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Alice ever after
Panosian, Dan, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Return to Wonderland in this twisted sequel perfect for fans of Neil Gaiman's Snow, Glass, Apples, Mirka Andolfo's Mercy, and Fables! Alice first visited Wonderland as a child. Now an adult, it's her only escape from her cold, strange reality. But in order to...
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Daughters of snow and cinders
Tamarit, Nuria
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Fleeing the fires of her war-torn homeland, a young woman travels to the New World in search of gold to rebuild her life. In this strange, lawless land, Joana encounters friends (the kind Native women Tala and Opa), foes (the cruel gold hunter Matwei and his men), and an unexpected traveling...
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Crashing
Klein, Matthew
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Housemeets Gotham Centralin this powered up medical drama featuring a prized physician caught amid recovery from addiction and a polarizing campaign aimed to strip superpowered humans of healthcare rights. Rose Osler is a specialist. Her focus? Patients with Powers....
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Helck. 1
Nanao, Nanaki, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
An epic tale of the powerful human hero who aims to become the next Demon Lord! After the demon lord is slain at the hands of a lone human warrior, humans rejoice over the end of his reign of terror. But an intense tournament of powerful fighters hoping to be crowned the next...
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Fun home : a family tragicomic
Bechdel, Alison
Paper Book
CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED, NATIONAL BESTSELLER ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY Time Magazine #1 Book of the Year * National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist Winner of the Stonewall Book Award * Double finalist for...
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Everything is fine. Volume one
Birchall, Mike, author, illustrator.
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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...
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The Blue Flame
Cantwell, Christopher
Paper Book
A cosmic action adventure for fans and readers of Watchmen, Strange Adventures, and Hawkeye, The Blue Flame tells the story of a blue collar working man/DIY vigilante/cosmic hero, who must defend Earth with an answer to the question: "Is humanity worth saving?"
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Nervosa
Gold, Hayley, author, illustrator.
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"A vibrant graphic memoir full of dark humor, Nervosa is an insightful look into the torment of disordered eating that will be a source of comfort to others who struggle with their mental health." --STARRED REVIEW, Foreword Reviews...
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A guest in the house
Carroll, Emily, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Winner of the 2024 LA Times Book PrizeWinner of the 2024 Lammy Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Comic New York Times' Notable Book of 2023 Winner of the 2024The Doug Wright Award for Best Book In E.M. Carroll's haunting adult graphic novel horror story A...
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The last Count of Monte Cristo
Jama-Everett, Ayize, 1974- author.
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The Last Count of Monte Cristo is a bold retelling of Alexandre Dumas's classic tale of love, betrayal, revenge, and redemption. This speculative update pushes the narrative into a future hundreds of years after the polar ice caps have melted and submerged our planet into a new era of...
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Refuge
Campbell, Bill, 1970- author.
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A gritty "voodoo" Western tale about what happens when fighting is all both sides know what to do. 1879. Afterdecades of violence of fleeing, having gone everywhere from Floridato Mexico, a war...
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Chivalry
Gaiman, Neil
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Winner 2023 Will Eisner Award - Best Adaptation from Another Medium. Another delightfully humorous and sweet fantasy graphic novel adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short story, brought to you by the Eisner award-winning creative team behind Troll Bridge and Snow, Glass, Apples<...
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Wash day diaries
Rowser, Jamila, writer.
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From writer Jamila Rowser and artist Robyn Smith comes a captivating graphic novel love letter to the beauty and endurance of Black women, their friendships, and their hair. Wash Day Diaries tells the story of four best friends--Kim, Tanisha, Davene, and Cookie--through...
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So much for love how I survived a toxic relationship
Lambda, Sophie
Paper Book
A 2023 Eisner Award Nominee for Best Graphic MemoirA 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Selection Part memoir, part self-help book, So Much For Love offers hilarious and empathetic advice on how to survive a relationship with a master manipulator.
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Pinball a graphic history of the silver ball
Chad, Jon
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in this dynamic, nonfiction graphic novel, Jon Chad illustrates the little-known story of pinball--how it works and why it all matters in an age of special effects and on-screen gaming. In 1976, champion player Roger Sharpe stepped up to a pinball machine in a Manhattan...
