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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...
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The Adventure Zone: Here There Be Gerblins

Clint McElroy · First Second
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

Welcome to the Adventure Zone! SEE! The illustrated exploits of three lovable dummies set loose in a classic fantasy adventure! READ! Their journey from small-time bodyguards to world-class artifact hunters! MARVEL! At the sheer metafictional chutzpah of a graphic novel based on a story...
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How to Survive in the North

Luke Healy · Nobrow Pr
Pages: 192
Format: Print book

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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Spider-Man: Miles Morales Vol. 1

Brian Michael Bendis · Marvel
Pages: 112
Format: Paperback

Miles Morales is hitting the big time! Not only is he joining the Marvel Universe, but he's also a card-carrying Avenger, rubbing shoulders with the likes of Iron Man, Thor and Captain America! But how have Miles' first eight months been, coming to grips with an All-new, All-Different new York?...
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Romeo and Juliet

Gareth Hinds · Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Gareth Hinds’s stylish graphic adaptation of the Bard’s romantic tragedy offers modern touches — including a diverse cast that underscores the story’s universality.She’s a Capulet. He’s a Montague. But when Romeo and Juliet first meet, they don’t...
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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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Locke & Key, Vol. 1: Welcome to Lovecraft

Joe Hill · IDW
Pages: 152
Format: Hardcover

Locke & Key tells of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion, with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them.... and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all...! Acclaimed suspense...
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Neil Gaiman's How to Talk to Girls at Parties

Neil Gaiman · Dark Horse Books
Pages: 64
Format: Hardcover

Enn is a sixteen-year-old boy who just doesn't understand girls, while his friend Vic seems to have them all figured out. Both teenagers are in for the shock of their young lives, however, when they crash a local party only to discover that the girls there are far, far more than they appear!...
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The Circulatory System

World Book Inc. · World Book
Pages: 32
Format: Print book

"A graphic nonfiction volume that introduces the circulatory system of the human body"--
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Superman/Batman Vol. 2

Jeph Loeb · DC Comics
Format: Book

The Earth has a new world order in which Batman and Superman rule with an iron fist. Humankind has a choice: obey or die! But a resistance is formed against these dictators! Will these unlikely freedom fighters save the world or destroy it? Also, the World's Finest heroes take on a squad...
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Last Things: A Graphic Memoir of Loss and Love

MARISSA MOSS · CONARI PR
Pages: 184
Format: Print book

Last Things is the true and intensely personal story of how one woman coped with the devastating effects of a catastrophic illness in her family.Using her trademark mix of words and pictures to sharp effect, Marissa Moss presents the story of how she, her husband, and her three young sons...
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Superman Unchained: Deluxe Edition

Scott Snyder · DC Comics; Deluxe edition
Format: Hardcover

Comics biggest writer! Comics biggest artist! Comics greatest hero! Unchained at last!From the skies above Metropolis to the four corners of the globe to the star-streaked spaceways beyond, one man is synonymous with the word hero. Since his arrival marked the dawn of the superhero age,...
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Wolf Children: Ame & Yuki

Mamoru Hosoda · Yen Press
Pages: 528
Format: Hardcover

When Hana falls in love with a young interloper she encounters in her college class, the last thing she expects to learn is that he is part wolf. Instead of rejecting her lover upon learning his secret, she accepts him with open arms. Soon, the couple is expecting their first child, and a cozy...
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The Shadow Hero

Gene Luen Yang · First Second

In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity... The Green Turtle was the first Asian...
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Ares: Bringer of War

George O'Connor · First Second
Format: Hardcover

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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