Comics As Art: We Told You So
By: Tom Spurgeon
4.01
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A rollicking oral history of Fantagraphics' first three decades. In 1976, a group of young men and …
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1. Journalism
By: Joe Sacco
4.25
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
A first for the world's greatest cartoon reporter, a collection of journalism, including articles o… read more
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"The journalist must strive to find out what is going on and tell it, not neuter the truth in the name of equal time."-Joe Sacco, Journalism
"A journalist who says, 'Well, I pissed off both sides--I must be doing something right,' is probably fooling himself and, worse, he may be fooling the reader. Balance should not be a smokescreen for …"-Joe Sacco, Journalism
"I chiefly concern myself with those who seldom get a hearing, & I don't feel it is incumbent on me to balance their voices with the well-crafted apologetics of the powerful. The powerful are generall…"-Joe Sacco, Journalism
2. The EC Archives: The Haunt of Fear, Vol. 1
By: None , Robert Englund , Al Feldstein
4.24
Format: 211 pages, Hardcover
Reprinting the first six complete issues (24 stories) of the comic book Haunt of Fear, originally p… read more
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3. The Colorado Kid
By: Stephen King
3.38
Format: 178 pages, Mass Market Paperback
On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. On… read more
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"Sometimes loving eyes don't see what they don't want to see."-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid
"For a woman a man will do many things that he'd turn his back on in an instant when alone; things he'd back away from, nine times out of ten, even when drunk adn with a bunch of his friends egging hi…"-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid
"Todos cayeron del árbol y se rompieron el brazo alguna vez, todos recuerdan lo travieso que fueron cuando eran niños, lo que no recuerdan, es a sus madres levantándose en medio de la noche para darle…"-Stephen King, The Colorado Kid
4. David Boring
By: Daniel Clowes
3.82
Format: 136 pages, Paperback
Meet David Boring: a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured innner life and an obsessive … read more
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"You can never really trust someone who remembers every embarrassing detail of your adolescence."-Daniel Clowes, David Boring
5. Slugfest: Inside the Epic, 50-year Battle between Marvel and DC
By: Reed Tucker
3.64
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
The most bruising battle in the superhero world isn't between spandex-clad characters; it's between… read more
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6. Palestine
By: None , Joe Sacco
4.16
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Prior to Safe Area Gorazde: The War In Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995--Joe Sacco's breakthrough novel of … read more
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7. Invisible Ink: My Mother's Love Affair With A Famous Cartoonist
By: Bill Griffith
4.24
Format: 212 pages, Hardcover
This is the renowned cartoonist's first long-form graphic work -- a 200-page memoir that poignantly… read more
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8. Patience
By: Daniel Clowes
3.81
Format: 263 pages, Hardcover
Patienceis a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent de… read more
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9. Revival
By: Stephen King
3.80
Format: 405 pages, Hardcover
A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side o… read more
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"There’s no tonic like an old friend."-Stephen King, Revival
"Frightened people live in their own special hell."-Stephen King, Revival
"When you’re travelling far, it’s best to travel light."-Stephen King, Revival
"Paths cross all the time in this world of our, sometimes in the strangest places."-Stephen King, Revival
10. Footnotes in Gaza
By: Joe Sacco
3.85
Format: 132 pages, Hardcover
From the great cartoonist-reporter, a sweeping, original investigation of a forgotten crime in the … read more
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11. Mister Wonderful: A Love Story
By: Daniel Clowes
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Hardcover
The fan-favorite Eisner Award-winning story, originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine, … read more
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12. Ice Haven
By: Daniel Clowes
3.46
Format: 272 pages,
Welcome to Ice Haven! "It's not as cold here as it sounds," declares Random Wilder, our reluctant g… read more
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13. My Effin' Life
By: Geddy Lee
4.58
Format: 512 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock… read more
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14. Monica
By: Daniel Clowes
3.95
Format: 106 pages, Hardcover
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more
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15. Batman: One Bad Day - The Riddler #1
By: Tom King
4.08
Format: 88 pages, Hardcover
The Most Dangerous Game of Wits Batman and Riddler have ever played...The Riddler is one of Batman'… read more
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16. Deserter
By: Junji Ito
3.99
Format: 392 pages, Hardcover
AN EVER-INCREASING MALICE. A MIND-NUMBING TERROR. SEE THE SEEDS OF HORROR SOWN IN THIS COLLECTION O… read more
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17. Do a Powerbomb!
By: Daniel Warren Johnson
4.52
Format: 168 pages, Paperback
From the creator of MURDER-FALCON and WONDER WOMAN: DEAD EARTH comes the wrestling adventure of the… read more
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18. Where the Body Was
By: Ed Brubaker
4.14
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was is unlike anything Bru… read more
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19. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
By: Joanna Robinson
4.22
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more
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20. Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood
By: David Mamet
3.24
Format: 247 pages, Kindle Edition
Award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and director David Mamet shares scandalous and laugh-out-lo… read more
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21. Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees
By: Patrick Horvath
4.21
Format: 152 pages, Paperback
Live, laugh, shed blood. Dexter meets Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town in this twisted debut graphi… read more
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22. Three Rocks: The Story of Ernie Bushmiller: The Man Who Created Nancy
By: Bill Griffith
4.43
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From Bill Griffith, the acclaimed creator of Zippy the Pinhead, comes a history of comics as told t… read more
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23. I Am Stan: A Graphic Biography of the Legendary Stan Lee
By: Tom Scioli
3.42
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
The first graphic novel biography of the legendary Stan Lee, co-creator of many of Marvel's beloved… read more
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24. Werewolf Jones & Sons Deluxe Summer Fun Annual (Megg, Mogg and Owl)
By: Simon Hanselmann
3.70
Format: 100 pages, Hardcover
In the tradition of the once ubiquitous British hardback annuals comes the Werewolf Jones & Sons De… read more
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25. Ultrasound
By: Conor Stechschulte
4.06
Format: 376 pages, Hardcover
Driving home from a wedding late one night during a heavy storm, out of cell range, Glen blows out … read more
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26. Blessed Be
By: Rick Altergott
3.42
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
Small-town weirdness scales new comedic heights in Altergott’s long-awaited graphic novel. When Tom… read more
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27. Harvey Kurtzman: The Man Who Created Mad and Revolutionized Humor i
By: Bill Schelly
4.42
Format: 644 pages, Hardcover
Harvey Kurtzman created MAD, and MAD revolutionized humor in America. Kurtzman's groundwork as the … read more
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28. Nobody's Fool: The Life and Times of Schlitzie the Pinhead
By: Bill Griffith
4.11
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Nobody’s Fool follows the story of Schlitzie’s long career—from Coney Island and the Ringling Bros.… read more
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29. Comics As Art: We Told You So
By: Tom Spurgeon
4.01
Format: None pages, Hardcover
A rollicking oral history of Fantagraphics' first three decades. In 1976, a group of young men and … read more
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30. Popeye: The First Fifty Years
By: Bud Sagendorf
4.13
Format: 144 pages, Paperback
Blow me down! Fifty years of Popeye! The official birthday book with absolutely everything, incl… read more
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31. The Follies of Richard Wadsworth
By: Nick Maandag
3.45
Format: 152 pages, Hardcover
A dark, bizarre comedy where teachers push boundaries into preposterous places The Follies of Rich… read more
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