Among The Shadows

One of the most celebrated singer-songwriters of the 20th Century, some of her most successful and critically acclaimed work includes "Blue", "Ladies of the Canyon", "Court and Spark", and "Both Sides, Now". The recipient of a 2002 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, she was also ranked #72 in Rolling Stone's 2003 list of the greatest guitarists of all time. In 1997, Mitchell was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

What's in a shadow? Menace, seduction, or salvation? Immaterial but profound, shadows lurk everywhere in literature and the visual arts, signifying everything from the treachery of appearances to the unfathomable power of God. From Plato to Picasso, from Rembrandt to Welles and Warhol, from Lord of the Rings to the latest video game, shadows act as central players in the drama of Western culture.

is a multi-awarded graphic novel by French artist and author Cyril Pedrosa that is sad, touching, haunting, vivid, strange, poetic and beautifully drawn all at the same time. Almost all who have read it--many of them new to the medium of graphic novels--find it mesmerizing and are at a loss for words to describe their experience and the emotions they felt. It is published by First Second Books, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press, a division of Holtzbrinck Publishers, which owns some of America's most prestigious publishers, known for great integrity and literary quality, such as Henry Holt, FSG, St Martin's Press, Tor and Picador, all of which have garnered the most coveted prizes in publishing. Among the many awards that Three Shadows has garnered are: Contra Costa Times Best GN (Graphic Novel) of the Year ; Harrisburg Patriot-News Best GN of the Year ; Newsarama Best GN of the Year; Oregonian Best GN of the Year; and Publisher's Weekly Comics Week Best Comic of the Year. But don't let the rave reviews and all the adjectives color your judgment. Find out for yourself. Read. A high-quality Minutemen-DTs scan.

Much of what is known about the universe came from the study of celestial shadows.