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85 GN (2008 Pocket Books) #1-1ST
Pocket Books:
Feb 2008
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1st printing. Written by Danny Simmons. Art by Floyd Hughes. '85 illustrates the undercurrent of the New York City drug scene during its height in the mid 1980s. Crow, the son of a deceased police officer, is a drug addict who sells stolen art from his best friend Danny - a reformed addict - in an attempt to pay his rent and support his daily habit. While in and out of cocaine highs and lows, Crow encounters other members who live in the land of "Do-As-You-Please," a hazy hedonistic world of sex and drugs. After a reminder of how his father would be disappointed in his actions, Crow has a moment of sobriety, in which he is able to see his life in the gutter is not as delightful as he once thought it was. Softcover, B&W. Mature Readers
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9 of 1 A Window to the World GN (2003) #1-1ST
Frog Ltd.:
Jul 2003
Original cover price: $12.95
Number of pages: 100
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1st printing. Story and art by Oliver Chin. Nine teenagers cope with life after 9-11 by interviewing strangers. Eyes from all sides see a world growing smaller by the day but yet more divided. But the future rests on the insights gained by this next generation, so history does not repeat itself yet again. Softcover, 100 pages, B&W.
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Abandoned Cars HC (2008) #1-1ST
Fantagraphics:
Aug 2008
Original cover price: $22.99
Number of pages: 170
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1st printing. By Tim Lane. Abandoned Cars is Tim Lane's first collection of graphic short stories, noir-ish narratives that are united by their exploration of the great American mythological drama by way of the desperate and haunted characters that populate its pages. Lane's characters exist on the margins of society-alienated, floating in the void between hope and despair, confused but introspective. Some of them are experiencing the aftermath of an existential car crash-those surreal moments after a car accident, when time slows down and you're trying to determine what just happened and how badly you're hurt. Others have gone off the deep end, or were never anywhere but the deep end. Some are ridiculous, others dignified in their efforts to struggle to make sense of, and cope with, the absurdities, outrages, ghosts, and poisons in their lives.
The writing is straightforward, the stories mainstream but told in a pulpy idiom with an existential edge, often in the first person, reminiscent of David Goodis's or Jim Thompson's prose or of films like Pick-Up on South Street or Out of the Past. Visually, Lane's drawing is in a realistic mode, reminiscent of Charles Burns, that heightens the tension in stories that veer between naturalism on the one hand and the comical, nightmarish, and hallucinatory on the other. Here, American culture is a thrift store and the characters are thrift store junkies living among the clutter. It's an America depicted as a subdued and haunted Coney Island, made up of lost characters-boozing, brawling, haplessly shooting themselves in the face, and hopping freight trains in search of Elvis.
Abandoned Cars is Tim Lane's first collection of graphic short stories, noir-ish narratives that are united by their exploration of the great American mythological drama by way of the desperate and haunted characters that populate its pages. Lane's characters exist on the margins of society-alienated, floating in the void between hope and despair, confused but introspective. Some of them are experiencing the aftermath of an existential car crash-those surreal moments after a car accident, when time slows down and you're trying to determine what just happened and how badly you're hurt. Others have gone off the deep end, or were never anywhere but the deep end. Some are ridiculous, others dignified in their efforts to struggle to make sense of, and cope with, the absurdities, outrages, ghosts, and poisons in their lives.
