In this third volume of the much-praised Walt and Skeezix reprint series, the domestic side of Gasoline Alley receives full play. An old flame comes to visit Walt, with an eye toward marriage. Meanwhile, Walt pines for Mrs. Blossom, the neighborhood widow. Out of these entanglements, a long engagement and wedding ensue. The eighty-page introduction features many private photographs of the cartoonist Frank King and his family and delves into the marketing of Gasoline Alley in the 1920s and 1930s, with many dolls and toys taken from the personal collection of Chris Ware, the series editor and award-winning cartoonist.

A collection of strips from the years 1923 and 1924 offers insight into their creator's role as a first artist of his kind to have characters age in real time and have modern story lines, in a volume complemented by an eighty-page introduction by journalist Jett Heer.

An anthology of new illustrated fiction --T.p. verso.

ISBN Awake Field. Langue: Anglais, Éditeur: Drawn and Quarterly, Date de sortie: 01/05/2006

One of the most promising of the younger graphic novelists. --Charles McGrath, The New York Times Magazine Considered by many to be the most influential female cartoonist ever, Julie Doucet created an iconic body of work in the ten short years she solely devoted herself to her trailblazing comic-book series Dirty Plotte. Her comics are densely inked and detailed with a pulsating neurosis from a decidedly female point of view that set the comic-book world on its head when the series debuted. Doucet returns to comics after a five-year hiatus with a reworked edition of her dream journal My Most Secret Desire, complete with never-before-published material. My Most Secret Desire is considered to be Doucet 's most innovative work, exploring the longings, pressures, and exploits of the feminine subconscious. Nightmarish tales of pregnancy, menstruation, sex changes, and boyfriends haunt Doucet's nocturnal psyche with a feverish and surreal pitch.

A droll and gentle satire of the colorful characters who make up the opera worldA Nut at the Opera is a colorful and hilarious look at a fictitious opera world as seen through the eyes of artist Maurice Vellekoop. With characters such as Olga Pickuptruckskaya and Valda Heck and references ranging throughout the history of opera, nothing--from the heights of Wagnerian solemnity to the excesses of French spectacle--escapes the elegant skewering of Vellekoop's pen.With an introduction by Stewart Hamilton, radio personality and host of CBC Radio's Opera Quiz, and featuring Vellekoop's trademark lavish, over-the-top illustrations throughout, A Nut at the Opera is for the opera aesthete. The initial drawings were originally conceived as a series of birthday cards for a dear friend of the artist's who is now deceased; they form a fond tribute to this teacher and mentor.

A stunning anthology of comic art from around the world features the work of three important new cartoonists, Canadian Genevieve Castrée, Matt Broersma from Britain, and American Sammy Harkham, author of Poor Sailor. Original.

Clyde Fans promises to be one of the major graphic novel achievements of recent years, and Seth is fast becoming one of the most recognised talents in the field since Chris Ware. Book one of this trilogy focuses on the lives of two brothers and their fan manufacturing company. After one more disasterous attempt at selling, Simon returns to the office defeated and unsure of what he'll do next. Even after studying manuals on the art of selling, he still can't seem to clinch any deals and his brother thinks he's a failure. Seth explores their fraternal relationship brilliantly.