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A memoir of British middle school bullying and one precocious comic nerd’s fight to make it through while remaining as invisible as possible. Paul B. Rainey takes a look back at his middle school education and the indignities suffered–a mix of stalled friendships, pitched battles with martinets, and exasperated pleading with intractable parents. Playground games…
Growing up is always just a little too much for a kid to handle, but taking your time is all it takes Tweeny-bopper Elise knows she’s different, but kind of just chalks it up to being a weirdo. And in the 90s, who isn’t? Other girls might be shifting their attention to boys, but Elise…
The beloved mangaka adapts one of his country – and the world’s – great works of supernatural literature Shigeru Mizuki–Japan’s grand master of yokai comics–adapts one of the most important works of supernatural literature into comic book form. The cultural equivalent of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, Tono Monogatari is a defining text…
A serial buddy comedy like no other from the mind of Cedar Van Tassel Cartoonist Cedar Van Tassel has created the great new comic strip of the modern era: a perfect jewel in an underappreciated genre in the comics field–the serial buddy comedy. Using rural agriculture as a stepping-off point, he tackles climate change, small-town…
A revealing glimpse into the life and times of alt-manga’s most intriguing comics auteur Tsuge Yoshiharu remains an elusive and highly influential character as he moves into the final phase of his career. A Nobody Artist features a number of loosely (and disputably) semiautobiographical vignettes often concerning a young cartoonist trying to make a go…
An Internationally-renowned cartoonist and reluctant war vet details Japan’s involvement in World War IIShowa 1939-1944: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki’s historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the twentieth century. This volume covers the devastation of the Sino-Japanese War and the first few years of the Pacific War-a chilling…
Fifty years ago, Jansson’s observations of everyday life–whimsical but with biting undertones–easily caught the attention of an international audience and still resonate today. This third volume returns to Moominvalley, where its beloved inhabitants get tangled up in five new stories.
The iconic series that launched the alt-manga bible GARO becomes available in English for the very first time. At long last, manga titan Shirato Sanpei’s groundbreaking epic makes its way into English. Celebrated as a watershed of both the Japanese counterculture and dramatic, longform storytelling in manga, The Legend of Kamui serves up clashing swords…
More swords, more fighting, more deception… Shirato Sanpei’s epic feudal sword drama continues! In Shirato’s world, life is hard andevery step forward is hard-won. But through that hardship comes strength. The Legend ofKamui: Volume 2 features more action and more intrigue as minor characters step intothe light of this sweeping seventeenth-century social tapestry. Deeply embroiled…
Confront the spectre of failure, the wraith of social media, and other supernatural enemies of the authorTom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist’s signature brand of humour, hitting high and low. After all, Gauld is just as comfortable taking…
A sweeping yet intimate portrait of World War II’s legacy in JapanShowa 1944-1953: A History of Japan continues Eisner award-winning author Shigeru Mizuki’s historical and autobiographical account of Japanese life in the twentieth century. In this volume, the tail-end of the Pacific War and its devastating consequences upon the author and his compatriots loom large….
Best of 2018 nods from the Washington Post, New York Public Library, Globe and Mail, the Guardian, and more! “The magic in Berlin is in the way Lutes conjures, out of old newspapers and photographs, a city so remote from him in time and space… [Berlin has] an ending so electrifying that I gasped.”–New York…
Riotous bodies abound in these deeply honest comics that will get you through it (or at least help)“When you order CBD gummies for your anxiety but forget to consider your eating disorder.” Known for her buzzing colors, delightful patterns, sharp humor, and unflinching vulnerability, Tara Booth does not miss any mark in this exquisitely woven…
A hilarious send-up of the art world’s patriarchy The history of twentieth century art is filled with men, but one key component has always been missing: Which of these men are boneable? And which are not? Jessica Campbell has created the definitive resource on this very important subject in a hilarious rundown of male artist…
Manga titan Shigeru Mizuki brings Japan’s most entertaining myths to the modern age As travelers approach a lush, cedar forest–the soft floor and woodland scent palpable from Shigeru Mizuki’s fecund drawing–something falls from the trees with a thud: a human head, twelve times average size. A dozen more heads follow, peering at the travelers with…
The post-alien abduction trauma memoir we’ve all been waiting for “Ah, there’s that famous lip quiver!” says Jackie’s abductor and student. Jackie has been determined to be the “saddest living person in the entire world” by a mysterious team of alien abductors. His earthly musical celebrity is nothing compared to his emotional superstar status in…
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