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Paperback. Condizione: New. Russell, P. Craig (illustratore). One of comic art's most respected artists, well known for his opera adaptations and beautiful fantasy work, P. Craig Russell is in the process of adapting Oscar Wilde's famous fairy tales in a series of landmark volumes. In this third volume, available in paperback for the first time, a hideous dwarf is captured in the woods and brought in to the court of the beautiful royal infanta for her amusement.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Tamura, Nami (illustratore). Lee, living in Hong Kong, meets Matt - a fine young Englishman. Their relationship becomes stronger by the day, despite their deep cultural differences. But there is Lee's dad to contend with, who views the affair very suspiciously. And there is another contender for Lee's heart - a young Chinese man whose jealousy takes on twinges of xenophobia. Will Lee and Matt's relationship successfully cross the cultural divide and overcome the negative odds? Two worlds collide, creating sparks both good and bad.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Russell, P. Craig (illustratore). The second volume in a series of comic book adaptations of Wilde's tales, in paperback for the first time, Russell's full-colour graphic adaptations of Oscar Wilde's 'The Remarkable Rocket' and 'The Young King' are exquisitely spun tales for adults and children alike. In 'The Remarkable Rocket', a vain little rocket figures itself above all others and still manages to see glory in its dismal end. While 'The Young King' finds that his attempt to express affection towards his people only leads to alienation.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The next subject for Geary's award-winning and increasingly popular series is a 19th century mass murderer operating around the Chicago World's Fair. Find out who had the capacity to build a literal house of horrors replete with chutes for dead bodies, gas chambers and surgical rooms. Through Geary's meticulous recreation, readers are invited to dwell briefly in the deranged world and mind of a character so ugly that he methodically murdered up to 200 people, especially targeting young women. Darkly compelling and disturbingly true.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Amo is a hardened journalist who smokes and drinks too much, though not nearly enough for her own taste. Assigned to profile the late jazz legend Miles Davis, she finds herself at a creative impasse. How does one approach such an overly-written about artist from a fresh angle, and what's her opinion worth anyway in a world so fast unravelling? At her wit's end, she stumbles into the mysterious Smokeasy, the only bar in Manhattan where adults are allowed to behave as such - and it is in that misty room that Amo falls under the spell of a ghostly bartender.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Russell, P. Craig (illustratore). One of comic art's most respected artists, well known for his opera adaptations and beautiful fantasy work, P. Craig Russell is in the process of adapting Oscar Wilde's famous fairy tales in a series of landmark volumes. In this third volume, available in paperback for the first time, a hideous dwarf is captured in the woods and brought in to the court of the beautiful royal infanta for her amusement.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A collection of short slice-of-life stories quietly but strongly etching various facets of our lives, making us think about outselves and how we act with others, reminiscent of the insightful work of Adrian Tomine.

Paperback. Condizione: New. A scandalous secret affair in 19th Scotland between an upper class woman and a gentleman of lower standing ends in his murder by poison.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Taking a break from the Monstres sub-series, the main Zenith mini-series is back - this time with the art of Boulet. Two stories continue the heyday of Dungeon. In the first, Isis is to be married to Keeper, but she wants Herbert - and the whole affair promises to ruin the dungeon completely. In the second, besides the continued financial mishaps with the Keeper, Herbert wishes to make his comeback in his home town - where his name is mud.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Russell, P. Craig (illustratore). The next volume in the prize-winning and greatly acclaimed complete adaptations of Wilde's tales presents The Devoted Friend' on what constitutes friendship, and 'The Nightingale and the Rose' a stirring story of sacrifce to love with a cruel twist.'.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Niki has been turned into the street by her wealthy philanthropist father. She seeks forgiveness and tries to crash his party, a massive family banquet in his honour. Niki, a wilful first-born teenager is unable to abide by her father's strict and often contradictory rules. Her father spends a lot of time and money helping others, yet refuses to forgive his daughter for some long forgotten indiscretion. He loves her still, but considers her to be too much trouble, perhaps forgetting that she is as he made her. Now in paperback.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The Assassination of President Garfield Geary explores the first assassination of an American president by an obsessive-complusive stalker, a deluded loser who thought his action would bring him national glory. Once again, beyond a mere presentation of facts, the author surreptitiously unpeels a bit of national American Psyche. Fourth in the popular Victorian Murder series.

