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Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki - Roaming
Paperback, 444 pages, measures 6.2 x 8.4 inches
Spring Break, 2009: Five days, three friends, and one big city.
Roaming marks a triumphant return to the graphic novel and a deft foray into new adult fiction for Caldecott Medal authors Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki.
Spring break, 2009. High school best friends Zoe and Dani are now freshman college students, meeting in a place they’ve wanted to visit forever: New York City. Tagging along is Dani’s classmate Fiona, a mercurial art student with an opinion on everything. Together, the three cram in as much of the city as possible, gleefully falling into tourist traps, pondering so-called great works of art, sidestepping creeps, and eating lots and lots of pizza (folded in half, of course). Roaming is a ground-breaking graphic novel from the authors behind New York Times bestseller and Caldecott Honor Book This One Summer.
Felicia Chiao - Sketchbook 5 (Hardcover)
Hardcover, 152 pages, Measures 9 x 11 inches.
We love Felicia Chiao here at Giant Robot, her art being so unique and bursting with character and thoughtful thematics. Her "Sketchbook 5" is a faithful 1:1 reproduction of her personal sketchbook. Featuring 77 beautifully detailed color illustrations complete with Post-it note sketches and a personal handwritten introduction on a bleed sheet, this publication is as close to owning the original as one can get.
Memory Garden - Illustrated by Susie Ghahremani
Hardcover, 8.3 x 10.35 inches, 40 pages.
Written by Zohreh Ghahremani and illustrated by Susie Ghahremani.
A lively afternoon together in Nana’s garden is full of laughter, discovery, and connection. In lyrical text that blends past and present, Memory Garden takes us to the places we leave behind but never forget.
Written and illustrated by a loving mother daughter duo, the nostalgic text and vibrant illustrations invite us to enjoy the beauty of Iranian gardens – and culture - in an adventure that will resonate with readers of all backgrounds.
Phone Book by Tatsu
Softcover, 70 pages, full color. Measures 8.25 x 10.75 inches.
A beautiful compilation of photographs capturing public telephone boxes, which are rendered as still standing time markers.
From the publisher:
"In "Phone Book," Tatsu's lens captures the essence of time's passage through portraits of public phones. Each image evokes nostalgia for a bygone era while prompting reflection on the impact of technological progress. Through Tatsu's artistry, these relics become symbols of human connection, inviting viewers to ponder what we've gained and lost in the evolution of communication."
James Jean - Eternal Spiral (Coral)
EYE: YONEYAMA MAI
Softcover, 272 pages, 11.6 x 8.3 inches.
Amazing work from the illustrator & animator Yoneyama Mai in one beautiful book!
From working on visual development for the anime film Promare, to production of the end credits for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners and more, Yoneyama Mai is active in the world of anime and illustration. This edition features a complete archive of the illustrations that make you feel the flow of emotions and movement that Yoneyama Mai is known for.
This is the first collection of original works by Yoneyama Mai, who has more than one million followers on Twitter and is getting attention from both animators and creators! Enjoy the vivid colors and delicate details in Yoneyama’s work.
Blitmap #3
Softcover, full color pages, 6.75 x 10 inches.
A CONTINUATION OF A THRILLING NEW SCI-FI SERIES SET IN A BREATHTAKING SOLARPUNK METROPOLIS! SET IN THE DIGITAL WORLD OF BLITMAP!
Under the shadow of an ancient cataclysm, Blitnauts and Logos factions battle for power, while The Static's elusive realm entraps and corrupts all who submit to its mystifying call.
Written by Jack Timmer and illustrated by Matias Basla.
Each issue is blind bagged, coming with a surprise cover. No cover is the same!!
Blitmap #2
Softcover, full color pages, 6.75 x 10 inches.
A CONTINUATION OF A THRILLING NEW SCI-FI SERIES SET IN A BREATHTAKING SOLARPUNK METROPOLIS! SET IN THE DIGITAL WORLD OF BLITMAP!
Under the shadow of an ancient cataclysm, Blitnauts and Logos factions battle for power, while The Static's elusive realm entraps and corrupts all who submit to its mystifying call.
Written by Jack Timmer and illustrated by Matias Basla.
Each issue is blind bagged, coming with a surprise cover. No cover is the same!!
Blitmap #1
Softcover, full color pages, 6.75 x 10 inches.
A THRILLING NEW SCI-FI SERIES SET IN A BREATHTAKING SOLARPUNK METROPOLIS! SET IN THE DIGITAL WORLD OF BLITMAP!
Under the shadow of an ancient cataclysm, Blitnauts and Logos factions battle for power, while The Static's elusive realm entraps and corrupts all who submit to its mystifying call.
