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New and recommended graphic novels and comics
Updated February 8, 2024
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Dragman : a novel
Appleby, Steven
Paper Book
WINNER OF SPECIAL JURY PRIZE AT 2021 FESTIVAL D'ANGOULÊME -- NAMED A BEST GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2020 BY THE GUARDIAN From "Britain's most loved comics artist" comes a superhero epic like no other--an ordinary man gains superpowers by donning women's clothing, saving...
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The day the Klan came to town
Campbell, Bill
Paper Book
The Day the Klan Came to Town is a fictionalised retelling of the 1923 Carnegie Klan riot, focusing on a Sicilian immigrant, Primo Salerno. He is not a leader; he's a man with a troubled past. He was pulled from the sulfur mines of Sicily as a teen to fight in the First World War. Afterward, he...
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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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Sticks Angelica, folk hero
DeForge, Michael
Paper Book
A Johnson has his Boswell and every Sticks Angelica has her Michael DeForge Sticks Angelica is, in her own words, "49 years old. Former: Olympian, poet, scholar, sculptor, minister, activist, Governor General, entrepreneur, line cook, headmistress, Mountie, columnist,...
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Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the sower
Duffy, Damian
Paper Book
The follow-up to Kindred, the #1 bestseller, comes Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower, by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the award-winning team behind the #1 bestseller Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation,...
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Flung out of Space : inspired by the indecent adventures of Patricia Highsmith
Ellis, Grace
Paper Book
Flung Out of Space is both a love letter to the essential lesbian novel, The Price of Salt, and an examination of its notorious author, Patricia Highsmith. Veteran comics creators Grace Ellis and Hannah Templer have teamed up to tell this story through Highsmith's eyes...
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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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Let there be light : the real story of her creation
Finck, Liana
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE * An "irreverent yet profound" (Publishers Weekly) retelling of the Book of Genesis, starring a female God, from the acclaimed New Yorker cartoonist and author of Passing for Human WINNER OF THE NATIONAL...
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Norse mythology. Volume 1
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
#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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Dune : the graphic novel. Book 1
Herbert, Brian
Paper Book
Dune, Frank Herbert's epic sciencefiction masterpiece set in the far future amidst a sprawling feudal interstellar society, tells the story of Paul Atreides as he and his family accept control of the desert planet Arrakis. A stunning blend of adventure and mysticism, environmentalism, and politics,...
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After the rain
Jennings, John
Paper Book
After the Rain is an adaptation of Nnedi Okorafor's short story "On the Road." The adaptation begins in Nigeria during a violent and unexpected storm. A young NigerianAmerican woman named Chioma answers a knock at her door and is horrified to see a boy with a severe head wound standing there. When...
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Wonder Woman. Dead earth
Johnson, Daniel Warren
Paper Book
Wonder Woman's mission was to save Man's World from itself. She failed. When Diana awakens from a centuries-long sleep, she discovers Earth has been reduced to a nuclear wasteland. Now she's marooned in a dark and dangerous future, protecting the last human city from titanic...
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Catwoman : Copycats
Jones, Jo©±lle
Paper Book
After leaving Batman at the altar, Selina Kyle leaves town to lick her breakup wounds in Villa Hermosa--a city almost as cold and corrupt as Gotham. But soon after moving, she discovers her new neighborhood already has a Catwoman--and the impostor is wanted by the local police!...
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Grass Kings. Volume one
Kindt, Matt
Paper Book
Three brothers who rule their own trailer park kingdom must face off against the sheriff of a neighboring town who wants their territory. From The New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and artist Tyler Jenkins (Peter Panzerfaust) comes the...
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The Quantum age
Lemire, Jeff
Paper Book
In the world of the Eisner Award-winning Black Hammer series - but a thousand years in the future - a collection of superheroes, inspired by the legendary heroes of Black Hammer Farm, must band together to save the planet from an authoritarian regime. A young Martian must find a way to reform The...
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The night eaters. Book 1, She eats the night
Liu, Marjorie M.
Paper Book
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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Batman. Curse of the White Knight
Murphy, Sean Gordon
Paper Book
Ancient curses are awoken and timeless secrets are revealed in this Eisner Award nominated and explosive sequel to the critically acclaimed blockbuster Batman- White Knight from writer/artist Sean Murphy! The Joker recruits Azrael to help him expose a shocking secret about...
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The good Asian. Volume one
Pichetshote, Pornsak
Paper Book
Polygon "The Best Comics of 2022" List Writer PORNSAK PICHETSHOTE's long-awaited follow-up to the critically acclaimed INFIDEL with stunning art by ALEXANDRE TEFENKGI (OUTPOST ZERO)! Following Edison Harkï, a haunted, self-loathing Chinese-American detective on the trail of a killer in...
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BRZRKR. Volume one
Reeves, Keanu
Paper Book
Keanu Reeves makes his comic book writing debut alongside New York Times bestselling co-writer Matt Kindt and acclaimed artist Ron Garney in a brutally violent new series about one immortal warrior's fight through the ages. A WAR WITH NO END. The man known...
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Grayson. Volume 1, Agents of Spyral
Seeley, Tim
Paper Book
YOU DON'T KNOW DICK Unmasked, targeted and presumed dead, Dick Grayson's world has been turned upside down. No longer Nightwing, former Boy Wonder, he's now a man who doesn't exist . . . which makes him the perfect double agent. Dick will have to leave behind...
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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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Something is killing the children. Volume one
Tynion, James, IV
Paper Book
When children begin to go missing in the town of Archer's Peak, all hope seems lost until a mysterious woman arrives to reveal that terrifying creatures are behind the chaos - and that she alone will destroy them, no matter the cost. IT'S THE MONSTERS WHO SHOULD BE AFRAID. ...
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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
Once, the Umbrella Academy was unstoppable. Under the tutelage of their guardian and mentor, Dr. Reginald Hargreeves, its members spent their childhoods fighting evil and honing their extraordinary gifts. Until something went terribly wrong .Now, nine years later, the estranged members of the...
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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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