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Grosz
By Lars Fiske (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-68396-041-6 (HB) Although I bang incessantly on and on about the communicative power of word and pictures acting in unison, I will never deny the sheer...
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Leonardo2
By Stéphane Levallois, translated by Joe Johnson (NBM/Musée du Louvre Éditions) ISBN: 978-1-68112-264-9(HB) eISBN: 978-1-68112-265-6 In 2005 one of the greatest museums in the world began an...
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I’d Love to Draw
By Andrew Loomis (Titan Books) ISBN: 978-1-78116-920-9 (HB) Win’s Christmas Recommendation: an old-school introduction to peace and recreation… 9/10 Got some time on your hands? Fancy taking up a new...
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The Cosmic Slumber Tarot
By Tillie Walden with Darren Shill, Sara Botero & Francesca Romano (Liminal 11) ISBN: 978-1-91263-417-0 (boxed with felt carry case) Win’s Christmas Recommendation: Fabulous Fantasy for All Your...
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A Secret History of Coffee, Coca & Cola
By Ricardo Cortés (Akashic Books) ISBN: 978-1-61775-134-9 (HB) Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Potent, Punchy and Thought-Provoking Fodder to Ponder and Enjoy after Overindulging… 9/10 The...
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Mindviscosity
By Matt Furie (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-68396-370-7 (HB) Matt Furie was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1979. After studying at Wesleyan University, he became an artist for pay, creating characters,...
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Little Paintings
By James Kochalka (Top Shelf Productions) ISBN: 978-1-60309-017-9 (HB) James Kochalka is a prolific and always entertaining giant of comics creation, whose vast, sublimely surreal, enticing works...
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Canciones – Federico García Lorca Drawn by Tobias Tak
Adapted and translated by Tobias Tak (NBM) ISBN: 978-1-68112-274-8 (HB) eISBN 978-1-68112-275-5 These days a seemingly infinite variety of subjects fit under the umbrella of modern graphic novels –...
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Bogart Creek volume 2
By Derek Evernden (Renegade Arts Entertainment) ISBN: 978-1-98890-390-3 (PB) eISBN: 978-1-98890-397-2 Welcome to September, start of Autumn and notionally a season of mellow fruitfulness. Sod all that...
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Problematic: Sketchbook Drawings 2004-2012
By Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-60699-594-5 (HB) Some creators in the world of comics just defy description and their collected works are beyond the reviewer’s skills (mine...
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The Marvel Art of Savage Sword of Conan the Barbarian
By John Rhett Thomas, Roy Thomas, P. Craig Russell, Barry Windsor-Smith, John Buscema, Gil Kane, Neal Adams, Alex Toth, Walter Simonson, M.W. Kaluta, Tony DeZuñiga, Richard Corben, Boris Vallejo, Earl...
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Gaia Blues
By Gud (Europe Comics) No ISBN: digital release only Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Because it’s never too soon and not quite too late… 8/10 Assuming you don’t live in a bubble – and maybe we’ll...
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There’s a HAIR in My Dirt! – A Worm’s Story
By Gary Larson, coloured by Nick Bell (Little, Brown and Co/HarperCollins) ISBNs: 978-0-31664-519-5 (HB) 978-0060932749 (PB) We may not be rocket scientists but all cartoonists tend to lurk at the...
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Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden – Life is Full of Pricks
By Nathalie Tierce (Indigo Raven) ISBN: 978-1-73783-260-7 (PB) eISBN: 978-1-734174-4-1 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Particularly Pointed Party Favours for all those Imminent, Inescapable...
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Comics Ad Men
By Many & various, written and compiled by Steven Brower (Fantagraphics Underground Press) ISBN: 978-1-68396-307-3 (TPB) Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: A Catalogue of Cartoon Nostalgia… 8/10...
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The Dynamite Art of John Cassaday
By John Cassaday, with Brett Matthews, Nick Barrucci, Scott Dunbier, Dean White, Laura Martin, Francesco Francavilla, Marcelo Pinto, Ivan Nunes, José Villarrubia, June Chung, Tony Aviña & various...
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Green Eggs and Maakies
By Tony Millionaire (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-60699-618-8 (HB/Digital edition) As a career and lifestyle, cartooning has far more than its share of individuals with a unique perspective on...
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The Set-Up
By Joseph Moncure March illustrated by Erik Kriek (Korero Press) ISBN: 978-1-91274-008-6 (HB) eISBN: 978-1-91274-012-3 I’ve never understood boxing as a sport. Where I come from, you don’t hit people...
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Georgia O’Keeffe
By María Herreros; translated by Lawrence Schimel (SelfMadeHero) ISBN: 978-1-914224-05-8 (TPB/Digital edition) Georgia Totto O’Keeffe entered the world in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin on November 15th 1887,...
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Mickey All-Stars (The Disney Masters Collection)
By Giorgio Cavazzano & Joris Chamberlain and many & various: translated by David Gerstein & Jonathan H. Gray (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-68396-369-1 (HB) eISBN 978-1-68396-422-3...
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