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Top 22 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga:
February 2021
Perhaps now more than ever, it’s helpful to have some good things to look forward to, and that includes good comics. Among these twenty-something hand-picked releases forthcoming from February 2021, let me single out a few for your special attention. The French art-rebel duo Ruppert & Mulot rope in Bastien Vivès for their latest graphic novel, while Mexico’s rising star Edgar Camacho sees his award-winning comic, the first to win the Mexican government’s Youth Graphic Novel Prize, translated into English…
Politics past, present and future come under the spotlight, from a docu-comic about resistance to fascism in World War 2….
to forthright newscaster Dan Rather’s inspiring examination of how the ‘Disunited’ States can come together and heal for the future…
Two American giants of comics art get the deluxe treatment thanks to a hefty volume of T.S. Sullivant’s sublime animal cartoonery…
and an ‘artist’s edition’ of original psychedelia-inspired artwork by Gary Panter, which comes with an old-school, newsprint comic book version…
And British co-editors Able and Hanshaw have concocted another surprising, genre-busting anthology, this time dissecting the hearts and flowers of true romance. I hope you find something among my PG Tips that will make you ‘Feel Love’!
200
by Jennifer Brody & Jules Rivera
Keylight Books
$16.99
The publisher says:
It’s Eva Thorne’s 200th birthday. But it’s not a celebration, more like a funeral. Eva lives in a world where the Cure for ageing and illness has been discovered and administered to every person on Earth, only there’s one big hitch. It turns out that very few people can handle immortality, so they have to take a test on their two hundredth birthday. If they pass, then they get to live forever. But if they fail, they must be euthanised. Eva’s not an optimist. In fact, she’s pretty sure that she’s going to fail her Centurial Assessment Test. For starters, almost nobody passes anymore. She’s seen the news stories. But more than that, Eva can tell that she’s already starting to slip mentally. Ever since the Escorts took her husband Owen away for his test a little over six months ago and he never came back, she’s been chain-smoking cigarettes (they can’t kill her after all), binge drinking, and waiting for the Escorts to get it over with already. Who wants to live forever if you have to do it alone?
Here’s the truth—Owen was her husband for over 170 years. He was her soulmate. Her lover. Her goofball best friend. Her partner in crime. Her everything. But on the way to her testing room, Eva glimpses a staffer who resembles her husband. Suddenly, she has to find out the truth about what really happened to him. Suddenly, she has a reason to live. Did he pass his test? Does he get to live forever? Can Eva join him for this next part of their lives? Or is she destined to fail her test and be euthanised? Now Eva must escape from the testing facility and find out if her husband passed his test—and what he’s been doing for the past six months. With the Escorts hunting her down, she kidnaps the staffer and drags him to the roof, discovering that it’s Owen—only he can’t remember her because they wiped his memory. When you pass your CAT test, you must leave your old life behind. Eva must now find a way to him remember their life together, or lose him forever to his new immortal existence.
Jennifer Brody is the award-winning author of The 13th Continuum. Her debut novel sold in a 3-book deal and is being packaged into a television show. Her book is a Gold Medal Winner from the Independent Publisher‘s Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. Return of the Continuums and The United Continuums complete her epic trilogy. Translation rights have sold in multiple territories, most notably Russia and China. She lives and writes in LA, where she’s hard at work on her next book. Jules Rivera is a Latinx artist who has worked as an illustrator, colourist, animator and writer, prompting SyFy Wire to call her “a multi-talented force in indie comics.” She is the creator of a weekly autobiographical cartoon strip, Love, Joolz, and feminist sci-fi epic, Valkyrie Squadron, which are both being packaged into graphic novels. Additionally, she worked on the graphic novels Barbie Starlight Adventure and Barbie Video Game Hero for Mattel. She also creates sci-fi designs for TV and film and teaches storyboarding at the college level. She lives and works in LA when she’s not surfing on the weekends. 128pgs colour hardcover.
