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He's Your Dog, Charlie Brown

Various · Warner Home Video
Format: DVD

Charlie Brown decides to send Snoopy back to his puppy farm for obedience training, but Snoopy is less than enthusiastic. He goes as far as Peppermint Patty's place, who agrees to let him stay for the night. He overstays his welcome as a freeloader and Charlie Brown drags him back home.
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Why Art?

ELEANOR DAVIS · Fantagraphics
Pages: 200
Format: Paperback

This is a treatise on what makes art art, told in graphic novel form. What is "Art"? It's widely accepted that art serves an important function in society. But the concept falls under such an absurdly large umbrella and can manifest in so many different ways. Art can be self indulgent,...
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Prime Baby

Gene Luen Yang · First Second; 1 edition
Format: Print book

From the pages of the New York Times and the pen of Printz Award winner Gene Luen Yang comes a tale of math, aliens, and new siblings.  Thaddeus doesn’t like his new sister (she’s not that smart— and she gets all the attention). He likes her even less when he discovers...
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Giant Days Vol. 4

John Allison · Boom! Studios
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

It's springtime at Sheffield University. Will Susan, Esther, and Daisy make it to summer?It's springtime at Sheffield University - the flowers are blooming, the birds are singing, and fast-pals Susan, Esther and Daisy continue to survive their freshman year of college. Susan is barely...
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Cinderella: Fables Are Forever

Chris Roberson · Vertigo
Format: Paperback

Fabletown's favorite secret agent and bon vivant Cinderella is back on the job again in this follow up limited series to CINDERELLA: FROM FABLETOWN WITH LOVE. Someone is killing sorcerers out on the Farm, and all signs point to Cinderella's archnemesis from the old days. The only...
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Am I There Yet?: The Loop-de-loop, Zigzagging Journey to Adulthood

Mari Andrew · Clarkson Potter
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

This on-point guide to growing up by Instagram sensation Mari Andrew captures the feelings and comical complexities of millenials and adulthood with essays and illustrations. In the journey toward adulthood, it is easy to find yourself treading the path of those who came before you; the path...
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Black Hole

Charles Burns · Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the areas teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle and concealable — but once youve got it, thats...
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Cat vs Human: Another Dose of Catnip

Yasmine Surovec · Andrews McMeel Publishing; Original edition
Format: Paperback

This second collection of Cat vs Human cartoons makes witty observations about the friendship between humans and felines. The book is based on the popular blog catversushuman.com and includes more than twenty new comics that appear only in this collection.Cat owners are familiar with those...
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Kare Kano: His and Her Circumstances, Vol. 4

Masami Tsuda · TokyoPop; English Ed edition
Format: Paperback

You know that couple that was obviously meant for each other, and everybody knew it, except them? That's Yukino and Soichiro, the two top students in school, who are capable of anything other than a normal relationship.
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Showman Killer 3: The Invisible Woman

Alexandro Jodorowsky · Titan Books
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

A GENETICALLY ENGINEERED MERCENARY ASSASSIN IN OUTER SPACE. Showman Killer discovers his true parentage; he was born of a union between the half-sister of the queen and the Omnimonarch! Realizing that he is the uncle of Non, the two set out for the grand finale of their family feud, all the while...
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Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows Vol. 1: Brawl in the Family

MARVEL COMICS. · MARVEL COMICS
Pages: 144
Format: Print book

The Parker clan web-sling and wall-crawl their way into your hearts! Life is good for husband and wife Peter Parker and Mary Jane: their daughter Annie is their pride and joy, they're both working and (barely) making ends meet, they're keeping the streets of New York City safe...
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Becoming Andy Warhol

Nick Bertozzi · Harry N Abrams
Pages: 160
Format: Print book

Celebrated during his lifetime as much for his personality as for his paintings, Andy Warhol (1928-87) is the most famous and influential of the Pop artists, who developed the notion of 15 minutes of fame, and the idea that an artist could be as illustrious as the work he creates. This...
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Paper Girls Volume 2

CLIFF CHIANG · IMAGE COMICS
Pages: 128
Format: Print book

The smash-hit series from BRIAN K. VAUGHAN and CLIFF CHIANG continues with a bold new direction, as intrepid young newspaper deliverers Erin, Mac, and Tiffany find themselves launched from 1988 to a distant and terrifying future... the year 2016.
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Flight Volume Five

Kazu Kibuishi · Villard Books
Pages: 363
Format: Paperback

STORIES BY JP AhonenGraham AnnableChris AppelhansBannisterMatthew BernierScott CampbellSvetlana ChmakovaTony CliffPhil CravenMichel GagnéKazu Kibuishi KnessSonny LiewReagan LodgeMadeJohn MartzSarah MensingaRyan NorthRichard PosePaul RivocheDave RomanKean SooJoey Weiser
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Blacksad

Juan Diaz Canales · Dark Horse Originals
Format: Hardcover

Private investigator John Blacksad is up to his feline ears in mystery, digging into the backstories behind murders, child abductions, and nuclear secrets. Guarnido's sumptuously painted pages and rich cinematic style bring the world of 1950s America to vibrant life, with Canales weaving...
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