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SKIN
DEEP
Tales of Doomed Romance |
| by Charles Burns |
Hardcover: 88 pages
Fantagraphics Books
ISBN: 1560973900 |
$24.95
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| Skin Deep includes
Burns' popular character, Dog Boy, a red-blooded All-American boy with
the transplanted heart of a dog, which was turned into a live action segment
on MTV's Liquid Television series; new covers and endpapers; as well as
several pages of new illustrations from his sketchbooks, as well as covers
and other drawings from foreign editions of his work. |
"The work of
Charles Burns is a vision that's both horrifying and hilariously funny,
and which he executes with cold, ruthless clarity... It's almost as if
the artist... as if he weren't quite..... human!"
-- R. Crumb
Charles Burns is the Harvey
Award-winning cartoonist and illustrator whose work became legendary in
Art Spiegelman's Raw magazine. Skin Deep is the third (following El Borbah
and Big Baby, also available through Seven Hills) of a hardcover series
of four volumes reprinting his acclaimed oeuvre up to his current project,
the ongoing Black Hole comic book series.
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Dimensions (in inches): 0.59 x 12.52 x 8.92
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Gaiman & Charles Vess |
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STARDUST
Being
a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie |
| by Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess |
Paperback: 224 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 156389470X |
$19.95
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| Neil Gaiman's
STARDUST is an enjoyable and enchanting fairy tale with a twist, enhanced
by Charles Vess' beautiful illustrations. Ranging from comical and whimsical
to dark and grim, it is a story in the tradition of the Brothers Grimm.
STARDUST has no lack of lascivious and murderous characters. |
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within the Realms of Faerie itself, the plot unravels with several surprises,
its twists craftily woven into the tapestry of the story, with the ending
tying everything up the quite nicely, leaving no loose threads hanging.
Neil Gaiman lives up to the
reputation as master storyteller he gained with SANDMAN. Like that ground-breaking
work, STARDUST is for those who are looking for an honest-to-reality fantasy
but not for those who are looking for a censored fairy tale that takes
place in a perfect world.
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Dimensions (in inches): 0.42 x 10.16 x 6.70
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A,
A' [A, A Prime] |
| by Moto Hagio |
Paperback: 208 pages
Viz Communications
ISBN: 1569312389 |
$15.95
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Science Fiction
With a Romantic Twist.
A genetically engineered
race of people called "Unicorns" have extreme difficulty feeling and coping
with emotions, making their personal struggles a moving metaphor for humanity's
alienation in the modern age. |
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[A, A Prime] is one of the best visual novels on the market. If
you're looking for a good romance, tired of bodice rippers, and enjoy storytelling
done with well-drawn artwork and just enough narration -- this one's for
you. |
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