Drawn & Quarterly comic books issue 1

1st printing. Written by Marguerite Abouet. Art and cover by Clement Oubrerie. Aya: Love in Yop City comprises the final three chapters of the Aya story, episodes never before seen in English. When a professor tries to take advantage of Aya, her plans to become a doctor are seriously shaken, and she vows to take revenge on the lecherous man. With a little help from the tight-knit community of Yopougon, Aya comes through these trials stronger than ever. This second volume of the complete Aya includes unique appendices: recipes, guides to understanding Ivorian slang, street sketches, and concluding remarks from Marguerite Abouet explaining history and social milieu. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 384 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $6.30

Add to cart Very Fine $6.30

1st printing.

Story and art by Pascal Blanchet.

Following White Rapids - named Best Comic of 2007 by The Onion - Pascal Blanchet brings us Baloney.

Winds swirl and darkness reigns over a hamlet perched atop a craggy peak. Russian fatalism sets the tone as Blanchet orchestrates the tale of a village butcher, his disabled daughter, and her tutor in their doomed uprising against the swaggering Duke Shostakov, local governor and owner of the only heating company in town.

In a graphic novel about love and despair that is also a homage to the music of the 1930s and '40s, double bassists and trombonists lean into the frame, striking up a score that blends vaudeville with Kurt Weill and Russia's great modern composers. Rendered in two-color, red-and-black chiaroscuro, light struggles to emerge from darkness and endurance makes way for heroism, all to no avail. Read Baloney as a reverie composed to the melodies of Prokofiev and Shostakovich - a beautiful conjuring of moods, or a call to arms against the exorbitant utility rates.

Softcover, 7-in. x 8 1/2-in., 80 pages, B&W (with Red Color).

Cover price $16.95.

1st printing.

Written by Fabien Vehlmann. Art and cover by Kerascoet.

A dark fairy tale about surviving the human experience. Beautiful Darkness is a harrowing look at the human psyche and the darkness that hides behind the routine politeness and meaningless kindness of civilized society. The sweet faces and bright leaves of Kerascoët's joyful watercolors only serve to highlight the evil that dwells beneath, as characters allow their pettiness, greed, and jealousy to take over. It a bleak allegory on the human condition; Kerascoët's and Fabien Vehlmann's work is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ tiny.

Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, full color.

Cover price $22.95.

Add to cart Fine $13.75

2nd and later printings. Written by Fabien Vehlmann. Art and cover by Kerascoet. A dark fairy tale about surviving the human experience. Beautiful Darkness is a harrowing look at the human psyche and the darkness that hides behind the routine politeness and meaningless kindness of civilized society. The sweet faces and bright leaves of Kerascoët's joyful watercolors only serve to highlight the evil that dwells beneath, as characters allow their pettiness, greed, and jealousy to take over. It a bleak allegory on the human condition; Kerascoët's and Fabien Vehlmann's work is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ tiny. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

1st printing. A collection of the magazine's initial run, featuring covers, endpapers, and three stories by Maurice Vellekoop. Also, rare, never-since published material by Seth, David Mazzucchelli, Julie Doucet, and more! Softcover, 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $10.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Darryl Cunningham.

Darryl Cunningham offers an illuminating analysis of the origins and ideological evolutions of four key players in the American private sector: Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos, media mogul Rupert Murdoch, and oil and gas tycoons Charles and David Koch. What emerges in these informative and hilarious biographies, is a vital critique of American capitalism and the power these individuals have to assert a corrupting influence on policy-making, political campaigns, and society writ large.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 264 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Craig Thompson. The graphic novel classic, available for the first time in a new Drawn & Quarterly edition! Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. Craig Thompson's poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely, emotionally mixed-up adolescence. Under an engulfing blanket of snow, Craig and Raina fall in love at winter church camp, revealing to one another their struggles with faith and their dreams of escape. This groundbreaking graphic novel, winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning; first love (and first heartache); faith in crisis; and the process of moving beyond all of that. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 592 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

2nd Edition - 2nd or later printing. Story and art by Craig Thompson. The graphic novel classic, available for the first time in a new Drawn & Quarterly edition! Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice. Craig Thompson's poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely, emotionally mixed-up adolescence. Under an engulfing blanket of snow, Craig and Raina fall in love at winter church camp, revealing to one another their struggles with faith and their dreams of escape. This groundbreaking graphic novel, winner of two Eisner and three Harvey Awards, is an eloquent portrait of adolescent yearning; first love (and first heartache); faith in crisis; and the process of moving beyond all of that. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 592 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Guy Delisle.

