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Volume 3 - 2nd or later printing. "Dark Times!" By Roger Reger. Fashion icon Emily the Strange is going back to school - all the way back to the 18th-century! - in her third lavishly illustrated and delightfully quirky adventure. Emily's uniquely strange class schedule includes Time Travel 101, Advanced Spy Photography, Bonnet Basics, Great Aunts Through the Ages, Historical and Contemporary Felines, Thwarting Ancestral Enemies, among many others. Traveling in her homemade Time-Out Machine, Emily is determined to uncover the truth behind a history class assignment - and the results are bound to be Strange! Hardcover, 6-in. x 7 1/2-in., 248 pages, Text (with B&W and Red Chapter Illustrations). Cover price $16.99.

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1st printing. Collects Emma (2011 Marvel) #1-5. Written by Jane Austen. Adapted by NANCY BUTLER. Art and cover by JANET LEE. Award-winning writer Nancy Butler - adapter of Marvel's best-selling SENSE AND SENSIBILITY and PRIDE AND PREJUDICE - brings you another Jane Austen classic, breathing life into the author's most precocious heroine, Emma Woodhouse. Discover what has made this story so enduring, as it's retold in the Mighty Marvel Manner with the beautiful illustrations of Janet Lee! Hardcover, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Written by Samuel R. Delany. Art and cover by Howard Chaykin. This graphic adaptation of Samuel R. Delany's novel is an incredible mind-blowing odyssey into the stars! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Collects Empowered GN (2007-2010) Vol. 1-3.

Story and art by Adam Warren.

The steamy cape-and-tights comedy so outrageous that the bonds of regular graphic novels could not hold the laughs within, Empowered has expanded into a tome so massive that even the superpowered can barely lift it!

Empowered Deluxe Edition Volume 1 collects between its rock-hard covers all the material from the first three Empowered volumes, plus several metric tons (okay, like forty pages) of top-secret, never-before-seen extras (except by Adam Warren, a few close friends, and some ninja), including the very first Empowered stories, sketches, logo variants, Adam's story notes, and more, more, more! That's seven hundred pages, chief, and printed on way nice paper, too! Only you deserve so much!

Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 672 pages, B&W.

Cover price $59.99.

Volume 2 – 1st printing. Collects Empowered GN (2007-2010) Vol. 4-6.

Story and art by Adam Warren.

Behold, fools! Yet another towering stockpile of much-vaunted Sexy Superhero Comedy looms nigh! Adam Warren's Empowered Deluxe Edition Volume II collects betwixt its Covers Most Hard every scintilla of silliness, sensuality, and sporadic seriousness contained within Empowered volumes 4, 5, and 6!

This colossal cornucopia further boasts a bounteous bevy of rarely seen bonus treasures galore, such as Sketches Most Saucy, Artwork Unpublished, Vainglorious Notes from the Auteur, and far more still!

Release your inner Demonwolf, mortals . . . IF YOU DARE!

Hardcover, 656 pages, PC/PB&W

Cover price $59.99.

Volume 3 – 1st printing. Collects Empowered GN (2007-2010) Vol. 7-9.

Story and art by Adam Warren.

Prepare your puny intellect for wonders awe-inspiring, comedy gut-busting, and images steamy within Adam Warren's Empowered Deluxe Edition Volume 3. Collected within its vast confines are Empowered Volumes 7, 8, and 9 plus a priceless hoard of unpublished artwork, author's notes, and arcane wisdom both illuminating and terrifying to behold!

2017 marks the tenth anniversary of Empowered!

Hardcover, 704 pages, PC/PB&W

NOTE: limited to initial printing only!

Cover price $59.99.

