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...huge hardcover that weighs ton, costs fifty bucks and has become required reading. No, it's not a textbook. It's Dave McKean's "Cages," (NBM Publishing Inc.; 496(!)pp.) A self-described comic novel, "Cages" first appeared as a series of sporadically published books from 1991 through 1996. Then the collected "Cages" became a victim of successive publishing bankruptcies, and has been out of print for some time. As ambitious as it is gigantic, it has now returned. Possibly the most high-end comic ever published, "Cages" combines art-book production values with a story about Life, Death...
...adaptations of non-superhero graphic novels. Last year's quirky "Ghost World," based on the Dan Clowes book, and "From Hell," the Jack-the-Ripper story by Alan Moore, both became box-office hits. Originally published in 1998 by the DC Comics imprint Paradox Press, "Road to Perdition" (304 pp.; $13.95), written by Max Allan Collins and drawn by Richard Piers Rayner, has been reprinted to coincide with the release of the movie, directed by Sam Mendes and starring Tom Hanks. Except for a pair of sharp-eyed Hollywood producers, the book received virtually no attention when it first appeared...
...began self-publishing his comic, "Optic Nerve" when he was just sixteen, stunning the comixcenti with his mature style. It was soon picked up by the classy Canadian publisher Drawn and Quarterly, and the company has just collected the last four issues into a gorgeous hardcover, "Summer Blonde" (132 pp.; $24.95). The dust jacket, with its cut-out circle that lets a pretty girl peek through, should clue you in on how to read these stories: look underneath...
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