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Graphic Novels September 2019
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Bad Weekend
by Ed Brubaker
Comics won't just break your heart. Comics will kill you. Hal Crane should know, he's been around since almost the beginning. Stuck at an out-of-town convention, waiting to receive a lifetime achievement award, Hal's weekend will take him on a dark ride through the secret history of a medium that's always been haunted by crooks, swindlers, and desperate dreamers.
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The Empty Man : Recurrence
by Cullen Bunn
The nation is in the grip of a terrible pandemic, with murder cults forming and those affected by the disease being quarantined by the government--one family does all they can to hide a member from both factions.
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Angola Janga : Kingdom of Runaway Slaves
by Marcelo D'salete
An independent kingdom of runaway slaves founded in the late 16th century, Angola Janga was a beacon of freedom in a land plagued with oppression. In stark black ink and chiaroscuro panel compositions, D'Salete brings history to life; the painful stories of fugitive slaves on the run, the brutal raids by Portuguese colonists, and the tense power struggles within this precarious kingdom. At turns heartbreaking and empowering, Angola Janga sheds light on a long-overlooked moment of resistance against oppression.
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Babylon Burning : A Graphic History of the Making of the Modern Middle East
by Toufic El Rassi
The US has a long, troubled history in the Middle East, which has led to terrible consequences for the people of the region. Today's conflicts and instability have their origins in this recent complex past - a past little-discussed in the West. El Rassi exposes the misuse and abuse of power in this graphic novel, a powerful challenge to American foreign policy.
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Moonbound : Apollo 11 and the dream of spaceflight
by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm
On a summer night in 1969, two men climbed down a ladder onto a sea of dust at the edge of an ancient dream. When Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on lunar soil, the moon ceased to be a place of mystery and myth. It became a destination. Now, on the fiftieth anniversary of that journey, Moonbound tells the monumental story of the moon and the men who went there first.
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Grass
by Keum Suk Gendry-kim
Grass is a powerful anti-war graphic novel, offering up firsthand the life story of a Korean girl named Okseon Lee who was forced into sexual slavery for the Japanese Imperial Army during the second World War - a disputed chapter in 20th century Asian history. Beginning in Lee's childhood, Grass shows the leadup to World War II from a child's vulnerable perspective, detailing how one person experienced the Japanese occupation and the widespread suffering it entailed for ordinary Korean folk. Keum Suk Gendry-Kim emphasizes Lee's strength in overcoming the many forms of adversity she experienced. Grass is painted in a black ink that flows with lavish details of the beautiful fields and farmland of Korea and uses heavy brushwork on the somber interiors of Lee's memories.
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We Are Here Forever
by Michelle Gish
What if humans were replaced by something nicer? The human race has vanished, replaced by innocent, playful, purple creatures called the Puramus. But are they as harmless as they seem?
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Darwin : An Exceptional Voyage
by Fabien Grolleau
When the young amateur naturalist Charles Darwin boarded the HMS Beagle in 1831, he had no idea what lay in store on his five-year voyage across the world. Darwin was disenchanted, moved, scandalised and awestruck by the vast discoveries that he made on his journey. On his return, he wrote his famous and controversial theory on the evolution of species. This long, perilous exploration was a journey that changed a man, and in doing so, the course of science itself.
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The Magicians : Alice's Story
by Lev Grossman
Alice Quinn is manifestly brilliant, and she's always known that magic is real. During her years at Brakebills College for Magical Pedagogy, she rises to the top of her class, falls in love with Quentin Coldwater, and witnesses a horrifically magical creature invade their dimension. It's not soon after graduation when Alice, Quentin, and their friends set their sights on the idyllic setting of Fillory--a place thought to only live in the pages of their favorite children's books--where magic flows like rivers ... But in this magical realm nothing is what it seems and something darker lies behind the spellbinding facade. It is in the darkness where Alice will discover her true calling and her life, and those friends, forever changed.
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Doctor Who : the thirteenth Doctor
by Jody Houser
This first collection of the Thirteenth Doctor’s comic book tales is a scorchingly fresh incarnation, taking the show—and its comic strip adventures—where no Doctor has gone before! Facing off against vile villains and misunderstood monsters in flavors both human and alien, the Doctor and friends must push the limits of time and space, confronting evils deliberate and accidental all throughout history and uncovering secrets long-hidden and wonders never-seen along the way! Original.