1st printing. The history of western movies from their inception until 1983 with 450 illustrations in color and B&W. Hardcover, 9" x 12", 400 pages, color and B&W.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "My Best Friend is a Germ!" Written by Guillame Bianco. Art and cover by Antonello Dallena. Rebecca is a six and a half year-old girl who is out of luck - her parents are on the verge of divorce and she is always getting sick due to a weak immune system. One rainy day Rebecca's luck changes when she meets a magical microbe named Ernest, who becomes her best friend! Ernest is no regular germ-he's about the same height as Rebecca and he can talk. Can Rebecca keep her parents together with the help of her new friend? And can anyone really have a friend who belongs in a Petri dish? Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 48 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $11.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Sam the Repulsive!" Written by Guillame Bianco. Art and cover by Antonello Dallena. Life isn't easy for Rebecca. Between parents at each other's throats, a big sister with her own worries, and an uncle intent on her taking her medicine, it's hard for Rebecca to keep smiling. Complicating things further, her health isn't good and her parents would prefer she be cloistered all the time. But Rebecca has a solution to her problems: Ernest the bacterium who's become her sworn pal and is out to reconcile her parents and fight off a new virus named Sam who threatens to make Rebecca's health take a turn for the worst! Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 48 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $11.99.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "Grandpa Bug!" Written by Guillame Bianco. Art and cover by Antonello Dallena. Rebecca is a vivacious 6-year-old girl whose best friend happens to be a germ named Ernest. He's not only Rebecca's best friend - he's also her partner in mischief, adventure companion, and confidant. Rebecca and her older sister Coralie are sent to spend the summer in the countryside with their grandparents, away from their mother and father, without Ernest. Rebecca is lost and scared without her friend, but things begin to change when she meets a dog named Missile and her "Grandpa Bug," both of whom want nothing more than to be her friend Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 48 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $10.99.

2 Volumes with Slipcase - 1st printing. Written by Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley. Art by Cynthia von Buhler. Being a wholly true and accurate account of the tragic events surrounding the extraordinary lives of Evelyn Evelyn, a darling but unfortunate pair of conjoined twins. Including such noteworthy incidents as: the bizarre circumstances of their birth and subsequent bereavement; shocking encounters with depraved gentlemen; the acquisition and loss of loyal friends; and the terrible fate of Elephant Elephant; and concluding with the conjoined sisters' rise to international fame as Internet celebrities, as told by the inimitably eloquent Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley and illustrated in lifelike detail and color by Cynthia von Buhler! This lavish book set features an insightful introduction by renowned storyteller Neil Gaiman. Evelyn Evelyn is an elegant set of two hardbound volumes nestled within a single slipcover-a perfect gift for any lover of the exquisite, the eccentric, and the grotesque. Release corresponds with Palmer/Webley music album Evelyn Evelyn. World-renowned musicians Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley make their comics debut! Hardcover (2 Volumes with Slipcase), 8-in. x 7-in., 160 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. Written by Chad Michael Murray. A pre-apocalyptic tale, Everlast follows Derek Everlast, a man whose destiny in life is guiding others to a place of rebirth for mankind called "Haven". Following an instinct called the Nudge, bestowed upon him by a higher power, Derek is guided to the next chosen human destined to survive, a little girl named Melissa, who he must deliver safely to Haven before the End of Days. Created and written by actor Chad Michael Murray of One Tree Hill fame. Hardcover, 112 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Lynda Barry. From her first comics published in the Evergeen State College school paper to her influential weekly comic strip, Ernie Pook's Comeek; from her bestselling creative how-to memoir comic books, What It Is and Picture This, to her novels, graphic memoirs, plays, and awards in between, Lynda Barry has been part of the North American alternative comics scene for over thirty years. Everything collects all of the seminal Ernie Pook's Comeek and includes her earliest comic strips ("Two Sisters"), her very first book, Girls and Boys, and features an introduction penned by Barry, complete with photographs. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 192 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. By Kevin Avery. Foreword by Nick Tosches. Rock critic Paul Nelson was an early champion of visionaries such as The New York Dolls, the Ramones and Warren Zevon amongst others before walking away from music criticism in 1982 and dying a lonely death in 2006. This unique anthologybiography compiles Nelson's best works while also providing a vivid account of his private and public lives. Author Kevin Avery interviewed almost 100 of Paul Nelson's friends, family, and colleagues, including several of the artists about whom he'd written. hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 512 pages, Text (with B&W photos). Cover price $29.99.

