Melody comic books issue 1

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Issue #1. May 1988. Written by Sylvie Rancourt and illustrated by Jacques Boivin. 6.75" x 10.25". 32 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $2.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Sylvie Rancourt. In 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a hard time finding employment, so Sylvie began dancing in strip clubs. These experiences formed the backbone of the first Canadian autobiographical comic book, Melody, which Rancourt wrote, drew, and distributed. Later, Rancourt collaborated with artist Jacques Boivin, who translated and drew a new series of Melody comics for the American market. The Rancourt drawn-and-written comics have never before seen English publication. These stories are compelling without ever being voyeuristic or self-pitying, and her drawings are formally innovative while maintaining a refreshingly frank and engaging clarity. Rancourt shares a world that, in someone else's writing, might be scandalous or seedy, but in hers is fully realized, real, and often funny. Softcover, 6-in. x 7 1/2-in., 352 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.

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1st printing. Collects Astro City (2013 3rd Series) #37-38, 41, 43, and 45-46.

Written by Kurt Busiek. Art by Brent Eric Anderson. Cover by Alex Ross.

In this new ASTRO CITY collection, the Broken Man returns, revealing secrets that will draw you deep into his broken life and into turn-of-the-century Astro City, when it was still Romeyn Falls, Dame Progress patrolled the skies and a rebellious power was growing and seething to break free. Featuring Mister Cakewalk, Jazzbaby and a very strange home called the Dream House, these tales reveal a dire threat to Astro City's future.

Hardcover, 192 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st printing. Signed Edition Limited to 100 copies. Story and art by Sylvie Rancourt. In 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a hard time finding employment, so Sylvie began dancing in strip clubs. These experiences formed the backbone of the first Canadian autobiographical comic book, Melody, which Rancourt wrote, drew, and distributed. Later, Rancourt collaborated with artist Jacques Boivin, who translated and drew a new series of Melody comics for the American market. The Rancourt drawn-and-written comics have never before seen English publication. These stories are compelling without ever being voyeuristic or self-pitying, and her drawings are formally innovative while maintaining a refreshingly frank and engaging clarity. Rancourt shares a world that, in someone else's writing, might be scandalous or seedy, but in hers is fully realized, real, and often funny. Hardcover, cloth-bound spine, 5 1/2-in. x 7 3/4-in., 352 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

"Happy Birthday" (Young Joey Reprint)

10" x 13.5", 6 pages, B&W

One-shot - 1984. Written by D.W. Chong, illustrated by Gennie Summers. The starship Enterprise attempts to stop a group of Klingons from altering Earth's past to prevent the creation of the Federation. The crew encounter Napoleon Solo and Ilya Kuryakin and they work together to thwart the Klingons' plans and return everyone to their original timeline. One of the more inventive crossovers imagined. Side-stapled, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 98 pages, black and white. Cover price $7.00.

1st printing.

Story and art by Lu Ming.

Three middle-aged friends reunite in Beijing to reflect on their high school dreams of becoming rock stars if their dreary adult lives hadn't gotten in the way. Now they seek to turn their disillusionment into purpose with plans of one more gig to show the world what they are capable of.

Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $19.99.

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A tense emotional drama filled with grief and indignation told largely as a complicated back-story, this challenging black and white title by Xeric recipient Melody Shickley still manages to draw the reader in and move along with a steady pace. A two-volume work, In The Hands of Boys deals with a range of issues surrounding the lead characters efforts to adopt the non-English-speaking son of her recently deceased and somewhat estranged best friend. Shickley won the Baltimore City Papers 2005 Best Comic award for this book which she wrote and illustrated. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

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1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Mari Costa. A human child abandoned in the woods is discovered by an unlikely pair: Razzmatazz, a fairy godfather, and Bon, a beast man. After quarreling over the best way to handle the child, they finally agree to co-parent in the human world–for now, at least. What the two men dont expect is this little arrangement will push them to discover more about themselves…and more about each other, which might result in love. In this charming LGBT+ romcom, one temporary magical family might just become real! Softcover, 5 1/2-in., x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $15.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Osamu Tezuka.

When Dan Takuya's sister marries into the mob, he is also automatically thrown into the dark underworld of organized crime. While unknowingly breaking the mob's code of silence, Dan is brutally tortured, arms severed and left for dead as punishment. He somehow manages to survive, and through rehab and with the help of an eccentric doctor, he is provided with new prosthetic metal arms. But there is a catch! He must tap into his psychic powers to move his new limbs.

Through the use of telekinesis, or KP, he trains to make use of his new arms through sheer will and vows revenge to those who did him wrong. But as soon as he's out for the hunt, there is a wake of death that's left behind which he has no knowledge of. Does Dan truly have full control of his new metal weapons?

Softcover, 216 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.95.

One-Shot. 2000. Written by Sylvie Rancourt and illustrated by Jacques Boivin. 6.75" x 10.25". 32 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $3.95.

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Lyrics and music for Walt Disney's "Melody Time" and "Blue Shadows on the Trail." 9 in. x 12 in.; black and white; 4 pages.

1st printing. Story and art by Bernard Cosey. What was life like for Mickey before 1928... before Hollywood stardom struck? In this riveting, phantasmagorical "what-if" tale, we follow the Mouse from his humble origins-as Oswald Rabbit's screenwriter!-through a tangled web of trains, rocket ships, and stolen Shakespeare scripts! Will a haunting tune bring Mickey and Minnie together for the first time? Will Goofy find success as a... ferryboat driver? Or will big boss Mr. Casey and relentless Pegleg Pete strike again? Award-winning Swiss cartoonist Bernard Cosey (Lost in the Alps) brings us an amazing Mouse adventure with a thoughtful, emotive twist. Celebrated French writer/artist Bernard Cosey presents a riveting, fascinating Mickey adventure in the Floyd Gottfredson tradition! Jump on for the second in IDW's new series of European Mickey graphic novels-featuring cinematic storytelling and modern Disney art like you've never seen! Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $14.99.