"One day Nathan comes over with two goldfish named Sawney and Beaney. "I'll swap you them," says the little boy of the house. "What for?" asks Nathan. As it turns out, Nathan doesn't want anything that the boy and his little sister suggest for trading... not an old spaceship or even Clownie the clown. Finally, the boy has an idea, the kind of idea (like discovering "electricity or fire or outer space or something") that changes ..."
The Graveyard Book(1st Edition) A Novel by Neil Gaiman, DaveMckean Paperback, 320 Pages, Published 2011 by William Morrow Paperbacks ISBN-13: 978-0-06-208155-1, ISBN: 0-06-208155-1
"Broschiertes Buch"Wistful, witty, and wise--and creepy. . . . Closer in tone to "American Gods "than to "Coraline," but permeated with Bod's innocence, this needs to be read by anyone who is or has ever been a child." --"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review) By turns macabre, uplifting, sinister, and heartwarming, Neil Gaiman's #1 national bestseller is an ingenious reimagining of Rudyard Kipling's classic adventure "The Jungle Book." Called ..."
"Before The Sandman, there was Violent Cases, the first teaming of multi award-winning writer Neil Gaiman and innovative artist Dave McKean. Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of this seminal work, Violent Cases is being re-issued in a hardcover edition of one of the most influential and groundbreaking graphic novels of all time. A sensitive and ingenious work, Violent Cases reveals the often murky nexus between memory and imaginatio ..."
"Mesopotamian Blue cat, Varjak Paw, has never been Outside before; he and his family have always lived in the isolated house at the top of the hill. But Varjak is forced out into the city when the sinister Gentleman and his two menacing cats take over his home. With help from his mystical ancestor, Jalal, Varjak manages to overcome challenges such as self-survival and a threat from the gangland cats, and he ultimately discovers the terri ..."
The Savage(1st Edition) by David Almond, DaveMckean Hardcover, 79 Pages, Published 2008 by Candlewick ISBN-13: 978-0-7636-3932-7, ISBN: 0-7636-3932-X
"Mysterious and utterly mesmerizing, this graphic-novel-within-a-novel pairs the extraordinary prose of David Almond with the visual genius of Dave McKean.Blue Baker is writing a story — not all that stuff about wizards and fairies and happily ever after — a real story, about blood and guts and adventures, because that's what life's really like. At least it is for Blue, since his dad died and Hopper, the town bully, started knocking him ..."
The Magic of Reality How We Know What's Really True by Richard Dawkins, DaveMckean Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2011 by Bantam International Edition ISBN-13: 978-0-593-06612-6, ISBN: 0-593-06612-X
"What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night and day, winter and summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these. Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever told you that earthquakes are caused by a sneezi ..."
"In The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman has created a charming allegory of childhood. Although the book opens with a scary scene--a family is stabbed to death by "a man named Jack” --the story quickly moves into more child-friendly storytelling. The sole survivor of the attack--an 18-month-old baby--escapes his crib and his house, and toddles to a nearby graveyard. Quickly recognizing that the baby is orphaned, the graveyard's ghostly resid ..."
"Truth be told, Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean's picture book The Wolves in the Walls is terrifying. Sure, the story is fairytale-like and presented in a jaunty, casually nonsensical way, but it is absolutely the stuff of nightmares. Lucy hears wolves hustling, bustling, crinkling, and crackling in the walls of the old house where her family lives, but no one believes her. Her mother says it's mice, her brother says bats, and he ..."
Wizard and Glass(1st Edition) Dark Tower IV by Stephen King, DaveMckean Paperback, 752 Pages, Published 2002 by Signet ISBN-13: 978-0-451-19486-2, ISBN: 0-451-19486-1
"Glas, der vierte Band in Stephen Kings packender Reihe Der dunkle Turm, ist ein Science-Fiction- und Abenteuer-Roman, in den eine doppelt so lange postapokalyptische Western-Love-Story eingeflochten ist. Gleich zu Anfang begegnen wir wieder dem mittlerweile etwas in die Jahre gekommenen Revolvermann Roland, der Hauptfigur der gesamten Reihe, und seinen weltenbummelnden Weggefährten (ein Ex-Junkie, ein Kind, eine wagemutige Rollstuhlfahr ..."
