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Graphic Novels November 2017
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The Arab of the Future : a graphic memoir : a Childhood in the Middle East (1978-1984)
by Riad Sattouf
Riad, delicate and wide-eyed, follows in the trail of his mismatched parents; his mother, a bookish French student, is as modest as hisfather is flamboyant. Venturing first to the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab State and then joining the family tribe in Homs, Syria, they hold fast to the vision of the paradise that always lies just around the corner. Brimming with life and dark humor, The Arab of the Future reveals the truth and texture of one eccentric family in an absurd Middle East, and also introduces a master cartoonist in a work destined to stand alongside Maus and Persepolis.
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Becoming Unbecoming
by Una
Explores gender violence and victim blaming in 1970s England through the author's experience as a young rape victim and outcast, and the police's efforts to nab a serial killer based on misguided assumptions about the victims' sexual behaviors.
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Drinking at the Movies
by Julia Wertz
The creator of the popular "Fart Party" comic strip presents a raw reflection on early adulthood through which aspiring artist Wertz moves from San Francisco to Brooklyn at the height of Obama's election frenzy and endures a series of minimum-wage jobs, local competitiveness and problems back home.
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French Milk
by Lucy Knisley
A lighthearted travelogue--rendered in the form of a graphic novel--about a mother and daughter's life-changing six-week trip to Paris is comprised of the graphic artist daughter's illustrations of the sights and scenes they visited while each was facing a milestone birthday.
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Invisible ink : My Mother's Secret Love Affair With a Famous Cartoonist : a graphic memoir
by Bill Griffith
Fifteen minutes after Bill Griffith's father died from a bicycle accident in 1972, his mother turned to him and said, "If I don't tell you this now, I'll never be able to tell you. I had a long and happy relationship with a man you knew slightly." Thus began Griffith's journey to reconstruct this hidden relationship between his mother and a deeply cultured jack-of-all-trades cartoonist and crime novelist. Griffith puts the pieces together and reveals a mother he never knew"
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Marbles : Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me : a graphic memoir
by Ellen Forney
An artist describes her bipolar disorder diagnosis and her struggles with mental stability while discussing other artists and creative people throughout history who were also labeled as “crazy” including Vincent van Gogh, Georgia O'Keeffe and Sylvia Plath.
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My Friend Dahmer : a graphic novel
by Derf Backderf
In a graphic novel that was originally self-published, the author offers an account of growing up in the same schools as Jeffrey Dahmer, who went on to become one of the most notorious serial killers and cannibals in U.S. history.
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Over Easy
by Mimi Pond
A fictionalized coming-of-age memoir describes the author's experience working at a cafe after being denied financial aid to finish her last year of art school.
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Rosalie Lightning
by Tom Hart
Eisner-nominated cartoonist Tom Hart's beautiful and touching graphic memoir about the untimely death of his young daughter, Rosalie. His heart-breaking and emotional illustrations strike readers to the core, and take them along his family's journey through loss. Hart uses the graphic form to articulate his and his wife's on-going search for meaning in the aftermath of Rosalie's death, exploring themes of grief, hopelessness, rebirth, and eventually finding hope again. Hart creatively portrays the solace he discovers in nature, philosophy, great works of literature, and art across all mediums in this expressively honest and loving tribute to his baby girl. Rosalie Lighting is a graphic masterpiece chronicling a father's undying love.
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Snapshots of a girl
by Beldan Sezen
A series of vignettes recount the events of the author's life as she travels across the globe, dealing with family issues, bad dates, self doubt, and sexual politics, on a journey spent looking for happiness.
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Tangles : a Story About Alzheimer's, My Mother, and Me
by Sarah Leavitt
Recounts in graphic novel format how the author's well-educated, intellectual mother, Mildred, known as Midge, began showing signs of Alzheimer's disease at fifty-two, and follows the effects of the disease on the woman and her family.
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