Drawn & Quarterly comic books issue 1

1st printing. Story and art by Adrian Tomine. A young man spends his birthday with an ex-girlfriend while unresolved feelings - and his car - careen carelessly through the night. An unsuspecting couple find themselves drawn to a window to watch the neighbors' kinky play turn into something far more ominous. Twin teenage sisters make an awkward and silent pilgrimage with their well-intentioned, aging-hippie father. After a night of drinking and socializing, a woman sits silently in an idling car, her mind racing. These are the lives that populate SLEEPWALK AND OTHER STORIES. Softcover, 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.00

2nd and later printings. Story and art by Adrian Tomine. A young man spends his birthday with an ex-girlfriend while unresolved feelings - and his car - careen carelessly through the night. An unsuspecting couple find themselves drawn to a window to watch the neighbors' kinky play turn into something far more ominous. Twin teenage sisters make an awkward and silent pilgrimage with their well-intentioned, aging-hippie father. After a night of drinking and socializing, a woman sits silently in an idling car, her mind racing. These are the lives that populate SLEEPWALK AND OTHER STORIES. Softcover, 102 pages, B&W. Cover price $15.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Kate Beaton. Ida B. Wells, the Black Prince, and Benito Juárez burst off the pages of Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection, armed with modern-sounding quips and amusingly on-point repartee. Kate Beaton's second D+Q book brings her hysterically funny gaze to bear on these and even more historical, literary, and contemporary figures. Irreverently funny and carefully researched, no target is safe from Beaton's incisive wit in these satirical strips. Beaton returns with a refined pen, ready to make jokes at the expense of hunks, army generals, scientists, and Canadians in equal measure. With a few carefully placed lines, Beaton captures the over-the-top evil of the straw feminists in the closet, the disgruntled dismay of Heathcliff, and Wonder Woman's all-conquering ennui. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 9-in., 160 pages, B&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Adrian Tomine.

One of the most popular titles by Shortcomings cartoonist Adrian Tomine, Summer Blonde features more stories culled from the pages of Optic Nerve. With a deft and romantic touch, Tomine portrays the emotional ambivalence of drifting, urban twenty-somethings in stunning black and white. His stories are appealingly naturalistic, stylishly cinematic, and emotionally rich. His fans accuse him of eavesdropping on their most intimate moments, exhibiting their insecurities with both forensic detachment and surprising compassion.

Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 136 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Very Good $6.70

2nd and later printings.

Story and art by Adrian Tomine.

One of the most popular titles by Shortcomings cartoonist Adrian Tomine, Summer Blonde features more stories culled from the pages of Optic Nerve. With a deft and romantic touch, Tomine portrays the emotional ambivalence of drifting, urban twenty-somethings in stunning black and white. His stories are appealingly naturalistic, stylishly cinematic, and emotionally rich. His fans accuse him of eavesdropping on their most intimate moments, exhibiting their insecurities with both forensic detachment and surprising compassion.

Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 136 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $16.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

Add to cart Near Mint $4.00

1st printing. By Leanne Shapton. Sunday Night Movies features Leanne Shapton's watercolors of resonant moments in black-and-white cinema. Selecting a brief fragment of each chosen film, she creates an indelible image that is both a hand-painted movie still and a personal response to a fleeting celluloid moment. Together, the seventy-eight paintings create a valentine to the world of cinema. Shapton's journey through film history becomes a wistful celebration of the subtle moments in stories, which can often slip by unnoticed. What could be a simple title, still life, or portrait of an actor becomes both illusive and allusive through the medium of these personal paintings. With Sunday Night Movies she brings her love of film to light, and the effect is restrained and fanciful, familiar and all new. Softcover (Horizontal Format), 10-in. x 7-in., 96 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Jillian Tamaki. Jillian Tamaki is best known for co-creating the award-winning young adult graphic novels Skim and This One Summer, moody and atmospheric bestsellers. SuperMutant Magic Academy, which Jillian has been serializing online for the past four years, paints a teenaged world filled with just as much ennui and uncertainty, but also with a sharp dose of humor and irreverence. Jillian deftly plays superhero and high school Hollywood tropes against what adolescence is really like: the SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep-school for mutants and witches but their paranormal abilities take a back seat to everyday teen concerns. Science experiments go awry, bake sales are upstaged, and the new kid at school is a cat who will determine the course of human destiny. Whether the magic is mundane or miraculous, Jillian's jokes are precise and devastating. This volume combines the most popular content from the webcomic with a selection of all-new, never-before-seen strips that conclude Jillian's account of life at the Academy. Softcover, 6-in. x 8 1/2-in., 224 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Emma Grove.

