss and regret. |
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Challengers Of The Unknown Must Die by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale DC $19.95 A collection of the Loeb & Sale 8 issue mini-series that was their first DC comics work, and includes a new 12 page tale. |
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Swamp Thing: Regenesis by Rick Veitch & Alfredo Alcala DC $17.95 Picking up where Alan Moore's run leaves off, Swamp Thing: Regenesis collects Swamp Thing #65-70, the first story arc written by Moore's veteran artistic collaborator on the title: Rick Veitch. As both writer and penciller, Veitch displays a masterly grasp of the unique world of the Swamp Thing and brings a new energy to the story of the Avatar of the Green. After his joyful reunion with his beloved Abby, the thing that was once called Alec Holland must now face the consequences of his long journey through space. A new Swamp Thing is being born, and the old must make a decision: destroy it and maintain his supremacy, or allow it to be born and risk the destruction of the Green. |
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Dreamtime/Wartime: The Comics
Of Alexsandar Zograf by Alexsandar Zograf Cartoon Art Museum $5.00 The work of Serbian comics writer Sasha Rakezic, who goes by the name of Alexsandar Zograf, cuts right into the heart of life in former Yugoslavia. He portrays the regions emotional twisting and impossible conditions in a dark yet amusing manner. An expert dream-horticulturalist, Zograf carefully tends the black loam of the unconscious, coaxing from it its blooms of strange images. This volume collects a selection of Zogarf's visions captured in sketch and sequential form. |
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Palooka Ville #17 by Seth Drawn & Quarterly $4.95 Seth continues the Clyde Fans storyline. In this new installment, it's 1966 and Seth peers further into the life of Simon Matchcard - a failed businessman, who loses what was at best a tenuous grip on reality and begins the painful descent into paranoia and delusion. |
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Blood Orange #3 edited by Chris Polkki Fantagraphics $5.95 The third issue of the alternative comics anthology features a variety of European cartoonists - Ulf K., Alex Baladi, Katja Tukianen, Helge Reumann, Olaf Ladousse, Pakito Bolino, Caroline Sury - along side US alternative comic mainstays Anders Nilsen and Steve Weissman. |
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A1 Presents: The Bojefferies
Terror Tomes Vol 1 & 2 by Alan Moore, Steve Parkhouse and others Atomeka $4.99 An anthology of terror tales which will include a reprinting of Alan Moore's Bojefferies Saga which originally appeared in the 1980's classic Warrior magazine, home of the original Marvelman and V For Vendetta. This is Alan Moore in a light-hearted mood and having fun. Highly recommended. |
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Swamp Thing #7 by Will Pfeifer & Richard Corben DC/Vertigo $2.95 Horror-comic's legend Richard Corben draws Swamp Thing for the first time in the first of a two part storyline, Missing Links. |
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Elric: The Making Of A Sorcerer #1 of 4 by Michael Moorcock & Walter Simonson DC $5.95 An untold tale from the early days of the legendary hero Elric's training and transformation from callow youth to Prince of Melniboné. Sword and sorcery drama combined with Walter Simonson's unmistakable art. |
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Catwoman: When In Rome #1 of
6 by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale DC $3.50 The Eisner Award winning team of Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale return to the world of Batman in a new 6 part series and continue the adventures they began in The Long Halloween and Dark Victory. The same team also have a book collection out this month of their DC series, Challengers Of The Unknown Must Die - see Book section. |
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Hulk & Thing: Hard Knocks #1 of
4 by Bruce Jones & Jae Lee Marvel $3.50 Bruce Jones and superstar artist Jae Lee bring you the ultimate Hulk vs Thing battle. Think you know everything about the unique relationship between Marvel's two most powerful sluggers? Guess again. |
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The Will Eisner Companion (HC) by Will Eisner, N.C. Christopher Couch & Stephen Weiner DC $19.95 The Will Eisner Companion is intended to be the first comprehensive, critical overview of the work of the master of comic book art, Will Eisner - creator of The Spirit and A Contract With God. Divided into two sections - his Spirit work and his graphic novels - this authorised companion features all-new critical and historical essays by two noted comic historians, an alphabetical indexes of characters, a chronology, bibliography and suggested reading lists. |
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Alex Raymond: His Life & Art |
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Al Williamson: Hidden Lands by Tom Yeates, Mark Schultz, Steve Ringgenberg & Al Williamson Dark Horse $22.95 Al Williamson stands in rarified air, among the titans of the development of comics as an art form. Drawing from the tradition of the heyday of book, advertising, and comic-strip illustration, Williamson brought a command of craft and dynamics rarely seen, before or since, to a field that had largely valued speed over skill. As part of an amazing stable of young artists at E.C. in the 1950's, Williamson helped change the industry forever, but much of his work of the era has remained hidden. Al Williamson: Hidden Worlds at last uncovers these gems, stories from his days at Atlas, E.C., Charlton, Harvey, Dell, and more - many of which have never been reprinted until now, plus fascinating sketches and works from his career's infancy and photos from the artist's personal scrapbooks. Covered in fascination depth by Mark Schultz, Thomas Yeates, and Steve Ringgenberg and gathered from extensive, lively interviews with Williamson. |
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Joseph Clement Coll: A Line In Legacy by John Fleskes HC $39.95, SC $24.95 Coll defined the look of adventure illustration. No one has ever captured the menace of the Devil Doctor or Athelstan King's journeys into mystic lands the way Coll did. The struggle between the gallant Sir Denis Nayland Smith and his arch-nemesis the insidious Dr. Fu Manchu in Sax Rohmer's classic sagas breathe and move on the page. Every nuance of form and fantasy one could imagine is evoked in Talbot Mundy's incredible tale of intrigue, King of the Khyber Rifles . These epic encounters of heroes and villains locked in combat make up only a small portion of the nearly 250 illustrations in this, the largest collection of Joseph Clement Coll's art ever produced. |
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The Adventurous Decade: Comic Strips In The Thirties |
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The Comics Go To Hell by Fredrik Strömberg Fantagraphics $18.95 This book examines how cartoonists through the ages have used the myths about the devil in a wide variety of ways. Comics featured in the book include Love & Rockets, The Checkered Demon, Preacher, Stray Toasters, Swamp Thing, Spawn etc. From the same author of Black Images In The Comics. |
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Broad Humor Cartoon Art Museum $6.00 An exhibition catalogue from the San Fransico Cartoon Art Museum focusing on the history and work of women cartoonists, from its earliest pioneers to its most avant garde talents. Themes and artistic styles may change through time, but the need to be expressive, to communicate through pictures and words remains, and women offer a unique picture of their world in this excellent overview. |
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The Fantastic Worlds Of Clark Ashton Smith edited by James Van Hise $17.95 Boasting stunning illustrations from the likes of Basil Wolverton, Richard Corben, Frank R Paul, Allen Koszowski and Tim Kirk, this book examines the life and works of pulp magazine visionary Clark Ashton Smith through a series of published articles and original material. |
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Heroes Of The Blues Boxed Trading Cards by Robert Crumb & Stephen Calt Denis Kitchen Publishing $10.95 Back in print after seven years... Thirty-six legendary blues musicians are painted by Robert Crumb in this trading card set with their biographies on the reverse side by music historian Stephen Calt. |