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Author
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
In this hilarious graphic novel, the roles of cats and humans are reversed, putting humanoid felines in charge of tiny, dimwitted little man-pets. Manfried is a stray taken in by Steve Catson, a slacker with a dead-end job and nonexistent love life. Soon Manfried becomes the Garfield to Steve's Jon Arbuckle: lazy, selfish, and sometimes maddening in his weird human behavior. Yet the pair depends on each other to get through life's troubles. When Manfried...
Author
Series
Corto Maltese volume 1
Publisher
EuroComics, an imprint of IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"With this book Pratt leaves behind the short story form he'd used for twenty-one interrelated tales and presents a truly epic graphic novel. In the aftermath of the Russian Revolution and the First World War, Corto Maltese is engaged by the Red Lanterns--a Chinese secret society made up entirely of women--to find an armored train laden with gold that belonged to the last Russian Tsar, Nicholas II. They aren't the only ones lusting after the treasure....
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A Boy's Own Story is a now-classic coming-of-age story, but with a twist: the young protagonist is growing up gay during one of the most oppressive periods in American history. Set in the time and place of author Edmund White's adolescence, the Midwest of the 1950s, the novel became an immediate bestseller, and for many readers was not merely about gay identity but the pain of being a child in a fractured family while looking for love in an anything-but-stable...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"The Monkey Meat company made a fortune selling cans of...well, monkey meat. They're now ruling over a corporate empire and an island where they run all sorts of wacky supernatural experiments in a hyper-capitalist landscape. Follow the adventures of the citizens of Monkey Meat Island in this five-story anthology."--Amazon.
Author
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
In the aftermath of the battle of Arrakeen, legendary House Atreides warmaster Gurney Halleck takes refuge with spice smugglers, vowing revenge against the Harkonnens no matter the cost. House Atreides may be shattered, but it will never be forgotten. To embark on his mission of vengeance, Gurney Halleck must put himself on a collision course with not only House Harkonnen, but the Spacing Guild itself! Soon, Gurney and the smugglers may have an opportunity...
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"In this first volume of the full-color illustrated adaptation of his groundbreaking book, renowned historian Yuval Harari tells the story of humankind's creation and evolution, exploring the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be "human." From examining the role evolving humans have played in the global ecosystem to charting the rise of empires, Sapiens challenges us to reconsider accepted...
7) Beowulf
Author
Series
Beowulf volume 1, 2, 3
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
This exhilarating graphic-novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers. The epic tale of the great warrior Beowulf has thrilled readers through the ages -- and now it is reinvented for a new generation with Gareth Hinds's masterful illustrations. Grendel's black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues overcast the hero's final, fatal battle against...
Author
Series
Maus volume 1
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[1986]
Language
English
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Author
Publisher
Villard Books
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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Description
A memoir in graphic novel format about the author's experiences as the son of Vietnamese immigrants who fled to America during the fall of Saigon describes how he learned his tragic ancestral history and the impact of the Vietnam War on his family while visiting their homeland years later.
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Language
English
Description
Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing 8 years of hilarious moments in the author's life, mined from the universal. It spans her frantic child-rearing, misfires in the workplace, and frustrating experiences with the medical system. In one strip, the author and her daughter Xia have itchy scalps. Roberts asks her husband to check her hair and all...
14) No kidding
Author
Publisher
Fair Square Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"No Kidding is a slice of life modern feminist graphic novel with a humorous take on a serious subject and a woman’s right to choose. Jane, 35 years old, doesn't want to be a mother. Lucy did not plan on having a kid ... But became pregnant. What is she going to do? It's the story of every woman refusing political correctness and diktats of the biological clock ... Loaded with lots of humor and sarcasm and strong examples of woman making...
16) Gone to Amerikay
Author
Publisher
Vertigo/DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"This sweeping, century-spanning graphic novel explores the vivid history of Irish émigrés to New York City via three intertwined tales, from a penniless woman raising a daughter alone in the Five Points slum of 1870, to a struggling young artist drawn to the nascent counterculture of 1960, the year America elected its first Irish-Catholic president."--Publisher's website.
17) Muhammad Ali
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Cassius Clay is a kid who rushes into boxing by accident, following the theft of his bike. Clay becomes Muhammad Ali, and his talent for the sport is proven when he wins an Olympic Gold Medal. The World Heavyweight Champion never takes a hit without fighting back. Civil Rights activist, contemporary of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, Ali is one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century"--
""An original graphic novel celebrating the life...
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