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Chester Brown by Frederik Byrn Køhlert 9781496858344
RRP: £79.00Booksplease Price: £67.03Best known for his alternative comics, Chester Brown (b. 1960) is one of the most acclaimed and influential cartoonists of the last half century. This first biography provides a critical account of... -
Arguing Comics: Literary Masters on a Popular Medium by Jeet Heer 9781578066872
Booksplease Price: £20.70When Art Spiegelman's Maus-a two-part graphic novel about the Holocaust-won a Pulitzer Prize in 1992, comics scholarship grew increasingly popular and notable. The rise of ""serious"" comics has... -
Comics and the Senses: A Multisensory Approach to Comics and Graphic Novels Ian Hague 9781138548398
RRP: £54.99Booksplease Price: £49.04Attempts to define what comics are and explain how they work have not always been successful because they are premised upon the idea that comic strips, comic books and graphic novels are inherently... -
We Are Gotham: Finding American Society in the Television Series by Richard A Hall 9781476680859
RRP: £28.99Booksplease Price: £25.19The television series< I>Gotham gave viewers a unique perspective on the fascinating world of Batman, the legendary comic book character. More than a simple "origin story," the series introduces... -
Monstrous Women in Comics by Samantha Langsdale 9781496827630
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.48Contributions by Novia Shih-Shan Chen, Elizabeth Rae Coody, Keri Crist-Wagner, Sara Durazo-DeMoss, Charlotte Johanne Fabricius, Ayanni C. Hanna, Christina M. Knopf, Tomoko Kuribayashi, Samantha... -
Spider-Man Museum: The Story of a Comic Book Icon by Ned Hartley
RRP: £25.00Booksplease Price: £13.24Celebrate 60 years of web-slinging with the story of Marvel Comics' most beloved super hero, Spider-Man! Features Foreword by Stephen Wacker, former Senior Editor of Spider-Man.When Stan Lee and... -
The French Comics Theory Reader by Ann Miller 9789058679888
RRP: £52.00Booksplease Price: £44.32Key French-language theoretical texts on comics translated into English for the first time 'The French Comics Theory Reader' presents a collection of key theoretical texts on comics, spanning a... -
The Comic Book Lesson: A Graphic Novel That Shows You How to Make Comics by Mark Crilley
RRP: £16.99Booksplease Price: £12.10An aspiring young creator learns the fundamentals of visual storytelling from three comic book mentors in this charming, illustrated tale-a graphic novel that teaches you how to turn your stories... -
Devour by Jazmine Joyner 9781419763069
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £12.78In this horror graphic novel, American Gods meets Get Out in a dark retelling of the West African legend of Anansi the SpiderIn the Deep South, something evil waits in the darkness . . . This horror... -
Tank Girl - Cream of the Tank by Alan Martin
RRP: £19.99Booksplease Price: £15.18Spewing filth and fury since 1988, celebrate the 20th anniversary of Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett's foul-mouthed, anarchic creation with "The Cream of Tank Girl"!Boasting tons of unseen artwork,... -
Horror Fiction in the 20th Century: Exploring Literature's Most Chilling Genre by Jess Nevins 9781440862052
Booksplease Price: £53.55Providing an indispensable resource for academics as well as readers interested in the evolution of horror fiction in the 20th century, this book provides a readable yet critical guide to global... -
Comics Memory: Archives and Styles by Maaheen Ahmed 9783319917450
RRP: £129.99Booksplease Price: £122.34Despite the boom in scholarship in both Comics Studies and Memory Studies, the two fields rarely interact-especially with issues beyond the representation of traumatic and autobiographical memories... -
Comics Memory: Archives and Styles by Maaheen Ahmed 9783030062903
RRP: £129.99Booksplease Price: £122.04Despite the boom in scholarship in both Comics Studies and Memory Studies, the two fields rarely interact-especially with issues beyond the representation of traumatic and autobiographical memories... -
Professional Manga: Digital Storytelling with Manga Studio EX Steve Horton 9780240810287
