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The Dead Eye and the Deep Blue Sea: The World of Slavery at Sea-A Graphic Memoir

Vannak Anan Prum · Seven Stories Press
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover

Too poor to pay his pregnant wife's hospital bill, Vannak Anan Prum left his village in Cambodia to seek work in Thailand. Men who appeared to be employers on a fishing vessel promised to return him home after a few months at sea, but instead Vannak was hostaged on the vessel for four years...
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Batwoman Vol. 1: The Many Arms of Death

MARGUERITE BENNETT · DC Comics
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback

Fresh from her adventures in DETECTIVE COMICS, Katherine Kane returns with her own DC Rebirth title - and an intriguing new mystery to solve - in BATWOMAN VOL. 1: THE MANY ARMS OF DEATH. Someone is selling cutting-edge weaponry on the black market, and their aim is to kill as many people...
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Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World

PNLOPE BAGIEU · First Second
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback

Throughout history and across the globe, one characteristic connects the daring women of Brazen: their indomitable spirit. With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Pénélope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous,...
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The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded

Jim Ottaviani · Harry N Abrams, 2016.
Pages: 240
Format: Print book

Award winning authors Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis present a historically accurate graphic novel biography of English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing in The Imitation Game. English mathematician and scientist Alan Turing (1912-1954) is credited with many of the foundational...
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Last Night, a Superhero Saved My Life: Neil Gaiman, Jodi Picoult, Brad Meltzer, and an All-Star Roster on the Caped Crusaders That Changed Their Lives

Liesa Mignogna · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 304
Format: Print book

As broad as our exponentially growing cultural fascination with caped crusaders is, it runs just as deep as this long awaited anthology underscores. Liesa Mignogna the VP, Editorial Director at Simon Pulse and editor of this anthology can expound on the virtues of Batman (her wedding was even...
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5 Worlds Book 1: The Sand Warrior

Mark Siegel · Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 256
Format: Library Binding

The #1 New York Times bestselling creator of Amulet, Kazu Kibuishi, hails this first book in this groundbreaking sci-fi/fantasy adventure series as "a magical journey, as fun as it is beautiful!" Think Star Wars meets Avatar: The Last Airbender! The Five Worlds are on the brink...
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Mr. Higgins Comes Home

Michael Mignola · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 49
Format: Hardcover

Preparations begin at Castle Golga for the annual festival of the undead, as a pair of fearless vampire killers question a man hidden away in a monastery on the Baltic Sea. The mysterious Mr. Higgins wants nothing more than to avoid the scene of his wife's death, and the truth about...
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Rashomon: A Commissioner Heigo Kobayashi Case

Victor Santos · Dark Horse Originals
Pages: 168
Format: Hardcover

Victor Santos (Polar, Violent Love) writes and illustrates a crime and mystery story inspired by Ryunosuke Akutagawa's tales featuring the heroic commissioner Heigo KobayashiWhen the body of a skilled samurai is found along the road to Yamashina in feudal Japan, the search begins...
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The Complete Peanuts: Comics & Stories

Charles M Schulz · Fantagraphics Books
Pages: 344
Format: Print book

The final volume of this game-changing series collects Peanuts rarities and other Schulz-created ephemera, much of which has never before been reprinted. This book collects all of Schulz's rare, non-strip Peanuts art: storybooks, comic book stories, single-panel gags, advertising art,...
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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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Boundless

Jillian Tamaki · Drawn & Quarterly
Pages: 248
Format: Print book

The cartoonist of This One Summer and SuperMutant Magic Academy explores the virtual and IRL world of contemporary women via a lens both surreal and wryA woman post-breakup becomes obsessed with the mirror Facebook of herself seeing a life that could be hers. Another woman, besieged by bed bugs,...
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BIG NATE : silent but deadly

LINCOLN PEIRCE · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

Middle school is a breeding ground for mischief and dreaming big for Big Nate and his pals! NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR!Everyone's favorite sixth grader is back for more misadventures, and Big Nate: Silent But Deadly smells like a winner! Whether he's showing the ropes to a detention...
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The Mighty Zodiac, Volume 1: Starfall

J. Torres · Oni Press
Pages: 148
Format: Paperback

One dark and quiet night in Gaya, six stars fall from the sky. Master Long, the ailing leader of the Mighty Zodiac, sends his warriors out to collect the stars before the Moon Rabbit Army can get their paws on them first. If the Rabbits get the stars, the balance of nature - and the fate...
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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...
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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...
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