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Chris Reynolds ist der Autor der berühmten Graphic Novel "The New World", herausgegeben und gestaltet vom gefeierten kanadischen Karikaturisten Seth. Chris' Comics gehören zu den geheimnisvollsten Storys, die je zu Papier gebracht geworden sind. "Seefestung" und "Seefestung 2" sind nun seine ersten deutschen Comics - und erscheinen zuerst in deutscher Sprache!

Dream stories from Prowl Car International. We look at a map, then at the city, then we move onward. We continue, driving, discovering a bowery. Still at the northern end we discuss an inland harbour, and encounter a flat river junction. We see Jane in the park, and think about dredging. Then we encounter ghosts, then Medusa, until we are aboard the actual ghost ship. We discuss sea safety and meet the Martell company. We arrive and float, meet the blind and see what's outstanding, before we finally achieve our rewards.

Prowl Car: Secret Agents. A whole Government Department goes missing. What has become of the new I.R.C. anti-crime unit? Then we see Electronic Arts of the Prowl Car, more dreams of strange friends, ghosts, and of cruising the highways... Chris Reynolds is one of the leading international graphic novelists. His books have been published by Penguin and the New York Review of Books. His work has been translated into Italian, French and Spanish and reviewed by newspapers internationally, including The Guardian, TLS, New Statesman, Boston Globe, and most recently on the release of Italian and French editions of his work in La Stampa, Il Manifesto, La Repubblica and Le Monde. He has lectured at Leeds, Bologna and Turin. Chris' most well-known book is The New World, an adaptation of which is being prepared for TV. The French edition of The New World, MAURETANIA Une traversée, was one of the Selected Books at the 2021 Angouleme comics festival.

The best detectives in Birmingham put their skills to the test in two thrilling cases from the creator of Mauretania Comics and The New World.In "Steel Toecaps" Rosa finds that helping out her uncle leads to a whole lot of mayhem and mystery, while in "Gut Romance" the Cinema Detectives discuss WiFi - among other things... THE CINEMA DETECTIVESROSA PLECK is a native daughter of Birmingham, UK. She joined "Prime Services", also known as the "Cinema Detectives" agency, straight out of school.KEN PRIME used to be a typical West Midlands businessman, but since he quit sales and took up detecting, his life has taken a crazier turn. WHY "CINEMA DETECTIVES"?Because of Ken Prime's best business idea: Why not make a series of films based on his most amazing cases?

THE BIGGEST CINEMA DETECTIVES THRILLER OF THE YEAR________________________ A desperate government clings to power; following international condemnation and a newly-independent Scotland, they are building "People's Palaces" all over England to make it seem that the country still has strength. But the civil engineering consortia tasked to build these palaces are now so suspicious of the government that they will only accept payment in Gold.Against this background, Rosa Pleck and Ken Prime of the "Cinema Detectives" are roped in by the police to support the delivery of the latest gold shipment to pay for the new Birmingham "People's Palace".The day of the gold delivery arrives. The plane carrying the gold touches down...And then...________________________WHAT THE NEWSPAPERS ARE SAYING ABOUT CHRIS REYNOLDS: "To call Reynolds' comics black and white isn't quite to do them justice; they're more like black and white and black - and it's in that extra layer of darkness that his genius may be found." - Rachel Cooke - Guardian"It's all very strange and puzzling but bizarrely compelling. Reynolds' stark black and white frames stop you in your tracks. Time and again you find yourself thinking: just what is it exactly that I'm looking at?" - Bookmunch"The stories are easy to consume but are tantalizingly difficult to characterize." - The Paris Review"It is easy, if a little glib, to situate Reynolds' work in the canon of what we might call paranoiac modernism: there's a pinch of David Lynch in it, a spoonful of Edward Hopper, a dash of Ballard, Kafka, and Bruno Schulz. Characters' memories and identities splinter, or elide." - Keith Miller - TLS"Expect the black and white artwork to suck you into a parallel world that is stripped down to dichotomies and ideals, and the dialogue and direction to conjure a billion questions within you that will unfortunately never find answers in the long run." - Lashaan Balasingam - BookidoteWHO ARE THE CINEMA DETECTIVES?ROSA PLECK is a native daughter of Birmingham, UK. She joined "Prime Services", also known as the "Cinema Detectives" agency, straight out of school.KEN PRIME used to be a typical West Midlands businessman, but since he quit sales and took up detecting, his life has taken a crazier turn.WHY "CINEMA DETECTIVES"?Because of Ken Prime's best business idea: Why not make a series of films based on his most amazing cases?FOLLOW THE CINEMA DETECTIVES NOW

