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"Registry of Death" by Matt Coyle and Peter Lamb

Introduction by Poppy Z. Brite

$15.00

 

Condition: NM

Paperback: 56 pages

Publisher: Kitchen Sink Press (June 1996)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0878164480

ISBN-13: 978-0878164486

 

Matt Coyle (born 1971) in Nantwich, United Kingdom, is an Australian artist and graphic novelist.

 

He has published two graphic novels, Registry of Death (1996) which he co-authored with Peter Lamb, and Worry Doll (2007) .

 

Coyle's work has a hyper-reality to it which is achieved with fine-tip black Artline pens. An article in The Telegraph (UK) quotes him as saying; "I draw like this because I love the initial feel of realism, then the unease, or the uncanny feeling that it's not real. I am never bored with drawing like this. Lines are beautiful things, and it's a constant battle for perfection."

 

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Lloyd Llewellyn #1, NM-

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Lloyd Llewellyn (sometimes abbreviated LLLL) is a comic book by Daniel Clowes. The black-and-white series, published by Fantagraphics Books, ran for 6 issues published from April 1986 to June 1987. A final "special" issue was published in December 1988.

 

The series' titular character is a detective who has humorous adventures inspired by film noir and stereotypical 1950s lounge culture. Llewellyn has a sidekick who goes by the name of Ernie Hoyle. The series' police sergeant is called "Red" Hoerring. The series' visual style is influenced by lowbrow art.

 

The story "The Nightmare" from Lloyd Llewellyn #6 foreshadowed the approach of Clowes's next comic, Eightball, by breaking the conventions of the series' crime setting and turning to social satire. Also in that issue, the author announces:

 

... And who knows ... somewhere along that lonesome road we might see a new LLLL mag with a brand new format so dazzling, so breathtaking, so monumentally fantastic that I haven't even thought of it yet!

 

Early issues of Eightball included several additional Lloyd Llewellyn episodes. The character also made various cameo appearances in other Eightball stories.

 

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Lloyd Llewellyn #2, NM-

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Lloyd Llewellyn (sometimes abbreviated LLLL) is a comic book by Daniel Clowes. The black-and-white series, published by Fantagraphics Books, ran for 6 issues published from April 1986 to June 1987. A final "special" issue was published in December 1988.

 

The series' titular character is a detective who has humorous adventures inspired by film noir and stereotypical 1950s lounge culture. Llewellyn has a sidekick who goes by the name of Ernie Hoyle. The series' police sergeant is called "Red" Hoerring. The series' visual style is influenced by lowbrow art.

 

The story "The Nightmare" from Lloyd Llewellyn #6 foreshadowed the approach of Clowes's next comic, Eightball, by breaking the conventions of the series' crime setting and turning to social satire. Also in that issue, the author announces:

 

... And who knows ... somewhere along that lonesome road we might see a new LLLL mag with a brand new format so dazzling, so breathtaking, so monumentally fantastic that I haven't even thought of it yet!

 

Early issues of Eightball included several additional Lloyd Llewellyn episodes. The character also made various cameo appearances in other Eightball stories.

 

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Lloyd Llewellyn #3, NM-

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Lloyd Llewellyn (sometimes abbreviated LLLL) is a comic book by Daniel Clowes. The black-and-white series, published by Fantagraphics Books, ran for 6 issues published from April 1986 to June 1987. A final "special" issue was published in December 1988.

 

The series' titular character is a detective who has humorous adventures inspired by film noir and stereotypical 1950s lounge culture. Llewellyn has a sidekick who goes by the name of Ernie Hoyle. The series' police sergeant is called "Red" Hoerring. The series' visual style is influenced by lowbrow art.

 

The story "The Nightmare" from Lloyd Llewellyn #6 foreshadowed the approach of Clowes's next comic, Eightball, by breaking the conventions of the series' crime setting and turning to social satire. Also in that issue, the author announces:

 

... And who knows ... somewhere along that lonesome road we might see a new LLLL mag with a brand new format so dazzling, so breathtaking, so monumentally fantastic that I haven't even thought of it yet!