The writing is straightforward, the stories mainstream but told in a pulpy idiom with an existential edge, often in the first person, reminiscent of David Goodis's or Jim Thompson's prose or of films like Pick-Up on South Street or Out of the Past. Visually, Lane's drawing is in a realistic mode, reminiscent of Charles Burns, that heightens the tension in stories that veer between naturalism on the one hand and the comical, nightmarish, and hallucinatory on the other. Here, American culture is a thrift store and the characters are thrift store junkies living among the clutter. It's an America depicted as a subdued and haunted Coney Island, made up of lost characters-boozing, brawling, haplessly shooting themselves in the face, and hopping freight trains in search of Elvis. Abandoned Cars is an impressive debut of a major young American cartoonist. Hardcover, 170 pages, B&W. Mature Readers
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Abel GN (1998 1st Edition) #1-1ST
SLG:
1998
Original cover price: $14.95
Number of pages: 96
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1st Edition (SLG) - 1st printing. Written by William Harms. Art by Mark Bloodworth. Set in Friend, Nebraska during World War II, Abel is the story of racism, betrayal, and murder. At the center is thirteen-year- old John Vitosh, a lonely boy who lives under the constant violence of his older brother Philip. Friendless, John is taken under the wing of Mr. Mar, a Chinese man-servant for the wealthy Mr. Harrison, but it is a friendship which threatens to not only rip apart the Vitosh family, but the entire community of Friend as well. If you like Road to Perdition, you'll enjoy this compelling, sepia-toned graphic novel. Afterword by World Fantasy Award-winning author Rachel Pollack; matte-finished cover by Brian Wood. Softcover, 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers
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Abel GN (2002 2nd Edition) #1-1ST
AIT/Planet Lar:
Sep 2002
Original cover price: $12.95
Number of pages: 96
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2nd Edition (AIT/Planet Lar) - 1st printing. Written by William Harms. Art by Mark Bloodworth. Set in Friend, Nebraska during World War II, Abel is the story of racism, betrayal, and murder. At the center is thirteen-year- old John Vitosh, a lonely boy who lives under the constant violence of his older brother Philip. Friendless, John is taken under the wing of Mr. Mar, a Chinese man-servant for the wealthy Mr. Harrison, but it is a friendship which threatens to not only rip apart the Vitosh family, but the entire community of Friend as well. If you like Road to Perdition, you'll enjoy this compelling, sepia-toned graphic novel. Afterword by World Fantasy Award-winning author Rachel Pollack; matte-finished cover by Brian Wood. Softcover, 96 pages, B&W. Mature Readers
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Alcoholic GN (2009 DC/Vertigo) #1-1ST
DC/Vertigo:
Sep 2009
Original cover price: $14.99
Number of pages: 136
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1st printing. Written by Jonathan Ames. Art and cover by Dean Haspiel. Jonathan A. is a boozed-up, coked-out, sexually confused, hopelessly romantic and, of course, entirely fictional novelist who bears only a coincidental resemblance to real-life writer Jonathan Ames, critically acclaimed author of Wake Up, Sir!, The Extra Man and What's Not to Love? For the fictional Jonathan, writing and drinking come easy. The hard parts of life are love and hope. From a touching relationship between Jonathan and his aging great aunt, to an inebriated evening with an amorous, octogenarian dwarf, to the devastating aftermath of 9/11, Ames's first original graphic novel, with gritty, poignant art by Dean Haspiel (THE QUITTER), tells a story at once hilarious, excruciating, bizarre and universal, about how our lives fall to pieces and the enduring human struggle to put things back together again. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 136 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS
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Alcoholic HC (2008 DC/Vertigo) #1-1ST
DC/Vertigo:
Oct 2008
Original cover price: $19.99
Number of pages: 136
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1st printing. Written by Jonathan Ames. Art and cover by Dean Haspiel. Jonathan A. is a boozed-up, coked-out, sexually confused, hopelessly romantic and, of course, entirely fictional novelist who bears only a coincidental resemblance to real-life writer Jonathan Ames, critically acclaimed author of Wake Up, Sir!, The Extra Man and What's Not to Love? For the fictional Jonathan, writing and drinking come easy. The hard parts of life are love and hope. From a touching relationship between Jonathan and his aging great aunt, to an inebriated evening with an amorous, octogenarian dwarf, to the devastating aftermath of 9/11, Ames's first original graphic novel, with gritty, poignant art by Dean Haspiel (THE QUITTER), tells a story at once hilarious, excruciating, bizarre and universal, about how our lives fall to pieces and the enduring human struggle to put things back together again. Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 9-in., 136 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS
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Alec The King Canute Crowd GN (2000) #1-1ST
Top Shelf Productions:
Feb 2000
Original cover price: $14.50
Number of pages: 128
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1st printing. Story and art by Eddie Campbell. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 128 pages, B&W.
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Alec The King Canute Crowd GN (2000) #1-REP
Top Shelf Productions:
Mar 2000
Original cover price: $14.50
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2nd and later printings. Story and art by Eddie Campbell. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., B&W.
