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In the Shadow of No Towers : Ausgezeichnet: New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age
ISBN: 9780375423079 / Angielski / Twarda / 42 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. For Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were both highly personal and intensely political. In the Shadow of No Towers, his first new book of comics since the groundbreaking Maus, is a masterful and moving account of the events and aftermath of that tragic day.
Spiegelman and his family bore witness to the attacks in their lower Manhattan neighborhood: his teenage daughter had started school directly below the towers days earlier, and they had lived in the area for years. But the horrors they survived... For Art Spiegelman, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Maus, the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 were both highly personal and intens...
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198,45 zł |
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La Perdida
ISBN: 9780375714719 / Angielski / Miękka / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From the Harvey and Lulu award-winning creator of Artbabe comes this riveting story of a young woman's misadventures in Mexico City. Carla, an American estranged from her Mexican father, heads to Mexico City to "find herself." She crashes with a former fling, Harry, who has been drinking his way through the capital in the great tradition of his heroes, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac. Harry is good--humored about Carla's reappearance on his doorstep--until he realizes that Carla, who spends her days soaking in the city, exploring Frida Kahlo's house, and learning Spanish, has no...
From the Harvey and Lulu award-winning creator of Artbabe comes this riveting story of a young woman's misadventures in Mexico City. Carla, an ...
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79,81 zł |
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Will Eisner's New York : Life in the Big City
ISBN: 9780393061062 / Angielski / Twarda / 423 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fiction's greatest celebration of the Big Apple. No illustrator evoked the melancholy duskiness of New York City as expressively as Eisner, who knew the city from the bottom up. This new hardcover presents a quartet of graphic works (New York, The Building, City People Notebook, and Invisible People) and features what Neil Gaiman describes as "tales as brutal, as uncaring as the city itself." From ancient buildings "barnacled with laughter and stained...
With an unparalleled eye for stories and expressive illustration, Will Eisner, the master and pioneer of American comics art, presents graphic fiction...
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157,26 zł |
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A Life Force
ISBN: 9780393328035 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22-25 dni roboczych. Called a masterpiece by R. Crumb, A Life Force chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politics through the depiction of the protagonist, Jacob Shtarkah, whose existential search reflected Eisner s own lifelong struggle."
Called a masterpiece by R. Crumb, A Life Force chronicles not only the Great Depression but also the rise of Nazism and the spread of socialist politi...
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68,87 zł |
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Dropsie Avenue
ISBN: 9780393328110 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 25-30 dni roboczych. In Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood, Eisner graphically traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over four centuries, creating a sweeping panorama of the city and its waves of new residents, whose stories present an unending story of life, death, and resurrection. "
In Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood, Eisner graphically traces the social trajectory of this mythic avenue over four centuries, creating a sweeping pa...
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81,80 zł |
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God's Man, A Novel in Woodcuts
ISBN: 9780486435008 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The most important work of American artist and illustrator Lynd Ward, Gods' Man is a powerfully evocative novel, told entirely through woodcuts. Ward (1905-85), in employing the concept of the wordless pictorial narrative, acknowledged his predecessors the European artists Frans Masereel and Otto Nuckel. Released the week of the 1929 stock market crash, Gods' Man was the first of six woodcut novels that Ward produced over the next eight years. It presents the artist's struggles in a world characterized by both innocence and corruptions and can be considered a forerunner of the...
The most important work of American artist and illustrator Lynd Ward, Gods' Man is a powerfully evocative novel, told entirely through woodcuts...
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40,33 zł |
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Passionate Journey : A Vision in Woodcuts
ISBN: 9780486460185 / Angielski / Miękka / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Look at these powerful black-and-white figures, their features etched in light and shadow . . .Has not this passionate journey had an incomparably deeper and purer impact on you than you have ever felt before?" Thomas Mann
Belgian-born Frans Masereel (1889 1972) was one of the greatest woodcut artists of the twentieth century. Ingeniously portraying the human experience through dramatic art, this novel-without-words crafted from 167 intricate woodcuts is consideredto be the Flemish artist'smasterpiece. A feast for the eyes and the imagination, this powerful visual narrative details the... "Look at these powerful black-and-white figures, their features etched in light and shadow . . .Has not this passionate journey had an incomparably de...
