DELICATES TP
(W) Brenna Thummler (A) Brenna Thummler
Marjorie Glatt's life hasn't been the same ever since she discovered a group of ghosts hiding in her family's laundromat. Wendell, who died young and now must wander the earth as a ghost with nothing more than a sheet for a body, soon became one of Marjorie's only friends. But when Marjorie finally gets accepted by the popular kids at school, she begins to worry that if anyone learns about her secret ghost friends, she'll be l ABELed as a freak who sees dead people. With Marjorie's insistence on keeping Wendell's ghost identity a secret from her new friends, Wendell begins to feel even more invisible than he already is. Eliza Duncan feels invisible, too. She's an avid photographer, and her zealous interest in finding and photographing ghosts gets her l ABELed as different by all the other kids in school. Constantly on the outside, Eliza begins to feel like a ghost herself. Marjorie must soon come to terms with the price she pays to be accepted by the popular kids. Is it worth losing her friend Wendell? Is she partially to blame for the bullying Eliza endures? Following the events of Sheets, Brenna Thummler's second original graphic novel, Delicates, tells a powerful story about what it means to fit in, and those who are left on the outside. It shows what it's like to feel invisible, and the importance of feeling seen. Above all, it is a story of asking for help when all seems dark, and bringing light to those who need it most.
DRAWING WORDS & WRITING PICTURES SC NEW PTG
(W) Jessica ABEL (A) Jessica ABEL
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures is a course on comic creation for college classes or independent study that centers on storytelling and concludes with making a finished comic. With chapters on lettering, story structure, and panel layout, the fifteen lessons offered - each complete with homework, extra credit activities and supplementary reading suggestions - provide a solid introduction for people interested in making their own comics. Additional resources, lessons, and after-class help are available on the DW-WP website.
MASTERING COMICS SC NEW PTG
(W) Jessica ABEL (A) Jessica ABEL
A new course of material to accompany First Second's widely acclaimed 2008 comics textbook. School of Visual Arts cartooning professors Matt Madden and Jessica ABEL bring their expertise to bear on the "second semester" of a course of study for the budding cartoonist. Covering advanced topics such as story composition, coloring, and file formatting, Mastering Comics is a vital companion to the introductory content of Drawing Words and Writing Pictures.
NECROMORFUS #4
(W) Gabriel Arrais (A) ABEL (CA) ABEL
In this new adventure, Douglas' grandmother is kidnapped and he's forced to return to Brazil and confront the past in a painful way. Childhood memories are confused with the present, bringing back memories that Douglas would like to be buried forever.
PS ARTBOOKS CLASSICS SCI FI COMICS SOFTEE
(A) Gene Fawcette
You gotta check out this first volume of Classic Sci-Fi Comics from PS Artbooks. I mean just take a look there's Out of This World (1950), Rocket to the Moon (1951), An Earthman on Venus (1951), Rocket Ship X (1951), and Man O'Mars (1953)! All reproduced completely from cover to cover, just like the original comic, and absolutely crammed with tales of science fiction, fantasy and horror created by the pinnacle of 1950's comic book talent including Gene Fawcette, Joe Kubert, John Giunta, Joe Orlando, Wally Wood, Jack ABEL, George Tuska, Maurice Whitman, Maurice Gutwirth, Murphy Anderson, and Lee Elias.