A Cockeyed Menagerie: The Drawings of T.S. Sullivant
by T.S. Sullivant
Fantagraphics
$49.99
The publisher says:
The long-overdue, definitive career retrospective of an early-20th-century gag cartoonist. Welcome to the cockeyed menagerie of Thomas Starling Sullivant. From the 1880s to the Roaring Twenties, Sullivant conjured up a whimsical world in pen and ink — riotous gag cartoons featuring anthropomorphic animals of all stripes; perennial American “types” like hobos, hayseeds and urban hucksters; and familiar characters from ancient myths and biblical tales. Imbued with infectious joy, his drawings have inspired generations of artists and countless Disney films. Fantagraphics is proud to present the most comprehensive collection ever published of Sullivant’s delightfully off-kilter creations, which have not seen the light of day since their initial appearance in pioneering humour magazines over a century ago. Rounded out with aesthetic appreciations by artists Nancy Beiman, Barry Blitt, Steve Brodner, John Cuneo, Ricardo Martínez, Peter de Seve and Jim Woodring; and scholarly essays by historians R.C. Harvey and Rick Marschall, A Cockeyed Menagerie gives this unheralded cartooning genius his due at last. 424pgs part-colour hardcover.
Cocaine Coast
by Nacho Carretero & Luis Bustos
Ablaze
$19.99
The publisher says:
A True Story and exposé on Drug Trafficking in Europe. Now a hit Netflix show. In Cocaine Coast, journalist Nacho Carretero and illustrator Luis Bustos tell the incredible true story of how a sleepy, unassuming corner of Spain became the cocaine gateway into Europe form Columbia, exposing a new generation of criminals, cartels and corrupt officials, more efficient and ruthless than any who came before. A graphic essay, with lots of action and adventure, Cocaine Coast tells us about the violent past, present and future of drug trafficking in Europe. 128pgs colour hardcover.
COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology
by various creators, edited by Kendra Boileau & Rich Johnson
Penn State University Press / Graphic Mundi
$21.95
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees. When we weren’t sheltering in place, we were advised to wear masks, wash our hands, and practice social distancing. We watched in horror as medical personnel worked around the clock to care for the sick and dying. Businesses were shuttered, travel stopped, workers were furloughed, and markets dropped. And people continued to die. Amid all this uncertainty, writers and artists from around the world continued to create comics, commenting directly on how individuals, societies, governments, and markets reacted to the worldwide crisis. COVID Chronicles: A Comics Anthology collects more than forty such short comics from a diverse set of creators, including indie powerhouses, mainstream artists, Ignatz- and Eisner–Award winners, and mainstream media cartoonists. In narrative styles ranging from realistic to fantastic, they tell stories about adjusting to working from home, homeschooling their kids, missing birthdays and weddings, and being afraid just to leave the house. They probe the failures of government leaders and the social safety net. And they dig into the racial bias and systemic inequities that this pandemic helped bring to light. We see what it’s like to get the virus and to live to tell about it, or to stand by helplessly as a loved one passes. At times heartbreaking and at others hopeful and humorous, these comics express the anger, anxiety, fear, and bewilderment we feel in the era of COVID-19. Above all, they highlight the power of art and community to help us make sense of a world in crisis, reminding us that we are truly all in this together. The comics in this collection have been generously donated by their creators, and the publisher will donate net profits from the sale of this book to charitable organisations in the comic book industry benefitting those who have been adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. 272pgs colour paperback.
