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YOU
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| by Kyle Baker |
Paperback: 160 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 1563894424 |
$19.95
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| YOU ARE HERE
is the story of Noel Coleman, a former denizen of the New York City criminal
underworld, and his girlfriend Helen Foster, a cheerful new-ager from rural
upstate New York. He's ready to go straight and leave his ugly past behind
to be with her. She's blissfully ignorant of who he "really" is. When Noel
goes to the city to tie off some loose ends, she surprises him by following.
You can imagine the comedy of errors that will ensue... or at least you
think you can. But Baker will surprise you. |
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From Publishers
Weekly:
Baker returns to the genre
scene with his first book-length narrative since Why I Hate Saturn (1990),
the clever sendup of the downtown bar and dating scene of 1980s New York
that became an underground comics classic. Here, Baker does New York City
again, but this time strictly for laughs. Noel Coleman, a handsome, momentarily
reformed criminal, falls big time for Helen, a beautiful redhead and sensitive
New Age spiritualist and animal lover. An unlikely couple? Of course, so
Coleman lies through his teeth about his spectacularly checkered past.
Helen discovers his sleazy life story anyway, just as a media-lionized
serial killer (a hilarious Robert Mitchum look-alike) goes after Coleman
for seducing his wife. Besides the pleasures of Baker's wisecracking dialogue,
there's a rousing chase through Central Park and a breathtaking fight to
the finish with the would-be killer aboard the Staten Island Ferry, all
rendered in a combination of virtuoso comics draftsmanship and richly saturated
coloring. Never mind the thin veneer of pop sophistication attached to
many graphic novels: this is an unpretentious, rip-roaringly entertaining
comic book farce.
Copyright
1999 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
The author, Kyle Baker
This book is wonderful!
I have to say that it is truly one of the finest pieces of literature ever!
I recommend buying many copiesof this book, as it makes a fantastic gift
item year round. |
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| Kyle
Baker |
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Why
I Hate Saturn |
| by Kyle Baker |
Paperback: 208 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 0930289722 |
$17.95
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| Living Single
in the Modern World
Kyle Baker earns his reputation
in this sharp satire of the single's scene and life in the modern world--
finding oneself is hard enough... finding another might be impossible. |
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| BLACK
ORCHID |
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The
Collected Edition |
| by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean |
Paperback: 160 pages
DC Comics
ISBN: 0930289552 |
$19.95
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| BLACK ORCHID
is one of Neil Gaiman's early forays into comics for DC Comics.
It his revamp of a little-known superheroine who is a hybrid of human and
orchid, with the ability to control minds with the use of scent. As befitting
to a story that utilizes a lot of flora and fauna as metaphors, the fully-painted
artwork is lush and colorful...you almost want to reach out and touch the
leaves of a tree or smell the flowers. Look for cameos from well-known
DC
characters such as Lex Luthor, Batman, Poison Ivy,
the Mad Hatter, and others. |
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Also-- Check out our NEIL
GAIMAN listing.
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