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Graphic Novels December 2018
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Anthony Bourdain's Hungry Ghosts
by Anthony Bourdain
On a dark, haunted night, a Russian Oligarch dares a circle of international chefs to play the samurai game of 100 Candles--where each storyteller tells a terrifying tale of ghosts, demons and unspeakable beings--and prays to survive the challenge. Inspired by the Japanese Edo period game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, Hungry Ghosts reimagines the classic stories of yokai, yorei, and obake, all tainted with the common thread of food.
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Bad Friends
by Janet Hong
Jinju is bad. She smokes, drinks, runs away from home, and has no qualms about making her parents worry. Her mother and sister beg her to be a better student, sister, daughter; her beleaguered father expresses his concerns with his fists. Bad Friends is set in the 1990s in a South Korea torn between tradition and Western modernity and haunted by an air of generalized gloom. Cycles of abuse abound as the characters enact violence within their power structures: parents beat children, teachers beat students, older students beat younger students. But at each moment that the duress verges on bleakness, Ancco pulls back with soft moments of friendship between Jinju and her best friend, Jung-ae. What unfolds is a story of female friendship, a Ferrante-esque connection formed through youthful excess, malaise, and struggle that stays with the young women into adulthood.
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Bastard
by Max De Radiguès
After taking part in a historic heist -- 52 simultaneous robberies at the same time, in the same city -- May and Eugene, a young mother and her preteen son, are on the run not only from the law and double-crossed former accomplices, but also their violent past. They crisscross the United States, encountering mysterious truckers, ambitious bandits, and senior citizens living off the grid -- while flashbacks show the reader how they got into this deadly situation. De Radiguès focuses on their familial relationship as much as the noir, and his clear-lined style adds depth to the brutality as well as the love.
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Belonging : A German Reckons with History and Home
by Nora Krug
A graphic memoir by an award-winning artist tells the story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family’s wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation and history.
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Blame This on the Boogie
by Rina Ayuyang
Inspired by the visual richness and cinematic structure of the Hollywood Musical, Blame this on the Boogie chronicles the adventures of a Filipino American girl born in the decade of disco who escapes life's hardships and mundanity through through the genre's feel good song and dance numbers. Ayuyang explores how the glowing charm of the silver screen can transform one's reality, shaping their approach to childhood, relationships, sports, reality TV, and eventually politics, parenthood, and mortality
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Che : A Revolutionary Life
by Jon Lee Anderson
The graphic novel adaptation of the groundbreaking and definitive biography of Che Guevara. The Argentine revolutionary has become an internationally recognized icon, as revered as he is controversial. 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, and with renowned Mexican artist José Hernández's drawings.
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Drawn to Berlin : Comic Workshops in Refugee Shelters and Other Stories from a New Europe
by Ali Fitzgerald
All Fitzgerald's students are among the record-breaking number of people who are seeking asylum in a worldwide crisis on a scale not seen since WWII, fleeing from countries such as Syria and Afghanistan. They draw images of experienced violence and careful optimism: rafts and tanks, flowers and the Eiffel Tower. In her decade in Germany, Fitzgerald experiences the highs of the creatively hopeful, along with the deep depression of the disillusioned, all while waiting to stumble onto her own glory like the great Modernists before her.
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Frida Kahlo : an illustrated life
by MarÃa Hesse
Introduces English-language readers to Kahlo's life, from her childhood and the accident that would mark her personality and her artwork, to her complicated love for Diego Rivera and the fierce determination that drove her to become a major artist in her own right.
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Gideon Falls 1 : The Black Barn
by Jeff Lemire
The legend of the Black Barn tells of an otherwordly buidling that has appeared and reappeared throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake. Now its mystery ensnares and entwines the lives of two very different men. One: a young recluse, obsessed with finding hidden clues within the city's trash. The other: a washed-up Catholic priest, finding his place in a small town that hides dark secrets. Neither of them are prepared for what's inside the Black Barn.
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Girl Town
by 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. Carolyn Nowak's Girl Town collects the Ignatz Award-winning stories "Radishes" and "Diana's Electric Tongue" together with several other tales of young adulthood and the search for connection. Here are her most acclaimed mini-comics and anthology contributions, enhanced with new colors and joined by brand-new work. Bold, infatuated, wounded, or lost, Nowak's girls shine with life and longing. Their stories -- depicted with remarkable charm and insight -- capture the spirit of our time.
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Infidel
by Pornsak Pichetshote
A horror tale for the 21st century, Infidel follows an American Muslim woman and her multi-racial neighbors who move into a building haunted by entities fueled by xenophobia.
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Likely Stories
by Neil Gaiman
Faithfully adapted by an Eisner Award-winning artist, a graphic anthology of four essential stories by the Newbery and World Fantasy Award-winning author includes the tales, "Looking for the Girl," "Foreign Parts," "Closing Time" and "Feeders and Eaters."