Written by Jack Timmer and illustrated by Matias Basla.
Each issue is blind bagged, coming with a surprise cover. No cover is the same!
20 km/h - Woshibai
Softcover, 376 pages, 5.3 x 7.1 inches.
A slow-motion drive-by view of a collapsing universe meant to sit in the palm of your hand
How fast can you go in a buggy drawn by the flap of a butterfly’s wings? How do you measure the speed of waking from a dream? Such abstract inquiries into the unrelenting absurdity of contemporary life make up this omnibus of meditative vignettes from one of mainland China’s most prolific and recognizable—yet anonymous—new underground cartoonists of the current generation.
Every story in 20 km/h toes the line between pun and poetry, and lands somewhere just short of a zen koan: come back to it as often as you like, it will never quite read the same way twice. A nondescript figure awakes from an assembly line of identically-fashioned companions and boards a rowboat destined for the unknown. A man holds the key to sleep in his hand and uses it to disappear into his mattress. The moon is plucked from the sky and fed into a vending machine for a can of soda.
Woshibai’s minimalist renderings are a startlingly delightful cocktail of existential dread and silent slapstick that arrest the mind’s eye with equal parts humor and grace.
The Art of yoco: For Eternity and a Second
Softcover, 152 pages, 8.25 x 5.75 inches.
yoco is an illustrator who is active mainly in the BL (boys’ love) genre and who is particularly known for her exquisite, painterly illustration style. Her dramatic compositions evoke pure scenes of longing, while also fulfilling a slightly voyeuristic desire to take a peek inside a beautiful, ephemeral world of pure and delicate boys and young men, rendered in pale colors and fine lines, but also with a hint of melancholy and shadow. The Art of yoco For Eternity and a Second is the long-awaited first collection of the artist’s illustrations and paintings that have appeared in many BL novels, along with newly drawn illustrations.
SIGNED! - Real Size by Katsuya Terada Book
Book Dimensions – 7 x 12 inches and 1 inch thick - Hardcover ( codex binding ), 202 pages - Full Color, in Japanese ( book contains mostly images )
This copy includes a signed book plate.
This beautiful book feels like an extra special object. “Codex Binding” allows for the book to be spread fully open to fully enjoy the spreads. 3 pages fold out to reveal stunning, larger images.
The book is wrapped in a glossy cover but take that off and discover beautifully intricate and detailed marker drawings reproduced onto the thick chip board cover.
Towards the back of the book, find a beautifully written excerpt by Terada musing over his need to draw and his frustrations with this addiction. Without spoiling too much, the translation is poetic and profound.
Junji Ito - Venus in the Blind Spot
Hardcover, 272 pages, 8.25 x 5.75 inches.
This striking collection presents the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito’s career, featuring an adaptation of Rampo Edogawa’s classic horror story “Human Chair” and fan favorite “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.” With a deluxe presentation—including special color pages, and showcasing illustrations from his acclaimed long-form manga No Longer Human—each chilling tale invites readers to revel in a world of terror.
Please note: Only a small portion of the book has colored illustrations, most are black and white.
Junji Ito - Sensor
Hardcover, 240 pages, 8.25 x 5.75 inches.
A woman walks alone at the foot of Mount Sengoku. A man appears, saying he’s been waiting for her, and invites her to a nearby village. Surprisingly, the village is covered in hairlike volcanic glass fibers, and all of it shines a bright gold. At night, when the villagers perform their custom of gazing up at the starry sky, countless unidentified flying objects come raining down on them—the opening act for the terror about to occur!
Barry McGee - Reproduction (Hand Customized)
Hardcover, 224 pages with 250 images, measures 8.5 x 11 inches. (T3)
This book is personally customized - See photos!
- An exterior silver spray paint job
- Stamped with Barry McGee designed stamps (in three places) These are his own personal stamps.
I'll Get to the Bottom of This! by Daniel Kwan (Illustrated by Sean Lewis)
Hardcover, 76 pages, 12 x 8.75 inches.
One of two new children's books from Everything Everywhere All at Once director Daniel Kwan, I'll Get to the Bottom of This! tells the story of a rhyming dog detective who sets out to discover who's to blame for a multi-car pileup that has drivers trapped in a tunnel.
Illustrated by Sean Lewis, this story of overcoming differences to find a common solution gets the Daniel Kwan treatment: the detective takes his line of questioning so far that he enters a suspect’s body to question her organs, her brain, and her electrons, before being spat out into the universe in order to question the origin of cosmic energy itself.
With a fun and lively rhyming story, and illustrations chock full of Easter eggs, kids and parents alike will love reading I'll Get to the Bottom of This! aloud and exploring its immersive world.