The Third Person is a riveting memoir from newcomer Emma Grove.

Drawn in thick, emotive lines, with the refined style of a comics vet, Grove has created a singular, gripping depiction of the intersection of identities and trauma as she and her therapist, Toby, grapple with her possible Dissociative Identity Disorder as she seeks approval for gender affirming care.

The Third Person is a testament to the importance of having the space to heal and live authentically.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 920 pages, B&W.

Cover price $39.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $14.00

Add to cart Fine $2.65

1st printing.

Story and art by Julie Delporte.

This Woman's Work is a powerfully raw autobiographical work that asks vital questions about femininity and the assumptions we make about gender. Julie Delporte examines cultural artifacts and sometimes traumatic memories through the lens of the woman she is today-a feminist who understands the reality of the women around her, how experiencing rape culture and sexual abuse is almost synonymous with being a woman, and the struggle of reconciling one's feminist beliefs with the desire to be loved.

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 252 pages, full color.

Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.95

1st printing. Story and art by Elise Gravel. Growing up is always just a little too much for a kid to handle, but taking your time is all it takes Tweeny-bopper Elise knows shes different, but kind of just chalks it up to being a weirdo. In True Colors: Growing Up Weird in the 90s, Elise invites readers into the pages of her diary and takes them back to a radically different time before smartphones and home computers. Creative and curious kids, anybody dealing with anything from not fitting in, to anxiety—or even an ADHD diagnosis—will see themselves in the pages. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 188 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $18.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Miriam Katin. With the heartrending We Are on Our Own, Miriam Katin recounts the story of her escape from German-occupied Hungary as a child, led by her determined mother. The two fled Budapest near the end of WWII and at the age of sixty-three Katin enshrined her memory in these extraordinary pages, originally published in hardcover more than fifteen years ago. Softcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 136 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $22.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Miriam Katin. Nominated for an Ignatz Award, this captivating and elegantly illustrated graphic memoir tells the story of Katin's and her Mother's escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest. With her father off fighting for the Hungarian army and the German troops quickly approaching, Katin and her mother are forced to flee to the countryside after faking their deaths. Leaving behind all of their belongings and loved ones, and unable to tell anyone of their whereabouts, they disguise themselves as a peasant woman and her illegitimate child, while staying a few steps ahead of the German soldiers. Hardcover, 8-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Walter Scott. Everybody's favorite party girl Wendy is so back! When Wendy is nominated for the coveted National FoodHut Contemporary Art Prize alongside her friend Winona, all of her millennial dreams seem to be coming true. But not even achieving bona fide art star fame can hide the truth: a never-ending struggle with imposter syndrome. Softcover, 248 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Walter Scott.

In Wendy's Revenge, Wendy returns with a fresh set of awkward misadventures and messy nights out.

When the book opens, aspiring artist Wendy has decided to move to the west coast to clear her head, only to find her collaborator and friend Winona packing up to leave. Scott's inky character drawings evoke millennial culture with such Jungian accuracy that you can't help but stare and giggle in equal measure.

Softcover, 256 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $22.95.