Burma is notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control, where censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under decade-long house arrest, insurgent-controlled regions are effectively cut off from the world, and rumor is the most reliable source of current information. Delisle's The Burma Chronicles incisive portrait of the country is drawn with a minimal line and with wordless vignettes.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Guy Delisle.

Burma is notorious for its use of concealment and isolation as social control, where censors monitor the papers, the de facto leader of the opposition has been under decade-long house arrest, insurgent-controlled regions are effectively cut off from the world, and rumor is the most reliable source of current information. Delisle's The Burma Chronicles incisive portrait of the country is drawn with a minimal line and with wordless vignettes.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 280 pages, B&W.

Cover price $16.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Craig Thompson.

Carnet de Voyage is a gorgeous sketchbook diary of Craig's travels across Europe and Morocco, as he finds intellectual and spiritual stimulation amidst the day-to-day work of being an author-promoting Blankets and researching Habibi. From wandering around Paris and Barcelona between events, to navigating markets in Fez and fleeing tourist traps in Marrakesh, we see glimpses of each place, rendered in Thompson's exquisite ink line. as he finds intellectual and spiritual stimulation amidst the day-to-day work of being an author.

Hardcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 256 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.95

1st printing. Story and art by Elise Gravel. It's a germ's world. We're just living in it! In CLUB MICROBE, Elise Gravel teaches young readers that germs live all around us-and even inside of us! Guided by Gravel in this formidable introduction to the fascinating world of microorganisms, we learn that some microbes get a bad rep for making us sick, but that most are helpful creatures that allow us to digest food, make cheese, and even enable snowflakes to form in winter. Hardcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9 1/2-in., 56 pages, full color. Cover price $17.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.95

1st printing.

Story and art by R. Sikoryak.

R. Sikoryak, the master of the pop culture pastiche, visually interprets the complete text of the supreme law of the land with more than a century of American pop culture icons. Sikoryak distills the very essence of the government legalese from the abstract to the tangible, the historical to the contemporary.

Among Sikoryak's spot-on unions of government articles and amendments with famous comic book characters: the eighteenth amendment that instituted prohibition is articulated with Homer Simpson running from Chief Wiggum; the fourteenth amendment that solidifies citizenship to all people born and naturalized in the USA is personified by Ms. Marvel; and, of course, the nineteenth amendment offering women the right to vote is a glorious depiction of Wonder Woman breaking free from her chains.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 128 pages, full color.

Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $11.00

Add to cart Near Mint $22.95

1st printing.

Story and art by Lisa Hanawalt.

An homage to and lampoon of westerns, Coyote Doggirl is a self-aware, playful subversion of tropes, from the producer/production designer of the hit series Bojack Horseman. Coyote is a dreamer and a drama queen, brazen and brave, faithful yet fiercely independent. Together with her trusty steed Red, there's not much that's too big for her to bite off, chew up, and spit out right into your face, if you deserve it. But when Coyote and Red find themselves on the run from a trio of vengeful bad dogs, get clobbered by arrows, and are tragically separated, our protagonist is left fighting for her life, and longing for her displaced best friend.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 7 1/2-in., 156 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

Add to cart Very Fine $11.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Sylvia Nickerson.

A new mother takes us on a tour of Hamilton, a Rust Belt city born of the Industrial Revolution and dying a slow death due to globalization. This mother represents the city's next wave of inhabitants: the artists and young parents who swarm a run-down area for its affordability, inevitably reshaping the neighborhoods they take over. Creation looks at gentrification from the inside out, an artist mother making a home and neighborhood for her family, struggling to find her place amid the existing and emerging communities.

Softcover, 192 pages, B&W.

