Graphic Novels
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Understanding Comics
by Scott McCloud
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art is a 215-page non-fiction comic book, written and drawn by Scott McCloud and originally published in 1993. It explores the definition of comics, the historical development of the medium, its fundamental vocabulary, and various ways in which these elements have been used. It discusses theoretical work on comics as an artform and a communications medium. It also uses the comic medium for non-storytelling purposes.
Tsubasa
by Clamp
"A Del Rey Book"--T.p. verso.
"Tsubasa crosses over with xxxHolic. Although it isn't necessary to read xxxHolic to understand the events in Tsubasa, you'll get to see the same events from different perspectives if you read both!"--T.p. verso.
Book is printed "manga-style" in the authentic Japanese right-to-left format.
Translated from the Japanese.
"Tsubasa crosses over with xxxHolic. Although it isn't necessary to read xxxHolic to understand the events in Tsubasa, you'll get to see the same events from different perspectives if you read both!"--T.p. verso.
Book is printed "manga-style" in the authentic Japanese right-to-left format.
Translated from the Japanese.
Batman
by Jeph Loeb
Jeph Loeb is an Emmy award nominated and Eisner award winning writer/producer living in Los Angeles. In television, his many credits include Smallville, Lost and Heroes and in film, Teen Wolf and Commando. In comics, he is best known for his work with the supremely talented artist and partner-in-crime TIM SALE on BATMAN: THE LONG HALLOWEEN, SUPERMAN FOR ALL SEASONS,CATWOMAN: WHEN IN ROME for DC as well as Daredevil Yellow, Spider-Man Blue and Hulk Gray for Marvel.Jim Lee is a...
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V For Vendetta
by Alan Moore
V for Vendetta is a ten-issue comic book series written by Alan Moore and illustrated mostly by David Lloyd.
The story takes place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet. From this world devoid of political freedom, personal freedom and full of people with precious little faith in anything, comes a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask who fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a gripping tale of the blurred... Read more about this item
The story takes place in a totalitarian England following a devastating war that changed the face of the planet. From this world devoid of political freedom, personal freedom and full of people with precious little faith in anything, comes a mysterious man in a white porcelain mask who fights political oppressors through terrorism and seemingly absurd acts. It's a gripping tale of the blurred... Read more about this item
The Book Of Genesis Illustrated By R Crumb
by R Crumb
Translation by Robert Alter, rev. by R. Crumb.
Black Hole
by Charles Burns
Charles Burns grew up in Seattle in the 1970s. Hs work rose to prominence in Art Spiegelman’s Raw magazine in the mid-1980s and took off from there, for an extraordinary range of comics and projects, from Iggy Pop album covers to the latest ad campaign for Altoids. In 1992 he designed the set for Mark Morris’s delightful restaging of The Nutcracker (renamed The Hard Nut) at BAM. He’s illustrated covers for Time, The New Yorker, and The New York Times Magazine. He was also tapped as...
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Negima
by Ken Akamatsu
Translated from the Japanese.
"A Del Rey Trade Paperback original"--T.p. verso.
Book is printed from right to left in the traditional Japanese style.
Rating: OT, ages 16+.
"A Del Rey Trade Paperback original"--T.p. verso.
Book is printed from right to left in the traditional Japanese style.
Rating: OT, ages 16+.
Yu-Gi-Oh
by Kazuki Takahashi
The final Yu-Gi-Oh! Story! After hundreds of battles, Yugi has finally gathered all the Egyptian God Cards... the key to unlocking his memories of his past life as a n Egyptian pharaoh. When Ryo Bakura gives him the Millennium Eye, Yugi opens the door to the world of memory, and hismind travels back in time to ancient Egypt, when the magic and mosters were real! Now Yugi and his friends must explore the world of Yugi's forgotten past... and fight an enemy who has been waiting for them for 3000 years!
Battle Angel Alita
by Yukito Kishiro
"This book reads from right to left"--Cover P. [4].
Translated from the Japanese.
Translated from the Japanese.
Building Stories
by Chris Ware
CHRIS WARE is widely acknowledged as the most gifted and beloved cartoonist of his generation by both his mother and seven-year-old daughter. His Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth won the Guardian First Book Award and was listed as one of the "100 Best Books of the Decade" by The Times (London) in 2009. An irregular contributor to This American Life and The New Yorker (where some of the pages of this book first appeared) his original drawings have been exhibited in the Whitney Biennial,...
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The Rabbi's Cat
by Joann Sfar
Considered one of the brightest and most talented of the younger generation of French comic artists, Joann Sfar has written or collaborated on more than one hundred books for adults and children. He has worked with some of the best young artists in France, including Christophe Bain, Emmanuel Giubert, and Lewis Trondheim. In the United States he’s best known for his children’s books, Little Vampire Goes to School, which made the New York Times best-seller list, and Little Vampire Does Kung...
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David Boring
by Daniel, Clowes
Daniel Clowes was born in Chicago in 1961. He is the creator of the comic book Eight-Ball, twenty-one issues of which have been published to date. His work has appeared in Esquire, The New Yorker, Vogue, Time, and Newsweek, among others. A feature film based on his 1998 book, Ghost World, starring Thora Birch, will be released in 2001 by MGM. He lives a childless, petless life in California with his beloved wife.From the Hardcover edition.
Genshiken
by Kio, Shimoku
"Genshiken" in hiragana. Cf. Added t.p.
Vol. 4: lettered by Retinal Graphics.
"First published in Japan in 2002 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo"--Vol. 1, t.p. verso.
"Del Rey."
"Rating OT ages 16+"--Vol. 1, p. [4] of cover.
Vol. 4: lettered by Retinal Graphics.
"First published in Japan in 2002 by Kodansha Ltd., Tokyo"--Vol. 1, t.p. verso.
"Del Rey."
"Rating OT ages 16+"--Vol. 1, p. [4] of cover.
100 Bullets
by Azzarello, Brian
Brian Azzarello has been writing comics professionally since the mid-1990s. He is the writer and cocreator with Eduardo Risso of the acclaimed Vertigo series 100 BULLETS. Azzarello's other writing credits for DC Comics include BATMAN and JONNY DOUBLE (both with Risso), SUPERMAN: FOR TOMORROW (with artist Jim Lee), and an Eisner-nominated run on HELLBLAZER. He has also written Cage and Banner for Marvel Comics. With artist Lee Bermejo, he wrote the acclaimed graphic novels JOKER and LUTHOR. He helped...
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