Bloom comic books issue 1

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2nd and later printings.

Written by Kevin Panetta. Art and cove rby Savanna Ganucheau.

A thoughtful and endearing gay YA romance set in a bakery.

Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band, if he can just convince his dad to let him quit their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away his days over rising doughs and hot ovens. But in the midst of interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easy-going guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of breads, love begins to bloom . . . that is, if Ari doesn't ruin everything.

Writer Kevin Panetta and artist Savanna Ganucheau concoct a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love, where the choices we make can have terrible consequences, but the people who love us can help us grow.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 368 pages, 2C. Mature Readers

Cover price $17.99.

1st printing.

Written by Kevin Panetta. Art and cove rby Savanna Ganucheau.

A thoughtful and endearing gay YA romance set in a bakery.

Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band, if he can just convince his dad to let him quit their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away his days over rising doughs and hot ovens. But in the midst of interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easy-going guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of breads, love begins to bloom . . . that is, if Ari doesn't ruin everything.

Writer Kevin Panetta and artist Savanna Ganucheau concoct a delicious recipe of intricately illustrated baking scenes and blushing young love, where the choices we make can have terrible consequences, but the people who love us can help us grow.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 368 pages, 2C. Mature Readers

Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $17.00

1st printing. Story and rat by Roz Chast. Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. While the particulars are Chast-ian in their idiosyncrasies the themes are universal: adult children accepting a parental role; aging and unstable parents leaving a family home for an institution; dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies; managing logistics; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care. Hardcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $28.00.

Add to cart Fine $7.30

1st printing. Story and art by Roz Chast. Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents, and a narrative as rife with laughs as it is with tears, Chast's memoir is both comfort and comic relief for anyone experiencing the life-altering loss of elderly parents. While the particulars are Chast-ian in their idiosyncrasies the themes are universal: adult children accepting a parental role; aging and unstable parents leaving a family home for an institution; dealing with uncomfortable physical intimacies; managing logistics; and hiring strangers to provide the most personal care. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 9-in., 240 pages, full color. Cover price $19.00.

1st printing. Based on the story by Geoffrey Chaucer. Adapted by Seymour Chwast. Accompany a band of merry medieval pilgrims as they make their way - on motorcycles, of course - to Canterbury. Meeting at the Tabard Inn, the travelers come up with a plan to pass time on the journey to Thomas à Becket's shrine by telling stories. The tales, which range from high romance set in ancient Greece to low comedy in contemporary England, are adapted into graphic novel form by Seymour Chwast, a pitch-perfect transposition of Chaucer's pointed satire. Chwast's illustrations relate tales of trust and treachery, of piety and bawdiness, in an engaging style that will appeal to those who have enjoyed The Canterbury Tales for years, and those for whom this is a first, delectable introduction. Hardcover, 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $16.99.

1st printing. Based on the story by Mark Twain. Adapted by Seymour Chwast. Art and cover by Seymour Chwast. A Mark Twain classic gets a makeover from the illustrator NPR has called "diabolically witty" and "devilishly expressive." Seymour Chwast, an icon of the graphic design world, has delighted audiences with his adaptations of The Divine Comedy, The Canterbury Tales, and The Odyssey, but it is in Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court that he has found his match. Inspired by Twain's comic irreverence for the Knights of the Round Table, Chwast's illustrations showcase his humor at its finest. He brings us a brilliant imagining of the beloved hero, Hank Morgan, as well as the full cast of Camelot characters, from Merlin to Lancelot to the king himself. With a bold and colorful design and no shortage of witty surprises, this is Mark Twain as you've never seen him before. Hardcover, 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $22.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $16.00

Add to cart Very Fine $12.00

Add to cart Fine $8.00

1st printing. Written by Abraham Kawa. art by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di. Cover by Alecos Papadatos. From the team behind the international phenomenon Logicomix comes a new graphic novel, Democracy, written and illustrated by Alecos Papadatos and in collaboration with Abraham Kawa. Democracy opens in 490 BCE, when Athens is at war. Leander, trying to rouse his comrades for battle, begins to recount his own life, bearing direct witness to the evils of the old tyrannical regimes and to the birth of a new political system. The story that emerges, of the death of the gods and the tortuous birth of democracy, is crammed with extraordinary characters and tells in incident and vivid detail how this greatest of civic inventions came about. We see that democracy was born through a combination of chance and historical contingency - but also through the cunning, courage, and willful action of a group of highly talented and driven individuals. Softcover, 240 pages, full color. Cover price $27.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $17.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Roz Chast.

