Getting married and other mistakes
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Barbara Slate
Traces the author's discovery after 12 years of marriage that she had bound herself to an incompatible partner and lived a life according to the expectations of others before considering her own happiness, in a graphically illustrated personal account that traces her haphazard journey of self-awareness. By the creator of Angel Love. Original.
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Unterzakhn
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Leela Corman
Growing up on the teeming streets of New York's Lower East Side in the early 20th century, Jewish immigrant twins Esther and Fanya experience radically different lives as a burlesque dancer in a brothel and a nurse for an obstetrician who performs illegal abortions. 25,000 first printing.
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Good riddance : an illustrated memoir of divorce
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Cynthia L. Copeland
Details the author's separation and divorce from her husband after eighteen years of marriage, describing her depression over divorce proceedings as well as her challenges and accomplishments as a single mother
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Underwire
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Jennifer Hayden
"Underwire collects the wise and witty autobiographical comics of a captivating new voice: Jennifer Hayden, cartoonist and politically incorrect mother of two. She may not have all the answers, but she's not gonna let that stop her from enjoying the prime of her life--her forties! ... Now for the first time in print, Top Shelf presents twenty-two stories from the beloved webcomic, plus seventeen new pages of comics and art created exclusively for this collection."--Page 4 of cover
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Skandalon
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Julie Maroh
Traces the course of a charismatic, controversial rock singer's struggle with fame and his fall from beloved rock icon to the lowest depths
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Interiorae
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Gabriella Giandelli
An invisible rabbit observes the lives of tenants living in an apartment building and gives nightly reports to a creature in the basement that sees their dreams
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A bintel brief : love and longing in old New York
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Liana Finck
Drawn from letters submitted to the popular advice column of The Forward, a widely read Yiddish language newspaper begun in 1906 New York, this illustrative tribute to the turn-of-the-century Jewish immigrants who transformed New York City offers insight into a segment of America's rich cultural past. Original. 15,000 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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The long chalkboard and other stories : And Other Stories
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Jenny Allen
A trio of illustrated stories by a husband-and-wife team of authors focus on the complexities of modern life as experienced by the baby boomers, who have discovered that not everything turns out the way they had expected, in a volume that includes the title story, "Judy's Wonder Chili," and "Something Happened." 30,000 first printing.
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The complete ElfQuest. Volume one
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Wendy Pini
"ElfQuest is an epic fantasy comic series started by Wendy and Richard Pini first appearing in 1978. Following a tribe of elves called the Wolfriders readers follow their journey on a new world. Complete ElfQuest Volume One collects Issues #1 through #20of ElfQuest: The Original Quest"
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Hark! a vagrant
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Kate Beaton
Presents humorous takes on history, literature, and popular culture, with commentaries on such historical figures as Nikola Tesla, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Napoleon
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A Flight of Angels
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Rebecca Guay-Mitchell
At an impasse over what to do with an unconscious and injured angel found in a forest, a group of fairies decide to determine his fate with a tribunal, where each individual shares a story about angels
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We can fix it! : a time travel memoir
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Jess Fink
"What would you do if you had a time machine? Bet on sporting events? Assassinate all the evildoers of history? Or maybe try to fix all the mistakes and regrets that have haunted you all these years? Join Jess as she travels back in time to share her wisdom with her naïve younger self, stand up to bullies who terrorized her child self, and teach her horny teenage self a thing or two. What begins as a raunchy adventure in teen wish fulfillment grows into a thoughtful story about memory, regret, and growing up. One time machine, one frustrated girl, one sexy futuristic jumpsuit - infinite possibilities"--Publisher's web site
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Tanpopo. Volume 1
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Camilla D'Errico
Having spent her life attached to a machine that rendered her emotionless, Tanpopo breaks free, and, with her friend Kuro, she seeks to uncover the mysteries of human emotion
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Anya's ghost
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Vera Brosgol
Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school, but when she falls down a well and makes friends with the ghost there, she thinks she's found just what she needs--or has she? Simultaneous.
