Return of the Dapper Men
10 best books like Return of the Dapper Men (Jim McCann): Cow Boy: A Boy and His Horse, Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City, The Arctic Marauder, The Secret of the Stone Frog, 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente, Rust Vol. 1: Visitor in the Field, The Clockwork Girl, Daybreak, The Surrogates, Infinite Kung Fu
| Author | Nate Cosby |
| ISBN | 1936393670 |
Justice ain't got no age..
Nate Cosby (Pigs, Jim Henson's The Storyteller) and Chris Eliopoulos (Franklin Richards, Misery Loves Sherman) present Cow Boy, the story of a young bounty hunter determined to send his entire outlaw family to jail. He travels the Old West on a horse that ain't his,...
Agatha Heterodyne and the Airship City
| Author | Phil Foglio |
| ISBN | 1890856304 |
In a time when the Industrial Revolution has become an all-out war, Mad Science rules the World...with mixed success. At Transylvania Polygnostic University, Agatha Clay was a student with trouble concentrating and rotten luck. Dedicated to her studies but unable to build anything that actually...
| Author | Jacques Tardi |
| ISBN | 1606994352 |
In its ongoing quest to showcase the wide range of Jacques Tardi’s bibliography, Fantagraphics reaches all the way back to one of his earliest, and most distinctive graphic novels: A satirical, Jules Vernes-esque “retro-sci-fi” yarn executed on scratchboard in a stunningly detailed faux-woodcut...
| Author | David Nytra |
| ISBN | 1935179187 |
In a magical world unlike any you’ve seen before . . .
When Leah and Alan awaken in an enchanted forest, they have only each other and their wits to guide them. In a world of pet bees and giant rabbits, they befriend foppish lions and stone frogs, learning to confront danger as they find both their...
| Author | Wilfred Santiago |
| ISBN | 1560978929 |
While this graphic novel was visually stunning in places, with this nearly sepia tone feel to it images, interesting paneling and a nice mix of text with more traditional comic word balloons and captions, its narrative just wasn't that interesting.
It might be that already well-aware of the...
| Author | Royden Lepp |
| ISBN | 1936393271 |
Rust is a high-octane adventure set in the prairie lands of an unknown time. Life on the Taylor family farm was difficult enough before Jet Jones crashes into the barn, chased by a giant decommissioned war robot! Oldest son Roman Taylor struggles to keep his family’s small farm afloat as the area heals...
| Author | Sean Patrick O’Reilly |
| ISBN | 0980920418 |
3.5 stars - This is a graphic novel, loosely based on Romeo and Juliet. In a faraway land, two rivals compete at the annual fair. Dendrus the Grafter creates a mutant boy called Huxley who is regarded by many as a monster. Meanwhile, Wilhelm the Tinkerer creates a clockwork girl called Tesla with her own...
| 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 | Robert Venditti |
| ISBN | 1891830872 |
The year is 2054, and life is reduced to a data feed. The fusing of virtual reality and cybernetics has ushered in the era of the personal surrogate, android substitutes that let users interact with the world without ever leaving their homes. It's a perfect world, and it's up to Detectives Harvey Greer...
Infinite Kung Fu walks you through familiar corridors in the house of martial mayhem, but still smashes your face through walls of wonder and into rooms where kung fu is afraid to go! The Martial World is ruled by a mysterious emperor whose five armies are each headed by a cruel and highly skilled kung fu...
| Author | Adam P. Knave |
| ISBN | 1613777000 |
Amelia Cole lives in two worlds - literally. One runs on magic; the other is built on technology. When the barriers between both worlds start to break down, Amelia and her Aunt Dani must take extreme action. It's the start of a whole new world in adventure, magic, and excitement as Amelia Cole steps forward...
| Author | Carla Speed McNeil |
| ISBN | 1595826521 |
"Completely fascinating." - Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Red)
Lose yourself in a world beyond your wildest dreams... Since 1996, Finder has set the bar for science-fiction storytelling, with a lush, intricate world and compelling characters. Now, Dark Horse is proud to present the...
Tippy and the Night Parade: TOON Level 1
| Author | Lilli Carré |
| ISBN | 1935179578 |
I really, really like Lilli Carre's work! Her first book for children I think won't appeal to a lot of kids, but I liked it quite a bit. It has sleepwalking and dreams of animals and a messy room made messy by imagination and dreaming… sort of dark and surreal for a kid book, but I can imagine some kids liking...
| Author | Ben Katchor |
| ISBN | 0375421149 |
Ben Katchor (“The creator of the last great American comic strip.”—Michael Chabon) gives us his first book in more than ten years: the story of the fantastical nation of Outer Canthus and the three people who, in some way or another, inhabit its shores.
Emile Delilah is a young...
| Author | Drew Weing |
| ISBN | 1606993682 |
The central character is a big lug and an aspiring poet who runs up tabs at the local bars by day and haunts the docks by night, writing paeans to the sea-faring life. When he gets shanghaied aboard a clipper bound for Hong Kong, he finds the sailor’s life a bit rougher than his romantic nautical fantasies....
Thor the Mighty Avenger, Vol. 1
| Author | Roger Langridge |
| ISBN | 0785141219 |
He's banished, he's mad, and he wants to FIGHT. Roger Langridge (Muppet Show, Eisner and Harvey Award nominee) and Chris Samnee (Siege: Embedded, The Mighty) re-imagine the God of Thunder in Thor the Mighty Avenger! THRILL as he battles robots the size of cities! GASP as he tames the mightiest sea creatures!...
| Author | Fabien Vehlmann |
| ISBN | 1606994425 |
Five years ago, little Gwenny’s father found, inside a bottle, a map with instructions on how to reach the mysterious Isle of 100,000 Graves and its legendary treasures — and then he vanished. Now Gwenny, having stumbled across another bottle-shipped map, enlists the dubious help of a shipful...
Malinky Robot: Collected Stories and Other Bits
| Author | Sonny Liew |
| ISBN | 1607064065 |
Street urchins Atari and Oliver are out to steal bicycles, watch Giant Robot movies, and spend some Large Denominational Bills! Malinky Robot collects five tales by Eisner-nominated artist Sonny Liew (My Faith in Frankie, Wonderland, Sense & Senisibility) featuring stinky fish, philosopher-labourers,...
