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#SAD!: Doonesbury in the Time of Trump

G B TRUDEAU · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 128
Format: Paperback

From the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist whose acclaimed Yuge!: 30 Years of Doonesbury on Trump blew up the bestseller list, comes the sequel millions prayed would be unnecessary. #SAD: Doonesbury in the Time of Trump tracks the shocking victory, the inept transition, and the tumultuous...

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Vision Vol. 2

Marvel Comics. · Marvel Worldwide
Pages: 136
Format: Print book

Once upon a time a robot and a witch fell in love. What followed was a tale of the dead and the dying, of the hopeful and the lost, of the wronged and the avenged. And in the end, after both had fallen, the witch and the robot rose from their dirt and eyed each other across a field of blood...
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Bumperhead

Gilbert Hernandez · Drawn and Quarterly
Format: Hardcover

A fascinatingly disjointed tale of drugs, rock and roll, and adolescence from a legendary cartoonistThe Love and Rockets author, Gilbert Hernandez, returns with Bumperhead, a companion book to Marble Season. Whereas Marble Season explored the exuberant and occasionally...
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A Bubble

Geneviève Castrée · Drawn and Quarterly
Pages: 16
Format: Board book

The artist and musician Geneviève Castrée's last work -- an expression of love, meant to last longer than words

Drawn near the end of her life, surrounded by the nature and calm of Anacortes, Washington, Geneviève Castrée drew one final gift for her two-year-old daughter,...

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The Wendy Project

MELISSA JANE OSBORNE · Super Genius
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback

16-year-old Wendy Davies crashes her car into a lake on a late summer night in New England with her two younger brothers in the backseat. When she wakes in the hospital, she is told that her youngest brother, Michael, is dead. Wendy -- a once rational teenager - shocks her family by insisting...
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Wires and Nerve

Marissa Meyer · Feiwel & Friends
Pages: 238
Format: Hardcover

The first graphic novel from #1 New York Times and USA Today bestseller Marissa Meyer!

In her first graphic novel, bestselling author Marissa Meyer extends the world of the Lunar Chronicles with a brand-new,action-packed story about Iko, the android with a heart...

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Dark Night: A True Batman Story

Paul Dini · Vertigo
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

This is a Batman story like no other - the harrowing and eloquent autobiographical tale of writer Paul Dini's courageous struggle to overcome a desperate situation.

The Caped Crusader has been the all-abiding icon of justice and authority for generations. But in this surprising...
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In-Between Days: A Memoir About Living with Cancer

Teva Harrison · House of Anansi Press Inc.
Pages: 163
Format: Print book

Teva Harrison was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer at the age of 37. In this brilliant and inspiring graphic memoir, she documents through comic illustration and short personal essays what it means to live with the disease. She confronts with heartbreaking honesty the crises of identity...
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Cemetery Beach

Warren Ellis · Image Comics
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback

A professional pathfinder breaks out of a torture cell, his only ally a disaffected young murderess, in pursuit of his worst extraction scenario ever: escaping on foot across a sprawling and secret off-world colony established a hundred years ago and filled with generations of lunatics....
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Unicorn Bowling

Dana Simpson · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

The NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING series Phoebe and Her Unicorn is back with all-new sparkling tales of best friendship. Whether they're visiting Camp Shimmerhorn or fitting unicorn hooves for bowling shoes, Phoebe and Marigold find magic in every moment.

A unicorn in bowling shoes...
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Berlin Book Three: City of Light

JASON LUTES · DRAWN & QUARTERLY
Format: Paperback

The conclusion to a masterful graphic novel trilogy that follows Berlin's citizens as Nazism rises The third and final act of Jason Lutes's historical fiction about the Weimar Republic begins with Hitler arriving in Berlin. With the National Socialist party now controlling Parliament,...
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The Best American Comics 2014

Scott McCloud · Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover

“It’s the perfect book to pick up to restore your faith in comics or help show infinite diversity in infinite combinations on display on paper using the world’s greatest artform.” — Comics Bulletin The Best American Comics showcases the work of both established...
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Clyde Fans

Seth · Drawn and Quarterly
Pages: 488
Format: Hardcover

A masterful work about a failing family business and the ensuing erosion of sibling relations and one's sanity

Twenty years in the making, Clyde Fans peels back the optimism of mid-twentieth century capitalism. The legendary Canadian cartoonist Seth lovingly shows the rituals,...

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Rocket and Groot: Keep on Truckin'!

TOM ANGLEBERGER · Marvel Press
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover

It's Rocket and Groot Book: Keep on Truckin'! and they are taking it to the next level as they continue their journey through the cosmos defeating baddies. Expect more zaniness, more chaos, more Rocket doodles, more "I am Groots", and tons of Veronica - the totally awesome butt-kicking...
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Justice League Vol. 2

BRYAN HITCH · DC COMICS
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

A part of DC Universe: Rebirth!Spinning directly out of the events of DC UNIVERSE: REBIRTH, a new day dawns for the Justice League as they welcome a slew of new members into their ranks. The question remains though, can the world's greatest superheroes trust these new recruits? And will...
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