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Out: 17th April 2014

A tragicomic tale of love, heartbreak, and tobacco

The Cigar that Fell in Love with a Pipe

David Camus

Following the release of his latest movie, Orson Welles - renowned director and smoking aficionado - receives a celebratory box of cigars. As he indulges his habit, Welles comes to realise exactly what he's smoking: the final creations of Conchita Marquez, Cuba's finest cigar roller. Ranging from the heyday of the cigar industry to the glamorous heights of Hollywood's Golden Age, The Cigar that Fell in Love with a Pipe inventively combines romance, history, imagination and nicotine to ask the burning question: can love triumph over adversity, or does it all go up in smoke?

Out: 11th April 2014

A powerful portrait of prizefighter Harry Haft

The Boxer

Reinhard Kleist

Poland, 1941. Sixteen-year-old Harry Haft is sent to Auschwitz. When he is forced to fight against other inmates for the amusement of the SS officers, Haft shows extraordinary strength and courage, and a determination to survive. As the Soviet Army advances in April 1945, he makes a daring escape from the death march. After the war, having escaped the Nazis, Haft again puts his strength to good use, establishing a career as a prize fighter in the USA. In 'The Boxer', Reinhard Kleist reveals another side to the steely Harry Haft: a man struggling to escape the memories of the fiancée he left behind in Poland. This is a powerful graphic novel about love and the will to survive.

Original Fiction

Stunning contemporary fiction by authors and artists from across the globe

 
Black Paths
Chico & Rita
Hairshirt
Pachyderme
Rebetiko
Sandcastle
The Cigar that Fell in Love with a Pipe
The Nao of Brown
The Park
When David Lost His Voice
 

Non-fiction

Ground-breaking non-fiction – memoir, history and reportage – from some of the world’s finest creators

 
“

This timely, beautifully drawn account provides a wonderfully involving history lesson

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— Comic Book Resources
 
A Chinese Life
Best of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations
We Wont See Auschwitz
 

Eye Classics

The world's best graphic novelists reimagine the classics, from Tristram Shandy to Pride and Prejudice

 
“
Every page is both extraordinary, and extraordinarily beautiful, and I urge you to go out and buy it.
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— The Observer, Graphic Novel of the Month
 
The Castle
The Complete Don Quixote
 

Graphic Biography

Graphic novel biographies of some of the world’s most intriguing characters, from Castro to Johnny Cash

 
“
Way beyond any stereotypes people may have about comics and graphic novels
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— The Independent
 
Hellraisers
KIKI de Montparnasse
The Boxer
 

Sci-Fi & Horror

Award-winning science fiction and horror from British and international creators

 
“
a perfect introduction to the writer's eldritch work, and an unspeakable delight for longtime fans
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— David McComb, Bizarre
 
Aama Vol. 1
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
The Lovecraft Anthology — Volume I
The Lovecraft Anthology — Volume II
The Shadow Out of Time
 

Humour

Quirky comic-strip humour from talented graphic artists

 
“

dirty-minded, potty-mouthed, thong-flaunting...Posy Simmonds

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— The Glasgow Herald
 
But I Really Wanted To Be An Anthropologist
The (True!) History of Art