Crashpad
by Gary Panter
Fantagraphics
$39.99
The publisher says:
This fine art monograph/faux underground comic facsimile is a psychedelic trip through the hippie movement. In 2017, Gary Panter created an art installation, Hippie Trip, inspired by his first visit to a head shop in 1968. It expanded his mind to the possibilities of psychedelic art and music, analog crafts and drug culture. Crashpad is an extension of that installation and a riff on underground comics creators such as Zap‘s R. Crumb, Victor Moscoso, Robert Williams and other icons of that era. An art object itself, it will be reproduced as both a deluxe, oversized hardcover reproducing Panter’s pages at full size on heavy art paper, as full-colour facsimiles of the originals. In addition, Crashpad will be printed as an old-fashioned and stapled black-and-white (with colour covers) underground comic book, on newsprint, approximately 6” x 9”, inserted into a sleeve within the hardcover so it can be removed and enjoyed on its own. A mix of colour and black and white illustrations. Gary Panter has lived in Brooklyn since 1985. A multimedia/fine artist, his pioneering, post-underground comix work helped define the alternative comics movement in venues such as Raw, and his aesthetic remains influential. He is a Cullman Study Center fellow and a recipient of a Daimler/Chrysler design award and a Pollock/Krasner Foundation grant. He also has three Emmys for his design work on the classic PeeWee’s Playhouse television series. 80pgs part-colour hardcover + comic book.
Frames and Framing in Documentary Comics
by Johannes C. P. Schmid
Palgrave Macmillan
£79.99 / £54.99
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Frames and Framing in Documentary Comics explores how graphic narratives reframe global crises while also interrogating practices of fact-finding. An analogue print phenomenon in an era shaped by digitalisation, documentary comics formulates a distinct counterapproach to conventional journalism. In what ways are ‘facts’ being presented and framed? What is documentary honesty in a world of fake news and post-truth politics? How can the stories of marginalized peoples and neglected crises be told? The author investigates documentary comics in its unique relationship to framing: graphic narratives are essentially shaped by a reciprocal relationship between the manifest frames on the page and the attention to the cognitive frames that they generate. To account for both the textuality of comics and its strategic use as rhetoric, the author combines theories of framing analysis and cognitive narratology with comics studies and its attention toward the medium’s visual frames. Johannes C. P. Schmid is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of English and American Studies at Europa-Universität Flensburg, Germany. 308pgs B&W hardcover / paperback.
Freiheit! The White Rose Graphic Novel
by Andrea Grosso Ciponte
Plough Publishing House
$24.00
The publisher says:
The dramatic true story of a handful of students who resisted the Nazis and paid with their lives, now in a stunning graphic novel. With an entire nation blindly following an evil leader, where did a handful of students find the courage to resist? The university students who formed the White Rose, an undercover resistance movement in Nazi Germany, knew that doing so could cost them their lives. But some things are worth dying for. The White Rose printed and distributed leaflets to expose Nazi atrocities and wake up their fellow citizens. The Gestapo caught and executed them. Sophie Scholl was twenty-one; her brother Hans, twenty-four; Christoph Probst, twenty-three; Alexander Schmorell and Willi Graf, twenty-five. But the White Rose was not silenced. Their heroism continues to inspire new generations of resisters. Now, for the first time, this story that has been celebrated in print and film can be experienced as a graphic novel. Italian artist Andrea Grosso Ciponte’s haunting imagery will resonate with today’s students and activists. The challenges they face may vary, but the need for young people to stand up against evil, whatever the cost, will remain. Andrea Grosso Ciponte is a Calabrian painter, graphic novelist, filmmaker and illustrator. He is a professor of computer graphics and digital animation techniques at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catanzaro, Italy. Ciponte was born in Praia a Mare, Italy, in 1977. In 2011 his work was shown at the Venice Biennale. His graphic novel Renegade: Martin Luther, The Graphic Biography, won gold at the Independent Publisher Book Awards and at the Indies Awards. 112pgs colour hardcover.
Guerilla Green
by Ophelie Damblé & Cookie Kalkair
Boom Entertainment
$16.99
The publisher says:
“PLANT…EVERYWHERE!” Ophélie is a thirty years old city-dweller who’s joined the guerilla gardening movement fighting for decades to bring more green back into cities that increasingly resemble concrete jungles. Now she’s putting the guerillas’ motto into action by reviving the true spirit of her city and showing everyone the true nature of their world! Cookie Kalkair & Ophelie Damblé explore the real world of the guerilla gardening movement that teaches us the principles of making our cities more beautiful and sustainable places, one plant at a time. 176pgs colour paperback.
