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Author
Publisher
Prestel
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The main character of this extraordinary graphic novel is not a person but an idea—the school of Bauhaus, which arose in the wake of World War I, and emerged as the fundamental reference point for virtually every avant-garde artistic movement that followed. Visually arresting illustrations and engaging texts place the novel’s protagonist squarely in the middle of the twentieth-century debate on the relationship between technology and culture.--from...
Author
Publisher
Boom! Studios
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
The Spire is a mountain of metal and stone, a vast city that rises out of the middle of the radioactive desert. Filled with twisting tunnels, grinding elevators, and ancient machinery, it is home to over a million human and non-human residents. Shå, the last of the species known as the Medusi, is responsible for keeping the hodgepodge of forgotten technology and new biology safe as Commander of the City Watch. But when a string of grisly murders...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"For his newest project, R. Sikoryak tackles the monstrously and infamously dense legal document, iTunes Terms and Conditions, the contract everyone agrees to but no one reads. In a word for word 94-page adaptation, Sikoryak hilariously turns the agreement on its head - each page features an avatar of Apple cofounder and legendary visionary Steve Jobs juxtaposed with a different classic strip such as Mort Walker's Beatle Bailey, or a contemporary...
6) SP4RX
Author
Publisher
Nobrow
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"SP4RX is the story of mankind clawing for survival. Set in a future where a class system has emerged, the world is divided into four levels, with the elite ruling from the extravagant top level. SP4RX, a young hacker who lives off grid, hacks into corporations and sells stolen data to wealthy buyers on the black market-- just your average thief. Mega corporation Structus Industries introduces a welfare program called the Elpis Program, which allows...
Author
Series
No.1 with a bullet volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Her social media, strong. Her variety show segments, a hit. Nash Huang is at the top of her game. But when the iRis Shutter contact lens hits the market, Nash's life is personally invaded. The latest leap forward in "technological progress," these contacts not only play video or augment reality... but also record with the blink of an eye. Fighting to keep her life together after a leaked sex tape goes viral, a clingy super fan is the last thing on...
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...
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphic Books Inc
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The smash-hit, most-talked-about comic of 2021 is back with its second "season" and trade paperback! Collecting the four-issue comic book series Red Room: Trigger Warnings, with tons of extras! In this second Red Room collection, fan-favorite the Decimator presents...The Rat Queens! And unfortunately for them, they're front and center in the Decimator's most horrific red room broadcast yet! Also, hoodie horror comes to Red Room by way of the Punkinz:...
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Following the destruction of the Garden Nation of Japan, Constable Led Dent returns to his brutal beat on the Isle of Los Angeles. Desperate to escape from reality into a fever haze of designer drugs and virtual reality, he strikes at whatever target his employer, Mr. Flak, points him. But as he stalks to streets enforcing corporate new world order, Led is haunted by a sirit from the past. The Tokyo Ghost has come, and its arrival will force Led...
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
In the second "Sapiens" volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and...
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