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Alex + Ada Volume 1
Jonathan Luna · Image Comics
Format: Comics
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Though this is a fairly classic sci-fi story line, Luna and Vaughns sensitive plot and careful pacing keep it exciting, especially as they strip away preconceived notions and use the tale to examine the complexities of what it is to be human. Lunas spare illustrations match the plot perfectly,... |
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Jerusalem
Alan Moore · Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pages: 1266
Format: Print book
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Fierce in its imagining and stupefying in its scope, Jerusalem is the tale of everything, told from a vanished gutter.In the epic novel Jerusalem, Alan Moore channels both the ecstatic visions of William Blake and the theoretical physics of Albert Einstein through the hardscrabble streets... |
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Dare to Disappoint: Growing Up in Turkey
OÌ?zge Samanci · Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2015.
Pages: 200
Format: Print book
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Growing up on the Aegean Coast, Ozge loved the sea and imagined a life of adventure while her parents and society demanded predictability. Her dad expected Ozge, like her sister, to become an engineer. She tried to hear her own voice over his and the religious and militaristic tensions... |
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The Abominable Mr. Seabrook
Joe Ollmann · Drawn & Quarterly
Pages: 316
Format: Print book
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The daring and destructive life of the man who popularized the word "zombie"In the early twentieth century, travel writing represented the desire for the expanding bourgeoisie to experience the exotic cultures of the world past their immediate surroundings. Journalist William... |
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Anne of Green Gables: A Graphic Novel
MARIAH MARSDEN · Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pages: 232
Format: Paperback
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Schoolyard rivalries. Baking disasters. Puffed sleeves. Explore the violet vales and glorious green of Avonlea in this spirited adaptation.The spirit of Anne is alive and well in Mariah Marsden's crisp adaptation, and it's a thrill to watch as the beloved orphan rushes headlong through... |
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Dark Days: The Road to Metal
SCOTT SNYDER · DC Comics
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
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The prologue to the next great DC epic starring Batman, Green Lantern and the rest of the Justice League is here from Scott Snyder, Jim Lee, Andy Kubert and John Romita Jr., with DARK DAYS: THE ROAD TO METAL!Aquaman, The Flash and more of DC's pantheon of heroes suspect Batman of hiding... |
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Batman: Detective Comics Vol. 2: Scare Tactics
Tony S. Daniel · DC Comics; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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A New York Times BestsellerAs a part of the acclaimed DC Comics—The New 52 event of September 2011, Detective Comics is relaunched for the first time ever with an all-new number 1! Bruce Wayne returns as Batman, and sets his sights on new villain the Gotham Ripper, who in turn has his sights... |
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How to Survive in the North
Luke Healy · Nobrow Pr
Pages: 192
Format: Print book
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With stunning narrative skill, this compelling graphic novel intricately weaves together true-life narratives from 1912, 1926 and a fictional story set in the present day. How To Survive in the North is an unforgettable journey of love and loss, showing the strength it takes to survive... |
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The Motherless Oven
Rob Davis · SelfMadeHero
Format: Book
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In Scarper Lees world, parents dont make children—children make parents. Scarpers father is his pride and joy, a wind-powered brass construction with a billowing sail. His mother is a Bakelite hairdryer. In this world it rains knives, and household appliances have souls. There are also... |
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New Super-Man Vol. 1: Made In China
GENE LUEN YANG · DC Comics
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
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#1 New York Times best-selling author and National Book Award nominee Gene Luen Yang continues his work at DC with NEW SUPER-MAN VOL. 1, a part of DC Universe Rebirth!An impulsive act of heroism thrusts an arrogant young man into the limelight of Shanghai as China begins to form its own Justice... |
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Spinning
TILLIE WALDEN · First Second
Pages: 395
Format: Hardcover
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Ignatz Award winner Tillie Walden's powerful graphic memoir captures what it's like to come of age, come out, and come to terms with leaving behind everything you used to know.It was the same every morning. Wake up, grab the ice skates, and head to the rink while the world was still dark.Weekends... |
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The Woods Vol. 1
James Tynion IV · BOOM! Studios
Format: Print book
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An entire high school has been transported to an alien world and must now survive together or die individually.On October 16, 2013, 437 students, 52 teachers, and 24 additional staff from Bay Point Preparatory High School in suburban Milwaukee, WI vanished without a trace. Countless light... |
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Ares: Bringer of War
George O'Connor · First Second
Format: Hardcover
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The myth continues in the tenth year of the fabled Trojan War where two infamous gods of war go to battle. The spotlight is thrown on Ares, god of war, and primarily focuses on his battle with the clever and powerful Athena. As the battle culminates and the gods try to one-up each other... |
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Alexander Hamilton: The Graphic History of an American Founding Father
Jonathan Hennessey · Ten Speed Press
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback
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A graphic novel biography of the American legend who inspired the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was one of the most influential figures in United States history - he fought in the Revolutionary War, helped develop the Constitution, and as the first Secretary of the Treasury... |
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