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Robin & Batman
Lemire, Jeff, writer.
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Robin is just starting out at the side of Batman, struggling to find his own path from personal tragedy to being a Superhero. The Eisner-winning superstar team of writer Jeff Lemire (Sweet Tooth) and artist Dustin Nguyen (Batman) unite for a three-issue limited-series exploring the...
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A career in books a novel about friends, money, and the occasional duck bun
Gavino, Kate, author, illustrator.
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APublishers WeeklyBest Books 2022- Comics pick A Career in Booksis a graphic novel for everyone who's wanted to "work with books" and had NO idea what it entailed. It's for those who were taken aback by that first paycheck. It's for those who wanted a...
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Dictatorship it's easier than you think
Kendzior, Sarah
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Co-hosts of the popular podcast Gaslit Nation outline the authoritarian's playbook, illuminating five steps every dictator needs to take to successfully amass and maintain power. Do you crave the power to shape the world in your image? Can you tell lies...
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The case files of jeweler Richard. Vol. 1
Tsujimura, Nanako
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This beautifully illustrated, heartwarming mystery romp is based on the popular light novel series that also inspired an anime! When Seigi Nakata rescued a handsome young jewelry appraiser from a group of drunken assailants, he got more than he bargained for! The appraiser is...
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Chef's kiss
Melendez, Jarrett
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"A perfect mix of romance and self-discovery." -- Publishers Weekly 2023 Alex Award Winner 2023 Eisner Award Nominee 2023 GLAAD Award Nominee 2023 YALSA Great Graphic Novel for Teens 2022 New York Public Library...
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Colorless. Volume 01
Kent, author, artist.
Paper Book
A stylish noir-punk thriller set in a world stripped of its color and humanity. This visually striking manga series is presented in two-tone printing that contrasts a gritty, monochromatic world with sudden electric splashes of neon color. A cosmic disaster changed the Earth...
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Castaways a graphic novel
Pérez Granell, Laura, 1983- author, illustrator.
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Madrid in the eighties, and Barcelona ten years later. In these two vibrant locales, Castawaysfollows the relationship between Alejandra and Julio against the backdrop of these poetic urban spaces where dreams, love, and uncertainty intertwine. Drawn to one another...
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Number one is walking my life in the movies and other diversions
Martin, Steve, 1945- author.
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** New York Times Bestseller ** Number One Is Walking is Steve Martin's cinematic legacy--an illustrated memoir of his legendary acting career, with stories from his most popular films and artwork by New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss. ...
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Entangled with you the garden of 100 grasses
Aoi, Aki, author, illustrator.
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A beautiful and self-contained Boys' Love fairy tale set in the deep, dark woods. Once upon a time, Marcel's sister injured herself in the forest while gathering herbs. Marcel was at a loss for what to do until a fearsome horned man appeared, offering help-in exchange for a...
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Duck. Two years in the oil sands
Beaton, Kate
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A New York Times Notable book! One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022! Winner of Canada Reads 2023! "An exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness, labor, and survival."--Carmen Maria Machado Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times...
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Bipolar bear and the terrible, horrible, no good, very bad health insurance a fable for adults
Founds, Kathleen, author, artist.
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Theodore is a bear with wild mood swings. When he is up, he carves epic poetry into tree trunks. When he is down, he paints sad faces on rocks and turtle shells. In search of prescription medications that will bring stability to his life, Theodore finds a job with health insurance benefits....
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The liminal zone
Ito, Junji, 1963- author, illustrator.
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Three-time Eisner Award winner Junji Ito presents brand-new nightmares! What destiny awaits them after the screaming? After abruptly departing from a train in a small town, a couple encounters a "weeping woman"--a professional mourner--sobbing inconsolably at a...
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Radium girls
Cy
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"Compelling, inspiring, and radiant." -- FOREWORD "Excels in showing the camaraderie of the 'Ghost Girls.'" -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "Another example of how great graphic...
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Birdking. Vol. 1
Freedman, Daniel, writer.
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From the creators of Raiders,Daniel Freedman and and CROM, comes an original dark fantasy graphic novel of epic adventure and magic. Bianca, teenage apprentice to an infamous arcane blacksmith, is forced to flee her homeland and seek out Atlas, a fabled land of light ruled...