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An age of license
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Lucy Knisley
Written during a European book tour promoting her work, an acclaimed cartoonist depicts in drawings and words her new experiences, romantic encounters and the cute cats she met as she visited historic cities across the continent. 10,000 first printing.
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Adamtine
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Hannah Berry
Rodney Moon had admitted seeing those who had been disappeared and to passing the notes, but denied any involvement beyond that. Who wrote the letters, then? Moon shrugged during the trial: It has no name, he said. It's a bogeyman. A monster. He was not mourned when the vengeful bereft finally found him.
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Heathentown
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Corinna Bechko
Anna Romano, in Florida for the funeral of her friend Kit, who was killed by a mob in Africa, sees Kit at the gravesite, and discovers a culture of the walking dead, preserved by the waters of the Everglades
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Daddy's girl : comics
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Debbie Drechsler
A re-release of an out-of-print classic collection of short graphic works follows the experiences of two young girls whose struggles with incest abuse at the hands of their fathers are depicted by heavy, black-and-white illustrations reflecting the protagonists' efforts to retain their childhood innocence.
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The voyeurs
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Gabrielle Bell
Presents autobiographical stories of the comic book artist's life, including traveling with a group of nomadic indie artists, attending comic conventions, her ex-boyfriend Michael Gondry, and friendship with her neighbor Tony
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Friends with boys
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Faith Erin Hicks
After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers, Maggie McKay enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life. Original.
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The infinite wait : and other stories
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Julia Wertz
In three graphic stories, the author describes her life as she worked different jobs, moved to different cities, and read different books
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Aya
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Marguerite Abouet
The Ivory Coast in 1978 forms the backdrop for the fictional memoir of Aya, the studious, nineteen-year-old heroine, her easy-going friends Adjoua and Bintou, and their meddling neighbors and relatives, all caught up in the simple pleasures of everyday life in Yop City.
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I remember Beirut
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Zeina Abirached
The author recounts her childhood experiences in Beirut during the civil war between Christians and Muslims in the 1980s, as her family tried to carry on a normal life despite violence, a partition of the city, and a lack of food
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I love Led Zeppelin : panty-dropping comics
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Ellen Forney
A collection of strips originally created for a range of prestigious and alternative newsweeklies and magazines by the Eisner Award-nominated cartoonist includes pieces that were prepared collaboratively with such individuals as comedienne Margaret Cho, vice president's daughter Kristin Gore, and writer Dan Savage.
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The undertaking of Lily Chen
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Danica Novgorodoff
Haunted by the gods of their ancestors and the expectations of the new world, Deshi and Lily embark on a journey with two very different destinations in mind.
They travel through a land where the ground is hard and the graves are shallow, where marriage can be murder and where Lily Chen is wanted—dead and alive.
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My dirty dumb eyes : a film
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Lisa Hanawalt
A collection of the author's humorous comics includes tips for living with significant others, rumors about Anna Wintour, and visions of Thanksgiving
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Make me a woman
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Vanessa Davis
In charming vignettes about being young, Jewish and single, the author draws strips from her daily diary, centering on her youth, mother and relationships with men and tells all with a candor that leaves no subject too personal to touch.
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The Flutter collection
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Jennie Wood
Fifteen-year-old Lily shape-shifts into a boy to get the girl, and chaos ensues when she pretends to be someone she's not. While coming to terms with who she is and what she has done, Lily learns that life as a boy is just as difficult, and that she can't just run away from her problems. With her loved ones in danger, she returns to St. Charles to live as Jesse and protect them. But knowing what she's capable of, can Lily be content as a popular high school varsity quarterback?
