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ROHAN AT THE LOUVRE
Hirohiko Araki
After Glacial Period and The Sky Over the Louvre comes another completely original story with stunning art by a leading mangaka. Rohan, a young mangaka, meets a beautiful mysterious young woman with a dramatic story. Seeing him draw, she tells him of a cursed 200 year old painting using the blackest ink ever known from a 1000 year old tree the painter had brought down without approval from the Emperor who had him executed for doing so. The painting meanwhile had been saved from destruction by a curator of the Louvre. Rohan forgets this story as he becomes famous but ten years later, visiting Paris, he takes the occasion to try and locate the painting. Little does he know how violently powerful the curse of it is until he has the museum unearth it from deep within its archival bowels…
"One of 12 books to look forward to in 2012"
Robot 6- Comic Book Resources
7 ¼ x 10 3/8, 128pp. full color hardcover, $19.99
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Inner Sanctum
Tales of Mystery, Horror, & Suspense
Ernie Colon
A revered veteran of comics brings to comics life one of the most fondly remembered mystery and horror radio shows in history. In striking black & white as only Colon is well known for, we are swept into 4 chilling mysteries including:
The Horla
A man is haunted by a mysterious, grotesque being only he can see... It seeks to enslave him, but in the end reveals its true intent--to destroy him.
Death of a Doll
An unidentified corpse in the morgue intrigues a reporter, who sets out to identify her and how she died.
He carries with him the doll that belonged to her. It cries out "Kara Nana", instead of mama.
Kara Nana, the reporter discovers, is the name of the Devil.
The Undead
A young woman, married to an actor, discovers an obituary in a drawer. The notice is ten years old and reports that Richard Barker, her living husband, died of a stroke! Terrified, she goes to his tomb only to find that it's empty.
Alive in the Grave
Seeing a man collapse in an alley, our hero rushes to help only to find that the man is dead. Jobless and desperate, he takes the man's wallet, containing fifty pounds. At home, after giving his ecstatic wife the money, and covering his act with a lie, he goes through the wallet's contents. He finds a card that informs the reader that he is suffering from a cataleptic condition--and that he is not dead!
He rushes back only to find that the man has been removed and buried...perhaps alive.
“[Colon] can scare the pants off you. I highly recommend “Inner Sanctum,” which ought to come with a reinforced belt." -Andrew “Capt. Comics” Smith
6x9, 112pp, B&W jacketed hardcover, $16.99
ISBN 978-1-56163-614-3 |
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Salvatore, vol.2
"An Eventful Crossing"
Nicholas De Crecy
The next chapter of this highly acclaimed off-the-wall nominated for an Eisner series that never ceases to astonish and amuse! Salvatore the crack dog mechanic has now finished his rig and is off to all the way out somewhere in Latin America to his sweetheart pooch he has been pining for. His trip which he takes with his reluctant assistant, a minuscule human who communicates only through his PC, goes all the way through Russia and the Bering Straits, a route he characterizes as epic but is really designed to avoid the seas which Salvatore is deadly afraid of. On the way, there are many temptations such as the pretty cat Julie who, as it turns out, has adopted the missing piglet Amandine the Sow has been so desperately spending her last penny trying to find while, unbeknownst to her, the rest of her litter is busy in a lucrative endeavor of bio recycling.
“What I interpreted as inane, random dialogue in the first book has transformed into solid (and funny) characterization. I was wrong to dismiss this book as an artist’s self-indulgence, and hope now to correct my error. “Salvatore” is initially hard to embrace, because it is a story that refuses to conform to expectation and classification. But it’s that very quality that’s making it a unique and entertaining read for me now."
Andrew “Capt. Comics” Smith
61/2 x 9, 112pp. full color trade pb, $14.99
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Star Gazing Dog
Takashi Murakami
A moving inspiring manga that is a major best-seller in Japan, selling over 400,000 copies and being made into a movie.
Daddy is down and out. Life has conspired against him, everything coming undone. Fed up, he sets out with his car to just get away from it all to nowhere in particular. All people around him have abandoned him in indifference but as we discover along with him, the one companion he can count on utterly and completely is his dog who follows him blindly, faithfully and completely, to the end.
6x9, 128pp, B&W trade paperback, $11.99
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BUBBLES & GONDOLA
Renaud Dillies
On a background of Django Reinhardt, this jewel of poetic fantasy is a fairy tale for all ages with spot on observations about life. Charlie is a mouse who’s trying to write but has a block. Writing is a solitary endeavor. A bird named Solitude comes to visit him to keep him company. We’re never sure he actually exists but in Charlie’s mind, yet he brings him out into the world, dares him to experience the unknown, unblocking his little existence… A drama about the blank page for Charlie who so wants to make the world more beautiful with his writing, we are transported into a tender and moving tale with a twinge of lyrical melancholy yet sweet, warm and ultimately elevating.
"A delightful and well-executed story recommended to those needing a spiritual lift or creative inspiration... fresh, quirky perspective."