I Feel Love
by various creators, edited by Krent Able & Julian Hanshaw
SelfMadeHero
$22.99
The publisher says:
Love makes the world go round. It can also turn your heart as black as coal. In a series of short fictions, Krent Able, Anya Davidson, Julian Hanshaw, Cat Sims, Benjamin Marr and Kelsey Wroten explore love’s dark, twisted underbelly, and offer a much-needed tonic for everything that is sweet, cloying and conventional. Through wife-swapping, slash fiction, medieval aliens, childbirth, swamp monsters and a mysterious black balloon, I Feel Love questions the one emotion that is meant to make us feel good―but that often does the exact opposite. As unflinching as it is honest, this is the kind of book you don’t take home to meet your parents. Julian Hanshaw won the Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic short story prize in 2008 with ‘Sand Dunes & Sonic Booms’, before releasing the acclaimed The Art of Pho, Tim Ginger and Cloud Hotel. Krent Able is an illustrator best known for his work in the Guardian, NME and Vice, and on the award-winning documentary Deep Clean. Together they created the Eisner-nominated anthology I Feel Machine. 152pgs colour paperback.
My Life in Transition: A Super Late Bloomer Collection
by julia Kaye
Andrews McMeel
$14.99
The publisher says:
The follow-up to the critically acclaimed autobiographical comics collection Super Late Bloomer, documenting transgender artist Julia Kaye’s life post-transition. My Life in Transition is a story that’s not often told about trans lives: what happens beyond the early days of transition. Both deeply personal and widely relatable, this collection illustrates six months of Julia’s life as an out trans woman—about the beauty and pain of love and heartbreak, struggling to find support from bio family and the importance of chosen family, moments of dysphoria and misgendering, learning to lean on friends in times of need, and finding peace in the fact that life keeps moving forward. After the nerve-wracking, anxiety-ridden early transition period has ended and the hormones have done their thing, this book shows how you can be trans and simply exist in society. You can be trans and have a successful future. You can be trans and have a normal life full of ups and downs. In our current political and social climate, this hopeful, accessible narrative about trans lives is both entertaining and vital. Julia Kaye is an award-winning artist and illustrator whose webcomic Up and Out has garnered hundreds of thousands of readers and wide critical praise. Her commitment to activism has led to collaborations with non-profit organisations such as The Trevor Project and Trans Lifeline. Her work has appeared on Webtoon, GoComics, Buzzfeed, and the Disney animated show Big City Greens. Julia lives in Los Angeles. 176pgs colour paperback.
NoBody Likes You, Greta Grump
by Cathy Malkasian
Fantagraphics
$16.99
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In this middle grade graphic novel from the acclaimed animator/cartoonist, Greta and her friend (and pet tortoise!) must solve the mystery of Friendlytown. Greta is a handful. She rips the heads off her dolls, lashes out at the other kids at her school and tries her weary parents’ patience. But with the help of a dapper tortoise named NoBody, Greta softens her grumpy ways. Having learned her lesson, Greta must now team up with her new friend Gabby and their shelled companion to solve a strange mystery: Why have the kindhearted denizens of Friendlytown suddenly become so mean? And what can they do to make Friendlytown friendly again? In NoBody Loves You, Greta Grump Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist Cathy Malkasian conjures a fully-realised fantasy world cast with an array of colourful characters including tech whiz cats, ornery gopher librarians and gangs of squirrels in matching sweater vests. Equal parts high-flying adventure and deeply felt allegory, this middle grade graphic novel is all heart. Cathy Malkasian is an animation director and cartoonist. Her credits include Rugrats, The Wild Thornberrys film (for which she received a British Academy Award nomination), and most recently, over 20 episodes of Curious George for PBS since 2008. 120pgs colour paperback.
