by Diane Obomsawin May 28, 1828, marked the beginning of the official life of Kaspar Hauser, a young man who appeared mysteriously in the streets of Nuremberg and died of knife wounds five years later under equally mysterious circumstances. 'Europe's child,' as pamphleteers referred to him, captured the imagination of salon society. Allegedly raised in a dark cellar and deprived of human contact until the age of sixteen, he became the proof of a concept for theories about natural man, original sin, and the civilizing mission of culture. Rightful heir to the throne of Baden or a fraud? Redeemer of man's sins or 'ambulatory automatist'? The curious circumstances and significance of his life have been disputed ever since. Quebec cartoonist Diane Obomsawin draws on Hauser's own writings, and contemporary accounts, to tell the foundling's strange story.Gentle and poetic, na (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Diane Obomsawin. Artist Diane Obomsawin. Cover by Diane Obomsawin.
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Data di uscita: 31/12/08
Pet therapist by day, animal-morphing pet detective by night—fear not, Animan’s on the case! A radioactive mosquito bite as a baby gives Francis the superpower of morphing into any animal at will. Learning to keep his powers secret from an early age, Francis takes up pet therapy as his day job, the perfect cover for his secret identity as Animan. Francis uses his fantastical gift to treat his animal patients, go undercover to solve murders, and battle it out with his nemesis, Objecto, a man capable of transforming into any and every possible object. And to top it all off, in his free time Francis is an avid watercolorist, who enjoys drawing landscapes and risqué portraits of his frog girlfriend, Fabienne. Veteran cartoonist Anouk Ricard delivers a fresh take on the superhero genre, imbued with her signature slapstick sensibility, preposterous scenarios, and off-the-wall punchlines. Translated by Montana Kane. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
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By Anouk Ricard. Artist Anouk Ricard. Cover by Anouk Ricard.
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The final volume of the Eisner-nominated history of Japan. Showa 1953-1989: A History of Japan concludes Shigeru Mizuki's dazzling autobiographical and historical account of Showa period Japan, a portrait both intimate and ranging of a defining epoch. The final volume picks up in the wake of Japan's utter defeat in World War II, as a country reduced to rubble struggles to rise again. A former enemy becomes their greatest ally as the USA funnels money, jobs, and opportunity into Japan, hoping to establish the country as a bulwark against Soviet communist expansion. Japan reinvents itself, emerging as an economic powerhouse. Events like the Tokyo Olympiad and the World's Fair introduce a new, friendly Japan to the world, but this period of peace and plenty conceals a populace still struggling to come to terms with the devastation of WWII. The original Japanese edition won the prestigious Kodansha Manga Award; the English translation has been nominated for an Eisner Award. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 01/05/15
By Mizuki, Shigeru. Artist Mizuki, Shigeru. Cover by Mizuki, Shigeru.
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Jillian Tamaki is best known for co-creating the award-winning young adult graphic novels Skim and This One Summer, moody and atmospheric bestsellers. SuperMutant Magic Academy, which Jillian has been serializing online for the past four years, deftly plays superhero and high school Hollywood tropes against what adolescence is really like: the SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep-school for mutants and witches but their paranormal abilities take a back seat to everyday teen concerns. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Tamaki, Jillian. Artist Tamaki, Jillian. Cover by Tamaki, Jillian.
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Ordinabile fino al 03/07/15
By Rancourt, Sylvie. Artist Rancourt, Sylvie. Cover by Rancourt, Sylvie.
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Teen outcast Andy is an orphaned nobody with only one friend, the obnoxious but loyal Louie. They roam school halls and city streets, invisible to everyone but bullies and tormentors, until the glorious day when Andy takes his first puff on a cigarette. That night he wakes, heart pounding, soaked in sweat, and finds himself suddenly overcome with the peculiar notion that he can do anything. The Death-Ray utilizes the classic staples of the superhero genre and reconfigures them in a story that is anything but morally simplistic. With subtle comedy, deft mastery, and an obvious affection for the bold pop-art exuberance of comic book design, Daniel Clowes delivers a contemporary meditation on the darkness of the human psyche. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 06/11/14
By Clowes, Daniel. Artist Clowes, Daniel. Cover by Clowes, Daniel.
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Nazuna Saito began making comics late. She was in her forties when she submitted a story to a major Japanese publishing house and won an award for newcomers. Offshore Lightning collects Saito's early work as well as two recent graphic novellas 'In Captivity' (2012) and 'Solitary Death Building' (2015), both focused on aging and death. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Nazuna, Saito. Artist Nazuna, Saito. Cover by Nazuna, Saito.
