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The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Sonny Liew · Pantheon Books
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Now in his early 70s, Chan has been making comics in his native Singapore since 1954, when he was a boy of 16. As he looks back on his career over five decades, we see his stories unfold before us in a dazzling array of art styles and forms, their development...
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Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula
Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula

Andi Watson · First Second
Format: Print book

Princess Decomposia is overworked and underappreciated.This princess of the underworld has plenty of her own work to do but always seems to find herself doing her layabout fathers job, as well. The king doesnt feel quite well, you see. Ever. So the princess is left scurrying through the halls,...
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Garfield Fat Cat Volume 1
Garfield Fat Cat Volume 1

Jim Davis · Ballantine Books; Cmc edition

Witty, urbane, sassy, and downright delightful, here are the first three original books of pure Garfield collected in one packed volume. They tell the story of the feisty feline's birth, adoption, and growth into general wonderfulness---just in case you've forgotten --and remind...
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Black Widow Volume 1: The Finely Woven Thread
Black Widow Volume 1: The Finely Woven Thread

Nathan Edmondson · Marvel Enterprises
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback

You've seen Black Widow as an Avenger and even an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. But on her own time she searches for atonement for her past as a KGB assassin - in ways of which those teams just wouldn't approve. The Black Widow goes undercover in Russia, but from its cold streets, the Hand of God reaches...
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Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick · Doubleday
Pages: 210
Format: Paperback

"The most consistently brilliant science fiction writer in the world."--John BrunnerTHE INSPIRATION FOR BLADERUNNER. . .Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was published in 1968. Grim and foreboding, even today it is a masterpiece ahead of its time.By 2021, the World War had killed...
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The Onion Magazine: The Iconic Covers that Transformed an Undeserving World
The Onion Magazine: The Iconic Covers that Transformed an Undeserving World

The Onion · Little, Brown and Company
Format: Hardcover

Covers That Matter For People Who Don'tFrom America's Finest News Source comes a compilation of the most important, most influential, and glossiest magazine covers ever produced by the hand of humankind. Seen by tens of billions worldwide, these are the unforgettable Onion Magazine...
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Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars
Indeh: A Story of the Apache Wars

Ethan Hawke · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover

The year is 1872. The place, the Apache nations, a region torn apart by decades of war. The people, like Goyahkla, lose his family and everything he loves. After having a vision, the young Goyahkla approaches the Apache leader Cochise, and the entire Apache nation, to lead an attack against...
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Super Pro K.O. Volume 1
Super Pro K.O. Volume 1

Jarrett Williams · Oni Press
Pages: 256
Format: Print book

Joe Somiano is late to his first match in Super Pro K.O.!, and has no clue what awaits him in the rowdy ring! A seasoned sumo wrestler, a jolly luchador, a flambouyant tag team, suspicious executives, and a drunken Heavyweight Champion all stand between him and the superstardom that is his destiny....
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Big Nate: Game On!
Big Nate: Game On!

Lincoln Peirce · Andrews McMeel Publishing; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback

Big Nate is big news!  And the best news is that Big Nate Game On! is in full color! Big Nate books have sold more than 4.5 million copies and been on the New York Times best-seller list for more than a year. To sixth-grader Nate Wright, life is one big game. So when he suits up for any sport,...
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The Last of the Mohicans
The Last of the Mohicans

John Powers Severin · Classic Comic Store
Pages: 48
Format: Paperback

Fenimore Cooper's tale of Hawkeye and Chingachgook. Part of his "Leatherstocking Tales" of the great Frontier. Classics Illustrated tells this wonderful tale in colorful comic strip form, providing an excellent introduction for younger readers. Also includes theme discussions...
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Snoopy's Thanksgiving
Snoopy's Thanksgiving

Charles M. Schulz · Fantagraphics; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover

This is a gift-book-size collection of Snoopy/Thanksgiving-themed Peanuts strip story arcs. Sometimes getting together with friends and family for Thanksgiving isn't all that it's cracked up to be, as Snoopy learns when his brother Spike invites him to spend Thanksgiving in the desert,...
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Over Easy
Over Easy

Mimi Pond · Drawn and Quarterly; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A fast-paced semi-memoir about diners, drugs, and California in the 1970sOver Easy is a brilliant portrayal of a familiar coming-of-age story. After being denied financial aid to cover her last year of art school, Margaret finds salvation from the straightlaced world of college and the earnestness...
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Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope
Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope

Emmanuel Guibert · First Second; First Edition edition
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

“When I was eighteen, Uncle Sam told me he’d like me to put on a uniform and go off to fight a guy by the name of Adolf. So I did.” When Alan Cope joined the army and went off to fight in World War II, he had no idea what he was getting into.  This graphic memoir...
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The Great American Documents: Volume 1: 1620-1830
The Great American Documents: Volume 1: 1620-1830

Ruth Ashby · Hill and Wang
Format: Hardcover

In the Great American Documents series, the teacher and graphic-book author Ruth Ashby and the renowned illustrator Ernie Colón tell the story of the United States through the major speeches, laws, proclamations, court decisions, and essays that shaped it.The Great American Documents:...
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Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination
Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation into the Kennedy Assassination

Dan Mishkin · Harry N. Abrams
Format: Hardcover

Within days of the murder of President John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a seven-member commission to investigate the assassination. In its report, the Warren Commission determined that there was “no credible evidence” conflicting with its conclusion of a lone gunman....
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