1st printing. By Lynda Barry. Lynda Barry is one of the pre-eminent cartoonists of the past generation, and in What It Is she demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or remember. Bursting with full-color drawings, comics, and collages, autobiographical sections and gentle creative guidance, each page is an invigorating example of exactly what it is: "The ordinary is extraordinary." Lynda Barry explores the depths of the inner and outer realms of creation and imagination, where play can be serious, monsters have purpose, and not knowing is an answer unto itself. How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? These types of questions permeate the pages of What It Is, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. Her insight and sincerity will tackle the most persistent of inhibitions, calling back every kid who quit drawing to again feel alive at the experiential level. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 212 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

2nd and later printings. By Lynda Barry. Lynda Barry is one of the pre-eminent cartoonists of the past generation, and in What It Is she demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or remember. Bursting with full-color drawings, comics, and collages, autobiographical sections and gentle creative guidance, each page is an invigorating example of exactly what it is: "The ordinary is extraordinary." Lynda Barry explores the depths of the inner and outer realms of creation and imagination, where play can be serious, monsters have purpose, and not knowing is an answer unto itself. How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? These types of questions permeate the pages of What It Is, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. Her insight and sincerity will tackle the most persistent of inhibitions, calling back every kid who quit drawing to again feel alive at the experiential level. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 212 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Brecht Vandenbroucke. With a few words and a gorgeous style, a cartoonist takes aim at the hypocrisies of the art world White Cube is Belgian cartoonist and illustrator Brecht Vandenbroucke's debut book, a collection of mostly wordless strips that follow a pair of pink-faced twins as they attempt to understand contemporary art and the gallery world. Their reactions to the art they encounter are frequently comedic, as they paint over Pablo Picasso's famous mural Guernica, and recreate a pixelated version of Edvard Munch's The Scream after receiving one too many emails. Lushly painted, these irreverent strips poke fun at the staid, often smug art world, offering an absurdist world view on the institutions of that world - questioning what constitutes art and what doesn't, as well as how we decide what goes on the walls of the gallery and what doesn't. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 64 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Paul B Rainey.

Claire and Mark are both plagued by the idea that their life is all a dream. When reports of an imminent nuclear war come on the radio, the truth begins to dawn on them: This is not the life they chose.

Why Don't You Love Me? is a pitch-black comedy about marriage, alcoholism, depression, and mourning lost opportunities. Paul B. Rainey has created a hilariously terrifying alternate reality where confusion and pain might lead people to make bad choices but might also eventually lead to freedom... maybe.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 6 1/2-in., 224 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $21.00

1st printing. Story and art by Paul B Rainey. Claire and Mark are stuck in the doldrums of an unhappy marriage. She chain-smokes and refuses to leave the house or even change out of her bathrobe. He sleeps on the couch and can't distinguish one day from the next. With all love lost for family life, pizza and Chinese food take turns on a nightly take-out dinner menu. Husband and wife are plagued by the idea that this is all a dream. Why can't Mark ever remember their son's name? Isn't he a barber? Doesn't he play in a band? Why is Claire obsessively stalking her ex-boyfriend online? When exactly did she stop caring about what the kids wear to school? And just why can't she be bothered to tell the other mums at pick-up apart? Didn't Claire and Mark have different lives? As reports of an imminent nuclear war make subtle waves on the radio, the truth begins to dawn on them... Softcover, 9-in.x 6 1/2-in., 216 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $9.00

1st printing. Story and art by Woshibai. How fast can you go in a buggy drawn by the flap of a butterfly's wings? How do you measure the speed of waking from a dream? Such abstract inquiries into the unrelenting absurdity of contemporary life make up this omnibus of meditative vignettes from one of mainland China's most prolific and recognizable-yet anonymous-new underground cartoonists of the current generation. Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 376 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $29.95.