For native Brooklynite Roz Chast, adjusting to life in the suburbs (where people own trees!?) was surreal. But she recognized that for her kids, the reverse was true. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange world of Manhattan: its gum-wad-dotted sidewalks, honey-combed streets, and "those West Side Story-things" (fire escapes). Their wonder inspired Going into Town, part playful guide, part New York stories, and part love letter to the city, told through Chast's laugh-out-loud, touching, and true cartoons.

Hardcover, 9-in. x 10-in., 176 pages, full color.

Cover price $28.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

Add to cart Near Mint $9.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Roz Chast.

For native Brooklynite Roz Chast, adjusting to life in the suburbs (where people own trees!?) was surreal. But she recognized that for her kids, the reverse was true. On trips into town, they would marvel at the strange world of Manhattan: its gum-wad-dotted sidewalks, honey-combed streets, and "those West Side Story-things" (fire escapes). Their wonder inspired Going into Town, part playful guide, part New York stories, and part love letter to the city, told through Chast's laugh-out-loud, touching, and true cartoons.

Softcover, 6 1/2-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, full color.

Cover price $18.00.

Add to cart Fine $14.00

2nd Edition - 1st printing. By Denis Gifford. From Droopy Dog to Popeye, Betty Boop to Tom & Jerry, Bug Bunny to the Pink Panther, this comprehensive books provide dossiers for all the classic cartoon characters that have made us laugh during the 20th Century! Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 12-in., 128 pages, B&W. Published by Bloomsbury Books.

1st printing. By Mark Voger. It's all too beautiful! From Woodstock to "The Banana Splits," from "Sgt. Pepper" to "H.R. Pufnstuf," from Altamont to "The Partridge Family," Groovy is a far-out trip to the era of lava lamps and love beads. This profusely illustrated hardcover book, in psychedelic color, features interviews with icons of grooviness such as Peter Max, Brian Wilson, Peter Fonda, Melanie, David Cassidy, members of the Jefferson Airplane, Cream, the Doors, the Cowsills and Vanilla Fudge; and cast members of groovy TV shows like "The Monkees," "Laugh-In" and "The Brady Bunch." A color-saturated pop-culture history written and designed by Mark Voger, Groovy is one trip that doesn't require dangerous chemicals! Hardcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $39.95.

Volume 1, 2nd or later printing. Written by Neil Gaiman. Art and cover by Lorenzo Mattotti. This all happened a long time ago, in your grandmother's time, or in her grandfather's. A long time ago. Back then, we all lived on the edge of the great forest. Neil Gaiman and Lorenzo Mattotti both remember the horror and fascination with which they read the Grimm Brothers' "Hansel and Gretel." The writer and the artist now join forces for a brilliant reimagining of one of humanity's most enduring tales. Be brave, be bold, and keep your wits about you - Gaiman and Mattotti are welcoming you into the woods. Hardcover 7-in. x 10-in., 56 pages, B&W. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $17.00

1st printing. Story and art by Roz Chast. Ancient Greeks, modern seers, Freud, Jung, neurologists, poets, artists, shamans - humanity has never ceased trying to decipher one of the strangest unexplained phenomena we all experience: dreaming. Now, in her new book, Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy, but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through "Dream Theory Land" guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike. Illuminating, surprising, funny, and often profound, I Must Be Dreaming explores Roz Chast's newest subject of fascination-and promises to make it yours, too. Hardcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $27.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

Includes Bonus DVD - 1st printing. By Jim Pavelic. Readers will learn to create an array of fantastic alien creatures, landscapes, ships, and background elements, while being entertained by the story of a strong female character and learning how illustration and story work hand in hand. Readers will follow Hachi, a 17-year-old girl of Chinese-Japanese descent immediately following WWII, as she discovers herself and her innate powers while traveling to futuristic worlds, encountering new friends and terrible foes that will push her newfound powers to their limits. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $26.99.

Does NOT Include Bonus DVD - 1st printing. By Jim Pavelic. Readers will learn to create an array of fantastic alien creatures, landscapes, ships, and background elements, while being entertained by the story of a strong female character and learning how illustration and story work hand in hand. Readers will follow Hachi, a 17-year-old girl of Chinese-Japanese descent immediately following WWII, as she discovers herself and her innate powers while traveling to futuristic worlds, encountering new friends and terrible foes that will push her newfound powers to their limits. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 176 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $26.99.

1st printing. Story and art by Maré Odomo. Comics poetry. An emotional journey portrayed in lush pencils. An indescribable comics experience, unique to the medium. Softcover, 4-in. x 6-in., 104 pages, B&W. Cover price $10.00.

