I highly recommend "Alice in Sunderland" by Bryan Talbot. It uses the idea of psychogeography that Alan Moore and Iain Sinclair popularised and analyses Sunderland, Lewis Carrol, Alice in Wonderland, the Empire Theatre, Sid James and a multitude of other subjects. Its dense but rewarding, although there is no real narrative to the story. I think it's the first great comic of 2007. I would go into further detail (and I might later) but it's 12.30 in the morning.
Oliver recommended this to me yesterday and even on first glance in the shop I could see this was something different and definitely worth buying. A really curious read that keeps your interest throughout even though as Oliver states there is no real narrative. Buy it.
We've still got a few copies of the first edition left. It is the most un-putdown-able book I've read for ages... It's part history book, part sociology book. It's funny and informative. It's got a great mix of illustration styles that each compliment the aspect of the story being told. It's essentially the history of Britain (ancient and modern), history of art, told from the point of view of Sunderland and the connections with Lewis Carrol and the real life Alice. It's not a Civil War tie in.