 

Early issues of Eightball included several additional Lloyd Llewellyn episodes. The character also made various cameo appearances in other Eightball stories.

 

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Lloyd Llewellyn #4, NM-

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Lloyd Llewellyn (sometimes abbreviated LLLL) is a comic book by Daniel Clowes. The black-and-white series, published by Fantagraphics Books, ran for 6 issues published from April 1986 to June 1987. A final "special" issue was published in December 1988.

 

The series' titular character is a detective who has humorous adventures inspired by film noir and stereotypical 1950s lounge culture. Llewellyn has a sidekick who goes by the name of Ernie Hoyle. The series' police sergeant is called "Red" Hoerring. The series' visual style is influenced by lowbrow art.

 

The story "The Nightmare" from Lloyd Llewellyn #6 foreshadowed the approach of Clowes's next comic, Eightball, by breaking the conventions of the series' crime setting and turning to social satire. Also in that issue, the author announces:

 

... And who knows ... somewhere along that lonesome road we might see a new LLLL mag with a brand new format so dazzling, so breathtaking, so monumentally fantastic that I haven't even thought of it yet!

 

Early issues of Eightball included several additional Lloyd Llewellyn episodes. The character also made various cameo appearances in other Eightball stories.

 

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Neat Stuff #2, (First Printing) FN- (looks like a drop of water was spilled on the cover in the title)

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Neat Stuff is Peter Bagge's one-man comics anthology (there would be many more) was first published by Fantagraphics in 1985.

 

Girly Girl - a grinning, leering, rambunctious young troublemaker who found humour in dead animals, festering sores and clobbering child psychologists with baseball bats. True to form, her first strip appearance ended with her being squashed underfoot by her unseen "biggest fan".

 

Studs Kirby - a ranting, bullet-headed, reactionary talk radio presenter who lives in the past (his favourite singers are Brenda Lee and Doris Day), gets drunk a lot, bends the ears of his friends with his ill-informed, prejudiced opinions and begins an escalating hate campaign against his former hero, fellow talk show host Mel Pratt, which becomes an all-out ego war.

 

Junior - a hulking, gormless (British slang meaning to have a vague and stupid demeanour), lantern-jawed social inadequate in a horrible plaid suit who still lives with his doting mother and seems terrified of the outside world.

 

The Goon On The Moon - as his name suggests, a friendless loser who lives on the moon.

 

Chuckie-boy - Girly Girl's brother or best friend (their respective roles are never clearly defined) and the target for most of her bizarre, violent slapstick pranks.

 

Chet and Bunny Leeway - a young couple who seem increasingly dissatisfied with their tedious lives and isolated from the world around them.

 

The Bradleys - a spoof on dysfunctional families, apparently based on Bagge's own family. Brad Bradley, the father, is an overweight, perpetually complaining slob and Betty Bradley, the mother, is a God-fearing, occasionally foul-tempered 'woman of the eighties', whilst their children, Butch (a gullible, war-mad pre-teen), Babs (a plain, self-absorbed teenage girl with retainers on her teeth) and Buddy (a retro music-loving slacker) alternate between fighting each other and their own parents. After Neat Stuff ended, Hate became the continuation of this story line.

 

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Kid Anarchy #1, VF+ (erasable dirt on spine. use Wonder Bread)

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Kid Anarchy was a three-issue comic book series written and illustrated by George Cole and Mike McCarthy, and published by Fantagraphics Books between 1991 and 1992. Set in the Deep South in the fictitious small town of Yamston around the year 1981, it centers around the title character Tommy "Kid Anarchy" Delaney and his tight-knit group of friends.

 

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Kid Anarchy #2, VF+ (erasable dirt on spine. use Wonder Bread)

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Kid Anarchy was a three-issue comic book series written and illustrated by George Cole and Mike McCarthy, and published by Fantagraphics Books between 1991 and 1992. Set in the Deep South in the fictitious small town of Yamston around the year 1981, it centers around the title character Tommy "Kid Anarchy" Delaney and his tight-knit group of friends.