Nuft & The Last Dragons Vol 1.: The Great Technowhiz
by Freddy Milton
Fantagraphics
$22.99
The publisher says:
In this collection of classic short comics, Nuft the Dragon and his outgoing family are outcasts in a world hostile to dragonkind. Sometimes poignant and sometimes slapstick, in this collection of Danish comics stories, Nuft and his family are pitted against prejudice, scheming slumlords and all-seeing robot overlords. This debut volume collects the stories “The Nufts Move In,” in which the dragon family trades its rural ways for a new life in the big city - but the tenement they move into is not only falling apart, it’s plagued by poltergeists! In “Trouble on George Street,” Nuft gets a job at City Hall but quickly discovers that the whole thing is teetering on the verge of collapse! And in “The Great Technowhiz,” the Technowhiz watches over all the city’s functions - but who watches over the Technowhiz? Plus a special collector’s bonus - Freddy Milton’s very first 8-page Nuft tale. With personal commentary and insight by Freddy Milton. Born in 1948 in Viborg, Denmark, Freddy Milton earned his fame in Europe as the writer and illustrator of multitudes of Donald Duck and Woody Woodpecker stories, sometimes in collaboration with fellow Disney artist, Daan Jippes. He debuted Nuft (“Gnuff” in Europe) in his self-published fanzine in 1974. 168pgs colour paperback.
Onion Skin
by Edgar Camacho
IDW / Top Shelf
$14.99
The publisher says:
Discover a bright new star of Mexican comics in this romantic and thrilling tale, stuffed with adventure and delicious food. Winner of Mexico’s first ever National Young Graphic Novel Award. Rolando’s job was crushing him… and then it literally crushed his hand. Now he can barely get out of the house, bingeing TV and struggling to find meaning. On a rare night out with friends, he meets Nera, a woman who lives only in the moment. Dazzled by her hedonistic attitude, Rolando sees a new life opening before him. Together, these restless youths fix up an old food truck and hit the road for a wild journey. But have they truly found the spice of life? Or has Rolando bitten off more than he can chew? Onion Skin became a sensation in its native land for its rich narrative, captivating characters, thrilling action and positively delicious artwork. It’s a feast that will leave readers eager for a second course. 160pgs colour paperback.
Sylvie
by Sylvie Kantorovitz
Walker Books U.S.
$16.99
The publisher says:
In a wise and witty graphic memoir, a young artist finds her path apart from the expectations of those around her. Sylvie lives in a school in France. Her father is the principal, and her home is an apartment at the end of a hallway of classrooms. As a young child, Sylvie and her brother explore this most unusual kingdom, full of small mysteries and quirky surprises. But in middle and high school, life grows more complicated. Sylvie becomes aware of her parents’ conflicts, the complexities of shifting friendships and what it means to be the only Jewish family in town. She also begins to sense that her perceived “success” relies on the pursuit of math and science—even though she loves art. In a funny and perceptive graphic memoir, author-illustrator Sylvie Kantorovitz traces her first steps as an artist and teacher. The text captures her poignant questioning and her blossoming confidence, while the droll illustrations depict her making art as both a means of solace and self-expression. An affecting portrait of a unique childhood, Sylvie connects the ordinary moments of growing up to a life rich in hope and purpose. Sylvie Kantorovitz was born in Casablanca and grew up in France. She is the author-illustrator of many picture books. This is her first graphic novel. She lives in New York’s Hudson Valley with her partner, author-illustrator Barbara Lehman. 352pgs colour paperback.