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Eternity Girl
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Magdalene Visaggio
Caroline Sharp has been a lot of things, including both a superhero and a super-spy. But when Caroline finds herself unfulfilled and depressed, she is given a choice to end her eternal life; she just has to destroy the rest of the world first. But now, with those days behind her and her powers proving unreliable, Caroline finds herself stuck in a life weighed down by her depression and an inability to change.
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Girl town
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Carolyn Nowak
Diana got hurt -- a lot -- and she's decided to deal with this fact by purchasing a life-sized robot boyfriend. Mary and La-La host a podcast about a movie no one's ever seen. Kelly has dragged her friend Beth out of her comfort zone -- and into a day at the fantasy market that neither of them will forget.
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Somnambulance
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Fiona Smyth
A collection of feminist comics by the Canadian cartoonist, painter, and illustrator features sexy ladies, precocious girls, and vindictive goddesses.
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Quiet girl in a noisy world : an introvert's story
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Debbie Tung
A British cartoonist known for her comics about everyday moments humorously describes and shows what it was like being an introvert in college, falling in love with an extrovert and finding a job.
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Present
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Leslie Stein
Leslie Stein takes us on a sinuous urban stroll divorced from destination, glimpsing New York City through her open eyes. While she is closing up a bar late at night, she is also an adolescent at a rave in the mountains, an adult grappling with her grandfather's fading memory or at one of her first waitressing jobs. Stein is a master storyteller, an urban explorer, and a loyal guide through dark days and simple, blissful encounters. Stein's curiosity about and generosity toward the world around her comethrough powerfully: each colorful story flows with vivid watercolors and delicate ink lines.
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House of women
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Sophie Goldstein
Four women trying to bring civilization to the natives of a remote planet on the fringes of the known universe find their own camaraderie strained by the danger outside their gates
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By chance or providence : stories
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Becky Cloonan
By Chance or Providence collects Becky Cloonan's award-winning trilogy: Wolves, The Mire and Demeter, with lush colors by Lee Loughridge and a sketchbook/illustration section. These stories cast a spell of hypnotic melancholy, weaving their way through medieval landscapes of ancient curses and terrible truths that will haunt you long after you've set them down
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Alex + Ada
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Sarah Vaughn
The last thing in the world Alex wanted was an X5, the latest in realistic androids. But after Ada is dropped into his life, he discovers she is more than just a robot
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Monstress : Awakening Volume one, Awakening
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Marjorie M Liu
A survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and the Arcanics, teenager Maika Halfwolf is both the hunter and hunted as she seeks answers about her mysterious past
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Shattered warrior
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Sharon Shinn
Colleen's planet has been conquered by the Derichets and she has an opportunity to join a band of rebels called the Chromatti, but she must decide if joining the revolution is worth giving up her quiet rural home
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The secret loves of geek girls
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Hope Nicholson
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a non-fiction anthology mixing prose, comics, and illustrated stories on the lives and loves of an amazing cast of female creators. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (The Heart Goes Last), Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer), Trina Robbins (Wonder Woman), Marguerite Bennett (Marvel's A-Force), Noelle Stevenson (Nimona), Marjorie Liu (Monstress), Carla Speed McNeil (Finder), and over fifty more creators.
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Alena
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Kim Andersson
"Alena's life is a living hell. Since starting at boarding school Alena's been harassed every day by Philippa and the lacrosse team. But Alena's friend Josephine is not going to accept that anymore. If Alena does not fight back then Josephine will take matters into her own hands. There's just one problem--Josephine has been dead for a year"--Provided by publisher
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Monstress : Awakening Volume one, Awakening
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Marjorie M Liu
A survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and the Arcanics, teenager Maika Halfwolf is both the hunter and hunted as she seeks answers about her mysterious past
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Our lady of birth control : a cartoonist's encounter with Margaret Sanger
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Sabrina Jones
Framing the biography with her own personal experiences of coming of age at the height of the sexual revolution, a comic book artist, writer and editor presents this historical graphic novel that illustrates the incredible life of Margaret Sanger, best known as the pioneer of birth control. Original.
