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The sublime, the superpowered, and the senior citizen converge in Angels and Magpies, which collects the Gods and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls and The Love Bunglers graphic novels from the Love and Rockets Vol. III: New Stories series, as well as Hernandez's 2006 serial for The New York Times. In the latter, Maggie pays a visit to Queen Rena, who is living out her twilight days on an island after a lifetime as a wrestler and an adventuress. In...
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These punk rock humor comics by Liz Prince (celebrated creator of Tomboy, Coady and the Creepies, and Will You Still Love Me If I Wet The Bed?) are back in print and better than ever!
Still as hilarious, heartfelt, and embarrassing as the original, Be Your Own Backing Band V. 2 is the first-ever full-color collection of Liz's comics, and an essential addition to your LIZbrary. Enjoy!
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For fans of Kid Gloves and Waves comes a new original graphic novel by cartoonist Katja Klengel tackling the subjects that have shaped her life: from body shaming to the exploration of her sexuality, from the representation of women in the media to the social pressure on women who have not yet started a family. Why do we fear the word "vulva"? Do we really have to be ashamed of our body hair? Why do gender roles in children's toys seem to be stuck...
5) Waves
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After years of difficulty trying to have children, a young couple finally announce their pregnancy, only to have the most joyous day of their lives replaced with one of unexpected heartbreak. Their relationship is put to the test as they forge ahead, working together to rebuild themselves amidst the churning tumult of devastating loss, and ultimately facing the soul-crushing reality that they may never conceive a child of their own. Based on author...
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"The book opens with "Watergate Sue," originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine over six months in 2007. Spanning two generations of mothers/daughters, Eve's obsession with Richard Nixon's Watergate scandal throughout 1973 heightens her self-doubt about whether she wants to raise more children (resonantly mirroring the anxiety many of us had while doom scrolling our way through the Trump administration). Some 30 years later, her daughter,...
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What's everyone doing later? Some creatively named Facebook events? Haircuts and happy meals? This clever and gorgeous graphic novel proves that there is nothing cooler than cool girls, showcasing a particularly chaotic ride-along with one group of friends for 24 hours.
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After sneaking out against her mother's wishes, Artie Irvin spots a massive wolf, then watches it don a bathrobe and transform into her mom. Thrilled to discover she comes from a line of werewolves, Artie asks her mom to share everything--including the story of Artie's late father. Her mom reluctantly agrees. And to help Artie figure out her wolflike abilities, she recruits some old family friends. Artie thrives in her new community and even develops...
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Hyper violent street harassment revenge fantasy in the style of Sailor Moon about about an average video-game loving schoolgirl who transforms into a foul-mouthed and rage-fueled Magical Girl when provoked. Watch in awe as she swiftly disposes of street harassers and mutant creeps with her impressive array of magical weapons. Colored in fluorescent pink and blue!
11) Chronophage
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A single mother becomes involved with a mysterious man who consumes moments of her life, leading her to question her choices, and whether they canor shouldbe undone. 1 VOLUME RELEASED - INDEPENDENT STORIES. When Chloe begins a passionate relationship with a traveling businessman, her life suddenly changes for the better, and not just because she's getting laid. Lost friends return, and new opportunities suddenly appear. But then she experiences horrific...
12) Summer fires
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Sisters Rachel and Sylvia are faced with the tough choices of teenage life, which mirror the fires in the surrounding hillsides of their typical Italian town, as one decision or another leads to unsettled feelings and desires.
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Ada Lovelace turned her powerful imagination into a vision of the future, predicting the impact of computers on human life. Lovelace had a unique education and embraced mathematics. She became one of the biggest believers in engineer Charles Babbages ideas for calculation machines. This graphic biography shows how Lovelace helped spread awareness of what an early computer could do and how she became one of the first computer programmers. It also shows...
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Avicenna was a physician and philosopher in an era known as the Islamic Golden Age. His works, such as the early medical encyclopedia The Canon of Medicine, were groundbreaking texts that scholars and healers read for centuries afterward. This graphic biography explores the life and inspirations behind Avicennas greatly influential projects.
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Mary Anning made some of the most notable fossil discoveries of the nineteenth century. Her uncovering of ichthyosaur remains, plesiosaurus remains, and more expanded peoples knowledge of prehistoric life. This graphic biography follows Anning from her early life in a family of fossil hunters in a coastal British town to her years as a collector who impacted scientific research and understandings of the past.
16) No one else
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"Charlene is a single mom and full-time nurse who also cares for her elderly father. She was already struggling to hold everything together when tragedy strikes and her nonconformist brother returns home unexpectly, piling chaos on top of grief. A tightwire act of functioning disfunction teeters on the brink in this funny and bittersweet work of graphic fiction from The New Yorker cartoonist R. Kikuo Johnson (Night Fisher), gorgeously set in and around...
18) Atomic Sheep
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Sixteen-year-old Tamrika Fuller is happy with her life. With good friends and good grades, she's content to keep her options open for her future. But when her parents reveal they've been saving for several years to send her to their Alma Mater for her final years of high school – an old-fashioned boarding academy miles from her home in Vancouver – she's thrown out of her comfort zone. With no friends and a taciturn new roommate, Tammy feels un-moored...
19) SLAM!: Issue #3
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CanCan picks up a snarky attitude from her mentor, which rubs Knockout the wrong way. Everything comes to a head on the track, which eventually leads them to realize that the only thing holding them back from their potential... could be each other.