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Alex TPB (2006) #1-1ST
Fantagraphics:
Mar 2006
Original cover price: $19.95
Number of pages: 264
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1st printing. Story and art by Mark Kalesniko. Alex is the story of failed dreams and the consequences faced by a man who discovers that accomplishing his career goals are no route to inner peace. It is a story about the redemptive power of art, and about how fleeting those chances for redemption can be in a society that emphasizes different values. This existential, 250-page exploration of depression and the healing power of art was originally published over ten years ago as a six-issue comic book series and is collected here as one book for the first time. Softcover, 264 pages, B&W.
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American Widow HC (2008) #1-1ST
Villard:
Sep 2008
Original cover price: $22.00
Number of pages: 214
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1st printing. Written by Alissa R. Torres. Art by Sungyoon Choi. Alissa and Eddie Torres met in New York City, fell in love, and married in a whirlwind romance. Eddie had come to the United States as an illegal alien from Columbia and gradually worked his way up from a series of jobs in the garment district to become a high-paid currency broker, eventually landing his dream job at Cantor Fitzgerald in the World Trade Center. His first day of work was September 10, 2001. The next day he died in the World Trade Center attacks. Pregnant with their first child, Alissa found herself cast into the role of "terrorist widow." Forced to deal with unimaginable challenges, she found herself tossed into a storm of bureaucracy, politics, patriotism, mourning, consolation, and motherhood. Ultimately, she succeeded in taking hold of the forces about her to set off toward a brighter future. Told with the intimacy only a graphic novel can convey, American Widow offers a universal message of hope and redemption. Hardcover, 214 pages, PC.
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Architect GN (2007) #1-1ST
Big Head Press:
Aug 2007
Original cover price: $9.95
Number of pages: 78
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1st printing. Gil Topper, adopted as an infant, learns he is heir to the infamous master architect Roark Dexter Smith, who had died along with his wife and chief assistant in a mysterious fire. Gil inherits Bluff House, scene of that deadly fire - and containing a deadly secret which could destroy Gil and his friends. Softcover, 78 pages, full color.
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Arrival, The HC (2007) #1-1ST
Scholastic Press:
Oct 2007
Original cover price: $19.99
Number of pages: 96
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1st printing. Story and art by Shaun Tan. In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He's embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life - he's leaving home to build a better future for his family. In this wordless graphic novel Shaun Tan captures the immigrant experience through clear, mesmerizing images allowing the reader to experience the main character's linguistic isolation and his ultimate joy. Enter the world that Jeff Smith, author of Bone, calls 'Shockingly imaginative... One of the best graphic novels of the year! Hardcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 96 pages, full color.
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Arrival, The HC (2007) #1-REP
Scholastic Press:
2007
Original cover price: $19.99
Number of pages: 96
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2nd and later printings. Story and art by Shaun Tan. In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He's embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life - he's leaving home to build a better future for his family. In this wordless graphic novel Shaun Tan captures the immigrant experience through clear, mesmerizing images allowing the reader to experience the main character's linguistic isolation and his ultimate joy. Enter the world that Jeff Smith, author of Bone, calls 'Shockingly imaginative... One of the best graphic novels of the year! Hardcover, 9-in. x 11 1/2-in., 96 pages, full color.
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Asterios Polyp GN (2009) #1-1ST
Pantheon:
Jul 2009
Original cover price: $29.95
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1st printing. Story and art by David Mazzucchelli. Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, architect and teacher, aesthete and womanizer, whose life is upended when his New York City apartment goes up in flames. He leaves the city and relocates to a small town in the American heartland. But what is this "escape" really about? As the story shifts from present to past, the pieces of Polyp's life come together and we meet Hana: a sweet, smart, first-generation Japanese American artist with whom he had made a blissful life. But now she's gone; what has happened to her? Mazzucchelli's extraordinarily imagined world of brilliantly conceived eccentrics, sharply observed social mores, and deftly depicted asides on everything from design theory to the nature of human perception becomes a masterpiece: a great American graphic novel. Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., B&W.
