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St Simon the Tanner was an ordinary person who was neither a priest nor monk, and yet is one of the most known saints of the Coptic Orthodox Church. At the time of the reign of Al-Muizz, the first ruler of Egypt under the Fatimid dynasty, Pope Abraam the 62nd Patriarch was challenged to prove…
“If there’s a more thoroughly brilliant and exciting new writer than Blake Butler . . . well, there just isn’t.” –Dennis Cooper From Blake Butler, one of the most challenging young writers of our time and the acclaimed author of the novel There Is No Year, comes a thrillingly wide-ranging and provocative book about insomnia–from…
Masculinities Coloring Book: boi – bulldagger – butch – masc – MOC – soft butch – stud – tomboy – transmasc makes a great gift for your favorite butch, genderqueer person, butch lover, coloring enthusiast, or LGBTQ+ historian. Honor your history and get inspired with this informative and fascinating book! Suitable for ages 18+. Featuring…
The autobiographical stories in Gig Line are all two-pagers, which forced me to be concise in my story-telling and to focus intently on the imagery necessary to convey a meaningful lesson that I’ve learned in life. I’m a history teacher and have been for more than thirty-four years. It’s my main gig. Comics are my…
Un acercamiento inédito e Ãntimo a la etapa de madurez de Luis Buñuel: la escritura y creación de Belle de jour y su resurrección como cineasta. «La pelÃcula erótica más conocida de la época moderna, quizás la mejor . Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times FermÃn SolÃs revisita el icono universal de la mano del Luis Buñuel…
Una aclamada novela gráfica de no ficción sobre las “mujeres de consuelo” asiáticas en la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Hierba es la historia real de una superviviente: Lee Ok-Sun, una joven coreana que durante la Guerra del PacÃfico fue explotada como «mujer de consuelo , el eufemismo utilizado por el ejército imperial japonés para referirse a…
Con todos ustedes, Madonna: la indiscutible reina del pop.«La gente creÃa que un dÃa despertarÃan y ya no estarÃa ahÃ. Pero se equivocaban: nunca me iré. «Nunca habrÃa llegado a ser quien soy si no hubiera tenido todas esas normas anticuadas contra las que rebelarme. Madonna: cantante y actriz, bailarina y escritora, madre y artista…
Esta novela gráfica, bellamente ilustrada, retrata la vida y la época de un artista cuya realidad es indistinguible del mito que lo rodea. Diego Rivera fue un pintor revolucionario en más de un sentido. Comenzó a estudiar en la escuela de arte a los once años y en sus veintes ya era una de las…
IGNATZ AWARD Nomination for OUTSTANDING GRAPHIC NOVEL What prevents you from finishing your life’s work? Josh Bayer finds a manuscript of an unfinished play inside his deceased father’s desk. The play tells the story of Josh’s mother’s early death (age 37) and his father’s struggle with single parenthood. When he attempts to adapt the play…
Kat has no responsibilities and nothing to tie her down. She’d graduated university with no plans. She was an artist, but hadn’t drawn in five years. She was lost. And she’d been avoiding admitting to herself something that all of those around her knew: that her boyfriend, Richard, has some serious problems with alcohol. Looking…
One of the brightest new talents in Europe creates her first autobiographical work, focusing on taxi rides from four cities: Los Angeles, Paris, Jakarta, and Washington, D.C. Despite the stunning streetscapes she passes, de Jongh finds herself more interested in the cab drivers than the view from the back seat.
A global history of women’s contributions to the world of cartooning. Mira Falardeau explores the work and experiences of great women artists in this heavily illustrated volume. Decades of research reveal advice and positive encouragement for future cartoonists. The book asks serious questions about the underrepresentation of women in visual humor and whether the digital…
In Guy Colwell’s first full graphic novel in over 30 years, we see one painter, Colwell himself, consider another, Hieronymus Bosch, and the story behind the latter’s most notable work told in sequential panels. The known details of Bosch’s life, and the commissioning of his enormous triptych, “The Garden of Earthly Delights,” are scant. Colwell…
For years, acclaimed artist Drew Friedman has chronicled an oddball, alternate history of American pop culture, where forgotten character actors, old Jewish comedians, comic book artists, and liver-spotted elevator operators are afforded the spotlight over Hollywood starlets and heartthrobs. This latest collection showcases a wide range of recent color and black-and-white portraits of comedians (Gilbert…
On December 17, 1903, Orville and Wilbur Wright made history on the hills of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. With four test runs of their Wright Flyer, they became the very first pilots of a powered aircraft. Although none of their flights lasted longer than a minute, they proved that humankind was no longer bound to…
During World War II, Germany’s Nazi forces stormed across Europe, committing horrific crimes against Jewish people and others. In 1942, 21-year-old Sophie Scholl formed a student-led, anti-Nazi organization called the White Rose. Their goal: distribute informational pamphlets to draw public attention to Nazi crimes–and, ultimately, stop them. Scholl’s activism and resistance eventually led to her…
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