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After the rain
Jennings, John, 1941- author.
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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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Adler
Tidhar, Lavie
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It's the League of Extraordinary Gentlewomen, as Adler teams up with a host of famous female faces from science, history and literature to defeat the greatest criminal mastermind of all time! "Women are never to be entirely trusted - not the best of them." - Arthur Conan Doyle....
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Lost on planet earth
Visaggio, Magdalene, writer.
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It's 2381, and Basil Miranda, on the verge of graduation, knows exactly what she's doing with the rest of her life and always has- a primo assignment on the best ship in the fleet alongside her best friend in the world. She has meticulously prepared herself, and the final Fleet...
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Short order crooks
Sebela, Christopher
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Rockwell Granger put his misspent life on the line in pursuit of cooking for a living...and it's not going well. In debt to the notorious Bardem Brothers -- who control the Portland food cart scene with an iron fist -- he struggles to make a profit and fights with the few customers he has. When the...
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Seek you a journey through American loneliness
Radtke, Kristen, author, artist.
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From the acclaimed author of Imagine Wanting Only This--a timely and moving meditation on isolation and longing, both as individuals and as a society. There is a silent epidemic in America: loneliness. Shameful to talk about and often misunderstood, loneliness is...
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Noir is the new black noir stories from black creators
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40 Black Creators. 16 Noirstories. Unhinged. Unfiltered. Unstoppable...This is NOIR IS THE NEW BLACK! Therecertainly have been many Noir Comics written and drawn by black creators in thepast....
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Bubble
Cliff, Tony (Comic book author)
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Based on the smash-hit audio serial, Bubble is a hilarious high-energy graphic novel with a satirical take on the "gig economy." Built and maintained by corporate benevolence, the city of Fairhaven is a literal bubble of safety and order (and amazing coffee) in...
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The Black Ghost hard revolution
Gallagher, Monica, 1979- author.
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From Alex Segura (Silent City) and Monica Gallagher comes a new original graphic novel about corruption and justice. Meet Lara Dominguez--a troubled Creighton cops reporter obsessed with the city's debonair vigilante--the Black Ghost. With the help of a mysterious cyber...
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The complete Persepolis
Satrapi, Marjane
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Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution has for twenty years been a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most popular and widely known graphic novels of all time. <...
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Write it in blood
McConville, Rory
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On the eve of their retirement, two hitmen - Cosmo and Arthur Pryce - drive through the Texas countryside with the infamous Little Harkness in the trunk of their car. The brothers are meant to deliver Harkness to their boss, but matters become complicated when Arthur's recklessness jeopardises Cosmo...
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Better angels a Kate Warne adventure
Jensen, Jeff
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A graphic novel inspired by the true story of Kate Warne, America's first female detective and her signature achievement--cracking a plot by Confederate radicals to kill Abraham Lincoln. IN 1861, AMERICA'S GREATEST DETECTIVE SAVED THE LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN. THIS IS HER...
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Black widow. Vol. 1, The ties that bind
Thompson, Kelly, 1976- author.
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Kelly Thompson. Black Widow. 'Nuff Said! The best-selling, Eisner-nominated writer of Captain Marvel joins rising star artist Elena Casagrande to change everything for Natasha Romanoff! The Widow has been a spy almost as long as she's been alive. And she's never stopped running, whether she was...
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Lore Olympus. Volume one
Smythe, Rachel (Comics artist), author, artist.
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#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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The day the Klan came to town
Campbell, Bill
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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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Cat massage therapy. 1
Hisakawa, Haru
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A full-color manga about purrfectly professional massage therapists- fluffy cats who knead your troubles away. Nekoyama, worn out after another long day at the office, stops at a therapeutic massage parlor-only to discover that it's run by a cat! Not only that, but the cat...
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Wake the hidden history of women-led slave revolts
Hall, Rebecca, 1963- author.
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A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and The Washington Post Part graphic novel, part memoir, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the "powerful" (The New York Times Book Review) story of women-led slave revolts and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall's...
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Artemisia
Ferlut, Nathalie, 1968- author.
