Rob Aspinall
1) Death & Back
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How far would you go to save a stranger?
For Charlie Cobb, it may be all the way to the grave.
Meet the tough British antihero perfect for fans of Jon Mills, Mark Dawson or James P. Sumner.
After burning his bridges in his native Manchester, UK, the ex-mafia fixer heads to London with a price on his head.
A job driving a truck is a good way to lay low-and stay on the straight and narrow. Yet it soon lures Charlie into a deadly trap that leaves him...
2) Burnout
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Gangland grit meets L. A. glitz.
Say hello to the world's baddest good guy, perfect for fans of Lee Child or Jon Mills.
A car wreck in Hollywood. You're the first on the scene. The only one to question the police report. And pretty soon, there's a warrant out for your arrest.
But who was the movie star at the wheel? And who's the cigarette-smoking stranger watching you from afar?
The deeper Charlie Cobb digs, the more dangerous the consequences....
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I’m officially dead.
Unofficially, I’m alive and on the run.
There are new questions. New dangers. New scars that cut deep.
There’s also my new travel buddy, a total psycho who could kill me any moment.
And did I mention I’m hated all over the internet?
Meanwhile, the evil JPAC are planning something terrible that puts us all eyeballs deep in trouble.
So, do I lay low and keep running? Or risk everything and fight back?
Whatever I do...
4) The Holdup
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'How the hell did I get here? And what the hell have I done?'
You wake up at the wheel of a crashed car. Your head hurts like crazy. There's a dead guy in the passenger seat wearing a mask. Another one dying in the back clinging to a rifle and a bag of stolen money.
Worse still, you're in the middle of the Arizona desert, vultures circling, hotter than hell.
You remember who you are, but not how you got here. You only know you've got to flee the...
5) Walk Away
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Revenge is a dish best served bloody.
An old friend is brutally murdered. The police don't have a clue. Enter Charlie Cobb. Back on the mean streets of Manchester and on the hunt of a savage killer. Charlie's hot on the man's trail. But there are three big problems. One, the murderer is protected by a powerful underworld boss. Two, a disposed Russian kingpin wants him dead. And three, Charlie must babysit a five-year-old in the process.
As he revisits...
6) Breaker
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Can the villain be the hero?
If you like Lee Child and Mark Dawson, meet the tough new antihero with a particular set of skills.
Charlie Cobb - aka "Breaker" - is a mafia fixer on the gritty, crime-ridden streets of Manchester, England.
He's the guy the mafia send in to deal with the worst of the worst. The legendary underworld 'fixer' who keeps the peace between rival gangs.
But after his idealistic daughter makes him swear to give up his life...
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Outnumbered. Outsmarted. Outgunned.
Now we're chief suspects in a terror attack we prevented.
Well, you won't believe what's coming next.
There'll be two weeks of hellish spy and assassin training. A heartbreaking memory of Philippe's. Plus an undercover mission in the world of the rich and super-dangerous.
And let's not forget our evil assassin friends at JPAC.
Turns out they've got this super-weapon that could mean the end of the world.
And...
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Meet the world's unlikeliest assassin.
Lorna's got her new heart. But it came at a price.
She remembers another life.... The life of spy.
And then there's the crazy new skills. Her donor died from a bullet wound. Could they be his?
Then, just as Lorna is getting her life on track, she activates the list.
Now a secret agency wants her dead. They'll stop at nothing to silence her. And she'll do anything to survive.
If you like spies, assassins...
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Can the villain be the hero?
Charlie Cobb is the man they call 'Breaker'. The guy the mob sends to scare the worst of the worst.
He's promised his daughter he'll change his ways. But there's a witness to silence. Which finds Charlie at a crossroads... Pull the trigger on young Danny, or turn protector and take on vicious crime boss, Ivan Rudenko?
If you like your action fast, brutal and darkly funny, get ready to meet the baddest new good guy on...
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You know you're having a bad day when...
Your social life is DOA
You're falling for someone you really shouldn't
A secret agency is trying to kill you
Ever since the heart transplant, Lorna hasn't been the same. The crazy behaviors. The insane new spy skills. And the violent memories. Could they really be her donor's? Soon, Lorna's on the trail of a mysterious object her donor hid before his death. Not long after, she's top of a secret agency kill...
11) Factory summers
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Drawn & Quarterly
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2021.
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"For three summers beginning when he was 16, cartoonist Guy Delisle worked at a pulp and paper factory in Quebec City. Factory Summers chronicles the daily rhythms of life in the mill, and the twelve-hour shifts he spent in a hot, noisy building filled with arcane machinery. Delisle takes his noted outsider perspective and applies it domestically, this time as a boy amongst men through the universal rite of passage of the summer job. Even as a teenager,...
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User's guide to neglectful parenting volume 3
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Drawn & Quarterly
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2015.
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Guy Delisle, the author of "Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City" and "A User's Guide to Neglectful Parenting," shares hilarious new comic strips that pay tribute to all the ways parents can drive their kids crazy, and vice versa, in "The Owner's Manual to Terrible Parenting."
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Drawn & Quarterly
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2022.
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"A funny and insightful retrospective collection from a celebrated cartoonist. Universally beloved cartoonist Guy Delisle showcases a career-spanning collection of his work with a sly sense of humor and warm characterization. Before Delisle became an international superstar with his globe-hopping travelogues, he was an animator experimenting with the comics form. Always aware of the elasticity of the human form and honing his keen observer's eye,...
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User's guide to neglectful parenting volume 2
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Drawn & Quarterly
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2014.
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Ever wanted to know how to be awarded the Best Dad in the Whole World? Guy Delisle has all the answers for you in these lighthearted, entertaining tales of parental mishaps and practical jokes gone wrong. Whether he's helping remove a pesky, wobbly, but not quite loose tooth or trying to win at hide-and-seek, his antics will resonate with every parent who has wanted to give a sarcastic answer to a funny question from their kid.
15) Paul at home
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Drawn & Quarterly
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[2020]
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"An affecting exploration of the ways our roles as parents and children change over a lifetime. Paul at Home is Quebecois superstar Michel Rabagliati's most personal book yet, a riveting, emotional, and frequently amusing take on the losses and loneliness of being closer to retirement than to university. Paul is in his mid-50s, a successful cartoonist with an achy shoulder living in a house he once shared with his wife and daughter. The backyard is...
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Drawn & Quarterly
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2019.
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"The Handbook to Lazy Parenting is bestselling cartoonist Guy Delisle's final tribute to the frequently hilarious and absurd situations that any parent will find themselves in when raising young children--all told with Delisle's trademark sarcastic wit. But even as Delisle's children grow older, wiser, and less interested in their father's antics, Delisle has no shortage of bad parenting stories, only now, sometimes, the joke is on him!"--