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Baloney A Tale in 3 Symphonic Acts GN (2008) #1-1ST
Drawn & Quarterly:
Dec 2008
Original cover price: $16.95
Number of pages: 80
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1st printing. By Pascal Blanchet. Following White Rapids - named Best Comic of 2007 by The Onion - Pascal Blanchet brings us Baloney. Winds swirl and darkness reigns over a hamlet perched atop a craggy peak. Russian fatalism sets the tone as Blanchet orchestrates the tale of a village butcher, his disabled daughter, and her tutor in their doomed uprising against the swaggering Duke Shostakov, local governor and owner of the only heating company in town. In a graphic novel about love and despair that is also a homage to the music of the 1930s and '40s, double bassists and trombonists lean into the frame, striking up a score that blends vaudeville with Kurt Weill and Russia's great modern composers. Rendered in two-color, red-and-black chiaroscuro, light struggles to emerge from darkness and endurance makes way for heroism, all to no avail. Read Baloney as a reverie composed to the melodies of Prokofiev and Shostakovich - a beautiful conjuring of moods, or a call to arms against the exorbitant utility rates. Softcover, 7-in. x 8 1/2-in., 80 pages, B&W (with Red Color).
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Berlin TPB (2001-2008) #1-1ST
Drawn & Quarterly:
2001
Original cover price: $15.95
Number of pages: 212
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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Book 1: City of Stones!" Collects Berlin (1996) #1-8. Story and art bhy Jason Lutes. Berlin: City of Stones presents the first part of Jason Lutes' captivating trilogy, set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic. Kurt Severing, a journalist, and Marthe Muller, an art student, are the central figures in a broad cast of characters intertwined with the historical events unfolding around them. City of Stones covers eight months in Berlin, from September 1928 to May Day, 1929, meticulously documenting the hopes and struggles of its inhabitants as their future is darkened by the encroaching shadow of history. Softcover, 212 pages, B&W. Mature Readers
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Berlin TPB (2001-2008) #1-REP
Drawn & Quarterly:
2001
Original cover price: $19.95
Number of pages: 212
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Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Book 1: City of Stones!" Collects Berlin (1996) #1-8. Story and art bhy Jason Lutes. Berlin: City of Stones presents the first part of Jason Lutes' captivating trilogy, set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic. Kurt Severing, a journalist, and Marthe Muller, an art student, are the central figures in a broad cast of characters intertwined with the historical events unfolding around them. City of Stones covers eight months in Berlin, from September 1928 to May Day, 1929, meticulously documenting the hopes and struggles of its inhabitants as their future is darkened by the encroaching shadow of history. Softcover, 212 pages, B&W. Mature Readers
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Berlin TPB (2001-2008) #2-1ST
Drawn & Quarterly:
Sep 2008
Original cover price: $19.95
Number of pages: 212
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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Book 2: City of Smoke!" Collects Berlin (1996) #9-16. Story and art bhy Jason Lutes. The long-awaited second installment of the epic historical trilogy! The people of Weimar Berlin search for answers after the lethal May Day demonstration of 1929. Tension builds along with the dividing wall between communists and nationalists, Jews and gentiles, as the dawn of the Second World War draws closer. The lives of the characters within Lutes's epic weave together to create a seamless portrait of this transitory city. Marthe Muller follows lover Kurt Severing as he interviews participants in the May Day demonstration, but moonlights in the city's lesbian nightlife. Lutes creates a sense of anxiety and imminent doom. Softcover, 212 pages, B&W. Mature Readers
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Black Jack HC (2008 Tezuka) #1-1ST
Vertical:
Jun 2008
Original cover price: $24.95
Number of pages: 288
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Previews (PX) Exclusive - Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack, a gifted and charismatic surgeon, treats patients on the edge of society, disregarding the rules and regulations of the medical profession. Created by Osamu Tezuka, the original stories of Black Jack and his run-ins with the law were published in Japan between 1973 and 1979. Now, those early tales of Black Jack are collected in this first volume of Vertical's Black Jack series, bringing these takes of the genius doctor to new audiences! Hardcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack HC (2008 Tezuka) #2-1ST
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Jul 2008
Original cover price: $24.95
Number of pages: 304
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Previews (PX) Exclusive - Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption. Black Jack charges exorbitant fees for his services, the proceeds from which he uses to fund environmental projects and to aid victims of crime and corrupt capitalists. But because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil. Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion. The Black Jack series is told in short stories, and each volume contains 16-20 stories, each running approximately 20-24 pages in length. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack HC (2008 Tezuka) #3-1ST
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Previews (PX) Exclusive - Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations. He charges exorbitant fees for his services - the proceeds from which he uses to fund environmental projects and to aid victims of crime and corrupt capitalists. But because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil. The Black Jack series is told in short stories, with each volume in the series featuring 16-20 stories, each ranging from 20-24 pages in length. This third volume reprints 20 more pages of stories of Osamu Tezuka's creation, Black Jack. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack TPB (2008- Tezuka) #1-1ST