Paperback. Condizione: New. After his daring solo crossing of the Atlantic, fame and fortune came quickly to Charles Lindbergh, as well as marriage into a wealthy family. But soon after the newly-weds built themselves a dream home far from the madding crowd, tragedy strikes: their baby is abducted! Geary retraces all the different highly publicised events, blackmail notes, and the string of colourful characters wanting to help'. A fascinating story, replete with savoury details and unsavoury people as only Geary can masterfully relate.'.

Paperback. Condizione: New. 'Geary returns with another typically superlative work. Artfully precise reconstruction. A Delight!' - Publisher's Weekly starred review. The infamous story of the Lizzy Borden murders reproduced here in Geary's distinctive style.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Geary takes readers out to the Wild West and the just-opened up prairies of Kansas. Out on a deserted stretch of road linking new towns, a mysterious family stakes a claim and builds an inn for weary visitors. Soon, reports multiply of disappearances around that area. Generally, those who disappeared had plenty of cash on them. A delicious tale of a gruesome family fronted by a beguiling lass who led the victims on.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Geary explores the ghastliest and most famous murders of Victorian England. Geary has researched the subject extensively and presents, with his own inimitable tongue-in-cheek style, the Jack the Ripper mystery as told through a journal of a fascinated Englishman of the day. Both factual and darkly funny, Geary shines an ironic light on the repressive society that spawned such a monster and its hypocritical reaction to it.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Chloe, a young reporter from L.A, gets the opportunity of a lifetime. She has an interview with Ike Reuben, a film-maker and novelist whose work has been a constant source of inspiration for her since college, but who triggers a series of flashback memories which threaten to wreck her interview. When the two meet, they discover that their pasts are actually the catalyst for their freedom, and that the line between memories and dreams is finer than they ever could imagine.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Russell, P. Craig (illustratore). The second volume in a series of comic book adaptations of Wilde's tales, in paperback for the first time, Russell's full-colour graphic adaptations of Oscar Wilde's 'The Remarkable Rocket' and 'The Young King' are exquisitely spun tales for adults and children alike. In 'The Remarkable Rocket', a vain little rocket figures itself above all others and still manages to see glory in its dismal end. While 'The Young King' finds that his attempt to express affection towards his people only leads to alienation.

