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New York:: Random House,, (2019). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. The third book in this highly praised and award-winning series of graphic adventure stories for older childen. illustrated in full color throughout. "In book 3, Oona Lee is determined to light Moon Yatta's beacon and continue her quest to save the galaxy. But reaching the red beacon means navigating an impossible maze of pipes and facing devious enemies at every turn." SIGNED on the title page by author Boya Sun. Author R. J. Pallacio called this series "Mind-blowingly beautiful. . . . A must-read." 341 pp plus some bonus material on world building, a sneak preview into the character development, etc. Illustrated endpapers.

New York:: GRAPHIX (Scholastic),, (2014). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. The sixth book in this series of graphic novels illustrated with double page splashes in full color and with many changing color palates in the panels. "Navin and his classmates journey to Lucien, a city ravaged by war and plagued by mysterious creatures, where they search for a beacon essential to their fight against the Elf King." SIGNED on the half title page. 213 pp. plus final double page map, etc.

New York:: Valiant Comics,, 1993.. Mint condition..

New York:: Valiant Comics,, 1993.. Mint condition..

Racine, WI:: Whitman,, 1943.. Hardcover -. Good condition (the usual age-toning to the paper, edgewear to the boards, slight spine slant.). Hardcover. An original story about The Bumstead Family of the famous newspaper comics, radio series & motion pictures "Blondie". Illustrated. Bound in blue boards with orange lettering.

Kansas City:: Andrews McMeel Publishing,, (2007). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing, a trade paperback original. A collection of mostly single panel comics, in both black and white and color. Signed on the title page by both authors with a small self-portrait by Rodd and the words "Read More Comics!" Square format, 128 pp.

New York:: Picador,, (2016). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated boards (a new copy).. First printing. Cartoon illustrated stories behind some of the most common and underappreciated objects - from the paperclip and the toothbrush to post-it notes and the microwave oven. "Structured around the different locations in our home and daily life - the kitchen, the bathroom, the office, and the grocery store - [this] traces the often surprising and sometimes complex histories behind the items we often take for granted. Readers learn how Velcro was created after a Swiss engineer took his dog for a walk; how a naval engineer invented the Slinky; a German housewife, the coffee filter; and a radical feminist and anti-capitalist, the game Monopoly. SIGNED on the first page by the author-illustrator and dated in October 2016, in the month of publication. He has also added a balloon comment to the cat "History is awesome." Index 206 pp.

New York:: Harper Collins,, (2009). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. First printing. SIGNED on the title page with a small drawing. "Gonick illuminates with the Enlightenment, then goes deep into the French Revolution, followed by Napoleon's conquests. He covers everything from the Opium Wars to the post-Napoleonic world, industrialisation and the working class, early 20th-century revolutionaries, World Wars I and II, the Cold War era, religious fundamentalism, and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq. After illustrating three centuries of major events and movements around the globe, Gonick finally brings readers to the eve of a new world order, with a semi-united Europe and rising powers in China and India, and in the end reflects on the ongoing challenge of a sustainable future." Bibliography, index. 260 pp plus publisher's ads. Slightly oversized square format.

New York:: Scholastic,, (1993). SIGNED -. Very good in glossy illustrated wrappers.. 1st trade paperback printing. Illustrated with black-and-white drawings by Brian Floca. SIGNED and dated on the title page.

New York:: Marvel Comics,, (2017). First edition -. New. . First printing, a large paperback original (full number line) "From the lush foliage of jungle action to the gleaming Golden City, the world of Wakanda awaits - including friends and foes like Shuri, the Midnight Angels, Klaw and Man-Ape, and T'Challa's colorful colleagues in the Avengers, the Ultimates and the Crew!" 60 pages of drawings.

Kansas City: : Andrews McMeel Publishing,, (1999). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.). First printing. A delightful little book by the author of the 'Cathy' comic strip- as Cathy puts it, this contains "all the deep, insightful, meaningful things I want to say to Mom, but never actually say because I'm too busy acting like a five-year-old when I'm with her." Illustrated with cartoon drawings. SIGNED on the half title page with an original drawing and dated 4/99 - in the year of publication. A perfect gift from a daughter to a mother.... Small format, 95 pp.