The Comic Guide to Growing Food
by Joseph Tychonievich & Liz Anna Kozik
Ten Speed Press
$19.99
The publisher says:
The first graphic novel guide to growing a successful vegetable garden, from planning, prepping, and planting, to troubleshooting, care, and harvesting. Like having your own personal gardening mentor at your side, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food is the story of Mia, an eager young professional who wants to grow her own vegetables but doesn’t know where to start, and George, her retired neighbour who loves gardening and walks her through each step of the process. Throughout the book, “cheat sheets” sum up George’s key facts and techniques, providing a handy quick reference for anyone starting their first vegetable garden, including how to find the best location, which vegetables are easiest to grow, how to pick out the healthiest plants at the store, when (and when not) to water, how to protect your plants from pests and what to do with extra produce if you grow too much. If you are a visual learner, beginning gardener, looking for something new or have struggled to grow vegetables in the past, you’ll find this unique illustrated format ideal because many gardening concepts – from proper planting techniques to building raised beds – are easier to grasp when presented visually, step by step. Easy and entertaining, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food makes homegrown vegetables fun and achievable. Joseph Tychonievich was named by Organic Gardening magazine as one of six young horticulturalists who are helping shape how America gardens. He writes regularly for national gardening magazines such as Fine Gardening and Horticulture and is a repeated guest on NPR’s Splendid Table and popular gardening podcasts such as A Way to Garden. Joseph is the author of Plant Breeding for the Home Gardener and Rock Gardening and he gives gardening presentations to audiences across the country. He lives with his husband, two cats, a dog and an absurd number of plants in Williamsburg, Virginia. Liz Anna Kozik is a comics illustrator with an MFA in design, and currently in a PhD program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an emphasis on environmental studies and native plants. 176pgs colour paperback.
The Grande Odalisque
by Jérome Mulot, Florent Ruppert & Bastien Vivès, translated by Montana Kane
Fantagraphics
$24.99
The publisher says:
In this graphic novel, two women art thieves bring in a third wheel for their biggest caper yet. Alex and Carole, friends since childhood, are now (literal) partners in crime. But the heist - to steal the Ingres painting The Grande Odalisque from the Louvre in Paris - is too much for the duo to handle, so they bring in Clarence, a bureaucrat’s son with a price on his head by a Mexican drug cartel and, more importantly, an arms dealer. Next is Sam, a stunt motorcyclist and boxer by trade, who proves trigger happy with tranquiliser darts. Using soda can smoke bombs, rocket launchers, and hang gliders, Alex, Carole, and Sam set off a set of circumstances that results in a battle with the French Special Forces - and their partnership, which was on the rocks, will never be the same again. Ruppert and Mulot, two of the most innovative comic creators in the world, team up with multiple Angouleme prize winner Bastien Vives to bring you this impossibly funny, violent, and sexy action-packed thriller. 128pgs colour hardcover.
The Locker Room
by Timothé Le Boucher
Humanoids Inc.
$19.99
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It is a place where savagery knows no bounds. A place where foggy glass windows house a ruthless social hierarchy. A place where no one is truly safe. They call this place…the locker room. As teen boys discover a renovated locker room at their school, it becomes the nexus of genuinely life-altering events. Body shaming, bullying, and the cruelty of prying eyes are only the tip of the iceberg inside this cauldron of hormones and developing adolescent minds. Akin to the horrors of Lord of the Flies, The Locker Room explores a micro-society without boundaries in which only the strongest survive. 128pgs colour paperback.
The Steel Claw: Invisible Man
by Ken Bulmer, Tom Tully & Jesús Blasco
Rebellion / 2000 AD
$17.99
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Action adventures with a jolt! Louis Crandell was but a lowly lab assistant with a prosthetic, steel hand until an experiment gone awry results in a horrific explosion. Surging with electric charge which bestows Crandell the power of invisibility with the exception of his steel hand, so commence a series of uncanny thrills. Written by stalwarts of the British comics industry, Ken Bulmer (Jet-Ace Logan) and Tom Tully (Roy of the Rovers) and illustrated by the legendary Spanish artist, Jesús Blasco (Capitán Trueno), Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics is proud to present the first in a series of graphic novels collecting together for the first time every strip of 1960s adventure comics like none other! 128pgs B&W paperback.
