by Fren Van Lente and Ryan Dunlavey
Evil Twin Comics
ISBN: 978-0977832934
Imagine Plato as a wrestling superstar of ancient Greece, Nietzsche as the original ubermensch, and Bohidharma as the grand master of kung fu. These are not just great thinkers they also make great comics. Action Philosophers details the lives and thoughts of history's A-list brain trust in hip and humorous comic book fashion.
by Mark Twain; adapted by M.C. Hall and Daniel Strickland
Stone Arch
ISBN: 978-1598892208
Mark Twain's classic is adapted to comics.
by Brian Talbot
Dark Horse
ISBN: 978-1593076733
Sunderland! Thirteen hundred years ago it was the greatest center of learning in the whole of Christendom and the very cradle of English consciousness. In the time of Lewis Carroll it was the greatest shipbuilding port in the world. To this city that gave the world the electric light bulb, the stars and stripes, the millennium, the Liberty Ships and the greatest British dragon legend came Carroll in the years preceding his most famous book, Alice in Wonderland, and here are buried the roots of his surreal masterpiece.
A.L.I.E.E.E.N.
by Lewis Trondheim
First Second
ISBN: 978-1596430952
The language and even the alphabet are alien, but as human readers will soon discover, the themes and stories are universal. These interwoven stories and vignettes start out quite simply, but a darker, more complex side is gradually revealed as alien characters act out very human problems.
The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard
by Eddie Campbell and Dan Best
First Second
ISBN: 1596433019
Eddie Campbell and Dan Best team up for a rollicking story that’s as fun as a day under the big top—a three-ring gallery of humor and adventure.
The Achewood Series
by Chris Onstad
Dark Horse
ISBN: 978-1593079970
Intelligent, hilarious, and adult (but not filthy), this is the strip you'll wish you'd discovered as an underappreciated fifteen-year-old.
A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge
by Josh Neufeld
Pantheon
ISBN: 978-0307378149
How life changed for several real-life people after Hurrican Katrina.
The Adventures of Tintin
by Herge
Little Brown
ISBN: 978-0316359405
Join traveling reporter Tintin and his faithful dog Snowy, along with well-known friends such as Captain Haddock, as they embark on extraordinary adventures spanning historical and political events, fantasy and science-fiction adventures and thrilling mysteries.
The Adventures of Unemployed Man
by various
Little, Brown
ISBN: 978-0316098823
Erich Origen and Gan Golan first made a splash with Goodnight Bush, a parody of the children's book Goodnight Moon. Late last year, the pair returned to the scene with The Adventures of Unemployed Man, which perfectly breaks down the roots of the recession and the resulting societal woes.
The Air Series
by G. Willow Wilson and M.K. Perker
Vertigo
ISBN: 978-1401221539
An ongoing mystery series that is as engaging as it is unsettling.
Selection courtesy of The Graphic Novel Reporter
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