"These works of literature do not reside just on the shelves of academia; they flourish in the eye of our imagination...will leave you awe-struck."—New York Times Book Review"It's easily the most ambi
The Graphic Canon, Volume 2 gives us a visual cornucopia based on the wealth of literature from the 1800s. Several artists—including Maxon Crumb and Gris Grimly—present their versions of Edgar Allan P
Familiar to everyone who watches George Stroumboulopoulos’ The Hour on CBC, the two essential Disinformation volumes of 50 Things You’re Not Supposed To Know are now combined in this deluxe, hardcover
Ever feel like you're being kept in the dark? Do you feel like the facts and history you rely on might not be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but?Russ Kick delivers a second round of stunning i
Publisher's Weekly "Best Summer Books of 2013"The Daily Beast's "Brainy Summer Beach Reads""These works of literature do not reside just on the shelves of academia; they flourish in the eye of our ima
The first of two volumes builds on the brilliant and original Graphic Canon series in retelling classic works of literature as comics and other visual forms. Organized thematically, Volume 1 opens wit
THE GRAPHIC CANON (Seven Stories Press) is a gorgeous, one-of-a-kind trilogy that brings classic literatures of the world together with legendary graphic artists and illustrators. There are more than
The original three-volume anthology The Graphic Canon presented the world's classic literature--from ancient times to the late twentieth century--as eye-popping comics, illustrations, and other visual forms. In this follow-up volume, young people's literature through the ages is given new life by the best comics artists and illustrators. Fairy tales, fables, fantastical adventures, young adult novels, swashbuckling yarns, your favorite stories from childhood and your teenage years . . . they're all here, in all their original complexity and strangeness, before they were censored or sanitized.
""A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished." --TalmudThe right quotation can change your life. That compressed idea--expressed in just a few words, a sentence or two--can shift yo
Russ Kick is known for his quirky, ingenious, and surprisingly useful collections. He's done it again. This is the most comprehensive, not to mention the first, anthology of death poetry ever publishe
The latest volume in Russ Kick's New York Times best-selling series retells classic crime fiction in full-color visual comix splendor. "Easily the most ambitious and successful
The most complete Gilgamesh in translation--including the new discoveries from tablet V.THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH is the Uhr epic--the hero's journey, quest, and education--inscribed onto d
