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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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Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations

Mira Jacob · One World
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

A bold, wry, and intimate graphic memoir about American identity, interracial families, and the realities that divide us, from the acclaimed author of The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing."By turns hilarious and heart-rending, it's exactly the book America needs at this moment."...
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Spider-Man/Deadpool Vol. 1: Isn't it Bromantic

Joe Kelly · Marvel Comics
Pages: 136
Format: Print book

The Webbed Wonder and the Merc with a Mouth are teaming up for their first series EVER! It's action, adventure and just a smattering of (b) romance in this episodic epic featuring the WORLD'S GREATEST SUPER HERO and the star of the WORLD'S GREATEST COMICS MAGAZINE. Talk about...
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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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How to Survive in the North

Luke Healy · Nobrow Press
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

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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Cast No Shadow

Nick Tapalansky · First Second
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback

Greg has lived in Lancaster his whole life. The town's always had its quirks, and being born without a shadow means he's counted among them. When Greg discovers an old mansion in the woods just outside of town, he didn't expect to meet a smart, beautiful, funny, and...very dead teenaged...
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Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth

Travis Langley · Sterling
Pages: 334
Format: Paperback

Lasso the truth....A fascinating analysis of the psychology behind Wonder Woman. For 75 years, Wonder Woman has served as an inspiration to people everywhere. Wonder Woman Psychology: Lassoing the Truth examines this powerful superhero--who was created by famous psychologist William Moulton...
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Trashed

Derf Backderf · Abrams Comicarts
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover

Every week we pile our garbage on the curb and it disappears - like magic! The reality is anything but, of course. Trashed, Derf Backderf's follow-up to the critically acclaimed, award-winning international bestseller My Friend Dahmer, is an ode to the crap job of all crap jobs - garbage...
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Brick Greek Myths: The Stories of Heracles, Athena, Pandora, Poseidon, and Other Ancient Heroes of Mount Olympus

Amanda Brack · Skyhorse Publishing
Format: Book

Meet the Greek gods as you have never seen themin LEGO form! Enjoy these fascinating myths, reimagined through elaborate scenes and colorful LEGO bricks in one thousand color photographs! This book shares a unique retelling of some of the most widely known and loved Greek myths, from the stories...
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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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Learn to Draw Action Heroes: An Easy Step by Step Guide to Drawing Comic Book Characters

ROBERT A MARZULLO · IMPACT
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a superhero drawing book! Professional comic book artist and YouTube guru Robert Marzullo teaches you the building blocks of creating your own action heroes and explosive comic book scenes. Easy to follow step-by-step demonstrations break down...
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In Real Life

Cory Doctorow · First Second
Format: Book

Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero. It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. Gaming is, for Anda, entirely...
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Ink in Water: An Illustrated Memoir

Lacy J. Davis · New Harbinger Publications
Pages: 272
Format: Paperback

"An incredibly important, extremely relatable memoir about learning to love the hardest person of all: yourself." - Liz Prince, author of TomboyAt once punk rock and poignant, Ink in Water is the visceral and groundbreaking graphic memoir of a young woman's devastating struggle...
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Sweaterweather: & Other Short Stories

Sara Varon · First Second
Pages: 125
Format: Print book

Back before Odd Duck, before Robot Dreams, Sara Varon created Sweaterweather. This endearing, quirky volume is a captivating look into Varon's creative process. It combines short comics stories, essays, and journal entries, and invites the reader into the world of Sara Varon: where adorable,...
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Archival Quality

Ivy Noelle Weir · Oni Press
Pages: 280
Format: Paperback

After losing her job at the library, Cel Walden starts working at the haunting Logan Museum as an archivist. But the job may not be the second chance she was hoping for, and she finds herself confronting her mental health, her relationships, and before long, her grasp on reality as she begins...
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