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Walking Dead #01 by Robert Kirkman Staff Pick Like zombies? This is the graphic novel for you. Don't like zombies? This is still the graphic novel for you. The story drives this tale of survival horror. How would people act in the face of a real zombie epidemic? What would you do? This graphic novel... (read more) Your price: $34.99 New - Hardcover 
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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman Staff Pick Two powerful, definitive chronicles of modern atrocities — the perfect books for anyone who doubts comix have grown up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus is a staggering personal depiction of the Holocaust, rendered all the stronger by Spiegelman's... (read more) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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Habibi by Craig Thompson Staff Pick In Habibi, Craig Thompson strides into a minefield and emerges with an abundance of love, presenting a graphic novel of such dazzling scope, it took nearly seven years to create.... (read more) List Price $35.00 Your price: $24.00 Used - Hardcover
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Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness by Reinhard Kleist Staff Pick Reinhard Kleist gives us a dark and nuanced portrait of the Man in Black, with stunning black-and-white artwork that perfectly complements the retelling of Johnny Cash's life. Interspersed among the narrative are short selections of illustrated song... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $4.75 Sale - Trade Paper
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Stitches by David Small Staff Pick Small, a Caldecott Medal winner and illustrator of such books as The Gardener and Imogene's Antlers, tells us — no, shows us — the quietly disturbing story of his youth growing up in an emotionally closed-off household while struggling with... (read more) List Price $27.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Maus, A Survivor's Tale, Book I: My Father Bleeds History by Art Spiegelman Staff Pick Two powerful, definitive chronicles of modern atrocities — the perfect books for anyone who doubts comix have grown up. The Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus is a staggering personal depiction of the Holocaust, rendered all the stronger by Spiegelman's... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Black Hole by Charles Burns Staff Pick Winner of the comics industry's trifecta -- the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz Awards -- Black Hole is a riveting, nightmarish, sometimes ghoulishly funny allegory for the horror of adolescence and our collective terror of sexuality and our own bodies. But... (read more) Your price: $18.95 New - Trade Paper
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Cruddy by Lynda Barry Staff Pick Cartoonist Lynda Barry proves to be a formidable writer with this novel of teen alienation. Shocking, outlandish violence is balanced by lyrical, insightful prose. Cruddy is a homicidal road story, a coming-of-age tale, and a meditation on adolescence... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Zombie Survival Guide: Recorded Attacks by Max Brooks Staff Pick A chilling tour through faux-historical zombie plagues. From cannibal Cossacks making a poor choice of meat to a ship full of undead African slaves, it's hard to decide which is more frightening — actual history or zombie fiction — but it all makes... (read more) List Price $17.00 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli Staff Pick If David Mazzucchelli weren't already beloved by comics fans, Asterios Polyp would make him legendary. This visually inventive, completely mesmerizing graphic novel will have you eagerly flipping pages on the first read, then flipping back to savor the... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Hardcover
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The City: A Vision in Woodcuts by Frans Masereel Staff Pick For years, Frans Masereel's work has been difficult to get a hold of. Now, obscure and out-of-print titles like The City and The Passionate Journey are finally finding their way back into circulation through affordable Dover editions. Cited as the... (read more) Your price: $8.95 New - Trade Paper
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Promethea: Volume 1 by Alan Moore Staff Pick What mad genius hides behind the moniker Alan Moore? For those unfamiliar with his work, Alan Moore made comic books "respectable" in the mid-80's with his landmark graphic novel Watchmen, introducing dark themes and intellectualism to a medium long... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $10.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Hellboy #08: Darkness Calls by Mike Mignola Staff Pick Excited for this summer's sure-to-be blockbuster Hellboy II? Sate your appetite for the unearthly with Darkness Calls, the latest Hellboy collection, which pits the eponymous hero against a coven of witches and offers numerous pleasures for longtime... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Alcoholic by Jonathan Ames Staff Pick While I'd heard that these "graphic novels" were all the rage, I didn't quite know where to start. However, being a Jonathan Ames fan, I figured that The Alcoholic would be a good introduction to the genre. Ames's (autobiographical?) novel is as laugh... (read more) List Price $19.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Astonishing X-Men #05: Ghost Box by Warren Ellis Staff Pick I have to give it to Joss Whedon. He has rebooted the X-men, again, in a very enjoyable way. Undoubtedly a fan-boy himself, he has attempted to take the X-men seriously. Not to say that the story isn't as outlandish as any other X-Men — it just tries... (read more) List Price $24.99 Your price: $12.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Moomin Book One: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip by Tove Jansson Staff Pick Tove Jansson, a Finnish author and illustrator, drew these comics for the Onday Evening News in the 1950s. Many people know and love her books, but have never seen these amazing comics. Thanks to Drawn & Quarterly, now's your chance! Perfect for both... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price: $13.95 Used - Hardcover
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DMZ #01: On the Ground by Brian Wood and Riccardo Burchielli Staff Pick What can I say about DMZ? It is one of my favorite graphic-novel series ever. The art is unique and high quality, and the plot doesn't have any parallel in the realm of graphic novels. The story is pertinent and well written, and simultaneously reflects... (read more) List Price $12.99 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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The Search for Smilin' Ed by Kim Deitch Staff Pick Original underground cartoonist Kim Deitch spins a hilarious yarn full of obsessive weirdos, investigating the mysterious demise of 1950s children's TV host Smilin' Ed and his sidekick, the gremlin Froggy. Jam packed with incredible visuals, dirty... (read more) List Price $16.99 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer: Stories by Ben Katchor Staff Pick I first became aware of Katchor's sublime black and white strips in the pages of Art Spiegelman's Raw magazine. "(His) picture stories speak a sad, beautiful clarity," R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe once remarked. Compiled from strips published in The Forward... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Astonishing X-Men #01: Gifted by Joss Whedon Staff Pick I have to give it to Joss Whedon. He has rebooted the X-men, again, in a very enjoyable way. Undoubtedly a fan-boy himself, he has attempted to take the X-men seriously. Not to say that the story isn't as outlandish as any other X-Men — it just tries... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $9.95 Used - Trade Paper
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