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Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Creation Myths Vol. 1

Jim Henson - Archaia
Format: Paperback

Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal Creations Myths available for the first time in paperback!Part one of a three-part graphic novel prequel series delving into the origins of the Skeksis, Mystics, Gelflings, the world of Thra, and The Dark Crystal itself. Spanning a time period from thousands...
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My Father Bleeds History (Maus)

Art Spiegelman
Format: Paperback

A story of a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe and his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with his father's story and history itself.
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One Hundred Demons

Lynda Barry - Sasquatch Books
Format: Print book

Buddhism teaches that each person must overcome 100 demons in a lifetime. In One Hundred Demons, a collection of 20 autobiographical comic strip stories from Salon's popular "Mothers Who Think" section, Lynda Barry wrestles with some of hers in her signature quirky, irrepressible...
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

Alison Bechdel - Houghton Mifflin
Format: Paperback

A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like...
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The Contract with God trilogy : life on Dropsie Avenue

Will Eisner - W. W. Norton
Format: Print book

Frimme Hersh breaks his contract with God and ends up as a Depression-era slumlord, while Jacob Shtarkah strives to help an old friend trapped in Nazi Germany and struggles with poverty and the corruption of the residents of Dropsie Avenue.
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The Walking Dead: A Continuing Story of Survival Horror, Book 1

Robert Kirkman - Image Comics
Format: Hardcover

This hardcover features the first 12 issues of the hit series along with the covers for the issues in one oversized hardcover volume. Perfect for long time fans, new readers and anyone needing a slightly heavy object with which to fend off the walking dead.
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Watchmen

Alan Moore - DC Comics Inc.
Format: Paperback

A New York Times Best Seller! This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin. One of the most...
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Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?: A Memoir

Roz Chast - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover

#1 New York Times Bestseller2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALISTIn her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and documents,...
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Deadpool by Daniel Way: The Complete Collection - Volume 1

Daniel Way - Marvel; First Edition edition
Format: Paperback

Daniel Way's hilarious, action-packed run begins here! When the Merc with a Mouth is hired to rub out Wolverine, sparks will fly! But when both men can regenerate any wound in minutes, how can either one expect to finish off his foe? And whoever wins will have to face Wolverine's...
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The Complete Peanuts 1995-1996

Charles M Schulz - Fantagraphics
Format: Print book

This is the twenty-third (out of twenty-five) volume of the New York Times best-selling series that collects every single one of the 18,000-plus Peanuts comic strips; it will coincide with a new feature film. In The Complete Peanuts: 1995-1996 (Vol. 23) , Charlie Brown starts taking...
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A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge

Josh Neufeld - Pantheon; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

Now in paperback, The New York Times best-selling graphic nonfiction masterpiece depicting the lives of seven New Orleanians before, during, and just after Hurricane Katrina.Best American Comics, 2010Mother Jones Top Books of 2009Daily Beast RecommendsNew York Best Comics of 2009, Runner...
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