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The English-language edition of Nathalie Ferlut and Tamia Baudouin's stunning biography of Artemisia Gentileschi, the trailblazing Italian baroque painter, originally published in French. This full-color graphic novel recounts the remarkable story of Artemisia, whose life story is told...
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Our not-so-lonely planet travel guide. Volume 1
Sorai, Mone, author, illustrator.
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Super serious Asahi Suzumura and laidback, easygoing Mitsuki Sayama might seem like an odd couple, but they made a deal; they'll vacation around the world and when they get back to Japan, they'll get married. As they travel from country to country, the different people, cultures and...
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Tunnels
Modan, Rutu
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A race for the Ark of the Covenant finds an exploration into the ethics and world of the international antiquity trade When a great antiquities collector is forced to donate his entire collection to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Nili Broshi sees her last chance to finish...
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Frieren, beyond journey's end. 1
Yamada, Kanehito
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The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party....
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Hakim's odyssey. Book 1, From Syria to Turkey
Toulmé, Fabien, 1980- author.
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What does it mean to be a "refugee"? It is easy forthose who live in relative freedom to ignore or even to villainize people whohave been forced to flee their homes. After all, it can be hard to identify withothers' experiences when you haven't been in theirshoes. In Hakim's...
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That Texas blood. Vol. 1
Condon, Chris
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After an explosive confrontation over a casserole dish, Joe Bob Coates begins to question his effectiveness as Sheriff of Ambrose County, Texas. Matters only get worse as Los Angeles-based writer Randy Terrill returns home following the sudden and mysterious death of his brother, causing a spiral...
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How do we relationship? 1
Tamifull, author, illustrator.
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A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing. Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult--especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn't seem to help,...
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An embarrassment of witches
Goldstein, Sophie, author, illustrator.
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A coming-of-age urban fantasy set in a world full of animal familiars, enchanted plants, and spell-casting that explores the mundane horrors of breakups, job searches, and post-graduate existential angst. Life after college isn't turning out exactly as Rory and Angela had planned...
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A man and his cat. 1
Sakurai, Umi
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The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated series about an older gentleman and his unique,...
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Oak flat a fight for sacred land in the American West
Redniss, Lauren
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER .A powerful work of visual nonfiction about three generations of an Apache family struggling to protect sacred land from a multinational mining corporation, by MacArthur "Genius" and National Book Award finalist Lauren Redniss, the acclaimed author of Thunder & Lightning<...
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Folklords
Kindt, Matt
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In a world of magic and monsters, Ansel is an outsider haunted by visions of our world - and will risk everything to find the mysterious Folklords who can reveal the truth about his existence! WHERE DO YOU BELONG? In a world of magic and monsters, Ansel is an...
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Once & future. Volume one, The king is undead
Gillen, Kieron
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When a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring a villain from Arthurian myth back from the dead, retired monster hunter Bridgette McGuire pulls her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, a museum curator, into a world of magic and mysticism to defeat a legendary threat. Now the two must...
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Parable of the sower
Butler, Octavia E.
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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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My riot
Spears, Rick (Comic book writer) author.
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1991--Val, a teenager from a conservative family,has grown up dreaming of becoming a ballerina, but recently something haschanged. She's begun feeling pressure to conform to a specific idea ofbeauty, body type, and a personality that just doesn'tfit. ...
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Fangs
Andersen, Sarah (Sarah C.), author, illustrator.
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Vamp is three hundred years old but in all that time, she has never met her match. This all changes one night in a bar when she meets a charming werewolf. FANGS chronicles the humour, sweetness, and awkwardness of meeting someone perfectly suited to you but also vastly different.
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Knight of the ice. 1
Ogawa, Yayoi
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A rom-com manga on ice, perfect for fans of Princess Jellyfishand Wotakoi. Kokoro is the talk of the figure-skating world, winning trophies and hearts. But little do they know... he's actually a huge nerd! From the beloved creator of You're My Pet(Tramps Like Us)....
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Sapiens a graphic history, The birth of humankind. Volume one
Harari, Yuval N.
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Monstress. Volume one, Awakening
Liu, Marjorie M.
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2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Writer"" open="" /> 2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Painter/Multimedia Artist"" open="" /> 2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Continuing Series"" open="" /> 2018 Eisner Award winner, Best Publication for Teens"" />
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Fly me to the moon. Volume 1
Hata, Kenjirō, 1975- author, illustrator.
