W.W. NORTON
NELSON MANDELA: THE AUTHORIZED COMIC BOOK GN
(W) The Nelson Mandela Foundation (A) Umlando Wezithombe
The fantastic, heroic life of Nelson Mandela is brought to life in this landmark
graphic work. His story, from his boyhood in a small South African village to
his growing political activism with the ANC, his twenty-seven-year incarceration
as prisoner 46664 on Robbens Island, his dramatic release, and his triumphant
years as president of South Africa, is chronicled in this moving work of graphic
biography. (C: 0-1-2)
SC, 208pgs SRP: $19.95
WILL EISNER'S A FAMILY MATTER TP (W.W. NORTON EDITION)
(W/A) Will Eisner
In this classic graphic novel, Will Eisner’s pen cuts an expansive swath through
all aspects of the human condition. A Family Matter starts close to home,
following a family as it gathers to observe the ninetieth birthday of its
patriarch. While they must decide how best to provide for him, he ends up making
a crucial choice of his own. (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 80pgs SRP: $15.95
WILL EISNER'S LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET TP (W.W. NORTON EDITION)
(W/A) Will Eisner
In this graphic novel, Will Eisner’s pen cuts an expansive swath through all
aspects of the human condition. Life on Another Planet places American life
within a broader perspective, chronicling the lives of scientists, politicians,
spies, and nobodies as they come to terms with the discovery of extraterrestrial
life. In reaching out to other galaxies, Eisner’s characters ultimately find
themselves focusing within. (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 144pgs SRP: $17.95
WILL EISNER'S MINOR MIRACLES TP (W.W. NORTON EDITION)
(W/A) Will Eisner
A powerful portrayal of Jewish life in the New York City of Eisner’s youth,
Minor Miracles encourages similar introspection as it examines how luck and
coincidence converge in everyday life in ways that, in hindsight, seem
miraculous. (C: 0-1-2)
MATURE THEMES
SC, 128pgs SRP: $17.95