"Written by Neil Gaiman; Art by Chris Bachalo, Mark Buckingham, and Dave McKean From the pages of Neil Gaiman's SANDMAN comes the young, pale, perky, and genuinely likable Death. One day in every century, Death walks the Earth to better understand those to whom she will be the final visitor. Today is that day. As a young mortal girl named Didi, Death befriends a teenager and helps a 250-year old homeless woman find her missing heart. W ..."
Batman(Updated) Arkham Asylum New Edition by Grant Morrison, DaveMckean Paperback, 232 Pages, Published 2020 by Dc Comics ISBN-13: 978-1-77950-433-3, ISBN: 1-77950-433-0
"Grant Morrison and Dave McKean's timeless, genre-bending tale BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM is brought back to its classic beauty in this New Edition!Batman faces his most dangerous foes and his inner demons in order to retake Arkham Asylum from the grips of The Joker, Poison Ivy, Two-Face and many more."
Absolute Batman Arkham Asylum (30th Anniversary Edition) by Grant Morrison, DaveMckean Hardcover, 248 Pages, Published 2019 by Dc Comics ISBN-13: 978-1-4012-9420-5, ISBN: 1-4012-9420-0
"Unlike any Batman book you've ever read. A pshycological horror masterpiece from the minds of Grant Morrison and Dave McKean now presented in a beautiful Absolute edition format.BATMAN CLASSIC, RESTORED TO IT'S ORIGINAL BEAUTY The lunatics take control of the asylum and the Dark Knight descends into this heart of madness alongside them in Batman: Arkham Asylum, one of the most successful graphic novels of all time. Written by legendary ..."
"Magic takes many forms. Supernatural magic is what our ancestors used in order to explain the world before they developed the scientific method. The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting the goddess Nut swallowed the sun. The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods’ bridge to earth. The Japanese used to explain earthquakes by conjuring a gigantic catfish that carried the world on its back—earthquakes occurred each time it ..."
Cages(1st Edition) by DaveMckean, Dark Horse Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 2010 by Dark Horse Books Bargain Price ISBN-13: 978-1-59582-316-8, ISBN: 1-59582-316-6
"Dave McKean's "Cages" returns in a beautiful remastered edition! Best known for his collaborations with Neil Gaiman, McKean defied expectations with his stunning debut as writer and artist in "Cages", winner of the Harvey Award for Best Graphic Album. Filled with complex characters, intriguing flights of fancy, and all the beautiful visuals you'd expect from the director of "MirrorMask", "Cages" is McKean's magnum opus. It chronicles th ..."
Coraline(Tie-In Edition) by Neil Gaiman, DaveMckean, 尼尔·盖曼 Paperback, 176 Pages, Published 2008 by Harper Entertainment ISBN-13: 978-0-06-164969-1, ISBN: 0-06-164969-4
"Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents he ..."
Coraline(Reprint) by Neil Gaiman, DaveMckean Paperback, 194 Pages, Published 2004 by Harpertrophy ISBN-13: 978-0-06-057591-5, ISBN: 0-06-057591-3
"Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents he ..."
"Coraline lives with her preoccupied parents in part of a huge old house--a house so huge that other people live in it, too... round, old former actresses Miss Spink and Miss Forcible and their aging Highland terriers ("We trod the boards, luvvy") and the mustachioed old man under the roof ("'The reason you cannot see the mouse circus,' said the man upstairs, 'is that the mice are not yet ready and rehearsed.'") Coraline contents he ..."
"Written for children and the young at heart, this is the unforgettable story that will take readers on a lavishly illustrated journey into the quirky mind of a young boy and the perils of striking a bargain. Full color."
"A dark and frightening fully painted novella, MR. PUNCH tells the tale of a young boy's loss of innocence results from a horrific confrontation with his past. Spending a summer at his grandfather's seaside arcade, a troubled adolescent harmlessly becomes involved with a mysterious Punch and Judy Man and a mermaid-portraying woman. But when the violent puppet show triggers buried memories of the boy's family, the lives of all become feve ..."
Celluloid HC(1st Edition) by DaveMckean, Kim Thompson Hardcover, 232 Pages, Published 2011 by Fantagraphics ISBN-13: 978-1-60699-440-5, ISBN: 1-60699-440-9
"Erotica for the mind and eye by a comics giant. A woman arrives at an apartment, but her partner can’t get away from work. She is disappointed and settles in for a night alone, but finds a film projector with a reel of film loaded. The film is scratched and blurry, but she can make out a couple making love. When the film burns out, a door is revealed which leads to a misty town square... and a series of fantastical sexual encounters. B ..."