Nuevos Titulos --------------------------------------------------------- Estimada cmunidad, damos a conocer a ustedes nuestros nuevos títulos que ya se pueden pedir en Biblioteca. Nuestras sugerencias Watchmen by Alan Moore (Author), Dave Gibbons (Illustrator) Publisher: DC Comics ISBN-13: 978-0930289232 Has any comic been as acclaimed as Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen? Possibly only Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, but Watchmen remains the critics’ favorite. Why? Because Moore is a better writer, and Watchmen a more complex and dark and literate creation than Miller’s fantastic, subversive take on the Batman myth. Moore, renowned for many other of the genre’s finest creations (Saga of the Swamp Thing, V for Vendetta, and From Hell, with Eddie Campbell) first put out Watchmen in 12 issues for DC in 1986-87. It won a comic award at the time (the 1987 Jack Kirby Comics Industry Awards for Best Writer/Artist combination) and has continued to gather praise since. --Mark Thwaite ------------------------------------------------------ Wolverine: Origins by: Paul Jenkins (Author), Joe Quesada (Author), Bill Jemas (Author), Andy Kubert (Illustrator) Publisher: Marvel Comics ISBN-13: 978-0785137276 From the Publisher: Marvel’s best-kept mutant mystery revealed! Before the X-Men, before Weapon X, Wolverine’s struggle with his subconscious savagery first flourished in family tragedy. Some of Marvel’s most acclaimed creators unite to tell the tale that shaped mutantdom’s mightiest misfit. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (Author), Klaus Janson (Illustrator) Publisher: DC Comics ISBN-13: 978-1563893421 Review: If any comic has a claim to have truly reinvigorated the genre, then The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller--known also for his excellent Sin City series and his superb rendering of the blind superhero Daredevil--is probably the top contender. Batman represented all that was wrong in comics and Miller set himself a tough task taking on the camp crusader and turning this laughable, innocuous children’s cartoon character into a hero for our times. The great Alan Moore (V for Vendetta, Swamp Thing, the arguably peerless Watchmen) argued that only someone of Miller’s stature could have done this. Batman is a character known well beyond the confines of the comic world (as are his retinue) and so reinventing him, while keeping his limiting core essentials intact, was a huge task. Maus II: A Survivor’s Tale: And Here My Troubles Began by Art Spiegelman Publisher: Pantheon ISBN-13: 978-0679729778 Review: Spiegelman’s Maus, A Survivor’s Tale (Pantheon, 1987) was a breakthrough, a comic book that gained widespread mainstream attention. The primary story of that book and of this sequel is the experience of Spiegelman’s father, Vladek, a Polish Jew who survived the concentration camps of Nazi Germany during World War II. This story is framed by Spiegelman’s getting the story from Vladek, which is in turn framed by Spiegelman’s working on the book after his father’s death and suffering the attendant anxiety and guilt, the ambivalence over the success of the first volume, and the difficulties of his funny-animal metaphor. (In both books, he draws the char acters as anthropomorphic animals-- Jews are mice, Poles pigs, Germans cats, Americans dogs, and French frogs.) The interconnections and complex characterizations are engrossing, as are the vivid personal accounts of living in the camps. Maus and Maus . . . II are two of the most important works of comic art ever published. Bone, Volume 2: The Great Cow Race by Jeff Smith Publisher: GRAPHIX ISBN-13: 978-0439706391 From the Publisher: In THE GREAT COW RACE, volume 2 of this 9-book epic, Fone Bone and his cousins plan to return home after visiting the village of Barrelhaven with Thorn and Gran’ma Ben. But Phoney risks everything on one last get-rich-quick scheme for the town’s annual Great Cow Race. As usual, Phoney’s plans go disastrously awry, and Boneville seems further away than ever. Meanwhile, ominous signs indicate that a war is brewing, and Fone finds himself helping his friends defend their valley from a formidable enemy. Naruto, Vol. 3 by Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media ISBN-13: 978-1591161875 From the Publisher: While they recover from their injuries, Kakashi puts Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura on a strict training regimen to protect Tazuna’s family against Zabuza’s next attack. But Zabuza has a dangerous new apprentice in Haku. And as the bridge comes closer to completion, our heroes must be willing to kill - or die. Naruto, Vol. 4 Author: Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media ISBN-13: 978-1591163589 From the Publisher: Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention, a knack for mischief, and sealed within him, a strange, formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi and irritate his