Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur
10 best books like Excalibur: The Legend of King Arthur (Tony Lee): Rise of the Black Panther, The Merchant of Venice, The Wizard's Tale, Ares: Bringer of War, Dawn Land, Sita: Daughter of the Earth, Ivy, Ramayan 3392 AD, Vol. 1, Grant Morrison's 18 Days, The Serpent's Shadow: The Graphic Novel
| Author | Ta-Nehisi Coates |
| ISBN | 1302908847 |
Witness the early years of the man who will come to rule one of the most scientifically advanced countries in the world! Wakanda has always kept itself isolated from Western society, but that's all about to change. Young T'Challa knows he is destined to become king, but when his father is brutally murdered...
| Author | Gareth Hinds |
| ISBN | 0763630241 |
With elegant, contemporary artwork and a faithful but succinct adaptation, this graphic novel casts a classic drama in a provocative new light.
Here is the tale of young Bassanio, who, to win the love of fair Portia, entangles his dearest friend, Antonio, in a dangerous bargain with the moneylender...
| Author | Kurt Busiek |
| ISBN | 1563895897 |
I picked this up at our local Comicon for 90% off (thanks TFAW!). All was madness among those shelves, but I saw the cover and grabbed it up. I knew right off it must be illustrated by the same fellow that did the lovely Hobbit graphic adaptation, the style was unmistakable with the soft colors, whimsical...
| Author | George O'Connor |
| ISBN | 1626720134 |
In the chaos of the Trojan war, Ares arrives in a chariot, armor blazing like fire. Strategy has failed and gore drips from every surface, but the god of war denies his nature and sits on the sidelines as the blood of both mortals and demigods stains the ground red.
Strong, vengeful, and just plain...
| Author | Joseph Bruchac |
| ISBN | 1596431431 |
Ten thousand years ago, in what would one day be known as North America, Young Hunter set out on an epic quest to overcome the Stone Giants who were terrorizing his people. Pitted against creatures of legend, Young Hunter journeyed to the innermost heart of his own humanity, even meeting the very gods...
| Author | Saraswati Nagpal |
| ISBN | 9380741251 |
In an ancient age, when gods and goddesses walked with mortals...
...Sita is the kind-hearted and intelligent princess of the kingdom of Videha. Married to Rama, prince of Ayodhya, her journey in life takes her from exhilaration to anguish.
Along the way, she has to leave behind the luxury...
Ivy, a teenager from a small town, longs to leave and pursue her dream of becoming a painter. But life isn't easy when you never know the right thing to say. After beginning a long-distance relationship with a kindred spirit, Ivy gets a glimpse of freedom too good to pass up. Only while trying to escape her...
| Author | Shamik Dasgupta |
| ISBN | 1934413046 |
events of the epic Ramayan taking place in a dystopian/post-apocalyptic future. Liked the interesting sci fi rendition of the main story. The event does't follow just like main epic, many changes have appeared, so it makes the reading more interesting. The character developements of the four Suryabanshi...
| Author | Grant Morrison |
| ISBN | 1606901745 |
From superstar creator Grant Morrison (All-Star Superman, Batman & Robin, The Invisibles), comes 18 Days, the story of three generations of super-warriors, meeting for the final battle of their age. 18 Days is a re-imagining of the great eastern myth, Mahabharata, and follows the course of the...
| Author | Orpheus Collar |
| ISBN | 1484781325 |
He's b-a-a-ack! Despite their best efforts, Carter and Sadie Kane can't seem to keep Apophis, the chaos snake, down. Now Apophis is threatening to plunge the world into eternal darkness, and the Kanes are faced with the impossible task of having to destroy him once and for all. Unfortunately, the magicians...
| Author | Tim Collins |
| ISBN | 1843178567 |
Luke Thorpe is a fifteen-year-old wimp. Excellent at maths and terrible at sport, he likes to keep his head down and get on with his schoolwork. Yet mysterious and uncontrollable changes in his behaviour and appearance - patches of hair growing rapidly, howling rather than singing the hymns in assembly,...
Amar Chitra Katha Mahabharata Vol. 1-3
| Author | Anant Pai |
| ISBN | 8190599011 |
The Mahabharata presents sweeping visions of the cosmos and humanity and intriguing and frightening glimpses of divinity in an ancient narrative that is accessible, interesting, and compelling for anyone willing to learn the basic themes of Hindu culture. The Mahabharata definitely is one of those...
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey - Annual 2013
| Author | Paddy Kempshall |
| ISBN | 0007487347 |
Published in advance of the amazing new movie by Peter Jackson, this is the OFFICIAL Hobbit Annual, packed with stills, characters and information from the movie sensation.
Join Bilbo Baggins on his unexpected journey across the wilds of Middle-earth with Gandalf the Wizard and a company...
| Author | Orson Scott Card |
| ISBN | 0765324601 |
An original science fiction manga by the bestselling author of Ender’s Game and his daughter
Twenty-five years ago, the alien Givers came to Earth. They gave the human race the greatest technology ever seen— four giant towers known as Ladders that rise 36,000 miles into space and...
| Author | David Almond |
| ISBN | 1406322903 |
Part story, part graphic novel - a tender slice of life and death from the creators of "The Savage". Do you believe there's life after death? Slog does. He reckons that the scruffy bloke sitting outside the pork shop is his dad come back to visit him for one last time - just like he'd said he would, just before...
| Author | Mike W. Barr |
| ISBN | 0930289307 |
In the year 3000, an armada of destructive aliens has unleashed an all-out assault on Earth and is poised to conquer the planet. But when a young boy stumbles upon the crypt of King Arthur, the legendary monarch and the Knights of the Round Table are magically reincarnated. Together once again, King Arthur,...
| Author | Jason Brubaker |
| ISBN | 0983114900 |
All Sonja wanted was to find her missing cat, Victuals, but when he washes up on the shore of her sleepy coastal town several days later with a head full of stitches and the startling ability to speak and no memory of how he got that way her quiet life is forever changed. Together they set out to solve the mystery...
"Nobody Owens" (traducibile con "Non appartiene a nessuno", N.d.R.) rimane orfano in seguito all'assassinio della sua famiglia per mano di "Jack". Lo spirito della madre, tuttavia, lo affida ai fantasmi di due coniugi defunti, che lo crescono in un cimitero insieme ad altre creature soprannaturali....
| Author | Ann Turnbull |
| ISBN | 0763651117 |
A gorgeous collection of classic Greek myths welcomes readers of all ages into a legendary world of beauty, tragedy, and miracle.
Enter a world where anything is possible. A god might be a mountain or a shower of gold. A nymph may be a stream or an echo in the wind. The myths of ancient Greece are...
| Author | Brian Ralph |
| ISBN | 1770460551 |
You wake up in the rubble and see a ragged, desperate one-armed man greeting you. He takes you underground to a safe space, feeds you, offers you a place to sleep, and then announces that he'll take the first watch. It's not long before the peril of the jagged landscape has located you and your newfound protector...
| Author | Ricardo Delgado |
| ISBN | 1595826831 |
Forget the Silver Age, and bag the Golden Age - this is the Age of Reptiles! Ricardo Delgado, winner of the Eisner Award for Talent Deserving of Wider Recognition, and a prolific development and storyboard artist (Men in Black, The Incredibles, WALL-E, X-Men Origins, Wolverine, and The Matrix series)...
Mage, Book Two: The Hero Defined
Wagner at last continues his classic urban fantasy, and it's ... alright.
When I first read this, I have to admit that I was disappointed by the move away from the Arthurian tropes, which were one of the elements that made the first series so much fun for me. Sure, it's neat to see other heroes instead...
