Best of
Graphica

2009

NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom, Vol. 6


Kazunari Kakei - 2009
    The Truth About the Dark LiegeHaving survived their battle with the Resistance leader, Nora and Kazuma learn about the history of Cerberus and the Dark Liege's previous incarnations. In doing so, they discover the pivotal role Nora must play in the balance of the Human and Demon Worlds...and the reason Kazuma was chosen to work with Nora.

NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom, Vol. 7


Kazunari Kakei - 2009
    R to L (Japanese Style). "Hope and Desire" The Resistance, led by Fall, begins its siege on the Dark Liege's headquarters. Due to the immense power Fall gained in his encounter with the previous Cerberus, the Dark Liege faces a tough battle indeed...and as Nora and Kazuma rush to aid her, each must struggle with his own inevitable role in destiny. Nora, an unruly demon, has defied his superiors one too many times. For the sake of his "education," Nora is sent to live among mortals and enters a bond of servitude with cool-as-ice star student Kazuma Makkari. Kazuma is about to learn the ways of the underworld...and Nora will learn more from the "real world" than he ever thought possible!

NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom, Vol. 5


Kazunari Kakei - 2009
    Destiny Kazuma returns after two months looking older and wiser. In exchange for five years of his life, Kazuma has been granted the ability to use the power that permeates his body as a weapon! So Nora can use magic attacks again...but will that be enough to defeat the leader of the Resistance?

NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom, Vol. 8


Kazunari Kakei - 2009
    R to L (Japanese Style). "The Shout of the Soul" At long last, Nora and Kazuma face Fall in a final battle. But not only is Fall overwhelmingly powerful, he surprises our heroes by taking the battle to the Human World! Will changing into Cerberus give Nora the power he needs to face Fall's true form and stop the demonic invasion of Earth, or will Kazuma be forced to make a brutal sacrifice? Nora, an unruly demon, has defied his superiors one too many times. For the sake of his "education," Nora is sent to live among mortals and enters a bond of servitude with cool-as-ice star student Kazuma Makkari. Kazuma is about to learn the ways of the underworld...and Nora will learn more from the "real world" than he ever thought possible!

NORA: The Last Chronicle of Devildom, Vol. 3


Kazunari Kakei - 2009
    For the sake of his "education," Nora is sent to live among mortals and enters a bond of servitude with cool-as-ice star student Kazuma Makkari. Kazuma is about to learn the ways of the underworld...and Nora will learn more from the "real world" than he ever thought possible!The Soul StonesNora and Kazuma learn that the Resistance is out to defeat Dark Liege by destroying her five Soul Stones: jewels from the Demon World that have made their way to the Human World. Nora soon discovers he has a special ability to detect these gems...but he's not the only one!

Deathreats: The Life and Times of a Comic Book Rock Star


Drew Hayes - 2009
    'Deathreats' provides an intimate look inside the mind of Drew Hayes, one of the comic book world's most controversial and colorful celebrities.

Back + Forth: A Novel in 90 Linocuts


Marta Chudolinska - 2009
    Aviation allows many of us to live, almost simultaneously, in distant places and to indulge in the complexities of multiple lives. Back + Forth examines the attendant possibility of entrapment, between two such distant places and two, very different, times. Back + Forth examines what it means to belong, to assimilate, to be distant, and to challenge the constraints of time and space in the juggling act that we all call life.The second in a series of graphic novels edited for the Porcupine's Quill by wood engraver George A. Walker in which Walker encourages students at the Ontario College of Art and Design to embrace 19th century linocut printmaking techniques to create extended visual narratives which are then scanned, digitized, and subsequently printed offset for publication at popular prices in a format that uses 20th century offset printing technology to replicate the look and feel of a 19th century letterpress product. Series editor George A. Walker is renowned as an illustrator (for American novelist Neil Gaiman, and others), a wood engraver, and a private press printer and publisher. Walker is also senior designer at Firefly Books, and moonlights teaching at the Ontario College of Art and Design.

10 Inventors Who Changed the World


Clive Gifford - 2009
    10 Inventors Who Changed the World by Clive Gifford is look at 10 discoverers, beginning with Archimedes of Greece and ending with Sergey Korolyev, each scientist's biography is linked with another based on influences, events, and geography. By uncovering these unique and often overlooked connections, science history emerges as a chain of pattern and relationships, and readers will understand how these ten inventors shaped the course of human civilization.

Chunchu: The Genocide Fiend: Volume 4


Kim Sung-Jae - 2009
    Tracked by bounty hunters, thugs, and his own comrades, Chunchu's journey is a difficult one at best - one driven by revenge and powered by the demon stone imbedded in his chest. After a bloody confrontation with a mysterious sword master, Chunchu has diminished his friend count and has made some new enemies. Meanwhile, Wollpaso's forces begin to unfold a new plot to take control of the land and vanquish their enemy's clan.