Vertical:
Oct 2008
Original cover price: $16.95
Number of pages: 288
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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack, a gifted and charismatic surgeon, treats patients on the edge of society, disregarding the rules and regulations of the medical profession. Created by Osamu Tezuka, the original stories of Black Jack and his run-ins with the law were published in Japan between 1973 and 1979. Now, those early tales of Black Jack are collected in this first volume of Vertical's Black Jack series, bringing these takes of the genius doctor to new audiences! Softcover, 6-in. x 7 1/2-in., 288 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack TPB (2008- Tezuka) #2-1ST
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Nov 2008
Original cover price: $16.95
Number of pages: 304
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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption. Black Jack charges exorbitant fees for his services, the proceeds from which he uses to fund environmental projects and to aid victims of crime and corrupt capitalists. But because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil. Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion. The Black Jack series is told in short stories, and each volume contains 16-20 stories, each running approximately 20-24 pages in length. Softcover, 6-in. x 7 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack TPB (2008- Tezuka) #3-1ST
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Volume 3 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations. He charges exorbitant fees for his services - the proceeds from which he uses to fund environmental projects and to aid victims of crime and corrupt capitalists. But because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil. The Black Jack series is told in short stories, with each volume in the series featuring 16-20 stories, each ranging from 20-24 pages in length. This third volume reprints 20 more pages of stories of Osamu Tezuka's creation, Black Jack. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack TPB (2008- Tezuka) #4-1ST
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Mar 2009
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Number of pages: 304
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Volume 4 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is a rich medical drama about a talented surgeon who works outside the law that mixes mystery, intrigue, suspense, action, and a dash of humor! Black Jack is a fascinating main character, who keeps his caring nature a secret, preferring instead to be perceived as a heartless cad. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack TPB (2008- Tezuka) #5-1ST
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Jun 2009
Original cover price: $16.95
Number of pages: 320
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Volume 5 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations. But because Black Jack keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil. Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 320 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack TPB (2008- Tezuka) #6-1ST
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Oct 2009
Original cover price: $13.95
Number of pages: 304
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Original Cover Price $16.95 - Your Price is $13.95! Volume 6 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series, after Astro Boy and Kimba, the White Lion. A mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon, Black Jack travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. The globe-trotting maverick surgeon flies to Italy to save the life of a young boy who seems to be turning to stone. Black Jack must discover the source of an elderly father's breathing difficulties before his son conducts a medically assisted suicide to end his misery. These and other dramatic tales fill this volume of Black Jack's medical exploits. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack TPB (2008- Tezuka) #7-1ST
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Oct 2009
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Number of pages: 304
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Original Cover Price $16.95 - Your Price is $13.95! Volume 7 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Though a trained physician, Black Jack refuses to accept a medical license due to his hatred and mistrust of the medical community's hypocrisy and corruption, leading to run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations. Told in short stories, Black Jack is recognized as Osamu Tezuka's third most famous series. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 304 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Black Jack TPB (2008- Tezuka) #8-1ST
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Nov 2009
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Number of pages: 300
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Original Cover Price $16.95 - Your Price is $13.95! Volume 8 - 1st printing. Story and art by Osamu Tezuka. Black Jack is a mysterious and charismatic young genius surgeon who travels the world performing amazing and impossible medical feats. Though a trained physician, he refuses to accept a medical license. This leads Black Jack to occasional run-ins with the authorities, as well as from gangsters and criminals who approach him for illegal operations. Because he keeps his true motives secret, his ethics are perceived as questionable and he is considered a selfish, uncaring devil. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 300 pages, B&W. NOTE: These are Japanese manga-style GNs and are meant to be read right-to-left.
