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Graphic Novels
A sampler
- Bechsdel, Alison
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Alternately dark, heartbreaking and funny, readers are drawn into a complex family dynamic. The Fun in Fun Home stands for funeral.
- Brown, Jeffrey
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Watch Brown's encounters with five girls in a three-week period end unsatisfactorily, as usual. Epilogue to the Girlfriend Trilogy.
- Cho, Frank
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Humans and smart little animals co-exist in a rural paradise.
- Clowes, Daniel
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It's been called a The Catcher in the Rye for its generation and was the basis for the Academy Award-nominated film. Enid and Rebecca, two above-it-all best friends are confronted with the prospect of adulthood.
- Hernandez, Gilbert
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To mark its 25-year history, this comic has been reprinted to tell the story of Palomar, the Central American town, from the beginning. Luba is not to be missed.
- Heuet, Stephane
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The heavy eyelids on the endpapers tell it all in this ComicsLit series.
- Hinds, Gareth
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This thousand-year-old epic is given new life to the story which honors the spirit of the original tale of the hero Beowulf and his battle against the monstrous Grendel.
- Lia, Simone
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Follow the tale of a tiny bunny who insists that his human caretaker is his real daddy.
- Marston, William Moulton
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Read the early adventures of one of the Western world's most famous heroines which traces her years from Amazon princess to comics' super-character.
- Moore, Alan
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Here's the 20th anniversary collection of Watchmen serial. This Hugo award-winning comic explores the murder of a superhero while the Doomsday clock ticks on.
- Moore, Alan
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This is a sharply drawn portrait of totalitarianism and resistance in a terrifyingly familiar setting...
- Pekar, Harvey
- Roumieu, Graham
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Crypto-hominid Bigfoot is recast as modern-day everyman, struggling with eating disorders, casual cannibalism, pop culture and philosophical quandaries.
- Runton, Andy
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A kind and lonely owl learns how to make friends in this silent all-ages comic.
- Satrapi, Marjane
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In her third book, Satrapi tells the story of her great-uncle, a celebrated Iranian musician, who gave up his life for music and love.
- Stanley, John
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Eight-year-old Lulu Moppet stars in an all-ages comics that spans four decades. With her razor wit and good nature she's always able to triumph in any tight situation. Lulu was also an early environmentalist.
- Zinn, Howard
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The story of America in comic book form.