1st printing. By Emily Fiegenschuh. Artists of all skill levels will bring fantasy creatures to life as they learn to draw and paint their favorites step by step. By using a "field-guide" approach, author Emily Fiegenschuh starts readers out with an introduction to materials and basic tips on using reference and finding inspiration for creating creatures. She then progresses to more than 25 step-by-step demonstrations on the basics of sketching and drawing various fantasy characters, and finally shows readers how to add color to finished sketches with gouache. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $27.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Pterror Over Paris!" and "The Eiffel Tower Demon!" Story and art by Jacques Tardi. Both a rip-roaring adventure series set in pre-World War I Paris and a parody of same, Adéle has been enchanting, thrilling, and puzzling readers worldwide through four decades. Adéle becomes involved in a series of mysteries that involve a revived pterodactyl, a frightful on-stage murder, a looming execution by guillotine, and a demon from the depths of hell - plus of course moronic gendarmes, loyal (or perhaps traitorous?) henchmen, and a climax atop the Eiffel Tower. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Pterror Over Paris!" and "The Eiffel Tower Demon!" Story and art by Jacques Tardi. Both a rip-roaring adventure series set in pre-World War I Paris and a parody of same, Adéle has been enchanting, thrilling, and puzzling readers worldwide through four decades. Adéle becomes involved in a series of mysteries that involve a revived pterodactyl, a frightful on-stage murder, a looming execution by guillotine, and a demon from the depths of hell - plus of course moronic gendarmes, loyal (or perhaps traitorous?) henchmen, and a climax atop the Eiffel Tower. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "The Mad Scientist and Mummies on Parade!" Story and art by Jacques Tardi. Jacques Tardi plunges us back into Belle-Epoque Paris for another double dose of heroic derring-do, evil and crazy malefactors, mad actresses and monsters! The Extraordinary Adventure of Adele Blanc-Sec Volume 2 is the seventh book in Fantagraphics' acclaimed series of Tardi reprints, showcasing the rich variety of graphic novels from one of France's greatest living cartoonists (and winner of two Eisner Awards for It Was the War of the Tranches). Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1905 - First Edition. Written and illustrated by J. Allen St. John. Publisher's red full cloth binding with titles stamped in white and black, and decorations stamped in gilt, green, and white. An early work from this influential illustrator, best known for his work on many Edgar Rice Burroughs titles. Includes four full-color plates and numerous B&W illustrations. 8" x 10.5", 156 pages.

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1st printing. Written by Debbie Bishop. Art by Andy Park. Angel Gate is proud to present this first book in a delightful new brand of titles for the whole family. The fun-filled adventure of three misfit fairies from the wrong side of the pond are certain to warm the hearts of readers worldwide! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 146 pages, Text (with full color Chapter illustrations). Cover price $19.99.

Signed and numbered by P. Craig Russell - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "The Selfish Giant" and "The Star Child!" Adapted by P. Craig Russell. Well known for his opera adaptations and beautiful fantasy work, P. Craig Russell is adapting Oscar Wilde's famous fairy tales in a series of landmark volumes. Hardcover, 8 1/4-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $15.95.

1st printing. Written by The Brothers Grimm. Edited by Noel Daniel. This book brings together twenty-seven of the most beloved of the famous Grimms' fairy tales in a new translation, with a painstakingly-researched selection of illustrations by some of the most famous illustrators from the 1820s to the 1950s, including golden age legend Kay Nielsen, bestselling author Gustaf Tenggren, British darlings Walter Crane and Arthur Rackham and many more. The book also includes an introduction to the Grimms' legacy, brief introductory texts for each tale, and extended artists' biographies in the appendix. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 304 pages, full color. Cover price $39.99.

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Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. By Will Eisner. Will Eisner's pen cuts an expansive swath through all aspects of the human condition. A Family Matter starts close to home, following a family as it gathers to observe the ninetieth birthday of its patriarch. While they must decide how best to provide for him, he ends up making a crucial choice of his own. Softcover,8.5" x 11", 68 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

1968 - Collects material from Thor (1962-1996 1st Series Journey Into Mystery) #109, Fear (1970-1975) #3, Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #3, Tales of Suspense (1959-1968) #41.

Written by Stan Lee, Robert Bernstein and Larry Lieber. Art by by Jack Kirby, Chic Stone, Dick Ayers, and Paul Reinman. Cover by by Jack Kirby.

Featuring the Mighty Thor vs. Magneto the Master of Magnetism and the Children of the Atom's first fateful encounter with the monstrous Blob! Also includes various prose and comic book sci-fi stories.