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Sophie's young and queer and into feminist theory. She decides to study abroad, choosing Paris for no firm reason beyond liking French comics. Feeling a bit lonely and out of place, she's desperate for community and a sense of belonging. An anarchist student-activist committed to veganism and shoplifting, Zena offers Sophie a whole new political ideology that feels electric. Enamored - of Zena, of the idea of living more righteously - Sophie finds herself swept up in a whirlwind friendship that blows her even farther from her rural Californian roots as they embark on a disastrous hitchhiking trip to Amsterdam and Berlin full of couch surfing, drug tripping, and radical book fairs. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Yanow, Sophie. Artist Yanow, Sophie. Cover by Yanow, Sophie.
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by Pascal Blanchet An Eisner Award-nominee! Founded in 1928 in an isolated region of Quebec forest, the northern Quebec town of White Rapids was constructed by the Shawinigan Water & Power Company to function as a fully-equipped, self-contained living community for workers at the nearby dam and their families. White Rapids provided its residents with all the luxuries of middle-class modem life in a pastoral setting until the town was abruptly shut down in 1971 when the company changed hands. In this English translation of his work, Blanchet seamlessly blends fact and fiction as he weaves together the official history of the town. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Pascal Blanchet. Artist Pascal Blanchet. Cover by Pascal Blanchet.
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A dark fairy tale about surviving the human experience. Beautiful Darkness is a harrowing look at the human psyche and the darkness that hides behind the routine politeness and meaningless kindness of civilized society. The sweet faces and bright leaves of Kerascoët's joyful watercolors only serve to highlight the evil that dwells beneath, as characters allow their pettiness, greed, and jealousy to take over. It a bleak allegory on the human condition; Kerascoët's and Fabien Vehlmann's work is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ tiny. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 03/01/14
By Vehlmann, Fabien. Artist Kerascoet,. Cover by Kerascoet,.
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Data di uscita: 12/02/14 (può ritardare di 30 giorni)
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Elise Gravel is back with a whimsical look at one of her family's most beloved pastimes: mushroom hunting! Combining her love of getting out into nature with her talent for anthropomorphizing everything, Gravel takes us on a magical tour of the forest floor and examines a handful of her favorite alien specimens up close. From the fun-to-stomp puffballs to the prince of the stinkers-the stinkhorn mushroom - and the musically inclined chanterelles, Gravel shares her knowledge of this fascinating kingdom by bringing each species to life in full felt-tip marker glory. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Gravel, Elise. Artist Gravel, Elise. Cover by Gravel, Elise.
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New Printing! Tove Jansson is revered around the world as one of the foremost children's authors of the twentieth century for her illustrated chapter books regarding the magical worlds of her creation, the Moomins. The Moomins saw life in many forms but debuted to its biggest audience ever on the pages of world's largest newspaper the London Evening News, in 1954. The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in 40 countries. This is the first volume of Drawn & Quarterly's reprint of the entire strip drawn by Jansson. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 04/10/18
By Jansson, Tove. Artist Jansson, Tove. Cover by Jansson, Tove.
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Paying For It combines the personal and sexual aspects of Brown's autobiographical work (I Never Liked You, The Playboy) with the polemical drive of Louis Riel. Paying for It offers an entirely contemporary exploration of sex work-from the timid john who rides his bike to his escorts, wonders how to tip so as not to offend, and reads Dan Savage for advice, to the modern-day transactions complete with online reviews, seemingly willing participants, and clean apartments devoid of clichéd street corners, drugs, or pimps. Complete with a surprise ending, Paying for It continues to provide endless debate and conversation about sex work. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
Ordinabile fino al 07/01/16
By Brown, Chester. Artist Brown, Chester. Cover by Brown, Chester.
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A loving home and husband; two grown sons; a lakeside cabin; and the chance encounter with a woman at a party that destabilizes it all. The moment Elise sees Dagmar, she's entranced. What begins as eye contact transitions to harmless texting, and quickly swells into the type of lust and yearning Elise did not know her life was lacking. Both happily married, there's trepidation, but they can't resist. The two arrange to meet, changing the course of Elise's stable life forever. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Furmark, Anneli. Artist Furmark, Anneli.
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by Rutu Modan In modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His father's death would certainly explain the empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself not only piecing together the last few months of his father's life, but his entire identity. With thin, precise lines and luscious watercolors, Modan creates a portrait of modern Israel, a place where sudden death mingles with the slow dissolution of family ties. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Rutu Modan. Artist Rutu Modan. Cover by Rutu Modan.
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Data di uscita: 26/03/08
(W/A) Yoshihiro Tatsumi Abandon the Old in Tokyo is the second in a three-volume series that collects the short stories of Japanese cartooning legend Yoshihiro Tatsumi. The story delves into the urban underbelly of 1960s Tokyo, exposing not only the seedy dealings of the Japanese everyman but Tatsumi's maturation as a story writer. (immagine) Categoria: Books: graphic novels
By Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Cover by Yoshihiro Tatsumi.
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