"In 1938, Lily Renée Wilheim is a 14-year-old Jewish girl living in Vienna. Her days are filled with art and ballet. Then the Nazis march into Austria, and Lily's life is shattered overnight. Suddenly, her own country is no longer safe for her or her family. To survive, Lily leaves her parents behind and travels alone to England. Escaping the Nazis is only the start of Lily's journey. She must escape many more times―from servitude, h ..."
"Hermes Press is coming to slay the fashion industry- with some HERstory! Gladys Parker: A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion explores the history behind Mopsy and her creator Gladys Parker! This beautiful book will also provide a rarely seen collection of Mopsy stories and many of Parker’s earlier strips. Cartoonist Gladys Parker was unique in comics. As with Frida Kahlo, it was impossible to tell where her art left off and its cr ..."
"We're fighting back as best we can, with pens and brushes, paper and ink, and have produced a pro-choice anthology: Won't Back Down, featuring the work of over 30 artists, writers, inkers, and colorists, and we're giving the profits to ..."
"Discover the brilliant life Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman to earn a medical degree in the United States, in this powerful graphic novel. With comic book-style illustrations and short, engaging sentences, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. This must-have graphic novel includes a bibliography, extended reading list, glossary, and furth ..."
Tomorrow's Heirlooms(1st Edition) Women's Fashions of the '60s & '70s (Schiffer Book for Collectors) by TrinaRobbins Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 1997 by Schiffer Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-7643-0354-8, ISBN: 0-7643-0354-6
"Polyester's popularity in the 1960s and 1970s ushered in distinctive new styles in colorful print designs. Enthusiastic descriptions are given for hundreds of cheerful dresses, jumpsuits, bellbottoms, hotpants, and disco clothes. The social issues of the times are described to help interpret the moods that helped to popularize these new styles. You will delight in the variety displayed, from the pretty and conservative designs of the ea ..."
""Delighted at your continuing Neil the Horse efforts . . . and I'm particularly enthusiastic about your continuing probe of the medium. I welcome you as a fellow explorer." --Will EisnerNeil the Horse ran for fifteen issues in the 1980s. With its tagline, "Making the World Safe for Musical Comedy," it is the world's only musical comic book. It is a totally original hybrid influenced more by Carl Barks and Fred Astaire than by the underg ..."
"* During the Golden Age of comics, publishers offered titles supporting the war effort - presenting fighting men and their feminine counterparts - babes in arms! Comic books during this period featured US service-women fighting all of the axis bad guys and gave several of the most noteworthy women artists of the era opportunities to create action-packed, adventure-filled, four-color stories. * Now for the first time renowned pop-culture ..."
"A talented young actress becomes fatally ensnared in London's mysterious and glittery drug culture of the early 20th century. Trina Robbins' brilliant graphic novel adaptation of Sax Rohmer's sensational 1919 novel, Dope, is consdered by many (including Trina herself) to be her best work ever as an illustrator. Inspired by true events, Dope was both the first novel to speak openly about the world's international drug trade and the first ..."
Forbidden City The Golden Age of Chinese Nightclubs (The Hampton Press Communication Series) by TrinaRobbins Paperback, 156 Pages, Published 2009 by Hampton Press Inc ISBN-13: 978-1-57273-947-5, ISBN: 1-57273-947-9
"From the late 1930's to the early 1960's, Chinese nightclubs fourished in San Francisco's Chinatown. They were the first, and in those days the only venues for talented Asians who sang or danced professionally. Asian entertainers came from everywhere to perform in Chinatown, and they all found a home in the Chinese Nightclubs. For publicity purposes, many of the entertainers were compared to famous Caucasian stars. They were billed as " ..."
"Aspiring comic book artist Morning Glory Conroy already has too much to juggle at her San Francisco high school--mean girls, inconsiderate cliques, wannabe gangbangers--without the complication of falling for new student Gabriel. Glory's best friend, Julia, was interested in him first, and if it weren't for Julia's deteriorating home life, Glory wouldn't have had a chance to get Gabriel to herself. But does he count as a real boyfriend ..."
