| Treasure Island (Classics Illustrated)
| Comic book version of the classic story of an island aswarm with a crew of murderous pirates in greedy pursuit of buried riches.
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| The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Classics Illustrated (New York, N.Y.), No. 9.)
| The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Presented in comic book format.
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| The Call of the Wild (Classics Illustrated (New York, N.Y.), No. 10.)
| Taken from a kindly owner, Buck is forced into the perilous life of a sled dog in the treacherous Yukon Territory during the Klondike gold rush. Presented in comic book format.
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| The Colour of Magic: Graphic Novel
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| Hamlet (Classics Illustrated)
| The "Annotated Shakespeare" series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist. One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is unsurpassed in its complexity and richness. This fully annotated version of "Hamlet" makes the play completely accessible to readers in the 21st century. It has been carefully assembled with students, teachers and the general reader in mind. Eminent linguist and translator Burt...More
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| Batman
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| Tristram Shandy
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| Batman: Long Halloween (Batman)
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| Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began
| Acclaimed as a "quiet triumph"* and a "brutally moving work of art,"** the first volume of Art Spiegelman's Maus introduced readers to Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist trying to come to terms with his father, his father's terrifying story, and History itself. Its form, the cartoon (the Nazis are cats, the Jews mice), succeeds perfectly in shocking us out of any lingering sense of familiarity with the events described, approaching, as it does, the...More
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| THE LIGHT FANTASTIC: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL (DISCWORLD NOVELS)
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| Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
| Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.
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| Casino Royale
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| Wall and Piece
| Banksy, Britain's now-legendary "guerilla" street artist, has painted the walls, streets, and bridges of towns and cities throughout the world. Not only did he smuggle his pieces into four of New York City's major art museums, he's also "hung" his work at London's Tate Gallery and adorned Israel's West Bank barrier with satirical images. Banksy's identity remains unknown, but his work is unmistakable—with prints selling for as much as $45,000.
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| Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes Series)
| This omnibus edition includes Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress Goes Boink as well as other cartoons, integrated throughout. Bill Watterson won the 1986 Reuben Award as Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, nominated by the National Cartoonists' Society.
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| Ways of Seeing: Based on the BBC Television Series (A pelican original)
| "Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled."John Berger's "Ways of Seeing" is one of the most stimulating and the most influential books on art in any language. Fi...More
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| Maus: A Survivor's Tale
| Combined for the first time here are Maus I: A Survivor's Tale and Maus II - the complete story of Vladek Spiegelman and his wife, living and surviving in Hitler's Europe. By addressing the horror of the Holocaust through cartoons, the author captures the everyday reality of fear and is able to explore the guilt, relief and extraordinary sensation of survival - and how the children of survivors are in their own way affected by the trials of their parents. A contemporary classic of immeasurable s...More
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| Batman: Knightfall: Pt.1 (Batman)
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| Kingdom Come
| Starring Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, The Flash, Green Lantern, Aquaman and Hawkman - but not necessarily as you know them! It's judgement day, and war is about to be waged between superheroes old and new, one that will determine the fate of the entire planet. Where before there was order, now there is chaos - perpetrated by a new breed of superhero for whom justice and honour are redundant concepts. This fully painted Elseworlds saga features one of the most astounding vision...More
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| MACBETH (CARTOON SHAKESPEARE)
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| Design Basics
| DESIGN BASICS is a popular introduction to two-dimensional design. Each concept is presented in a full two-page spread, making the text practical and easy for students to refer to while they work. Visual examples from many periods and cultures are provided for all elements and principles of design.
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