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Machete Squad
by Brent Dulak
Machete Squad is the story of a soldier trying to keep people alive as America's longest war rages all around him. It is the autobiographical story of Brent Dulak, who is burnt out from his two tours in Iraq, as he heads to Afghanistan. He's a U.S. Army medic who was recently promoted to sergeant, in charge of a team of soldiers whose job it will be patch up the wounded at a remote outpost as American forces prepare to turn Kandahar Province over to the Afghan forces. He must look out for the welfare of his men and their patients even as he doubts his own abilities--and at times his sanity.
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Mandela and the General
by John Carlin
Will the Freedom Struggle End in a Bloodbath? Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid hero and first leader of the new South Africa, is an international symbol of the power of a popular movement to fight structural racism. But that nonviolent struggle for equality and justice very nearly spiraled into an all-out race war that would have only ended in "the peace of graveyards." As the first post-apartheid elections approach in 1994, with South African blacks poised to take power, the nation's whites fear reprisal. White nationalist militias claiming 50,000 well-armed former soldiers stand ready to fight to the death to defend their cause. They need someone who can lead and unite them. That man is General Constand Viljoen, former chief of apartheid South Africa's military. Mandela knows that he can't avert a bloodbath on his own. He will have to count on his archenemy. Throughout those historic months, the two men meet in secret. Can they trust each other? Can they keep their followers and radical fringe elements from acts of violence? The mettle of these two men will determine the future of a nation. The drama of this contest and the history that pivoted on it comes vividly to life in visual form. Veteran British journalist John Carlin teams up with Catalan artist Oriol Malet to create a historically and artistically rich graphic novel with obvious relevance to today's polarized politics.
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Pyongyang : A Journey in North Korea
by Guy Delisle
One of the few Westerners granted access to North Korea documents his observations of the secretive society in this graphic travelogue that depicts the cultural alienation, boredom, and desires of ordinary North Koreans.
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The Adventure Zone : Here There be Gerblins
by Clint McElroy
Join Taako the elf wizard, Merle the dwarf cleric, and Magnus the human warrior for an adventure they are poorly equipped to handle AT BEST, guided ("guided") by their snarky DM, in a graphic novel that, like the smash-hit podcast it's based on, will tickle your funny bone, tug your heartstrings, and probably pants you if you give it half a chance.
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The Art of War
by Zhizhong Cai
One of Asia’s most popular cartoonists brings to life, through wonderful illustrations, Sun-Tzu's "Art of War," the most profound book on warfare and strategy ever written—a work that is still used by leaders in all fields today.
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The Mental Load : A Feminist Comic
by Emma
In her first book of comic strips, Emma reflects on social and feminist issues by means of simple line drawings, dissecting the mental load, i.e. all that invisible and unpaid organizing, list-making and planning women do to manage their lives, and the lives of their family members. Most of us carry some form of mental load--about our work, household responsibilities, financial obligations and personal life; but what makes up that burden and how it's distributed within households and understood in offices is not always equal or fair. In her strips Emma deals with themes ranging from maternity leave (it is not a vacation!), domestic violence, the clitoris, the violence of the medical world on women during childbirth, and other feminist issues, and she does so in a straightforward way that is both hilarious and deadly serious.. If you're not laughing, you're probably crying in recognition. Emma's comics also address the everyday outrages and absurdities of immigrant rights, income equality, and police violence.
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The 'Stan
by Kevin Knodell
The 'Stan is a collection of short comics about America's longest war. Individual stories highlight different perspectives--including a Taliban ambassador and Afghan and U.S. Army soldiers--but every account highlights the human element of war. The talesin this book--based on reporting by David Axe and Kevin Knodell and drawn by artist Blue Delliquanti--are all true and took place in roughly the first decade of the U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan. While the stories are from the recent past, The 'Stan is still very much about Afghanistan's and America's present--and likely their future
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To Kill a Mockingbird
by Fred Fordham
A graphic-novel adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning classic combines themes of race, injustice and transformation in the Deep South of the 1930s with evocative illustrations by the artist of The Adventures of John Blake.
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Upgrade Soul
by Ezra Claytan Daniels
For their 45th anniversary, Hank and Molly Nonnar decide to undergo an experimental rejuvenation procedure, but their hopes for youth are dashed when the couple is faced with the results: severely disfigured yet intellectually and physically superior duplicates of themselves. Can the original Hank and Molly coexist in the same world as their clones? In Upgrade Soul, McDuffie Award-winning creator Ezra Claytan Daniels asks probing questions about what shapes our identity-Is it the capability of our minds or the physicality of our bodies? Is a newer, better version of yourself still you? This page-turning graphic novel follows the lives of Hank and Molly as they discover the harsh truth that only one version of themselves is fated to survive.
