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THE KITCHEN comic books issue 1

  • Issue #1-REP
    New York The Big City GN (1986 Kitchen Sink) By Will Eisner 1-REP

    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.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Relish: My Life in the Kitchen GN (2013) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Story and Art by Lucy Knisley. Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at the time and lessons learned about food, cooking, and life. Each chapter is bookended with an illustrated recipe-many of them treasured family dishes, and a few of them Lucy's original inventions. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Strip Joint TPB (1998 Kitchen Sink) 1-1ST

    1st printing. By Carol Lay. Featuring 102 HOT strips! Softcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 8 1/2-in., 106 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.95.

  • Issue #1
    Tales from the Fridge (1973 Kitchen Sink) 1

    A spoof of Tales from the crypt. 6 1/2-in. x 10-in., 32 pages, B/W. Cover price $2.00.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    To The Heart of The Storm GN (1991 Kitchen Sink) By Will Eisner 1-1ST

    Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Will Eisner. Autobiographical Novel of Will Eisner's life in the 1920-30's. Eisner's most overtly autobiographical work: a reflection on how the anti-Semitism of America in the 1920s and '30s shapes a young man's developing personality and life. It is also a touching family history told through flashbacks as a young man heads for basic training immediately after the beginning of World War II. Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 208 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Will Eisner Color Treasury HC (1981 Kitchen Sink) 1-1ST

    1st printing. Text by Catherine Yronwode. Art by Will Eisner. Featuring classic adventures and covers of the Spirit by Will Eisner. Includes a look at some of Eisner's other works to date. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 110 pages, full color. Cover price $13.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Will Eisner Sketchbook SC (1995 Kitchen Sink) 1-1ST


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    1st printing. The Will Eisner Sketchbook provides the first behind the scenes look at the creation of some of the greatest masterpieces of sequential art. In the first Eisner sketchbook ever published, the father of the modern graphic novel shares concept sketches, character studies, and fabulous Eisner cityscapes in a rich selection of drawings showing the evolution of his mature works from his first working ideas to the final narrative. From the Spirit to Jakob Starkah, from Central City to Dropsie Avenue, this glorious sketchbook lets the viewer be present at the creation of some of the greatest comics of all time. Softcover, 98 pages, B&W. Cover price $17.95.