teammates, intense Sasuki and witty Sakura, but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! There comes a time in every ninja’s training when he must put aside his morals and face the truth: ninjas are tools for killing. For Naruto, seeing Sasuke dead, that time is now. Rage awakens the nine-tailed fox spirit within Naruto, giving him the strength to overcome Haku - but can he bring himself to finish the job? As the battle for the Land of the Waves comes to a tragic ending, our heroes return to the village of Konohagakure in time for the chunin (journeyman ninja) exams. But junior ninjas from around the world have gathered to take the exam, bringing their own strange ninjutsu and mysterious goals. Naruto, Vol. 5 Author: Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media ISBN-13: 978-1591163596 From the Publisher Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention, a knack for mischief, and sealed within him, a strange, formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi and irritate his teammates, intense Sasuke and witty Sakura, but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! In the course of their training, student ninjas Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke have fought deadly assassins, learned incredible feats of magic and martial arts, and danced along the brink of death. Now they’re facing the most terrifying challenge of all: exams. The three ninjas-in-training have signed up for the Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams, which they must pass if they ever want to advance to the rank of full-fledged shinobi. They learn too late how grueling and dangerous the exams are. If the tests of skill, stealth, and battle prowess don’t kill them, their fellow junior ninja will. And, since the three pass or fail as a group, they’re only as strong as their weakest link...Naruto! Naruto, Vol. 6 Author: Masashi Kishimoto Publisher: VIZ Media ISBN-13: 978-1591167396 From the Publisher Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention, a knack for mischief, and sealed within him, a strange, formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi and irritate his teammates, intense Sasuke and witty Sakura, but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! Through Naruto’s pluck and a healthy dose of luck, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura passed the written portion of their Journeyman Ninja Selection Exams...but that was only the beginning. They’re now in the thick of the exam’s second portion, held in the aptly named Forest of Death, and instructor Mitarashi Anko has promised to cut the number of advancing teams by half! Each team is turned against the others, using stealth and cunning to purloin the scrolls they need to pass the test while trying to survive the forest’s many perils. And if that’s not enough, there’s a mysterious imposter among the students who has it in for Sasuke! Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 3 Author: Akira Toriyama Publisher: VIZ Media ISBN-13: 978-1569319338 About the Author:Akira Toriyama’s first weekly series, Dr. Slump, has entertained generations of readers in Japan since it was introduced in Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine in 1980. A few years later, he created his wildly popular Dragon Ball series, which brought him international success. Toriyama is also known for his character designs for video games, including Dragon Warrior, Chrono Trigger and Tobal No. 1. Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 4 Author: Akira Toriyama Publisher: VIZ Media ISBN-13: 978-1569319338 From the Publisher: Here is the fourth volume of the runaway hit series printed in the original Japanese right-to-left format. As the cosmic battle between Goku and Vegeta continues, Goku is forced to use the dangerous Kaio-ken technique. But Vegeta reappears, changing himself into a 50-foot ape with superpowers, including energy strong enough to explode mountains. Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 5 Author: Akira Toriyama Publisher: VIZ Media ISBN-13: 978-1569319345 From the Publisher: Here is the fifth volume of the runaway hit series printed in the original Japanese right-to-left format. Using the ancient Namek spaceship, Bulma, Gohan, and Kuririn set off to Planet Namek. But upon landing on the original world of the Dragon Balls, their jubilation is short-lived: Vegeta arrives minutes later. Worse still, Emperor Freezer has already invaded! Dragon Ball Z, Vol. 6 Author: Akira Toriyama Publisher: VIZ Media ISBN-13: 978-1569319352 From the Publisher: Here is the sixth volume of the runaway hit series printed in the original Japanese right-to-left format. Gohan intervenes to save a Namek child from Freeza’s henchmen, putting himself and Kuririn in danger as they fend off Dodoria’s attack. Meanwhile, Vegeta and Freeza are in a stalemate, each having just a few of the Namekian Dragon Balls. Can Namek be saved in the confusion? Página 1 | 2 | 3 |