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Dept. H omnibus
by Matt Kindt
Mia is a special investigator hired to uncover possible sabotage taking place at a deep-sea research station, where a bitter and paranoid crew try to keep the base functional. What she uncovers is a mind-blowing crime scene filled with suspects with terrible secrets, strange deep-sea creatures, and an impending flood!
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Grass Kings 1
by Matt Kindt
From The New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (Mind MGMT) and Peter Panzerfaust artist Tyler Jenkins comes a rural mystery series chronicling the tragic lives of the Grass Kings, three brothers and rulers of a community living off the grid and outside of the law. Eldest brother Robert has been a broken man since the disappearance of his daughter, but when a young woman swims across the great lake dividing the Grass Kingdom from the nearby city of Cargill in search of a safe haven, he must decide if getting a chance at atonement is worth risking the entire Kingdom. Collecting the first six issues of the acclaimed series.
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Super Fun Sexy Times 1
by Meredith Mcclaren
Cartoonist Meredith McClaren (Hinges) tells five short, sexy stories featuring superheroes, supervillains, sidekicks, and the people who love them. Showing consent and character-driven erotic relationships, Super Fun Sexy Times answers the age-old question: what happens when the mask comes off? Two sidekicks on opposite sides get stuck in an underground lab together, and find a great way to pass the time. A tactician and superhero discuss their desires, limits, and kinks before their first time, and perhaps get a little too excited in the process. A pair of supervillains explore gender and sex together, while growing closer in their relationship. Lesbian heroes try out a kinky roleplaying scenario, and discover how to make it work for both of them. And an exhausted assassin relaxes after a long day with the kind (yet firm) attentions of his husband.
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Hawking
by Jim Ottaviani
The award-winning creators of ""Feynman"" present a graphic biography of the life and achievements of Stephen Hawking that discusses his early adulthood diagnosis with ALS and his groundbreaking work in cosmology and theoretical physics.
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John Wick 1
by Greg Pak
When a young John Wick emerges from prison and embarks upon his first epic vendetta, he comes up against a strange, powerful community of assassins and must learn how to master the Book of Rules that guides their lethal business. What are the Three Bills? Who is Calamity? And who was John Wick before he became the Baba Yaga?
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Breakneck
by Duane Swierczynski
A mild-mannered consultant is reluctantly forced into a race against the clock as he attempts to thwart a terrorist plot, in this gritty, countdown crime thriller set in modern-day Philadelphia. During an angry confrontation at two-bit motel, mild-mannered consultant Joe Hayward is thrown headfirst into the middle of a frightening terrorist plot to bring Philadelphia to its knees. With only two hours to thwart the attack, Joe is going to need all the help he can get... including that of his wife's paramour!
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They called us enemy
by George Takei
The iconic actor and activist presents a graphic memoir detailing his experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the hard choices his family made in the face of legalized racism.
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This land is my land : a graphic history of big dreams, micronations, and other self-made states
by Andy Warner
Your country isn't perfect--but with a little planning and a personalized flag, your true utopia may be as close as your own backyard! Here are the stories of thirty self-made places around the world built with a dream of utopia: from the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands to the Indian rock garden of Nek Chand to the micronation of Sealand and much more. Whether they were building an ideal community, a safe haven, an inspiring structure, or a better-run country, these creators struck out against the laws of their homelands, the approval of their peers, or even nature itself to shape the world around them.
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Lucifer 1 : The Infernal Comedy
by Dan Watters
The onetime ruler of Hell has gone missing. Lucifer is MIA. He finds himself imprisoned and crippled by mysterious forces who seek to torment him for their own terrible ends. He also happens to have no idea how he got there. This is the one true tale of what befell the Prince of Lies, the Bringer of Light--Lucifer. The blind, destitute old man, who lives in a small boarding house in a quiet little town, where nothing is quite what it seems and no one can leave. He's trapped, you see? Trapped in a bizarre prison with no memory of how he got there or why. As the Devil soon discovers, the answers lay in wait with his estranged son, Caliban... too bad Lucifer can't find him. Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, Detective John Decker is drawn into a shadowy conspiracy whose widely varied members share a single common purpose: to kill Lucifer Morningstar.
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Middlewest 1
by Skottie Young
The lands between the coasts are vast, slow to change,and full of hidden magics. The town of Farmington has been destroyed sending an unwitting adventurer and his vulpine companion in search of answers to quell a coming storm that speaks his name. From author Skottie Young and artist Jorge Corona comes the tale of Abel, a young boy who must navigate an old land in order to reconcile his family's history.
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