Cover price $21.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $18.95

Add to cart Near Mint $18.95

1st printing. Story and art by Kevin Huizenga. In the two decades since Curses first hit the shelves, River at Night cartoonist Kevin Huizenga has taken his rightful place on a short A-list of comics experimentalists. The short stories collected herein confront the textures of mortality in unique and peculiar ways. Central character Glenn Ganges is a seemingly middle-class, suburbanite whose blank-eyed wonderment at the everyday brings together diverse aspects of our world. Softcover, 144 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers Cover price $25.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Mimi Pond. The Customer is Always Wrong is the saga of a young naïve artist named Madge working in a restaurant of charming drunks, junkies, thieves, and creeps. Oakland in the late seventies is a cheap and quirky haven for eccentrics and Mimi Pond folds the tales of the fascinating sleaze-ball characters that surround young Madge into her workaday waitressing life. Told in the same brash yet earnest style as her previous memoir Over Easy, Pond's storytelling gifts have never been stronger than in this epic, comedic, standalone graphic novel. Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 448 pages, 2C. Cover price $29.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Tove Jansson.

Published for the first time in North America, and the last picture book completed by world-renowned Tove Jansson, The Dangerous Journey is a beautifully illustrated and delightfully quirky journey through Moominvalley. Susanna is bored with her life-she craves adventure when there is none to be had. But when a new pair of glasses appears in front of her, she gets an opportunity to live the bold life that she has always longed for as her surroundings are transformed into a dark and sinister landscape.Take this fantastical journey to Moominvalley and never look back.

Hardcover, 8-in.x 11-in., 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $15.50

1st Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art by Brian Ralph.

You wake up in the rubble and see a ragged, desperate one-armed man greeting you. He takes you underground to a safe space, feeds you, offers you a place to sleep. And then announces that he'll take the first watch. It's not long before the peril of the jagged landscape has located you and your newfound protector and is scratching at the door. What transpires is a moment-to-moment struggle for survival - The Road meets Dawn of the Dead.

Daybreak is seen through the eyes of a silent observer as he follows his protector and runs from the shadows of the imminent zombie threat.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 160 pages, B&W.

Cover price $21.95.

Volume 1 - 1st printing. Softcover, 9 1/2-in. x 12-in., 160 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Chris Oliveros. The Envelope Manufacturer documents the hardships and gradual disintegration of an independent small business. The book begins as the head of the manufacturing company is already deep in financial straits: he struggles to deal with a series of late payments and dwindling orders. The pressures begin to affect him psychologically and it grows ever harder to distinguish between reality and his imaginings. Set in the mid twentieth century, just before globalization moved production of goods overseas, The Envelope Manufacturer chronicles the gradual demise of a small company as it struggles to adapt to a changing economic landscape. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $14.25

1st printing.

Story and art by Guy Delisle.

For three summers beginning when he was 16, cartoonist Guy Delisle worked at a pulp and paper factory in Quebec City. Factory Summers chronicles the daily rhythms of life in the mill, and the twelve-hour shifts he spent as a boy amongst men through the universal rite of passage of the summer job.

Hardcover, 136 pages, full color.

Cover price $22.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

Story, Art and Cover by Kevin Huizenga. Fielder is the new series by Kevin Huizenga, author of the classic Ganges series of over-sized comics, featuring four new stories by the multi-Ignatz winning, Eisner, and Harvey nominated cartoonist. Reminiscent of current one-man anthologies like Sammy Markham's Crickets and Adrian Tomine's Optic Nerve, this new 'comics magazine' will center on Huizenga's character, Glenn Ganges, in different genre-bending roles. This issue will feature the first chapter of the new graphic novel, 'Fielder, Michiana,' as well as a continuation of Huizenga's dinosaur adventure comic, 'Bona,' and some of his short 'Viral Webcomics' series. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $7.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

Add to cart Very Fine $6.80

1st printing. Story and art by Michael DeForge. First Year Healthy purports to be the story of a young woman, recently released from the hospital after an outburst, and her burgeoning relationship with an odd, perhaps criminal Turkish immigrant. In a scant 48 pages, working with a vibrant, otherworldly palette of magentas, yellows, and grays, Michael DeForge brings to life a world whose shifting realities are as treacherous as the thin ice its narrator walks on. First Year Healthy is all it appears to be and more: a parable about mental illness, a folk tale about magical cats, and a bizarre, compelling story about relationships. Michael DeForge's effortless storytelling and eye for striking page design make each page of First Year Healthy a fascinating puzzle to be unraveled. Hardcover, 6-in.x 9-in., 48 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Nick Maandag.

