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A People's History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation
by Howard Zinn

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Adapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comics form Since its landmark publication in 1980, A People’s History of the United States has had six new editions, sold more... (read more)
 
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The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi

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Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed memoir-in-comic-strips. Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic... (read more)
 
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Fruits Basket #19: Fruits Basket: Volume 19
by Natsuki Takaya

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As the Fruits Basket saga continues, the relationship between Tohru and Kyo becomes increasingly complicated. Tohru realizes that she'll have to create some sort of trigger to break Kyo's curse to save him. But what can cure Kyo? The answer is right... (read more)
 
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History and Criticism

The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
by David Hajdu

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In the years between World War II and the emergence of television as a mass medium, American popular culture as we know it was first created — in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. No sooner had this new culture emerged than it was... (read more)
 
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Literary

Maus, A Survivor's Tale, Book I: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman

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The Sandman #01: Preludes and Nocturnes
by Neil Gaiman

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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by Frank Miller

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One of DC's most acclaimed volumes, this is the tale of a tortured hero's efforts to save a city in chaos from Two-Face, the Joker, and a violent Batman-inspired gang.... (read more)
 
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Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #02 The First Death
by Laurell K Hamilton

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Anita Blake's adventures began with the novel Guilty Pleasures, where the vampires of the St. Louis area tried to recruit the veteran vampire hunter to help them solve a peculiar mystery. But there were many mysteries about Anita Blake's past that were... (read more)
 
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Science Fiction

Y: The Last Man #01: Unmanned
by Brian K. Vaughan

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When a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome, unemployed and unmotivated slacker Yorick Brown suddenly discovers that he is the only male left in a world inhabited solely by women. Accompanied by his mischievous monkey... (read more)
 
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  1. Bigfoot: I Not Dead by Graham Roumieu
  2. The Cute Book by Aranzi Aronzo
  3. Y: The Last Man #09: Motherland by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra and Massimo Carnevale
  4. Little Things: A Memoir in Slices by Jeffrey Brown
  5. A Dame to Kill For -- 2nd Edition (Frank Miller's Sin City #02) by Frank Miller
  6. Fruits Basket #05 by Natsuki Takaya
  7. Cain Saga #2: The Sound of a Boy Hatching by Kaori (edt) Yuki
  8. Wanted by Mark Millar and J. G. Jones
  9. Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter: Guilty Pleasures Volume 1 Hc (2nd Printing Anita Variant) by Laurell K Hamilton
  10. The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios

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The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb The Sweeter Side of R. Crumb
by Robert Crumb

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Described by art critic Robert Hughes as "the Brueghel of the 20th century," Robert Crumb has become the only sixties counter culture artist to break through into the fine art world with great acclaim. Laura Hoptman, curator of the Carnegie International... (read more)
 
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Maus, A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began Maus, A Survivor's Tale II: And Here My Troubles Began
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Manga

Fruits Basket #03 Fruits Basket #03
by Natsuki Takaya

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It's Valentines Day and you know what that means -- lots of chocolates for the cutest boys at school! In this case, it's a pretty close tie between hot-headed Kyo Sohma and Yuki 'prince charming' Sohma. Of course the kind-hearted Tohru, guest of the... (read more)
 
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Signed Editions

The Ten-Cent Plague Signed
by David Hajdu

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Transformers Animated Volume 1
by Zachary (adp) Rau

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The Transformers Animated Series takes the concept of Robots in Disguise and reinvents it for an all-new generation of... (read more)
 
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Collectibles

Wonder Woman: The Life and Times of the Amazon Princess
by Les Daniels

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An affordable must-have for every Wonder Woman fan. Nearly sixty-five years since her creation, Les Daniels honours her Olympic strengths, her peace-seeking mission, and her fabulous outfits throughout the years.... (read more)
 
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Crime and Mystery

The Hard Goodbye -- 2nd Edition (Frank Miller's Sin City #01)
by Frank Miller

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Take your favorite film noir, inject it with a hefty dose of testosterone, bind it with the twisted genius of Frank Miller (auteur of The Dark Knight Returns and other seminal graphic works), and light the fuse. The explosive result is a dark, bloody... (read more)
 
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Hellboy #02: Wake the Devil 2nd Edition
by Mike Mignola

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Part Gothic horror, part slam-bang superhero histrionics, Hellboy is a sometimes-unwieldy hybrid. When it hits the mark — most often in the short stories collected in The Chained Coffin and The Right Hand of Doom — the series achieves the... (read more)
 
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