The Shack, with a Castaway twist, wrapped up in the conundrum of Life of Pi. A glimpse of hope for this troubled world. (DaVinci Film Festival)No boat could have survived the storm that left Mark Lambert missing and presumed dead. Landing on an uninhabited island, far from any shipping lanes, and far from hope, solitude strips away all the things he once thought important.After a powerful hurricane strikes the island, he is surprised to discover an ancient grotto with high waterfalls cascading into a crystal-blue lake. And swimming in the middle of the hollow is a beautiful young woman.Is she real or simply a figment of his imagination? After being alone for over five years, he does not care. Each day he returns to the grotto and each day she is there. Never revealing who she is or where she goes, she becomes his teacher, philosopher, and spiritual guide.By dismantling what was once a secular worldview and polishing it into a lens as seen through the eyes of God, her insights about life, death, and the world we live in move Mark along a path of transformation. Until one day, she announces that her work is done and that he is ready to fulfill his destiny.The timing of her exit coincides with the arrival of familiar adventurers who believe the island holds an enormous cache of buried treasure. Rescued, ready to face the next chapter in his life, Mark fights to hold on to the lessons learned. When recalling past conversations with his enigmatic companion, clues she left him lead to the greatest discovery in modern history and along the way, makes him one of the richest men in the world.But how will he handle this great power? He must decide if he will revert to his secular worldview or use the gifts God has given him to make the world a better place.The journey Mark pursues reveals that on the road of destiny, there are no ordinary lives.

Carol Plummer, a former parole officer, and Denise Hargreaves, retired police prosecutor, set up a new private investigations firm after meeting up again after retirement. As they are both bored with the good life and missed the stress and excitement of their previous jobs, they made the decision to partner up. Their combined skills, experience and contacts would be ideal to solve cases they could be offered.Bringing in Rosslyn, Carol's life partner, Richmond, an Alsatian, and Jed Atkins, an ex-army Special Air Forces officer, amongst others, Hargreaves and Plummer hit the ground running investigating small cases until they land a big one focusing on a suspected serial killer, Peter Stranger.Working as a team, they try to overcome the malicious intelligence of Peter Stranger as they try and build a case and catch him in the act. With the support of two working girls, the team faces challenges and scenarios that take them by surprise or challenges their combined skills. All this while trying to save potential victims of the serial killer as well as getting justice for previous fatalities.Will they find the proof they need that Peter Stranger is a killer? Will they overcome the challenges they face? And will they be able to bring justice where it belongs?

GHOST GOLDBook II - The Manna Chronicles Did the Knights Templar hide an Ancient Egyptian Secret in the stained glass of their Gothic Cathedrals. Can this secret save mankind from the powerful forces looking to enslave humanity with their New World Order?Ghost Gold is Book II of the Manna Chronicles and will answer many of the questions left unanswered in Lost Secret of the Ancient Ones.The world is in the cosmic crosshairs and few are aware of the looming peril. Having learned the Ancient Secret of the transmutative properties of Sacred Manna, Maya Harrington is forced to accept that her destiny is a road that was paved eons ago. She can no longer deny that she has been chosen to confront the evil that is about to be unleashed upon the world. An evil that must be stopped.Is this the trigger to end time events that have been prophesized through the ages? Are they cast in stone or is Maya the hope that can lead to a different outcome? Will the cabal that is orchestrating events from the shadows succeed or will she and her team be able to stop them? Ghost Gold is a fast paced, non-stop adventure. Knights Templars, Lost Treasure, Ancient Egyptian Queens, Prominent Biblical Characters, and Ancient Prophesy spanning the millennia, converge upon a single question - Is destiny real? Join the adventure and prepare to hang on for a wild ride. 

Stranger Stories from the World of Mauretania - Aliens who live among us - A trip to find out the truth about the Moon - The electrical insulator industry - One woman's vindictive stand against consumerism - A mercenary problem - Mysterious watercourses behind your house - A holiday in a changed land - Deadly hands from space - War comes just for you - A visit to an old planet - New technology in the countryside - An end to fortune-telling - Startling business techniques in the dental industry. Thirteen eerie tales from the world of Mauretania Comics. Colour and b/w stories.

A surreal vision of a post-alien-invasion Earth where human beings still have to deal with quotidien frustrations, ennui, and understanding their place in the world.Since the mid-1980s, the British cartoonist Chris Reynolds has been assembling a world all his own. On the surface, it seems much like ours: a place of cool afternoon shadows and gently rolling hills, half-empty trains and sleepy downtown streets. But the closer you look, the weirder it gets. After losing a mysterious intergalactic war, Earth is no longer in humanity’s control. Blandly friendly aliens lurk on the margins and seem especially interested in the mining industry. The very rules of time and space seem to have shifted: Mysterious figures suddenly appear in childhood photos, family members disappear forever without warning, power outages abound, and certain people gain the power of flight. A helmeted man named Jimmy is somehow causing local businesses to shutter and is being closely watched by the “trendy new police force,” Rational Control. The world is being remade, but in what image?This new collection, selected and designed by the acclaimed cartoonist Seth, includes short stories, a novella, and the full-length graphic novel Mauretania. It is the ideal guide to all the mystery and wonder of one of the most underappreciated cult classics in the history of comics.This NYRC edition is a hardcover with foil stamping, debossing, full-color endpapers, and extra-thick paper, and features new scans of the original artwork.

Through a comparison with the paradigmatic French events of mai 68, this book explores how Northern Ireland's 1968 has been marginalised in the way the events are remembered at a European level. It argues a case for its inclusion on the list of countries that make up this Europe-wide period of revolt.

This book charts and analyses the emergence of the conventional representation of the French events of 1968 and argues that the dominance of this narrative, despite its limitations, stems from the convenience that such a consensus provides for those that have been pivotal in shaping the collective memory of this critical moment in recent history.