Age of Bronze, Volume 1: A Thousand Ships
10 best books like Age of Bronze, Volume 1: A Thousand Ships (Eric Shanower): Clan Apis, Castle Waiting, Vol. 1, The Return from Troy, Cartoon History of the Universe II, Vol. 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome, Why I Hate Saturn, Mickey Mouse, Vol. 1: Race to Death Valley, Whiteout, Kings in Disguise, James Sturm's America: God, Gold, and Golems, Finder, Vol. 01: Sin-Eater 1
Clan Apis is one of the funniest and most moving educational books I've ever read. Jay Hosler's writing is clear and inventive; you don't even notice you're learning a lot while you're reading this. Very much in the vein of what Richard Adams does for rabbits in Watership Down, Hosler does a fantastic...
| Author | Linda Medley |
| ISBN | 1560977477 |
Castle Waiting graphic novel tells the story of an isolated, abandoned castle, and the eccentric inhabitants who bring it back to life. A fable for modern times, Castle Waiting is a fairy tale that's not about rescuing the princess, saving the kingdom, or fighting the ultimate war between Good and Evil,...
In this sequel to The War at Troy, the trademark lyricism, lucidity, and mythic power is present in this novel that offers a timely interpretation of one of the world's great stories. After ten years of war, Troy has fallen, yet the gods have turned against the victorious Argives—and their ordeals...
Cartoon History of the Universe II, Vol. 8-13: From the Springtime of China to the Fall of Rome
| Author | Larry Gonick |
| ISBN | 0385420935 |
I've read this book before, a long, long time ago, but my brother-in-law, Josh, didn't know that when he bought it for me for my birthday. What he did know is that I own (and love) The Cartoon History of the Universe I (especially for its cartoon depiction of the process of evolution), so this was a good bet,...
| Author | Kyle Baker |
| ISBN | 0930289722 |
fulfilling book riot's 2018 read harder challenge task #8: a comic written or illustrated by a person of color
and that color is tie dye.
extra points given to me, by me, for choosing a book that i have owned for more than a year. *
review to come.
* which is a teensy...
| Author | Floyd Gottfredson |
| ISBN | 1606994417 |
Today everyone knows Mickey Mouse as the cheerful ambassador of
all things Disney. But back in the 1930s, Mickey gained fame as a rough-and-tumble, two-fisted epic hero — an adventurous
scrapper matching wits with mobsters, kidnappers, spies, and even (gulp!) city slickers! And Mickey’s...
| Author | Greg Rucka |
| ISBN | 0966712714 |
You can't get any further down than the bottom of the world - Antarctica. Cold, desolate, nothing but ice and snow for miles and miles. Carrie Stetko is a U.S. Marshal, and she's made The Ice her home. In its vastness, she has found a place where she can forget her troubled past and feel at peace... Until someone...
| Author | James Vance |
| ISBN | 0393328481 |
This award-winning tale, set in the height of the Great Depression, received rave reviews long before graphic novels became the phenomenon they are today. Hailed as one of the top 100 comics of all time by The Comics Journal, Kings in Disguise now reemerges as a classic. It is January 1932, and movie-loving...
| Author | James Sturm |
| ISBN | 1897299052 |
Focusing on less sensational times in U.S. history (non-war and pre-Depression) James Sturm's America draws a portrait of the people and their dreams that make up this country. Comprised of three chapters—"The Revival," "Hundreds of Feet Below Daylight," and "The Golem's Mighty Swing"—the...
This is probably the weakest of the Finder collections. Notice how many stars I give it, regardless?
