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10 best books like Sshhhh! (Jason): Asterios Polyp, Nijigahara Holograph, Cinema Panopticum, Beasts of Burden: Animal Rites, Arrugas, The Three Paradoxes, Isle of 100,000 Graves, Megg & Mogg In Amsterdam, Le jour le plus long du futur, Patience
| Author | David Mazzucchelli |
| ISBN | 0307377326 |
The triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions. An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait.
Meet Asterios Polyp: middle-aged, meagerly successful architect...
| Author | Inio Asano |
| ISBN | 1606995839 |
Butterflies ominously proliferate as children whisper rumors of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school. To appease its wrath, they decide to offer it a sacrifice--a human one. But this is only the beginning of Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines...
| Author | Thomas Ott |
| ISBN | 1560976497 |
T. Ott plunges into the darkness with five new graphic horror novelettes: "The Prophet," "The Wonder Pill," "La Lucha," "The Hotel," and the title story, each executed in his hallucinatory and hyper-detailed scratchboard style and running between 16 to 20 pages. The first story in the book introduces...
| Author | Evan Dorkin |
| ISBN | 1595825134 |
Welcome to Burden Hill - A peaceful suburb like any other with white picket fences and vibrant green grass - home to an unlikely team of paranormal investigators.
Black magic, demonic frogs, and zombie roadkill are just a few of the problems plaguing this seemingly sleepy little town. With...
| Author | Paco Roca |
| ISBN | 8496815390 |
Emilio, un antiguo ejecutivo bancario, es internado en una residencia de ancianos por su familia tras sufrir una nueva crisis de Alzheimer. Allí, aprende a convivir con sus nuevos compañeros –cada uno con un cuadro “clínico” y un carácter bien distintos– y los cuidadores que les atienden....
| Author | Paul Hornschemeier |
| ISBN | 1560976535 |
The Three Paradoxes is an intricate and complex autobiographical comic by one of the most talented and innovative young cartoonists today. The story begins with a story inside the story: the cartoon character Paul Hornschemeier is trying to finish a story called "Paul and the Magic Pencil." Paul has...
| 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...
Megg the witch, Mogg the cat, their friend Owl, and Werewolf Jones struggle unsuccessfully with their depression, drug use, sexuality, poverty, lack of ambition, and their complex feelings about each other. It’s a laff riot! Megg and Mogg decide to take a trip to Amsterdam for some quality couple...
Le jour le plus long du futur
| Author | Lucas Varela |
| ISBN | 2756063444 |
Dans une ville futuriste, un robot et un employé de bureau sans histoire vont voir leur existence chamboulée par l'arrivée d'un étranger portant une mystérieuse valise. Cette dernière donne accès à une étonnante pièce permettant la matérialisation des désirs inconscients. Des désirs...
| Author | Daniel Clowes |
| ISBN | 1606999052 |
Patience is a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent destruction to deeply personal tenderness in a way that is both quintessentially “Clowesian” and utterly unique in the author’s body of work. This 180-page, full-color original graphic novel...
Back then, life was simple and sweet. The taste of cherries, the cool shade, the smell of the river... That was how we lived, in a vale among the hills—sheltered from storms, ignorant of the world, as though on an island, peaceful and untroubled.
And then...
And then everything changed.
Can...
| Author | Christophe Chabouté |
| ISBN | 0571332307 |
Chabouté's enchanting story of a park bench was first published to critical acclaim in France in 2012. Faber now brings his work to the English-speaking world for the first time.
Through Chabouté's elegant graphic style, we watch people pass, stop, meet, return, wait and play out the strange...
| Author | Simon Hanselmann |
| ISBN | 1606997432 |
Megg is a depressed, drug-addicted witch. Mogg is her black cat. Their friend, Owl, is an anthropomorphized owl. They hang out a lot with Werewolf Jones. This may sound like a pure stoner comedy, but it transcends the genre: these characters struggle unsuccessfully to come to grips with their depression,...
Noah Van Sciver’s latest graphic novella drops in on the life of the self-styled, aspiring young writer, Fante Bukowski, as he delusively makes his way to literary fame and fortune, one drink at a time. Living in a cheap hotel, consorting with the debased and downtrodden, searching for that golden...
Essex County, Vol. 1: Tales from the Farm
| Author | Jeff Lemire |
| ISBN | 1891830880 |
Xeric Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire (Lost Dogs) illustrates the tale of Lester, an orphaned 10-year-old who goes to live on his Uncle's farm. Their relationship grows increasingly strained and Lester befriends the town's gas station owner, and damaged former hockey star Jimmy Lebeuf. The...
Hellboy, Vol. 6: Strange Places
| Author | Mike Mignola |
| ISBN | 1593074751 |
Mike Mignola returns with his first new Hellboy collection since 2002's Conqueror Worm. After leaving the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, Hellboy's travels take him briefly to Africa, then for a two-year stint at the bottom of the ocean. An ancient witch doctor, a giant fish woman, and...
Hellboy, Vol. 4: The Right Hand of Doom
| Author | Mike Mignola |
| ISBN | 1593070934 |
Dark Horse presents new editions of the entire Hellboy line with new covers, beginning with Seed of Destruction, the basis of director Guillermo del Toro's upcoming film. Hellboy is one of the most celebrated comics series in recent years. The ultimate artists' artist and a great storyteller whose...
