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The
TALE of
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BAD RAT |
| by Bryan Talbot |
Full Color
Paperback: 136 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569710775 |
$14.95
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| Bryan Talbot
constructs a very special story in The Tale of One Bad Rat,
which immediately endears the reader to its hero. Helen Potter lived
a happy life until she got lost in a nightmare of sexual abuse. Now she's
traveling through urban and rural England, her own armored knight against
a world of personal demons, on a journey that is remarkably similar to
the one Beatrix Potter once took. It's a story of heroism and courage,
and of defeating the greatest enemy--the one which lives within each of
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inspirational story of young Helen Potter and her journey of healing won
numerous awards and unending acclaim for the British writer/artist... even
letters of commendation from Judy Taylor, the chair of the Beatrix Potter
Society. This book is yet another example of a touching story that transcends
the misperceptions that comics are disposable, juvenile pap.
From
Booklist , September 15, 1995
Unlike
most graphic novels, this powerful new effort is neither genre fiction
nor autobiographical, but a compelling tale of childhood sexual abuse and
recovery. Its heroine is teenager Helen Potter, who has run away from an
abusive father and whose path to recovery takes her from a squat in London
to refuge at an inn in the British countryside. Along the way, she meets
characters and situations that Talbot derives from the work of Helen's
namesake, Beatrix Potter, whose life he symbolically links to Helen's.
Talbot's vivid, realistic full-color illustration brilliantly evokes the
story's settings, yet even more effective are his compassionate characterizations.
Although Helen's eventual decision to take responsibility for her recovery
seems somewhat facile, her ultimate triumph is genuinely inspirational.
This graphic novel has the potential to affect a large audience, notably
including counselors and others who work with abuse survivors.
--Gordon
Flagg
Copyright
© 1995, American Library Association. All rights reserved.
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Another
Chance to Get It Right
A Children's Book for Adults |
| by Andrew H. Vachss & Selected Artists |
B&W
Paperback: 64 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569711151 |
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$9.95
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| Vachss places
you on a battlefield in Africa, your only living companion a boy patiently
waiting to be killed; on a rof of an old tenement building, strapped into
a renovated packing crate that's flying two children across the cosmos;
within the courtroom nightmare of an abused little girl; and once again
on the tightrope between adolescence and adulthood. And after all the stories
are told, he asks you to remember what children are--another chance for
our flawed species, another chance to get it right. |
The Clarion-Ledger
Some of the book's most
powerful thoughts are conveyed with words of quiet simplicity, beauty,
and grace ...
Joe R. Lansdale [The Bottoms]
This book is a collection
of some of the most beautiful prose I've ever read.
People magazine
[Another Chance to Get It
Right is] filled with a spirit of redemption ... another on-target hit...
The publisher, Dark Horse
Comics, Inc: http://www.dhorse.com
Biology does not make a
man a father, nor a woman a mother—we are what we do." That is the underlying
theme of the twelve short stories that comprise the graphic story album
Another Chance to Get It Right. Author Andrew Vachss places you on a battlefield
in Africa, your only living companion a boy patiently waiting to be killed;
and on the roof of an old tenement building, strapped into a renovated
packing crate that's flying two children across the cosmos; he walks you
through the courtroom nightmare of an abused little girl, and he sends
you once again across the tightrope between adolescence and adulthood.
And when the journey is ended, after all the stories are told, he asks
you to remember what children are: another chance for our flawed species.
Another chance to get it right.
Featuring illustrations by
Tim Bradstreet, Paul Chadwick, Geof Darrow, Rick Geary, Gary Gianni, Dave
Gibbons, and Warren Pleece.
About the Author
Andrew Vachss is an attorney
who specializes in juvenile justice. He's fought the battle against child
abuse in courtrooms across the country, in literally hundreds of cases.
Known for his hard-boiled crime novels, this illustrated story album is
the other side of the coin. With Another Chance, he's created something
that's more nurturing than combative; he's created a preventative medicine. |
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Hard
Looks
Adapted Stories
The Dark Horse Comics Collection |
| by Andrew Vachss |
Paperback: 240 pages
Dark Horse Comics
ISBN: 1569712093 |
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$17.95
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| The Chicago
Sun Times describes Andrew Vachss' stories as "hypnotically violent . .
. made up of equal parts of broken concrete block and razor wire." The
New York Times says, "Vachss seems bottomlessly knowledgeable about the
depth and variety of human twistedness." All of that depth and all of that
knowledge is displayed in Hard Looks, adapting Vachss' short stories to
the comic-book format. |
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the miniseries of the same title, this 240-page book includes the work
of Dave Gibbons, Joe R. Lansdale, Tim Bradstreet, David Lloyd, Charles
de Lint, Chris Warner, James O'Barr, James Colbert, Bruce Jones, Chet Williamson,
and many others. This isn't just a "hard look" at our human species, it's
a call to action against its predators . . . and a profound statement of
respect for those scar-carrying members of that vast tribe Vachss calls
the "Children of the Secret." Or, as The Washington Post Book World explains
it, "Vachss' stories don't feature pointless bloodshed. Instead, they burn
with righteous rage and transfer that rage to the reader."
About the Author
Andrew Vachss is the author
of the Burke series of novels [Flood, Dead and Gone], about a State-raised
abused child turned career criminal, now a man-for-hire and urban survivalist
whose only religion is revenge. He and his family-of-choice live below
the radar, emerging only to poach on "citizens" and predators alike. Vachss
is also an attorney whose clients are children. |
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