by Mike Dawson High Fidelity meets Wayne's World in this charming graphic memoir about a young man's life-long obsession with the rock band, Queen. All of us have had that one band with which we identify, the band that was always there for us during good times and bad. For Mike Dawson, it has always been Queen and Freddie Mercury. Not unlike 'Bohemian Rhapsody,' Freddie & Me takes readers on a rock-opera-like journey - from Mike's childhood in the UK, through high school in New Jersey, and into the nineties, when grunge ruled the day and Queen was terminally uncool. As Mike works to navigate the trials and tribulations that accompany the road to adulthood (with Queen behind him every step of the way), he must grapple with the fears we all find ourselves facing: committing to one person for the rest of our lives, pursuing our dream job, coming to terms with our familial responsibilities, and even facing our own mortality. With humor, sensitivity, and some wonderfully imagined appearances by Freddie Mercury, Brian May, George Michael, and Andrew Ridgeley (among others), Freddie & Me is a touching reminder of how our favorite music is the soundtrack for so many of our most important memories and moments, and how a single note can bring them all flooding back. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By MIKE DAWSON. Artist MIKE DAWSON. Cover by MIKE DAWSON.
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Pagina del Previews (APR/2008): 232
Data di uscita: 25/06/08
Thinking about comics raises a bewildering range of questions about representation, narrative, and value. Philosophy of Comics is an introduction to these philosophical questions. In exploring the history and variety of the comics medium, Sam Cowling and Wesley D. Cray chart a path through the emerging field of the philosophy of comics. Drawing from a diverse range of forms and genres and informed by case studies of classic comics such as Watchmen, Tales from the Crypt, and Fun Home, Cowling and Cray explore ethical, aesthetic, and ontological puzzles, including: - What does it take to create-or destroy-a fictional character like Superman? - Can all comics be adapted into films, or are some comics impossible to adapt? - Is there really a genre of 'superhero comics'? - When are comics obscene, pornographic, and why does it matter? At a time of rapidly growing interest in graphic storytelling, this is an ideal introduction to the philosophy of comics and some of its most central and puzzling questions. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
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Pagina del Previews (APR/2022): 262
Data di uscita: 22/06/22
by Mark Kneece & Rebekah Isaacs One of most ground-breaking shows in the history of television, The Twilight Zone has become a permanent fixture in pop culture. This new graphic novel series re-imagines the show's most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, originally written by Rod Serling himself, and now adapted for a new generation. Submitted for your approval: Marsha White, a dissatisfied shopper with an unusual problem. This is one shopping trip that is marked 'Final Sale - Return Only to the Customer Service Desk' in... The Twilight Zone! Available in softcover and hardcover editions. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Rod Serling, Mark Kneece. Artist Rebekah Isaacs. Cover by Rebekah Isaacs.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,99
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 218
Data di uscita: 29/10/08
Adapted by Mark Kneece & Rebekah Isaacs One of most ground-breaking shows in the history of television, The Twilight Zone has become a permanent fixture in pop culture. This new graphic novel series re-imagines the show's most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, originally written by Rod Serling himself, and now adapted for a new generation. Submitted for your approval: Marsha White, a dissatisfied shopper with an unusual problem. This is one shopping trip that is marked 'Final Sale - Return Only to the Customer Service Desk' in... The Twilight Zone! Available in Softcover and Hardcover editions. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Rod Serling, Mark Kneece. Artist Rebekah Isaacs. Cover by Rebekah Isaacs.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 9,99
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 9,01
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 218
Data di uscita: 29/10/08
by Mark Kneece & Dove McHargue The Twilight Zone's most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, are adapted for a new generation - a generation that has experienced Disney's Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror attraction, studied old episodes in school, watched the annual marathons, and paid homage to the show through the many random take-offs that show up in movies and TV shows everywhere. Destination: Homewood. Step off the beaten path as Martin Sloan takes the journey of a lifetime. Somewhere up the road he's looking for redemption - but he'll find something entirely different... in The Twilight Zone! Available in softcover and hardcover editions. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Rod Serling, Mark Kneece. Artist Dove McHargue. Cover by Dove McHargue.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 16,99
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 15,33
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 218
Data di uscita: 29/10/08
Adapted by Mark Kneece & Dove McHargue This new graphic novel series re-imagines the show's most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, originally written by Rod Serling himself, and now adapted for a new generation - a generation that has ridden Disney's Twilight Zone: Tower of Terror attraction, studied old episodes in school, watched the annual marathons, and paid homage to the show through the many random take-offs that show up in movies and TV shows everywhere. Destination: Homewood. Step off the beaten path as Martin Sloan takes the journey of a lifetime. Somewhere up the road he's looking for redemption - but he'll find something entirely different... in The Twilight Zone! Available in Sofcover and Hardcover editions. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Rod Serling, Mark Kneece. Artist Dove McHargue. Cover by Dove McHargue.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 9,99
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 9,01
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2008): 218
Data di uscita: 29/10/08
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. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 28/08/15
By Kawa, Abraham. Artist Papadatos, Alecos. Cover by Papadatos, Alecos.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 27,00
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2015): 292
Data di uscita: 07/10/15
Final Order Cutoff: 28/08/15 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilità che l'ordine verrà soddisfatto sono molto alte)
In his agonized search for absolute truth, philosopher Bertrand 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. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 02/07/15
By Papadimitriou, Christos. Artist Doxiadis, Apostolos. Cover by Di Donna, Annie.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 24,00
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2015): 292
Data di uscita: 16/09/15