1st Printing - Written and illustrated by Maurice Vellekoop. A colorful and hilarious look at a fictitious opera world as seen through the eyes of artist Maurice Vellekoop. hardcover, 74 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. By Anders Nilsen. A keen observer of the natural world and the mystical treasures contained within, Anders Nilsen uses lush, inky lines to craft an enchanting, meditative journey for your coloring tools. A Walk in Eden is a fantastical view of primeval creation, with an exquisite mix of sprawling landscapes and close-up examinations of plants, fungi, and minerals. Though this is a world void of humans, here and there are small reminders of our presence. Nilsen's world is intricate, playful, and inspired, waiting for you to make it your own. Softcover, 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Aminder Dhaliwal. A witch's work is never done when she works for the people. With the success of her town relying on her magic, demands are high. But what happens when a witch can't keep up with the magical requests? She is burnt, of course-in a cruel ritual that extinguishes her magic and erases all her memories, making her just like everybody else. But when a burning ceremony is interrupted by rain in Chamomile Valley, a witch is left writhing at the stake. It's up to a witch doctor and her toad friend to save the singed witch and nurse her back to health. Can they help her before her magic is lost forever? Hardcover, 7 1/2-in. x 5 1/2-in., 400 pages, B&W. Cover price $27.95.

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1st printing. Story and art by Joe Ollmann. Journalist and travel writer William Buehler Seabrook was willing to go deeper than any outsider had before, participating in voodoo ceremonies, riding camels cross the Sahara desert, communing with cannibals and most notably, popularizing the term "zombie" in the West. A string of his bestselling books show an engaged, sympathetic gentleman hoping to share these strange, hidden delights with the rest of the world. But, of course, there was a dark side. Seabrook was a barely functioning alcoholic who was deeply obsessed with bondage and the so-called mystical properties of pain and degradation. What led the popular and vivid writer to such a sad state? Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 316 pages, 2C. Cover price $22.95.

10th Anniversary Edition - Volume 1 - 1st printing. "1986-1995!" By Chris Ware.Acclaimed cartoonist Chris Ware (Building Stories) reveals the outtakes of his genius in these intimate, imaginative, and whimsical sketches collected from the years during which he completed his award-winning graphic novel Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth. Acme Datebook Volume One is as much a companion volume to Jimmy Corrigan as a tremendous art collection from of one of America's most interesting and popular graphic artists. Chris Ware surprises the reader on every page with its spontaneity, its mordant humor, and its excellent draftsmanship. Hardcover, 208 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $44.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $22.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Drnaso, Nick.

Acting Class creates a tapestry of disconnect, distrust, and manipulation.

Ten strangers are brought together under the tutelage of John Smith, a mysterious and morally questionable leader. The group of social misfits and restless searchers have one thing in common: they are out of step with their surroundings and desperate for change. When the line between real life and imagination begins to blur, the group's deepest fears and desires are laid bare.

Exploring the tension between who we are and how we present, Drnaso cracks open his characters' masks and takes us through an unsettling American journey.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 10-in., 218 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Bendik Kaltenborn. Look through Bendik Kaltenborn's kaledescopic glasses and glimpse the world the way he sees it: a vibrantly colorful planet populated by lumpy, big-nosed people totally absorbed in their own off-kilter personal dramas. Adult Contemporary is a collection of odd imaginings, surrealist comics, and physical comedy gags from Kaltenborn, a New Yorker and New York Times illustrator. People scramble around in a world they don't understand, happy as can be. A marriage is threatened by soup. Drunk old men quarrel about literature in the witching hour. A con details a small and silly bank robbery from the 1980s. Norwegian cartoonist Bendik Kaltenborn's Adult Contemporary reads as homage to the art of mid-twentieth century cartooning and absurdist sketch comedy. Softcover, 8" x 10.5", 176 pages, full color. . Cover price $26.95.