RRP: £27.99Booksplease Price: £21.39Combine high-end manga storytelling theory and advice with the tools for digital creation in Manga Studio, guided by expert professional manga-ka. You'll discover manga storytelling techniques, from... -
Comic Art in Museums by Kim A. Munson 9781496828071
RRP: £26.99Booksplease Price: £23.78Contributions by Kenneth Baker, Jaqueline Berndt, Albert Boime, John Carlin, Benoit Crucifix, David Deitcher, Michael Dooley, Damian Duffy, M. C. Gaines, Paul Gravett, Diana Green, Karen Green, Doug... -
Mangasia: The Definitive Guide to Asian Comics by Paul Gravett
RRP: £29.95Booksplease Price: £22.63This beautiful and engaging volume charts the evolution of manga from its roots in late 19th-century Japan through the many and varied forms of comics, cartoons and animation created throughout... -
The Lair of Dr MacDeth by Adam Britten 9781848123533 [USED COPY]
RRP: £5.99Booksplease Price: £2.47Super-mum, aka Ms Victory, decides her super-powered family needs to get away from all the saving-the-world stuff for a while and spend some quality time together. A weekend in Scotland seems... -
The Ballad of Halo Jones: Full Colour Omnibus Edition by Alan Moore
RRP: £39.99Booksplease Price: £29.34The ultimate edition of Alan Moore and Ian Gibson's feminist space opera! Halo Jones is bored. Trapped in The Hoop, a futuristic world where jobs are scarce and excitement non-existent, Halo sets out... -
The Complete Misfits Discography: Authorized Releases and Bootlegs, Including Recordings by Danzig, Samhain and The Undead by Robert Michael "Bobb" Cotter
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £15.84A pioneering "horror-punk" band, the Misfits are legends in their own time. This discography tells the story of the band in all of its incarnations through all of their recorded output--both... -
Thief of the Heights Son M 9780063067325
RRP: £12.99Booksplease Price: £9.70A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard SelectionEnter the world of Muqadas, where the climb to the top of this vertically stacked city-away from disease-ridden waters of the lower levels-is paved with... -
DC Comics Absolutely Everything You Need To Know by Liz Marsham
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £15.70All the facts that really matter about the heroes and villains of the DC Comics Universe. And then some!Discover Superman's strangest powers and Batman's top death-defying escapes! Find out who wins... -
Moko to the Rescue: Heroic Dolphin of New Zealand by Matthew K. Manning 9781398251588
RRP: £8.99Booksplease Price: £7.54In 2008, Moko the dolphin was well known at Mahia Beach on New Zealand's North Island. People loved to come and watch the playful dolphin fetch beach balls, steal boogie boards and interact with the... -
Comic Art in Museums by Kim A. Munson 9781496828118
Booksplease Price: £94.23Contributions by Kenneth Baker, Jaqueline Berndt, Albert Boime, John Carlin, Benoit Crucifix, David Deitcher, Michael Dooley, Damian Duffy, M. C. Gaines, Paul Gravett, Diana Green, Karen Green, Doug... -
Defenestrate: The debut to fall for in 2023 by Renee Branum
RRP: £9.99Booksplease Price: £7.73The 'hypnotic...addictive' (New York Times) debut novel narrated by a young woman meditating on the malleable, breakable bonds keeping her family from falling apart.There's a superstition in our... -
The Comics Form: The Art of Sequenced Images by Dr Chris Gavaler 9781350245952
Booksplease Price: £32.95Answering foundational questions like "what is a comic" and "how do comics work" in original and imaginative ways, this book adapts established, formalist approaches to explaining the experience of... -
YOU DIED: An Anthology of the Afterlife by Kel McDonald
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £14.74"Embraces death as a concept with due complexity." - PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, Starred Review "A very powerful collection that aims right for the heart, and is strongly recommended." - CEMETERY DANCE, ... -
Marvel Year By Year A Visual History New Edition by Tom DeFalco
RRP: £40.00Booksplease Price: £31.24Deep dive into the full story of Marvel Comics in a single, beautifully illustrated volume.Created in full collaboration with Marvel, this fan-favourite title, last published in 2017, now covers more... -
