Product Description: Harry Houdini mesmerized a generation of Americans when he was alive, and continues to do so eighty years after his death. This is a "snapshot" of Houdini's life, centering on one of his most famous jumps. As Houdini prepares for a death-defying leap into the icy Charles River in Boston, biographer Jason Lutes and artist Nick Bertozzi reveal Houdini's life and influence: from the anti-Semitism Houdini fought all his life, to the adulation of the American public; from his hounding by the press, to his loving relationship with his wife Bess; from his egoism to his insecurity; from his public persona -- to the secret behind his most amazing trick! And it's all in graphic form, so it's fresh, original, and unlike anything previously published about this most fascinating of American showmen...read more

Product Description: Harry Houdini fascino a toda una generacion mientras estaba vivo y sigue haciendolo 80 anos despues de su muerte. El rey de las esposas es una novela grafica sobre un dia en la vida de Houdini y muestra como su epoca y sus principios contribuyeron a forjar su arte y personalidad...read more

Set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic, this graphic novel embodies the hopes and struggles of Berlin?s inhabitants as their future is darkened by a growing shadow. Featured on Time?s list of ?Top Ten Graphic Novels of All Time.?'

Uses a graphic presentation to offer a meditation on love, loss, magic, and dreams in a story featuring Ernie, an alcoholic stage magician, his former girlfriend Esther, and small time grifter Nathan Lender and his twelve-year-old daughter Claire.

Set in the twilight years of Germany's Weimar Republic, this graphic novel embodies the hopes and struggles of journalist Kurt Severing, art student Marthe Mèuller, and other inhabitants of Berlin as their future is darkened by a growing shadow.