1st printing. Written by Jose-Louis Bocquet and Jean-Luc Fromental. Art by Stanislas Barthelemy. The Adventures of Hergé is a biographical comic about the world-renowned comics artist Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name, Hergé. Meticulously researched, with references to many of the Tintin albums and complete with a bibliography and mini-bios for each of the main "characters," the biography is appropriately drawn in Hergé's iconic clear line style as an homage to the Tintin adventures that have commanded the attention of readers across the world and of many generations. Seven-year-old Hergé first discovered his love of drawing in 1914 when his mother gave him some crayons to stay out of trouble. He continued drawing in school when he fatefully met the editor of XXe Siècle magazine, where Tintin first appeared. His popularity skyrocketed from the 1930s through post-WWII. Hergé was perceived by some to have aided the Nazi government in Belgium by continuing to publish Tintin in a government-sanctioned magazine, and he was briefly imprisoned in the aftermath of the war and narrowly escaped execution. Also covered are his marriage troubles in the 1950s and subsequent affair with Fanny Vlamynck, who went on to become his lifelong partner; his late career in the 1960s, as his interest in Tintin waned and he occasionally "disappeared" for weeks at a time as he contemplated giving up his career to become a fine-arts painter; and a recounting of a humorous encounter with Andy Warhol. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

2nd and later printings. Written by Jose-Louis Bocquet and Jean-Luc Fromental. Art by Stanislas Barthelemy. The Adventures of Hergé is a biographical comic about the world-renowned comics artist Georges Prosper Remi, better known by his pen name, Hergé. Meticulously researched, with references to many of the Tintin albums and complete with a bibliography and mini-bios for each of the main "characters," the biography is appropriately drawn in Hergé's iconic clear line style as an homage to the Tintin adventures that have commanded the attention of readers across the world and of many generations. Seven-year-old Hergé first discovered his love of drawing in 1914 when his mother gave him some crayons to stay out of trouble. He continued drawing in school when he fatefully met the editor of XXe Siècle magazine, where Tintin first appeared. His popularity skyrocketed from the 1930s through post-WWII. Hergé was perceived by some to have aided the Nazi government in Belgium by continuing to publish Tintin in a government-sanctioned magazine, and he was briefly imprisoned in the aftermath of the war and narrowly escaped execution. Also covered are his marriage troubles in the 1950s and subsequent affair with Fanny Vlamynck, who went on to become his lifelong partner; his late career in the 1960s, as his interest in Tintin waned and he occasionally "disappeared" for weeks at a time as he contemplated giving up his career to become a fine-arts painter; and a recounting of a humorous encounter with Andy Warhol. Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 72 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. By Guy Delisle. Women literally lose their heads as they swap limbs and lovers in Aline and the others, a collection of 26 sublimely perverse wordless strips by Guy Delisle, best known for his books from D+Q, Pyongyang and Shenzhen. Arranged alphabetically, the strips are named after their 26 vivacious female protagonists who stretch, shrink, disappear into one another's orifices and jump off the page in stories that are as hilarious as they are utterly bizarre. Softcover, 72 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Michael DeForge. Razor-sharp short stories from the greatest contemporary comics stylist. In All the Cameras in My Room, Michael DeForge's hilarious and horny approach to comics fiction never disappoints. In Figure Skating, a star athletes impossible feats captivate the world, turning a simple skaters rotation into a catalyst for national paralysis. While in Holiday Special, a narrator tells us about his favorite Christian holiday special that bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain bald-headed-boy-and-his-dog classic. No matter the conceit, characters in All the Cameras in My Room stretch and flatten and spiral around each other and burrow deep into the folds of a readers brain. Hardcover, 9-in. x 6 1/2-in., 200 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $30.00.

