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881) Moby Dick
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Ishmael's dream of adventure on a whaling ship becomes a nightmare as the voyage turns into a struggle for survival. Captain Ahab, maimed by a monster whale, is obsessed with revenge. As the crew discovers, he is willing to risk everything to destroy the whale.
Author
Publisher
Collier
Pub. Date
[date of publication not identified]
Language
English
Description
The pilot: a tale of the sea (1824): American Navy seamen endure violent storms and navigate treacherous shoals to raid the English coast during the Revolutionary War. Three captured officers escape with the aid of a pair of American ladies, who had not been allowed to return to their home in the rebellious colonies.
Red rover: a tale (1828): In the mid-eighteenth century, an American sea captain, driven to piracy by British colonial oppression,...
Author
Series
Three thieves ; 5
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Dessa convinces the smuggler Quinn to transport her, Topper and Fisk to the mysterious Island of Astaroth. Dessa is convinced her twin brother, Jared, who was abducted years earlier by the Queen's chamberlain, is being held on the island. However, soon after setting sail, they are overtaken by a pirate ship commanded by the King of Pirates, whom they discover is interested in only one treasure on board: Dessa's map to the location of Astaroth! Will...
888) The Fair American
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Co
Pub. Date
[1940]
Language
English
Description
Pierre, sole survivor of his family because of the horrors of the French Revolution, escapes to Brest where he is taken on as a cabin boy.
889) Moby Dick
Author
Publisher
Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
Ishmael, a sailor, recounts the ill-fated voyage of a whaling ship led by the fanatical Captain Ahab in search of the white whale that had crippled him. Presented in comic book format.
Author
Series
Snarked ; 3
Publisher
KaBOOM!
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
After surviving a dangerous sea journey, the heroes finally reach Snark Island where they hope to find the Red King.
Author
Publisher
Flying Frog Publishing
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Spend 'A day in the ocean' with new friends. Join the happy menagerie of animals as they frolic in the ocean from sunrise to sunset. Watch their antics come to life in this brightly illustrated pop-up book" -- p. [4] of cover.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"A masterful adaptation of the timeless literary classic, faithfully and beautifully rendered by an award-winning artist. In striking black-and-white illustrations, Chaboute retells the story of the Great American Novel. Captain Ahab strikes out on a voyage, obsessively seeking revenge on the great white whale that took his leg. This hardcover edition collects both of the Vents d'Ouest volumes, printed in English for the first time"--
Author
Publisher
EuroComics, an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This book, the first of twelve volumes, launches the definitive English-language edition of Hugo Pratt's masterpiece, presented in the original oversized B&W format and with new translations made from Pratt's original Italian scripts... The adventures of this modern Ulysses are set during the first thirty years of the 20th Century in such exotic locales as Pratt's native Venice, the steppes of Manchuria, the Caribbean islands, the Danakil deserts,...
Author
Publisher
Elea Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to the world of Baggywrinkles--a rollicking, educational survey of maritime lore, built around cartoonist Lucy Bellwood's time aboard tall ships. From the scourge of scurvy to the exhilaration of climbing the rigging for the first time, Lucy's comics bring the reader into a world of high seas history and informative adventure with "a sheer and unremitting sense of joy." --
Author
Publisher
Campfire/Kalyani Navyug Media
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
An adaptation of the nineteenth-century science fiction tale of an electric submarine, its eccentric captain, and the undersea world, which anticipated many of the scientific achievements of the twentieth century.
896) Portrait of a drunk
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Guy is no master mariner, with a clipped red (or black) beard. He's just an ordinary member of the crew - able enough, but also a lazy, cowardly liar, a drunkard, and a thief"--Provided by publisher.
Publisher
Viz
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"Jim, Dehdeh, and Ruka's mother locate Anglade's yacht, but neither the rogue scientist nor Umi or Ruka are on board. All that remains is a cryptic invitation to Jim. While Jim tries to figure out the game his ex-colleague is playing and Kanako dives into memories of her daughter Ruka, the strange sea-changes continue around the globe"--Back flap.
899) Moby Dick
Author
Publisher
Campfire
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Retells in graphic novel format Melville's story about Captain Ahab's search for Moby Dick, the great white whale that crippled him.
900) Crater XV
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
You've never seen a Cold War like this! In Crater XV, the follow-up to 2009's Eisner-nominated Far Arden, Kevin Cannon weaves together an intoxicating tale of swashbuckling adventure, abandoned moon bases, bloodthirsty walruses, rogue astronauts, two-faced femme fatales, sailboat chases, Siberian pirates, international Arctic politics, and a gaggle of horny orphans. Mixed up in all of this are Army Shanks, our salty sea dog still reeling from a devastating...
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