Nobrow catalogue 2016 uk

2016 AUTUMN WINTER CATALOGUE

ILLUSTRATION · COMICS · GRAPHIC NOVELS

AUDUBON, ON THE WINGS OF THE WORLD

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e has given his name to thousands of schools and countless streets across the United States of America, as well as to the country’s most important environmental conservation organisation.

Ornithologists the world over know his work by heart.

How did this man, who was born a Frenchman and died an American, come to leave such a legacy?

It was largely through his sheer passion for a project that most deemed a folly. At the start of the 19th century, Audubon undertook the task of cataloguing and painting the birds of America – all of them. Not only a great artist whose works are still loved today, he was also an adventurer who explored the untamed wilderness of North America, sometimes in the most challenging conditions.

Equally, he was a talented writer whose journals have served as the source material for this graphic novel recounting the most significant episodes in the biography of this larger-than-life figure.

The result is an exciting tale of natural history in the Wild West.

F. Grolleau & J. Royer

FABIEN GROLLEAU / JÉRÉMIE ROYER

At the start of the 19th century, John James Audubon decided to embark upon an epic ornithological quest across America with nothing but his artist’s materials, an assistant, and a gun.

ON T H E W I N G S OF T H E W OR L D,

AUDUBON

by Fabien Grolleau & Jérémie Royer ON T H E W I N G S OF T H E WO R L D , A U D U B O N

Over the course of the last few years, we have striven to consistently publish books of the highest caliber and quality both for their form and their content. Working with only the best artists, graphic novelists and illustrators in the world, whether fresh from art school or from the ranks of well-seasoned veterans, we publish books with their inherent qualities in mind. To that end, we do everything in our power to ensure that they look good, smell good, and most of all tell great stories!

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A stunningly illustrated and detailed book charting the life and adventures of a passionate TW EET bird-lover and explorer.

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SEPTEMBER 2016 THOSE ARE BROWN THRASHERS. A BREEDING PAIR.

TWE Fabien Grolleau is the co-founder an organiET of Vide Cocagne, T WEE EET sation whichTWpublishes graphic novels andTcomic collections. He has written and created several comics for Vide Cocagne as well TWE as the graphic novel, Jaques aETDit. EETdesigner. After studying art for Jérémie Royer is an illustratorTW and two years in Nice, he specialised in comic book art and illustration in Brussels.

THEIR CRIES HAVE BROUGHT ALL THE NEIGHBOURING THRASHERS AND FORCED THE REPTILE TO MAKE A QUICK EXIT. HA HA HA! INCREDIBLE! DID YOU SEE THAT? THE SNAKE IS RETREATING!

WHAT DO WE DO?

THEY'VE ESTABLISHED A VERY EFFECTIVE ALARM SYSTEM IN CASE OF DANGER. EXTRAORDINARY!

NOTHING. WE OBSERVE THEM. GET READY TO FIRE AT MY SIGNAL, IF NEED BE, BUT THAT'S ALL.

SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW SIR, “COLLECT SPECIMENS“?

Genre Key: GRAPHIC NOVEL

NON-FICTION

17×23

LEPORELLO

GIFT

MAGAZINE

MONOGRAPH

NO, I'M LOATH TO AFTER SUCH A FORMIDABLE BATTLE. THEY DESERVE A REPRIEVE.

AUDUBON Graphic Novel | ISBN 978-1-910620-15-1 | 184pp | 275 x 205 mm | Hardback | £15.99 BESIDES, THERE WILL BE OTHER

GEIS

HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE NORTH LUKE HEALY

ALEXIS DEACON

The chief matriarch is dying. Drawing her last breath, she declares a contest: let fate decide the one worthy to rule. Fifty souls are summoned in the night; fifty souls bound to the same fate. But this is no ordinary trial... And so begins the first task.

With stunning narrative skill, this compelling book intricately weaves together true life narratives from 1913 and 1921 with a fictional story set in the present day. Equal parts bleak and beautiful, How to Survive in the North is a unique visual journey of love and loss that shows the strength it takes to survive in even the harshest conditions – whether that be struggling for survival in the Arctic in the 1900s or surviving a mid-life crisis in the present day.

