Comic books in 'Slice of Life/Urban Angst'

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1st printing. By Budjette Tan and Charis Loke. Traffic. A crunchy snack. An argument. What does sound look like to you? Difference Engine presents our first comics anthology, SOUND: A Comics Anthology. Writers and illustrators from all around Southeast Asia were challenged to push the boundaries of depicting the unseen through the medium of visuals and words, while telling stories important to them. Guest editors Budjette Tan and Charis Loke have put together an intriguing list of stories that showcase the creativity of creators across Southeast Asia, both familiar and new names. In a broad range of genres and topics, this collection of stories is an exciting exploration of what the comics medium is capable of. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 288 pages, full color. Cover price $19.50.

1st printing. Story and art by Giacomo Bevilacqua. An experiment in social isolation turns into a journey of self-discovery as a photojournalist commits to chronicle 60 days in New York City without talking to a single person. More than just an exercise in observation and self-control, he's hoping to forget a troubled past and mend a broken heart. But the city has a sneaky way of throwing the best laid plans and noble efforts to waste revealing secrets that lie right in front of him. All he has to do is open his eyes. A touching, vividly illustrated journey through contemporary modern New York, exploring what it takes to find yourself - and maybe your soulmate - in the middle of a crowded, bustling modern world. Hardcover, 10-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $24.99.

1st Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art by Nate Powell.

Nate Powell's intricate black and white art focuses on the terrors and pleasures of growing up. Poignantly plumbing the existential angst of youth, he invokes great coming-of-age novels with only a few dozen words.

This book collects his self-published zines and comics dating back to 1992, his first two graphic novels (Tiny Giants and It Disappears), and new work. These stories build vignette by vignette into a rich tableau of lofty dreams and Deep South disappointment, car crashes and love letters, first kisses and four-tracks. Powell's work is a reminder of the persistence of wonder against all odds.

Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10-in., 328 pages, B&W.

NOTE: Limited to 4,000 Copies.

2nd Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art by Nate Powell.

Nate Powell's intricate black and white art focuses on the terrors and pleasures of growing up. Poignantly plumbing the existential angst of youth, he invokes great coming-of-age novels with only a few dozen words.

This book collects his self-published zines and comics dating back to 1992, his first two graphic novels (Tiny Giants and It Disappears), and new work. These stories build vignette by vignette into a rich tableau of lofty dreams and Deep South disappointment, car crashes and love letters, first kisses and four-tracks. Powell's work is a reminder of the persistence of wonder against all odds.

Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 10-in., 338 pages, B&W.

NOTE: Limited to 3,000 (Revised) Copies.

1st printing. By Jessica Abel. Soundtrack collects the best of Jessica Abel's self-published Artbabe series, one of the most exciting comic books to emerge in the late-1990s. The first four were self-xeroxed efforts, and led to a prestigious Xeric Grant in 1996, enabling her to publish a more professionally packaged fifth issue. This volume presents the best of these five comic books, as well as other short strips, to a larger audience for the first time. Abel's stories are peppered with hipsters, fashion, and trendy locales - all of which have contributed to her considerable appeal - but don't let the generational trappings fool you. Her intuitive ear for dialogue and characterization have made Artbabe a hit amongst people of all ages, especially women. Softcover, 110 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.

Signed Edition - 1st printing. By Jessica Abel. Soundtrack collects the best of Jessica Abel's self-published Artbabe series, one of the most exciting comic books to emerge in the late-1990s. The first four were self-xeroxed efforts, and led to a prestigious Xeric Grant in 1996, enabling her to publish a more professionally packaged fifth issue. This volume presents the best of these five comic books, as well as other short strips, to a larger audience for the first time. Abel's stories are peppered with hipsters, fashion, and trendy locales - all of which have contributed to her considerable appeal - but don't let the generational trappings fool you. Her intuitive ear for dialogue and characterization have made Artbabe a hit amongst people of all ages, especially women. Softcover, 110 pages, B&W. NOTE: Does NOT come with a certificate of authenticity. Cover price $12.95.

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1st printing.

Story and art by Clio Isadora.

Pickles Yin is a final year student at a prestigious art school struggling to live up to her own expectations of how to navigate the transition from education to career. Surrounded by nepotism and wealthy peers, her friend Radish suggests an alternative method to achieve success that results in crumbling teeth and deteriorating mental health.

A semi-autobiographical comic about being struggling to finish the final year at a prestigious art school, Clio's debut full length work is a worthy successor to her acclaimed self-published zine, Is It Vague in Other Dimensions?