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 94 pages, PC (full color and two-tone color).

1969

Hardcover Book printed in Holland by Hamlyn Publishing for Odhams Books. Contains eight stories; reprints X-Men #24 "The Plague of the Locust", "Miniman, The Incredible Crusader", 1 page filler article "Conquest in Space: Part 1", "Humans Keep Out", an untitled Iron Man story, 1 page filler article "Conquest in Space: Part 2", 4 page bonus feature "All About Iron Man", reprints Thor #112 "Thor Battles the Incredible Hulk!", reprints "Prophet of Doom!" from Tales of Suspense #40, "Mr. Flubb's Torch", 1 page filler article "Conquest in Space: Part 3", "Johnny Future".

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 94 pages, PC (full color and two-tone color).

1970 - Collects material from Uncanny X-Men (1963-2011 1st Series) #40, Fantastic Four (1961-1996 1st Series) Annual #2, and includes various other scifi tales.

Written by Roy Thomas and Stan Lee. Art by by Don Heck, George Tuska, and Jack Kirby.

The X-Men battle Frankenstein's Monster! Plus, The Origin of Doctor Doom!

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 94 pages, PC (full color and two-tone color).

1st printing. By Charles Adams. A collections of hauntly funny cartoons featuring the Adams Family. Once again the Addams paradox is in full flower - here are cartoons that chill the spine while they lighten the heart. Hardover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

1st printing. Collects Ghost Rider (2011 5th Series) #0.1 AND #1-5. Written by Rob Williams. Art by Matthew Clark. Cover by Adam Kubert. THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE GETS A NEW LEASE ON DEATH! THE HOTTEST, MOST ROCKING THING ON TWO WHEELS RETURNS! WITNESS THE VIOLENT BIRTH OF THE NEW GHOST RIDER - COME TO CLEANSE THE EARTH IN A FIRESTORM OF BLOOD, OIL AND VENGEANCE! JOHNNY BLAZE HAS BEEN CHAINED TO HELL LONG ENOUGH. WITH THE WORLD THROWN INTO CHAOS IN THE EVENTS OF FEAR ITSELF, HE'S GIVEN A CHANCE TO RID HIMSELF OF THE SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE FOREVER - AND HE TAKES IT. THE CURSE IS PASSED ONTO A NEW HOST, BUT BLAZE HAS NO IDEA WHAT NIGHTMARES HIS ACTION HAS WROUGHT UPON THE WORLD. WILL THE NEW SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE BRING US SALVATION - OR SEND THIS WORLD OF SINNERS TO A FLAMING DEATH? Hardcover, 144 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Fear Itself: Book of the Skull (2011 Marvel) and Fear Itself (2011 Marvel) #1-7.

Written by Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker. Art by Stuart Immonen and Scot Eaton. Cover by Steve McNiven.

In this time of global anxiety, economic turmoil and mass hysteria, Sin, the new Red Skull, has made an awesome discovery - a revelation that will divide father and son, turn friend against friend and herald the rise of Fear personified.

Who is the Serpent?

As Odin and the Asgardians leave the Earth to fend for itself, the Avengers and the world's remaining heroes battle the unstoppable tide of terror! And then - the Serpent's Hammers fall! Who shall rise up and join the Serpent as the Worthy, living avatars of his evil? And how can the Avengers respond...to fear itself?

Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen bring fans the biggest Marvel event since CIVIL WAR!

Hardcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $34.99.

2nd and later printings. Collects Fear Itself: Book of the Skull (2011 Marvel) and Fear Itself (2011 Marvel) #1-7.

Written by Matt Fraction and Ed Brubaker. Art by Stuart Immonen and Scot Eaton. Cover by Steve McNiven.

In this time of global anxiety, economic turmoil and mass hysteria, Sin, the new Red Skull, has made an awesome discovery - a revelation that will divide father and son, turn friend against friend and herald the rise of Fear personified.

Who is the Serpent?

As Odin and the Asgardians leave the Earth to fend for itself, the Avengers and the world's remaining heroes battle the unstoppable tide of terror! And then - the Serpent's Hammers fall! Who shall rise up and join the Serpent as the Worthy, living avatars of his evil? And how can the Avengers respond...to fear itself?