A superb genre-spanning mix of supernatural, historical fantasy, action, and folk-tale, this gripping book is the first in an epic trilogy.

JUNE 2016

Alexis Deacon’s first book, Slow Loris, was named one of the hundred best children’s books of all time by Time Magazine. He has twice been shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal and is a two time recipient of The New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books Award. In 2014 The River won the Observer/ Jonathan Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize. This is his first full-length graphic novel.

GEIS | Graphic Novel | ISBN 978-1-910620-03-8 | 96pp | 250 x 190 mm | Hardback | £15.99

MAY 2016

Luke Healy was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He received a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University, and an MFA in Cartooning from The Center for Cartoon Studies in Vermont, USA. Working on comics is his ‘favourite thing in the world’, and his influences include the aesthetics and attitude of the smallpress and self-publishing scene in North America.

HOW TO SURVIVE IN THE NORTH Graphic Novel | ISBN 978-1-910620-06-9 | 192pp | 167 x 226 mm | Hardback | £15.99

FANTASY SPORTS 2

NIGHTLIGHTS LORENA ALVAREZ

SAM BOSMA

Wiz and Mug’s adventure continues in this sequel to one of the most popular and talkedabout YA comics of last year. Mythical, zany and full of humour, this book takes the unlikely duo to a ruined beach town, where they must defeat the greatest volleyball champions in the realm!

Every night, Sandy creates wonderful creatures out of the mysterious lights in her room and brings them back to life in her drawings. But when a strange new girl suddenly becomes fascinated by her powers, Sandy learns there is a price to pay for such a friendship…

As comfortable with fantasy as it is with horror, this is an enchanting and beautiful story by a talented illustrator.

No b r o w

OCTOBER 2016

Lorena Alvarez was born and raised in Bogotá, and studied Graphic Design and Arts at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She has illustrated for Puffin Books, Faber & Faber, Usborne Books, Parragon, Boom! Studios, Nickelodeon and Disney.

FANTASY SPORTS 2 | Fiction | ISBN 978-1-910620-10-6 | 56pp | 215 x 300 mm | Hardback | £12.95

FANTASY SPORTS 1 SAM BOSMA

The debut graphic novel from one of America’s most sought-after comic artists, Fantasy Sports is the first in a hilarious and action-packed comic series that brings a magical, adventurefilled angle to team sporting competitions.

Sam Bosma was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio and currently lives in Brooklyn. He won a Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators in the Institutional category, as well as a Gold Award from Spectrum in 2013. He currently does background drawings for Steven Universe on Cartoon Network when not making comics and graphic novels of his own.

FANTASY SPORTS 1 | Fiction | ISBN 978-1-907704-80-2 | 56pp | 215 x 300 mm | Hardback | £12.95

NIGHTLIGHTS Graphic Novel | ISBN 978-1-910620-13-7 | 56pp | 297 x 220 mm | Hardback | £14.99

SP4RX

DALSTON MONSTAZZ DILRAJ MANN

WREN MCDONALD

Dalston, East London... sometime in the future.

Below the city’s creaking pavements the Monstazz are beginning to emerge. Roshan and K have heard about these monsters but they certainly didn’t expect to find themselves tangled up in Dalston’s murky underbelly; fighting monster gangs, megalomaniacal property developers and even each other. Not in the least because of a girl, even if she is the most badass girl in town.

SEPTEMBER 2016

Dilraj Mann is a London based artist and illustrator. His art is largely inspired by the unexpected and often curious locals from the streets of London. He is the creator of Stroke and Queue zines and his work has appeared in the Island anthology and Kus among many others.

DALSTON MONSTAZZ Graphic Novel | ISBN 978-1-910620-14-4 | 64pp | 300 x 215 mm | Hardback | £14.99

Dragged into a resistance movement against mega-corporation Structus Industries, a young hacker named SP4RX finds himself battling cop-bots, cybernetically enhanced workers, and his own morals… and all he needed was somewhere to crash for a while.

In Wren McDonald’s cyberpunk tale of corruption, the fate of humanity is set on a collision course with corporate greed! How can we survive?

JULY 2016

Wren McDonald lives in Brooklyn, NY. Having graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design with a BFA in Illustration, he has since created Cyber Realm for Nobrow, as well as illustrating for The New York Times, Flaunt Magazine, Gigantic Books, Rollins Magazine and many more.