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 100 pages, full color.

Cover price $15.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Julia Alekseyeva. Soviet Daughter provides a window into the life of a rebellious, independent woman coming of age in the USSR, and the impact of her story and spirit on her American great-granddaughter. Julia's great-grandmother Lola lived through the Bolshevik revolution, civil war, Stalinist purges, and the Holocaust. She taught herself to read and worked as a secretary for the NKVD (which became the KGB) and as a lieutenant for the Red Army. Interwoven with Lola's history we find Julia's own struggles of coming of age in an immigrant family in Chicago, and her political awakening in the midst of the radical politics of the turn of the millennium. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $192.00.

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Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

1st printing. Story and art by Alex Fellows. Roommates Walt and Dan leave behind their uneventful lives for a backpacking trip through Spain and Morocco. While hoping to marvel at beautiful sights, eat delicious food, and maybe hook up with some women, they find that those pleasures come at a price. The sights become hallucinations, the food overwhelms their senses, and the women they meet are much more than they bargained for. Doug Wright Award-winning cartoonist Alex Fellows takes us on a journey that is as much about visiting foreign lands as it is about being young and trying to discover who you are. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in.x 8-in., 176 pages, full color. Cover price $25.00.

1st printing. Story and art by Vanessa Davis. Spaniel Rage explores the moments of a young woman's daily life: eyebrow tweezing, food poisoning, frustrating conversations with friends, and imaginary sex with clowns. Spaniel Rage collects Davis's mini-comic and anthology work. In all, the book reveals the breadth of Davis's art - lyrical and slapstick, confessional and cute, but always personal. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 10-in., 120 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $13.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Vanessa Davis.

Vanessa Davis's autobiographical comics delighted readers ten years ago when she first began telling stories about her life in New York as a young single Jewish woman. Spaniel Rage is filled with frank and immediate pencil drawn accounts of dating woes, misunderstandings between her and her mother, and conversations with friends. Unabashedly, Davis offers up gently self-deprecating anecdotes about her anxieties and wry truths about the contradictions of life in the big city. These comics are sexy, funny, lonely, beautiful, spare, and very smart, the finest work from a natural storyteller.

Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 124 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

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1st printing. Written by Laurie Halse Anderson. Art and cover by Emily Carroll. The critically acclaimed, award-winning, modern classic Speak is now a stunning graphic novel. "Speak up for yourself-we want to know what you have to say." From the first moment of her freshman year at Merryweather High, Melinda knows this is a big fat lie, part of the nonsense of high school. She is friendless-an outcast-because she busted an end-of-summer party by calling the cops, so now nobody will talk to her, let alone listen to her. Through her work on an art project, she is finally able to face what really happened that night: She was raped by an upperclassman, a guy who still attends Merryweather and is still a threat to her. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 384 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.99.

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Add to cart Near Mint $8.95

1st printing. Written by Julio Anta. Art and cover by Gabi Mendez. Welcome to Hillside Valley! 12 year-old New York City kid Santi is heading upstate, in the debut of this irresistible contemporary graphic novel series about friends, family, community and identity. Santi is excited to spend the summer in Hillside Valley, meeting the local kids, eating his Abuela's delicious food, exploring! There's just one problem-Santi doesn't speak Spanish that well and it feels like everyone he meets in Hillside does. There's Sol (she's a soccer player who really loves books), Willie, (the artist), Alejandro (Santi's unofficial tour guide!), and Nico (Alejandro's brother and blue belt in karate). In between all of their adventures in Hillside, Santi can't help but worry about his Spanish-what if he can't keep up?! Does that mean he's not Colombian enough? Will Santi find his confidence and his voice? Or will his worries cost him his new friendships... and the chance to play in Hilliside's summer soccer tournament?! Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 224 pages, full color. Cover price $13.99.

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By Jon Lewis. Cover price $2.95.