Paperback. Condizione: New. 2nd ed. Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of robbery and murder, but so many supposedly damning pieces of evidence were questionable that their guilty verdict elicited massive protests around the world. Geary presents readers with all the twists and turns, appeals and dubious evidence after presenting the human faces of the two men - demonised by many and turned to martyrs by many others - in his usual unflappable style.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Jim Benton is the creator of Dear Dumb Diary series (Scholastic, 2011) and the hugely popular It's Happy Bunny. Dog Butts and Love is the first published collection of his massively popular cartoons originally posted on Reddit, which often get over 100,000 hits within 24 hours of posting. Dog Butts and Love is by turns slapstick, disturbing and laugh-out-loud funny, deliciously skewering the minutiae of domestic life.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Inspired by the German silent film classic The Student of Prague, this is the story of Andre Baldwin, a down-on-his-luck would-be Basquiat who enters in a Faustian bargain with a powerful art critic in exchange for status, riches and the love of a woman. Acquanetta Scapinelli is the critic in question and she recounts this bitter tale with sardonic delight. Now in paperback.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Tuazon, Noel (illustratore). Hoping to secure a future for his children, an aging Alaskan crime boss looks to retire and divide his empire amongst his three heirs. But when his idealistic son refuses the inheritance, the old man disowns him. This turns out to be fatal mistake as he sees his cold-blooded daughters turn to use their new-found power and influence against him. Inspired by the classic Shakespeare play King Lear, Family Ties can be described as The Godfather meets Shakespearean tragedy. It is an epic tale of betrayal and loss.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Rabbi David Kahn has lived a 40-year lie - he is not, nor has he ever been, Jewish. When, at his funeral, the Rabbi's con-man brother reveals the truth, it forces the Kahn family to struggle with grief and betrayal as their congregation examines their every move and questions their very faith. The Big Kahn is a drama dealing with loss, lies, belief and renewal, exploring in graphic novel format a family secret so well hidden it questions the nature of faith.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Satan awakens after a hundred-year sleep, depressed and disillusioned. It is a mere seven days before he's expected to bring Armageddon to Earth and he is wracked with spiritual doubt and severe performance anxiety. He decides that an old-fashioned temptation' will be just the thing to return him to form. His chosen temptee: Black Lily, the purest, most virtuous woman on Earth. Alas, he may have met his match - or more.'.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Baltimore has a great hero, who's always there just when he's needed to thwart crime: Elephant Man - none other than the deformed and hideous man himself! But such power and adulation begets much jealousy - before long, one of the city's best-known TV anchors and another hideous being fused by some radioactive accident come together to seek his demise and ridicule him in public. Will Elephant Man overcome this challenge?! Another hilariously silly exercise in grotesquery and spoofing superheroes from the acclaimed artist.

Paperback. Condizione: New. The popular warrior girl series is at last collected into one handy pocket-sized format! Raven Tansania Ransom is a promising pilot-in- training to personal armour Hardskin', at the exclusive girl's school academy Juliet. Carmen Cameron, another pilot-in-training, reveals to the school Raven's shady background, making her the butt of gossip and cruel pranks. Conniving and combat ensue between Raven and Carmen; meanwhile sexy media celebrity Crimson August faces a crisis as well: his popularity is slipping due to a young, innocent female new to the scene.'.

Hardback. Condizione: New. It's the early days of Hollywood - movies are just starting to come into their own and gain in popularity. New stars are made, but they are certainly not in the scandal sheets. Amidst this new world, Willian Desmond Taylor, a successful director at the Famous Players Studio, is found shot dead in his home - could it have been the star Mary Miles Minter, or a former butler? Another delectable mystery as only Geary can tell them!

Paperback. Condizione: New. The next subject for Geary's award-winning and increasingly popular series is a 19th century mass murderer operating around the Chicago World's Fair. Find out who had the capacity to build a literal house of horrors replete with chutes for dead bodies, gas chambers and surgical rooms. Through Geary's meticulous recreation, readers are invited to dwell briefly in the deranged world and mind of a character so ugly that he methodically murdered up to 200 people, especially targeting young women. Darkly compelling and disturbingly true.

Paperback. Condizione: New. Tamura, Nami (illustratore). Lee, living in Hong Kong, meets Matt - a fine young Englishman. Their relationship becomes stronger by the day, despite their deep cultural differences. But there is Lee's dad to contend with, who views the affair very suspiciously. And there is another contender for Lee's heart - a young Chinese man whose jealousy takes on twinges of xenophobia. Will Lee and Matt's relationship successfully cross the cultural divide and overcome the negative odds? Two worlds collide, creating sparks both good and bad.

Paperback. Condizione: New. When a crime boss's daughter turns up missing, who can he call? Boss Karate Black Guy Jones, that's who! The two-fisted, karate-chopping crime solving machine is kicking ass and taking names from the gutters of Baltimore all the way to the streets of Rome. No dog's too big for this cat to take down! Mimes, clowns, drunks, pizza, donkeys, porn, gambling - Vatican Hustle has it all!