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When twelve-year-old Willow went to her weird new town's even weirder summer camp, she didn't expect to get caught up in an ancient mystery involving forest-dwelling vampires, living garden gnomes, and other completely bonkers creatures most people would never believe exist. Now she's not only involved, she's marked-too close to the heart of an ages-old quest for power and control than she should be, and too concerned about her new friends and the...
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In this hilarious and colorful graphic novel, readers will learn how to make hummus alongside the two alien friends. They'll clap and cheer as Zips and Eeloo look for a bowl (but get it confused with a bowling ball!), need to go to the grocery store for lemons, and eventually, make some super yummy hummus. This full-color graphic novel also includes a recipe for hummus in the back! "Simple yet energetic dialogue by Boukarim (Hello Goodbye Little...
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Calvin Trillin can write just about anything--and has. He covered the Civil Rights movement in the South for Time, chronicled stories from small towns and cities for The New Yorker, and wrote comic poetry for The Nation. But one of his favorite subjects across the years--a superbly good fit for Trillin's unique mélange of reportage and comedy--has been his own professional milieu: the American press. In The Lede, Trillin gathers over a half century...
4) Buttertubs
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Buttertubs is a dog who always wants to save the dudes and damsels in distress, but who always mucks it up on account of his inability to stop sweating butter. Running becomes flailing and crashing, everything he touches becomes greasy and strangely flammable, and even simple tasks become fraught with slippery danger.
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In this graphic novel, it's been raining and raining in town. And now one of the neighboring towns is trying to move in. In the year 2036, the whole of Kingsby county has been flooded after several weeks of torrential rain. Only a few villages have escaped the flood. One of these is the village of Pennyworth, where Tom and Jenny live. When the inhabitants of nearby Brook Falls arrive and attempt to lay claim to Pennyworth, a struggle ensues that places...
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The complete season one! On a remote island in the South Pacific lies Kaijumax, a maximum security prison for giant monsters. Follow doting father Electrogor as he stands up to the cruel space-superhero warden! See corrupt guard Gupta manage his illicit uranium-dealing empire and pay off his gambling debts to the Queen of the Moon! Watch Mecha-Zon battle his own programming when the monster he was created to destroy shows up on the pound! These stories...
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Without a map or much of a plan, Untitled Ape and Cat journey through flooded cities and stormy seas, across frozen plains and snowy mountains, and even up into the world of the clouds on their quest to find Ape's home in the jungle. But Ape's mysterious and sinister past is starting to catch up with him, and it becomes more and more difficult to keep his personal history from Cat... What happened to Ape? Why doesn't he have a name? And how can he...
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A former human now reincarnated as a vending machine, Boxxo has the ability to procure and sell everything from drinks to snacks! Along with Lammis (the super-strong girl who named him), Boxxo offers refreshments to adventurers fighting monsters. But what will happen when they draw the attention of a famous adventuring party"
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Little monsters have trouble listening to their parents, too! When Wolfie the Werewolf won't settle down for the night, his mother asks him to tell her what he did that day. Find out what a day he had! Rhyming text and delightful art will keep readers enthralled. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.
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When twelve-year-old Willow went to her weird new town's even weirder summer camp, she didn't expect to get caughtup in an ancient mystery involving forest-dwelling vampires, living garden gnomes, and other completely bonkers creatures most people would never believe exist. Now she's not only involved, she's markedtoo close to the heart of an ages-old quest for power and control than she should be, and too concerned about her new friends and the dangers...
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A graphic novel about a band on the verge of breaking out... if their singer's personality doesn't get in the way. Zebedee and The Valentines have just played the gig of their lives. The seven people watching them agree. With a big battle of the bands approaching, lead singer Zebedee and his motley crew of punks seem ready to blow up. But when the Devil is booking your gigs and the competition is fierce, was it ever really going to be that easy? It...
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As bad as things get in Kaijumax prison, the outside world can be a whole lot worse! Kaiju fugitives, parolees, thieves, drug addicts, and those who have simply fallen through the cracks are left to fend for themselves against a planet that doesn't want them. Follow Electrogor as he makes his way across the Pacific rim to his home where - he hopes - his children await him. See the tense reunion of the Humongo Brothers! Smell the hopeless Lovecraftian...
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Scaly is the New Black as we timidly venture into Kaijumax's sister location and meet its terrifying residents. After murdering her abusive inmate boyfriend and unable to scale back down to human size, former prison physician Dr. Zhang joins a collection of uranium addicts, violent offenders, con artists, Lovecraftian horrors, and metaphors for human encroachment in the heretofore unseen female wing of Kaijumax. New and returning kaiju assimilate...
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Scaly is the New Black as we timidly venture into KAIJUMAX's sister location and meet its terrifying residents. After murdering her abusive inmate boyfriend and unable to scale back down to human size, former prison physician Dr. Zhang joins a collection of uranium addicts, violent offenders, con artists, Lovecraftian horrors, and metaphors for human encroachment in the heretofore unseen female wing of Kaijumax. New and returning kaiju assimilate...
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An all new original graphic novel packed with as much heart as epic combat from rising comic stars Juni Ba (Djeliya, Monkey Meat) and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou (PanelxPanel)!
Join a brave young monster and their grouchy mentor on a heartfelt quest for redemption and growth in a world run by fear.
Felix is a shy little beast growing up in a world where monster wrestling is the biggest spectacle there is. Lonely, and constantly bullied by the bigger...
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Enjoy this beautifully illustrated and packaged collection of Mutts comic strips by Patrick McDonnell, delivering a year's worth of special and sweet moments with Earl, Mooch, and the rest of their four-legged friends.
This treasury features an entire year's worth of Mutts comics, including sketch art and illustrations by author Patrick McDonnell. Printed on recycled paper.
18) Influenca
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Two years ago, the apocalypse started for the seventh time. As the number of zombies rise, so do the ranks of influencas: professional zombie hunters who post their lives online. When Dodie and Beatriz, the accidental founders of the movement, are trapped in their bunker by a persistent horde, what else is there to do but take a romantic vacation? Told through the lens of interviews, social media posts, and nostalgic reminiscing, Influenca is a glimpse...
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Pie Comics began as a college comic strip way back in the mid '00s, when flip phones roamed the earth. But after a shoulder injury forced cartoonist John McNamee to simplify his drawing style and improvise comics, Pie Comics evolved into the beloved strip it is today! This third collection from The Onion and the New Yorker contributor features his most absurdly relatable comics on our futile attempts to look "normal," and why that's hilarious.
20) Ice Age: Iced In
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Everyone's favorite sub-zero heroes are back for an all-new adventure you won't want to miss! Iced In reunites prehistoric friends Manny the woolly mammoth, Sid the sloth, Diego the smilodon, Scrat the "saber-toothed" squirrel, and the rest of the your Paleolithic pals in one big unforgettable icecapade!