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Blindspot GN (2007) #1-1ST
Henry Holt & Company:
May 2007
Original cover price: $16.95
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1st printing. Story and art by Kevin C. Pyle. Dean and his friends have created an entire world in the woods behind their suburban housing development. In their army fantasy, they're at war, and Dean is the daring captain leading his troops through episodes of intrigue and danger. But no fantasy can last forever. A run-in with a homeless man in the woods snaps the boys back to reality, and little by little the real world pervades their imagined universe and drives them apart. Award-winning illustrator Kevin C. Pyle makes the popular graphic novel format accessible to middle-grade readers in this skillfully drawn and candidly written book. Blindspot tells the story of one boy's transition from childhood to adolescence in a way that will appeal to children and adults alike. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., color.
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Blue Pills Hardcover (2008) #1-1ST
Houghton Mifflin:
Jan 2008
Original cover price: $18.95
Number of pages: 190
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1st printing. Story and art by Frederik Peeters. At a house party one summer's night, Fred met Cati. Though they barely spoke, he vividly remembered her gracefulness and abandon. Years later they meet again, and their connection is instantaneous. But when things become serious, a nervous Cati reveals that she and her three-year-old son are both HIV-positive. Peeters traces the development of their intimacy and their revelatory relationship with a doctor whose frankness allow them to fully realize their passionate connection. Then Cati's son becomes sick, bringing Fred face to face with death, forcing him to question the meaning of life, illness, and love - until a Socratic dialogue with a mammoth helps him recognize that living with illness is also a gift, allowing him to savor his life with Cati. A brave and unsentimental romance, Blue Pills will resonate with anyone whose love has faced great obstacles and triumphed. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 190 oages, B&W.
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Borgia Blood for the Pope HC (2005) #1-1ST
Heavy Metal:
Dec 2005
Original cover price: $14.95
Number of pages: 52
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1st printing. By Jodorowsky and Manera. The Borgias have always been fascinating. Famous for giving us some of Rome's most distinguished dignitaries in the 16th Century, but also for their Machiavellian cunning and their skills with poisons, the Borgias are a symbol of Renaissance decadence. Jodorowsky and Manara have made the story of that diabolical dynasty their own, to bring us a forceful saga that combines power, betrayal, death and sacrilege. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 52 pages, full color. Mature Readers
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Borgia Flames from Hell HC (2010) #1-1ST
Heavy Metal:
Nov 2009
Original cover price: $11.95
Number of pages: 56
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Original Cover Price $14.95 - Your Price is $11.95! 1st printing. By Jodorowsky and Manera. Famous for giving us some of Rome's most distinguished dignitaries in the 16th century, but also for their Machiavellian cunning and their skills with poisons, the Borgias are a symbol of Renaissance decadence. In the final installment of the epic trilogy, Rome is no longer a holy city. Law and order have fallen sway to godless chaos and the Borgia Mafia, history's first godfathers, rule the day. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 56 pages, full color. Mature Readers
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Borgia Power and Incest HC (2006) #1-1ST
Heavy Metal:
Dec 2006
Original cover price: $14.95
Number of pages: 56
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1st printing. By Jodorowsky and Manera. Rome is no longer a holy city, but chaos without law or faith. The Borgia Mafia, the first godfathers of history, have taken over! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 56 pages, full color. Mature Readers
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Borrowed Time GN (2006 Oni Press) #1-1ST
Oni Press:
May 2006
Original cover price: $6.95
Number of pages: 100
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Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Neal Shaffer. Art by Joe Infurnari. Taylor Devlin's life is the picture of perfect urban living. But when he agreed to go to the Bermuda Triangle for a writing assignment, he never knew what he would be leaving behind. Borrowed Time is the tale of a man returning from a mysterious accident at sea, only to face a bigger challenge of understanding exactly how and why his world has changed. It is a story about Taylor being out-of-synch with the physical world, his quest to return to the life he once knew, and the girlfriend he still loves. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 100 pages, B&W.
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Borrowed Time GN (2006 Oni Press) #2-1ST
Oni Press:
Feb 2007
Original cover price: $5.95
Number of pages: 64
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Volume 2 - 1st printing. Written by Neal Shaffer. Art by Joe Infurnari. What happens when whole chunks of the world mysteriously slips through the cracks of reality? Taylor Devlin continues his desperate struggle to understand this dark surreal new society while refusing to give up his quest to return to the world he knew - the world that's perpetually 10 seconds away. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 64 pages, B&W.