The Death of Stalin Movie Edition by Fabien Nury
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £14.44Fear, corruption and treachery abound in this political satire set in the aftermath of Stalin's death in the Soviet Union in 1953. When the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, has a stroke... -
The Compendium of Magical Beasts: An Anatomical Study of Cryptozoology's Most Elusive Beings by Dr. Veronica Wigberht-Blackwater
RRP: £22.00Booksplease Price: £16.55The Compendium of Magical Beasts is a definitive field guide that explores the anatomy of mythology's most elusive creatures, compiling the findings of controversial early twentieth century... -
Digital Type Design for Branding: Designing Letters from Their Source by Stephen Boss 9781498777209
RRP: £49.99Booksplease Price: £44.79The approach will be to give visual aid (illustrated) and written reference to young designers who are either launching their careers or taking their first stab at designing letterforms for a logo,... -
Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk 9780306816161
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.00Suddenly, comics are everywhere: a newly matured art form, filling bookshelves with brilliant, innovative work and shaping the ideas and images of the rest of contemporary culture. In Reading Comics... -
The Mexican Masked Wrestler and Monster Filmography by Robert Michael Cotter 9780786441044
Booksplease Price: £19.38Any on-screen schmuck can take down a wolfman with a silver bullet. It takes a certain kind of hero to hoist that wolfman overhead into an airplane spin, follow with a body slam, drop an atomic... -
Void Trip Ryan O'Sullivan 9781534306684
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.50From writer RYAN O'SULLIVAN (Turncoat, The Evil Within, Warhammer 40,000) and illustrator PLAID KLAUS (Turncoat) comes the story of Ana and Gabe, the last two humans left alive in the galaxy... -
Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince: Night of Knives by V E Schwab
RRP: £13.99Booksplease Price: £9.66Written by #1 New York Times bestselling author V.E. Schwab and torn from the universe of the Shades of Magic sequence, this all-original comic book adventure continues the story begun in The Steel... -
The Silent Lord by Otava Heikkilä
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £8.53"A sleek, stylish, and sexy graphic novel." -- FOREWORD REVIEWS"A beautiful drawn and very delicately told love story." -- SMASH PAGESWhen the vampire Lucardo, a royal member of the Court of Night,... -
Marvel Universe: An Atlas of Marvel by Ned Hartley 9781787416383
RRP: £20.00Booksplease Price: £15.26Journey through the entire Marvel universe in this comprehensive book of official Marvel maps!This fully illustrated collection of detailed Marvel maps begins in New York before moving out to... -
Reading Japan Cool: Patterns of Manga Literacy and Discourse by John E. Ingulsrud 9780739127537
Booksplease Price: £113.41Japanese animation, video games, and manga have attracted fans around the world. The characters, the stories, and the sensibilities that come out of these cultural products are together called Japan... -
Mrs Holmes: Murder, Kidnap and the True Story of an Extraordinary Lady Detective Brad Ricca 9781445682884
RRP: £10.99Booksplease Price: £7.88Mrs Holmes tells the incredible story of Grace Humiston, the lawyer and detective who solved the famous cold case of Ruth Cruger, an 18-year-old girl who disappeared in 1917. Grace was an amazing... -
Defenestrate by Renee Branum
RRP: £14.99Booksplease Price: £10.23A wildly inventive, exhilarating debut narrated by a young woman meditating on her Czech ancestors' 'falling curse', her twin brother's fall from a window, and the malleable, breakable bonds keeping... -
American Comics: A History by Jeremy Dauber 9781324036098
RRP: £17.99Booksplease Price: £15.32Comics have conquered America. From our cinemas, where Marvel and DC movies reign supreme, to our television screens, where comics-based shows like The Walking Dead have become among the most popular...