El Escorpión: La marca del diablo

Brilliant anime director Satoshi Kon (Paprika, Paranoia Agent, Tokyo Godfathers, Millennium Actress, Perfect Blue) died tragically young in 2010 at the age of 46. Before he became a director, he was a manga artist, and Dark Horse is honored to remember Kon with the release of Satoshi Kon's OPUS, an omnibus collection of a two-volume manga from 1996, created by Kon on the eve of his first film. OPUS contains the mastery of both realism and surrealism that would make Kon famous in Perfect Blue, as a manga artist becomes drawn into his own work and realizes the deadline he's up against is to...

A medianoche, en algún lugar, un cuervo grazna, la pluma de un autor rasga, y un trueno retumba. El autor desea abundar en el realismo respetable: historias sobre frágiles mujeres en níveos camisones, ruidos misteriosos en plena noche, y muertos que se alzan para cobrar viejas deudas. Sin embargo, se ve constantemente interrumpido por quebrantos tan cotidianos como cuervos parlantes, duelos a muerte o un siniestro mayordomo. En el presente volumen, Shane Oakley ilustra con primor el cuento satírico del escritor y guionista Neil Gaiman, autor superventas en las listas de The New York Times.

Nadar et Philippe Thirault signent une fiction romantique aux heures sombres de l’histoire ibérique : une histoire d’amour qui se fissure, sous la dictature du général Franco, à cause de trop d’ivresse. Une histoire vraie. L’écriture au couteau de Philippe Thirault sert une narration nerveuse. Salud est un roman noir illustré où les scènes de passion amoureuse se conjuguent à celles d’action, d’un dessin qui rappelle le pop art des seventies. Une histoire d’amour et de vie pour laquelle Nadar a choisi des couleurs irradiantes et un dessin qui révèle l’essence de ces ...

Describes the properties of different types of natural and manufactured matter, including elastic, marble, wood, silk, and gold. Materials answer fundamental questions about the matter and materials that make up the physical world around us. What are rocks made of? Where do plastics come from, and what are they used for? Why can I see through glass? Readers are introduced to the most common natural and manufactured materials-including metals, wood, paper, cotton, and recycled products--and learn why some are hard and others are malleable and why some stretch while others snap.