This debut collection showcases Nick Maandag's signature blend of deadpan satire and exceedingly unexpected plot twists.

In "Night School," a class goes awry when a fire alarm brings the Chief to school and he decides to stick around to teach the students a thing or two about leadership-and discipline. "The Disciple," is a yarn about a co-ed Buddhist monastery, where Brother Bananas, the resident gorilla, isn't the only one having difficulty keeping his lust tucked safely under his robe.

In Maandag's hands-hands that love to toy with morally ambiguous characters and flirt with absurdity-troubled men make poor decisions, unlikable characters gain our sympathies through their very haplessness, and laughs ensue, riotously.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 200 pages, B&W.

Cover price $19.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Tom Gould. Now in paperback with a new cover, Goliath is a retelling of the classic myth, this time from Goliath's point of view. Since its original 2011 release, Tom Gauld has solidified himself as one of the most critically-acclaimed cartoonists working today, from his strips in the Guardian and New Scientist, to his lauded graphic novels You're All Just Jealous of My Jetpack and Mooncop. Simultaneously tragic and bleakly funny, Goliath displays a sensitive wit and a bold line--a traditional narrative reworked, remade, and revolutionized into a classic tale of Gauld's very own. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 96 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Nick Maandag. Universe. But while solarists believe it is possible to achieve a state of Pure Light by exposing themselves to the rays of the sun (or tanning beds on cloudy days), the Forces of Dark conspire against them and send hooded Shadow Men to eliminate the Light. Subsequently, Solarists must kill these Shadow Men. When a thief infiltrates the sacred chambers of the Solarists, Assistant-to-the-Master Harvey Knight must test the strength of his beliefs in order to restore order. Or maybe he's plotting to overthrow the leader and make the religion his own. Either way, it's an odyssey. Softcover, 5-in. x 8-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Michael Deforge.

Heaven No Hell collects DeForge's best work yet. While his style and approach have evolved, he has never wavered from taut character studies and incisive social commentary with a focus on humor. He has deeply probed subjects like identity, gentrification, fame, and sexual desire. His ability to dig into a subject and break it down with beautiful drawings and sharp writing makes him one of the finest short story writers of the past decade, in comics or beyond.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 228 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Add to cart Very Fine $9.00

2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Michael Deforge.

Heaven No Hell collects DeForge's best work yet. His ability to dig into a subject and break it down with beautiful drawings and sharp writing makes him one of the finest short story writers of the past decade, in comics or beyond. Heaven No Hell is always funny, sometimes sad, and continuously innovative in its deconstruction of society.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 228 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Story and Art by Guy Delisle, Brigitte Findalke and Lewis Trondheim. D+Q presents excerpts from two contemporary french language masterpieces, debuting in English in 2017. Guy Delisle's Hostage recounts the harrowing experience of a kidnapped man held in solitary confinement in the Caucasus region, while Poppies of Iraq is Brigitte Findakly's nuanced account of her relationship with her homeland Iraq, stretching from her childhood during Saddam Hussein's regime to the 2015 Paris attacks, as drawn by master cartoonist Lewis Trondheim. 32 ages, full color. Rated T

Drawn & Quarterly Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by SARAH GLIDDEN. Sarah Glidden is a progressive Jewish American twenty-something who is both vocal and critical of Israeli politics in the Holy Land. When a debate with her mother prods her to sign up for a Birthright Israel tour, she expects to find objective facts to support her strong opinions. With straightforward sincerity, lovingly observed anecdotes, and a generous dose of self-deprecating humor, Glidden's perspective is distinctive yet accessible. Over the course of this touching memoir, Glidden comes to terms with the idea that there are no easy answers to the world's problems, and that is okay. Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 212 pages, full color. MATURE READERS Cover price $19.95.

