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ALAN NOLAN<br />

Alan Nolan is a comics writer, graphic<br />

designer, artist and co-creator of the horror<br />

series Sancho. He lives in Bray, County<br />

Wicklow, with his wife and three sons.<br />

Graphic Novels<br />

Here at O’Brien <strong>Press</strong>, we are passionate about graphic<br />

novels and have a range of titles for both children and<br />

adults. <strong>The</strong>se graphic novels by Alan Nolan will encourage<br />

even the most reluctant reader to find out what<br />

happens next. See some of our graphic novels for adults<br />

in the General catalogue on page A17.<br />

A new series of hilarious graphic novel who-dunnits. Perfect for<br />

reluctant readers. See murdercanbefatal.com for more!<br />

Graphic Novels www.obrien.ie<br />

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Destination: Homicide<br />

A Murder Can Be Fatal Mystery<br />

When Hood City’s superheroes start<br />

to turn up dead the city’s worst detectives,<br />

Ricky Nixon and Eddie Ribbs,<br />

are chosen to head up the case.<br />

With reporter Abigail Fletcher and<br />

blind bluesman Tonedeaf Roosevelt,<br />

they battle giant sewer alligators,<br />

mind-controlled zombies and the<br />

mysterious kingpin Mister Fogg in a<br />

mission to find out – WHO’S KILLING<br />

THE SUPERHEROES?<br />

80 pages/B&W<br />

ISBN 978-1-84717-256-3<br />

€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />

Death by Chocolate<br />

A Murder Can Be Fatal<br />

Mystery<br />

Marcel Petit-Pois the famous,<br />

but bumbling Swiss detective,<br />

and his sidekick Tesla, the<br />

second cleverest chimp<br />

in Europe, are on a case.<br />

<strong>The</strong> mysterious Chocolatier<br />

has committed a series of<br />

confectionery-related killings.<br />

In a rollercoaster adventure,<br />

Petit-Pois teams up with old<br />

friends, follows clues, uncovers<br />

gruesome murders and eventually finds out that although<br />

he believes himself to be an investigative genius, he’s actually<br />

second banana to a chimp.<br />

80 pages/B&W<br />

ISBN 978-1-84717-254-9<br />

€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />

And <strong>The</strong> Blood Flowed Green<br />

A Murder Can Be Fatal<br />

Mystery<br />

Mick Mulligan dreams of escaping<br />

his humdrum life, but he<br />

didn’t bank on being abducted<br />

by extraterrestrials! With his<br />

alien buddies Mulligan must<br />

lead a daring jailbreak, battle<br />

robots and much more as he<br />

desperately tries to find his way<br />

home to Earth.<br />

80 pages/B&W<br />

ISBN 978-1-84717-257-0<br />

€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />

Six Million Ways to Die<br />

A Murder Can Be Fatal<br />

Mystery<br />

Six months after Rex ‘Thunderclap’<br />

Aldrin, the famous<br />

daredevil stuntman, is horribly<br />

injured in a near fatal crash while<br />

attempting to jump Lucifer’s Canyon<br />

in his dragster, he wakes<br />

up in a deserted underground<br />

facility to find that the world has<br />

changed, and so has he.<br />

In a mind-warping adventure that<br />

brings him time-travelling back to<br />

the Titanic, Rex must use his new-found biotronically-enhanced<br />

powers to right the wrongs of the past, solve a series of gruesome<br />

on-board murders, and return his present day to normal<br />

by preventing Japan from winning the Second World War.<br />

80 pages/B&W<br />

ISBN 978-1-84717-255-6<br />

€7.99 pb/Rights available W<br />

<strong>The</strong> Big Break Detectives Casebook<br />

Text & illus. Alan Nolan<br />

<strong>The</strong> Big Break Detectives are three school friends, Danny, Kate and her brother, Tom, who,<br />

from their secret base under the school, solve crimes, right wrongs, unravel mysteries and<br />

nab evil-doers – all on their lunch break!<br />

An exciting graphic novel<br />

for children of all ages which<br />

includes four mind-boggling<br />

mysteries: <strong>The</strong> Case of the<br />

Rude Parrot • <strong>The</strong> Case<br />

of the Sabotaged Circus •<br />

<strong>The</strong> Case of the Invisible<br />

Penguins • <strong>The</strong> Case of the Phantom Lollipop Lady<br />

64 pages/full colour/ISBN 978-1-84717-252-5<br />

€7.99 pb<br />

Rights available W<br />

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