The only problem with this story is that the first issue is visually and metaphorically overflowing with images, narratives, and ideas. It was overwhelming and confusing the first time I read...
| Author | Carl Barks |
| ISBN | 1606997955 |
Uncle Scrooge takes Donald and the nephews on a perilous trek in search of the fabled seven cities of gold! This is the Scrooge story famous for providing Steven Spielberg and George Lucas with inspiration for parts of Raiders of the Lost Ark. Speaking of gold and movies, James Bond fans might recognize...
| Author | Carol Tyler |
| ISBN | 1606991442 |
You’ll Never Know is the first graphic novel from C. Tyler (Late Bloomer)
and sure to be one of the most acclaimed books of the year. It tells the story of the 50-something author’s relationship with her World War II veteran father, and how his war experience shaped her childhood and affected...
| Author | Guy Davis |
| ISBN | 1596878029 |
Honor Among Punks: The Complete Baker Street Graphic Novel presents for the first time in one volume all the classic Baker Street stories that originally appeared in the late 1980s to early 1990s. Baker Street began as an idea of doing a pastiche of sorts on the classic stories from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's...
| Author | Paul Karasik |
| ISBN | 0571226337 |
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY
Credo che fosse il 1991, l’anno in cui ho incontrato Paul Auster per la prima volta: La musica del caso.
E fu subito amore.
Amore grande: c’erano in Auster umori che in letteratura mi sembravano insoliti, fuori, e oltre, che all’epoca...
| Author | J. Michael Straczynski |
| ISBN | 0785114564 |
The heroes have arrived. You've watched them grow. You've learned their secrets. And now, you're about to see them change the world... for better or for worse! When a god-like Hyperion discovers that his whole life has actually been an elaborate government-made lie, his reaction could mean the end...
| Author | Colleen Doran |
| ISBN | 1887279512 |
What looks like a Madonna (cf., big mall hair) (or fill in any eighties title or musical group or character here) (Baywatch?) space opera appears to actually be initially set in the eighties, though it also takes place in space and in King Arthur’s England. It’s a fantasy/science fiction tale with...
| Author | Stan Sakai |
| ISBN | 1569712972 |
Join Usagi Yojimbo in his hare-raising adventures of life and death. Watch as he faces assassins, medicine peddlers, bat ninjas, and more! This is a story of honor and adventure. It's a masterful adaptation of samurai legend to sequential art. Dark Horse is proud to present this epic story of good versus...
| Author | Rick Geary |
| ISBN | 1561633097 |
This was incredible, especially being his first title of a MAGNIFICENT series, but I'm using my review to try to inspire:
Carl Panzram- someone I wish Geary (or anybody near his talent) did a graphic novel on! His story is blurry from being so long ago and but there are enough facts to pull it off with...
Dark Horse continues its presentation of the entirety of Japan's Lone Wolf and Cub, one of the unquestioned landmarks of graphic fiction, packaged in the digest format preferred by creator Goseki Kojima. The fourth volume of this ambitious monthly program collects four classic Lone Wolf tales, including...
| Author | Frans Masereel |
| ISBN | 0872861740 |
Breathtaking book, but I strongly encourage you to go back in time as you read it.
Consider yourself part of this same, crazy, beautiful world minus instant messages, vicarious living through films and radio (truly some of my favorite things in life); just open up and enjoy someone else's adventures....
| Author | Sergio Toppi |
| ISBN | 2908551330 |
A set of tales inspired by 1001 Arabian Nights, European comics master Sergio Toppi’s Sharaz-de explores a barbaric society where the supernatural is the only remedy to injustice.
The lovely Sharaz-de, captive to a cruel and despotic king, must each night spin tales to entertain her master...
Hitman, Vol. 5: Who Dares Wins
| Author | Garth Ennis |
| ISBN | 1563897180 |
HITMAN: WHO DARES WINS is a tale of honor, revenge, camaraderie and conscience as played out in the alleys of Gotham City. When both a group of S.A.S. British commandos and an avenging troop of mafia soldiers target hit man Tommy Monaghan and his best friend and partner, Natt, the two odd couple assassins...
Blue Monday Volume 4: Painted Moon
| Author | Chynna Clugston Flores |
| ISBN | 1932664114 |
Picking up where Absolute Beginners left off, Bleu finds herself pent up with a heavy dose of teenage lust Not content with Alan and Victor's pathetic attempts to woo her, she grabs Clover and hits the town in a side-splitting search for some real boys, only to discover that there aren't any With only one...
