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Comanche Moon
By Jack Jackson (Rip Off Press Inc./Last Gasp) ISBN: 0-89620-079-5 One of post war America’s earliest graphic novels, Comanche Moon was originally published during the 1970s as interlinked comicbooks...
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American Vampire volume 1
By Scott Snyder, Rafael Albuquerque, Stephen King & various (Vertigo) ISBN: 978-1-4012-2830-9 978-1-4012-2974-0 (SC) In myth, literature and entertainment, there are many sorts of...
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Buster Brown: Early Strips in Full Color
By Richard F. Outcault with an introduction by August Derleth (Dover Publications) ISBN: 978- 0-1-486-23006-1 Richard F. Outcault is credited with being the father (fans and historians are never going...
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The Bluecoats volume 8: Auld Lang Blue
By Willy Lambil & Raoul Cauvin translated by Jerome Saincantin (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1-84918-245-4 Les Tuniques Bleues began in 1968; an occasional comedy western strip created by Louis “Salvé”...
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Jonah Hex volume 8: The Six Gun War
By Justin Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti, Cristiano Cucina, Rob Schwager & Rob Leigh (DC Comics) ISBN: 978-1-4012-2587-2 When Justin Grey & Jimmy Palmiotti resurrected DC’s western wild-man Jonah Hex,...
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The Usagi Yojimbo Saga Book 1
By Stan Sakai (Dark Horse Books) ISBN: 978-1-61655-671-6(HB) 978-1-61655-609-9(PB) eISBN: 978-1-63008-081-5 Usagi Yojimbo (“rabbit bodyguard”) first appeared as a background character in Stan...
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Lone Wolf and Cub volume 3: The Flute of the Fallen Tiger
By Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima, translated by Dana Lewis (Dark Horse Manga) ISBN: 978-1-56971-504-8 Best known in the West as Lone Wolf and Cub, the epic Samurai saga created by Kazuo Koike &...
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Siegel and Shuster’s Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero
By Siegel & Joe Shuster with Thomas Andrae, Mel Gordon & Jerome (Feral House) ISBN: 978-1-932595-78-9 The comics industry owes an irredeemable debt to two talented and ambitious Jewish kids...
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Jesse James: Classic Western Collection
By Joe Kubert, Carmine Infantino & various (Vanguard Productions) ISBN: 978-1887591515(HB) 978- 1-887591-44-3(TPB) There was a time, not that very long ago, when all arenas of popular...
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Sartre
By Mathilde Ramadier & Anaïs Depommier, with supplemental colour by Nawelle Saidi and translated by Peter Russella (NBM) ISBN: 978-1-68112-101-7 Publisher NBM have struck a seam of pure gold with...
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Secret of San Saba: A Tale of Phantoms and Greed in the Spanish Southwest
By Jack Jackson (Kitchen Sink Press) ISBN: 978-0-87816-080-8 (HB) 978-0-87816-081-5 (PB) I’m reading lots of graphic novels digitally these days, and it’s clear how much superb...
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Captain Pugwash: A Pirate Story
By John Ryan (Frances Lincoln Children’s Books) ISBN: 978-1-84780-721 (PB) 978-1845078218 (HC) The Day’s coming, Shipmates! Here’s a taste of things to come for all you hearty fun-starved...
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Barracuda volume 1: Slaves
By Jean Dufaux & Jérémy Petiqueux translated by (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-1-84918-165-5 Yo Ho-Ho, me Hearties: You know what day it is! Pirates have been a cornerstone of popular fiction for centuries...
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Asterix Omnibus volume 1: Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and the Golden Sickle and...
By René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo, translated by Anthea Bell & Derek Hockridge (Orion/Hodder-Darguad/Brockhampton) Omnibus ISBN: 978-1-44400-423-6 Individual Orion ISBNs: 978-0-75286-605-5:...
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Iznogoud Volume 1: The Wicked Wiles of Iznogoud
By René Goscinny & Jean Tabary, translated by Anthea Bell & Derek Hockridge (Cinebook) ISBN: 978-905460-46-5 Lots of folks believe today’s unlucky! Bosh and tarradiddle! Let’s look at a really...
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Monet: Itinerant of Light
By Efa & Salva Rubio, translated by Montana Kane (NBM) ISBN: 978-1-68112-139-0 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Picture Perfect Present for Art and Comics Lovers… 10/10 Publisher NBM have...
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Tex: The Lonesome Rider
By Claudio Nizzi & Joe Kubert. English-language adaptation by Pete Carlsson & Philip R. Simon (Dark Horse) ISBN: 978-1-61655-620-4(HC) eISBN: 978-1-63008-169-0 Win’s...
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The Wolverton Bible – The Old Testament & Book of Revelation Through the Pen...
By Basil Wolverton with commentary by Monte Wolverton (Fantagraphics Books) ISBN: 978-1-56097-964-7 Basil Wolverton was one of a kind; a cartoonist and wordsmith of unique skills and imagination and...
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In the Pines – 5 Murder Ballads
By Erik Kriek (Canongate Books) ISBN: 978-1-8689-214-0 If you don’t know what a murder ballad is you should start this sublime hardcover anthology by reading Jan Donkers’ superb background essay at...
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Garth: The Women of Galba
By Jim Edgar & Frank Bellamy (Titan Books) ISBN: 978-0-90761-049-6 It’s a big anniversary for Britain’s greatest comic strip adventurer this summer, but other than a few old collections and the...
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