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Bottomless Belly Button SC (2008) #1-1ST
Fantagraphics:
Nov 2008
Original cover price: $29.99
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1st printing. By Dash Shaw. The Bottomless Belly Button is a 700-plus page comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-some years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with their announcement of a planned divorce, which sparks a week-long Loony family reunion at Maggie and David's creepy - and possibly haunted - beach house. In a six-day period rich with atmospheric sequences, the family stumbles blindly around one another, often ignoring their surroundings and consumed by their own daily conflicts. If the controversial R.D. Laing wrote an episode of The Simpsons, it might read something like this, certain to be one of the major graphic novel releases of the year. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., B&W. Mature Readers
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Building GN (1987 Kitchen Sink) #1-1ST
Kitchen Sink:
1987
Original cover price: $8.95
Number of pages: 80
Part of series Will EIisner Library
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Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Will Eisner. This striking graphic novel details the story of a building on the verge of demolition, explored through the life stories of four ghosts who lived there. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W.
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Building GN (1987 Kitchen Sink) #1-REP
Kitchen Sink:
Mar 1996
Original cover price: $12.95
Number of pages: 80
Part of series Will EIisner Library
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Kitchen Sink Edition - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Will Eisner. This striking graphic novel details the story of a building on the verge of demolition, explored through the life stories of four ghosts who lived there. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W.
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Building HC(1987 Kitchen Sink) #1-1ST
Kitchen Sink:
1987
Original cover price: $25.00
Number of pages: 80
Part of series Will EIisner Library
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Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Will Eisner. This striking graphic novel details the story of a building on the verge of demolition, explored through the life stories of four ghosts who lived there. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, B&W.
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Bun Field GN (2009) #1-1ST
Drawn & Quarterly:
Mar 2009
Original cover price: $12.95
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1st printing. Story and art by Amanda Vähämäki. Characterized by an intriguing disjointed rhythm and delicious pencil-smudged style, The Bun Field is defined by a surreal ebb-and-flow, possessing a deep sense of foreboding and hurt, yet maintaining a biting sense of humor. Amanda Vähämäki's first graphic novel is infused with a sense of abbreviated adolescence and a kind of grey sky banality. A young girl dreams of a dinosaur eating Donald Duck; wakes to find a bald, hulking stranger sharing her breakfast; leaves to take a car trip with a bear; falls and breaks a tooth, to have it replaced from her dentist's dog's mouth; and pays back the favor by plowing a field of buns. Young people and anthropomorphic animals commingle in dreamy landscapes, performing mundane tasks that are skewed with an absurd and fantastic edge. Softcover, 7-in.x 7-in., B&W.
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Bunker GN (2003 Image) #1-1ST
Image:
Feb 2003
Original cover price: $9.95
Number of pages: 96
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1st printing. Story and art by Bruce Mutard. Getting through high school is hard enough without being in love with the girl next door, especially when she just likes you only as a friend. Jason has this problem with Annie, but when late one night she sneaks into his room asking to sleep over in his bunk bed every night because she was afraid of a ghost in her room, he thought his luck was about to change. Alas, some mysterious shadow has fallen over Annie and their friendship starts to feel the strain. As he struggles to maintain a balance between his feelings of respect for their friendship and his yearnings for her, he realizes that there may be more to her silly ghost story than he knew and a dark and terrible secret from the past is revealed. The Bunker is a stark tale of adolescent trials and tribulations in modern suburbia where behind the front fence and picture windows lie the troubles of the human heart. Softcover, 6-in. x 7 1/2-in., 96 pages, full oclor. Mature Readers
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Burnout GN (2008 DC/Minx) #1-1ST
DC/Minx:
Jun 2008
Original cover price: $9.99
Number of pages: 176
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1st printing. Written by Rebecca Donner. Art and cover by Inaki Miranda. When Danni and her mom move in with her mom's alcoholic boyfriend, Danni develops a fierce crush on Haskell, her soon-to-be stepbrother. Desperate and confused, Danni wrestles with what she's willing to sacrifice as she confronts first love, family secrets and the politics of ecoterrorism set against the lush backdrop of the Pacific Northwest. Author Rebecca Donner is also a playwright, screenwriter/director and sings in a rock band. She's currently working on her third novel. Artist Inaki Miranda's beautifully detailed illustrations have appeared in the multiple Eisner Award-winner FABLES and in 2000 A.D. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 176 pages, B&W.