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First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world! From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space...whether he likes it or not. His efforts to outperform the space program veer off course when an accident...
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HSE, human stock exchange. Volume 1
Dorison, Xavier
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In a far too near-future, the world's economy has collapsed. Amidst an unprecedented recession, the only remaining bastion of capitalist prosperity is the new 'Human Stock Exchange', where individuals are listed on the market. Felix Fox sells cars over the phone, a poorly paid, thankless, dead-end...
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The way of the househusband. 1
Oono, Kousuke
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It's a day in the life of your average househusband--if your average househusband is the legendary yakuza "the Immortal Dragon"! A former yakuza legend leaves it all behind to become your everyday househusband. But it's not easy to walk away from the gangster life, and what...
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Our dining table
Ori, Mita, author, illustrator.
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BOYS' LOVE COOKED TO PERFECTIONEating around other people is a struggle for salaryman Yutaka, despite his talent for cooking. All that changes when he meets Minoru and Tane-two brothers, many years apart in age-who ask him to teach them how to make his delicious food! It's not long before...
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Pros and (comic) cons
Nicholson, Hope.
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Following the bestselling The Secret Loves of Geekscomes this brand-new anthology featuring comics and prose stories by cartoonists and professional geeks about the world of comic book conventions from the guests who've attended them across the world. Featuring stories that are funny, sad,...
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Snow, glass, apples
Gaiman, Neil
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Winner of the 2020 Bram Stoker Award® for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel! A chilling fantasy retelling of the Snow White fairy tale by New York Times bestselling creators Neil Gaiman and Colleen Doran! A not-so-evil queen is terrified of her monstrous...
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Blackbird. Book 1, The great beast
Humphries, Sam
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Included in Tor.com's Best Comics of2018 Included in Book Riot's BestComics of 2018 "Much like BARTEL'sart, the world of BLACKBIRD thrums with a fantastical...
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Die. Volume 1, Fantasy heartbreaker
Gillen, Kieron
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Tor.com's Best Comics of 2018 THE WICKED + THE DIVINE writer KIERON GILLEN teams up with artist supernova STEPHANIE HANS (WicDiv, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic. DIE is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the...
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When I arrived at the castle
Carroll, Emily
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Like many before her that have never come back, she's made it to the Countess' castle determined to snuff out the horror, but she could never be prepared for what hides within its turrets; what unfurls under its fluttering flags. Emily Carroll has fashioned a rich gothic horror charged with...
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They called us enemy
Takei, George, 1937- author.
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New York Times Bestseller! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale...
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The hard tomorrow
Davis, Eleanor, 1983- author.
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Winner of the LA Times Book Prize for Best Graphic Novel! 30 best of the year and best of the decade nods from The Guardian, Wired, NPR, and more! Hannah is a thirty-something wife, home-health worker, and antiwar activist. Her husband, Johnny, is a...
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Rise of the Black Panther
Narcisse, Evan
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Witness the early years of the man who will come to rule one of the most scientifically advanced countries in the world! Wakanda has always kept itself isolated from Western society, but that's all about to change. Young T'Challa knows he is destined to become king, but when his father is brutally...
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Tales from la Vida : a Latinx comics anthology
Aldama, Frederick Luis
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In the Latinx comics community, there is much to celebrate today, with more Latinx comic book artists than ever before. The resplendent visual-verbal storyworlds of these artists reach into and radically transform so many visual and storytelling genres. Tales from la Vida ...
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Ice Cream Man. Volume one, Rainbow sprinkles
Prince, W. Maxwell
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ICE CREAM MAN is a genre-defying comic book series, featuring disparate "one-shot" tales of sorrow, wonder, and redemption. Chocolate, vanilla, existential horror, addiction, musical fantasy...there's a flavor for everyone's misery. Each installment features its own...
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Henchgirl
Gudsnuk, Kristen
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Mary Posa hates her job. She works long hours for little pay, no insurance, and worst of all, no respect. Her co-workers are jerks and her boss doesn't appreciate her. He's also a supervillain. And her parents... well, they're the most famous superhero couple in Crepe City, along with her sister....