2nd Edition (Drawn & Quarterly) - 1st printing. By Jason Lutes. Ernie is an alcoholic stage magician haunted by lost love and his brother's suicide. He's hooked up with his senile mentor in a last ditch effort to sort his life out. Esther is numb with grief, working a dead end job while her heart atrophies. Nathan Lender is a small-time grifter living on his wits and in a car with his twelve-year-old daughter, Claire. These people have run out of escape tricks and when chance brings them together they discover that love can perform miracles. A meditation on love and loss, and magic. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., B&W. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Fine $8.99

2nd Edition (Drawn & Quarterly) - 2nd and later printings. By Jason Lutes. Ernie is an alcoholic stage magician haunted by lost love and his brother's suicide. He's hooked up with his senile mentor in a last ditch effort to sort his life out. Esther is numb with grief, working a dead end job while her heart atrophies. Nathan Lender is a small-time grifter living on his wits and in a car with his twelve-year-old daughter, Claire. These people have run out of escape tricks and when chance brings them together they discover that love can perform miracles. A meditation on love and loss, and magic. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., B&W. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Guy Delisle.

Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of the Holy City, utilizing the classic stranger in a strange land point of view that made his other books required reading for understanding what daily life is like in cities few are able to travel to.

Jerusalem explores the complexities of a city that represents so much to so many, eloquently examining the impact of conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays.

A sixteen-page appendix to the paperback edition lets the reader behind the curtain, revealing intimate process sketches from Delisle's time in the city.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 352 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $21.95.

Add to cart Fine $10.00

2nd or Later Printings.

Story and art by Guy Delisle.

Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of the Holy City, utilizing the classic stranger in a strange land point of view that made his other books required reading for understanding what daily life is like in cities few are able to travel to.

Jerusalem explores the complexities of a city that represents so much to so many, eloquently examining the impact of conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays.

A sixteen-page appendix to the paperback edition lets the reader behind the curtain, revealing intimate process sketches from Delisle's time in the city.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 352 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $21.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.49

1st printing. Story and art by David Collier. With his inimitably idiosyncratic approach, David Collier tackles a broad range of subject matter in his first collection, from Thomas Edison's bygone phonograph machines to the lost art of hand-lettered display ads. These strips have been culled from numerous publications, including Drawn & Quarterly, The Comics Journal, and Zero Zero, and they serve as an excellent introduction to the work of this quirky and unusual talent. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $11.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by John Porcellino.

King-Cat Classix collects material from the first fifty issues of John Porcellino's King-Cat Comics as they appeared in self-published, handmade zines throughout the 1990s, now in paperback.

These strips span Porcellino's dynamic evolution from saturated, punk drawings to his characteristic refined minimalism, revealing his work as nothing short of a catalyst that has inspired artists like Chris Ware in the emerging literary comics scene. In the inky drawings featuring beloved pets, awkward teenage one-night-stands, and everyday blunders, we see a nascent style steeped in truth and transparency-one that continues to ring true today.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 384 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.95.

2nd Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art by Shigeru Mizuki. Introduction by Zack Davisson.

Kitaro seems just like any other boy. Of course, he isn't-what with his one eye and jet-powered geta sandals, and the fact that he can shape-shift like a chameleon. It's all a part of being a 350-year-old yokai, a Japanese spirit monster.

Against a backdrop of photorealistic landscapes, Kitaro and his otherworldly cartoon friends plunge into the depths of the Pacific Ocean and forge the oft-unseen wilds of Japan's countryside.

The twelve stories in this special collection include more works published in the golden age of GeGeGe no Kitaro between 1967 and 1969.

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 9-in., 432 pages, B&W.

Cover price $29.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Shigeru Mizuki.

In the fourth volume of Shigeru Mizuki's Kitaro series readers meet a whole new cast of yokai monsters, including a giant Cyclops, the villainous Blackbeard, and a malefic sea captain who attempts to summon hell on Earth. But anyone familiar with Kitaro knows that even the toughest yokai squad is no match for him. With the help of a few friends and some funky magic, Kitaro will do everything in his power to outwit and outplay all who challenge him.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 176 pages, B&W.

