comic books, strips, etc

In this graphic adaptation of Bram Stokers Dracula, the story of the most famous vampire of all time is depicted in action-packed visual sequences that transport the reader from the foreboding landscape of Transylvania to the streets of nineteenth-century London. Jonathan Harker and his band of allies must fight the deadly Count to protect all they hold dear and save London from the curse of the undead.

"From the author who brought you The Encyclopedia of Early Earth comes another Epic Tale of Derring-do. Prepare to be dazzled once more by the overwhelming power of stories and see love prevail in the face of Terrible Adversity! You will read of betrayal, loyalty, madness, bad husbands, lovers both faithful and unfaithful, wise old crones, moons who come out of the sky, musical instruments that won't stay quiet, friends and brothers and fathers and mothers and, above all, many many sisters,"--page [4] of cover.

Patience is a kindhearted country girl, eking out a living in Edwardian England as tremors of social change rock the world around her. When she starts her employment in formal service on the grounds of an opulent country manor, she has no idea that her own personal revolution is about to begin. Selfless, dutiful, and just a touch naive, she takes to both her place as a parlor maid and to her new roommate, the bookish and progressive lady's maid, Esther. In another time, the two women would have kept one another's company forever in their little attic bedroom, living out their days in the employ of a Lord. But it's now the dawn of a new age. The expanding empire has brought with it not only plundered wealth, but worldliness and new ideas. Suffragists agitate in the street, idle-rich bohemians challenge sexual mores, and Patience and Esther slowly come to realize the world is wider and full of more adventure and opportunity than they ever imagined ... so long as they find the will to seize it. Sensual, sweet, and beautifully illustrated, Patience & Esther is a steamy period romance and an inspirational erotic journey across the epic sweep of history, from the end of a gilded age to the start of an uncharted future.

"Vince's Tokyo Tigers take on the Chofu Dreams in the Tokyo Wheelchair Basketball Tournament. Before the tournament begins, Coach Yasuda makes Vince (who took his nickname from NBA baller Vince Carter) an offer to join the Dreams, a much superior team to the Tigers. Meanwhile, Nomiya's plan for redemption gets a setback, and the Tigers get a new addition, a grieving young man named Ryo Mizushima who misses his friends." -- website Comic Book Bin.

"Takahashi has an awkward reunion with his father, who has been absent from his life for the past eight years. As father and son struggle with the difficulties of Takahashi's adjustment to life in a wheelchair, they must also come face to face with how much damage was done to Takahashi as a young boy facing the reality of growing up in a broken home." -- from publisher's web site.

Paraplegic and basketball enthusiast Hisanobu Takahashi tries to cope with his demanding physical therapy and the reality that his life is no longer easy.

"Meet Kiyohiko Togawa, a hard-edged, no nonsense wheelchair basketball athlete with a Spartan work ethic and a keen sense of competition. Long before he ever picked up a ball, Kiyohiko was just a skinny little kid in middle school barely beginning to discover his potential to become a track star until a vicious bout with cancer cut off his track career far too soon.".