1st printing. Cartoons by Tom Horacek. Tom Horacek's characters possess the hydrocephalic proportions of Playmobil people, but they've traded the colorful plastic environs of childhood for a bleaker, twisted landscape where insanity, loneliness and death are fodder for laughs. Heard from their pinhole mouths and seen in their beady eyes is fear, desperation, resignation, and pure misanthropy, all presented across a single-panel canvas. Join in the fun with this first collection of Horacek's bitingly bitter gag cartoons, All We Ever Do Is Talk About Wood. Softcover, 5-in. x 5-in., 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $9.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Anouk Ricard. Pet therapist by day, animal-morphing pet detective by night—fear not, Animans on the case! A radioactive mosquito bite as a baby gives Francis the superpower of morphing into any animal at will. Learning to keep his powers secret from an early age, Francis takes up pet therapy as his day job, the perfect cover for his secret identity as Animan. Francis uses his fantastical gift to treat his animal patients, go undercover to solve murders, and battle it out with his nemesis, Objecto, a man capable of transforming into any and every possible object. And to top it all off, in his free time Francis is an avid watercolorist, who enjoys drawing landscapes and risqué portraits of his frog girlfriend, Fabienne. Veteran cartoonist Anouk Ricard delivers a fresh take on the superhero genre, imbued with her signature slapstick sensibility, preposterous scenarios, and off-the-wall punchlines. Translated by Montana Kane. Hardcover, 9 1/2-in. x 7 1/2-in., 80 pages, full color. Teen+ Cover price $24.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

1st printing. Story and art by Anouk Ricard. Anouk Ricard's bold and colorful comics of this quirky, grumpy gang of pals are delightfully weird yet thoroughly realistic in their honest and hilarious portrayal of friendship. Anna, Froga, Christopher the worm, Ron the cat, and Bubu the dog continue their non-adventures with bickering, needling, cajoling, and honest friendship. Collecting all five issues of the acclaimed Anna & Froga series into an accessible paperback, this volume presents Ricard's vibrant world of visual puns and deft animal caricatures for kids and parents alike to enjoy. Softcover, 6-in.x 8-in., 208 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Anouk Ricard. It's time for another round of fun and games - okay, practical jokes and pranks - with Bubu, Ron, Christopher, Anna, and Froga! In Anna & Froga: Fore!, Christopher has a crush on someone in his piano class, Bubu sets out to prove himself an ace golfer, and Ron has a close encounter with a lifeguard. Anouk Ricard's bright and colorful illustrations make the world of Anna & Froga inviting and fun for kids, but adults also love the series for Ricard's charming character design and visual puns. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 40 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Anouk Ricard. The whole gang is reunited in Anna & Froga: Thrills, Spills, and Gooseberries. Join Anna, Froga, Ron, Bubu, and Christopher as they get stuck in the haunted house at the county fair with a truly terrifying ticket-taker; as Froga combats a scourge of snails in her garden; and as Bubu has ill-fated dreams of being a great painter. With this third volume of Anna & Froga, Anouk Ricard experiments with the format, never sacrificing a droll punch line or a hilarious image. Anna & Froga is a true delight for children, parents, and grown-up children alike. Hardcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 40 pages, full color. Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

Add to cart Near Mint $2.65

1st printing. Story and art by Anouk Ricard. Anouk Ricard's Anna and Froga features the adventures of a little girl named Anna and her gang of animal friends. Anna's best friend is the titular Froga, and they often hang out with Bubu the dog (an aspiring artist), Christopher the gourmand earthworm, and Ron (a practical joker of a cat). Whether the conflict is driven by eating too many French fries, bossing around Johnny the Tuna, or trying to beat a difficult video game, you know that Anna, Froga, Bubu, Ron, and Christopher will come out all right in the end, which makes the layers of confusion they pile on one another all the funnier. Ricard's characters are sweet without ever veering into preciousness, as they constantly find opportunities for a laugh at one another's expense. Hardcover, 40 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $14.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Michael DeForge. The debut graphic novel from a dazzling newcomer with a singular, idiosyncratic style. Michael DeForge's brash, confident, undulating sensibility sent a shockwave through the comics world for its unique, fully formed aesthetic. Ant Colony follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants. On the surface, it's the story of this war, the destruction of a civilization, and the ants' all-too-familiar desire to rebuild. Underneath, though, Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concerns - loneliness, faith, love, apathy, and more. All of this is done with humor and sensitivity, exposing a world where spiders can wreak unimaginable amounts of havoc with a single gnash of their jaws. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $21.95.

