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This Land is My Land: A Graphic History of Big Dreams, Micronations, and Other Self-Made States

Andy Warner · Chronicle Books
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Tired of your country's bad politics? Feeling powerless to change things? Start your own utopia instead! This nonfiction graphic novel collects the stories of 30 self-made places around the world built with a dream of utopia, whether a safe haven, an inspiring structure, or a better-run...
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They Called Us Enemy

George Takei · Top Shelf Productions
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.George...
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Fast Draw Manga Challenge: 50 Step-by-Step Characters and Creatures

Thierry Beaudenon · IMPACT Books
Pages: 126
Format: Paperback

Learn to draw manga and anime characters with 50 easy step-by-steps in three styles: manga-style humans, chibi-style humans, and creatures. Each lesson features eight steps in total and breaks down the character with a simple process: identify the basic lines and forms of the body; add volume...
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Freedom Hospital: A Syrian Story

Hamid Sulaiman · Interlink Publishing
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback

Winner English PEN AwardIt is spring 2012 and 40,000 people have died since the start of the Syrian Arab Spring. In the wake of this, Yasmine has set up a clandestine hospital in the north of the country. Her town is controlled by Assad's brutal regime, but is relatively stable. However,...
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Gender Queer: A Memoir

Maia Kobabe · Lion Forge
Pages: 240
Format: Paperback

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, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely...
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