The Big Flush Book 4 (Chicagoland Detective Agency) by TrinaRobbins, Tyler Page Paperback, 64 Pages, Published 2012 by Graphic Universe ISBN-13: 978-0-8225-9161-0, ISBN: 0-8225-9161-8
"Nevermore to be Chicagoland detective, My teen heart broken! --Megan Yamamura, poet with three strikes The Chicagoland Detective Agency won't be the same without her. --Raf Hernandez, haunted genius Holy Simoleons! We need a dame s touch. --Bradley, good boy FLOOSH --john, appliance Poor Megan--history's repeating itself. She's been booted from Stepford Prep, and her father is sending her to visit Pine Lake Academy . . . a boarding scho ..."
"Yes, Chicagoland is an odd place. But the word is out that Megan, Raf, and Raf's talking dog Bradley are the team to go to when weirder things than usual start happening. Their Chicagoland Detective Agency takes danger in hand (and paw) to find a mysteriously missing puppy and an even more mysterious pack of dogs that only shows up once a month. Bradley's nose knows from the start that this is more than a simple case of stray pets...an ..."
"In 1938, Lily Renée Wilheim is a 14-year-old Jewish girl living in Vienna. Her days are filled with art and ballet. Then the Nazis march into Austria, and Lily's life is shattered overnight. Suddenly, her own country is no longer safe for her or her family. To survive, Lily leaves her parents behind and travels alone to England. Escaping the Nazis is only the start of Lily's journey. She must escape many more times--from servitude, hard ..."
The Drained Brains Caper Book 1 (Chicagoland Detective Agency) by TrinaRobbins, Tyler Page Paperback, 60 Pages, Published 2010 by Graphic Universe ISBN-13: 978-0-7613-5635-6, ISBN: 0-7613-5635-5
"Raf knows Megan is trouble from the moment she steps into his mom's pet food store asking for a tarantula. But there's one thing you can count on in Chicagoland: weird things happen several times a day. Megan is a vegetarian, manga-reading haiku writer. She definitely doesn't fit in at Stepford Academy, her new summer school. The other students are happy to be in class. Too happy. And everyone looks and acts exactly alike. That's weird ..."
Freedom Songs A Tale of the Underground Railroad (Historical Fiction) by TrinaRobbins, Jason Millet Library, 56 Pages, Published 2008 by Stone Arch Books ISBN-13: 978-1-4342-0445-5, ISBN: 1-4342-0445-6
"Fourteen-year-old Sarah is a slave in Maryland during the 1850s. She knows her only chance at freedom is to head North, where slavery is illegal. To get there, though, Sarah needs help from members of the Underground Railroad. But who can she trust?"
"The art and commentary of Nell Brinkley (1886-1944) ran in American newspapers from 1907 through the 1930s. At the height of her popularity, "The Brinkley Girl" appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and inspired poems and popular songs. Brinkley's name even sold hair curlers, and her delicate pen work influenced later women cartoonists. As early as 1913, Brinkley was drawing working women, from farm and factory workers to those pursuing care ..."
Florence Nightingale(1st Edition) Lady with the Lamp (Graphic Biographies) by TrinaRobbins, Anne Timmons Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2007 by Capstone Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7368-7902-6, ISBN: 0-7368-7902-1
Bessie Coleman(1st Edition) Daring Stunt Pilot (Graphic Biographies) by TrinaRobbins, Ken Steacy Paperback, 32 Pages, Published 2007 by Capstone Press ISBN-13: 978-0-7368-7903-3, ISBN: 0-7368-7903-X
"In this compelling graphic novel, follow the amazing life of Bessie Coleman, who became the first African American woman to earn a pilot's license. With comic book-style illustrations and engaging, easy-to-read text, this biography will inspire, entertain, and inform young readers about an individual who made a significant contribution to society. An additional information section provides key facts and further understanding, making thi ..."
"Two feature-length stories in one volume! Video games can get too realistic, as the flying teenager, Go Girl! discovers in "Prisoners of the Machine," when she and her friends find themselves trapped inside a computer, menaced by giant anime-robots! And in "Double Trouble," Go Girl!'s arch-enemies create a robot that looks just like her, except that it has the mind of a master criminal! How can our heroine convince the cops that she di ..."