Graphic Novels

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Updated June 6, 2024
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Epileptic
B., David
Paper Book
From one of Europe's most important and innovative comics artists comes his greatest masterpiece--a stunning and emotionally resonant autobiography about growing up with an epileptic brother. Epileptic gathers together and makes available in English for the first time all...
Here
McGuire, Richard.
Paper Book
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE * From one of the great comic innovators, the long-awaited fulfillment of a pioneering comic vision: the story of a corner of a room and of the events that have occurred in that space over the course of hundreds of thousands of years. "A book like...
One eight hundred ghosts
Cathcart, G. Davis
Paper Book
Using otherworldly technology to enter the future and repurpose the intellectual property of a popular yet evil artist in order to change its cultural trajectory, Cedric and his team realize that society will face a conundrum that only they can rectify: accept the work of a sonic genius despite any...
One week in the library
Prince, W. Maxwell
Paper Book
Welcome to the Library. It's here that every story ever written iscatalogued and monitored by a single man, who's begun to notice somethingstrange: the books are rebelling. Image Comics proudly presents thisexperimental graphic novella from writer W. Maxwell Prince and artist John...
Kafkaesque : fourteen stories
Kuper, Peter
Paper Book
Long fascinated with the work of Franz Kafka, Peter Kuper began illustrating his stories in 1988. Initially drawn to the master's dark humor, Kuper adapted the stories over the years to plumb their deeper truths. Kuper's style deliberately evokes Lynd Ward and Frans Masereel, contemporaries of...
The Beatles : yellow submarine
Morrison, Bill
Paper Book
Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' Yellow Submarine comes this fully authorized graphic novel adaptation. The Beatles are recruited by the Captain of the Yellow Submarine to help him free Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, and the world of Pepperland from the...
Simon's cat vs. the world
Tofield, Simon.
Paper Book
--Selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the Big Indie Books of Fall 2013 "Cat lovers will adore this and will nod in recognition of real-life cat behavior; cartoon fans will delight in Tofield's graceful skill in capturing the slinkiness, stealth, and self-absorption of...
A History of Japan in Manga : Samurai, Shoguns and World War II
Kanaya, Shunichiro/ Davisson, Zack (TRN)
Paper Book
The entire fascinating story of Japan told in one exciting manga-style volume! A History of Japan in Manga tells the action-packed saga of Japan from its misty origins up to the present day. Epic battles, noble Samurai and duplicitous leaders are all portrayed in modern...
Haruki Murakami manga stories
Deveney, Jean-Christophe
Paper Book
Haruki Murakami's stories in graphic novel form for the first time! Haruki Murakami's novels, essays and short stories have sold millions of copies worldwide and been translated into dozens of languages. Now for the first time, many of Murakami's best-loved short stories are...
How to be happy
Davis, Eleanor
Paper Book
Eleanor Davis's How to be Happy is the artist's first collection of graphic/literary short stories. Davis is one of the finest cartoonists of her generation, and has been producing comics since the mid-2000s. Happy represents the best stories she's drawn for such curatorial venues as Mome and No...
Anthony Bourdain's hungry ghosts
Bourdain, Anthony
Paper Book
On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles - where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings - and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of...
Night of the crash-test dummies : a far side collection
Larson, Gary.
Paper Book
Copyright © 1988 FarWorks, Inc. All rights reserved. The Far Side®, FarWorks, Inc.®, and the Larson® signature are registered trademarks of FarWorks, Inc. in certain countries.
Simon's cat in kitten chaos
Tofield, Simon.
Paper Book
"Simon's Cat has taken over the world like a digital Garfield." --Sunday Times (London) "Tofield's line drawings are fantastic. He is able to capture the essence of a cat with just a few pen strokes." --San Francisco Book Review (5 stars) With over 200 million hits on...
I thought you would be funnier
Wheeler, Shannon.
Paper Book
The best-of-the-best of what's left on the cutting room floor from critically acclaimed Shannon Wheeler's cartoon submissions to The New Yorker magazine. Now in a collectable hardcover format. A cartoon collection from the mind of Eisner Award-winning, Harvey Award-nominated and...
Grass
Gendry-Kim, Keum Suk
Paper Book
Appeared on best of the year lists from The New York Times, The Guardian, and more! Winner of The Cartoonist Studio Prize for Best Print Comic of the Year! Grass is a powerful antiwar graphic novel, telling the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee...