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Cages HC (1990 Kitchen Sink) #1-1ST
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Number of pages: 496
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Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. By Dave McKean. Dave McKean, famous for Arkham Asylum and his covers for Sandman, presents a highly allegorical tale of the dwellers of an apartment building. Running in parallel lines or tangentially, the differing lives each have their own tale to tell under the magic spin of McKean's brilliant imagery and story-telling. It's about a blocked painter, a controversial novelist, and a wise musician. It may be about God, about Jazz, about sex, but also about creativity and artistic fulfillment. Hardcover, 496 pages, B&W.
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Call of Duty TPB (2002-2003 Marvel) #1-1ST
Marvel:
2002
Original cover price: $14.99
Number of pages: 224
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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Brotherhood and The Wagon!" Collects The Call of Duty: The Brotherhood (2002) #1-6 and The Call of Duty: The Wagon (2002) #1-4. Written by Chuck Austen. Art by David Finch. Cover By David Finch. Marvel turns the spotlight on the world's real heroes! In the wake of 9/11, the world watched as firefighters, police officers and EMS workers selflessly risked their lives to save others. These are the brave men and women that answered THE CALL OF DUTY. Now, the series that received national press coverage introduces you to Lieutenant James MacDonald, a veteran firefighter who, despite all his years on the job, may not be prepared for the unexpected. Softcover, 224 pages, full color.
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Call of Duty TPB (2002-2003 Marvel) #2-1ST
Marvel:
2003
Original cover price: $9.99
Number of pages: 160
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Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Precinct!" Collects Call of Duty: The Precinct (2002) #1-5. Written by Chuck Austen and Bruce Jones. Art by Tom Mandrake and Danijel Zezelj. Cover by David Finch. Continuing the series that spotlights America's real heroes are collected in one volume! They thought they just had to protect and serve the public, but now a cop and an EMS worker must save all humanity! Softcover, 160 pages, full color.
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Castaways GN (2007) #1-1ST
NBM:
Dec 2007
Original cover price: $11.95
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1st printing. Written by Rob Vollmar. Art by Pablo G. Callejo. An emotionally powerful tale, drawn from the fabric of America itself, that follows the adventures of young Tucker Freeman as he is compelled to hop a train to escape from the crippling poverty of his rural existence. Armed with only fifteen cents and the memory of his occasional hobo father's counsel, Tucker must find his place in this broken America of the Great Depression before the realities of being young, poor, and homeless consume him. This new edition of The Castaways features a six page conclusion not featured in the original release. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., B&W.
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Chance in Hell HC (2007) #1-1ST
Fantagraphics:
Mar 2007
Original cover price: $16.95
Number of pages: 124
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1st printing. Story and art by Gilbert Hernandez. Gilbert Hernandez's first original graphic novel from Fantagraphics follows on the heels of his acclaimed graphic novel, Sloth, from DC's Vertigo Comics 2006. Chance in Hell tells the story about a little orphan girl who lives in the slums of the slums. Nobody knows who she is or where she's from, but her fellow shantytown inhabitants collectively look over her. The three-act story follows our heroine as she is adopted by a decent man who raises her well, and she eventually marries a kind, well-to-do man, only to discover that she can't relate to the good life and the comforts he provides. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 124 pages, B&W. Mature Readers
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Cheat GN (2003 Oni Press) #1-1ST
Oni Press:
Feb 2003
Original cover price: $5.95
Number of pages: 56
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1st printing. Story and art by Christine Norrie. The debut graphic novel from the artist of Hopeless Savages! Continuing the tradition of Dumped, Christine Norrie's Cheat is a modern tale of romance and the failure of love in NYC. Janey and Marc live a hectic lifestyle that constantly keeps them apart. Then Janey ends up in the arms of another man, and the façade of a happy relationship the couple has built begins to crumble around them. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 56 pages, B&W.
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