Real Life comic books issue 1

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"The Story of Democracy," script by Richard Hughes, art by John Blummer; Two boys don't understand what democracy is, so Uncle Sam takes them on a magical journey through history to see it for themselves. "Lawrence of Arabia," art by August Froehlich; The story of T.E. Lawrence, better known as 'Lawrence of Arabia.' "The Story of Stephen Decatur," script by Otto Binder, art by Jack Binder. "Alfred Bernhard Nobel Baron of Peace and War!" "Heroes of the Mounties," art by Maurice Gutwirth. "Daniel Boone Frontiersman," art by Ralph Cone. "I Fight the Nazis" article. "Aces of the Air," art by Will Rowland. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.10.

Cover art by Mark Zingarelli. "The Number One Cadillac Fan," script and art by Mark Zingarelli; Mark meets the number one Cadillac fan. "The Cockeyed Cook," script and art by Mark Zingarelli; The violent life and death of killer William Edward Cook. "Close Call," script by Dennis Eichhorn, art by Mark Zingarelli; A close call for Dennis Eichhorn. "Electric Chair," script and art by Mark Zingarelli; The first execution by electric chair. "Augustus DiPrimo's Miracle Meats," script and art by Mark Zingarelli; Augie frets over his daughter. "Hookman" Urban Folktales Retold, script and art by Mark Zingarelli; Story about the hook on the door handle. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $2.50.

2nd Edition - 1st printing. Written by Cory Doctorow. Art and cover by Jen Wang. Anda loves Coarsegold Online. The massively multiplayer role-playing game is a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, and a hero. But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer, a poor Chinese kid whose job is to collect valuable objects and sell them to other players for real money. This behavior is strictly against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake. In Real Life is a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture clash. Now with a new short story in the world of In Real Life. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $12.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $8.00

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Into the Sock-Verse!" Written by Shidan Youssefian and Roshan Youssefian. Art and cover by Mahui Duque. Have you ever lost a sock? It's in the Sock-Verse! Get ready to embark on a series of toe-tally awesome adventures that follow a band of misfit socks as they journey through this new whimsical world. Enter Freddy: a skater sock who gets caught in a dizzying spin-cycle and is magically transported into the vibrant Sock-Verse. Alone for the first time in his life, Freddy strikes up an unlikely friendship with Ruffles, a no-nonsense frilly sock, and Hanks, a warm and fuzzy knee-high. This trio of mismatched misfits embark on an epic quest in search of the gatekeeper of the Sock-Verse, an elusive being that knows the secrets to travel back to the Foot-side-a way back to Freddy's sock-twin Peter! But the journey won't be easy. As the trio work together to overcome many challenges, they will forge an enduring friendship and discover how wonderfully wacky and diverse the Sock-Verse really is. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $24.99.

Add to cart Fair $17.00

Painted cover. In order of appearance: "Secondhand Love" reprinted in Complete Love Magazine Vol. 29 (1953) #4; "Spite Elopement" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #70; "The Night That Changed My Life" reprinted in Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #56; and "Afraid of Marriage" reprinted in Glamorous Romances (1949) #55 and Real Love (1949-56 Ace) #63. "For a More Glamorous You! Be Provocative, How to Handle a Romance, Don't Talk Too Much..., Just Because You Love Him..., In Order to Hold Him..., Stay as Sweet as You Are..." text article reprinted as "Your Charm Guide..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #63 and Love at First Sight (1949) #21, as "Be Smart About Love..." in Ten Story Love Vol. 35 (1955) #1, and as "Glamorizing Yourself..." in Glamorous Romances (1949) #89. Indicia states "Real-Life Secrets". Numbering continues with Real Secrets (1950) #2. 36 pages. Full color. Cover price $0.10.

1st printing. Story and art by Stan MacK. Foreword by Jake Tapper. Afterword by Jeanette Walls. Sketchbook in hand, Stan Mack haunted the New York City environs, watching, listening, overhearing, and interviewing its inhabitants. He drew a comic strip every week based on what he saw and heard, famously using verbatim dialogue for his graphic dramatizations. A mixture of humor, spontaneity, serendipity, and weirdness, Mack's comic strip snapshots caught New Yorkers -whether it is an extortionist calligrapher, a baby evading arrest at her first protest, a stroll up Broadway with a ferret, an evening with a male liberationist, or an unlucky-in-love dolphin trainer- being who they are in all their unguarded and uninhibited glory. Hardcover, 9-in. x 12-in., 336 pages, B&W. Cover price $50.00.

1st printing. Written by Anne Martinetti and Guillaume Lebeau. Art and cover by Alexandre Franc. The life of Agatha Christie was as mysterious and eventful as her fiction. This beautifully illustrated graphic novel traces the life of the Queen of Whodunnit from her childhood in Torquay, England, through a career filled with success, mischief, and adventure, to her later years as Dame Agatha. Revealing a side to Christie that will surprise and delight many readers, Agatha introduces us to a free-spirited and thoroughly modern woman who, among other things, enjoyed flying, travel, and surfing. Centering around an episode in 1926 when Christie staged her own disappearance, Agatha is an intriguing, entertaining, and funny exploration of the 20th century's best-loved crime novelist. Softcover, 128 pages, full color. Cover price $19.95.

