The kind folks at NBM have supplied ComicList with their solicitations for comics and other products featured in the March 2008 Previews, scheduled to ship May 2008.
NBM Publishing in May: ORDINARY VICTORIES concludes!
One of TIME magazine’s “5 Fantastic Graphic Novels” reaches climax;
plus, Proust and Eurotica
ORDINARY VICTORIES : What is Precious
By Manu Larcenet
TIME magazine put ORDINARY VICTORIES on its list of “5 Fantastic Graphic Novels,” and the Angoulême International Comics Festival gave it the Year’s Best Comic Book award. It’s about Marco: a tired, small-town photographer who’s been dealing with a pain-in-the-neck cat, a cute woman who seems (against all odds) to like him, and a neighbor who seems likable until Marco discovers his disturbing role in wartime. In this second and concluding volume, Marco has a child and loses his father, his mother learns about living alone, a man dies in the countryside, and a journalist cracks under pressure. Manu Larcenet (Astronauts of the Future, Dungeon) tells an extraordinarily moving story about rare moments, small sadnesses, and a guy trying to live the best way he can.
Full-color trade paperback, 6 1/2” x 9”, 128 pages, $15.95, ISBN 978-1-56163-533-7.
Also available is ORDINARY VICTORIES’ acclaimed first volume (ISBN 1-56163-423-9).
Some reviews:
"[One of the ] top ten graphic novels of the year." -- Booklist "A compelling, insightful story." -- Publishers Weekly
"Achieves a degree of sensitivity and emotional nuance rare in any literary medium, and [the] expressive, cartoonish drawings help contribute subtle humor to the chronicle of Marco's plight." -- Kirkus Reviews
Now in paperback!
REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST
Part Three: Swann in Love, Volume 1
By Marcel Proust, adapted by Stephane Heuet
The acclaimed adaptation continues. Swann is a guest of high-society soirees at the end of the 19th century. At first, he feels no attraction to frivolous, superficial Odette de Crecy -- but soon, she becomes an obsession.
"Heuet's translation to sequential art retains the work's distinctive period feel and eye for detail." -- Publishers Weekly
"Just as delightful as its predecessors. I have to admit part of what impresses me is that Heuet is trying this at all. I can think of few novels that suggest themselves for comics adaptation less. Yet he pulls it off, adding texture to Proust's immortal prose." -- Andrew Smith, Scripps-Howard Papers
Full-color trade paperback, 8 1/2” x11”, 48 pages, $10.95, ISBN
978-1-56163-522-1
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New from EUROTICA
Barbarian Chicks & Demons, Volume 1
By Hartmann
In medieval times, powerful warrior women get their way shamelessly with warlords and demons! Beautiful, fully painted artwork.
Full-color trade paperback, 8 1/2” x 11”, 48 pages, $10.95, ISBN
978-1-56163-536-8
Sizzle #38
Ogenki Clinic, Chica by Bernet & Trillo, and Omaha the Cat Dancer continue while Bayba by Baldazzini and Banana Games 4 come to their climax!
Quarterly magazine, 8 1/2” x11”, 64 pages, black-and-white, $5.95
See previews at www.nbmpub.com/eurotica/comingup/comaugeros.html
