The man known as Blutch is one of the giants of contemporary comics, and Peplum may be his masterpiece: a grand, strange dream of ancient Rome. At the edge of the empire, a gang of bandits discovers the body of a beautiful woman in a cave; she is encased in ice but may still be alive. One of the bandits, bearing a stolen name and with the frozen maiden in tow, makes his way toward Rome - seeking power, or maybe just survival, as the world unravels. Thrilling and hallucinatory, vast in scope yet unnervingly intimate, Peplum weaves together threads from Shakespeare and the Satyricon along with Blutch's own distinctive vision. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 04/03/16
By Blutch,. Artist Blutch,. Cover by Blutch,.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 24,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 22,51
Pagina del Previews (FEB/2016): 396
Data di uscita: 20/04/16
Final Order Cutoff: 04/03/16 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
Father and Son is one of the most beloved comic strips ever drawn, an uproarious, timeless ode to the pleasures, pitfalls, and endless absurdity of family life. Created in Germany in 1934 by the political cartoonist Erich Ohser, the gruff, loving, mustachioed father and his sweet but troublemaking son embark on adventures both everyday and extraordinary: family photo shoots and summer vacations, shipwrecks and battles with gangsters, a Christmas feast with forest animals, and a trip to the zoo. Drawn almost entirely without dialogue, the Father and Son strips overflow with slapstick, fantasy, and anarchic visual puns. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 07/04/17
By Plauen, E.O.. Artist Plauen, E.O.. Cover by Plauen, E.O..
Prezzo di copertina: USD 18,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 17,10
Pagina del Previews (MAR/2017): 386
Data di uscita: 10/05/17
Final Order Cutoff: 07/04/17 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
Though virtually unknown in the United States, Tadao Tsuge is one of the original masters of alternative manga, and one of the world's great artists of the down-and-out. Never before available in English, this new collection of his stories from the late 60s and the 70s depicts the lives of punks, vagrants, gangsters, and other lost souls with gritty lyricism. It is a raucous, exhilarating vision of street brawls and dive bars, shantytowns and brothels, and an unsettling portrait of postwar Japan. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels Annullato/esaurito (Will Resolicit)
Ordinabile fino al 06/04/18
By Tsuge, Tadao. Artist Tsuge, Tadao. Cover by Tsuge, Tadao. (NOTE: After Previews went to press, on sale date changed to 8/22/18 so item will be resolicited in JUN18 Previews.)
Prezzo di copertina: USD 22,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 20,71
Pagina del Previews (MAR/2018): 401
Data di uscita: 09/05/18
Final Order Cutoff: 06/04/18 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
A Japanese manga legend's autobiographical graphic novel about a struggling artist and the first full-length work by the great Yoshiharu Tsuge available in the English language! Yoshiharu Tsuge is one of comics' most celebrated and influential artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. The Man Without Talent, his first book ever to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs - used camera salesman, ferryman, and stone collector - hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with. Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from translator Ryan Holmberg that discusses Tsuge's importance in comics and Japanese literature, The Man Without Talent is one of the great works of comics literature. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 05/03/20
By Tsuge, Yoshiharu. Artist Tsuge, Yoshiharu.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 22,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 20,71
Pagina del Previews (APR/2020): 335
Data di uscita: 13/05/20
Final Order Cutoff: 05/03/20 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
Pittsburgh is the story of a family, and a city. Frank Santoro faces a straightforward yet heart-rending reality: His parents, once high-school sweethearts, now never speak to each other-despite working in the same building. Stuck in the middle, he tries to understand. The result is this book. Using markers, pencils, scissors, and tape, with a variety of papers, drawing in vivid colors and exuberant lines, Santoro constructs a multi-generational retelling of their lives. Framed by his parents' courtship and marriage, and set amid the vital but fading neighborhood streets, the pages of Pittsburgh are filled with details both quotidian and dramatic-from his childhood mishaps to his father's trauma in Vietnam-interspersed throughout with the mute witness of the family dog, Pretzel. Pittsburgh is an extraordinary reimagining of the comics form to depict the processes of memory, and a powerful, searching account of a family taking shape, falling apart, and struggling to reinvent itself, as the city around them does the same. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 30/07/23
By Santoro, Frank. Artist Santoro, Frank.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 29,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 27,02
Pagina del Previews (JUN/2023): 390
Data di uscita: 30/08/23 (può ritardare di 30 giorni)
Final Order Cutoff: 30/07/23 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
Pretending Is Lying is a memoir unlike any other. The first book to appear in English by the acclaimed Belgian artist Dominique Goblet, it is at once an intimate account of love and familial dysfunction and an audacious experiment in graphic storytelling. In a series of dazzling fragments Goblet examines the most important relationships in her life: with her partner, Guy-Marc; with her daughter, Nikita; with her alcoholic, well-meaning father; and with her abusive mother. More than a decade in the making, the result is an unnerving comedy of paternal dysfunction, an achingly ambivalent love story and a searing account of childhood trauma. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 06/01/17
By Goblet, Dominique. Artist Goblet, Dominique. Cover by Goblet, Dominique.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 24,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 22,51
Pagina del Previews (DEC/2016): 373
Data di uscita: 08/02/17
Final Order Cutoff: 06/01/17 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)
With unsettling power, the title story depicts the lives of undocumented migrant workers in Paris. Alain, a Beninese immigrant, struggles to protect his family and his white girlfriend, Claire, while engaged in a strange, tragic dance of obsession and repulsion with Mario, a retired French Algerian policeman. It is already a classic of alternative comics, and, like the other stories in this collection, becomes more urgent every day. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 09/03/18
By Alagbe, Yvan. Artist Alagbe, Yvan. Cover by Alagbe, Yvan.
Prezzo di copertina: USD 22,95
Prezzo HoVistoCose: EUR 20,71
Pagina del Previews (FEB/2018): 397
Data di uscita: 04/04/18
Final Order Cutoff: 09/03/18 (se ordinato entro questa data - un paio di giorni prima per permetterci di ordinarlo - le possibilitĂ che l'ordine verrĂ soddisfatto sono molto alte)