SP4RX | Graphic Novel | ISBN 978-1-910620-12-0 | 120pp | 243 x 170 mm | Paperback | £12.99

MEAN GIRLS CLUB

GOLEMCHIK

THE NEW GHOST

RYAN HESHKA

This bold and beautiful comic is full of sassy clubslinging sisters who you don’t wanna mess with...

Ryan Heshka creates a subversive comic that re-interprets the image of the stereotypical 50’s female and gives a new and defiant voice to these ladies of leisure.

Based in Vancouver, Ryan Heshka is a self-taught artist and illustrator.

His childhood influences of antiquated comics, pin-ups, pulp magazines, sci-fi, natural history, music and movies persist to this day, and his paintings are full of pop-culture references through the ages. Ryan primarily works in acrylic paint on wood panel, frequently embellishing with cuttings from pulp magazines.

WILLIAM EXLEY ISBN 978-1-907704-79-6 | £6.50

THE HUNTER

JOE SPARROW ISBN 978-1-907704-98-7 | £6.50

ROBERT HUNTER ISBN 978-1-907704-14-7 | £6.50

VACANCY

JEN LEE ISBN 978-1-907704-97-0 | £6.50

LOST PROPERTY ANDY POYIADGI What if all the things you ever lost were to reappear? For Gerald, when he discovers his personal treasure trove of lost property, he triggers powerful memories and ignites a long lost passion to change the course of his future.

MEAN GIRLS CLUB | Fiction | ISBN 978-1-910620-02-1 | 24pp | 170 x 230 mm | Saddle-Stitched | £6.50

LOST PROPERTY | Fiction | ISBN 978-1-907704-86-4 | 24pp | 170 x 230 mm | Saddle-Stitched | £6.50

CYBER REALM

A series of concertina books that unfold into stunning double-sided panoramas.

Some are educational, all are beautiful.

WREN MCDONALD

Blending the best of sci-fi with honest and dark humour, Cyber Realm is a sharp imagining of the future, in a comic that takes reality, breaks, twists and rebuilds it into a new vision of the world.

LOCOMOTION GOLDEN COSMOS

This beautiful concertina book folds out to a stunning 54 inch panorama detailing the history of trains and locomotives, beginning with the very first railroads and traveling all the way to the 21st century transportation we use today! Includes a wraparound cover with entries for each panel of the concertina, noting benchmarks in the history and mythology of trains.

SEPT 2016

Golden Cosmos was set up in 2010 as a collaborative moniker for German artistic couple Daniel Dolz and Doris Freigofas.

Their deep knowledge of traditional printmaking techniques and experiences in self publishing have won them widespread critical acclaim in illustration circles made them the perfect choice for our trademark concertina series.

CYBER REALM | Fiction | ISBN 978-1-907704-91-8 | 24pp | 170 x 230 mm | Saddle-Stitched | £6.50

OBSOLETE

MIKKEL SOMMER ISBN 978-1-907704-10-9 | £6.50

TEMPORAMA

CLAYTON JUNIOR ISBN 978-1-907704-07-9 | £6.50

LOCOMOTION Non-fiction | ISBN 978-1-910620-11-3 | 20 panels | Fold-out panorama | £10

SPACE RACE

BEYOND THE SURFACE

EVENTUALLY EVERYTHING CONNECTS

GRAPHIC BIOGRAPHIES CORINNE MAIER - ANNE SIMON EINSTEIN A beautiful and witty introduction to an immensely curious man, whose revolutionary hypothesis changed scientists' view of space-time forever.

TOM CLOHOSY COLE 978-1-907704-43 -7 £10

BICYCLE

NICOLAS ANDRÉ 978-1-907704-84-0 £10 BEHOLD! THE DINOSAURS!

LORIS LORA 978-1-907704-88 -8 £25

FESTIVAL FRENZY

ISBN 978-1-910620-01-4

FREUD Masterfully distilled, this book is an intelligent and entertaining introduction to the genius of Freud.

ISBN 978-1-907704-73-4

MARX A necessary and humorous introduction to the works, actions and philosophy of this great polymathic thinker.

