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Adam Green: Subcultural Karate Turtles
Adam Green: Subcultural Karate Turtles
Edited by Yasmin Green. Introduction by Joey Frank. Illustrated by Tom Bayne, Toby Goodshank, Adam Green.

A satirical graphic novel by artist, musician, creative polymath and Moldy Peaches founder Adam Green (born 1981), Subcultural Karate Turtles is a parody of the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon. Green reimagines the turtles >>more

Pioneer Works
ISBN 9781945711152
US $20.00 CAN $27.50 TRADE
Pbk, 8 x 10.75 in. / 70 pgs.
Pub Date: 01/04/2022 In stock


Adam Green: War and Paradise
Adam Green: War and Paradise
Edited by Yasmin Green. Foreword by Joey Frank. Illustrations by Toby Goodshank, Tom Bayne, Adam Green.

In War and Paradise, a graphic novel by creative polymath and Moldy Peaches founder Adam Green (born 1981), the internet meets the Middle Ages and satire becomes the most logical response to our own wildly >>more

Pioneer Works Press
ISBN 9781945711107
US $25.00 CAN $34.95 TRADE
Pbk, 8 x 10.75 in. / 160 pgs / 133 color.
Pub Date: 10/08/2019 In stock


Atelier Picasso
Atelier Picasso
Text by Luca Masia. Illustrations by Giulia Masia.

This graphic novel is the true story of the Spanish artist’s tailor Michele Sapone. Settling in Nice after the war, Sapone enjoyed a fraternal relationship with Picasso, Giacometti and Hartung, trading tailor-made clothes for artworks. >>more

SKIRA
ISBN 9788857250991
US $25.00 CAN $37.50 TRADE
Pbk, 7.75 x 11 in. / 176 pgs / 160 color.
Pub Date: 10/29/2024 In stock


C.F.: Powr Mastrs Vol. 3
C.F.: Powr Mastrs Vol. 3
Powr Mastrs Vol. 3--brainchild of C.F., who emerged from the fabled Providence, Rhode Island, art and noise scene and who also performs under the monikers Kites and Daily Life--is one of the most anticipated graphic >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780982094761
US $18.00 CAN $25.50 TRADE
Flexi, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 120 pgs / 16 color / 104 b&w.
Pub Date: 12/31/2010 Out of stock


C.F: Mere
C.F: Mere
In 2012, Providence-based artist and musician C.F. began to produce a series of more than a dozen zines, which he distributed via Twitter. Each zine offered a take on, and expansion upon, a classic comic >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780982632741
US $19.95 CAN $27.95 TRADE
Pbk, 5.5 x 8.5 in. / 184 pgs / 96 b&w / 88 duotone.
Pub Date: 05/31/2013 Out of stock


Frank Santoro: Pompeii
Frank Santoro: Pompeii
Frank Santoro’s latest graphic novel--his first in six years--takes place just before the eruption of Pompeii in 79 AD. The story follows Marcus, a young expat artist from Paestum who works as an assistant to >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9781939799104
US $19.95 CAN $27.95 TRADE
Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 144 pgs / 144 b&w.
Pub Date: 10/31/2013 In stock


Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
Jeff Smith: Bone and Beyond
Foreword by Sherri Geldin. Introduction by Lucy Shelton Caswell. Text by Dave Filipi, Scott McCloud, Neil Gaiman. Jeff Smith is one of the great success stories of independent comics. In July of 1991, he launched Cartoon Books in Columbus, Ohio, to publish his black-and-white comic strip Bone. A tale of three marshmallowy >>more

Wexner Center for the Arts
ISBN 9781881390466
US $24.95 CAN $33.95 TRADE
Hardback, 10.5 x 9.5 in. / 96 pgs / illustrated throughout.
Pub Date: 07/01/2008 In stock


Jonny Negron: Negron
Jonny Negron: Negron
The Brooklyn-based Jonny Negron, editor of the ongoing anthology zine Chameleon, emerged in 2011 as a web sensation, appearing in many anthologies and the subject of numerous features in Vice Magazine. An acclaimed “master of >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780983719960
US $19.95 CAN $27.95 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8 in. / 80 pgs / 80 color.
Pub Date: 10/31/2012 In stock


