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Graphic Novels and Comics for adult readers March 2020
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Hello there! My name is Patrick Holt, and I'm a librarian at Southwest Regional Library and a lifelong reader of comics and graphic novels. Check out the contents of this month's newsletter in the box to the left, and get access to past editions in the archive at the bottom of the page. I hope you find these recommendations worthwhile, and please email me at pdholt@dconc.gov if you have any thoughts or questions. Image from Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive by Rich Tommaso
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Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive
by Mike Allred, Lee Allred, and Rich Tommaso
From Hoopla: "Yellow trenchcoat? Check. Square jaw? Check. 2-Way Wrist Radio? Check! The All-American detective just made the biggest collar of his career, and it only cost him his job! But now the honest cop has packed his bags for "the city by the lake," and its criminals better watch out. It's bizarre villains, crooked cops, and gunfights galore! Reimagined for the 21st century through a retro lens, Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive is a lock to be the pop-art event of the year!"
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Nomen Omen vol. 1: Total Eclipse of the Heart
by Marco B. Bucci and Jacopo Camagnii
From Hoopla: "No matter how fast you run, sooner or later your past will catch up with you. Becky Kumar is a daughter of three mothers and a geeky twenty-year-old from New York City who is about to cross the veil between our reality and an ancient realm of otherworldly truths."
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Batman: City of Crime
by David Lapham, Raymond Bachs, and Nathan Massengill
"Failing to recognize a young girl's cry for help, which results in the death of six teenage girls, Batman descends into Gotham's underworld, uncovering the city's long-hidden, dark truths. The Dark Knight is on a mission to shut down a drug ring ruiningthe lives of the people of Gotham. However, following a series of deaths of teenage girls, some pregnant, Batman vows to find the root of this problem. Believing the culprits to be part of a pregnancy ring, Batman scours the underbelly of Gotham looking for clues...leading to something bigger than anticipated."
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Nicnevin and the Bloody Queen
by Helen Mullane, Dom Reardon, and Matthew Dow Smith
From Hoopla: "Something strange has been unleashed in the north of England. A modern-day druid commits a series of ghastly murders in an attempt to unleash the awesome power of the ancient gods of Great Britain. But all hell really breaks loose when his latest would-be victim, Nicnevin 'NISSY' Oswald, turns out to be more than she seems"
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Stern vol. 1: The Undertaker, The Vagrant, and The Assassin
by Frédéric Maffre and Julien Maffre
From Hoopla: "1880. Kansas. Elijah Stern, the local undertaker, leads a calm and solitary life, until one day he is asked to carry out an autopsy on a man found dead in a brothel. Taking on the role of forensic pathologist, he discovers that the man had not died of natural causes and finds himself involved, against his better wishes, in the middle of a bonafide investigation. But Stern has no idea that the key to this case lies in his own past..."
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Limited Edition
by Aude Picault
From the publisher: "The trials and tribulations of a thirty-year-old woman, looking for the perfect companion and a certain “limited edition” profile. Claire, a nurse, has a whole chain of failed relationships. Finding the right fit is not always easy today. So when Marc shows a little interest in her, Claire jumps on the occasion: settling down as a couple, introductions to the family, life plans… the picture of happiness. The problem is that in the end, Claire is simply not happy. She turns to her friends and her family, and eventually realizes that everyone is living according to a certain idealized standard. This is totally out of the question for Claire; she wants to find HER ideal, not the ideal that is expected of her. With light-hearted humor, Aude Picault deals with themes that are important, painful and essential to the women of today: desire, soul-seeking, joy, and many more. In her simple and delicate style, she offers a gentle critique of the neuroses of modern society."
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The Eagles of Rome vol. 1
by Enrico Marini
From Hoopla: "The strategic general Drusus is entrusted with the mission of bringing the indomitable barbarians of Germania under the Roman Empire's control. Once the battle is won, Prince Sigmar offers his son, Arminius, as a hostage to the Romans. Caesar consigns the education of the young barbarian to one of his most trusted companions, Titus Valerius Falco. Titus has a son of the same age as Arminius, an unruly young man called Marcus, also in need of an education worthy of his name. Together, these two budding soldiers go through full training, and are time and again subjected to the steely discipline and harsh tests of their tutor, an ex-legionary. Through these trying experiences, the insolent young Roman and the hot-headed German gradually transform their reciprocal hatred into a strong friendship... especially as they begin to discover the irresistible charms of their various female contemporaries..."
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Patrick's Triangle Comics Newsletter is an irregular and incomplete list of comics and comics-adjacent happenings in Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill and beyond. If you are a comics maker, maker-adjacent, a maker of comics-adjacent things, or adjacent-adjacent, then this is the newsletter for you! Check out the latest edition here, and email the editor (me again) to subscribe.
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Check out the library's top ten checkouts! Lists include top tens for adult fiction and nonfiction, movies, young adults fiction, picture books and kids' fiction.
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Links to newsletters from the past year: Image from Incidents in the Night by David B
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