Comic books in 'Slice of Life/Urban Angst'

July 1995. Written and illustrated by Steven Bove. 6.5" x 10". 24 pages. Black and white. Adult. Cover price $2.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $5.99

(W) Darin S. Cape (A) Geoffrey Krawczyk (CA) Geoffrey Krawczyk SHP Presents: EroTech #1. Bad bosses, crazy co-workers, and sex robots. What could go wrong? EroTech is the story of Samantha Jenkins, new Silicon Valley CEO, trying to rally her team of misfit engineers and out-of-touch managers to release the new Model 6000 on time. Testing is going well, but theres still a few bugs to work out... Includes the first installment of AI Joe, a new feature from indie comics legend, Dean Haspiel! 32 pages, full color, not rated. Cover price $5.99.

Limited 1 for 5 retailer incentive variant. (W) Darin S. Cape (A) Geoffrey Krawczyk (CA) Howard Chaykin SHP Presents: EroTech #1. Bad bosses, crazy co-workers, and sex robots. What could go wrong? EroTech is the story of Samantha Jenkins, new Silicon Valley CEO, trying to rally her team of misfit engineers and out-of-touch managers to release the new Model 6000 on time. Testing is going well, but theres still a few bugs to work out... Includes the first installment of AI Joe, a new feature from indie comics legend, Dean Haspiel! Cover price $5.99.

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(W) Sean Haines (A) Geoffrey Krawczyk (CA) Geoffrey Krawczyk EroTechs management is in crisis—launch day for the SEX-6000 is closing in, and the prototype still has plenty of… glitches. Enter Paul Taylor, a charming, handsome, fast-talking consultant. To Samantha, he appears to be the perfect mentor, but can she trust him? Deadlines, desire, and office politics collide in this wickedly funny, boundary-pushing workplace comedy of lust and technology. 32 pages, full color, not rated. Cover price $5.99.

(W) Sean Haines (A) Geoffrey Krawczyk, Dean Haspiel (CA) Geoffrey Krawczyk Samantha is reeling from Paul’s betrayal, but she has to keep smiling and act like nothing’s wrong while quietly planning her next move. When a runaway robot tears through the office creating chaos, an unlikely hero steps in to save the day. As deadlines loom and tempers flare, professional rivalries and personal secrets intertwine. EroTech becomes a darkly funny exploration of how ambition, lust, and control collide in the modern workplace. Cover price $5.99.

(W) Sean Haines (A) Geoffrey Krawczyk (CA) Geoffrey Krawczyk Samantha tries a new approach to rally her burned-out development team while secretly searching for a way to hack Paul’s computer. As the pressure mounts, unexpected help arrives from a surprising ally. Meanwhile, product testing with two overeager frat boys takes an unexpected turn, leading to a happy ending for Jill. The stage is set as launch day, and the series conclusion, draws near. Cover price $5.99.

1st Printing. Mr. Caza not only lives in the suburbs, he lives in an apartment building. Double whammy. Mr. Caza know the horrors of remote-zap TV zombies, of blenders, of clones feeding on frozen croissants. Mr. Caza has gone quite mad. Wouldn't you? Softcover, 9" x 12", 64 pages, full color. Cover price $9.95.

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Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Jungle Book!"

Story and art by Harvey Kurtzman.

Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book (#26 on The Comics Journal's Top 100 Comics) is a "lost" classic. Crumb, Spiegelman, and Gilliam, among others, were inspired and influenced by Kurtzman's masterpiece. In a deluxe hardcover, this collection is back in print after twenty-five years!

Includes an introduction by Gilbert Shelton, an essay by Denis Kitchen, and a conversational afterword by Pete Poplaski and Robert Crumb!

Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Playboy Trump: The Complete Collection!"

Harvey Kurtzman created the publishing sensation MAD and in 1956 could have played his strong hand into a lucrative equity deal with EC publisher Bill Gaines. Instead, he bolted from MAD to join another 1950's publishing sensation, Hugh Hefner and Playboy.

Hefner provided the format and big budget that Kurtzman had dreamed of. The resulting new color satire magazine Trump was lavish, ambitious and star studded, featuring Mel Brooks, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee and Russ Heath, among others. Trump held enormous promise. But, for complex reasons, Hefner pulled the plug before the third issue was finished. For the first time in six decades, the legendary magazine is finally collected, featuring much never-before-seen art, including the surviving contents of the long-lost Trump #3. For comics archaeologists, this is a print version of King Tut's tomb.

With essays and annotations by Kurtzman expert Denis Kitchen that put the 1956-57 publication in context, this long-overdue collection will be a revelation to fans of Kurtzman and his crew of madmen, satire, and popular American culture.

Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 11-in., 168 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 2 - 2nd and later printings. "Playboy Trump: The Complete Collection!"

Harvey Kurtzman created the publishing sensation MAD and in 1956 could have played his strong hand into a lucrative equity deal with EC publisher Bill Gaines. Instead, he bolted from MAD to join another 1950's publishing sensation, Hugh Hefner and Playboy.