UGO GATTONI 978-1-907704-45-1 | £18

HIGH TIMES

GOLDEN COSMOS 978-1-907704-35-2 | £10

DUSTIN HARBIN 978-1-907704-94-9 | £18

SWAN LAKE

PING ZHU 978-1-907704-22-2 | £10

KYLE PLATTS 978-1-907704-71-0 | £18

RISE AND FALL

MICAH LIDBERG 978-1-907704-30-7 | £10

ISBN 978-1-907704-83-3 Anne Simon was born in 1980 in France. She studied at the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, one of the most prestigious art schools in France. In 2004, she received the “New Talent” prize at the Angoulême festival, and she released her first comic book “Persephone in the Underworld” in 2006.

Corinne Maier was born in 1963 in Geneva. As a writer, economist, historian and psychoanalyst, she has produced around 15 non-fiction books on subjects like psychoanalysis, society, history and humour.

EINSTEIN | FREUD | MARX | Non-fiction | 225 x 300 mm | Hardback | £13.99

GIFT BOOKS

BACKLIST

AN UNRELIABLE HISTORY OF TATTOOS

A GRAPHIC COSMOGONY

ART SCHOOLED

PAUL THOMAS

The tattoo is an art form, a practice, and for some, a ritual. Its history is long and colourful, dating back to the Neolithic times. Today, similar markings can be obtained from the neon parlours that line our cities…

Maybe it’s time to stop taking them so seriously!

AN UNRELIABLE HISTORY OF TATTOOS Fiction | ISBN 978-1-910620-04-5 | 112pp | 253 x 186 mm | Hardback | £14.99

750 YEARS IN PARIS

VINCENT MAHÉ ISBN 978-1-907704-93-2 | £18.00

101 ARTISTS TO LISTEN BIOGRAFIKTON TO BEFORE YOU DIE

VARIOUS CAVOLO ARTISTS RICARDO ISBN £18.99 ISBN978-1-907704-52-9 978-910620-00-7 ||£14.99

VARIOUS ARTISTS ISBN 978-1-907704-02-4 | £24

LONDON DECO

THIBAUD HEREM ISBN 978-1-907704-64-2 | £25

JAMIE COE ISBN 978-1-907704-82-6 | £14.99

NEUROCOMIC

DR MATTEO FARINELLA & DR HANA RÕS ISBN 978-1-907704-70-3 | £14.99

FORMING I

JESSE MOYNIHAN ISBN 978-1-907704-13-0 | £18

DRAWN TO DRAWING

JOHN VERNON LORD ISBN 978-1-907704-65-9 | £25

FORMING II

JESSE MOYNIHAN ISBN 978-1-907704-76-5 | £18

DOCKWOOD

JON MCNAUGHT ISBN 978-1-907704-26-0 | £18.95

NOBROW 9

VARIOUS ARTISTS ISBN 978-1-907704-63-5 | £15

BIG MOTHER 3

RIKKA SORMUNEN ISBN 978-1-907704-57-4 | £18

BIG MOTHER 2

SAM VANALLEMEERSCH ISBN 978-1-907704-29-1 | £18

BIG MOTHER 4

RAYMON LEMSTRA ISBN 978-1-907704-77-2 | £18

BIRCHFIELD CLOSE

JOHN MCNAUGHT ISBN 978-0-956213-57-0 | £9

DESTINATION CURVEBALL X

JEREMY JOHN MARTZ SORESE ISBN ISBN978-1-910620-05-2 978-1-907704-68-0| |£18.99 £9.99

CRAMOND ISLAND

IRKUS M.ZEBERIO ISBN 978-1-907704-28-4 | £8.50

ADVENTURES OF A JAPANESE BUSSINESS MAN

JOSÉ DOMINGO ISBN 978-1-907704-53-6 | £19

QUODLIBET

SEBASTIEN GIEVERT & KATJA SPITZER ISBN 978-1-907704-21-5 | £15

MOONHEAD

ANDREW RAE ISBN 978-1-907704-78-9 | £15.99

THE BURGERMAT SHOW

VARIOUS ARTISTS ISBN 978-1-907704-69-7 | £17.99

THE SPECTATORS

VICTOR HUSSENOT ISBN 978-1-907704-75-8 | £14.99

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