Americana (and the act of getting over it)
Healy, Luke
Paper Book
The Pacific Crest Trail runs 2660 miles, from California's border with Mexico to Washington's border with Canada. To walk it is to undertake a grueling test of body and spirit. In Americana, cartoonist Luke Healy accepts the challenge. This intimate, engaging...
Neil Gaiman & Charles Vess' Stardust : being a romance within the Realms of Faerie
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
Half a crusading epic, half based in Tolkien-esque mythology, Neil Gaiman's award-winning graphic novel fantasy is now back in a brand-new edition! It is here in Wall that young Tristran Thorn loses his heart to the town beauty--a woman who is as cold and distant as the star she...
A man & his cat. 1
Sakurai, Umi
Paper Book
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, adorable cat is...
Dancing after TEN : a graphic memoir
Chong, Vivian
Paper Book
In late 2004, Vivian Chong's life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. In Dancing After...
Hip hop family tree. 1, 1970s-1981
Piskor, Ed
Paper Book
The lore of the early days of hip hop has become the stuff of myth, so what better way to document this fascinating, epic true story than in another great American mythological medium âe" the comic book? From exciting young talent and self-proclaimed hip hop nerd Ed Piskor, acclaimed for his hacker...
Trinity : a graphic history of the first atomic bomb
Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan
Paper Book
Trinity, the debut graphic book by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm, depicts the dramatic history of the race to build and the decision to drop the first atomic bomb in World War Two--with a focus on the brilliant, enigmatic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer. "Succeeds as both a...
The secret to superhuman strength
Bechdel, Alison
Paper Book
The Best Graphic Book of 2021 by Publishers Weekly | A New York Times Best Graphic Novel of 2021 | A New York Times Notable Book | An Autostraddle Best Queer Book of the Year | A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year | A St. Louis Post Dispatch Best Book of the Year | NPR, 12 Books...
The best we could do : an illustrated memoir
Bui, Thi
Paper Book
National bestseller ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. ...
Monstress. Volume one, Awakening
Liu, Marjorie M.
Paper Book
2018 Eisner Award winner, BestWriter 2018 Eisner Award winner, BestPainter/Multimedia Artist 2018 EisnerAward winner, Best Continuing Series ...
Tokyo These Days, Vol. 1
Matsumoto, Taiyo.
Paper Book
The winner of multiple Eisner Awards, author Taiyo Matsumoto explores the relationships between a manga editor, manga creators, art, and the rhythm of life these days. After 30 years as a manga editor, Kazuo Shiozawa suddenly quits. Although he feels early retirement is the only...
Zodiac : a graphic memoir
Ai, Weiwei
Paper Book
NATIONAL BESTSELLER . In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through the lens of the Chinese zodiac. ONE OF NPR'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR<...
The hidden life of trees : a graphic adaptation
Bernard, Frédéric
Paper Book
A STUNNING NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL, BRILLIANTLY ADAPTED FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON POST, AND WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER A Top Ten Graphic Novel of 2024--American Library Association From "veritable tree whisperer" (WSJ) and...
Feeding ghosts : a graphic memoir
Hulls, Tessa
Paper Book
In her evocative, genre-defying graphic memoir, Tessa Hulls tells the story of three generations of women in her family: her Chinese grandmother, Sun Yi; her mother, Rose; and herself.Sun Yi was a Shanghai journalist caught in the political crosshairs of the 1949 Communist victory. After years of...
Final cut
Burns, Charles
Paper Book
The beloved and award-winning author of BLACK HOLE's haunting and visually arresting story of an artist's obsessions, and the value and cost of pushing the boundaries of creativity As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make sci-fi films in their yards, convincing their...
Where the body was
Brubaker, Ed
Paper Book
Like a true crime podcast crossed with a long-lost diary, Where the Body Was
Search and destroy. Vol. 1
Kaneko, Atsushi
Paper Book
This is a tale of rage. Rage against hypocrisy, injustice, exploitation, and the wrongs done to a child who grew into a righteous killer... Complete in three volumes, Search and Destroy transplants the vengeful action of Dororo from feudal Japan into a dystopian future where mercenary robots known...

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