What it is

Lynda Barry
Drawn & Quarterly Publications

"Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A " -Salon

How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? For decades, these types of questions have permeated the pages of Lynda Barry's compositions, with words attracting pictures and conjuring places through a pen that first and foremost keeps on moving. What It Is demonstrates a tried-and-true creative method that is playful, powerful, and accessible to anyone with an inquisitive wish to write or to remember. Composed of completely new material, each page of Barry's first Drawn & Quarterly book is a full-color collage that is not only a gentle guide to this process but an invigorating example of exactly what it is: "The ordinary is extraordinary."

Michaël Musculus et Lapis Sapientiae

Walt Disney
European Language Institute

Il segreto dell'Espadon

Edgar P.Jacobs
Gandus Edizioni

Doppia maschera. Volumi 1-2

Jean Dufaux, Martin Jamar
Aurea Books and Comix

Il secondo libro di B.C.

Johnny Hart
Arnoldo Mondadori Editore

Diabolik i classici. Una bimba di nome Bettina

Angela Giussani, Luciana Giussani
Astorina

Hammerfall. Volume 1. La fatica del serpente

Sylvain Runberg, Boris Talijancic
Aurea Books and Comix

DC Comics Antologie. 16 rècits majeurs de 1939 à nos jours

AA.VV
Urban comics

Witzend

AA.VV
Wallace Wood

Wandering Son Volume Eight

Shimura Takako
Fantagraphics Books

Volume 5. "In this volume of the acclaimed series about transgendered kids exploring their unfolding identities, we've reached a big event; the junior high school entrance ceremony. The boys wear black uniforms with stand-up collars based on mid-19th century European military uniforms and the girls wear navy blazers, tan skirts, and red ribbon neckties. Enter our heroes; Nitori-kun is forced to wear a boy's uniform while Takatsuki-san has to wear a girl's! Yet one girl--Sarashia Chizuru--draws stares, whispers, and pointed fingers, because this long-haired beauty is wearing a boy's uniform. Both Nitori-kun and Takatsuki-san are awed by the girl's courage, but Takatsuki-san is particularly vexed by their own faintheartedness. They envy more than a few other students who experience such liberty in wearing either uniform and ponder what it ultimately means about themselves. Envy and jealousy are prominent themes in Volume 5: Chiba-san is jealous of Takatsuki-san, for whom Nitori-kun still carries a torch. Maho envies Anna-chan's professionalism as a model. And Chii-chan's loyal sidekick, Shiri Momoko, is intensely jealous of anyone in whom Chii-chan shows the slightest interest. And so our protagonists set off on the journey to adolescence...."--Publisher's description

Underwater. Le Village immergè. Tome 1

Yuki Urushibara
Kodansha international LTD

C'era una volta... Prima di Mazinga e Goldrake

Massimo Nicora
Youcanprint Self-Publishing

Raccontare la storia dei robot giapponesi significa intraprendere un lungo viaggio tra realtà e fantasia che, dai primi automi creati da abili artigiani in epoca Tokugawa (1603-1868), arriva alla più moderna produzione di manga, anime e serie TV, in un florilegio di idee e protagonisti che hanno segnato un'epoca e l'immaginario fantastico di più di una generazione. Da Tetsuwan Atom a Tetsujin 28, da Eight Man ai Cyborg 009, da Astroganga a Doraemon, la fantasia degli autori giapponesi ha dato vita a una lunga serie di personaggi che hanno accompagnato tutta la storia del Giappone moderno gettando le basi per una produzione che, a partire dagli anni Settanta, ha subito un incremento esponenziale con la creazione di numerose serie che hanno trovato nel mercato europeo il loro Eldorado. Prima dei più noti Mazinga, Goldrake e Jeeg, dunque, ci sono molti altri robot, spesso famosi e talvolta sconosciuti, che hanno conquistato il grande pubblico. Questa è la loro storia.