The mammoth book of cult comics / edited by Ilya. - London Robinson, 2014. - 448 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Compiled by comic artist ILYA, whose stories are published in the US (Marvel, DC, Dark Horse), Japan (Kodansha) and Europe, The Mammoth Book of Cult Comics brings together for the first time in a single volume lost classics from recent decades of underground and independent British and American comic strip art. It includes the miraculous-in-the-mundane diary comics of John Welding (Goathland), and Paul O'Connell's chilling yet darkly funny cut-ups, The Sound of Drowning. Also Through the Habitrails, the little-known masterpiece by Jeff Nicholson. A chance to catch up on previously unseen hidden gems.

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Underground comic books, strips, etc.--Great Britain.
Underground comic books, strips, etc.--United States.
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Comics--Cult

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