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New and recommended graphic novels and comics
Updated February 8, 2024
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The man in the McIntosh suit
Ayuyang, Rina
Paper Book
A Filipino-American take on Depression-era noir featuring mistaken identities, speakeasies, and lost love. The year is 1929 and Bobot is just another migrant worker in rural California. Or rather, a migrant worker with a law degree from the Philippines reduced to manual labor...
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The ones
Bendis, Brian Michael
Ebook
From the writer who brought you Marvel's Illuminati, New Avengers, Uncanny X-Men, comes the next, best awesome super team to end all super teams... THE ONES! Every single person in every mythology that was told they were THE ONE are brought together for...
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Everything is fine
Birchall, Mike
Paper Book
Perfectly normal couple Sam and Maggie live in a perfectly normal neighborhood, with their perfectly normal dog Winston. All the houses look the same. The people sound and look the same. On the outside, everything is fine. But is it? Winston, their sweet dog, has been dead for some time now, and Sam...
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Night fever
Brubaker, Ed
Ebook
A gripping new original graphic novel from ED BRUBAKER & SEAN PHILLIPS, the bestselling creators of PULP, RECKLESS, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE KILLED. Who are you, really? Are you the things you do, or are you the person inside your mind? In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can't sleep....
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Solo leveling. 1
Chugong
Paper Book
Known as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, E-rank hunter Jinwoo Sung's contribution to raids amounts to trying not to get killed. Unfortunately, between his mother's hospital bills, his sister's tuition, and his own lack of job prospects, he has no choice but to continue to put his life on the line...
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BTTM FDRS
Daniels, Ezra Claytan
Paper Book
Once a thriving working-class Chicago neighbourhood, the 'Bottomyards' is now the definition of urban blight. When an aspiring fashion designer named Darla and her image-obsessed friend, Cynthia, descend upon the neighbourhood in search of cheap rent, they soon discover something far more seductive...
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Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the sower
Duffy, Damian
Paper Book
The graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, the follow-up to Kindred, a #1 New York Times bestseller In this graphic-novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower by Damian...
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Flung out of space : inspired by the indecent adventures of Patricia Highsmith
Ellis, Grace
Ebook
Flung Out of Space isa fictionalized graphic novel account of infamous author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing and obsession that would inspire her groundbreaking work of queer fiction, The Price of Salt. A New York Times Book...
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Infinitum : an Afrofuturist tale
Fielder, Tim
Paper Book
Afrofuturism, a movement that began in the Black community during the early 20th Century as an escape from racial hostility, economic turmoil, and aggressive policing, is enjoying a renaissance witnessed by the record-breaking success of creative projects, including the Oscar...
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The color of always : an LGBTQIA+ love anthology
Fisher, Brent
Paper Book
"Wherever you are, there is home." The flutter of first dates, the thrill of a text-back, the heart-stopping seconds before coming out, and the rush when finally discovering who you truly are - all of these life-changing moments across the full spectrum of LGBTQIA+...
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Norse mythology. Volume 1
Gaiman, Neil
Ebook
#1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman and Eisner Award-winning comics legend P. Craig Russell breathe new life into the ancient Norse stories in this comic-book adaptation of the hit novel Norse Mythology. Gaiman and Russell team with a legendary...
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The naked tree
Gendry-Kim, Keum Suk
Paper Book
A delicate, timeless, and breathtaking coming-of-age classic, reimagined Critically acclaimed and award-winning cartoonist Keum Suk Gendry-Kim returns with a stunning addition to her body of graphic fiction rooted in Korean history. Adapted from Park Wan-suh's beloved novel,...
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Blood of the virgin
Harkham, Sammy
Paper Book
"A story about storytelling...Conjures up the grindhouse movie-making scene in 1970s Los Angeles and tracks an ambitious young man's flailing attempts to build a family and a career as a film arteest in that debased world...A book with a lot of heart." -Art Spiegelman, bestselling author of...
