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Watchmen

Author: Alan Moore
ASIN : 0930289234
Sales Rank : 42
Studio : DC Comics
Binding : Paperback
EAN : 9780930289232
ISBN : 0930289234
Number Of Pages : 416
Publication Date : December 01, 1995
Release Date : December 01, 1995
Publisher : DC Comics
Manufacturer : DC Comics
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This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.

One of the most influential graphic novels of all time and a perennial bestseller, WATCHMEN has been studied on college campuses across the nation and is considered a gateway title, leading readers to other graphic novels such as V FOR VENDETTA, BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS and THE SANDMAN series.

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Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics' favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller's fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre's finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since.

The story concerns a group called the Crimebusters and a plot to kill and discredit them. Moore's characterization is as sophisticated as any novel's. Importantly the costumes do not get in the way of the storytelling; rather they allow Moore to investigate issues of power and control--indeed it was Watchmen, and to a lesser extent Dark Knight, that propelled the comic genre forward, making "adult" comics a reality. The artwork of Gibbons (best known for 2000AD's Rogue Trooper and DC's Green Lantern) is very fine too, echoing Moore's paranoid mood perfectly throughout. Packed with symbolism, some of the overlying themes (arms control, nuclear threat, vigilantes) have dated but the intelligent social and political commentary, the structure of the story itself, its intertextuality (chapters appended with excerpts from other "works" and "studies" on Moore's characters, or with excerpts from another comic book being read by a child within the story), the finepace of the writing and its humanity mean that Watchmen more than stands up--it keeps its crown as the best the genre has yet produced. --Mark Thwaite

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The Graveyard Book

Author: Neil Gaiman
ASIN : 0060530928
Sales Rank : 67
Studio : HarperCollins
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780060530921
ISBN : 0060530928
Number Of Pages : 320
Publication Date : December 01, 2008
Release Date : December 30, 2008
Publisher : HarperCollins
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Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.

He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead.

There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer.

But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family. . . .

Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, the graveyard book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages.

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The Joker

Author: Brian Azzarello
ASIN : 1401215815
Sales Rank : 84
Studio : DC Comics
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9781401215811
ISBN : 1401215815
Number Of Pages : 128
Publication Date : December 04, 2008
Release Date : December 04, 2008
Publisher : DC Comics
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An original hardcover graphic novel that tells the story of one very dark night in Gotham City--from the creative team behind the graphic novel LEX LUTHOR: MAN OF STEEL.

The Joker has been mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, and he's none to happy about what's happened to his Gotham City rackets while he's been "away." What follows is a harrowing night of revenge, murder and manic crime as only The Joker can deliver it, as he brutally takes back his stolen assets from The Penguin, The Riddler, Two-Face, Killer Croc and others.

Brian Azzarello brings to THE JOKER all the visceral intensity and criminal insight that has made his Vertigo graphic novel series 100 BULLETS one of the most critically-acclaimed and award-winning series in all of comics.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Author: Jeff Kinney
ASIN : 0810970686
Sales Rank : 57
Studio : Amulet Books
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780810970687
ISBN : 0810970686
Number Of Pages : 224
Publication Date : December 01, 2009
Release Date : December 13, 2009
Publisher : Amulet Books
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid

Author: Jeff Kinney
ASIN : 0810993139
Sales Rank : 118
Studio : Abrams Books for Young Readers
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780810993136
ISBN : 0810993139
Number Of Pages : 224
Publication Date : December 01, 2007
Publisher : Abrams Books for Young Readers
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Boys don’t keep diaries—or do they?

The launch of an exciting and innovatively illustrated new series narrated by an unforgettable kid every family can relate to

It’s a new school year, and Greg Heffley finds himself thrust into middle school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving. The hazards of growing up before you’re ready are uniquely revealed through words and drawings as Greg records them in his diary.

In book one of this debut series, Greg is happy to have Rowley, his sidekick, along for the ride. But when Rowley’s star starts to rise, Greg tries to use his best friend’s newfound popularity to his own advantage, kicking off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.

Author/illustrator Jeff Kinney recalls the growing pains of school life and introduces a new kind of hero who epitomizes the challenges of being a kid. As Greg says in his diary, “Just don’t expect me to be all ‘Dear Diary’ this and ‘Dear Diary’ that.” Luckily for us, what Greg Heffley says he won’t do and what he actually does are two very different things.

Since its launch in May 2004 on Funbrain.com, the Web version of Diary of a Wimpy Kid has been viewed by 20 million unique online readers. This year, it is averaging 70,000 readers a day.

