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American Cornball is Christopher Miller’s irresistibly funny illustrated survey of popular humor–the topics that used to make us laugh, from hiccups and henpecked-husbands to outhouses and old maids–and what it tells us about our country yesterday and today. Miller revisits nearly 200 comic staples that have been passed down through our culture for generations, many…
A comprehensive new illustrated guide to geometry–from New York Times bestselling cartoonist Larry Gonick What’s the point of points? Where do we draw the line? If there are two sides to everything, then what’s up with triangles, squares, and polygons? Once again, mathematician-turned-cartoonist Larry Gonick uses his unique gift for witty, lively, and clear exposition…
A moving and provocative graphic memoir exploring inherited trauma, family history, and the ever-shifting understanding of our own identities, for readers of Gender Queer and I Was Their American Dream. Solomon Brager grew up with accounts of their great-grandparents’ escape from Nazi Germany, told over and over until their understanding of self was bound up…
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The entire Amiculus Trilogy is now in one volume. In A.D. 476, Rome fell. The last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, a 12-year-old boy named Romulus, was deposed by barbarian conquerors and disappeared from history. Sixty years later, the Eastern Roman army of Byzantium has returned to reconquer the West. With them is Procopius…
From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world–all centered on Wisconsin’s ginseng farming industry “Ginseng Roots is Thompson’s most visually arresting work so far.” —New York Times Book Review “A sweeping story, gorgeously drawn and beautifully told — this…
WINNER OF THE NORDIC COUNCIL LITERATURE PRIZE – Available for the first time in English: a moving and masterful graphic memoir exploring one woman’s search for identity as she slowly uncovers the truth of how her Jewish relatives “disappeared” during World War II. Told through a genre-defying blend of illustrations, photography, and found objects, Remember…
The African Warrior: Defying Fate is a unique and captivating African fiction book that offers a fresh take on the classic hero’s journey. The story revolves around a child who gains extraordinary powers from a forbidden tree and uses them to protect his African nation. What sets this book apart from others is its incorporation…
Dec 12, 1979 The USS Sargo limps into Pearl Harbor having suffered a catastrophic nuclear leak which goes on to kill more than half of her crew and hundreds of unsuspecting locals. Naval contractor, Michael Matros is in Pearl Harbor to witness first hand the Navy attempts to cover up the Sargo Incident. He is…
This collection of essays analyzes the many ways in which comic book and film superheroes have been revised or rewritten in response to changes in real-world politics, social mores, and popular culture. Among many topics covered are the jingoistic origin of Captain America in the wake of the McCarthy hearings, the post-World War II fantasy-feminist…
Trinity, the debut graphic book by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb in World War Two–with a focus on the brilliant, enigmatic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer.“Succeeds as both a graphic primer and a philosophical meditation.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) This sweeping…
Life in Hiroshima during the war was difficult for six-year-old Keiji and the Nakazawa family, but they made the best of it. On his way to school one bright August morning, Keiji was unaware his hometown would soon be turned into a world of horrors. That morning, he watched as a single airplane soared through…
Manga Passion meets Stations of Cross.The FIRST ever Comic Manga Street Art Book. Manga Passion graphically shows the Last Days of Jesus Christ catching the drama and the significance of the 48 hours. Creative by Siku ( Manga Bible Fame) and Edge Group ( Manga Bible, Lion Graphic Bible and GodSpeed) taking the last moments…
Renowned cartoonist Feggo, whose work has appeared in the New Yorker and numerous international publications, presents witty and engaged images inspired by the Statue of Liberty. It is an homage to the iconic symbol and a celebration of all it has come to represent from the perspective of an artist who came from Mexico to…
The mythical story of Max Gold, begins in the early sixties against the background of various progressive political movements, Civil Rights, Equal Rights, the war in Viet Nam and the growing movement that spread nation wide on college campuse, the Brotherhood of Smoke, cannabis smoke that is. And Max was at the proverbial right place…
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