Comic books in 'Slice of Life/Urban Angst'

Add to cart FN 6.0 $9.00

Add to cart VG+ 4.5 $6.70

Written by Featuring the work of Danilo Bulandi, James Davis, Gary Figari, Edna Jundis, Reggie Macabasco, Ken Macklin, Alex Nino, Dan O'Neill, Bob Vojtko and Dennis Plumb. Anthology of Underground humor comics. 36 pages, B&W. NOTE: #1 was published in digest format as Funny Book (1975 Ful-Horne Productions) Cover price $1.00.

Featuring work by Redondo, Akin, Figari, Fuller, Home Garst, Plumb and Francois. 36 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS NOTE: #1 was published in digest format as Funny Book (1975 Ful-Horne Productions) Cover price $1.50.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Story and art by Cassandra Calin. Lia and her family are waiting to board a flight across the Atlantic, leaving behind family, friends, and Romania - the only home Lia has ever known. But Lia's heartache is overshadowed by the discomfort of her first period. As if things weren't difficult enough! Now Lia is thrust into a world where everything is different: her home, her language, and even her body. With so many changes happening at once, Lia struggles with schoolwork, has trouble communicating with classmates, and has no idea how to manage her unpleasant periods. Will she ever feel like herself again? Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 272 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Fine $7.70

Add to cart Fine $7.70

1st printing.

Story and art by Jerry Craft.

In this full-color, contemporary graphic novel for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, a twelve-year-old kid from Washington Heights starts his seventh-grade year at a new posh private school, where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real. Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds, and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 256 pages, full color.

Cover price $12.99.

1st printing.

Story and art by Jerry Craft.

In this full-color, contemporary graphic novel for fans of Raina Telgemeier and Gene Luen Yang, a twelve-year-old kid from Washington Heights starts his seventh-grade year at a new posh private school, where diversity is low and the struggle to fit in is real. Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds, and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 256 pages, full color.

Cover price $21.99.

Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $9.70	Add to cart FN+ 6.5 $9.70	Add to cart Fine $9.00	Add to cart FN 6.0 $9.00
Add to cart VG 4.0 $6.00

Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. A Love & Rockets comic. All With A Big Hello; A strange satisfaction for a celebrity. Untitled story; Venus gets a free comic. Spirit of the Thing; The hunchback falls in love. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pgs., black-and-white. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart VF 8.0 $12.00

Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. A Love & Rockets comic. Saint Lucy; Biography of Saint Lucy. Lung Of Life; Uses for the iron lung. Life On Mars; The goings on at the local carnival. St. Martin de Porres; Biography of St. Martin de Porres. The Fabulous Ones; Jealousy among fishermen. Saint Zita; Biography of Saint Zita. Peripeteia; The jealousy of a jack in the box. Saint Jude; Biography of Saint Jude. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pgs., black-and-white. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $8.20

Add to cart FN- 5.5 $8.20

Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. A Love & Rockets comic. Driven By Beauty; Venus is dumped on Sergio for the day. El Show Super Sensacional de Doralis; A sampling of Doralis' TV show. Uncommon Bonds; A discussion of Doralis' tv show. Mama's Boy; The complicated lives of Sergio and Pipo. Huh..? Wha.?!; A discussion of Doralis' tv show. Extinct Creatures illustration. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pgs., black-and-white. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart FN/VF 7.0 $10.50

Add to cart Fine $9.00

Add to cart FN 6.0 $9.00

Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. A Love & Rockets comic. Drink, Fucker!; two friends wax philosophical in a bar. Mosquito; A murder in the village. Who Cares About Love?; Assorted misunderstandings among the characters. Father's Day; A father goes in search of his absent teenage daughter. Gilbert Hernandez nude self-portrait. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pgs., black-and-white. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. A Love & Rockets comic. The Legend of the Crying Woman - La Llorona; ghost story. That Family Thing; Luba's family vacations at a nude resort. Untitled Cosmo story. Scripts and art by Gilbert Hernandez. 28 pgs., black-and-white. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Cover by Gilbert Hernandez. A Love & Rockets comic. Goddess of Love; Rogelio is revealed as a psycho who beats up people for imagined slights to his mother. Shout Ramirez and Her Very Best Friend Dinky. Abraxas featuring Love & Rockets. 36 pgs., black-and-white. $2.95. Cover price $2.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Identity!" New Thing is a new series of anthology books featuring top-flight comics creators from the U.S. and across the globe. Their goal is to establish and maintain the highest level of literary and artistic standards in the field. This issue's theme is "identity." Featuring Nick Bertozzi (USA-Boswash), Tomer Hanuka (Israel-Bipolar), Katja Tukiainen (Finland-The Girl and the Granny), Pauline Martin (La Boite or The Box). Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 102 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Secrets!" The theme this time for the anthology series is "Secrets." Dash Shaw (Love Eats Brains) tells the story of a famous Hollywood actress and alleged shoplifter in his complex narrative. Noted author/artist Phoebe Gloeckner (A Child's Life, The Diary of a Teenage Girl) presents a story of a secret that is both more and less than it seems. June K.'s (Prologue) story details the subtle complexities of what is unspoken between two close friends who are soon to be separated. Jim Higgins (New Thing) and Jim Campbell (Out Damn P., Meathaus) examine the effects of unlimited love on both a couple and reality itself. Shannon Brady does a haunting version of "Blue Beard". And Katja Tukiainen (Post from India) provides a tale and the cover. Also, a story by a special creator whose identity is ... a secret! Softcover, 6-in. x 7-in., 100 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. By Adrian Tomine. A collection of illustrations from the New Yorker cover artist and award-winning cartoonist. Adrian Tomine's illustrations and comics have been appearing for more than a decade in the pages (and on the cover) of The New Yorker. Instantly recognizable for their deceptively simple and evocative style, these images have garnered the attention of The New Yorker's readership and the approbation of such venerable institutions as the Art Directors Club and American Illustration. New York Drawings is a loving homage to the city that Tomine, a West Coast transplant, has called home for the past seven years. This lavish, beautifully designed volume collects every cover, comic, and illustration that he has produced for The New Yorker to date, along with an assortment of other rare and uncollected illustrations and sketches inspired by the city. Complete with notes and annotations by the author, New York Drawings will also feature a new introductory comic focusing on Tomine's experiences as a New York illustrator. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $29.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Good $2.65