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Young Adult Graphic Novels
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Crystal Fighters
by Jen Bartel
Stella is a bored teen who plays in a seemingly positive all-ages virtual reality called "Crystal Fighters," but she soon discovers a dark side to the game where other players have created a secret magical girl fight club
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Demon Slayer. 1, Cruelty
by Koyoharu Gotouge
After his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters most of his family and turns his little sister Nezuko into a demon, Tanjiro Kamado sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to save his sister and avenge his family
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Dragon Ball That Time I Got Reincarnated As Yamcha
by Akira Toriyama
A Dragon Ball fan who dreams of fighting alongside Goku is unexpectedly reincarnated as the long-suffering Yamcha, prompting him to take matters into his own hands to transform into the strongest Dragon Ball character ever. Original.
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Grand Theft horse
by Greg Neri
Recounts the experiences of horse trainer Gail Ruffu, who stole a racehorse in order to save it, and ended up taking on the whole racing industry to fight for the humane treatment of animals
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Hey, Kiddo
by Jarrett Krosoczka
In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab, and in and out of Jarrett's life. His father is a mystery -- Jarrett doesn't know where to find him, or even what his name is. Jarrett lives with his grandparents -- two very loud, very loving, very opinionated people who had thought they were through with raising children until Jarrett came along.
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Last Pick. 1
by Jason Walz
Three years ago, aliens invaded Earth and abducted everyone they deemed useful. The only ones spared were those too young, too old, or too "disabled" to be of value. Living on Earth under the aliens' harsh authoritarian rule, humanity's rejects do their best to survive. Their captors never considered them a threat--until now. Twins Sam and Wyatt are ready to chuck their labels and start a revolution. It's time for the kids last picked to step into the game.
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Lost Soul, Be at Peace
by Maggie Thrash
A graphic memoir follow-up to Honor Girl revisits the author's baffling struggles with teen depression and how a search for her cat, who went missing somewhere in the walls of her cavernous home, became a metaphor for her poignant search for herself
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Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
Lush visuals illustrate the full original text of William Shakespeare's Macbeth, the tale of a nobleman inspired to commit treason and murder in pursuit of the Scottish throne.
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On a Sunbeam
by Tillie Walden
Interweaves the story of a crew traveling into deep space to rebuild beautiful, broken structures, with that of a pair of teen girls who meet at boarding school and fall deeply in love
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Spider-Man/Iron Man Marvel Team-Up - 1
by Gerry Conway
Web-head meets Shell-head in a collection of their greatest Marvel team-ups! When the Avengers are captured, Spider-Man and Iron Man find themselves caught in a tussle through time between Kang the Conqueror and Zarrko the Tomorrow Man - a saga that draws in the Human Torch and the Inhumans! Spidey and Iron Man will need a little help from Doctor Strange if they are to survive the mind-bending powers of the Wraith! But the villain has a friend too - the deadly Whiplash! Things get explosive when the volcanic menace Magma erupts into our heroes' lives! And it's a team-up with a difference as Jim Rhodes in the armour joins a black-costumed web-slinger in battle with Blacklash! Discover why Spidey and Iron Man are two great tastes that taste great together!
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Star Wars Doctor Aphra 1
by Kieron Gillen
Rogue archaeologist Doctor Aphra barely escaped Darth Vader's wrath. If the Dark Lord of the Sith ever learns that she still lives, he'll hunt her to the ends of the galaxy. But for now, it's time for a return to what Aphra does best! With killer droids Triple-Zero and BeeTee-One in tow, she's off in search of the rarest of artifacts - as long as she can stay one step ahead of the Empire, bounty hunters...and just about everyone else! But soon, archaeologist and rebel pilot stand side-by-side when Aphra persuades Luke Skywalker to join her in a journey to the heart of the Screaming Citadel! What secret are they after? And when word gets out, can Han and Leia be far behind them?
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Star Wars, The Last Jedi
by Gary Whitta
Rey attempts to convince a reluctant Luke Skywalker to aid the Resistance while Finn, Poe, Leia, and their new friend Rose battle the might of the First Order, Supreme Leader Snoke, and his disciple, Kylo Ren
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Lando : Double or Nothing
by Rodney Barnes
A young Lando Calrissian accepts a commission to smuggle weapons to the enslaved Petrusians on Kulgroon so that they can rise against their imperial oppressors, only to find the situation is a lot more complicated than he expected
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Wakanda Forever
by Nnedi Okorafor
A crossover anthology starring the Wakanda Dora Milaje warriors, released as a tie-in to Marvel Studios' Black Panther, includes Amazing Spider-Man: Wakanda Forever 1, Avengers: Wakanda Forever 1 and X-Men: Wakanda Forever.
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