Bread and Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York
Language: English
Published by Fantagraphics Books, 2013
Series: Book 1 of 1 - Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
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Seller: Hostile City Editions, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A.Hostile City Editions
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1st thus (stated), 1st printing; Flat signed by author AND illustrator on title page; Dust jacket like new mylar wrapped with "Strand Signed Edition" sticker on cover; Boards like new showing no wear; Text unmarked, copy appears unread; Scarce edition of scarce graphic memoir featuring signatures of both author and illustrator Bread & Wine is Samuel R. Delany's autobiographical graphic novel about how he met a homeless man, Dennis, who became his partner. Written by black, gay science-fiction writer, professor, and theorist Samuel R. Delany, and drawn by multi-media artist and cartoonist Mia Wolff, Bread & Wine is a graphic autobiography that flashes back to the unlikely story of how Delany befriended Dennis, and how they became an enduring couple—Delany, a professor at Philadelphia’s Temple University, Dennis, an intelligent man living on the streets. For casual readers and fans, Bread & Wine is a moving, sexually charged love story, with visuals informed by Wolff’s sensitive portrayal of the couple’s physicality. Her black-and-white, pen-and-ink work not only expressionistically represents the characters’ “body language” and the bustling New York setting but is also filled with impish art references and visual puns. The scholarly potential for the book, based on the poem “Bread and Wine” by the German lyric poet Friedrich Holderlin, not only encompasses queer, African American, and graphic novel studies, but also exploration in the literary and paraliterary academic fields.…
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- Title
- Bread and Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York
- Author
- Samuel R Delany
- Publisher
- Fantagraphics Books
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Fine
- Dust jacket
- Fine
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1606996320
- ISBN 13
- 9781606996324
- Illustrator
- Mia Wolff
- Edition
- 1st Edition, Special Edition
- Printing
- 1st Printing
- Item weight
- 1 pound
- Series
- Book 1 of 1: Bread & Wine: An Erotic Tale of New York
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About the Author
Mia Wolff grew up drawing, reading, and climbing trees before arriving at Pratt Institute to study painting. From there she joined the Big Apple Circus, subsequently going on the road with a three ring show as the catcher in a double trapeze act. Returning to NYC, she went back to painting (wolffland.com) and making books (Catcher, Bread & Wine, Eye Feed). Her latest, The Empty Lot (2024), is a long monograph/graphic novel that is akin to an operatic roller coaster in paint and ink. She currently lives in Brooklyn.
Alan Moore is a magician and performer, and is widely regarded as the best and most influential writer in the history of comics. His seminal works include From Hell, V for Vendetta, and Watchmen, for which he won the Hugo Award. He was born in 1953 in Northampton, UK, and has lived there ever since.
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