Australian Price Variant. $4.75 Cover price. "Emergence" Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils and Inks by Jerry Bingham. Cover by Jerry Bingham. Following the conclusion of the Death of Vermin storyline in Spectacular Spider-Man 196, Dr. Kafka took in Baron Zemo's disfigured mutates. And each day she works with them in hopes of someday reverting them back to human form. However, one of Zemo's mutates elected not to undergo therapy and has since become a serial killer! An NYPD detective, Angela Cairn, is relentlessly pursuing the murdering mutate; but tragically one night the savage killer captures Angela and subjects her to Baron Zemo's mutation machine! And in that terrifying moment Nocturne is born! What are this new creature's powers? Will she become a force of good or a force of evil? The Spectacular Spider-Man is the first to clash with Nocturne over the skies of Manhattan! Can the web-slinger convince Nocturne to work with Dr. Kafka? Or will the winged vigilante go her own way? First appearance and origin of Nocturne. Flashback cameo by Vermin. Second story: "Through the Window" Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Pencils by M.C. Wyman. Inks by Hector Collazo and Keith Williams. Nocturne (aka Angela Cairn) visits her mother's house, but can't bear to go inside and tell her mother what has happened. Third story: "Black Crow in Your Eyes" Plot by J.M. DeMatteis and Marc Levine. Script by J.M. DeMatteis. Art by M.C. Wyman and company. Jesse Black Crow receives a visit from D'Spayre! Fourth story: "The Power of Resistance" Script by Glenn Herdling. Art by John Romita Sr. (breakdowns) and Al Milgrom (finishes). The Prowler battles Killer Shrike in the Sons of the Tiger's martial arts studio. 64 pages

1st printing. Story and art by Joe Matt. Meet the original anti-hero, Joe Matt: a master of a domain that includes over twenty-three self-edited eight-hour-long videotapes of bootlegged pornography; a penny-pincher who never fails to make a dime off his friends; a chronic masturbator who doesn't understand why he never has a girlfriend; an obsessive collector frantically searching for the toys of his childhood; a callous son who throws out every gift his adoring mother gives him; a man so lazy that he urinates in a bottle rather than walk to the bathroom. Spent is Joe Matt's first new trade hardcover in years, and it collects in a re-edited and re-colored form his best storyline from the past 4 issues of Peepshow. Also offered here are other Joe Matt classics, Fair Weather and The Poor Bastard. Hardcover, 6 1/2--in. x 9-in., 134 pages, B&W (with green shading). Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

Issue 2. April 1991. Reprinted stories from the 1930's, from titles including: "Snappy", "Stolen Sweets", and "Tattle Tales". Primarily prose with occasional illustrations. 6.5" x 10.5". 32 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $2.50.

Issue 2. April 1991. Reprinted stories from the 1930's, from titles including: "Snappy", "Stolen Sweets", and "Tattle Tales". Primarily prose with occasional illustrations. 6.5" x 10.5". 32 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $2.50.

Issue 2. April 1991. Reprinted stories from the 1930's, from titles including: "Snappy", "Stolen Sweets", and "Tattle Tales". Primarily prose with occasional illustrations. 6.5" x 10.5". 32 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $2.50.

Issue 4. June 1991. Reprinted stories from the 1930's, from titles including: "Snappy", "Stolen Sweets", and "Tattle Tales". Primarily prose with occasional illustrations. 6.5" x 10.5". 32 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $2.50.

Italian Reprint Series. Panini "Team-up" Edition Variant Virgin Cover by Humberto Ramos, Federico Blee, and Zerocalcare. Reprints Spider-Boy (2024 Marvel) #1. Story by Dan Slott. Art by Paco Medina and Ty Templeton. Italian language.

Mexican Reprint Series. Variant Cover by Nick Bradshaw. Reprints Spider-Gwen (2015 2nd Series) #1 in Spanish. Story by Jason Latour. Art by Robbi Rodriguez. Spanish Language.

Australian Price Variant. $2.65 Cover Price. Vengeance: Part 1 of 3. Guest-starring the Punisher. Story by Steve Grant. Art by Bob McLeod. Spider-Man is forced to team-up with one of his least favorite people in the world, Frank Castle, to take down a Spider-Man imposter who is murdering in the arachnid heroes name.

Australian Price Variant. $2.80 Cover Price. Vengeance: Part 1 of 3. Guest-starring the Punisher. Story by Steve Grant. Art by Bob McLeod. Spider-Man is forced to team-up with one of his least favorite people in the world, Frank Castle, to take down a Spider-Man imposter who is murdering in the arachnid heroes name.

