Alec : (a life-sized omnibus) / "The years have pants" :
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Eddie Campbell
Collects semi-autobiographical comics from Eddie Campbell that feature his alter-ego, Alec MacGarry, including stories from "The King Canute Crowd," "Graffiti Kitchen," "The Dead Muse," "Fragments," and other books
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Between gears, v. 1
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Natalie Nourigat
The author presents a diary in graphic novel form of her senior year at the University of Oregon, from being driven to school by her mother on September 17 to leaving Eugene on June 11
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Couch tag
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Jesse Reklaw
"Jesse Reklaw's graphic memoir, told through conceits like cat histories and card games, is about his childhood and involves family, death, mental illness, sex and drug use ... The graphic novel is told in five parts: In 'Thirteen Cats' (featured in The Best American Comics), Reklaw discovers coping mechanisms that mimic his family pets; 'Toys I Love' relates the author's pre-pubescent brushes with deviant sexual activity, and the way innocence converges with real sexual trauma; 'The Fred Robinson Story'tells the story of Reklaw's period stalking perfect strangers; 'The Stacked Deck,' in which hereditary influences towards criminal behavior, drug use and depression are explored via card games the author played with his family; and 'Lessoned,' a family history of mental illness. "--Amazon.com
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Fun home : a family tragicomic
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Alison Bechdel
An unusual memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father, a historic preservation expert dedicated to restoring the family's Victorian home, funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual. 25,000 first printing.
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Unlikely : a true love story
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Jeffrey Brown
The cartoonist uses a full-length graphic novel format to tell the bittersweet story of how he lost his virginity at age 24 and presents vignettes from his relationship with Allisyn that take place before and after the event
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Scenes from an impending marriage : a prenuptial memoir
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Adrian Tomine
A comic book originally intended as a favor for guests at the author's wedding is comprised of short strips celebrating the absurd aspects of getting married, from taking dance lessons to managing family demands. By the author of Shortcomings. 10,000 first printing.
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Special exits : a graphic memoir
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Joyce Farmer
A graphic memoir chronicles the decline of the author’s parents’ health, their relationship with one another and with their daughter, and how they cope with the day-to-day emotional fragility of the most taxing time in their lives.
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Can't we talk about something more pleasant? : A Memoir
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Roz Chast
A graphic memoir by a long-time New Yorker cartoonist celebrates the final years of her aging parents' lives through four-color cartoons, family photos and documents that reflect the artist's struggles with caregiver challenges. 75,000 first printing.
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Stitches : a memoir --
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David Small
The Caldecott-winning author of Imogene's Antlers presents a graphic account of his troubled childhood under a radiologist father who subjected him to repeated x-rays and a withholding and tormented mother, an environment he fled at the age of sixteen in the hopes of becoming an artist.
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We are on our own : a memoir
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Miriam Katin
A full-length illustrated graphic memoir about the author and her mother's escape on foot from the Nazi invasion of Budapest vividly recounts how they faked their deaths, abandoned their belongings and loved ones, and fled in disguise with German troops close behind, a journey after which the author struggled with her faith.
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Good eggs : a memoir
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Phoebe Potts
In graphic novel format, the author recounts her struggle to have children and the emotional impact of the infertility process
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Funny misshapen body : [a memoir]
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Jeffrey Brown
The creator of Clumsy and Little Things presents a latest memoir in the style of a graphic comic dedicated to his evolution as an artist, from his youthful obsession with superheroes and adolescent experiments with binge drinking to his disillusionment with his art education and his struggle with Crohn's disease. Original.
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A dangerous woman : the graphic biography of Emma Goldman
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Sharon Rudahl
A visual retelling of the life of the anarchist and radical icon, presented in graphic-novel format, sketches her life at the forefront of twentieth-century causes, from depression-era demonstrations and the cloakmaker's strike to birth-control awareness campaigns and anti-war protests. Original.
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Stop forgetting to remember : the autobiography of Walter Kurtz
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Peter Kuper
The fictional autobiography of the author's alter ego Walter Kurtz focuses on the life-changing arrival of his first child as he deals with the challenges of parenthood, a quarrel with his best friend, the presidency of George W. Bush, and the events of September 11th. 75,000 first printing.
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Mark Twain's autobiography, 1910-2010
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Michael Kupperman
"[T]he celebrated man of letters -- thought to be dead for a hundred years but actually surviving due to a wizard's spell -- returns with a sequel to his best-selling autobiography, aided and abetted by humorist and cartoonist Michael Kupperman. From WWIto the Great Depression, WWII to Woodstock, and through the present, Twain details his careers as an ad man, astronaut, hypnotist, Yeti hunter, porn star, drifter, grifter and more, rubbing shoulders and having never-before-told adventures with many major figures of the 20th Century"--From publisher's web site
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Letting it go
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Miriam Katin
A Holocaust survivor and mother, Katin's world is turned upside down by the news that her adult son is moving to Berlin, a city she's villainized for the past forty years. As she struggles to accept her son's decision, she visits the city twice, first tosee her son and then to attend a museum gala featuring her own artwork. What she witnesses firsthand is a city coming to terms with its traumatic past, much as Katin is herself
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A drifting life
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Yoshihiro Tatsumi
A monumental memoir twenty years in the making begins with the Japanese cartoonist's experiences as a child growing up in Osaka, in a country burdened by the shadows of World War II, and spans fifteen years from August 1945 to June 1960, during which time his stand-in protagonist, Hiroshi, faces his father's financial burdens and his parents' failing marriage, his jealous brother's deteriorating health, and the pitfalls that await him in the competitive manga market of mid-twentieth-century Japan.
