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Cages comic books issue 1

  • Issue #1
    Cages (1990) 1
    Published Dec 1990 by Tundra.

    One: Descent. Story, art and wraparound cover by Dave McKean. The first publication of the acclaimed graphic novel by McKean, best known for his Sandman covers. Painter Leo Sabarsky struggles to locate his new apartment building, then faces the greater struggle represented in his blank canvas. 8 1/2 in. x 11 in. 48 pages, PC/PB&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $3.95.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Cages HC (2002 NBM) 1-1ST
    Published Jan 2002 by NBM.

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    NBM Edition - 1st printing. By Dave McKean. One of the all-time best and most highly acclaimed graphic novels ever is now, finally, back in print! Dave McKean, famous for Arkham Asylum and his covers for Sandman, presents a highly allegorical tale of the dwellers of an apartment building. Running in parallel lines or tangentially, the differing lives each have their own tale to tell under the magic spin of McKean's brilliant imagery and story-telling. It's about a blocked painter, a controversial novelist, and a wise musician. It may be about God, about Jazz, about sex, but also about creativity and artistic fulfillment. Hardcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 496 pages, B&W. Cover price $50.00.

  • Issue #1A-1ST
    Cages HC (1998 Kitchen Sink) 1A-1ST

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    Kitchen Sink Edition - 1st printing. By Dave McKean. Dave McKean, famous for Arkham Asylum and his covers for Sandman, presents a highly allegorical tale of the dwellers of an apartment building. Running in parallel lines or tangentially, the differing lives each have their own tale to tell under the magic spin of McKean's brilliant imagery and story-telling. It's about a blocked painter, a controversial novelist, and a wise musician. It may be about God, about Jazz, about sex, but also about creativity and artistic fulfillment. Hardcover, 496 pages, B&W. Cover price $44.95.

  • Issue #1B-1ST
    Cages HC (1998 Kitchen Sink) 1B-1ST

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    Slipcase Edition with Signed and Numbered CD - 1st printing. By Dave McKean. Dave McKean, famous for Arkham Asylum and his covers for Sandman, presents a highly allegorical tale of the dwellers of an apartment building. Running in parallel lines or tangentially, the differing lives each have their own tale to tell under the magic spin of McKean's brilliant imagery and story-telling. It's about a blocked painter, a controversial novelist, and a wise musician. It may be about God, about Jazz, about sex, but also about creativity and artistic fulfillment. Hardcover, 496 pages, B&W. Cover price $100.00.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Cages TPB (2010 Dark Horse) 1st Edition 1-1ST

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    1st (Dark Horse) Edition - 1st printing. By Dave McKean. Dave McKean's Cages is finally back in print! Best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, McKean defied expectations with his stunning debut as writer and artist in Cages, winner of multiple awards for Best Graphic Album. Filled with complex characters, intriguing flights of fancy, and all the beautiful visuals you'd expect from the director of MirrorMask, Cages is McKean's magnum opus. It chronicles the intersecting lives of a painter, a writer, and a musician living in the same apartment building, and is a profound rumination on art, God, cats, and the cages we build for ourselves. Out of print for years, Cages is finally available in an affordable new softcover edition, remastered and newly redesigned, with a brand-new cover by McKean. Almost five hundred pages in an affordable softcover! Features painstakingly rescanned and remastered art. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11 1/2-in., 496 pages, B&W. Cover price $29.99.

  • Issue #1-1ST
    Cages TPB (2016 Dark Horse) 25th Anniversary Edition 1-1ST

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    25th Anniversary Edition - 1st printing. Story and art by Dave McKean. Filled with complex characters, intriguing flights of fancy, and all the beautiful visuals you'd expect from the director of MirrorMask, Cages is Dave McKean's magnum opus. It chronicles the intersecting lives of a painter, a writer, and a musician living in the same apartment building, and is a profound rumination on art, God, cats, and the cages we build for ourselves. Softcover, 8-in. x 11-in., 504 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $29.99.