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SAME DIFFERENCE & OTHER STORIES

Selected as one of the Best Books of 2003 by Publishers Weekly

Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Award

Collects the best of Lowbright from 2000-2003 in one handsome 154 page square-bound volume. Beautifully produced with matte-laminated french-flap color covers and pristine black and white interiors on high-quality tinted paper.

Includes Same Difference, Hurdles, Pulling, Super Unleaded, Interview With A Human, Emo Rock Hyung, Oliver Pikk (#1-7), Valentine's Day, My Sistine Chapel, The Shaft, Ungrateful Appreciation, The Sound, and Island.

"Don't miss this impressive debut."
--TIME

"The best of these stories work in understated, Raymond Carver territory... Kim's realistic and sympathetic stories show the awkwardness of young people without a secure place in society."
--Publishers Weekly

"A literate, funny and beautiful piece of fiction."
--Scott McCloud

"Same Difference and Other Stories proves Derek Kirk Kim to be a talent of considerable range, whose artistic chops are expressive and multifaceted."
--The Comics Journal

"What Kim offers that puts him above the pack is a combination of unique perspective and refreshing honesty: his Korean-Californian-American background, unusual to this tradition of comics, and a willingness to examine himself and his peer group, not just to come out on top in the misery competition, but to genuinely observe, reflect, and question."
--Aint-it-cool.com

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GOOD AS LILY

Written by Derek Kirk Kim
Illustrated by Jesse Hamm

What if your biggest competition was…yourself? Following a strange mishap on her 18th birthday, Grace Kwon is confronted with herself from three different periods in her life. The timing couldn't be worse as Grace and her friends desperately try to save a crumbling school play. Will her other selves wreak havoc on her present life or illuminate her uncertain future?

"Funny and tender, it's a triumphant addition to the Minx collection."
--Chicago Tribune

"A modern, imaginative story [with] both brains and heart."
--The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Grade: A. The best title yet under the Minx imprint."
--The Contra Costa Times

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