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Masterful marks : cartoonists who changed the world
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Monte Beauchamp
"In a first-of-its-kind collection, award-winning illustrators celebrate the lives of the visionary artists who created the world of comic art and altered pop culture forever. No one has told the story of comic art in its own medium, until now. In Masterful Marks, top illustrators--including Drew Friedman, Nora Krug, Denis Kitchen, and Peter Kuper--reveal how sixteen visionary cartoonists overcame massive financial, political, and personal challenges to create a new form of art that now defines our world. Superhero comics didn't exist until two teenagers from Cleveland created the first superhero of all time: Superman. Advertising artist Theodor Geisel released his first book in 1937 as Dr. Seuss--and children's literature was never the same. Charles M. Schulz's perseverance and passion gave the world Peanuts, the world's most famous comic strip. Featuring these tales, and profiling such giants as Walt Disney, Robert Crumb, and the creators of MAD, Tintin, and manga, Masterful Marks illustrates how graphic storytelling became such a rich and popular medium. Masterful Marks is a stunning portrait of the comic art's aesthetic heritage and a powerful story of how creative vision can change the world"
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A Chinese life
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Kunwu Li
"An autobiography in graphic-novel form, A Chinese Life traces a remarkable personal journey through modern history, from the creation of the People's Republic of China in 1949 to the present day. Working in close collaboration with writer Philippe Ôtié, artist Li Kunwu has created a timely and compelling memoir of state and self that is at once epic and intimate, comic and tragic, in scope"--Page 4 of cover
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Isadora Duncan : a graphic biography
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Sabrina Jones
A graphic art tribute to the life and achievements of the pioneering modern dance founder is a visual account of her passionate and idealistic dedication to reinventing dance as a fine art that incorporated values of truth, beauty, and freedom.
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Vlad the Impaler : the man who was Dracula
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Sidney Jacobson
The creators of the 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation present a graphic adaptation of the story of the historical figure who inspired the Dracula myth, from his boyhood servitude under a Turkish sultan to his sadistic power-driven activities.
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Shigeru Mizuki's Hitler
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Shigeru Mizuki
In graphic novel format, traces the life of the dictator, from his boyhood in Austria and time as an art student to his political ascent and eventual demise
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Yo, miss : a graphic look at high school
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Lisa Wilde
In an autobiographical novel in graphic format, teacher Lisa Wilde recounts a year at John V. Lindsay Wildcat Academy, a charter high school for at-risk students in New York City, as a group of teens facing heavy odds attempt to earn diplomas
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Snowden
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Ted Rall
Presents a graphic novel portrait of the controversial whistle-blower and chronicles the ramifications of his actions
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Woody Guthrie and the dust bowl ballads
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Nick Hayes
A fictionalized biography of the folk musician captures his passion for American folk tunes as he travels across the country from a post-boomtown Oklahoma and a Great Depression ravaged Texas, to the migrant camps of California
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Pascin
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Joann Sfar
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Thoreau : a sublime life
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Maximilien Le Roy
Shares the life of the author, philospher, and early ecologist, including how he fathered the concept of "civil disobedience."
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Muhammad Ali
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Sybille Titeux de la Croix
"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"
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Lennon : the New York years
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Corbeyran
"In 1975 John Lennon moved to New York City, stopped being a Beatle, and started being a father. Now, experience life from Lennon's perspective as David Foenkinos' mesmerizing story is adapted to graphic form by Corbeyran and Horne. Though his life was cut tragically short in front of his home by a fan, John Lennon's forty years on earth changed millions of lives and shaped the course of pop culture. Many know the Beatle, the activist, the man gone balmy over Yoko--but more lies beneath the surface. Fromthe imagined couch of a fictional therapist in NYC's posh Dakota building, Lennon recounts the many joys, shortcomings, failures, and triumphs that marked this pop culture juggernaut's rise to superstardom. Journey through an icon's isolated homelife, prying classmates, violent behaviour and self-destructive tendencies as the building blocks of explosive creativty fall into place."--Amazon.com
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The best we could do : an illustrated memoir
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Thi Bui
The author describes her experiences as a young Vietnamese immigrant, highlighting her family's move from their war-torn home to the United States in graphic novel format
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Anne Frank's diary : the graphic adaptation
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David Polonsky
Authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation in Basel, a first graphic adaptation of the young holocaust diarist's poignant story includes extensive quotations from the definitive edition and faithfully conveys the immediacy and spirit of Frank's experiences in hiding.
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Che : a revolutionary life
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Jon Lee Anderson
"The graphic novel adaptation of the groundbreaking and definitive biography of Che Guevara. Che Guevara's legend is unmatched in the modern world. Since his assassination in 1967 at the age of thirty-nine, the Argentine revolutionary has become an internationally recognized icon, as revered as he is controversial. As a Marxist ideologue who sought to end global inequality by bringing down the American capitalist empire through armed guerrilla warfare, Che has few rivals in the Cold War era as an apostleof revolutionary change. In Che: A Revolutionary Life, Jon Lee Anderson and José Hernández present the man behind the myth, creating a complex and human portrait of this passionate idealist. Adapted from Jon Lee Anderson's definitive masterwork, Che vividly transports us from young Ernesto's medical school days as a sensitive asthmatic to the battlefields of the Cuban revolution, from his place of power alongside Castro, to his disastrous sojourn in the Congo, and his violent end in Bolivia. Through renowned Mexican artist José Hernández's drawings we feel the bullets wing past the head of the young rebel in Cuba, we smell the thick smoke of Castro's cigars, and scrutinize the face of the weary guerrilla as he's called 'Comandante' for the first time"
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Rx : a graphic memoir
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Rachel Lindsay
The cartoonist behind Rachel Lives Here Now draws on her experiences with bipolar disorder in a graphic memoir about how mental illness is treated as a commodity and how typical patients must choose between sanity and happiness. 15,000 first printing
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Hawking
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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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