Kramers Ergot 8
Kramers Ergot 8
Edited by Sammy Harkham. Kramers Ergot is the premier comics anthology of the twenty-first century. Since its inception in 2000, it has revolutionized the medium, introducing new talents, solidifying aesthetics and standing as a state-of-the-medium book. Kramers Ergot has >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780984589272
US $32.95 CAN $43.95 TRADE
Hbk, 6.5 x 9 in. / 232 pgs / 204 color.
Pub Date: 01/31/2012 Out of stock


Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes
Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes
Foreword by Stan Lee. Text by Brian Crosby, Ben Saunders, Jeph Loeb, Evan Narcisse, Danny Fingeroth, Brooks Peck, Patrick A. Reed, Jay Edidin, Neil Wu-Gibbs, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Ann Nocenti, Roy Thomas, Douglas Wolk, Rob Salkowitz, Matt Smith, Randy Duncan, Travis Langley, Jon Burlingame. Interviews with James Marsters, Clark Gregg, G. Willow Wilson, Cheo Hodari Coker, Jo Quesada, Chris Claremont, David Mandel, Jenny Robb.

Marvel Comics and Marvel Studio Films are not only the enduring voices of the Super Heroes themselves, but also the diverse visions of Marvel‘s writers, artists, actors and filmmakers. Accompanying an exhibition at Seattle's Museum >>more

Verlag für moderne Kunst
ISBN 9783903269323
US $35.00 CAN $39.95 TRADE
Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 248 pgs / 170 color.
Pub Date: 05/21/2019 In stock


Matthew Thurber: INFOMANIACS
Matthew Thurber: INFOMANIACS
INFOMANIACS is a graphic novel about the tangled workings of the internet--a hilarious detective story that manages to both cheekily critique and document the outer reaches of digital culture. Readers will recognize much of their >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9781939799081
US $22.95 CAN $32.00 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 200 pgs / 200 b&w.
Pub Date: 11/30/2013 Out of stock


Me and the Other Little SomeOnes Would Like to Know Why We're Not in the Book
Me and the Other Little SomeOnes Would Like to Know Why We're Not in the Book
By Perrine Rouillon. Edited by Daniele Riviere.

French author and artist Perrine Rouillon (born 1951) invented the character "Little SomeOne," or La Petite Personne, as she was known in French, on a blank, white page, without panels or speech bubbles. A tangle >>more

Dis Voir
ISBN 9782914563901
US $24.00 CAN $33.00 TRADE
Pbk, 5.5 x 8 in. / 176 pgs / 170 b&w.
Pub Date: 10/23/2018 In stock


Metro 010: A Graphic Novel About a Metropolis Called Rotterdam
Metro 010: A Graphic Novel About a Metropolis Called Rotterdam
Text by Ellen Schindler, Abdelkader Benali, Michelle Provoost, Han van der Horst, Benzokarim, Vienne Lisa Haagoort, Moze Naél, Mariana Hirschfeld.

Over the course of 12 comic strips, this graphic novel explores the city of Rotterdam. The story begins far in the past, when Rotterdam was just a fishing village, and ends in 2050, with visions >>more

nai010 publishers
ISBN 9789462088047
US $45.00 CAN $65.00 FLAT40
Hbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 274 pgs / 200 color.
Pub Date: 03/26/2024 In stock


Out Side
Out Side
Text by K Allado-McDowell. Images by Ilan Manouach in collaboration with MidJourney.

A graphic novel inspired by artbooks, Out Side is a unique collaboration between two leading digital artists: K Allado-McDowell and Ilan Manouach. Together, the two construct an extraordinary pictorial story in the manner of a >>more

JBE Books
ISBN 9782365680790
US $39.95 CAN $56.95 TRADE
Hbk, 6 x 9 in. / 208 pgs / 500 color.
Pub Date: 04/16/2024 In stock


The Museum of Modern Art Book of Cartoons
The Museum of Modern Art Book of Cartoons
When The Museum of Modern Art first opened its doors on November 8, 1929--in less than 5,000 square feet of rented office space in midtown Manhattan--it was considered a radical experiment. Who would have thought >>more

The Museum of Modern Art, New York
ISBN 9780870707445
US $14.95 CAN $21.00 TRADE
Hardback, 8.25 x 8.75 in. / 92 pgs / 87 b&w.
Pub Date: 03/01/2008 In stock


