UK GRAPHIC NOVELS – RELEASE LIST
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Listed by Publisher
On This Page:
• Aurum
Press • Carlton
Books • Carroll & Graf Publishers • Jonathan
Cape • Century • Cinebooks • Classical
Comics • DC
Thomson • Harper Collins • ILEX • Knockabout
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• Osprey Pubishing • Panini • Prion •
Random House • Rebellion •
Spitfire • Titan
Books
Please note, this list largely details only graphic novels either by British
creators, or, generally, featuring strips first published in Britain.
All
the publishers below also publish collections by non-British creators.
See also: UK Comic Publishers and British Comics Characters
| Aurum Press | |
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Recent Releases • The Broons Facsimile Edition of the First Ever Broons Annual (Facsimile Annual) (Hardcover) • Order from Amazon.co.uk: Click Here • Order from Amazon.com: Click Here
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| Carlton Books | |
| Out Now | Previous Graphic Novels from Cartlon Books DC THOMSON COLLECTIONS
• Commando: The Dirty Dozen: The Best 12 "Commando" Books of All Time
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In all its grim glory, the Second World War is brought to life in
12 of the grittiest war dramas ever committed to paper. CONTENTS Steve Holland is the author of over 1,000 articles and a dozen books relating to comics and pulp culture, including The Trials of Hank Janson, nominated for the Silver Dagger Award by the Crime Writers Association. His latest book, The War Libraries Index charts the extraordinary history of Fleetway's war picture libraries. Buy Hell
from Amazon.co.uk: Go
When it comes to telling stories about the Second World War few did
it better than the authors of Battle Picture Library! Here
at last is the collection you've been waiting for, gathering together
12 of the toughest tales of war ever told. CONTENTS Buy Glory
from Amazon.co.uk: Go |
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| MAY 2008 | |
"Stories set in the jungles of Malay and Burma are, like all other Commando comics, packed with action and adventure," Carlton announces via Amazon.co.uk. "But there is something about these plots that really get the writers in top gear and they pull out all the stops. Who couldn't get enthusiastic about ambushes, impenetrable undergrowth, mysterious caves, deep river gorges flooded by monsoons, samurai swords, slithering snakes, fiendish fevers, strange cries in the night, menacing idols, dangerous insects and animals added to the usual threats from bullets and bombs? Featuring such stories as "Jungle Madness", "Grudge Fight", "The Black Pagoda", "Halt - or Die!", "Danger Everywhere!" and "Jungle Sniper", this carefully selected anthology will transport you into a world of sweat, swamps...where our ever invincible allied heroes battle bravely and honourably to victory." Buy Rumble in the Jungle from
Amazon.co.uk: Go |
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| Carroll & Graf
Publishers Web: www.carrollandgraf.com 245 West 17th Street, 11th floor, New York, NY 10011-5300 Tel. 212/981.9919 Fax: 646/375.2571 Note: this is an American publisher but its titles listed here include contributions from British creators |
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| Out Now | Previous Graphic Novels from Carroll & Graf Publishers
Here comes the new breed! The first full-length anthology
of best new manga, by the brightest young talents in the field. Bursting
with energy and imagination, this collection features the most exciting
new work by western manga-ka Japanese style comics being produced
by western artists.
