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The Way of Tank Girl

By Alan Martin and Jamie Hewlett
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The Way of Tank Girl is a dynamic gift book featuring a vibrant selection of Tank Girl's most personal and eccentric thoughts, through comic panels, poems, covers, and extracts spanning her 30-year career. Packed with rare, unseen, and brand new images, it offers a unique insight into Tank Girl's irreverent philosophy on life.
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Ideal for fans of graphic novels and cult comic heroines, as well as collectors seeking rare Tank Girl material.

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A fantastic gift book full of Tank Girl's most personal and bonkers brainwaves, musings and secret weaponry!

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A fantastic gift book full of Tank Girl's most personal and bonkers brainwaves, musings and secret weaponry!

A collection of comic panels, poems, covers, and extracts from Tank Girl's 30-year career. Includes a whole bunch of rare, unseen, and brand new images.

This is The Way of Tank Girl; her philosophy on life, distilled from her filthiest, dirtiest, stupidest best!

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Midwest Book Review praises the book as an "inherently fascinating collection" showcasing a wealth of rare and new images. They highlight it as a distilled essence of Tank Girl's wild and unapologetic spirit, deeming it an "absolute 'must' for the legions of Tank Girl fans."

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781785864636

Publisher: Titan Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 17 April 2018

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Titan Comics

Contributors:

  • Illustrated by Ashley Wood

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 170.0mm

Height: 170.0mm

Weight: 300g

Pages: 128

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Alan Martin is the co-creator of Tank Girl (along with artist Jamie Hewlett). He lives in the UK.

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