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Atlantis exists, and is immersed in a sea not as deep as you might thGiorgio Carpinteri''s sheer graphic brilliance - featuring aspects of Futurism, Cubism, Russian Constructivism, and German Expressionism with echoes of Bauhaus and distinct whims of Art Deco - would be enough to carry this brilliant fantasy, but Aquatlantic is also a lyrical, allegorical masterpiece exploring the relationship between the conscious and unconscious, the known and the unknown.

"The second of two volumes presenting all four hardboiled graphic crime novels by Jean-Patrick Manchette and Tardi. Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot - Martin Terrier, killer-for-hire, needs just one more big job so that he can turn in his guns for good and return home to marry his childhood sweetheart. But soon, he's on the run - not only from the authorities and his treacherous ex-clients, but also from a crime syndicate seeking revenge for an earlier hit on one of theirs. In Run Like Crazy, Run Like Hell, philanthropist Michael Hartog hires Julie, just out of a psychiatric asylum, as a nanny. But he plans to fake the kidnapping of his son, Peter - and frame Julie for it. But Julie is no pushover, and soon, Julie and Peter are on the run, pursued by the police, and by Hartog's enforcer, the hulking contract killer, Thompson."--Provided by publisher

The noirish, darkly comedic English-language debut of award-winning Spanish cartoonist Rayco Pulido.

In this graphic novel, three cutting-edge, world-renowned cartoonists team up to tell a tale of an 18th-century pirate -- one who's more gallows fodder than a Hollywood swashbuckler.

Paco Roca returns with another moving graphic novel that combines a fresh look at historical events with humour, compassion, and narrative mastery. The Winter of the Cartoonist provides historical context and short profiles of these artists - all prideful, enterprising, restless - as they serve as perfect everyday heroes for all of those who have chased a dream, no matter how high the obstacles that stand in front of them.

Based on the 2019 film, Windows on the World is a sensitive portrayal of a family in mourning and effectively personalises the grief felt by an entire nation. The book pulls no punches, revealing how cruelly the U.S. can treat undocumented migrants. Told with empathy and nuance, this emotionally resonant story reflects on how the pains of our recent past have shaped the character of America.

The Day the Rats Vetoed Congress is Ralph Nader''s fable of struggle and strategy, tenacity and triumph for our troubled times. But more than just a story, it can also serve as a ''how-to'' guide to effect political change - from a pied piper who''s done it time and time again. Gleefully and generously illustrated by famed political cartoonist Mr Fish, pulling no punches in bringing his stunning graphic sensibilities to bear on this modern fable of vice and virtue. When The rats Attacked the (Fat) Cats is both a fable of citizen action and a call to advocacy. You may just laugh yourself serious.

In Dancing After TEN, Chong teams up with cartoonist Georgia Webber to tell her journey of life after becoming blind. This extraordinary journey, rendered with rare sensitivity and rawness, takes her from the depths of despair to the realm of possibility, as she realises her artistic vision in a variety of expressions - including singing, stand-up, drumming, running, and dance. Releasing simultaneously with the Toronto debut of Chong''s dance-theater production ''dancing with the universe'', this graphic novel is an inspirational tale and a powerful work of graphic medicine.

Torn from the pages of National Lampoon magazine: Fantagraphics brings you the complete collection of The Appletons, Timberland Tales, and other hilarious comics creations.

Xeric Award-winning cartoonist Kevin Mutch skewers theory-spouting academics, sleazy art dealers, and obnoxious over-sharers.

This graphic history traces spying and surveillance from legends to the present.

Every young person knows that most of the matches one finds on tinder likely harbour some combination of dubious intentions, dubious life goals and dubious (if not absent) sources of income. The gods seem to want to prove this truism wrong when Moa - broke, depressed, and living with a group of transients above an old store - matches with a very famous celebrity on the popular hook-up site. Drawn in a gorgeously contemporary style that echoes de Chirico and 80s design, Romanova delivers a riveting work of autobiography.