Matt Fraction and Stuart Immonen bring fans the biggest Marvel event since CIVIL WAR!

Hardcover, 240 pages, full color.

Cover price $34.99.

1st printing. Collects Heroes for Hire (2010 3rd Series) #6-12. Written by Dan Abnett and Andy Lanning. Art by Brad Walker. Cover by Jay Anacleto. It's the most wild Heroes For Hire team yet! With terror in the streets, our underdog operatives fight just to keep the city together... and that means Misty Knight must recruit some very unlikely agents! Just who is for hire tonight? Would you believe Elektra, Shroud…and Gargoyle?! Plus, the Heroes For Hire go to…the Jersey Shore! Hardcover, 168 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Collects Journey into Mystery (2011 3rd Series) #622-626 and material from Thor Spotlight (2011 Marvel) and Fear Itself Spotlight (2011 Marvel). Written by Kieron Gillen. Art by Doug Braithwaite and Richard Elson. Cover by Stephanie Hans. LOKI IS BACK, AND THE MYSTERY SURROUNDING HIS DEATH IS ABOUT TO BE REVEALED! SADLY, WHEN HE'S THE FIRST TO DISCOVER THE DREAD SECRET BEHIND FEAR ITSELF AND ISSUES FORTH A CALL TO ARMS, NONE IN ASGARD WILL HEED HIM. FOLLOW LOKI TO THE VERY DEPTHS OF HEL AS HE WADES THROUGH THE DEAD TO FIND SOMEONE TO JOIN HIS CAUSE. BUT LOKI WILL SOON LEARN THE DEAD DO NOT FORGIVE EASILY - OR FORGET! WHAT CAN THE REJUVENATED TRICKSTER GOD BE UP TO THIS TIME? AND HOW WILL IT AFFECT THOR? ACCLAIMED CREATORS KIERON GILLEN AND DOUG BRAITHWAITE BRING THOR'S DARK, LITTLE BROTHER BACK INTO THE FRAY. IT'S TIME FOR THE ODINSON AND THE TRICKSTER TO REUNITE! Hardcover, 136 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Collects Thunderbolts (1997-2012 Marvel) #158-162. Written by Jen Van. Cover by Kev Walker. Juggernaut, now a servent of the Serpent, has brought destruction to the American Midwest. His team- the alpha squad of the Thunderbolts - have caught the full fury of Cain Marko joined to the ancient force of The Serpent. A stand has to be taken and the worst threats of a lost age will face the worst threats of today- the combined squads of the THUNDERBOLTS! Hardcover, 120 pages, full color. Cover price $19.99.

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English Edition - 1st printing. Written by Swifty Lang. Art by Michael Lapinski. A new nightmare plagues the Mexico-Arizona border. A famine caused by Blackwell Industries drives Diego Busqueda, a noble coyote, to lead a band of Mexican border crossers across the unforgiving Devil's Highway, a desert cursed with blistering days and deadly nights. Back home, Diego's daughter, Flaca, discovers that something hungrier prowls the factory fields. Stalked and persecuted, can the Busqueda family maintain their dreams of immigration or will the unspeakable horrors of the desert tear them apart? On the Feeding Ground, there is no freedom without sacrifice. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. NOTE: Text is in English. Cover price $24.95.

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Spanish Edition - 1st printing. Written by Swifty Lang. Art by Michael Lapinski. A new nightmare plagues the Mexico-Arizona border. A famine caused by Blackwell Industries drives Diego Busqueda, a noble coyote, to lead a band of Mexican border crossers across the unforgiving Devil's Highway, a desert cursed with blistering days and deadly nights. Back home, Diego's daughter, Flaca, discovers that something hungrier prowls the factory fields. Stalked and persecuted, can the Busqueda family maintain their dreams of immigration or will the unspeakable horrors of the desert tear them apart? On the Feeding Ground, there is no freedom without sacrifice. Hardcover, 184 pages, full color. NOTE: Text is in Spanish. Cover price $24.95.

6.25" x 9.25", 292 pages, B&W. Cover price $5.00.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8" x 10", 100 pages, full color.

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UK hardcover annual featuring characters and stories for the Golden age of cinema. Hardcover, 8.5" x 11", 100 pages, B&W.