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Pretending is lying
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Dominique Goblet
The first book to appear in English by the acclaimed Belgian artist Dominique Goblet, it is at once an intimate account of love and familial dysfunction and an audacious experiment in graphic storytelling. In a series of dazzling fragments--skipping through time, and from raw, slashing color to delicate black and white--Goblet examines the most important relationships in her life: with her partner, Guy-Marc; with her daughter, Nikita; with her alcoholic,well-meaning father; and with her abusive mother.
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Soviet daughter : a graphic revolution
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Julia Alekseyeva
"The story in comics of Lola, the author's great-grandmother, who lived an adventurous life as a feminist, secret service agent, military nurse, and Jewish refugee in the Soviet Ukraine. The story is interweaved with the author's political and romantic coming-of-age a century later in present-day Chicago"
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Woman world
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Aminder Dhaliwal
When a birth defect wipes out the planet's entire population of men, it is up to the women of the world to rebuild civilization
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Tamara Drewe
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Posy Simmonds
Having transformed herself with plastic surgery, newspaper columnist Tamara Drewe uses her newfound confidence and power of attraction recklessly as she embarks on an affair with a married detective novelist, while two teens, aware of her torrid affair, send out e-mails from her computer, with unexpected and dark consequences. Original.
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Today is the last day of the rest of your life
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Ulli Lust
Two teenaged punk-rock girls hitchhike their way across Italy without a penny in their pockets. Set in 1984, Ulli Lust's Today is the last day of the rest of your life is an intimate, detailed, funny, touching, and dramatic chronicle of several eventfulmonths in the life of the author as she and her new best friend Edi make their way from Vienna, Austria to Sicily.
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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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Are you my mother? : a comic drama
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Alison Bechdel
A graphic novel follow-up to Fun Home depicts the author's mother as a voracious reader, music lover and passionate amateur actress who quietly suffers as the wife of a closeted gay artist and withdraws from her young daughter.
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Syllabus : notes from an accidental professor
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Lynda Barry
An award-winning author provides the creative lesson plans and innovative writing exercises she uses in her popular writing workshop aimed at non-writers, which focuses on the connection between the hand, the brain and spontaneous images. Original.
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Persepolis : The Story of a Childhood
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Marjane Satrapi
The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life.
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Lumberjanes : beware the kitten holy
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Noelle Stevenson
Best friends Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley spend a fun summer at Lumberjane scout camp where they encounter yetis, three-eyed wolves, and giant falcons while solving a mystery that holds the fate of the world in the balance
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Extraordinary machine : Extraordinary Machine
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Kelly Sue DeConnick
In a future just a few years down the road in the wrong direction, a woman's failure to comply with her patriarchal overlords will result in exile to the meanest penal planet in the galaxy. When the newest crop of fresh femmes arrive, can they work together to stay alive or will hidden agendas, crooked guards, and the deadliest sport on (or off!) Earth take them to their maker?
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Captain Marvel : in pursuit of flight
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Kelly Sue DeConnick
After changing her superhero name, Captain Marvel tries to live up to the legacy of her fallen predecessor, while facing a time-traveling adventure that's intricately linked with the woman who inspired her military career
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Ms. Marvel : No Normal
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G. Willow Wilson
Kamala Khan, a Pakistani American girl from Jersey City who lives a conservative Muslim lifestyle with her family, suddenly acquires superhuman powers and, despite the pressures of school and home, tries to use her abilities to help her community
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Scheherazade : comics about love, treachery, mothers & monsters
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Megan Kelso
Using the story-telling queen as a narrative model, this unique collection of work from the most fascinating female graphic artists in the world includes contributions from twenty-three artists and presents material that will appeal to comic book fans, graphic novel readers, and devotees of the "third wave" of feminism. Original.
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Womanthology : heroic
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Jessica Hickman
An anthology showcasing the works of women in comics features short stories centered around the theme of heroism
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