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Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"The autobiography of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime, and how she defied state censorship. When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to open up. After acing her exams and sort-of convincing her traditional mother that it was a good idea for a woman to go to college, she looked forward to soaking up the ideas of Western Literature far from the drudgery she was promised at her family's...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Inspired by Yeon-sik Hong's attempt to move to the country with his partner, Uncomfortably happily is the story of a young couple finding their way. Burdened by unmet comics deadlines and high rent, our narrator and his wife know they must make a change. Convinced the absence of traffic noise will ease his writer's block, our pair welcomes the idea of building a life from scratch. Deciding on a home atop an uninhabited mountain, they excitedly embrace...
Author
Series
Yakuza's bias volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Ken Kanashiro has taken the vow of brotherhood in the world of K-pop fandom. His devotion and commitment to MNW--the hottest K-pop boy band--inspires many around him, including his rival, Kinji Mizuhara. When Miss Megumi is not able to attend the upcoming concert (or 'celebration' as Ken calls it), Kinji jumps at the chance to see his bias in person for the firs time. Bursting with primal fervor, the yakuza fanboys revel in the excellent fan service...
Author
Series
Killing stalking (Manhwa) volume 5
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After their trip to the police station and an intimate night together, Sangwoo decides he wants to know more about Bum. Their ensuing conversation leads to a trip to the amusement park and a night of drinking and sex. This new phase of their warped relationship teeters between thrilling and unnerving, leaving Bum overjoyed one moment and panicked the next. Sangwoo is both the man of his dreams-and his nightmares... --from Amazon.
Author
Series
Killing stalking (Manhwa) volume 4
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Min Jieun's body has been found, and it's all over the news. Officer Yang Seungbae immediately begins to hunt down every lead he can, disregarding the risks of that hunt at every turn. When Oh Sangwoo takes Yoon Bum to his part-time job, the officer makes a bold move. What will happen when he follows Yoon Bum into the bathroom to question him? --from Amazon.
6) Moms
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Lee Soyeon, Myeong-ok, and Yeonsun are all mothers in their mid-fifties. And they've had it. Inspired by his own mom's experiences, cartoonist Yeong-shin Ma crafts a refreshingly honest and unfiltered comic about a group of women who yearn for something more meaningful than what the mediocre men they love or their abusive and power-hungry employers can provide. Despite their less-than-desirable jobs, salaries, husbands, and boyfriends, these moms...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In hundreds of mesmerizing illustrations, PARASITE: A Graphic Novel in Storyboards is a behind-the-scenes glimpse at the making of one of the best films in years and a brand-new way to experience a global phenomenon. Drawn by Bong Joon Ho himself before the filming of the Palme d'Or Award-winning, Golden Globe(R)-nominated film, these illustrations, accompanied by every line of dialog in the movie, capture the story in its entirety. Director Bong...
Author
Series
Killing stalking (Manhwa) volume 3
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Things didn't end well for Min Jieun, and now Oh Sangwoo and Yoon Bum have a body on their hands. Can they dispose of it without getting caught? And what will Officer Yang Seungbae do when he finds out that Oh Sangwoo was the last person the missing girl was with? --from Amazon.
Author
Series
Yakuza's bias volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Be my aniki. Ken Kanashiro is one of the top lieutenants in the feared yakuza outfit the Washio Clan. He lives his life by the code of the Japanese underworld, where nothing is more important than loyalty, and ties between soldiers and their aniki are sacred bonds. Ken's never had time for hobbies... until the boss's only daughter Megumi drags him to a K-pop concert, and he sees the glittering, charismatic Jun for the first time. Smitten like a new...
Author
Series
Killing stalking (Manhwa) volume 2
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"While investigating a vehicle collision, Officer Yang Seungbae discovers dashcam footage that plays into his suspicions about Oh Sangwoo. What will happen when he follows the evidence to Sangwoo's home and catches sight of Yoon Bum? And what will the officer do when Sangwoo catches sight of him?"--
11) Bad friends
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Jinju is bad. She smokes, drinks, runs away from home, and has no qualms about making her parents worry. Her mother and sister beg her to be a better student, sister, daughter; her beleaguered father expresses his concerns with his fists. Bad Friends is set in the 1990s in a South Korea torn between tradition and Western modernity and haunted by an air of generalized gloom. Cycles of abuse abound as the characters enact violence within their power...
12) The waiting
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Keum Suk Gendry-Kim was an adult when her mother revealed a family secret: she was separated from her sister during the Korean War. It's not an uncommon story--the peninsula was split down the 38th parallel, dividing one country into two. As many fled violence in the north, not everyone was able to make it south. Her mother's story inspired Gendry-Kim to begin interviewing her and other Koreans separated by the war; that research fueled a deeply...
13) In limbo
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
Ever since Deborah (Jung-Jin) Lee emigrated from South Kora to the United States, she's felt her otherness. For a while, her English wasn't perfect. Her teachers can't pronounce her Korean name. Her face and her eyes--especially her eyes--feel wrong. In high school, everything gets harder. Friendships change and end, she falls behind in classes, and fights with her mom escalate. Caught in limbo, with nowhere safe to go, Deb finds her mental health...
14) Artist
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A novelist, single, forty-four years old. A painter, divorced, forty-six years old. A musician, single, forty-two years old. On the outer limits of relevancy in an arts culture that celebrates youth, these three men make up the artist group Arcade. Caught in circular arguments about what makes real art and concerned about the vapid interests of their younger contemporaries, none of them are reaping the benefits of success. But there's always another...
15) The awl: Vol. 1
Author
Series
Awl volume 1
Publisher
Ablaze Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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Description
The Awl is a story of ordinary folks struggling to be treated as humans. In the face of corporate greed and reprehensible actions, a bond of respect has formed between young executive Yi Su-in and union activist Gu Go-sin. Seeing what his employers are capable of, Yi joins Gu in trying to establish a union for the company's employees. But despite the unacceptable working conditions, the workers are reluctant to go through with it...until they witness...
Author
Series
Killing stalking (Manhwa) volume 7
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
A dark and twisted past. Sangwoo has Bum at his mercy, blindfolded and naked. But Bum isn't the only one feeling vulnerable. As Sangwoo toys with his captive lover, the story of his father's death is revealed--and the unsettling truth behind his relationship with his mother unfolds...
Author
Series
Killing stalking (Manhwa) volume 8
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Seungbae has hit rock bottom-but things get a lot worse when he receives a phone call informing him of Chief Kwak's suicide. Seungbae isn't convinced that Kwak killed himself, though. In fact, he's pretty sure he knows who did kill Kwak. Fueled by anger and grief, Seungbae sets out to put Sangwoo behind bars once and for all"--
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