A young man has a horrible motorcycle accident. He wakes up in the hospital to discover that one of his arms has been amputated. Then a portrait on the wall of his hospital room begins to speak to him. The subject of the painting introduces himself as Ambroise Par, the French barber-surgeon who revolutionized the art of amputation. From this wonderfully absurd premise, the two begin an imaginary conversation that takes them through a sweeping history of surgical amputation, from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Unencumbered by pathos or didacticism, this graphic novel explores the world of amputation, revealing fascinating details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies.
Graphic Mundi; 1st edition
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9780271087061
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Paperback
SFSX, Volume 2
By Horn, Tina
Popular writer/creator TINA HORN and up and coming artist G Romero-Johnson team up again for the latest SFSX (SAFE SEX) cyberpunk thriller. After their previous adventures in sex, love, and torture left them separated and traumatized, the Dirty Mind heroes must face the totalitarian Party's latest "social program" -- one involving uncanny sexpots and a twisted men's rights movement. This intelligent and colorful dystopian satire is perfect for fans of Ex Machina, "San Junipero," and Pose. Pick up the latest instalment in the critically acclaimed series SyFy Wire says, "effortlessly captures the feeling of this revolutionary and terrifying moment in time."
Image Comics
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9781534319899
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Paperback
Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 11
By Hata, Kenjiro
First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world!. From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space ... whether he likes it or not. His efforts to outperform the space program veer off course when an accident introduces him to Tsukasa, a mysterious girl with strange powers. Is she an alien, a moon goddess, or something else? Since she insists on marrying him, Nasa will have plenty of chances to find out!. During their camping trip, the gang surprises Nasa and Tsukasa with a belated wedding reception and a glampsite with a king-size bed! When theyre not blushing and stammering their way through the festivities, the no-longer-newlyweds consider what marriage means to them. Maybe its time to move out of the neighborhood bathhouse and into a place with a little more privacy.
VIZ Media LLC
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9781974723577
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Paperback
RX
By Lindsay, Rachel
A graphic memoir about the treatment of mental illness, treating mental illness as a commodity, and the often unavoidable choice between sanity and happiness.In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure healthcare coverage for her treatment. But work takes a strange turn when she is promoted onto the Pfizer account and suddenly finds herself on the other side of the curtain, developing ads for an antidepressant drug. She is the audience of the work she's been pouring over and it highlights just how unhappy and trapped she feels, stuck in an endless cycle of treatment, insurance and medication. Overwhelmed by the stress of her professional life and the self-scrutiny it inspires, she begins to destabilize and while in the midst of a crushing job search, her mania takes hold.
Grand Central Publishing
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9781455598540
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Hardcover
Creation
By Nickerson, Sylvia
New life and opportunities arise from the wreckage of a North American city -- urban renewal at what cost?A new mother takes us on a tour of Hamilton, a Rust Belt city born of the Industrial Revolution and dying a slow death due to globalization. This mother represents the city's next wave of inhabitants -- the artists and young parents who swarm a run-down area for its affordability, inevitably reshaping the neighborhoods they take over. Creation looks at gentrification from the inside out -- an artist mother making a home and neighborhood for her family, struggling to find her place amid the existing and emerging communities. While pushing her child's stroller around Hamilton, Sylvia Nickerson shows us the warehouse filled with open barrels of toxic sludge, the parking lot where the city's homeless population sleeps, and the refurbished Victorian house (complete with elegant chandeliers) that is now a state-of-the-art yoga studio.
Drawn and Quarterly
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9781770463776
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Paperback
Black and White
By Voloj, Julian
A graphic novel biography following the life of Bobby Fischer, from chess wunderkind and national hero to his eventual spiral into madness and infamy. The life of Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) had many unexpected moves - from his solitary childhood to his stratospheric accomplishments in the world of competitive chess, and eventually, his decent into mental illness and disgrace. Black and White begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true calling - chess.. In 1972, at age 13, Fischer played what many consider "the game of the century" against the Soviet Union's chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War.
Abrams ComicArts
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9781419759864
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Hardcover
Copra Round Four
By Michel, Fiffe,
IMAGE COMICS
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9781534313941
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Witchblood. Vol. 1, The hounds of love
By Erman, Matthew
A modern, Wild West road trip about a witch named Yonna cruising the Southwest as a band of bloodthirsty biker vampires, The Hounds of Love, hunt her scattered coven for the source of all magic: witch blood.
Vault Comics
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9781638490845
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Print book
Spider-Man
By Pilgrim, Wil Corona
Peter Parker returns home to Queens, balancing his normal life as a high school sophomore with fi ghting street crime. When mysterious, high-tech weapons turn up in his neighborhood, it's his chance to make the name Spider-Man stand out in a world full of Super Heroes.COLLECTING: SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME PRELUDE 1-2; TBD
Marvel
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9781302917852
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Paperback
TUKI
By Smith, Jeff
The ancient world was filled with restless spirits and powerful forces. 2 million years ago, human evolution made its move. It chose Fire. At the dawn of humanity, during a period of tremendous change and drought, three lost children meet a mysterious traveler named Tuki. Together, their search for the Motherherd of all Buffalo leads them far north through the dangerous territory of a rival species called the Habiline. The Habiline hunt and kill anyone found using fire. Tuki's reputation precedes them and soon they find themselves at the center of unwanted attention not only from Habiline warriors, but of tribal spirits and giants! -- Jeff Smith
The Body Factory
By Chochois, H Lo Se
A young man has a horrible motorcycle accident. He wakes up in the hospital to discover that one of his arms has been amputated. Then a portrait on the wall of his hospital room begins to speak to him. The subject of the painting introduces himself as Ambroise Par, the French barber-surgeon who revolutionized the art of amputation. From this wonderfully absurd premise, the two begin an imaginary conversation that takes them through a sweeping history of surgical amputation, from the Stone Age to the Space Age. Unencumbered by pathos or didacticism, this graphic novel explores the world of amputation, revealing fascinating details about famous amputees throughout history, the invention of the tourniquet, phantom limb syndrome, types of prostheses, and transhumanist technologies.
