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.

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.

At age 93, Harry Mayerovitch penned these whimsical drawings that offer another perspective on the way to go . Mayerovitch had a remarkable career as an architect, designer, and cartoonist for nearly seven decades. With this new book, D+Q focuses on his cartooning work spanning three very different stages in his life. It begins in 1943 with a comprehensive look at his World War Two cartoons, then moves ahead to 1973 with a major excerpt from his book The Other One, and culminates yet another 30 years later with Mayerovitch's most recent cartoons from 2003, Way to Go. The book presents a fascinating evolution of one artist's work, from drawings of Hitler to the final period in Way to Go, a playful wit, and wry artistic line full of energy and life.

This graphic novel follows a Jewish barnstorming baseball team, called the Stars of David, during the 1920s.

Walt & Skeezix is the first-ever collection of the classic twentieth-century newspaper strip Gasoline Alley, and Book One is the beginning of a handsome multivolume series edited and designed by comics virtuoso Chris Ware Chris Ware has often cited Gasoline Alley as one of his favorite comic strips ever, and he has lovingly edited and designed Walt & Skeezix: Book One, the first-ever collection of the classic newspaper strip created by one of the pioneering giants of American comic strips, Frank King. Not only does this volume reprint the first two years of the strip in which King's friendly and nostalgic imagination took shape but each book in the series features an eighty-page color introduction by Jeet Heer of Canada's National Post. Each introduction will also feature never-before-seen archival photos and ephemera from the personal collection of King's granddaughter. Walt & Skeezix is not just a collection of a classic comic strip-it is the story of a great American cartoonist. Few cartoon strips have this kind of longevity and quality; Gasoline Alley has been with us since 1919 and is a gentle mirror held up to ordinary American life in the early twentieth century. It started as a mild satire on the post-WWI craze for cars, but it wasn't long before it developed into a quirky family story attracting an audience of more than thirty million readers in four hundred-plus newspapers. Gasoline Alley, an affectionate portrait of modern living, is remembered for being the first strip to set itself in contemporary American history. The characters of Gasoline Alley grow up, go to war, and have grandchildren. The strip always reflects the kind, sweet pace of life.

Presents an anthology of works by emerging comic artists.

The acclaimed series from Drawn & Quarterly is finally a graphic novel. An alumnus of Art Spiegelman`s RAW and one of France's most exciting talents, Baru has created with twitchy, nervous lines and washes of pale color the tense, sun bleached atmosphere of colonial Algeria in the 1950s. Together two Arab brothers wander the narrow streets of the capital. Tearing the family apart with their loyalties and ambitions, one brother goes underground and joins the fight for his country's freedom from French rule. The other brother takes to the boxing ring and makes a career of fighting with his fists that will make him a European sensation. A graphic novel with cinematic sweep and richly expressive art, the story explodes with the force of a punching fist or a car bomb.

D&Q returns in 2001 in another all-new, extravagant full-color ''coffee table'' book! Volume 4 continues with an international roundup, kicking off with the 54-page ''The Adventures of Herge'', by French cartoonist Stanislas (written by Bocquet and Fromental), a compelling, meticulously-researched biography of Tintin's famed creator. New cartoonist Miriam Katin explores terrifying childhood memories in Hungary during the time of the Soviet invasion in 1956 and French cartoonist Blutch provides another brutal look at the unsavory history of boxing. Other highlights include ''The Bleeding Tree'', a haunting story by new Swiss cartoonist Nicolas Robel, a new full color strip by Ron Rege Jr, and the return of R. Sikoryak, with his retelling of ''The Scarlet Letter'' as seen through the eyes of...Little Lulu?! This edition also includes an expanded ''Archives'' section, with another breathtaking 30 page overview of Frank King's Gasoline Alley Sunday pages in color, focusing on the early years of the strip from 1922 through 1925. D&Q will also delve into the past with an impressive 20 page ''poster gallery'' of Harry Mayerovitch's stunning World War Two posters he produced at the time for Canada's National Film Board, none of which have been reproduced in color since the 1940's! Covers and endpapers by noted illustrator Steven Guarnaccia.

At last, David Collier's most popular and well-received work, his comic book biographies, is being collected together in one complete book! ''Portraits From Life'' presents Collier's fascinating look at the lives of six individuals, from ''Grey Owl'' (recently made into a Hollywood film) to the recent ''David Milgaard'' story, about a man wrongfully accused of a brutal rape and murder. Also: ''The Ethel Catherwood Story'', about an eccentric early 20th century Olympic champion; ''Humphry Osmond'', a compelling look at the man who coined the term ''psychedelic''; and, finally, a look at the early exploits of Richard Collier, the artist's grandfather. Find out why R. Crumb and Chris Ware consider Collier among the most interesting cartoonists working today!

Celebrated Spanish cartoonist Max helped Drawn & Quarterly win the 1998 Harvey Award for Best Foreign Material with his story Orpheus and his breathtaking covers in a recent issue of the magazine. Now, D&Q is publishing Max's newest work, a compelling, beautifully-illustrated book that chronicles a man's disturbing dreams as he slips in and out of consciousness in a hospital ward over a period of forty days. The story here is vividly told in Max's crisp, expressionistic drawing style and features impressive gouache-painted covers and endpapers by this master cartoonist.