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Commute: An Illustrated Memoir of Female Shame

Erin Williams - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Paperback

An intimate, clever, and ultimately gut-wrenching graphic memoir about the daily decision women must make between being sexualized or being invisible - now in paperback. In Commute, we follow author and illustrator Erin Williams on her daily commute to and from work, punctuated by recollections...
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I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together: A Memoir

Maurice Vellekoop - Pantheon
Format: Hardcover

An astonishing, epic graphic memoir in the spirit of Fun Home by Alison Bechdel and Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe. "I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together is that rarest of things: a book about coming out to a loving yet conservative family that is as heartrending to read as it is to look...
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William Shakespeare's Macbeth (Shakespeare Illustrated Classics)

Rebecca Dunn - North Star Editions
Format: Paperback

When three witches foretell that Scottish general Macbeth will be king, he and his wife decide to fulfill the prophecy by murdering the present king in his sleep. Includes discussion prompts, fun facts, a short biography of Shakespeare, and famous phrases from the play. Aligned to Common...
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Avatar: The Last Airbender--Azula in the Spirit Temple

Faith Erin Hicks - Dark Horse Books
Format: Paperback

A brand new stand-alone comics story from the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender!. Azula continues her destabilizing campaign against the Fire Nation and her brother, Fire Lord Zuko.. But after a failed attack on her latest target, Azula finds herself in a mysterious forest temple inhabited...
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William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare Illustrated Classics)

Adapted By Daniel Conner - Graphic Planet
Format: Library Binding

Hilarious mix-ups and mishaps befall Athens and its people when suddenly everyone is in love with the wrong person, and Fairy King Oberon does his best to untangle the mess. Includes discussion prompts, fun facts, a short biography of Shakespeare, and famous phrases from the play. Aligned...
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Waller vs. Wildstorm

Spencer Ackerman - DC
Format: Hardcover

In the early 1980s, as the Cold War stubbornly refuses to thaw, a new battle heats up ... for the soul of the intelligence agency Checkmate.. As the agency's super-heroic public face, Jackson King - a.k.a. the armored Battalion, former leader of Stormwatch and the symbol of American...
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Peacemaker Tries Hard!

Kyle Starks - DC Comics
Format: Hardcover

Christopher Smith isn't very good at being a superhero, but Peacemaker tries hard! An "extremely ages 17 " book from writer Kyle Starks and artist Steve Pugh puts Peacemaker on a quest to save his beloved dog from a super-villain who has some nefarious plans for Christopher...
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Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir

Ai Weiwei - Ten Speed Graphic
Format: Paperback

In this beautifully illustrated and deeply philosophical graphic memoir, legendary artist Ai Weiwei explores the connection between artistic expression and intellectual freedom through the lens of the Chinese zodiac.. As a child living in exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei...
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Smoking Kills

Thijs Desmet - Fantagraphics
Format: Hardcover

Two spooky supernatural beings bumble their way through the afterlife in this droll and philosophical buddy comedy adventure. In Smoking Kills, an odd couple is doomed to roam a desolate afterlife: Skeleton, a sensitive soul full of curiosity and wonder, and Ghost, a cantankerous character...
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I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp

Anthony Del Col - Lev Gleason
Format: Paperback

WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE FOR ILLUSTRATED REPORTING!A 2024 JUNIOR LIBRARY GUILD SELECTION! This graphic novella, from New Friday an imprint of Lev Gleason®, recounts the true story of Zumrat Dawut, as originally published in the independent online news organization, Business Insider,...
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