SFSX, Volume 2
By Horn, Tina
Popular writer/creator TINA HORN and up and coming artist G Romero-Johnson team up again for the latest SFSX (SAFE SEX) cyberpunk thriller. After their previous adventures in sex, love, and torture left them separated and traumatized, the Dirty Mind heroes must face the totalitarian Party's latest "social program" -- one involving uncanny sexpots and a twisted men's rights movement. This intelligent and colorful dystopian satire is perfect for fans of Ex Machina, "San Junipero," and Pose. Pick up the latest instalment in the critically acclaimed series SyFy Wire says, "effortlessly captures the feeling of this revolutionary and terrifying moment in time."
Fly Me to the Moon, Vol. 11
By Hata, Kenjiro
First comes marriage, then comes an earthbound love that is out of this world!. From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space ... whether he likes it or not. His efforts to outperform the space program veer off course when an accident introduces him to Tsukasa, a mysterious girl with strange powers. Is she an alien, a moon goddess, or something else? Since she insists on marrying him, Nasa will have plenty of chances to find out!. During their camping trip, the gang surprises Nasa and Tsukasa with a belated wedding reception and a glampsite with a king-size bed! When theyre not blushing and stammering their way through the festivities, the no-longer-newlyweds consider what marriage means to them. Maybe its time to move out of the neighborhood bathhouse and into a place with a little more privacy.
RX
By Lindsay, Rachel
A graphic memoir about the treatment of mental illness, treating mental illness as a commodity, and the often unavoidable choice between sanity and happiness.In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure healthcare coverage for her treatment. But work takes a strange turn when she is promoted onto the Pfizer account and suddenly finds herself on the other side of the curtain, developing ads for an antidepressant drug. She is the audience of the work she's been pouring over and it highlights just how unhappy and trapped she feels, stuck in an endless cycle of treatment, insurance and medication. Overwhelmed by the stress of her professional life and the self-scrutiny it inspires, she begins to destabilize and while in the midst of a crushing job search, her mania takes hold.
Creation
By Nickerson, Sylvia
New life and opportunities arise from the wreckage of a North American city -- urban renewal at what cost?A new mother takes us on a tour of Hamilton, a Rust Belt city born of the Industrial Revolution and dying a slow death due to globalization. This mother represents the city's next wave of inhabitants -- the artists and young parents who swarm a run-down area for its affordability, inevitably reshaping the neighborhoods they take over. Creation looks at gentrification from the inside out -- an artist mother making a home and neighborhood for her family, struggling to find her place amid the existing and emerging communities. While pushing her child's stroller around Hamilton, Sylvia Nickerson shows us the warehouse filled with open barrels of toxic sludge, the parking lot where the city's homeless population sleeps, and the refurbished Victorian house (complete with elegant chandeliers) that is now a state-of-the-art yoga studio.
Black and White
By Voloj, Julian
A graphic novel biography following the life of Bobby Fischer, from chess wunderkind and national hero to his eventual spiral into madness and infamy. The life of Bobby Fischer (1943-2008) had many unexpected moves - from his solitary childhood to his stratospheric accomplishments in the world of competitive chess, and eventually, his decent into mental illness and disgrace. Black and White begins in Brooklyn, where Fischer was born and raised by a single mother. By the time he was a teen, he had established himself as a loner and dropped out of school. But none of that mattered; he had found his true calling - chess.. In 1972, at age 13, Fischer played what many consider "the game of the century" against the Soviet Union's chess champion Boris Spassky at the height of the Cold War.
Copra Round Four
By Michel, Fiffe,
Witchblood. Vol. 1, The hounds of love
By Erman, Matthew
A modern, Wild West road trip about a witch named Yonna cruising the Southwest as a band of bloodthirsty biker vampires, The Hounds of Love, hunt her scattered coven for the source of all magic: witch blood.
Spider-Man
By Pilgrim, Wil Corona
Peter Parker returns home to Queens, balancing his normal life as a high school sophomore with fi ghting street crime. When mysterious, high-tech weapons turn up in his neighborhood, it's his chance to make the name Spider-Man stand out in a world full of Super Heroes.COLLECTING: SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME PRELUDE 1-2; TBD
TUKI
By Smith, Jeff
The ancient world was filled with restless spirits and powerful forces. 2 million years ago, human evolution made its move. It chose Fire. At the dawn of humanity, during a period of tremendous change and drought, three lost children meet a mysterious traveler named Tuki. Together, their search for the Motherherd of all Buffalo leads them far north through the dangerous territory of a rival species called the Habiline. The Habiline hunt and kill anyone found using fire. Tuki's reputation precedes them and soon they find themselves at the center of unwanted attention not only from Habiline warriors, but of tribal spirits and giants! -- Jeff Smith