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Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Author: Jeff Kinney
ASIN : 0810994739
Sales Rank : 142
Studio : Amulet Books
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780810994737
ISBN : 0810994739
Number Of Pages : 224
Publication Date : December 01, 2008
Publisher : Amulet Books
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Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert

Author: Scott Adams
ASIN : 0740777351
Sales Rank : 514
Studio : Andrews McMeel Publishing
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780740777356
ISBN : 0740777351
Number Of Pages : 576
Publication Date : December 21, 2008
Publisher : Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Scott Adams "is a VERY tough act to follow." --Suzanne Tobin, Washington Post

In the tradition of The Complete Far Side and The Complete Calvin and Hobbes, Dilbert 2.0 celebrates the 20th anniversary of Scott Adams's Dilbert, the touchstone of office humor.

This special slipcased collection--weighing in at more than ten pounds with 600 pages and featuring almost 4,000 strips--takes readers behind the scenes and into the early days of Scott Adams's life pre-Dilbert and on to the success that followed when Dilbert became an internationally syndicated sensation.

Divided into five different epochs, Dilbert 2.0 gives readers a glance at some of Adams's earliest strips, like those created for Playboy, and a peek at an abundance of special content ranging from numerous rejection letters to Adams's first cartooning check, and more.

Adams personally selected the material for this collection and offers original comments and humorous asides throughout. Also included is a piracy-protected disc that contains every Dilbert comic strip to date and that can be updated as new cartoons are released.

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The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle

Authors: Jim Butcher, Ardian Syaf
ASIN : 0345507460
Sales Rank : 403
Studio : Del Rey/Dabel Brothers
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9780345507464
ISBN : 0345507460
Number Of Pages : 160
Publication Date : December 14, 2008
Release Date : December 14, 2008
Publisher : Del Rey/Dabel Brothers
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When the supernatural world spins out of control, when the police can’t handle what goes bump in the night, when monsters come screaming out of nightmares and into the mean streets, there’s just one man to call: Harry Dresden, the only professional wizard in the Chicago phone book. A police consultant and private investigator, Dresden has to walk the dangerous line between the world of night and the light of day.

Now Harry Dresden is investigating a brutal mauling at the Lincoln Park Zoo that has left a security guard dead and many questions unanswered. As an investigator of the supernatural, he senses that there’s more to this case than a simple animal attack, and as Dresden searches for clues to figure out who is really behind the crime, he finds himself next on the victim list, and being hunted by creatures that won’t leave much more than a stain if they catch him.

Written exclusively for comics by Jim Butcher, The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle is a brand-new story that’s sure to enchant readers with a blend of gripping mystery and fantastic adventure.

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Batman: The Killing Joke

Authors: Alan Moore, Brian Bolland
ASIN : 1401216676
Sales Rank : 358
Studio : DC Comics
Binding : Hardcover
EAN : 9781401216672
ISBN : 1401216676
Number Of Pages : 64
Publication Date : December 19, 2008
Release Date : December 19, 2008
Publisher : DC Comics
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One of the most famous Batman stories of all time is offered for the first time in hardcover in this special twentieth-anniversary edition.

This is the unforgettable that forever changed Batman's world, adding a new element of darkness with its unflinching portrayal of The Joker's twisted psyche.

Writer Alan Moore, acclaimed author of WATCHMEN and V FOR VENDETTA, offers his take on the disturbing relationship between The Dark Knight and his greatest foe. The Clown Prince of Crime has never been more ruthless than in this brutal tale.

This special new edition also includes a story written and exquisitely illustrated by Brian Bolland.

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The Killing Joke, one of my favorite Batman stories ever, stirred a bit of controversy because the story involves the Joker brutally, pointlessly shooting Commissioner Gordon's daughter in the spine. This is a no-holds-barred take on a truly insane criminal mind, masterfully written by British comics writer Alan Moore. The art by Brian Bolland is so appealing that his depiction of the Joker became a standard and was imitated by many artists to follow.

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Wolves at the Gate (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 3)

Authors: Drew Goddard, Joss Whedon, Georges Jeanty, Jo Chen
ASIN : 1595821651
Sales Rank : 331
Studio : Dark Horse Comics
Binding : Comic
EAN : 9781595821652
ISBN : 1595821651
Number Of Pages : 136
Publication Date : December 12, 2008
Publisher : Dark Horse Comics
Manufacturer : Dark Horse Comics
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Vampires that, at will, can transform into wolves, panthers, insects, or fog invade the Slayer base of operations in northern Scotland, and not only walk away unscathed, but in possession of Buffy's scythe, the symbol of Slayer power worldwide. Buffy and the Slayer-legion travel to Tokyo in order to learn more about their dangerous new foes, as Xander journeys to Transylvania to solicit the only person they've ever known to possess such power - Dracula!