Cover price $12.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

Add to cart Near Mint $2.50

2016 Halloween Comic Fest Special - Story Art and Cover by Shigeru Mizuki. A mysterious model airplane arrives at Kitaro's house and he can't resist taking it for a spin, but when it strands him on a desert island, he begins to suspect that someone intentionally trapped him there. Suspecting foul play, Nezumi Otoko investigates a similar crash-landing in the forest, only to discover the true yokai mastermind behind the kidnappings. This comic adventure is the perfect introduction to Shigeru Mizuki's most popular series, complete with a pull-out poster and fun activities for all ages! 32 pages, B&W

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Add to cart Very Fine $2.50

Reprint Material (W/A/CA) John Stanley. Drawn & Quarterly is excited to offer a Free Comic Book Day comic from its archival series of the great children's classic comic book series, Marge's Little Lulu by John Stanley! Lulu Moppet is back with even more outlandish adventures and misadventures, as the cartoonist John Stanley settles into kooky and entertaining suburban storylines starring Lulu, Tubby, Alvin, and the rest of the beloved gang! Rating: All-Age

1st printing. Story and art by Gabrielle Bell. Gabrielle Bell fascinatingly documents the mundane details of her below-minimum-wage, twentysomething existence in Brooklyn, New York, with a subtle humor. Bell tackles a string of forgettable, unrelated jobs-including nude modeling, artist's assistant, art teacher, and jewelry maker - that only serve to bolster her despair, boredom, and discomfort in her own skin. Bell's self-scrutiny leads her to dream sequences that allow her to rise above her banal actuality and hyperawareness. Bell's daily comics allow her to escape the harsh, judgmental gaze of the world and the monotony of daily life. Her unpolished art speaks to a desire to record all the messy details while the pain and confusion are still fresh. Hardcover, 112 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Gilbert Hernandez. Marble Season is the all-new semiautobiographical novel by the contemporary master cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, the co-creator of the groundbreaking Love and Rockets comic book series. His first book with Drawn & Quarterly, and one of the most highly anticipated books of 2013, Marble Season features Huey, his family, and their neighbors, who tell the untold stories from the youth of the American comics legend and his cartooning brothers and fellow icons Jaime and Mario, and their large family that grew up in 60s suburban California. Marble Season subtly and deftly details how the innocent, joyfully creative play children engage in such as shooting marbles, backyard plays, and treasure hunts change as the children encounter name-calling naysayers, abusive bullies, and the value judgments of other kids. An all-ages story, Marble Season explores the redemptive and timeless power of reading and role play in childhood. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 128 pages, B&W. Cover price $21.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $11.00

Add to cart Near Mint $11.00

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.

1st printing.

Story and art by Lynda Barry.

Collected from the strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, which was serialized in alternative weeklies across the continent, My Perfect Life captures the moment when Lynda Barry finds the perfect balance in longer-form storytelling between the bellyaching laughs and the brutal reality checks.

Along with the 2022 release Come Over Come Over, this collection continues to spotlight the life of teenager Maybonne Mullen. She suffers through the utterly relatable insults of junior high and the excruciating embarrassment caused by her little sister, Marlys.

Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 9-in. x 6-in., 128 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $21.95.

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.

1st printing.

Story and art by Zuo Ma.

Night Bus blends autobiography, horror, and fantasy into a vibrantly detailed surreal world that shows a distinct talent surveying his past. Nature infringes upon the man-made world via gigantism and explosive abundance - the images in Night Bus are often unsettling, not aimed to horrify, but to upset the balance of modern life.

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 360 pages, B&W.

Cover price $34.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Nazuna Saito. Translated by Alexa Frank. Essay by Mitsuhiro Asakawa. Nazuna Saito began making comics late. She was in her forties when she submitted a story to a major Japanese publishing house and won an award for newcomers. OFFSHORE LIGHTNING collects Saito's early work as well as two recent graphic novellas "In Captivity" (2012) and "Solitary Death Building" (2015), both focused on aging and death. Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 384 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom.

Thousands of South Korean children were adopted around the world in the 1970s and 1980s. More than nine thousand found their new home in Sweden, including the cartoonist Lisa Wool-Rim Sjöblom, who was adopted when she was two years old.

Throughout her childhood she struggled to fit into the homogenous Swedish culture and was continually told to suppress the innate desire to know her origins. As Sjöblom digs deeper into her own backstory, returning to Korea and the orphanage, she finds the truth is much more complicated than the story she was told and struggled to believe.

Softcover, 156 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.99.