Empire Building: The Remarkable Real Life Story of Star Wars - 1st printing. By Garry Jenkins. Cover by Fred Gambino. In May, 1977, an unheralded "space opera" called Star Wars became the most extraordinary movie success of all time. Dismissed by most as an adolescent indulgence, George Lucas's saga went on to rewrite not just the history of Hollywood but the story of popular culture. This is the behind the scenes story about how the greatest sci-fi adventure of all time got made. Includes previously unreleased photos. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 278 pages, Text (with 16 pages, of fuill color photos). Cover price $14.99.

1st printing.

By Daisuke Shimizu.

Every time a child watches animation, plays a role playing game, or reads fantasy novels, he imagines that he actually exists in the world of those movies, games, or books and deserves to be part of it. This kind of excitement that people experienced in their childhood remains in their heart even when they become adults. This book proves that those fantasy worlds do not exist only in our imagination but actually exist in our real world: a huge tree in an enchanted forest, a witch's magic shop, lodging where you can save your playing data, the remains of an ancient city that waits the last boss.

Shimizu Daisuke travels all over the world looking for thrilling moments in which he can feel his fantasy world as an actual place. Perhaps you'll start looking for your own?

Softcover, 144 pages, full color.

Cover price $29.95.

1st printing. "I Saw You...Comics Inspired by Real-Life Missed Connections!" Edited by Julia Wertz. Lonely hearts, romantics, and even cynics pore over missed connection ads in search of love, to gawk and giggle, or out of curiousity about that stranger whose eye they caught oh-so-briefly. These posted stranger-sightings and chance encounters lay bare the truths and oddities of real-life attractions, longings, and might-have-beens in heartbreaking and hilarious ways that bring out the romantic voyeur in the best of us. I Saw You takes this great thing and makes it even better. Julia Wertz has gathered the stars and soon-to-be-stars of the graphic art world to interpret these plaintive, hopeful postings in drawings that range from laugh-out-loud funny to disarmingly touching. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 192 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $12.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

Add to cart Very Fine $2.65

1st Edition - 1st printing. Written by Cory Doctorow. Art and cover by Jen Wang. Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. But things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer - a poor Chinese kid whose avatar in the game illegally collects valuable objects and then sells them to players from developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly against the rules, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a someone's real livelihood is at stake. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 192 pages, full color. Cover price $17.99.

1st printing.

By Don Steinberg.

It's Quirk's first-ever business how-to book - and naturally, it concerns an innovative, quirky, and wholly revolutionary way of raising a fortune. From former Inc. editor and Wall Street Journal contributor Don Steinberg.

A business book for 21st-century entrepreneurs, The Kickstarter Handbook will be the first book to market on a phenomenally popular website - and a new way of financing your wildest dreams.

Softcover, 5-in. x 7-in., 224 pages, Text (with B&W Photos).

Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Very Fine $7.99

Volume 1 - 1st printing. "Into the Sock-Verse!" Written by Shidan Youssefian and Roshan Youssefian. Art and cover by Mahui Duque. Have you ever lost a sock? It's in the Sock-Verse! Get ready to embark on a series of toe-tally awesome adventures that follow a band of misfit socks as they journey through this new whimsical world. Enter Freddy: a skater sock who gets caught in a dizzying spin-cycle and is magically transported into the vibrant Sock-Verse. Alone for the first time in his life, Freddy strikes up an unlikely friendship with Ruffles, a no-nonsense frilly sock, and Hanks, a warm and fuzzy knee-high. This trio of mismatched misfits embark on an epic quest in search of the gatekeeper of the Sock-Verse, an elusive being that knows the secrets to travel back to the Foot-side-a way back to Freddy's sock-twin Peter! But the journey won't be easy. As the trio work together to overcome many challenges, they will forge an enduring friendship and discover how wonderfully wacky and diverse the Sock-Verse really is. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, full color. All Ages Cover price $14.99.

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8.5" x 11.25", 94 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.10.

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1st printing. By Greg Dean. Based strictly in the bounds of reality, Real Life is based on the experiences of the cartoonist and his friends. Whether they're gallivanting through 14th century France, building sentient computers, or taking a road trip to Michigan, be assured that everything in these pages actually happened! See how it all began, with added commentary, as well as extra material not seen online. Softcover, 5 1/2-in. x 8-in., 340 pages, PC/PB&W. Cover price $24.95.

1st printing. By Shawn Michaels and David Thomas. In Wrestling for My Life, WWE superstar Shawn Michaels shares from his heart about the highs and lows of his life inside the WWE. Included are some never-before-shared stories and an intimate look into his career as well as stories of hunting, family, and faith. With millions of fans, Michaels had adulation and all the attention he could ask for, but he discovered there was something more. When he became a committed Christian during his years in the WWE it had to affect everything. Michaels reveals what it is like to be a man of faith in this unusual world and shares insights for all of us. Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 176 pages, Text.