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Goodnight Punpun. 1
Asano, Inio
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A dark coming-of-age tale where slice-of-life slices back. This is Punpun Onodera's coming-of-age story. His parents' marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail, and his mom goes to the hospital. He has to live with his loser uncle. He has a crush on a girl who lives in a...
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Kill or be killed. Volume 1
Brubaker, Ed
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The bestselling team of ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS (THE FADE OUT, CRIMINAL, FATALE) return with KILL OR BE KILLED, the twisted story of a young man forced to kill bad people, and how he struggles to keep his secret from destroying his life. Both a thriller and a deconstruction of...
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City. 1
Arawi, Keiichi
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From the creator of nichijou, this surreal-slapstick series revolves around a penniless college student, Midori Nagumo, who lives in an ordinary city filled with not-quite-ordinary people. And as this reckless girl runs about, she sets the city in motion. Midori is in a...
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Saga. Volume one
Vaughan, Brian K.
Paper Book
Romeo & Juliet meets Star Wars in this sexy, subversive fantasy and sci-fi space opera about star-crossed lovers from enemy worlds. An epic for mature readers, SAGA is the story of Hazel, a child born to star-crossed parents from opposite sides of a never-ending...
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Giant days. Volume one
Allison, John
Paper Book
Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of hand-wringing boys, "personal experimentation," influenza, mystery-mold, nu-chauvinism, and the willful, unwanted...
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Paper girls. 1
Vaughan, Brian K.
Paper Book
Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang's Eisner Award winning series Paper Girls is coming Amazon Prime Video in July 2022! From Brian K. Vaughan, #1 New York Times bestselling writer of SAGA, and Cliff Chiang, legendary artist of WONDER WOMAN, comes the first volume of an all-new ongoing...
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East of West. Volume 1, [The promise]
Hickman, Jonathan.
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This is the world. It is not the one we wanted, but it is the one we deserved. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse roam the Earth, signaling the End Times for humanity, and our best hope for life, lies in DEATH!
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Vinland saga. Book one
Yukimura, Makoto
Paper Book
Hit anime series streaming now from the makers of Attack on Titan! FOR HONOR AND VENGEANCE As a child, Thorfinn sat at the feet of the great Leif Ericson and thrilled to wild tales of a land far to the west. But his youthful fantasies were shattered by a...
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I hate Fairyland. Volume 1, Madly ever after
Young, Skottie
Paper Book
From superstar writer and artist Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon, Wizard of OZ, Fortunately, The Milk), comes the first volume of an all-new series of adventure and mayhem. An Adventure Time/Alice in Wonderland-style epic that smashes it's cute little face against grown-up, Tank Girl...
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My favorite thing is monsters. Book one
Ferris, Emil
Paper Book
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbour,...
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Lady killer. Volume one
Jones, Jo©±lle
Paper Book
Josie Schuller is a picture-perfect homemaker, wife and mother - but she's also a ruthless, efficient killer! She's balanced cheerful domestic bliss with coldly performed assassinations, but when Josie finds herself in the crosshairs, her American dream life is in danger! A brand-new original black...
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Daytripper the Deluxe Edition
Moon, F©?bio.
Paper Book
The Eisner Award winning DAYTRIPPER follows Bras de Olivias Dominguez during different periods in his life, each with the same ending: his death. DAYTRIPPER follows the life of one man, Bras de Olivias Dominguez. Every chapter features an important period in Bras' life in exotic Brazil,...
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Relish : my life in the kitchen
Knisley, Lucy.
Paper Book
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key episodes in her life thus far, framed by what she was eating at...
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The encyclopedia of early Earth
Greenberg, Isabel
Paper Book
A beautifully illustrated book of imaginary fables about Earth's early -- and lost -- history. Before our history began, another -- now forgotten -- civilization thrived. The people who roamed Early Earth were much like us: curious, emotional, funny, ambitious, and...
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The heroic legend of Arslan. 1
Tanaka, Yoshiki
Paper Book
The fantasy epic from the creator ofFullmetal Alchemist! "An epic fantasy with plenty of historical detail and a deft artistic hand." -Anime News Network "Arakawa has no problem depicting the bloody reality of war- severed limbs, decapitated heads, and torture...
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