Eisner Award Nominations 2010
My Mommy: Is In America And She Met Buffalo Bill
$36.95 – Hardcover book /
Jean, an adorable 5 year-old boy, relates his daily life and little adventures with his sour-tempered teacher Madame Moinot, his busy dad, his nanny Yvette (the Queen of iced chocolate), his little brother Paul (with who... Buy or find out more →
The Book Of Genesis: Illustrated by Robert Crumb
$41.95 – Hardcover book / W W Norton
From Creation to the death of Joseph, here are all 50 chapters of the Book of Genesis, revealingly illustrated as never before. Envisioning the first book of the bible like no one before him, R. Crumb, the legendary illu... Buy or find out more →
The Unwritten: Volume One: Tommy Taylor And The Bogus Identity
$19.99 – Paperback book / Dc Comics
Tom Taylor's life was screwed from the word go. His father created the mega-popular Tommy Taylor boy-wizard fantasy novels. But dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom that fans constantly compare him to his cou... Buy or find out more →
Stitches: A Memoir
$32.95 – Hardcover book / W W Norton
Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award (young adult category): the prize-winning children’s author depicts a childhood from hell in this searing yet redemptive graphic memoir.
One day David Small awoke from a suppos... Buy or find out more →
Asterios Polyp
$43.95 – Hardcover book / Alfred A Knopf
The triumphant return of one of comics’ greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man’s search for love, meaning, sanity, and perfect architectural proportions. An epic story long awaited, and well worth the wait... Buy or find out more →
The Photographer
$42.00 – Paperback book / First Run Feature
In 1986, Afghanistan was torn apart by a war with the Soviet Union. This graphic novel/photo-journal is a record of one reporter's arduous and dangerous journey through Afghanistan, accompanying the Doctors Without Borde... Buy or find out more →
Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Graphic Novel
$27.99 – Hardcover book / Harper Collins
Introduction by Ray Bradbury.
The hauntingly prophetic classic novel set in a not-too-distant future where books are burned by a special task force of firemen.Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to burn books, which are ... Buy or find out more →
West Coast Blues
$28.95 – Hardcover book / Fantagraphics Books
A savage noir thriller reuniting a master crime novelist and a superlative French cartoonist-the beginning of an ambitious publishing project introducing one of Europe's most beloved cartoonists to American audiences. Buy or find out more →
A Distant Neighborhood: Volume 1
$33.95 – Paperback book /
Who hasn't dreamt of going back to childhood? But who has actually made the journey? Hiroshi Nakahara is a forty-something salaryman returning to Tokyo from an intense business trip. He is tired and somewhat hungover as ... Buy or find out more →
Richard Stark's Parker: The Hunter
$35.95 – Hardcover book / Idea & Design Works
The Hunter, the first book in the Parker series, is the story of a man who hits New York head-on like a shotgun blast to the chest. Betrayed by the woman he loved and double-crossed by his partner in crime, Parker makes ... Buy or find out more →
Charles Darwin's On The Origin Of Species: A Graphic Adaptation
$24.99 – Paperback book / Rodale Press
A stunning graphic adaptation of one of the most famous, contested, and important books of all time.
Few books have been as controversial or as historically significant as Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species by Mea... Buy or find out more →
The Impostor's Daughter
$26.95 – Paperback book / Little Brown
Laurie Sandell grew up in awe (and sometimes in terror) of her larger-than-life father, who told jaw-dropping tales of a privileged childhood in Buenos Aires, academic triumphs, heroism during Vietnam, friendships with K... Buy or find out more →
A Drifting Life: The Epic Autobiography Of A Manga Master
$42.00$29.95 – Hardcover book / Henry Holt & Company
Winner of the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work.
Edited and designed by Adrian Tomine.
Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-By... Buy or find out more →
Everybody Is Stupid Except For Me
$28.95 – Paperback book / Fantagraphics Books
Fans of Peter Bagge's generation-defining, satirical fiction may not realize this, but the cartoonist doubles as an opinionated cuss, and has been contributing provocative (but still hilarious) comic-strip opinion pieces... Buy or find out more →
A Family Secret
$16.99 – Paperback book / Farrar Straus & Giro
While searching his grandmother’s attic for likely items to sell at a yard sale, Jeroen finds a photo album that brings back hard memories for his grandmother, Helena. Helena tells Jeroen for the first time about her exp... Buy or find out more →
Footnotes In Gaza
$55.00 – Hardcover book / Jonathan Cape
From the great cartoonist-reporter comes a sweeping, original investigation of a forgotten crime in the most tormented of places. Spanning 50 years and moving fluidly between one war and the next, "Footnotes in Gaza" cap... Buy or find out more →
Lunch Lady And The Cyborg Substitute
$8.95 – Paperback book / Golden Books
Hector, Terrence, and Dee have always wondered about their school lunch lady. What does she do when she isn't dishing out the daily special? Little do they know, Lunch Lady doesn't just serve sloppy joes--she serves just... Buy or find out more →
Chew Volume 1: Taster's Choice
$13.95 – Paperback book / Image Comics
Winner of the 2010 Eisner Award for Best New Series.
Special Introductory Price!
Tony Chu is a detective with a secret. A weird secret. Tony Chu is Cibopathic, which means he gets psychic impressions from whatever he eat... Buy or find out more →
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz
$44.95 – Hardcover book / Marvel Books
Winner of the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Publication for Kids.
The premiere American fantasy adventure gets the Merry Marvel treatment! Eisner Award-winning writer/artist Eric Shanower (Age of Bronze) teams up with fan-f... Buy or find out more →
Bob Dylan Revisited
$41.95 – Hardcover book / W W Norton
Rendered in striking, explosive graphic form, many of Bob Dylan's most famous songs-illustrated as they've never been before.
Mesmerized by the power of Bob Dylan's lyrics and intrigued by the possibilities of translatin... Buy or find out more →
The TOON Treasury Of Classic Children's Comics
$75.00 – Hardcover book / Abrams
An unprecedented collection of the greatest comics for children, artfully compiled by two of the best-known creators in publishing and the field of comics, this treasury created for young readers focuses on comic books, ... Buy or find out more →
Chew Volume 2: International Flavor
$20.95 – Paperback book / Image Comics
Winner of the 2010 Eisner Award for Best New Series.
Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats, is on a bizarre new case. A newly discovered fruit takes Ag... Buy or find out more →
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? Volume 1
$36.95 – Hardcover book / Boom Studios
THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE FILM BLADE RUNNER COMES TO COMICS!
Worldwide best-selling sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick's award-winning DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? has been called "a masterpiece ahead of its time, eve... Buy or find out more →
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? Volume 2
$36.95 – Hardcover book / Boomtown Records
THE BOOK THAT INSPIRED THE FILM BLADE RUNNER COMES TO COMICS!
Worldwide best-selling sci-fi writer Philip K. Dick's award winning DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP? has been called "a masterpiece ahead of its time, eve... Buy or find out more →
The Muppet Show Comic Book: Meet the Muppets
$14.95 – Paperback book / Boomtown Records
They're back! THE MUPPET SHOW as written and drawn by the incomparable Roger Langridge! Packed full of madcap skits and gags, The Muppet Show Comic Book is certain to please old and new fans alike! If you have a favorite... Buy or find out more →
Angora Napkin
$29.95 – Paperback book / Idea & Design Works
Halloween is upon us! Historically this ancient event has been identified as the day in which the boundary between the living and the dead becomes unstable. It is on this fateful night that we find Beatrice, Molly, and M... Buy or find out more →
Sweet Tooth Vol. 1: Out Of The Deep Woods
$13.99 – Paperback book / Vertigo
Following on the heels of THE NOBODY, his Vertigo graphic novel debut, writer/artist Jeff Lemire pens his very first ongoing series SWEET TOOTH. A cross between Bambi and Cormac McCarthy's The Road, SWEET TOOTH tells the... Buy or find out more →
The Secret Science Alliance and the Copycat Crook
$0.00 – Paperback book / Bloomings Books
Julian Calendar thinks starting at a new school will mean he can shed his nerdy image, but then he meets Ben and Greta, two secret scientists like himself. The three form a secret club, complete with a high-tech lair. Th... Buy or find out more →
Tiny Tyrant Two: Lucky Winner
$16.99 – Paperback book / St Martins
The Tiny Tyrant Tyrannises Again! The world's most diminutive despot is back for six fun-filled stories busting with adventure and hilarity. Join young Ethelbert as he searches for smugglers, has difficulty with long wor... Buy or find out more →