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Yvain: The Knight of the Lion

M T Anderson · Candlewick Press
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

In his first graphic novel, National Book Award winner M. T. Anderson turns to Arthurian lore, with captivating art by Andrea Offermann bringing the classic legend to life.Eager for glory and heedless of others, Sir Yvain sets out from King Arthur's court and defeats a local lord in battle,...
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Wonder Woman: Warbringer

LEIGH BARDUGO · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 384
Format: Hardcover

The highly anticipated, entirely new coming-of-age story for the world's greatest super hero: WONDER WOMAN by the # 1 New York Times bestselling author LEIGH BARDUGO. She will become one of the world's greatest heroes: WONDER WOMAN. But first she is Diana, Princess of the Amazons. And her fight...
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1: Squirrel Power

Ryan North · Marvel Worldwide
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There's one hero that's beaten them all-and now she's got her own ongoing series! (Not that she's bragging.) That's right, you asked for it, you got it, it's SQUIRREL GIRL! (She's also starting college this semester.) It's the start of a brand-new...
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James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner—A Graphic Biography

Alfonso Zapico · Arcade Publishing
Pages: 231
Format: Print book

A dazzling, prize-winning graphic biography of one of the world's most revered writers.Winner of Spain's National Comic Prize and published to acclaim in Ireland, here is an extraordinary graphic biography of James Joyce that offers a fresh take on his tumultuous life. With evocative anecdotes...
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 22

Hiromu Arakawa · VIZ Media LLC; Original edition
Pages: 192
Format: Paperback

In the war between science and magic—the future of the world belongs to 2 brothers.In the war between science and magic—the future of the world belongs to 2 brothers.In an alchemical ritual gone wrong, Edward Elric lost his arm and his leg, and his brother Alphonse became...
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Lumberjanes Vol. 4

Shannon Watters · BOOM! Box
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

The mystery of history!Jen just wants to have a normal lesson with her cabin, teaching Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley the basic survival skills needed without any supernatural intervention when a blizzard hits camp! Separated from her girls, Jen finds herself in more trouble than ever...until...
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Big Nate: Game On!

Lincoln Peirce · Andrews McMeel Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Big Nate is big news!  And the best news is that Big Nate Game On! is in full color! Big Nate books have sold more than 4.5 million copies and been on the New York Times best-seller list for more than a year. To sixth-grader Nate Wright, life is one big game. So when he suits up for any sport,...
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The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 2: Squirrel You Know It's True

Marvel Comics · Marvel
Pages: 120
Format: Print book

The breakout character of 2015 continues her one-woman crusade against injustice and jerks! These TAILS of the Squirrel Girl will show you the Marvel Universe's most powerful super hero from a bunch of brand-new perspectives, several of them QUITE ASTONISHING.COLLECTING: The Unbeatable...
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Beowulf

DAVID RUBIN · IMAGE COMICS
Pages: 200
Format: Print book

BEOWULF HC SANTIAGO GARCIA and DAVID RUBIN unite to bring forward the myth of Beowulf, which has endured for a thousand years and inspired anepic poem of the same name, became a foundational piece of English literature, and inspired generations of authors, from Tolkien to a goodnumber of Hollywood...
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The City on the Other Side

MAIRGHREAD SCOTT · First Second
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

In The City on the Other Side, a young girl stumbles into a pitched war between two fairy kingdoms, and the fate of San Francisco itself hangs in the balance!Sheltered within her high-society world, Isabel plays the part of a perfectly proper little girl -- she's quiet, well-behaved, and she keeps...
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Pizzasaurus Rex

JUSTIN WAGNER · Oni Press
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

Meet Jeremy Duderman, the most extremely awesome scientific mind of his generation. Too bad everyone's too busy bullying him or just generally disliking him to realize it. But that all ends today. Jeremy has invented the Reality Alternative Dimensionator (R.A.D. for short) , a device...
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Gordon: Bark to the Future!

Ashley Spires · Kids Can Press
Pages: 72
Format: Hardcover

It's all up to Gordon now. His partner has been captured. His superior officer has been neutralized. And his distress calls to P.U.R.S.T. (Pets of the Universe Ready for Space Travel) have gone unanswered. That means he must fight the aliens alone! But Gordon's not a fighter --- his deadliest...
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Clara Humble: Quiz Whiz

Anna Humphrey · Owlkids
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

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A Bintel Brief: Love and Longing in Old New York

Liana Finck · Ecco
Format: Paperback

In an illustrative style that is a thrilling mash-up of Art Spiegelman's deft emotionality, Roz Chast's hilarious neuroses, and the magical spirit of Marc Chagall, A Bintel Brief is Liana Finck’s evocative, elegiac love letter to the turn-of-the-century Jewish immigrants who transformed...
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