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• The Legend of Vox Machina, the Whitestone Chronicles. Vol. 1

  Ripley

  Nijkamp, Marieke,

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  "Fans of The Legend of Vox Machina, the record-breaking animated series from Critical Role and Amazon Studios, won't want to miss the first of three interconnected prequel stories, written by Marieke Nijkamp with art by Tyler Walpole, in…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Final Cut

  Burns, Charles, 1955-

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  "As a child, Brian and his friend Jimmy would make sci-fi films in their yards, convincing their friends to star as victims of grisly murders, smearing lipstick on the "bodies" to simulate blood. Now a talented artist and aspiring filmmaker, Brian,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dragman

  a Novel

  Appleby, Steven,

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  "August Crimp can fly, but only when he wears women's clothes. Soaring above a gorgeous, lush vista of London, he is Dragman, catching falling persons, lost souls, and the odd stranded cat. After he's rejected by the superhero establishment, where…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Land of Mirrors

  Medem, María, 1994-

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  "Antonia is the sole inhabitant of a deserted town, with only a roaming pack of dogs and her own worn out memories to keep her company. Nothing is new in this world, the ponds are so still they are dead, and her recollections feel more vivid than…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Uzumaki

  Spiral Into Horror

  Itō, Junji, 1963-

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  "Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral--the hypnotic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mrs. Orwell

  Chalupa, Andrea, 1982-

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  "Eileen Blair, wife and partner of George Orwell, is brought out of her husband's shadow in this riveting graphic novel, which follows the couples' tireless campaign to expose difficult political truths through art. Mrs. Orwell follows poet Eileen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blue Palo Verde

  Fawkes, Ray,

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  "An ex-con searches for her missing father in a cultish oasis town called Promise in this folk horror tale set against the backdrop of the American Southwest. Newly released from prison, Kristine Woods discovers that her father has disappeared into…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Way of the Househusband. Vol. 1

  Oono, Kousuke,

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  He was the fiercest member of the yakuza, a man who left countless underworld legends in his wake. They called him "the Immortal Dragon." But one day he walked away from it all to walk another path--the path of the househusband! The curtain rises on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blood of the Virgin

  Harkham, Sammy,

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  "After fourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak that it can bring, and what it means to be human. Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Complete Persepolis

  Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-2026

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  Marjane Satrapi recounts her childhood and coming of age in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution, as well as her self-imposed exile from her native country, through comic strips that reflect how her own history is tied to the history of Iran.

• Maus

  a Survivor's Tale

  Spiegelman, Art,

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  "Maus is a haunting tale within a tale. Vladek's harrowing story of survival is woven into the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father. Against the backdrop of guilt brought by survival, they stage a normal life of small…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killing and Dying

  Six Stories

  Tomine, Adrian, 1974-

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  A collection of six inter-connection stories showcasing the possibilities of the graphic novel medium, exploring loss, creative ambition, identity, and family dynamics.

• Fun Home

  a Family Tragicomic

  Bechdel, Alison, 1960-

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  A 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 funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.

• Gender Queer

  a Memoir

  Kobabe, Maia,

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  In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Lore Olympus. Volume 1

  Smythe, Rachel (Comics artist),

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  Persephone, young goddess of spring, is new to Olympus. Her mother, Demeter, has raised her in the mortal realm, but after Persephone promises to train as a sacred virgin, she's allowed to live in the fast-moving, glamorous world of the gods. When…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Dahlia

  Geary, Rick,

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  On January 15, 1947, a woman walking with her daughter in a Los Angeles neighborhood passed what looked to be a discarded mannequin. It turned out to be the body of Elizabeth Short: posed, drained of blood, meticulously scrubbed, and cut in two.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn. Volume One

  Vuong, Tri,

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  "Oscar Zahn is just like any other paranormal investigator--he's working hard to make the world a better place, one exorcism at a time. So what if he's just a floating skull wearing a trench coat? He's still got a heart of gold! In this first…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Low, Low Woods

  Machado, Carmen Maria,

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  When El and Vee find themselves victims of Shudder-to-Think, Pennsylvania's memory-stealing illness, they dig into the mystery behind the lost memories and uncover the dark truths in their town.

• The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

  Mackesy, Charlie,

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  A modern, illustrated fable for readers of all ages that explores life's universal lessons from beloved British illustrator Charlie Mackesy.

• Lord of the Flies

  Jongh, Aimée de, 1988-

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  The well-known plot: A plane crashes on a desert island. The only survivors are a group of schoolboys. By day, they explore the dazzling beaches, gorging fruit, seeking shelter, and ripping off their uniforms to swim in the lagoon. At night, in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation