A CLASSIC OF LGBTQ LITERATURE THAT HAS BECOME A CULT SENSATION!

San Francisco, late 1970s.

At 28 Barbary Lane, Anna Madrigal runs a boarding house. She welcomes people who have nowhere else to go: the misfits. This matriarch is known for her unending kindness and her superb marijuana crop.

Enter Mary Ann Singleton, a prudish, naïve, young woman who escaped her dull Ohio hometown for San Francisco. She settles in with her other fellow tenants: Michael “Mouse,” a personable young gay man, Brian Hawkins, an incorrigible Don Juan, and Mona Ramsey, a young hippyish bisexual.

Little does the group know that they will soon form a dear family together. This is the beginning of a humorous, heartfelt saga, between the summer of love and the appearance of AIDS, in the city of sexual freedom!

THE HEROES OF THIS ENCHANTING GROUP HAVE BEEN ENJOYED BY MILLIONS OF READERS WORLDWIDE! The novels have been translated into 10 languages and sold over 6 million copies. The title has been adapted on TV (BBC), Limited Series (Netflix), Theater...and now in graphic novel form for the first time.

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Publisher’s Cataloging-in-Publication data

Names: Maupin, Armistead, author. | Bauthian, Isabelle, author. | Revel, Sandrine, illustrator.

Title: Tales of the City / [written by] Armistead Maupin and Isabelle Bauthian; [illustrated by] Sandrine Revel.

Description: “From the novels of Armistead Maupin”— Cover. | Portland, OR: Ablaze Publishing, 2022.

Identifiers: ISBN: 978-1-950912-59-9

Subjects: LCSH City and town life—Comic books, strips, etc. | San Francisco (Calif.)— Comic books, strips, etc. | Humorous stories, American. | Gay comics. | Graphic novels. | BISAC COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / LGBTQ+

Classification: LCC PN6727 .M378 T35 2022 | DDC 741.5—dc23

TALES OF THE CITY VOL. 1. Published by Ablaze Publishing, 11222 SE Main St. #22906 Portland, OR 97269.Tales of the City © 1979 by Armistead Maupin. Graphic novel adaptation © Steinkis, 2020. All rights reserved. Ablaze and its logo TM & © 2022 Ablaze, LLC. All Rights Reserved. All names, characters, events, and locales in this publication are entirely fictional. Any resemblance to actual persons (living or dead), events or places, without satiric intent is coincidental. No portion of this book may be reproduced by any means (digital or print) without the written permission of Ablaze Publishing except for review purposes. Printed in Mexico. This book may be purchased for educational, business, or promotional use in bulk. For sales information, advertising opportunities and licensing email: info@ablazepublishing.com 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1