Jackson Heights, NY:: David Heatley,, 2005.. First edition -. Fine in illustrated wrappers.. First printing. Notation on front cover "for mature readers" - an autobiographical work by cartoonist David Heatley, "obsessively painted in gouache paint. [with] new, bizarre and disturbing dream comics" including "My Sexual History," a 15-page account of Heatley's entire sexual history starting in Kindergarten and ending in the present, Backyard sleep over, Dad's bedroom and more. Told in a loose, autobiographical 'sketchbook' style, it is Heatley's most revealing and personal work to date. Large format comic book, illustrated throughout in full color, 34 pp including covers.

New York:: DC Comics,, 1992.. First edition -. 'Amethyst' attached to front cover. New. Polybagged..

New York:: Random House,, (2019). SIGNED hardcover -. Fine in illustrated boards.. 2nd printing. Humorous graphic novel for middle grade children, the fifth in this series featuring the robot from another plant, Hilo, and his friends. "Find out more about what really happened on Hilo's world before he came to earth." SIGNED on the title page. Color by Steve Hamacker. 195 pp.

New York:: HarperPerennial,, (2011.). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (book published as a trade paperback original. ) "From her father and mother's interracial marriage to her own "you show me yours, I'll show you mine" moments on the playground--from drug experimentation to sexual/identity questions--MariNaomi lays her inner life bare. . . a funny and frank memoir in graphic form: a fresh and offbeat coming-of-age story unfolding against the colorful backdrop of San Francisco in the '80s and '90s. Through deft storytelling and charming illustration, MariNaomi carries us through first love and worst love, through heartbreak and bedroom experimentation, as she grows from misfit teen to young woman." INSCRIBED on the first page where the author has drawn a cartoon balloon from her photograph and added the comment "Hi, it's October 15, 2010. Yay! xoxo" Slightly oversized format. 331 pp.

New York:: First Second / Roaring Brook Press,, (2006). SIGNED first edition -. Fine in stiff illustrated wrappers with self-flaps. . First printing, a trade paperback original. The first book in a new series of graphic novels for older children - or all ages!. Set in nineteenth-century America, set on a mysterious island unknown to the rest of the world. this is a boiling concoction of slavery, patriotism, religion, and greed - in many ways, the story of America itself. SIGNED by the author on the title page with a small doodle and an embossed stamp with "guaranteed authentic" Illustrated throughout in full color. 119 pp.

New York & Boston:: Houghton Mifflin,, 2011.. First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) "Sci-fi adventure meets love story - and East meets West - in Mangaman, an originalgraphic novel for teens. Ryoko, a manga character from a manga world, falls through the Rip into the real world - the western world - and tries to survive as the ultimate outsider at a typical American high school.. . 'Panel-holed' for being different, Ryoko has to figure out how to get back to his manga world, back through the Rip . . . all while he has hearts for eyes for a girl from the wrong kind of comic book. . . Lyga writes a metafictive masterpiece as manga meets traditional Western comic book style, while Colleen Doran combines manga techniques and conventions with Western comic book." 126 pp.

New York:: Marvel Comics,, (1991). Hardcover first edition - . Fine in near fine dust jacket (a bit of wear to the dj at the corners of the folds and the ends of the spine.). First printing. One of a "series of hardcover reproductions of the creme de la creme" of Marvel's early days. This volume contains the first adventures of Thor, the Thunder God. Introduction by Stan Lee. Full color throughout. Slightly oversized format. 261 pp. Illustrated endpapers.

Seattle:: Jet City,, 2014.. Fine in glossy stapled wrappers.. A very dark short story of a "handler" - of corpses - and his search for something better by George Martin, illustrated and adapted by Raya Golden. Nominated for the Hugo for Best Graphic Novel. Unpaginated (24 pp)

New York:: Basic Books,, (2004). SIGNED hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A fascinating book: "This history of the birth of superhero comics highlights three pivotal figures. The story begins early in the last century, on the Lower East Side, where Harry Donenfeld rises from the streets to become the king of the 'smooshes'-soft-core magazines with titles like French Humor and Hot Tales. Later, two high school friends in Cleveland, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel, become avid fans of 'scientifiction,' the new kind of literature promoted by their favorite pulp magazines. The disparate worlds of the wise guy and the geeks collide in 1938, and the result is Action Comics #1, the debut of Superman. For Donenfeld, the comics were a way to sidestep the censors. For Shuster and Siegel, they were both a calling and an eventual source of misery: the pair waged a lifelong campaign for credit and appropriate compensation." (The New Yorker)… Read More