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40,33 zł |
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Barefoot Gen Volume 3: Life After the Bomb
ISBN: 9780867195941 / Angielski / Miękka / 257 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Barefoot Gen is a harrowing story of the bombing of Hiroshima told from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. Physical and emotional hardship on an extraordinary scale marks their lives as they try to cope with the transformation of their tranquil world into a Boschian nightmare. Comprising nearly 2,000 pages, this series is considered the first of the "literary" graphic novel genre that also includes Maus by Art Spiegelman. First serialized in 1972-73, this third volume in the series features a new translation.
Barefoot Gen is a harrowing story of the bombing of Hiroshima told from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. Physical and emotional ha...
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67,97 zł |
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Arab In America : A True Story of Growing Up in America
ISBN: 9780867196733 / Angielski / Miękka / 100 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A semi-autobiographical graphic novel account chronicling the life of an average Arab-American struggling with his Arab identity in an increasingly hostile nation. From childhood through adolescence, and as an adult, Toufic illustrates the prejudice and discrimination Arabs and Muslims experience in American society. He contends with ignorant teachers, racist neighbors, bullying classmates, and a growing sense of alienation. He examines the roles that media and popular culture play, and using examples from film and the news media, he shows how difficult it is to have an Arab identity in a...
A semi-autobiographical graphic novel account chronicling the life of an average Arab-American struggling with his Arab identity in an increasingly ho...
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60,07 zł |
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Trailers
ISBN: 9781561634453 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Josh Clayton's mother has killed a man and left Josh in charge of disposing of the body. The trouble is, the body will not stay put. From dogs to low-life trailer park denizens, Josh's life slips ever more deeply into hell as he attempts to keep the corpse under wraps. Josh, a sensitive teenager, attempts to persevere in the face of a morbid dilemma: guilt and fear over the crime conflict with his reluctant devotion to his mother. In the meantime, he has the additional task of taking care of his younger brothers and sister while enduring the ordinary minefield known as high school. As...
Josh Clayton's mother has killed a man and left Josh in charge of disposing of the body. The trouble is, the body will not stay put. From dogs to low-...
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54,33 zł |
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Rabbi Harvey Rides Again : A Graphic Novel of Jewish Folktales Let Loose in the Wild West
ISBN: 9781580233477 / Angielski / Miękka / 127 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Rabbi Harvey is Back with Ten Hilarious New Adventures In this follow-up to the popular The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey: A Graphic Novel of Jewish Wisdom and Wit in the Wild West, the Rabbi returns to the streets of Elk Spring, Colorado. Part Wild West sheriff, part old world rabbi, Harvey protects his town and delivers justice, wielding only the weapons of wisdom, wit, and a bit of trickery. These adventures combine Jewish and American folklore by creatively retelling comic Jewish folktales and setting them loose on the western frontier of the 1870s. As his... Rabbi Harvey is Back with Ten Hilarious New Adventures In this follow-up to the popular The Adventures of Rabbi Harvey: A Graphic... |
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68,12 zł |
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Moomin Book One
ISBN: 9781894937801 / Angielski / Miękka / 95 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The enchanting comic strip that introduced adult readers to the wonderful world of Moomin 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 the world's largest newspaper, the London Evening News, in 1954. The strip was syndicated in newspapers around the world with millions of readers in forty countries. Moomin Book One is... The enchanting comic strip that introduced adult readers to the wonderful world of Moomin Tove Jansson is revered around the world as ... |
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64,02 zł |
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Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip Biography
ISBN: 9781894937894 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "It has the thoroughness of a history book yet reads with the personalized vision of a novel." -Time Chester Brown reinvents the comic-book medium to create the critically acclaimed historical biography Louis Riel, winning the Harvey Awards for best writing and best graphic novel for his compelling, meticulous, and dispassionate retelling of the charismatic, and perhaps insane, nineteenth-century Metis leader. Brown coolly documents with dramatic subtlety the violent rebellion on the Canadian prairie led by Riel, who some regard a martyr who died in the name... "It has the thoroughness of a history book yet reads with the personalized vision of a novel." -Time Chester Brown reinvent... |
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71,91 zł |
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Little Lessons in Safety
ISBN: 9781894994224 / Angielski / Miękka / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Little Lessons in Saftey is a collection of Holton's "scratchy intelligent line drawings" (Broken Pencil) which play with the format of children's readers, comics, celebrity fashion magazines, and cut and paste murder mysteries. Smart, strange, and funny, Holton's work recalls artist Raymond Pettibon, filmmaker Miranda July and southern gothic writer Carson McCullers. Her stories reveal themselves in layers - eerily straightforward and yet never quite what they seem.
