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Cover art for NIGHT FISHER
FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2005
Kirkus Star NIGHT FISHER
by R. Kikuo Johnson
"A dark, grand, sweeping dream of a book."
The lulling beauty of Hawaii proves a troubling soporific for a quiet and once-promising teenager. Read full book review >
Cover art for IT’S SUPERMAN!
FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2005
Kirkus Star IT’S SUPERMAN!
by Tom De Haven
"Comic noir with a super-keen edge, in De Haven's best book yet."
The formative years of the Man of Steel, in a rib-tickling melodrama set in Depression-era America. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 18, 2005
BLACK HOLE
by Charles Burns
"This volume should expand the cult following of a cutting-edge illustrator."
There's nothing funny about high school in this black-and-white comics collection, which should strike a particularly sharp chord among those who endured and survived their adolescent rites of passage in the early 1970s. Read full book review >
Cover art for WIMBLEDON GREEN
FICTION
Released: Oct. 15, 2005
WIMBLEDON GREEN: THE GREATEST COMIC BOOK COLLECTOR IN THE WORLD
by Seth
"A humble hobby is pursued with Indiana Jones–style vigor."
How did the world's greatest comic collector get to be so great? And what's with the hats? Read full book review >
Cover art for THE QUITTER
FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2005
THE QUITTER
by Harvey Pekar, illustrated by Dean Haspiel
"A lean and angry work, anchored by a mellowing sense of self-discovery."
Pekar digs deep into his childhood to find the roots of his desperate fear of failure. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2005
PERFECT EXAMPLE
by John Porcellino
"Small lives portrayed with a certain elegance, but nevertheless hampered by small vision."
Growing up ain't easy--at times it can get downright depressing. Read full book review >
Cover art for NORTH COUNTRY
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2005
NORTH COUNTRY
by Shane White
"A dark, foreboding narrative whose style pays tribute to Robert McCloskey and 1950s Superman comics."
White combines memoir with a graphic-novel format in the story of a painful childhood. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY
FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2005
Kirkus Star THE ACME NOVELTY LIBRARY
by Chris Ware
"Another winner from Ware, up there with Jimmy Corrigan."
Like the cartoon equivalent of Willy Wonka--a graphic visionary opens the door to his creative factory with a wide-ranging anthology that conjures a world (if not a universe) unto itself. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE RABBI’S CAT
FICTION
Released: Aug. 9, 2005
THE RABBI’S CAT
by Joann Sfar, illustrated by Joann Sfar
"An unexpectedly haunting work from a major talent."
An Algerian rabbi's cat gains the power of speech, giving it all the greater ability for mischief. Read full book review >
Cover art for WALT & SKEEZIX
FICTION
Released: June 15, 2005
WALT & SKEEZIX: BOOK ONE
by Frank King, edited by Chris Ware
"A handsomely mounted presentation for one of the 20th-century's landmark cartoons."
First volume of a worthy project to reintroduce the world to the gang at Gasoline Alley. Read full book review >
Cover art for WAR’S END
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2005
Kirkus Star WAR’S END: PROFILES FROM BOSNIA 1995-96
by Joe Sacco
"Worthy of a place on the shelf next to Safe Area Gorazde, The Fixer and Palestine. In just a few years, Sacco has created a body of work that includes some of the most important and relevant graphic novels of our time."
Two stories of unusual mirth from Europe's heart of darkness. Read full book review >
Cover art for PAUL MOVES OUT
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2005
PAUL MOVES OUT
by Michel Rabagliati
"A growing-into-adulthood story told with lovable buoyancy."
A Montreal art student finds love and a career in an unassuming graphic novel. Read full book review >