 

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Brain Capers #1, VF+ (erasable dirt on spine. use Wonder Bread)

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In 1993, Fantagraphics published Mario Hernandez's, (Love and Rockets) one-shot comic Brain Capers, featuring non-Love & Rockets work.

 

FYI - Brain Capers is the fourth album by the band Mott the Hoople.

It was originally released in November 1971 in the UK by Island Records.

 

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The Acid Bath Case, VF-, Kitchen Sink Press, 1992

Graphic novel by Stephen Walsh & Kellie Strom

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In post-WWII America, the populace seeks "the good life" with soon-to-become-standard novelties such as television, 3D movies, and sports hero worship. In the story, set during this time, a monstrous serial killer’s heinous acts hold a fearful nation captive to his madness. The murderous spree continues in the tough city safeguarded by hardboiled Detective Nat Slammer.

 

Artist Kellie Strom’s adept use of shaded images reproduces Slammer’s black-and-white perception of the world. Shades of gray do not exist and do not have substance. Slammer endures corruption, cover-ups, indifferences, a bad diet, and revolting crime scenes on his unholy quest. What he ultimately discovers will shock you, horrify you, and maybe even amuse you.

 

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The Boy Who Made Silence #1, NM, Markosia, 2008

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Written and drawn by Joshua Hagler: March 2006 Xeric grant winner ($21,406)

 

Cartoonists (and their work) awarded a grant from the Xeric Foundation allow them to self-publish their comics. The awards are broken down by year and grant cycle (March and September).

 

The Foundation tends to support work of an alternative or non-"mainstream" nature, reasoning that if a comic has strong commercial appeal, it would be picked up by one of the major publishers. Therefore, it is an extremely valuable supporter of "art for art's sake" comics, and has helped launch the careers of a number of "literary" cartoonists.

 

Deaf child Nestor Gudfred inexplicably creates utter silence around him, which compels the people near him into each other's pasts and memories. As his religious rural community looks to him as a prophet, the story follows Nestor and a diverse cast of richly imagined characters as he comes of age, falls in love, and begins a search for his father.

 

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The Boy Who Made Silence #2, NM, Markosia, 2008

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Written and drawn by Joshua Hagler: March 2006 Xeric grant winner ($21,406)

 

Cartoonists (and their work) awarded a grant from the Xeric Foundation allow them to self-publish their comics. The awards are broken down by year and grant cycle (March and September).

 

The Foundation tends to support work of an alternative or non-"mainstream" nature, reasoning that if a comic has strong commercial appeal, it would be picked up by one of the major publishers. Therefore, it is an extremely valuable supporter of "art for art's sake" comics, and has helped launch the careers of a number of "literary" cartoonists.

 

Deaf child Nestor Gudfred inexplicably creates utter silence around him, which compels the people near him into each other's pasts and memories. As his religious rural community looks to him as a prophet, the story follows Nestor and a diverse cast of richly imagined characters as he comes of age, falls in love, and begins a search for his father.

 

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The Towers of Bois-Maury: Babette (Vol. 1) NM, Published in English by Titan Books, 1984

 

Hermann Huppen (born July 17, 1938) is a Belgian comic book artist. He is better known under his pen-name Hermann. He is most famous for his post-apocalyptic comic Jeremiah which was made into a television series.

 

Set in 11th century Europe, Les Tours de Bois-Maury concerns the efforts of the wandering noble Sir Aymar de Bois-Maury, knight, to reclaim his ancestral home, Bois-Maury. Less focused on action that the other series of Hermann (like Jeremiah), Les Tours de Bois-Maury deals more with human thoughts and considerations.

 

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Confessions of a Cereal Eater, NM (Hardback with dustjacket)

Nantier Beall Minoustchine (NBM) Publishing, 1995

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-script by Rob Maisch, Art by Scott Hampton, Rand Holmes, Sandy Plunkett and Bo Hampton

 

Four episodes of Maisch's autobiography-driven stories collected in one volume.

[it's funny/humorous.]

 

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