Unfinished Business
by Paul Levitz, Simon Fraser & Gary Caldwell
Dark Horse
$19.99
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A priest, a minister and a rabbi walk into a bar . . . except they’re all dead. Not a zombie apocalypse (sorry, Walking Dead fans), but a bit of Unfinished Business that heaven needs the departed clerics to address, if they can. But what awaits them if they succeed-life, afterlife, or oblivion? A tantalising original graphic-novel mystery from Eisner Award winner and Eisner Award Hall of Fame inductee Paul Levitz (Legion of Super-Heroes) and Simon Fraser (Kingsman: The Red Diamond, Doctor Who). 88pgs colour hardcover.
Wáluk: The Great Journey
by Ana Miralles & Emilio Ruiz
Magnetic Press
$19.99
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Wáluk and Eskimo are two inseparable bears. Wáluk is very young and Eskimo is very old. Between the two they’ve found a way to survive in an extremely hostile environment, combining the agility of the younger with the experience of the older. When Eskimo decides they should go further north in search of better hunting, they set off on a great journey neither are truly prepared for… A heartwarming, fun and funny adventure that spotlights the impact of global warming and mankind moving into wildlands, forcing nature to find new ground to thrive. 128pgs colour hardcover.
What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism
by Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner & Tim Foley
First Second
$28.99
The publisher says:
In this graphic novel adaptation of his bestselling collection of essays, legendary news anchor Dan Rather provides a voice of reason and explores what it means to be a true patriot. Brought to life in stunning colour by artist Tim Foley, What Unites Us takes apart the building blocks of this country, from the freedoms that define us, to the values that have transformed us, to the institutions that sustain us. Rather’s vast experience and his unique perspective shed light on who we were and who we are today, allowing us to see a possible future, where we are one country - united. Dan Rather joined CBS News in 1962, and in 1981 he assumed the position of Anchor and Managing Editor of the CBS Evening News, which he held for twenty-four years. His reporting helped turn 60 Minutes into an institution, launched 48 Hours as a newsmagazine programme and shaped countless specials and documentaries. Upon leaving CBS, Rather created the Emmy Award-winning Dan Rather Reports on HDNet. He is the founder, president and CEO of News and Guts, an independent production company that specialises in high-quality nonfiction content across a range of traditional and digital channels. Elliot Kirschner is a New York Times bestselling author and Emmy award winning news producer and documentary filmmaker. Growing up, he was captivated by his grandparents recounting a world very different from his own. After studying American history and literature at Harvard, he spent nearly 20 years in New York City, where he began his long collaboration with Dan Rather. He recently helped launch the Wonder Collaborative, an experiment in science filmmaking in his native San Francisco, where he lives with his wife Malia and daughters Eva and Helena, who think he tells the best bedtime stories. Tim Foley was born in Flint, Michigan and since attending college at the Kendall School of Design, has made his home in Grand Rapids on the west side of the state. A freelance illustrator for the past three decades, his work has appeared in magazines and newspapers around the world and books have included many titles in the bestselling young adult Who Was biography series, as well as several adult colouring books. 288pgs colour hardcover.
Youth
by Curt Pires & Alex Diotto
Dark Horse
$19.99
The publisher says:
Youth is Larry Clark’s Kids meets Chronicle, X-Men by way of Frank Ocean. It smashes together the violence of coming of age with the violence of the superhero narrative – as well as the beauty. Youth is a coming of age story of two queer teenagers as they run away from their lives in a bigoted small town and attempt to make their way to California. Along the way their car breaks down and they join up with a group of fellow misfits on the road. Embarking together in a van travelling the country, they party and attempt to find themselves. And then something happens… Curt Pires is the writer behind the self-published and distributed LP, which was featured on Comics Bulletin’s “Top 10 Single Issues of 2012” list and earned him a spot on Multiversity Comics “Creators To Watch in 2013”. He also created Theremin with co-creator and collaborator, Dalton Rose. He lives and writes out of Calgary, Alberta. 136pgs colour paperback.