Devilishly funny, absurdist manga short stories about a sprightly home aide caring for a series of eccentric patients.

The preeminent American political cartoonist's classic reinterpretation of Dante's Inferno as a satirical indictment of capitalism -- as it has never been seen before.

"A surreal take on the classic Western"--

This issue of the award-winning magazine shines a light on how comics creators are affected by chronic disease, disability, and our nation's health care system.

For the first time since its original appearance in Sunday newspapers, Pogo is complete and in chronological order. With all 104 comic strips from 1959-1960, in Volume 6, Albert Alligator & Beauregard Bugleboy fend off a man-from-Mars, and Howland Owl investigates Communist espionage in the postal system. Then, it''s election year Fremount the Bugboy''s campaign slogan, ''Jes'' Fine,'' sparks political debates about who can and should be president - maybe even a woman! Edited by Mark Evanier and Eric Reynolds, with extra features by comic historians R.C. Harvey, Maggie Thompson, and Evanier.

A deluxe reprint of the first three years of the most renowned comics strip ever created.

This comic in children's book format is about the whimsical lifespan of a coat, worn by each child in a family.

This issue of the award-winning magazine features an interview with Megahex cartoonist Simon Hanselmann and focuses on economics.

Ayin Hillel was the pen name of Hillel Omer.

The celebrated satirical portraitist renders all 44 United States presidents; this book of illustrations also features a foreword by Kurt Andersen, the author and host of public radio's Studio 360.

Set in the same world as Anne Simon''s acclaimed 2018 debut graphic novel, The Song of Aglaia, Empress Cixtisis tells the story of another female ruler, inspired by the true story of the Empress Dowager Cixi, who ruled China for a half century. Cixtisis, the empress of Tchitchinie, kidnaps all the men from Agalaia''s kingdom to castrate them and make them her slaves. Anger grows amongst the female residents of Suffragette City - they want their husbands back. Will Aglaia be able to avert war and bring peace once again to the region? Anne Simon showcases a deft touch in this allegorical fantasy graphic novel brimming with subversive twists and comical turns.

This is a boundary-pushing collection of short comics stories. Flat, digital candy colours are juxtaposed against lush, fully painted pages; representational naturalism veers into wildly surreal abstraction; pixelated panels are interrupted by swaths of bold chiaroscuro. Musturi subverts readers'' expectations, over and over again, of how style dictates form, and in doing so, also challenges himself.

Galvan''s characters navigate a candy-colored world of geometric energy. Departments of inhumane resources dehumanise the people it is purported to protect; information is determinedly mined like the gold of the 21st century that it is; induced suicidal thoughts are a tool to manage overpopulation. Like Black Mirror, Galvan''s near future is less paranoid dystopia than it is a logical extension of things to come, where the malice of large corporations manifests in small, everyday ways.

Young Scott Camil grew up in Florida in the 1960s hating Commies and wanting to fight for his country. After graduating from high school, Camil decides to join the marines and is plunged into the thick of combat in Vietnam. Upon his return to civilian life, Camil has a moment of revelation and adopts a new cause: telling the American people the truth about what''s going on in Vietnam. In Eve Gilbert''s Winter Warrior, each panel is an exquisitely imagined interpretation of Camil''s story, capturing the brutal reality of the war and the bleak political reality on the domestic front. Winter Warrior recounts both the personal journey of one American and his need for political engagement when his conscience collides with American foreign policy during the height of the Cold War.

This is Vol. 2 of the biography of the legendary midcentury cartoonist, who created the comically grotesque "Lena the Hyena."

Hilariously deadpan cartoonist Jason returns with four new short stories.

One of the best-selling manga - by one of the most decorated cartoonists in the world - comes to the U.S., starring vampire teens.

An Afrofuturist horror-comedy about gentrification, hip hop, and cultural appropriation.