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A unique, comprehensive collection of gripping stories set in 20th-century battle grounds, by some of the world’s top graphic artists • Buy it from Amazon.co.uk The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga (Paperback) • Buy
it from Amazon.co.uk
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| Jonathan Cape Official web site: www.randomhouse.co.uk |
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| Out Now... | Previous Graphic Novels from Jonathan Cape • Epileptic • Fun
Home • Pyonyang Fluffy (Hardcover) • Shenzhen • Mendel's
Daughter • Exit Wounds • Stuff (Hardcover) • Notes
from a Defeatist • Persepolis • It's
a Good Life If You Don't Weaken • Wimbledon
Green • Literary
Life
• 5
is the Perfect Number • Jimmy
Corrigan • Quimby
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| October 2007 | |
• An
Alphabet of Aunts (Hardcover) |
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| November 2007 | |
• Alias
the Cat (Paperback) • My
Diary (Hardcover)
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| February 2008 | |
Britten and
Brulightly (Paperback)by Hannah Berry (Author) "Nowadays I don't get out of bed for less than a murder. I don't get out of bed much... Until today." 'Private Researcher' Fernandez Britten is the messenger who would view being shot as a blessing. The years spent uncovering people's secret dramas and helping to confirm their darkest suspicions have taken their toll. Battered by remorse over the lives he has ruined, he clings to the hope of redemption through delivering, just once, a truth with a positive impact. It's a hope he has been clinging to for a long time.And so Britten and his... unconventional partner, Brulightly, take on the case of suicide Berni Kudos. At least, suicide was the official verdict. His fiancee, Charlotte Maughton, believes his death was something more sinister. Blackmail, revenge, murder: desperate acts are exposed, and this is no tree-lined avenue to justice. Each new revelation stirs the muddy waters of a family's dark secrets, and each fresh twist takes them further from that elusive redemption. There are murder mysteries but this is a noir where nothing is black and white. • Pre-order it from amazon.co.uk |
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| April 2008 | |
Great news that this wonderful graphic novel by Bryan Talbot is to soon be back in print. It should never have been out of it. An abused child escapes into the fantasy worlds conjured by Beatrix Potter and seeks escape from her persecutuon in the real world, too. Simply one of the best graphic novels ever. • Pre-order it from Amazon.co.uk |
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| May 2008 | |
Freddie
and Me (Hardcover) |
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| Century Web: www.randomhouse.co.uk An imprint of Random House |
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| September 2007 |
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•The
Bumper Book of Look and Learn (Hardcover) Informative, educational, exciting and fun, "Look and Learn" featured over a hundred popular characters and covered a wide-ranging collection of subjects of perennial interest to children and young adults. Each edition was filled with high quality illustrations created by some of the best artists of the time depicting almost every aspect of British history as well as extensive coverage of literature, legend and the natural world. This fully illustrated annual contains a collection of some of the best "Look and Learn" features reproduced with the same traditional, well-loved look and feel of the original magazines. Stephen Pickles, is also editor of the fortnightly Look and Learn magazine, and this 256 page book includes a complete adventure from the 'Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire'. |
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| Classical
Comics Web: www.classicalcomics.com PO Box 7280, Litchborough, Towcester NN12 9AR United Kingdom Tel: 01327 830852 Email: info@classicalcomics.com |
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| October 2007 |
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| • Shakesapeare's Henry V Neill Cameron, Bambos and Jason Cardy |
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| • Macbeth Jon Haward and Nigel Dobbyn |
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• Charlotte Bronte's
Jane Eyre • Charles Dickens' Great
Expectations |
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| Cinebooks
Ltd. Web: www.cinebook.co.uk PO Box 293, Ashford, Kent, TN23 9AD Tel: 01233 620 176 Fax: 01233 666 108 E-mail: info@cinebook.co.uk With sales of 43.3 million, comic strips represented more than one in every eight books sold in France in 2004. CINEBOOK is the British publisher of the Ninth Art, translating bande dessine from the original French into English. |
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| Recent Releases | Previous Graphic Novels from Cinebooks
• Biggles
Recounts: Falklands War
• Melusine:
Hocus Pocus (Melusine 1)
• Lucky Luke: Barbed Wire on the Prarie • The
Rugger Boys: Why Are We Here Again?
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• The
Rugger Boys: Why Are We Here Again? • Yoko Tsuno - On the Edge of Life In this first volume, our heroine is called to the bedside of her friend Ingrid, who is struck down by a mysterious disease that leaves her powerless. Yoko Tsuno soon realizes that a strange vampire, dressed all in black, shadows her...
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| September 2007 | |
| • Thorgal: The Three Elders of
Aran In these new adventures, Aaricia is crowned Queen, and Thorgal will have to face many difficult tests to track down his beauty. Then they spend some happy days together in the countryside... Their first child is announced. But, alas, everything is turned upside down into horror by the jealousy of Shaniah, a teenager turned away by Thorgal. Prisoner on board the Black Galley, Thorgal becomes a plaything in the hands of Veronar, a degenerate tyrant... This two-volume book includes “The Black Galley”. |
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| October 2007 | |
• Melusine - Halloween |
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| November 2007 | |
• Papyrus: the Revenge of Rameses • Yakari and the Stranger |
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• The "Bash Street Kids" Annual • "Broons"
Annual • The "Broons" and "Oor Wullie":
The Golden Years: Vol 12 • The "Broons" Calendar
2008 • "Bunty" Annual:
For Girls • The "Dandy" Annual • Dennis the Menace Annual 2008 |
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| Harper
Collins UK Web: www.harpercollins.co.uk 7-85 Fulham Palace Road, Hammersmith, London W6 8JB United Kingdom 0208 741 7070. Email: Online form on web site |
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| Recently Released Comics are to be Hercule Poirot's latest incarnation. It's the latest twist to crime fiction, a genre constantly reinvented in its 170-year history. |
PREVIOUS RELEASES
The Murder on the Links (Hardcover)
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• The Man in the Brown Suit
(Hardcover)by Agatha Christie. Illustrated by Bairi Pretty, young Anne has come to London looking for adventure, but adventure finds her when a thin man, reeking of mothballs, loses his balance on the platform at Hyde Park Corner station and is electocuted on the rails. The Scotland Yard verdict is accidental death. But Anne is not satisfied. Who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body before racing off? Anne is determined to follow him! • Buy it from amazon.co.uk • Buy it from amazon.com |
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• The Big Four
(Hardcover)by Agatha Christie Alain Paillou (Editor, Illustrator) Framed in the doorway of Poirot's bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man's gaunt face stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what is the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life to uncover the truth about 'Number Four'. • Buy it from amazon.co.uk • Buy it from amazon.com |
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| ILEX | |
| Out Now | More
ILEX Books
• Create
Your Own Graphic Novel Graphic novels, which evolved from the universally popular comic book, have become one of the fastest-growing areas of publishing. Their full-colour illustrations add another element to the complex, action-packed storylines and have introduced a new audience to the full-length narrative genre. The traditional methods used to create these works are now being superseded by digital techniques. Graphic artists are using computers to ink in their designs and create the lettering. But more fundamental changes are afoot. As technology changes, so does the means of publishing and distribution, and graphic novels now appear on the Web as well as the printed page. This book – itself presented entirely in graphic novel form – teaches you how to use your computer to make your own graphic novel. Find out how to translate your writing and drawing talents into digitally realised artwork – from initial inspiration to publication – in easy-to-follow steps.
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Creators from across the globe are represented in a book that looks forward rather than back in its approach to fantasy art. Clint Langley, Greg Staples, Glenn Fabry, James Rayman, Linda Bergkvist, Liam Sharp, Jason Chan, Aly Fell, Aaron Sng and Robert Chang are just a few of the new generation of fantasy artists included. This is not a book of retrospectives, but examines what illustrators and painters are creating now – whether it’s for the latest graphic novel, book cover, trading card set or computer game. Heralding the new wave of contemporary fantasy creators and their endlessly adaptable new media, this book is must for all fantasy art aficionados. • Buy Fantasy Art Now from amazon.co.uk |
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| Knockabout PO Box 53362 London NW10 9YX Official web site (over 18s only): www.knockabout.com • Read a 2006 interview by Joe Gordon with publisher Tony Bennett on the Forbidden Planet International web site |
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| Recently Released... | Recently Released: • Kinderbook
- a Picture Story for Melancholic Girls
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• Yesterday's
Tomorrows: Rian Hughes Collected Comics (Hardcover)Compiling several strips drawn by the unique Rian Hughes with scripts from Grant Morrison and John Freeman, this is surely an eagerly-awaited new edition of brilliant stories including Morrison's controversial alternate Dan Dare and The Science Service, Freeman's first professional comics script; plus Raymond Chandler's "Goldfish", adapted by Tom DeHaven, where Hughes captures the noir shadows in a clever use of 2-colour artwork. Also in the book are Really & Truly (also written by Grant Morrison) from 2000AD and a selection of sketchbook pages. The book - limited to 3000 copies worldwide - has been produced in an embossed casebound edition with an introduction by comics guru Paul Gravett. This edition is limited to 3000 copies worldwide. Grant Morrison is one of the most celebrated British comics writers and Rian Hughes is very well respected in the design community having won many awards for his work. • Buy it from Amazon.co.uk • Buy it from Amazon.com |
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| September 2007 | |
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Cartoons by Hunt Emerson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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• Commando For Action and Adventure:
ANZACS TO WAR

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Hell
Rumble in the Jungle
The Mammoth Book of Best New Manga 




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• Yesterday's
Tomorrows: Rian Hughes Collected Comics