Back Graphic Novels | April Newsletter

SelectReads News
Simple News Pro
  Graphic Novels  
The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir

Thi Bui · Abrams ComicArts
Pages: 327
Format: Hardcover

National bestseller ABA Indies Introduce Winter / Spring 2017 Selection Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers Spring 2017 Selection An intimate and poignant graphic novel portraying one family's journey from war-torn Vietnam, from debut author Thi Bui. This beautifully illustrated...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

Octavia E Butler · Harry N. Abrams
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format. More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Princess Princess Ever After

Katie O'Neill · Oni Press
Pages: 53
Format: Print book

When the heroic princess Amira rescues the kind-hearted princess Sadie from her tower prison, neither expects to find a true friend in the bargain. Yet as they adventure across the kingdom, they discover that they bring out the very best in the other person. They'll need to join forces...
Read More check catalog
 
 
SP4RX

Wren McDonald · Nobrow Press
Pages: 120
Format: Print book

SP4RX is the story of mankind clawing for survival. Set in a future where a class system has emerged, the world is divided into four levels, with the elite ruling from the extravagant top level.SP4RX, a young hacker who lives off grid, hacks into corporations and sells stolen data to wealthy...
Read More check catalog
 
 
The Time Museum

Matthew Loux · First Second Books
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

The internship program at the Time Museum is a little unusual. For one thing, kids as young as twelve get to apply for these prestigious summer jobs. And as for the applicant pool . . . well, these kids come from all over history. When Delia finds herself working at the Time Museum, the last...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Batman vs. Superman

Various · DC Comics
Format: Print book

THE MAN OF STEEL AGAINST THE DARK KNIGHT! Superman and Batman are usually allies, but when they do have to go toe-to-toe, it's the ultimate battle of brains versus brawn! Can an ordinary man take down an opponent with the power of a god? Can even superpowers prevail against a tactical...
Read More check catalog
 
 
I Am Alfonso Jones

TONY MEDINA · Tu Books
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Alfonso Jones can't wait to play the role of Hamlet in his school's hip-hop rendition of the classic Shakespearean play. He also wants to let his best friend, Danetta, know how he really feels about her. But as he is buying his first suit, an off-duty police officer mistakes a clothes...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump

G B Trudeau · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 111
Format: Paperback

"Doonesbury is one of the most overrated strips out there. Mediocre at best." --Donald Trump, 1989He tried to warn us. Ever since the release of the first Trump-for-President trial balloon in 1987, Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau has tirelessly tracked and highlighted the unsavory...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1

Kieron Gillen · Marvel Comics
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

Ever since Darth Vader's first on-screen appearance, he has become one of pop-culture's most popular villains. Now, follow Vader straight from the ending of A New Hope (and the pages of the new Star Wars comic book) into his own solo adventures - showing the Empire's war with...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Angel Catbird Volume 2: To Castle Catula

Margaret Atwood · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 80
Format: Hardcover

The cat-centric adventure continues, in the all-ages follow-up to best-selling novelist Margaret Atwood's debut graphic novel. Genetic engineer Strig Feleedus, also known as Angel Catbird, and his band of half-cats head to Castle Catula to seek allies as the war between cats and rats escalates.Margaret...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Wonder Woman: The True Amazon

Jill Thompson · Dc Comics
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

See Wonder Woman like you've never seen her before in WONDER WOMAN: THE TRUE AMAZON, an original graphic novel from Eisner Award-winning writer and artist Jill Thompson. Join Princess Diana in her early years, as she develops into the formidable hero we know and love. Young Diana...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Run For It: Stories Of Slaves Who Fought For Their Freedom

Marcelo D'Salete · Fantagraphics
Pages: 180
Format: Hardcover

This graphic novel tells unforgettable stories about Afro-Brazilian slaves who rebelled against oppression.Run For It -- a stunning graphic novel by internationally acclaimed illustrator Marcelo d'Salete -- is one of the first literary and artistic efforts to face up to Brazil's hidden...
Read More check catalog
 
 
At Least This Place Sells T-Shirts: A FoxTrot Collection

Bill Amend · Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

A collection of comic strips from the nationally syndicated cartoon follows the misadventures of the Fox family, drawn from real-life situations faced by modern kids, from baby-sitting jobs from hell to sibling rivalry on an epic scale. Original.
Read More check catalog
 
 
Soupy Leaves Home

Cecil Castellucci · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 194
Format: Paperback

Set in 1932, this is the story of two misfits with no place to call home, who build a relationship during a train hopping journey from the cold heartbreak of their eastern homes toward the sunny promise of California.Pearl "Soupy" Plankette ran away from her abusive father, but has nowhere...
Read More check catalog
 
 
Mighty Jack

Ben Hatke · First Second Books
Pages: 208
Format: Print book

Jack might be the only kid in the world who's dreading summer. But he's got a good reason: summer is when his single mom takes a second job and leaves him at home to watch his autistic kid sister, Maddy. It's a lot of responsibility, and it's boring, too, because Maddy doesn't talk. Ever....
Read More check catalog