- Library Journal
"Disguised as a cute animal story, Dillies's substantive tale of writer's block, social anxiety, and the magical and restorative powers of allowing oneself to take a break and have fun proves striking it its visuals and narrative." -School Library Journal
81/2 x11, 80pp., full color hardcover, $16.99. ISBN 978-1-56163-611-2
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KINKY & COSY
Nix
Shocking! Disgusting! Meet the most dangerous twin girls in the universe! Their record of wrong doings, on purpose or not, will raise your hair on end. A darkly subversive collection of cynical comics gags that is sweeping Europe. Nothing is sacred for these two lil’ monsters! South Park meets Monty Python.
81/2 x 6, 96pp., full color hardcover; $15.99,
ISBN 978-1-56163-604-4
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LITTLE NOTHINGS, VOL. 4:
"My Shadow in the Distance"
Lewis TRONDHEIM
Trondheim's popular pithy and ironic little slices of life are back! Newsarama says of it: "So long as Trondheim continues creating work as strong as this, the comics world will be a bright place. "Smart and well-executed" says the Comics Reporter. Buzz has been tremendous! Posted in rotation on NBM's blog.
"I read everything by Trondheim that’s available in English. But I would have picked this up for the cover alone."
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6x9, 128pp., full color trade pb with flaps, $14.99,
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A Treasury of Murder:
THE LIVES OF SACCO & VANZETTI
Rick Geary
Rick Geary tackles the most controversial case of the 20th century. Anarchists Sacco & Vanzetti were accused of robbery and murder but so many supposedly damning pieces of evidence were questionable their guilty verdict elicited massive protests around the world. Geary presents us with all the twists and turns, appeals and dubious evidence after presenting us the human face of the two men, demonized by many, turned to martyrs by many others in his usual unflappable way.
ON THE L.A. TIMES SUMMER READING LIST
A BEA GN BUZZ HOT Graphic Novel Selection
6 x 9, 80pp., B&W, jacketed hardcover: $15.99,
ISBN 978-1-56163-605-1
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THE SKY OVER THE LOUVRE
Bernar YSLAIRE & Jean-Claude CARRIERE
In the next volume in co-edition with the Louvre museum (Glacial Period) we go back to the very origins of the Louvre as a museum: the tumultuous years of the French revolution. It’s the story of a painting of the Supreme Being, ordered by Robespierre from the famous painter David. A painting which was never made. It’s also the story of another painting, that of the young Bara, a 13 year old martyr of the Republic. From the inauguration of the Louvre, former royal palace, as the museum for the people, to the death of Robespierre, this is also the portrayal of the face to face of two major actors of a revolution in a great hurry. Robespierre appears equally enlightened and lost while David accomplishes his destiny: a painter torn between political engagement and artistic ambition. Yslaire, one the great stars of French comics, delivers a stunning masterwork in an epic and disturbing graphic novel seeped in a dramatic and fascinating period of history.
101/2 x 111/2, 72pp. full color hardcover, $19.99,
ISBN 978-1-56163-602-0
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MISS DON’T TOUCH ME, Vol. 2
Hubert & Kerascoet
Blanche tries to leave the Pompadour, the high class house of call-girls, but their hooks are in deep. Nevertheless she encounters what could be her ticket out: a very handsome and very respectful young rich man, Antoine. She also reunites with her long-lost mother. It all seems rather idyllic but Antoine may be a little too respectful and how come her mother suddenly reappears?
61/2 x 9, 96pp., full color trade pb.: $14.99,
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SALVATORE
Vol. 1: Transports of Love
Nicolas De Crecy
The best-selling and acclaimed author of 'Glacial Period' in the Louvre collection returns with a new series starring a dog auto repair mechanic so in demand, he can afford to move his garage to a distant hard-to-reach peak for peace and… privacy. The privacy, as it turns out, is to build a mode of transportation that can get him through earth and seas to his beloved far, far away. As unpredictable and totally original as 'Glacial Period,' this is a Plymptonesque tale filled with absurd, irresistible bittersweet humor.
61/2 x 9, 104pp., full color trade pb.: $14.99,
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THE STORY OF LEE, Vol.1
Sean Michael Wilson & Chie Kutsuwada
Lee, living in Hong Kong, meets Matt, a fine young Scot. Their relationship becomes stronger by the day, despite their deep cultural differences. But there is Lee’s Dad to contend with who views this affair very suspiciously. And there is another contender for Lee’s heart, a Chinese young 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 good sparks… and bad ones.
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NBM AND TWP INTERACTIVE RELEASE FIRST
INTERACTIVE GRAPHIC NOVEL
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Phil Yeh’s “Dinosaurs Across America”
teaches geography the fun way.
The 50 States of America presented one by one in comics by Phil Yeh’s famous Patrick Rabbit and his Dinosaur friends in full color. One of the most popular comic books (190,000 sold) from Cartoonists Across America, a literacy group using comics for decades to teach literacy to kids all over the US, is now a beautiful exciting educational graphic novel, a fun way to learn about America’s 50 States! Phil Yeh is the champion behind the group and well noted for his tireless tours and appearances at schools and libraries across the land, bringing literacy through comics.
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