Strange Requests and Comic Tales from Record Shops
Strange Requests and Comic Tales from Record Shops

Author: Graham Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 110

ISBN-13: 9780956121264

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With over thirty years as a record company sales rep and still going strong, Graham Jones has visited more record shops in Britain than most people and certainly more than anyone will be able to in the future. Over the years he has collected a vast number of funny stories and anecdotes. He relates the best of them here, as told to him by those who have been (mostly) pleased and sometimes bemused to find themselves stationed behind the record shop counter. This hilarious new collection of 'I'll hum it have you got it?' and similar stories is an engrossing memorial to an increasingly bygone age. Features cartoons throughout the book by Kipper Williams. His cartoons have appeared in music publications including Melody Maker, Smash Hits and the Black Sabbath World Tour programme (1977).

The Vinyl Revival And The Shops That Made It Happen
The Vinyl Revival And The Shops That Made It Happen

Author: Graham Jones

Publisher:

Published: 2018-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780992806217

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"It explains why we have more than a hundred more record shops than we had in 2009, and how others have gained the reward from their hard work. Budget turntables, manufactures, supermarkets, chain stores, clothes shops, pressing plants and even the government are amongst the many who have benefited from their efforts. Graham Jones has spent 32 years travelling the UK selling to independent record shops and visited more record shops than any other human. This book guides you around the record shops of the UK who sell new vinyl. He has gathered some fascinating and funny anecdotes told him by our much-loved record shop staff so that when you visit you will feel like you already know the characters behind the counters. It is perfect for vinyl fans to keep with them on their travels around the country."--Amazon.com.

Animal Stories
Animal Stories

Author: Peter Hoey

Publisher: Top Shelf Productions

Published: 2022-03-16

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 1649360290

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What separates us from animals? What connects us? Award-winning cartoonists Peter and Maria Hoey probe these mysteries across six surreal and interconnected stories. After tremendous acclaim for their series Coin-Op Comics, two brilliant creators present their first graphic novel: a menagerie of wild tales. Pushing the boundaries of their dazzling and unique narrative style, Animal Stories weaves together six short stories exploring the mysterious relationships between humans and other animals. A girl who keeps pigeons starts receiving messages from a new bird in her flock. A ship’s crew rescues a dog, only to find far stranger things in the sea around them. A reincarnated cat with criminal intentions, a parrot who leads a revolution, and a squirrel who tempts a woman in a beautiful garden glade. Drawing inspiration from Aesop’s Fables, film noir, and the Old Testament, Peter and Maria Hoey apply their singular and sophisticated visual storytelling to create a new set of modern animal tales for modern times.

Marvels
Marvels

Author: Kurt Busiek

Publisher: Marvel Entertainment

Published: 2018-11-14

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1302507044

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Collecting Marvels #0-4. Within the Marvel Universe, heroes soar high in the skies, ready to battle the villains who threaten their world. Yet living in the shadow of these extraordinary icons are ordinary men and women who view the “MARVELS” with a mixture of fear, disbelief, envy and admiration. Among them is Phil Sheldon, a New York City photojournalist who has dedicated his career to covering the exploits of the Marvels and their effect on humankind. Written by Kurt Busiek and masterfully illustrated by Alex Ross, Marvels presents a richly painted historical overview of the entire Marvel Universe, spanning from the 1939 debut of the Human Torch to the fearsome coming of the world-devouring Galactus — and culminating in the shocking death of Gwen Stacy, Spider-Man’s first love.

The Strange Death of Alex Raymond
The Strange Death of Alex Raymond

Author: Dave Sim

Publisher:

Published: 2021-08-17

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781736860502

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"The story traces the lives and techniques of Alex Raymond (Flash Gordon, RipKirby), Stan Drake (Juliet Jones), Hal Foster (Prince Valiant), and more, dissecting their techniques through recreations of their artwork,and highlighting the metatextual resonances that bind them together"--Page 4 of cove

Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened To Record Shops?
Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened To Record Shops?

Author: Graham Jones

Publisher: Omnibus Press

Published: 2010-07-23

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 085712417X

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Last Shop Standing: Whatever Happened To Record Shops? documents the sad disappearance of a cultural icon from our high streets. Once a thriving industry, the UK has gone from having over 2000 independent record shops in the 1980s to just 269 in 2009. Written by Graham Jones, who has worked in the distribution industry for over 25 years as a record company salesman, this book presents a snapshot of a business that is under threat of going the same way as the stamp shop, the coin shop and the candlestick maker. Jones’ speaks to 50 record shop owners to see why they have survived while nearly two thousand others have closed. These interviews form the basis of the book, which celebrates the rich social history in which the record shop is steeped. In 2012 Last Shop Standing was made into an award winning 50 minute film, featuring interviews with Johnny Marr, Norman Cook, Richard Hawley, Paul Weller and Billy Bragg, alongside many of the record shop owners featured in the book. Given a new tagline – ‘the rise, fall and rebirth of the independent record shop’, the film has been screened around the globe and was an official selection at the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival in 2013.

I Think He's Crazy!
I Think He's Crazy!

Author: B.K. Taylor

Publisher: Fantagraphics Books

Published: 2020-04-22

Total Pages: 130

ISBN-13: 1683962877

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For fourteen years, cartoonist B.K. Taylor regaled and baffled the readers of National Lampoon with the good-natured goofiness of his odd suburban family. Now Fantagraphics brings you the complete run of the Appletons, Timberland Tales, and his other crazy creations.

S.H.I.E.L.D. by Jim Steranko
S.H.I.E.L.D. by Jim Steranko

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Publisher: Marvel

Published: 2013-10-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785185369

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Rarely before and rarely since has comics seen a talent as innovative as Jim Steranko. Blending together influences from Pop Art to Salvador Dali and Will Eisner to Wally Wood, Steranko's boundary-breaking style is an incomparable visual language that continues influence and inspire storytellers decades later. Now, for the first time ever, Marvel is proud to offer the complete Steranko Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. in one volume! COLLECTING: STRAN GE TALES (1951) 151-168 & NICK FURY, AGENT OF S.H.I.E.L.D. (1968) 1-3, 5

Strange Tales II
Strange Tales II

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Publisher: Marvel

Published: 2011-10-12

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780785148234

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Wolverine is the best there is at what he does - fighting in mutant-mixed-martial-arts tournaments, handing out relationship advice and eating hot dogs! Spider-Man issues the ultimate challenge to one of his deadliest enemies - an invitation to the prom! The Mighty Thor forges a powerful new alliance - with a cleverly disguised farm animal! Fear not, Friends of Old Marvel - you haven't fallen prey to the illusions of Loki. You've simply discovered Strange Tales II! A band of the best and brightest talents in independent, alternative and online comics joins forces with the Earth's Mightiest Heroes for a sequel to the acclaimed Strange Tales anthology, one that critics are calling "better than any of the previous run" (Douglas Wolk, Time.com's Techland). Hilarious, haunting and horrifying (sometimes all at once), it's Marvel gone strange!