2nd or later printings. Story and art by Michael DeForge. The debut graphic novel from a dazzling newcomer with a singular, idiosyncratic style. Michael DeForge's brash, confident, undulating sensibility sent a shockwave through the comics world for its unique, fully formed aesthetic. Ant Colony follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants. On the surface, it's the story of this war, the destruction of a civilization, and the ants' all-too-familiar desire to rebuild. Underneath, though, Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concerns - loneliness, faith, love, apathy, and more. All of this is done with humor and sensitivity, exposing a world where spiders can wreak unimaginable amounts of havoc with a single gnash of their jaws. Hardcover (Horizontal Format), 11-in. x 9-in., 112 pages, full color. Cover price $21.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Cedar Van Tassel. A serial buddy comedy like no other from the mind of Cedar Van Tassel. Appleguy & Beefwoods rapid-fire dialogue and tightly wound humour is reminiscent of classic buddy comics as wide-ranging as Calvin and Hobbes or Mutt and Jeff. Van Tassels wiry, delightfully jagged characters walk and talk as the world grows both physically and spiritually around them. This approachably hilarious take on the existential and esoteric distills the absurdities of the modern everyday into four panels with forthright wit and a discerning eye. Hardcover, 6-in. x 6-in., 200 pages, full color. Teen+ Cover price $25.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

1st printing. Story and art by Chris Oliveros. The critically acclaimed graphic novel about Quebecs contentious history by the founder of D+Q–is now in paperback. It started in 1963, when a dozen mailboxes in a wealthy Montreal neighborhood were blown to bits by handmade bombs. By the following year, a guerilla army training camp was set up deep in the woods, with would-be soldiers training for armed revolt. Then, in 1966, two high school students dropped off bombs at factories, causing fatalities. What was behind these concerted, often bungled acts of terrorism and how did they last for nearly eight years? Chris Oliveros sets out to dispel common misconceptions about the birth and early years of a now-defunct movement whose legacy still holds a tight grip on Canadian politics and the hearts and minds of Quebec. The Front de libération du Québec (or in English, the Quebec Liberation Front), began as a socialist movement with a goal of championing workers rights among the provinces French-speaking majority. Their goal? Ridding the province of English business owner oppression by any means necessary–including violent revolution. Using dozens of obscure and long-forgotten sources, Oliveros skillfully weaves a comics oral history where the activists, employers, politicians, and secretaries piece together the sequence of events. At times humorous, other times dramatic, and always informative, Are You Willing To Die For The Cause? shines a light on how just little it takes to organize dissent and who people trust to overthrow the government. Hardcover, 168 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $22.95.

1st printing. Story and art by Chris Oliveros.

A deep dive into a contentious and dramatic period in Canadian history—the rise of a militant separatist group whose effects still reverberate today.

It started in 1963, when a dozen mailboxes in a wealthy Montreal neighborhood were blown to bits by handmade bombs. By the following year, a guerrilla army camp was set up deep in the woods, with would-be soldiers training for armed revolt. Then, in 1966, two high-school students dropped off bombs at factories, causing fatalities. What was behind these concerted, often bungled acts of terrorism, and how did they last for nearly eight years?

In Are You Willing to Die for the Cause?, Quebec-born cartoonist Chris Oliveros sets out to dispel common misconceptions about the birth and early years of a movement that, while now defunct, still holds a tight grip on the hearts and minds of Quebec citizenry and Canadian politics. There are no initials more volatile in Quebec history than FLQ—the Front de libération du Québec (or, in English, the Quebec Liberation Front). The original goal of this socialist movement was to fight for workers' rights of the French majority who found their rights trampled on by English bosses. The goal became ridding the province of its English oppression by means of violent revolution.

Using dozens of obscure and long-forgotten sources, Oliveros skillfully weaves a comics oral history where the activists, employers, politicians, and secretaries piece together the sequence of events. At times humorous, other times dramatic, and always informative, Are You Willing to Die for the Cause? shines a light on just how little it takes to organize dissent and who people trust to overthrow the government.

Hardcover, 168 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.95.

