Best of
Sequential-Art

1984

'Toons for Our Times: A Bloom County Book of Heavy Meadow Rump 'n Roll


Berkeley Breathed - 1984
    

The Adventures of Tintin, Vol. 5: Land of Black Gold / Destination Moon / Explorers on the Moon


Hergé - 1984
    These full-color graphic novels broke new ground when they were first released and became the inspiration for countless modern-day comic artists.This repackaged hardcover volume contains 3 classic Tintin stories, including: Land of Black Gold, Destination Moon, and Explorers on the Moon.

Nahusha


Gayatri Madan Dutt - 1984
    Married to Ashokasundari, the beautiful daughter of Shiva and Parvati, he was elected to be the king of heaven and then his mortal mind succumbed to the sin of pride. The stories of Nahusha are taken from the Padma Purana and the Mahabharata.

The Parijata Tree


Anant Pai - 1984
    The princess Lakshmana is determined to marry Krishna. Her father must ensure that during the swayamwara only Krishna will win his daughter. Sage Narada provokes Satyabhama into agreeing to give him Krishna, unless she can find something heavier than him. But all her possessions together prove to be lighter than Krishna.

The New Teen Titans Omnibus, Vol. 2


Marv Wolfman - 1984
    Betrayal comes from one of their own when it's revealed that their teammate Terra is secretly working the Titans' deadly enemy Deathstroke.The New Teen Titans battle threats large and small in this massive hardcover collecting NEW TEEN TITANS #21-40, TALES OF THE NEW TEEN TITANS #41-44, NEW TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #1- 2, TALES OF THE NEW TEEN TITANS ANNUAL #3 and BATMAN AND THE OUTSIDERS #5.

Doonesbury Dossier: The Reagan Years


G.B. Trudeau - 1984
    An anthology containing over 500 daily Doonesbury cartoons and 80 Sunday strips on the subject of life under the Reagan administration.

Garfield: His 9 Lives


Jim DavisValette Hildebrand - 1984
    . . 9 times!Cave Cat—the first cat crawled out of the sea 10 million years ago. He was happy to be out of the water—until he met Big Bob!The Vikings—he was big, he was mean, he was a Viking. Garfield the Orange had looted a lot of cities, but none like St. Paul, Minnesota.Babes and Bullets—Sam Spayed wasn’t the best private investigator in the world, but he did have one terrific thing going for him—a secretary who made a great cup of coffee.The Exterminators—no mouse was safe from the exterminators. Catching mice was their life. It wasn’t a pretty job—especially the way they did it.Lab Animal—Specimen 19-GB was not happy at the prospect of being dissected, so he did something about it. What happened set the federal government on its ear.The Garden—life was a carefree romp among hovering harmonicas for Cloey and the orange kitten . . . until they confronted the crystal box.Primal Self—he was an ordinary house cat leading an ordinary existence. A shadowy memory from another time changed all that.Garfield—the marvelous cat we all know and love. This is his life in a nutshell.Space Cat—he was lost in space with a computer built by the lowest bidder. And, he was not about to let his life slip away that easily.

The Files of Ms. Tree, Volume One: I, For An Eye and Death Do Us Part


Max Allan Collins - 1984
    Tree's Thrilling Detective Stories #1-3).

And the Beagles and the Bunnies Shall Lie Down Together: The Theology in Peanuts


Charles M. Schulz - 1984
    

Isabelle


Jean-Claude Servais - 1984
    Love and PoetryBased on the popular songs of the Haut Moyen Age, the story of Isabelle illustrates one of the major themes of the time: The pure, innocent -- and impossible -- love between a musician and the daughter of a Lord.The story itself is also a song, the musicality that runs through the narrative, in the harmony of colors and tunes that punctuate the text.Finally, the story of Jean-Claude Servais is, according to the wishes of the author, presented at the end by Julos Beaucarne, musician of the twentieth century.