Australian Price Variant. $2.50 Cover Price. "Into the Depths" Blood Brothers Part 3 of 6. Script by Howard Mackie. Pencils by John Romita Jr. Inks by Al Williamson and Al Milgrom. Cover by John Romita Jr. and Al Williamson. Story continues from Amazing Spider-Man 411. These are dark days for both the former web-slinger and the current one! Peter Parker (without his powers) slowly recovers from a beating he took from a strange mercenary group called Cell-12. And Ben Reilly's apartment has been ransacked and his employer's coffee shop burned to the ground! Can things get any worse? Unfortunately they do when the wall-crawler runs into the new and cybernetically-improved Hobgoblin! What will hurt Ben more...the Hobgoblin's fury or Seward Trainer's betrayal? Story continues in Spectacular Spider-Man 234. Cameo appearances by MaryJane Watson and Jessica Carradine. 32 pages.

Australian Price Variant. $3.20 Cover Price. "Legacy" Part 1 of 2. Script by Howard Mackie. Pencils by John Romita Jr. Inks by Al Williamson. Cover by John Romita Jr. and Scott Hanna. Onslaught is over! And the Avengers and Fantastic Four are gone! So naturally the biggest crime lords in New York City are planning to step up their operations! But before Hammerhead, Silvermane, Tombstone, the Rose, and the Slug do that; they need to knock out a powerful new competitor...Fortunato! However Peter Parker gets wind of the planned hit and informs Ben Reilly and Ben's new best friend... Jimmy-6! Are the web-slinger and big Jimmy-6 ready to stop a multitude of mobsters? Cameo appearance by Hydra. (Notes: This issue includes a 6-page preview of three upcoming titles: Star Trek Voyager (1996), Star Trek Starfleet Academy (1996), and Star Trek Early Voyages (1997). 40 pages.

German Reprint Series. Blu Box Exclusive Variant Cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto - limited to 200 copies. Story by Zeb Wells. Art by John Romita Jr. Reuses Cover from Amazing Spider-Man (1998 2nd Series) 667B. Reprints Amazing Spider-Man (2022 7th Series) #1.

German Reprint Series. Blu Box Exclusive Virgin Cover by Gabriele Dell'Otto - limited to 200 copies. Story by Zeb Wells. Art by John Romita Jr. Reuses Cover from Amazing Spider-Man (1998 2nd Series) 667B. Reprints Amazing Spider-Man (2022 7th Series) #1.

German Reprint Series. Blu Box Exclusive Variant Cover by Alex Ross - limited to 222 copies. Written by Zeb Wells. Art by Patrick Gleason. Reuses Cover from Mary Jane and Black Cat (2023 Marvel) 4B. Reprints Amazing Spider-Man (2022 7th Series) #33 and #34. German Language.

Mexican Edition. Spot Foil Cover by Todd McFarlane. Reprints "Spider-Man (1990) #1" story from El Asombroso Hombre Arana #500. Spanish Language. NOTE: Generic image is of a signed copy, this does not necessarily reflect all copies.

Add to cart PSA 9.2 $75.00 View scans Paper: White Fan Expo Dallas '25 Gold Foil Variant SPA.

Mexican Reprint Edition. El Quinto Mundo Exclusive Gold Foil Edition Variant Cover by Todd McFarlane. Reprints Cover and Material from Spider-Man (1990 Marvel) #1. Spanish Language.

Add to cart CGC 9.2 $95.00 or Best Offer View scan Paper: White Swedish Edition. Spider-Man #9. Label Error: Wrong title specified by CGC. Label #4383849011 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Other items consigned by NJ Comics

Swedish Reprint Series. Contains Marvel Team-Up (2004 3rd Series) #1 and Spectacular Spider-Man (2003 2nd Series) #21. Stories by Robert Kirkman and Paul Jenkins. Art by Talent Caldwell and Scott Kollins. Cover by Scott Kollins. Swedish language.

Turkish Reprint Edition. Paralel Evren Exclusive Variant Cover by Yildiray Cinar. Reprints Spider-Man (1990) #1. 6 1/4" X 9 1/2". Turkish Language.

Turkish Reprint Edition. Paralel Evren Exclusive B&W Sketch Edition Virgin Cover by Yildiray Cinar. Reprints Spider-Man (1990) #1. 6 1/4" X 9 1/2". Turkish Language.

Australian Price Variant. $1.95 Cover price. Cover pencils by Rick Leonardi, inks by Al Williamson. Flight of Fancy, script by Peter David, pencils by Rick Leonardi, inks by Al Williamson; The battle enters a downtown cathedral, and to leave it Spider-Man faces The Vulture's cannibalistic horde, the Freakers; Gabriel, Kasey, and friends arrive in time to help him escape, but he draws off the Vulture to fight him alone, and kills him. 36 pgs.