Yuichi Yokoyama: World Map Room
Yuichi Yokoyama: World Map Room
In this, Yuichi Yokoyama’s long-awaited original graphic novel, published simultaneously in Japan and France, a stripped-back plot and minimal characterizations allow the artistry of Yokoyama’s ethereal drawings to shine through. The events within the narrative >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9781939799128
US $19.95 CAN $27.95 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 8.5 in. / 176 pgs / 176 b&w.
Pub Date: 11/30/2013 In stock



             

VISUAL BOOK INDEX | OUT OF PRINT

DNA Failure
DNA Failure
Text and art by Jon Chandler, Leon Sadler, Stefan Sadler. Founded in the mid-2000s, Famicon is an English art collective currently composed of 12 members, among them Jon Chandler, Leon Sadler and Stefan Sadler. The collective, an English counterpart to Providence’s Paper Rad, has produced >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780985159542
US $14.00 CAN $15.00 TRADE
Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 96 pgs / 96 b&w.
Pub Date: 02/28/2013 Not available


Gary Panter
Gary Panter
Foreword by Mike Kelley. Text by Robert Storr, Doug Harvey, Edwin Pouncy, Richard Gehr, Dan Nadel, Karrie Jacobs, Bryon Coley. An intimate look at the work and life of a legendary artist. Gary Panter has been one of the most influential figures in visual culture since the mid-1970s. From his era-defining punk graphics to his >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780979415319
US $95.00 CAN $115.00 TRADE
Slipcased, 2 Volumes, 9.5 x 11 in. / 700 pgs / 1000 color.
Pub Date: 04/01/2008 Not available


Matthew Thurber: 1-800-MICE
Matthew Thurber: 1-800-MICE
1-800-MICE is Matthew Thurber's comic book anthropological study of the imaginary city of Volcano Park: a cross between Thomas Pynchon, Robert Altman and J.R.R. Tolkien. Over the course of the story we meet Peace Punk, >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780984589265
US $22.95 CAN $25.00 TRADE
Hbk, 8 x 11 in. / 160 pgs / 160 b&w.
Pub Date: 10/31/2011 Not available


Sammy Harkham: Everything Together
Sammy Harkham: Everything Together
Sammy Harkham is one of the most influential cartoonists and comics editors of his generation. After a decade of work and groundbreaking anthologies, Everything Together collects his short-story comics, which condense vast amounts of emotion >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780985159504
US $19.95 CAN $25.00 TRADE
Pbk, 7.25 x 9.75 in. / 120 pgs / 88 color / 32 b&w.
Pub Date: 10/31/2012 Not available


Shigeru Sugiura: Last of the Mohicans
Shigeru Sugiura: Last of the Mohicans
Edited, introduction, translation by Ryan Holmberg. Sugiura Shigeru (1908–2000) is widely regarded as one of the masters of Japanese comics. His 1953 adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s The Last of the Mohicans sold over 60,000 copies, quickly establishing him as one >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780985159566
US $22.95 CAN $25.00 TRADE
Hbk, 7.25 x 10.25 in. / 160 pgs / 8 color / 120 b&w.
Pub Date: 07/31/2013 Not available


Takashi Nemoto: Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby
Takashi Nemoto: Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby
At long last, this underground Japanese classic has been translated into English. A seminal work of manga from the mid-1980s, Monster Men Bureiko Lullaby is a Candide-esque tale--if you can picture Candide as a mutated >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780979415326
US $19.95 CAN $25.00 TRADE
Paperback, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 194 pgs / 250 b&w.
Pub Date: 12/01/2008 Not available


The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame
The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame
Edited by Chip Kidd, Graham Kolbeins. Introduction by Edmund White. Translation by Anne Ishii. Violent, visceral and provocative, to say the least, Gengoroh Tagame’s unquestionable talent for story and illustration is already the stuff of legend. His gay BDSM stories are now widely celebrated for both their virtuosic drawing >>more

PictureBox
ISBN 9780984589241
US $29.95 CAN $35.00 TRADE
Pbk, 7 x 10 in. / 256 pgs / 250 b&w.
Pub Date: 04/30/2013 Not available