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Give Comics This Christmas!
Posted: December 3, 2010
Stuck for Xmas gift ideas? Comics and graphic novels can make the perfect gift and there is a title out there to suit all ages and tastes. Why not specifically seek-out titles from our own UK-based comics publishers who are supporting the UK’s home-grown comics talent as well as translating into English the very best comics from Europe and beyond?
Rather than buying your books online from Amazon, why not support your local independent comics retailer, or better yet, buy directly from the publisher or creator? You will have the satisfaction of knowing that more of your money is helping to support a vibrant comics scene here in the UK.
Below is a listing of UK comics publishers together with my recommendations from their back-catalogues, but take a moment to browse through the publisher and creator web-sites and discover more gems for yourself. Also, keep checking on my article series, Great British Comics Now, for further reading recommendations of UK comics.
BLANK SLATE BOOKS:
Sleepyheads by Randell C
Psychiatric Tales by J Darryl Cunningham
Trains Are Mint Vol 1-3 by Oliver East
Spleenal by Nigel Auchterlounie
CINEBOOK:
XIII by Jean Van Hamme & William Vance
Valerian by Pierre Christin & Jean-Claude Mezières
Long John Silver by Xavier Dorison & Matieiu Lauffray
CUTTING EDGE PRESS:
100 Months by John Hicklenton
THE DFC LIBRARY:
Mezolith by Ben Haggarty & Adam Brockbank
The Spider Moon by Kate Brown
Good Dog Bad Dog by Dave Shelton
Mo-bot High by Neill Cameron
Vern & Lettuce by Sarah McIntyre
Monkey Nuts by Robin & Lawrence Etherington
FANFARE / PONENT MON:
Distant Neighbourhood by Jiro Taniguchi
Korea: As Viewed By 12 Creators by various
My Mommy… by Émile Bravo & Jean Regnaud
JONATHAN CAPE:
Grandville: Mon Amour by Bryan Talbot
Walking The Dog by David Hughes
Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds
KNOCKABOUT:
Depresso by Brick
The Playwright by Eddie Campbell & Daren White
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Hunt Emerson
MYRIAD EDITIONS:
Rumble Strip by Woodrow Phoenix
NOBROW PRESS:
Birchfield Close by Jon McNaught
A Graphic Cosmogoney by various
Ada by Atak & Gertrude Stein
PHAIDON:
Monsieur Lambert by Sempé
Drawing Life by Javier Mariscal
Manga Impact: The World Of Japanese Animation by various
REBELLION / 2000AD:
DR & Quinch by Alan Moore & Alan Davis
Judge Death by John Wagner & Peter Doherty
Judge Dredd: America by John Wagner & Colin MacNeil
SELFMADEHERO:
Gonzo by Will Bingley & Anthony Hope-Smith
The Sign Of The Four adapted by Ian Edgington & Ian Culbard
Dance By The Light Of The Moon by Judith Vanistendael
TITAN BOOKS:
All-Star Superman by Grant Morrision & Frank Quitely
Dark Rain by Mat Johnson and Simon Gane
Kick-Ass by Mark Millar & John Romita Jnr
WALKER BOOKS:
Glister by Andi Watson
The Little Prince by Joann Sfar
The Savage by David Almond & Dave McKean
Other Small Press/Self-Published Titles:
Hokusai by Al Davison
Louis: Night Salad by Metaphrog
Solipsistic Pop edited by Tom Humberstone
THE GRAVETT & STANBURY COLLECTION:
Manga: 60 Years Of Japanese Comics
Graphic Novels: Stories To Change Your Life
Great British Comics
Best Crime Comics
The Leather Nun
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