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What do Superman, Prince Valiant, Cerebus the Aardvark, and Spawn have in common? Their creators – Joe Shuster, Harold Foster, Dave Sim, and Todd McFarlane are Canadians. And while many of the cutting-edge talents of contemporary comix and graphic novels are also from Canada – artists such as Chester Brown, Seth, Dave Cooper, and Julie Doucet – far too few Canadians realize their country had a remarkable involvement with the «funnies» long before. Invaders from the North profiles past and present comic geniuses, sheds light on unjustly neglected chapters in Canada’s pop history, and demonstrates how this nation has vaulted to the forefront of international comic art, successfully challenging the long-established boundaries between high and low culture. Generously illustrated with black-and-white and colour comic covers and panels, Invaders from the North serves up a cheeky, brash cavalcade of flamboyant and outrageous personalities and characters that graphically attest to Canada’s verve and invention in the world of visual storytelling.

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Travels from St. Petersburg, in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia : In 2 vol. Vol. 1. A journey to Ispahan in Persia, in the years 1715, 1716, 1717, and 1718. Part of a journey to Pekin in China, through Siberia, in the years 1719, 1720, and 1721».

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Полный вариант заголовка: «Travels from St. Petersburg, in Russia, to diverse parts of Asia : Vol. 2 : The continuation of the journey between Mosco and Pekin. To which is added (with special t.p.) a translation of the Journal of Mr. de Lange, resident of Russia at the court of Pekin, in the years 1721 & 1722. A journey from Mosco to Derbent in Persia, in the year 1722. A journey from St. Petersburg to Constantinople in the years 1737 and 1738. : in 2 vol.».

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