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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
As the brains and driving force behind Facebook Mark Zuckerberg has become the youngest billionaire in the history of the planet. The road to success for both his creation and him personally was not preordained nor was it always a smooth ride. Learn how a young man's frustration with women helped spark an idea that would have him dating Victoria's Secret models and how a socially inept young man wound up creating a company that has revolutionized...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Paul McCartney: Carry that weight, takes a snapshot of the afternoon Paul McCartney made the final decision to quit the most beloved band of all time, and imagines the thoughts and feelings behind it. The comic is inspired by the famously frank press release that came with his debut solo album and confirmed the end of The Beatles, and the end of his partnership with John Lennon.
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Was the Soviet Union an 'Evil Empire'? Was President Ronal Reagan at the right place and right time when it collapsed? Or was he one of the shrewdest occupants of the White House? Find out how this Midwesterner-turned-actor-turned-President went from B-movies to revitalizing the Republican Party and orchestrating the end of the Cold War.
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Bettie Pages influence is evident even today. From humble beginnings, her work exploded onto the pop culture scene, dominating magazine covers and the fetish scene until one day suddenly disappeared from public view, garnering her cult status. Read the compelling story of the Queen of the pin-up.
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Violeta Parra was a musician, a poetess, an all-round artist, and the soul of the popular tradition of Chile. The year 2017 marked the 100th anniversary of her birth. Violeta's life was painful and intense, devoted to art and love: for decades, she crossed America and Europe making people all around the world fall in love with the authentic folklore of her homeland. Virginia Tonfoni (writer) and Alessio Spataro (artist) tell her incredible story for...
6) Sartre
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
For some he was the philosopher of existentialism, for others the constant provocateur, the politically engaged author, the uncertain militant, the repenting bourgeois, the life companion of Simone de Beauvoir... From his first readings in the Luxembourg Garden to his refusal of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Jean Paul Sartre was all of this at the same time. In his biographic piece, the life and thoughts that made Sartre a known name are brought...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A new graphic novel featuring some of the biggest power players of the Republican party. Political Power, focuses on past and present American politicians. This new graphic novel features the comic book biographies of Sarah Palin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rush Limbaugh & Glenn Beck. Featuring a cover by famed artist Joe Phillips. The series has been featured on FOX NEWS to People Magazine!
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Entering life at the French royal court, a world in which what is shown is rarely the truth, the young Princess of Clves learns of passions torments, of heartbreak, and of the agony of love. Claire Bouilhac and Catel Mullers graphic-novel adaption of this classic taleoften referred to as the forerunner of the modern psychological novelremains faithful to the original 17th-century text, while also providing surprising and original insight into both...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
TidalWaves Political Power: World Leaders features biographies of leaders who shaped nations. Nelson Mandela of South Africa, a symbol of the struggle against racial and political oppression, is one of the most important figures of the last century. Britains Margaret Thatcher, in the words of her biographer, John Blundell, has been one of the most effective champions of the free-enterprise economic model which has delivered progress and prosperity...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This groundbreaking body of comics journalism collects Anderson's entire biography of the renowned civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Over a decade in the making, the saga has been praised for its vivid recreation of one of the most tumultuous periods in U.S. history and for its accuracy in depicting the personal and public lives of King, from his birth to his assassination. King probes the life story of one of America's greatest public...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
This is the tale of Luisa Casati Amman, otherwise known as 'The Marchesa', an Italian heiress whose life ambition was to transform herself into a living, breathing work of art. She was obsessed with beauty and extravagance, and devoted her entire family fortune to purchasing the means to astonish her contemporaries with her daredevil style. But her originality extended to more than just the adornment of her own person; she embellished her whole life...
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Ron Paul is well read. He speaks in complete sentences. And his views are often so far right that they make sense. Did I mention that he's a Republican with Tea Party tendencies? Find out what makes this Presidential hopeful tick when Bluewater's Political Power: Ron Paul, written by New York Times bestselling author Marc Shapiro, has readers on either side of the aisle agreeing to disagree.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
HEY KIDS! COMICS! takes its cue from nearly a century of turbulence and triumph, despair and drama in the comics racket. Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today 's biggest entertainment business or at least the tail that wags the dog. Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and guilty although in the end, everyone was guilty of something. Collects HEY...
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
The diminutive singing sensation from Down Under's story is told in Female Force: Kylie Minogue. Kylies colorful experiences are brought to life as we follow the stars ups and downs. From capturing nations hearts in Neighbors to the life & loves of a national treasure, and her brave struggle with cancer.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
They've transcended their vigilant hip-hop roots and have become a global phenomenon, the likes of which the music world has rarely seen and after their tremendous Grammy win, a young hip-hop-hopeful learns just what it takes to become the best while retracing the defining events in each of the band member's funkadelic lives. This special graphic novel edition has a bunch of extras.
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Joseph R. Biden experienced one of the most challenging journeys in American politics. America's youngest senator faced an emotional rollercoaster that almost derailed his career. His life, riddled with loss, led to a determination to help the working class and a 47-year career capped by his election as the 46th president of the United States.
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
The longest serving independent member of Congress in American History, the unassuming senator from Vermont is a supporter of the middle class who vows to end the toxic partisan divide in Congress. A grassroots-level groundswell of support has catapulted Sanders into the national spotlight, forcing his competitors to, "Feel the Bern!"
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
With the announcement of their impending nuptials, Prince William and Kate Middleton have captured the public imagination in much the same way the William's parents did a generation ago. Now Bluewater Productions is publishing a behind-the-curtain look at the royal couple a new biography comic book.
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Covering the Beatles' lives from birth and beyond their breakup, dramatized in dialogue and scene recreations more akin to a film bio than a mere documentary, The Beatles Experience also includes a timeline going down each page, with encyclopedia background and footnotes detailing related events happening in the world, in music, and in The Beatles' own tumultuous and extraordinary lives. Over 200 pages, dramatizing one of the most compelling tales...
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