Add to cart Fine $13.50

1st printing. By C. Tyler. Introduction by R. Crumb. The biggest, richest and most delightful collection of Tyler's work to date. In "Migrant Mother," Tyler tells the grueling story of a cross-country trip with the flu and her terrible-twos toddler using her trademark combination of rueful humor and empathy. The full-color "Just A Bad Seed" is a meditation on a problem child who might not be such a problem after all, while "The Return of Mrs. Kite" chronicles a family crisis - how her widowed grandmother fell in with a beau of questionable character. "Gone" (also in full color) is a stirring meditation on all kinds of loss, and "Why I'm A-gin' Southern Men" is a classic rant that dissects that particular breed of male - or at least a certain subspecies of "ex"es - with pitiless wit. Other stories include "Sweet Miss Lee" (a reminiscence of an immigrant roommate and her fate), "There's Something Wrong with a Perfect Lawn" (a tale of suburban obsessiveness), "Little Crosshatch Mind" (where artistic impulses come from), and "Uncovered Property" (discovering the power of sexuality at an early age). Tyler works equally well in delicately crisp black-and-white penstrokes and lushly watercolored paintings (this book features over 30 pages of her stunning full-color work). All told, the three-dozen stories here cement Tyler's reputation as a cartoonist to be reckoned with. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 136 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $28.95.

1st printing. Written by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou. Art by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna. This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers while his most ambitious goal, to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics, continues to loom before him. Russell persists in the quest that threatens to claim both his career and his personal happiness, finally driving him to the brink of insanity. Logicomix is a story about the conflict between an ideal rationality and the unchanging, flawed fabric of reality. Softcover, 348 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

2nd and later printings. Written by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou. Art by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna. This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers while his most ambitious goal, to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics, continues to loom before him. Russell persists in the quest that threatens to claim both his career and his personal happiness, finally driving him to the brink of insanity. Logicomix is a story about the conflict between an ideal rationality and the unchanging, flawed fabric of reality. Softcover, 348 pages, full color. Cover price $22.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

1st printing. By Nick Jones. Matchbox Toys were ubiquitous items for children across the Western world. Originally labelled Christmas-cracker trash by retailers and shopkeepers, the small-scale 1-75 series soon began to see unprecedented worldwide sales in the 1950s. Smaller and cheaper than most of its competitors' toys, Matchbox models were also far more accurately modeled. In this beautifully illustrated book, Matchbox collector Nick Jones tells the story of Matchbox and its most famous toys, from the Coronation Coach to the Batmobile, and complements the story with beautiful, previously unpublished photographs. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 64 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $14.00.

Bloomsbury UK Edition - 1st printing. Written by Neil Gaiman. Art by illustrations by Dave McKean. MirrorMask tells the story of Helena, who longs to run away and join the circus. That is, until the day she awakens to find herself in a strange new place populated by mysterious creatures - a dream world where she is about to embark on a most amazing journey of self-discovery! Hardcover, 10-in. x 10-in., 80 pages, full color.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

1st printing.

Story and art by Julia Kaye.

My Life in Transition is a story that's not often told about trans lives: what happens beyond the early days of transition.

Both deeply personal and widely relatable, this collection illustrates six months of Julia's life as an out trans woman-about the beauty and pain of love and heartbreak, struggling to find support from bio family and the importance of chosen family, moments of dysphoria and misgendering, learning to lean on friends in times of need, and finding peace in the fact that life keeps moving forward.

Hardcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 176 pages, B&W. Mature Readers

Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $17.00

Add to cart Very Fine $17.00

Add to cart Fine $11.00

1st Printing. Robert Crumb is famous for his underground ZAP Comix, which he founded in 1968, not to mention unforgettable characters such as Fritz the Cat, Devil Girl, and Mr. Natural among many others. But how many fans know about The Silly Pigeons, his portrait of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky, or his fantastic cover art for Winds of Change? "Odds & Ends" is a unique collection of all these and more... It includes many portraits and drawings done for family and friends, chosen by Crumb himself. Hardcover, 8.5" x 10", 128 pages, full color. Cover price $34.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $10.00

1st printing. Based on the poem by Homer. Adapted by Seymour Chwast. Seymour Chwast, an icon of the graphic design world, turns to Homer's Odyssey, one of the best-known stories in history. The tale is one that begs for visual interpretation, filled with mythic characters we all know well: the Cyclops, the Lotus-Eaters, the cannibal Laestrygonians, the Sirens, the monster Scylla (beside the whirlpool Charybdis), Poseidon, Athena, and Zeus. Featuring a bold black, white, and blue interior design throughout, and imbued with Chwast's own sly humor, The Odyssey brings us a dazzling new vision of one of the epic journeys. Hardcover, 128 pages, PC. Cover price $20.00.

1st printing.

Story and art by Darryl Cunningham.

Psychiatric Tales draws on Darryl Cunningham's time working in a psychiatric ward to give a reasoned and sympathetic look into the world of mental illness.