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Here, for the first time, is a comprehensive biography of the mythic icon among geek and gaming culture, Gary Gygax - and the complete story behind the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. The 'godfather' of all fantasy adventure games, Gary Gygax has a life story that has been told only in bits and pieces. Michael Witwer has written a dynamic, dramatized biography of Gygax, spanning from his childhood in Lake Geneva to his untimely death in 2008. Gygax's magnum opus, Dungeons & Dragons, would explode in popularity throughout the 1970s and '80s, irreversibly altering the world of gaming. D&D is the best-known, best-selling role-playing game of all time, and it boasts an elite class of player alumni - Stephen Colbert, Robin Williams, and Junot Diaz all have spoken openly about their experience with the game as teenagers, and some credit it as the workshop where their nascent imaginations were fostered. Gygax's involvement in the industry lasted long after his dramatic and involuntary departure from D&D's parent company, TSR, and his footprint can be seen in the genre he is largely responsible for creating. But as Witwer shows, perhaps the most compelling facet of his life and work was his unwavering commitment to the power of creativity in the face of myriad sources of adversity - cultural, economic, and personal. Through his creation of the role-playing genre, Gygax gave generations of gamers the tools to invent characters and entire worlds in their minds. Told in a narrative-driven and dramatic fashion, Witwer has written an engaging chronicle of the life and legacy of this emperor of the imagination! (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
Ordinabile fino al 28/08/15
By Witwer, Michael.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 26,00
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2015): 611
Data di uscita: 07/10/15
Final Order Cutoff: 28/08/15 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilità che l'ordine verrà soddisfatto sono molto alte)
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. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
Ordinabile fino al 01/09/17
By Chast, Roz. Artist Chast, Roz. Cover by Chast, Roz.
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2017): 296
Data di uscita: 04/10/17
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From the unparalleled imagination of Alan Moore, author of Watchmen and V for Vendetta, eight stories full of wonder and strangeness, which take us to the fantastical underside of reality. In his first-ever short story collection, which spans forty years of work and features many never-before-published pieces, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover-and in some cases even make and unmake-the various uncharted parts of existence. In 'A Hypothetical Lizard,' two concubines in a brothel for sorcerers fall in love, with tragic ramifications. In 'Not Even Legend,' a paranormal study group is infiltrated by one of the otherworldly beings they seek to investigate. In 'Illuminations,' a nostalgic older man decides to visit a seaside resort from his youth and finds the past all too close at hand. And in the monumental novella 'What We Can Know about Thunderman,' which charts the surreal and Kafkaesque history of the comics industry over the last seventy-five years through several sometimes-naive and sometimes-maniacal people rising and falling on its career ladders, Moore reveals the dark, beating heart of the superhero business. From ghosts and otherworldly creatures to the four horsemen of the apocalypse to theoretical Boltzmann brains fashioning the universe at the big bang, Illuminations is exactly that-a series of bright, startling tales from a contemporary legend that reveal the full power of imagination and magic. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Moore, Alan.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 30,00
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2022): 278
Data di uscita: 12/10/22 (può ritardare di 30 giorni)
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. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 01/09/23
By Chast, Roz. Artist Chast, Roz. Cover by Chast, Roz.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 27,99
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2023): 284
Data di uscita: 25/10/23
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In his first-ever short story collection, Alan Moore presents a series of wildly different and equally unforgettable characters who discover-and in some cases even make and unmake-the various uncharted parts of existence. In 'A Hypothetical Lizard,' two concubines in a brothel of fantastical specialists fall in love with tragic ramifications. In 'Not Even Legend,' a paranormal study group is infiltrated by one of the otherworldly beings they seek to investigate. In 'Illuminations,' a nostalgic older man decides to visit a seaside resort from his youth and finds the past all too close at hand. And in the monumental novella 'What We Can Know About Thunderman,' which charts the surreal and Kafkaesque history of the comics industry's major players over the last seventy-five years, Moore reveals the dark, beating heart of the superhero business. (immagine) Categoria: Books: novel/sci fi/horror
By Moore, Alan.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 19,99
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Pagina del Previews (AUG/2023): 285
Data di uscita: 11/10/23 (può ritardare di 30 giorni)
(W/A) 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. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 04/01/11
By Darryl Cunningham. Artist Darryl Cunningham. Cover by Darryl Cunningham.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 15,00
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 13,53
Pagina del Previews (DEC/2010): 232
Data di uscita: 02/03/11 (può ritardare di 60 giorni)
Final Order Cutoff: 04/01/11 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilità che l'ordine verrà soddisfatto sono molto alte)
More than thirty years have passed since Al Capp's death, and he may no longer be a household name. But at the height of his career, his groundbreaking comic strip, Li'l Abner, reached ninety million readers. Though Li'l Abner brought millions joy, the man behind the strip was a complicated and often unpleasant person. With unprecedented access to Capp's archives and a wealth of new material, Michael Schumacher and Denis Kitchen have written a probing biography. Capp's story is one of incredible highs and lows, of popularity and villainy, of success and failure-told here with authority and heart. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 04/01/13
By Kitchen, Denis. Artist Capp, Al. Cover by Photo,.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 30,00
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Pagina del Previews (DEC/2012): 356
Data di uscita: 27/02/13 (può ritardare di 30 giorni)
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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. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 03/01/14
By Chwast, Seymour. Artist Chwast, Seymour. Cover by Chwast, Seymour.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 22,00
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 19,85
Pagina del Previews (DEC/2013): 272
Data di uscita: 19/02/14
Final Order Cutoff: 03/01/14 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilità che l'ordine verrà soddisfatto sono molto alte)