Hefner provided the format and big budget that Kurtzman had dreamed of. The resulting new color satire magazine Trump was lavish, ambitious and star studded, featuring Mel Brooks, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Arnold Roth, Al Jaffee and Russ Heath, among others. Trump held enormous promise. But, for complex reasons, Hefner pulled the plug before the third issue was finished. For the first time in six decades, the legendary magazine is finally collected, featuring much never-before-seen art, including the surviving contents of the long-lost Trump #3. For comics archaeologists, this is a print version of King Tut's tomb.

With essays and annotations by Kurtzman expert Denis Kitchen that put the 1956-57 publication in context, this long-overdue collection will be a revelation to fans of Kurtzman and his crew of madmen, satire, and popular American culture.

Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 11-in., 168 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.99.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Tales from the Farm!" Story and art by Jeff Lemire. Xeric Award winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire (Lost Dogs) illustrates the tale of Lester, an orphaned 10-year-old who goes to live on his Uncle's farm. Their relationship grows increasingly strained and Lester befriends the town 's gas station owner, and damaged former hockey star, Jimmy Lebeuf. The two escape into a private fantasy world of superheroes, alien invaders, and good old-fashioned pond hockey. Tales from the Farm is the first volume in a trilogy of graphic novels set in a fictionalized version of Lemire's hometown of Essex County, Ontario. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 1 - 2nd and later printings. "Tales from the Farm!" Story and art by Jeff Lemire. Xeric Award winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire (Lost Dogs) illustrates the tale of Lester, an orphaned 10-year-old who goes to live on his Uncle's farm. Their relationship grows increasingly strained and Lester befriends the town 's gas station owner, and damaged former hockey star, Jimmy Lebeuf. The two escape into a private fantasy world of superheroes, alien invaders, and good old-fashioned pond hockey. Tales from the Farm is the first volume in a trilogy of graphic novels set in a fictionalized version of Lemire's hometown of Essex County, Ontario. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Volume 2 - 1st printing. "Ghost Stories!" Story and art by Jeff Lemire. 'Ghost Stories' is the second volume in the acclaimed trilogy of graphic novels set in a fictionalized version of Jeff Lemire's hometown of Essex County, Ontario. This story follows the lives of brothers Lou and Vince Lebeuf over the course of nearly seven decades. Eldest brother Lou, now a deaf and lonely man, lives out his final days on his farm full of guilt and regret for the decisions he made that tore his family apart. From their childhood on the farm to Toronto in the 1950's - where both played professional hockey - Lou revisits his life, haunted by his memories. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 224 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Volume 3 - 1st printing. "The Country Nurse!" Story and art by Jeff Lemire. The Country Nurse is the final volume in the critically acclaimed and award-winning Essex County trilogy of graphic novels, set in a fictionalized version of Lemire's hometown in Ontario, Canada. Follow a day in the life of Anne Morgan, the peculiar farming community's traveling nurse. As Anne checks in on her favorite patients, the story delves deeper into Essex County's mythology and past, and finally reveals how all three volumes stitch together to quilt a portrait of how loss and regret push and pull at the fabric of family in small town life. An amazing finish to the trilogy, and a story in its own right. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

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Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Riad Sattouf.

The hilarious, heartbreaking, and painfully true life of a girl growing up in Paris, from the author of The Arab of the Future.

Every week, the comic book artist Riad Sattouf has a chat with his friend's 10-year old daughter, Esther. She tells him about her life, her family, her school, her friends, her hopes, her dreams and her fears. And then he creates a one-page comic strip based on what she says.

This book is a collection of 156 of those strips, comprising the first three volumes as they appeared in Europe, spanning Esther's life from age 10 to 12.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 168 pages, full color.

Cover price $30.00.

1st printing.

Written by Courtney LaPlante and Jim Krueger. Art by Amilcar Pinna. Cover by Justin Cherry.

Eva is a popular painter on the verge of unbelievable acclaim and success, but her inability to reconcile the public perception of who she is, versus her actual self, allows the SPIRITBOX to transport her to a surreal world, where she finds herself trapped in the realm where all our false shadows become real and dangerous.

Hardcover, 120 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $39.99.

Add to cart CGC 7.0 $85.65 View scan Paper: Off white Label #4372552001 Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.

Written and illustrated by Jim Phillips. 28 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.50.

1st Printing.

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Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

Written by Anas Abdulhak. Art and Cover by Dennis Menheere. Where do souls go when they don't belong anywhere else? Journey into Etheres searching for the answer in this introspective character study about pain and self-loathing. For fans of tales of the afterlife such as 'The Lovely Bones' and 'A.D. After Death.' Following Valerie's passing, she finds herself navigating an unknown and perilous world. She tells her story through poetry and narration as she experiences her surroundings while also recalling her past life, her trauma, and why she believes she deserves to be there. Writer Anas Abdulhak brings you this harrowing tale of the afterlife with groundbreaking art by Dennis Menheere, edits by 'Color of Always' creator Michele Abounader and letters by Ringo-Nominated DC Hopkins. 36 pages, full color. Cover price $4.99.