The Collected Fantasies, Vol. 2: Arzach and Other Fantasy Stories
10 best books like The Collected Fantasies, Vol. 2: Arzach and Other Fantasy Stories (Mœbius): The Arrival, High Society, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1, Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others, Elektra: Assassin, The Eyes of the Cat, Why I Hate Saturn, The Incal, The Nikopol Trilogy, L'Incal Lumière
In a heartbreaking parting, a man gives his wife and daughter a last kiss and boards a steamship to cross the ocean. He's embarking on the most painful yet important journey of his life- he's leaving home to build a better future for his family.
Shaun Tan evokes universal aspects of an immigrant's...
Author | Dave Sim |
ISBN | 0919359078 |
Reprinting Cerebus Issues 26-50
Volume two of the Cerebus the Aardvark series, High Society, is the beginning of the main Cerebus story line and one of the finest graphic novels ever published. If you have to start from the very beginning, you'll need the first volume, Cerebus, but if you don't...
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1
Author | Alan Moore |
ISBN | 1563898586 |
London, 1898. The Victorian Era draws to a close and the twentieth century approaches. It is a time of great change and an age of stagnation, a period of chaste order and ignoble chaos. It is an era in need of champions.
In this amazingly imaginative tale, literary figures from throughout time...
Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others
Author | Mike Mignola |
ISBN | 1593070918 |
The heat is on!!!
This third TPB edition features “Hellboy” #5-6, 12-14, along with a pin-up gallery.
The general rating is an average result of individual ratings given to each short story contained here.
Creative Team:
Creator, Writer &...
Author | Frank Miller |
ISBN | 0871353091 |
When acclaimed writer-artist Frank Miller began his celebrated run on the Marvel title, Daredevil, no one knew what to expect. They certainly didn't realize that a seemingly meek Greek college student by the name of Elektra would become one of the most popular and memorable characters in the post-modern,...
Author | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
ISBN | 1594650322 |
Not having been exposed to Jodorowsky and Mœbius before, I was quite shocked by the gruesome quality of the story and scenes. But original it is and rather funny in a very dark, noir sense. I must admit that as far as macabre storytelling goes, it's pretty well done. It's a very short piece of graphic literature,...
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 | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
ISBN | 1594650152 |
John Difool, a low-class detective in a degenerate dystopian world, finds his life turned upside down when he discovers an ancient, mystical artifact called "The Incal." Difool's adventures will bring him into conflict with the galaxy's greatest warrior, the Metabaron, and will pit him against...
Author | Enki Bilal |
ISBN | 0967240123 |
This critically acclaimed collection follows the incredible journey of Alcide Nikopol in the company of the vengeful god Horus of Hierakonopolis and Jill Bioskop, a mysterious woman with blue hair, from Paris to Berlin, Cairo to Equator City. The tale is a unique mix of science fiction, anxiety, humor,...
Author | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
ISBN | 2731605847 |
Dans un univers futuriste aux dimensions inimaginables, un médiocre détective privé, John Difool, se retrouve un beau jour à la tête d'une enquête qui ne tardera pas à le dépasser totalement, et à l'entraîner dans un monde étrange mêlant science-fiction et expériences divines, dans...
Author | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
ISBN | 1594650640 |
Jodorowsky & Gimenez's epic saga collected for the very first time. A multi-generational tale of family, sacrifice, and survival told within an immense universe, both in scope and originality. A true classic in the pantheon of graphic storytelling and science fiction as a whole. Omnibus content...
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...
Author | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
ISBN | 2731662190 |
John Difool est un minable détective privé de classe R qui arpente la Cité Puits en quête d'affaires peu reluisantes. Ses seules motivations : une pincée de SPV, une goutte de Ouisky et quelques galipettes avec des homéoputes bien roulées. Son seul compagnon : une mouette urbaine appelé Deepo.
Dame...
The Metabarons #1: Othon & Honorata
Author | Alejandro Jodorowsky |
ISBN | 1401203620 |
Alejandro "El Topo" Jodorowsky also wrote several series of comics, of which this generational epic space opera seems to be a later example. This somewhat resembles a more ambitious version of 80s Heavy Metal style sci-fi pulp comics. Which makes sense as Jodorowsky was an occassional HM contributor,...
Miracleman, Book Two: The Red King Syndrome
Author | Alan Moore |
ISBN | 1560600365 |
Michael Moran has rediscovered the power of Miracleman, but unbeknownst to him, Dr. Emil Gargunza, the man behind Project Zarathustra, has set in motion plans decades in the making. In The Red King Syndrome, Gargunza's intentions for Miracleman's wife and unborn child set the stage for a confrontati...
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 6: Gouge Away
Author | Warren Ellis |
ISBN | 1563897962 |
Witness.
Here I am: Spider Jerusalem, media element, TV celebrity, quotable, that wild and crazy guy who does that controversial muckraking column that no one really reads... lost in mix.
Another face in the crowd.
Spider is having a bad time in his city. His column was silenced...
Author | Mike Mignola |
ISBN | 1595827560 |
In these terrifying tales of witchcraft and the undead, Abe, Roger, Liz, and Johann learn the ropes as agents of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense! Abe copes with survivor's guilt, Roger goes on his first adventure with Hellboy, Liz tells the story of how she killed her family, and Johann...
Devilman: The Classic Collection Vol. 1
Go Nagai’s groundbreaking horror classic that inspired the genre for decades.
Hordes of demons, once thought entombed forever in the underworld, have now returned to Earth. Evil and corruption begin to seep into our world, as demons seize human hosts. Mankind’s only hope for salvation...