Little Lessons in Saftey is a collection of Holton's "scratchy intelligent line drawings" (Broken Pencil) which play with the format of children's rea...
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68,17 zł |
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What It Is
ISBN: 9781897299357 / Angielski / Twarda / 209 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+" -Salon "Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. ... |
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99,55 zł |
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Good-Bye
ISBN: 9781897299371 / Angielski / Twarda / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "Prepare to be disturbed and blown away. The stuff is remarkable, amazing."-Los Angeles Times Good-Bye is the third in a series of collected short stories from Drawn & Quarterly by the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, whose previous work has been selected for several annual "top 10" lists, including those compiled by Amazon and Time.com. Drawn in 1971 and 1972, these stories expand the prolific artist's vocabulary for characters contextualized by themes of depravity and disorientation in twentieth-century Japan. Some of the tales focus on... "Prepare to be disturbed and blown away. The stuff is remarkable, amazing."-Los Angeles Times Good-Bye is the third in a... |
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79,81 zł |
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Holy Superheroes! Revised and Expanded Edition : Exploring the Sacred in Comics, Graphic Novels, and Film
ISBN: 9780664231910 / Angielski / Miękka / 141 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Spider-Man. Batman. The X-Men. The Fantastic Four. Comic books and the characters they have spawned have become twenty-first-century mythology. Greg Garrett helps us see the profound depth that can be found in the glossy, fast-paced, and often violent world of comics, graphic novels, and the films they inspire. Holy Superheroes provides extensive discussions of some of our most beloved comic heroes and concludes with an appendix of twenty-five comics and graphic novels for discussion of spirituality and comics. Spider-Man. Batman. The X-Men. The Fantastic Four. Comic books and the characters they have spawned have become twenty-first-century mythology. Gre... |
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80,01 zł |
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Hamlet (No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels)
ISBN: 9781411498730 / Angielski / Miękka / 207 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels is a series based on the translated texts of the plays found in No Fear Shakespeare. The original No Fear series made Shakespeare s plays much easier to read, but these dynamic visual adaptations are impossible to put down. Each of the titles is illustrated in its own unique style, but all are distinctively offbeat, slightly funky, and appealing to teen readers. Each book will feature:
No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels is a series based on the translated texts of the plays found in No Fear Shakespeare. The original ...
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40,33 zł |
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Nevermore
ISBN: 9780955285684 / Angielski / Miękka / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A Graphic Novel Anthology of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories. 'Nevermore' brings Poe to a new audience, showcasing his most memorable stories. Here Poe's short stories are re-imagined and revived in this vibrant graphic novel anthology, where the cream of modern comics creators are let loose in the playground of Poe's limitless imagination.
A Graphic Novel Anthology of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories. 'Nevermore' brings Poe to a new audience, showcasing his most memorable stories. Here Po...
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64,02 zł |
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Vertigo : A Novel in Woodcuts
ISBN: 9780486468891 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. One of the finest wood engravers of the twentieth century, Lynd Ward took his work to a new dimension when he created the "wordless novel. "Gods' Man, his first novel in woodcuts, appeared in 1929; during the 1930s, he published five more pictorial narratives. Ward earned the Library of Congress Award, the Caldecott Medal, and other prestigious awards. Vertigo, published in 1937, is considered to be his masterpiece. Telling this poignant story with 230 stylized woodcuts, the artist rewards his readers' eyes with the intricate beauty of his craft -- and satisfies their...
One of the finest wood engravers of the twentieth century, Lynd Ward took his work to a new dimension when he created the "wordless novel. "Gods' M...
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67,97 zł |