Written by BRIAN WOOD Art by RYAN KELLY Cover by BRIAN WOOD & RYAN KELLY There's nothing more exciting than college life in the big city. But complications can follow you from dark places - and not just from your boring hometown. In THE NEW YORK FIVE, Riley's sister Angie is making a name in the Lower East Side with her new band, and now Riley is the black sheep of the family. Lona's murky past appears to have been hiding an alarming proficiency for stalkerism, and Merissa and Ren will confront uncomfortable situations involving older men. But who is the 'five' in THE NEW YORK FIVE? Find out as Vertigo reunites this cast with its stellar creative team of Brian Wood (DEMO, DMZ, NORTHLANDERS) and Ryan Kelly (LUCIFER, Local) in this standard-sized 4-issue miniseries. 32 pg, B&W, no interior ads ? MATURE READERS Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by BRIAN WOOD Art by RYAN KELLY Cover by BRIAN WOOD & RYAN KELLY Everyone has secrets, and Riley's are well documented! But what about the other girls in THE NEW YORK FIVE? In this second issue, Merissa and Lona deal with ghosts both at home in Queens and coming into JFK on the red-eye... 32 pg, B&W, Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by BRIAN WOOD Art and cover by RYAN KELLY Ren Severin, our laidback west coast transplant, has been MIA a bit, but now we find out what she's been up to - something that threatens to tear the college roommates apart. Also, the homeless Olive (our 'five' in THE NEW YORK FIVE) deals with her own demons. 32 pg, B&W, no interior ads Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Add to cart Fine $2.65

Written by BRIAN WOOD Art by RYAN KELLY Cover by BRIAN WOOD and RYAN KELLY The semester is in full swing and our four (five?) girls could not be more on their own. But when tragedy strikes, they realize what a small world the big city can be and discover the strength sticking together gives them. Cover price $2.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

1st printing. Collects New York Five (2011 Vertigo) #1-4. Written by BRIAN WOOD. Art and cover by RYAN KELLY. Collecting the four-issue miniseries the exposes the underbelly of college life in the Big Apple! Riley's sister Angie is making a name with her new band, while Riley is the black sheep of the family. Plus: Lona's murky past seems to include stalkerism, and Merissa and Ren must deal with situations involving older men. Also includes bonus material! Softcover, 144 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Dark Horse Edition - 1st printing. Written by Brian Wood. Art and cover by Ryan Kelly. Worlds collide when four young women begin college at the prestigious New York University. Shy, literate Riley, overachieving but naive Lona, laid-back West Coaster Ren, and working-class girl Merissa claim newfound freedom living in the big city. But that freedom comes at a price: roommate drama, mysterious love interests, school troubles, and family conflicts. Welcome to adulthood! This edition collects the entire series under one cover for the first time. From the New York Times best-selling duo of Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly! Softcover, 296 pages, B&W. NOTE: "Superbly told." - School Library Journal "This graphic novel will delight readers on the cusp of discovering their own independence." - Booklist Cover price $19.99.

W.W. Norton Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Will Eisner. This hardcover presents New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People. The book also includes cameo appearances by the author himself, with several new illustrations sketched by Eisner, posthumously inked by Peter Poplaski. Plus, three previously unpublished "out-takes!" Hardcover, 424 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.95.

1st Printing. Written, art, and cover by Peter Kuper. Comics about his life and observations while living in New York City in Kuper's inimitable style. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 80 pages, black and white. Mature Readers. Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. Art by Adrian Tomine. Accordion bound with cover sleeve, 7" x 7", 30 pages (accordion folded single sided art pages), full color. Cover price $24.95.

Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Will Eisner. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. Before the Lower East Side was cool, there was the grit and grime of Avenue C, a world filled with street musicians, overflowing sewers, and peeping toms, all recalled in Eisner's unforgettable style in New York: The Big City. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.95.

Kitchen Sink Edition - 2nd and later printings. Story and art by Will Eisner. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. Before the Lower East Side was cool, there was the grit and grime of Avenue C, a world filled with street musicians, overflowing sewers, and peeping toms, all recalled in Eisner's unforgettable style in New York: The Big City. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $13.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $10.25

Add to cart Fine $7.70

DC Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Will Eisner. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. Before the Lower East Side was cool, there was the grit and grime of Avenue C, a world filled with street musicians, overflowing sewers, and peeping toms, all recalled in Eisner's unforgettable style in New York: The Big City. Softcover, 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $29.95

W.W. Norton Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Will Eisner. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. Before the Lower East Side was cool, there was the grit and grime of Avenue C, a world filled with street musicians, overflowing sewers, and peeping toms, all recalled in Eisner's unforgettable style in New York: The Big City. Softcover, 138 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.95.