1st printing.

Story and art by Yeong-Shin Ma.

In Artist three artists are on the outer limits of relevancy in an arts culture that celebrates youth. They're caught in circular arguments about what makes real art and concerned about the vapid interests of their younger contemporaries, none of them are reaping the benefits of success.

But there's always another chance to make it. When it comes time, out of the three, who will emerge as an acclaimed artist? More important, when one artist's star rises, will he leave the rest behind?

Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 363 pages, full color. Mature Readers

Cover price $39.95.

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1st printing. Written by Marguerite Abouet. Art and cover by Clement Oubrerie. Translated by Edwge Renee Dro. Long-time creative team Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie make a stunning comeback after a lengthy twelve-year hiatus. The stand-alone seventh instalment in the Aya series takes us all back to Yop City-home to the hustle and bustle of the Ivory Coast where clear-eyed college student Aya finds an unexpected adversary in the beer giant's brand-new head of HR and her friends navigate romance, sexuality, and newfound fame. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 128 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. Written by Marguerite Abouet. Art and cover by Clement Oubrerie. Translated by Edwge Renee Dro. Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie's world-renowned and critically acclaimed series about '80s life in the Ivory Coast continues with Aya: Face the Music. After getting thrown in jail for organizing a student housing protest, Aya must grapple with the aftermath of her decisions. Her friends don't have it much easier. Her classmate Cyprien has been unconscious since police violently broke up their demonstration, and his family can barely scrape together funds for treatment. Her dear friend Albert, last seen passing out at dinner with his family, awakes in the countryside in the clutches of a healer his father has hired to pray his gay away. In France, Albert's ex-paramour Inno agrees to enter into a fake marriage with his friend Sabine with surprising results. And back in Abidjan, embattled starlet Bintou must find a way to capitalize on the public's newfound sympathy after her house is burned down by an angry mob. This contemporary classic of Ivorian literature bridges the gap between the past and present, proving that no matter how much things may change, we change with them too. Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 108 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.

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1st printing. By Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie. An Eisner Award-nominee! Meet the studious and clear-sighted Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a breezy and wryly funny account of the desire for joy and freedom, and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City. An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa rarely seen - spirited, hopeful and resilient. Hardcover, 106 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

2nd and later printings. By Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie. An Eisner Award-nominee! Meet the studious and clear-sighted Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's a breezy and wryly funny account of the desire for joy and freedom, and of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City. An unpretentious and gently humorous story of an Africa rarely seen - spirited, hopeful and resilient. Hardcover, 106 pages, full color. Mature Readers Cover price $19.95.

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.

1st printing. Written by Marguerite Abouet. Art by Clément Oubrerie. Ivory Coast, 1978. It's a golden time, and the nation, an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa, seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely based upon Marguerite Abouet's youth in Yop City. It is the story of the studious and clear-sighted 19-year old Aya, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling relatives and neighbors. It's wryly funny, breezy account of the simple pleasures and private troubles of everyday life in Yop City. This reworked edition offers readers the chance to immerse themselves in the lively world of Aya and her friends, bringing together the first three volumes of the series in Book One. Drawn & Quarterly will release volumes four through six of the original French series (as yet unpublished in English) in Book Two. Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 384 pages, full color. Cover price $24.95.

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1st printing. By Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie. The original Drawn & Quarterly volume of Aya debuted last year to much critical acclaim, receiving a Quill Award-nomination and praise for its accessibility and for the rare portrait of a warm, vibrant Africa it presents. This continuation of the dynamic story by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie returns to Africa's Ivory Coast in the late 1970s, where life in Yop City is as dramatic as ever. The original cast of characters returns in full force, with a case of questionable paternity fanning the flames of activity in the community. New mother Adjoua has her friends to help with the baby, perhaps employing Aya a bit too frequently, while a new romance leaves Bintou with little time for her friends, let alone their responsibilities. These characters find their way in the world, brining Africa to rich and vibrant life. Hardcoevcr, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.