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Dune : the graphic novel. Book 1
Herbert, Brian
Ebook
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MPLS sound
Illidge, Joseph
Paper Book
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After the rain
Jennings, John
Ebook
After the Rain is a graphic novel adaptation of Hugo and Nebula award-winning author Nnedi Okorafor's short story "On the Road." During a violent and unexpected storm in a small Nigerian town, the destiny of a Nigerian-American woman named Chioma...
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Catwoman : Copycats
Jones, Jo©±lle
Ebook
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Days of sand
Jongh, Aimée de
Ebook
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Juliette
Jourdy, Camille.
Paper Book
A vibrant tableau of small-town life as seen through the eyes of a woman returning home from Paris. Juliette boards a train from Paris and comes back to her hometown hoping for a low-key visit with family and old friends. What she finds is anything but. Her sister, a caregiver...
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Grass Kings. Volume one
Kindt, Matt
Ebook
From The New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and Peter Panzerfaust artist Tyler Jenkins comes a rural mystery series chronicling the tragic lives of the Grass Kings, three brothers and rulers of a community living off the grid and outside of the law. Eldest brother Robert has...
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The night eaters. Book 1, She eats the night
Liu, Marjorie M.
Ebook
The Night Eaters: She Eats the Nights is the first volume in a graphic novel horror trilogy from author Marjorie Liu and illustrator Sana Takeda--the creative team behind the New York Times bestselling series Monstress. * Eisner Award Winner...
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The low, low woods
Machado, Carmen Maria
Paper Book
From New York Times bestselling author Carmen Maria Machado (Her Body And Other Parties, In The Dream House) comes a story so horrifying you won't dare to forget! There's something in the woods... Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania, has been on fire for...
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Shubeik lubeik
Muh?ammad, Di?na?
Paper Book
* Winner of the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation *Eisner Award Nominee * Hugo Award Nominee A brilliantly original debut graphic novel that imagines a fantastical alternate Cairo where wishes really do come true. Shubeik Lubeik--a fairy tale rhyme that means...
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Light carries on
Nadine, Ray
Ebook
When Leon's camera unexpectedly breaks, he is forced to borrow a used one from his mom's antique store. As he snaps the first picture, the ghost of the camera's former owner is released and the two are inexplicably linked. After taking Leon's body for an accidental joy ride, the...
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Girl juice
Nate, Benji
Paper Book
A hilarious slice of twentysomething life in the twenty-first century Welcome to the Girl Juice House, home of only the hottest gang in town. Benji Nate's stylish and rambunctious sense of humor lovingly takes digs at the young and tragically hip-reserved and introspective Nana...
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The good Asian. Volume one
Pichetshote, Pornsak
Ebook
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BRZRKR. Volume one
Reeves, Keanu
Ebook
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Grayson. Volume 1, Agents of Spyral
Seeley, Tim
Ebook
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Lore Olympus. Volume one
Smythe, Rachel (Comics artist)
Paper Book
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love--witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel...
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Dark spaces : wildfire
Snyder, Scott
Ebook
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Something is killing the children. Volume one
Tynion, James, IV
Paper Book
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Clementine. Book one
Walden, Tillie
Paper Book
A 2022 Junior Library Guild Selection! Book Riot "12 Best Graphic Novels and Comics of 2022" List IGN "Best Comic Book Series or Graphic Novel of 2022" Nominee "Tillie Walden is the future. Her boldly authentic voice brings new heights to the world of The...
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The Umbrella Academy. Volume 1, Apocalypse suite
Way, Gerard.
Paper Book
In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-three extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven...
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One beautiful spring day
Woodring, Jim.
Paper Book
Jim Woodring has been chronicling the adventures of his cartoon Everyman, Frank, for almost 30 years. These stories are a singular rarity in the comics form - both bone-chillingly physical in their depictions of Frank's travails and profoundly metaphysical at the same time. Not since George Herriman...
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