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Fiction, Graphic NovelsPages You Can't Get There From Here TPB Norwegian cartoonist Jason's latest graphic nover (his fifth to be released by Fantagraphics) chronicles one of the oldest love triangles in the world: Mad scientist creates monster, mad scientist creates woman for monster, mad scientist ... falls in love with the woman he created for the monster! Will You Still Love Me If I Wet The Bed GN Described as a mix between Jeffrey Brown and James Kochalka Liz's comics are made up of short vignettes that capture all the cute gross and endearing aspects of relationships. White Lama HC Vol. 3: The Three Ears In the first half of the 20th century, Gabriel Marpa, a European child born in the heights of Tibet, carries with him the reincarnation of a 100-year-old Great Lama. After a long sojourn in the mountains, Gabriel takes refuge in an isolated monastery where he must face a new set of trials before he can become a novice. But the master of the monastery is none other than the evil Migmar, and Gabriel soon finds himself in terrible danger. A fascinating adventure by the author of the Metabarons. Wet Moon Vol. 2 Unseen Feet GN Ross Campbell returns to the dark and crusty streets of Savannah in this new volume of stories. Chloe and her friends continue to find themselves trapped in the webs of relationships and social scenes that gather in the hidden corners of this strange little college town. But are they really trapped in this clique or is it exactly where they wanted to be? Tricked TPB From the Eisner award-winning creator of Box Office Poison , comes the highly anticipated original graphic novel, Tricked . Tricked follows the lives of six people - a reclusive rock legend, a heartbroken waitress, a counterfeiter, an obsessive crank, a lost daughter, and a backstabbing lover - whose lives are unconnected until an act of violence brings them spiraling in on each other. Combining intriguing characters with a story structure that is both complex and innovative, Tricked is not to be missed! Tale of One Bad Rat TPB - nick & dent Helen Potter lived a happy life until she got lost in a nightmare of sexual abuse. Now she's on a journey, a journey which takes her through urban and rural England along the same path that another Potter, Beatrix Potter, once took. Across the decades, two lives touch, and Helen discovers that the strength of two is far greater than one. Bryan Talbot constructs a very special story in The Tale of One Bad Rat which immediately endears the reader. The victim of child sexual abuse, Helen Potter becomes the armored knight before her own personal demons in this story of heroism and courage. Ticking HC The Ticking is the story of Edison Steelhead, a boy who at birth takes his mother's life and his father's deformed face. Secreted away by his father to be raised in a remote island lighthouse, Edison relates to his surroundings in the only way he knows how - by capturing them in his sketchbook. Able to find beauty in even the most grotesque of things, Edison embraces his own unsettling appearance and sets out to confront the rest of the world. Teenagers From Mars TPB When Macon, a young comic book artist, is targeted by the local censors for obscenity, he targets back. With the help of Max, a grave robbing thirteen-year-old, and Madison, the strong and independent punk beauty, he forms the world's first comic book liberation army. It's a story about kids getting in trouble and falling in love. It's about a rolled up comic book stuffed in one back pocket with a still warm slingshot crammed in the other. It's about making comics dangerous again. Stuck Rubber Baby TPB Art and story combine powerfully in this lyrical tale of a young man caught in the maelstrom of the civil rights movement and the entrenched homophobia of small-town America. Toland Polk, the son of an uneducated white carpenter, has grown up in the Southern town of Clayfield. It is the 1960s, a time of passionate beliefs and violent emotions, and Clayfield's citizens are divided in the fight over segregation. As Toland fights on the side of civil rights activists, he slowly begins to realize that he also has a more personal battle - to accept that he is gay. With a subtle yet intricate plot, and distinctively evocative illustrations, Stuck Rubber Baby is an unflinchingly honest look at one man's world of fears, dreams, and prejudice. Stray Bullets TPB Vol. 2: Somewhere Out West - 10th Anniversary Edition Celebrate ten years of boot-stomping, face-mashing, gut-wrenching, mind-bending, hair-raising, foul-mouthed, good ol'-fashioned fun! You asked for it! The second of four new anniversary editions, each presenting a complete story arc from one of the most acclaimed independent series of all time. 'Somewhere Out West' makes up the second seven issues of David Lapham's critically acclaimed series, Stray Bullets, collected together for the first time ever in paperback. Somewhere out West is a town no one knows about - a desert town whose inhabitants wait for the day a great earthquake will bring them beachfront property. Here, two young lovers on the run from the Mob will learn that love is more than just another four-letter word. A once-beautiful, now-broken woman will let the demons of her past pull her down into a thick soup of depravity and death. A betrayed little girl running from everything will decide to help someone and be scarred forever. And a big lug with big dreams will achieve fame and glory and...... Summer of Love HC Debbie Drechsler pens this moving story of a young girl coming to terms with her sexual identity after she moves to a new town and awkwardly tries to make friends at high school. The painful teenage experiences of broken love and alienation are eloquently explored here by Drechsler and her drawings are printed in somber hues of green and brown. This story, winner of an Ignatz Award for best series, will finally be collected together in one stunning edition! Strangers In Paradise TPB Vol. 15: Tomorrow Now The 15th book in the SiP trade paperback series, containing issues #64-69. Katchoo launches her new life as an up-and-coming artist with a gallery showing 100 nude paintings of Francine and FBI undercover agent Sara. While Katchoo deals with her new-found fame, Freddie meets the woman of his dreams in the city morgue, SiP newcomer Emily Stryker! See what brings this unlikely group together! |