In each chapter, Cunningham explores a different mental health problem, using evocative imagery to describe the experience of mental illness, both from the point of view of those beset by illness and their friends and relatives. Concluding with a reflection on how mental illness has affected his own life, Darryl Cunningham's Psychiatric Tales is a moving, engaging examination of what is, at its root, the human condition.

Hardcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 140 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.00.

1st printing. Written by Shannon & Dean Hale. Art by Nathan Hale. In this swashbuckling, hilarious, and very American twist on the classic fairy tale, Rapunzel uses her amazing hair as a lasso, and teams up with a mysterious outlaw named Jack to gallop around the wild and western landscape, battling creatures and outrageous villains, righting wrongs, and changing their world forever. A cast of characters both evil and endearing, a daring rescue, and a delightful love story add up to a completely unique and visually stunning graphic novel. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

2nd and later printings. Written by Shannon & Dean Hale. Art by Nathan Hale. In this swashbuckling, hilarious, and very American twist on the classic fairy tale, Rapunzel uses her amazing hair as a lasso, and teams up with a mysterious outlaw named Jack to gallop around the wild and western landscape, battling creatures and outrageous villains, righting wrongs, and changing their world forever. A cast of characters both evil and endearing, a daring rescue, and a delightful love story add up to a completely unique and visually stunning graphic novel. Softcover, 7 1/2-in. x 11-in., 144 pages, full color. Cover price $14.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $6.00

1st printing. Story and art by Eleanor Davis. Supersmart Julian Calendar thinks moving to a new school will mean he can shed his nerdy image - but then he meets Ben and Greta, two secret scientists like himself. The three form a covert club, complete with a high-tech lair. There, they work on projects like the Stink-O-Meter, the Kablovsky Copter, and the Nightsneak Goggles. All that tinkering comes in handy when the trio discovers an evil scientist's plan to rob a museum. Can three inventors, armed with their wacky creations, hope to defeat this criminal mastermind? Softcover, 6-in. x 8-in., 156 pages, full color. Cover price $10.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

1st printing. By Elizabeth Bear. Short fiction from Elizabeth Bear, recipient of the "John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer." Includes her Hugo- and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award-winning "Tideline" and Hugo-winning novelette, "Shoggoths in Bloom," as well as an original, never-published story. A World Fantasy, Nebula, and Philip K. Dick nominee, Bear is one of speculative fiction's most acclaimed, respected, and prolific authors. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., Text Only. Cover price $15.95.

1st printing. Based on the script by Rod Serling. Adapted by Mark Kneece. Art by Rich Ellis. Maple Street-late on a Saturday afternoon a mysterious flash of light results in a power outage. But this is no ordinary power failure, and the neighbors on Maple Street will soon find themselves in the dark with an enemy of their own creation . . . in the Twilight Zone. About the Author: ROD SERLING (creator) has won the most Emmy awards for dramatic writing in the history of television. He wrote over seventy-five episodes of the Twilight Zone series. He was also the show's host and narrator. MARK KNEECE (adaptor) has written stories for numerous comics, including Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight. He helped found the sequential art department at the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and teaches comics writing. He lives in Savannah, Georgia. RICH ELLIS (illustrator, The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street) earned a B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design. He is a member of the Periscope Studio, and lives in Portland, Oregon. Softcover, 72 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

1st printing. Based on the script by Rod Serling. Adapted by Mark Kneece. Art by Robert Grabe. Transocean Flight 33 departs London bound for New York as scheduled. But a mysterious tailwind sends them far off course, hurtling back and forth through time. Can the crew hitch a ride in hyperspace and get the passengers back to their own time? Softcover, 72 pages, full color. Cover price $9.99.

1st printing.

By Ernest Larson.

A heist thriller with a dazzling twist in the tail, this film 'The Usual Suspects' has seen its reputation grow until it is now a major cult movie. Ernest Larsen examines the film's sophisticated narrative structure and the new spin it puts on an old genre.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 96 pages, Text. Cover price $18.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $12.00

1st printing. Written by Suzy Hopkins. Art and cover by Hallie Bateman. One sleepless night while she was in her early twenties, Hallie Bateman had a painful realization: Someday, her mother would be gone. The prospect was devastating, and also scary - how would she navigate the world without the person who gave her life? She thought about all the motherly advice she would miss, advice that could help her through the challenges to come, including the ordeal of losing a parent. The next day, Hallie asked her mother, writer Suzy Hopkins, to record step-by-step instructions for her to follow in the event of her mom's death. The project became a way for mother and daughter to discuss everyday realities with humor, openness, and gratitude. Combining Suzy's witty and heartfelt advice with Hallie's quirky and colorful style, What to Do When I'm Gone is the illustrated instruction manual for getting through life without one's mom. Softcover, 6 1/2-in.x 9-in., 144 pages, PC. Cover price $22.00.