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• You Must Take Part in Revolution

  Badiucao

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  As conflict escalates between nuclear powers, three idealistic youths who first met in Hong Kong develop diverging beliefs about how best to navigate this techno-authoritarian landscape. Andy, Maggie, and Olivia travel different paths toward…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Cry When the Baby Cries

  Barnicoat, Becky

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  With the wit of a comedian and the observational skills of a sociologist surveying a new subculture, Becky Barnicoat writes about her first few years of parenthood with warmth, sharp insight, and uproarious humor in her debut graphic memoir.

• Heavyweight

  a Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory

  Brager, Solomon J.

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  Solomon Brager grew up with accounts of their great-grandparents' escape from Nazi Germany, told over and over until their understanding of self was bound up with the heroic details of their ancestors' exploits. Their great-grandmother related how…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goes Like This

  Jordan Crane Handbook 2002 to 2022

  Crane, Jordan, 1973-

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  Collecting all of acclaimed cartoonist Jordan Crane's short stories (from self-published zines and anthologies such as Now and Uptight) and more for the first time, in a gorgeously designed package. For almost three decades, Jordan Crane has put…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• You and a Bike and a Road

  Davis, Eleanor, 1983-

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  Join Eleanor Davis on a two-wheeled journey across the landscape of America, and through the heart and mind of the artist. The author's bike tour from Tucson, Arizona to Athens, Georgia is a quest of epic proportions--not just geographically, which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Naked City

  a Graphic Novel

  Drooker, Eric, 1958-

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  An elegantly drawn graphic novel that follows a musician and a painter struggling to make ends meet without abandoning their morals or muses.

• World Without End

  An Illustrated Guide to the Climate Crisis

  Jancovici, Jean-Marc

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  There is no green energy. Nor pink, nor black. Nor clean nor dirty, for that matter. In this intelligent, eye-opening, and witty international bestseller, an eminent climate expert takes a graphic novelist on a journey to understand the profound…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Something, Not Nothing

  a Story of Grief and Love

  Leavitt, Sarah, 1969-

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  In April 2020, cartoonist Sarah Leavitt's partner of twenty-two years, Donimo, died with medical assistance after years of severe chronic pain and a rapid decline at the end of her life. About a month after Donimo's death, Sarah began making comics…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Fishflies

  Lemire, Jeff

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  A small town crime sets off a chain of events that will permanently alter the lives of several residents of bucolic Belle River, Ontario. As the manhunt heats up, a lonely girl named Franny Fox forms an unlikely friendship with a fugitive that leads…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Trick Pony

  Lockard, Greg

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  A fantasy tale of a washed-up rodeo star heading home to visit his father in the hospital. While on the road he confronts the mistakes of his past and the monsters of his present. A beautiful story that blends together themes of second chances,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Road

  a Graphic Novel Adaptation

  McCarthy, Cormac, 1933-2023

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  The story of a nameless father and son trying to survive with their humanity intact in a postapocalyptic wasteland where Earth's natural resources have been diminished, and some survivors are left to raise others for meat, The Road is one of Cormac…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bowling With Corpses & Other Strange Tales From Lands Unknown

  Mignola, Mike

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  From a search for the beating heart of a long-dead sorcerer, to a pirate girl who makes a deal with the devil, to the titular boy who wins a grim prize in a game with some undead interlopers, and more. Mignola builds a brand-new world filled with…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Moon and Serpent Bumper Book of Magic

  Moore, Alan, 1953-

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  Authors Alan Moore and Steve Moore team up with six stellar artists for a fascinating survey of occult sciences and figures, from the paleolithic era to today. Lavishly illustrated chapters suggesting things to do on a rainy day offer instructions…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• All My Bicycles

  Power Paola

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  A bicycle is a machine that you power yourself. You decide where you want to go," writes cartoonist Powerpaola, as the guiding principle of this graphic memoir. All My Bicycles is a story that never really begins, existing all at once in Paola's…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Witchcraft

  a Graphic History : Stories of Wise Women, Healers and Magic

  Squire, Lindsay

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  Join Lindsay, a young and curious 19th-century lady, as she meets Biddy Early, the famous 'wise woman of County Clare', and learns all about the magickal arts--from which plants can be used to make healing poultices and potions, to how people dealt…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Werewolf at Dusk

  and Other Stories

  Small, David, 1945-

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  Best-selling author and illustrator Small (Home After Dark) presents a collection of three short stories. Small's fluid linework and exceptional visual storytelling result in a compelling, deeply affecting collection.

• This Beautiful, Ridiculous City

  a Graphic Memoir

  Sohini, Kay

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  On her first night in New York City, Kay Sohini sits on the tarmac of JFK Airport making an inventory of everything she's left behind in India. As Kay begins the work of piecing herself back together she discovers the deep sense of belonging that…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ginseng Roots

  a Memoir

  Thompson, Craig, 1975-

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  Ginseng Roots follows Craig Thompson and his siblings-who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms for one dollar an hour-and interweaves this lost youth with the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Rare Flavours

  V, Ram

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  Discover the tantalizing tale of Rubin Baksh, a demonic Rakshasa with a down-to-earth dream of being the next Anthony Bourdain. To achieve his vision, Rubin enlists Mo, a filmmaker who has seen better days, to document the world-renowned cuisine of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Stoneshore Register

  Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-

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  When refugee and aspiring journalist Fadumo arrives to work at the Stoneshore Register, she is entering a far stranger place than she realizes. At first, the colossal stone giant overlooking the rundown, seemingly ordinary Pacific Northwest fishing…Read moreRead more of this annotation