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Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt by Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco Staff Pick Chris Hedges's writing and reportage is consistently trenchant and unequivocal, notable for its discerning examinations and penetrating insights. Joe Sacco's award-winning work as a cartoonist is as distinctive as it is compassionate. Combining the... (read more) List Price $28.00 Your price: $12.98 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: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel Staff Pick Fun Home, in concert with Craig Thompson's Blankets, was one of the works that proved to my doubting eyes that graphic novels could reach heights every bit as poetic, moving, and magical as the finest prose. Darkly funny but wholly sincere, the story of... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Marbles: Mania, Depression, Michelangelo, and Me: A Graphic Memoir by Ellen Forney Staff Pick In Marbles, Ellen Forney explores the relationship between mental illness and creativity. A working cartoonist in Seattle, she is diagnosed with bipolar disorder and must decide whether to accept treatment (and risk sacrificing her art) or continue self... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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Blankets: An Illustrated Novel by Craig Thompson Staff Pick This coming-of-age memoir is told as much through the crisp illustrations as through the text. Thompson's voice and drawings are sweet without being sappy, and despite its unconventional format, Blankets is a very honest, relatable account of falling in... (read more) List Price $29.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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) List Price $35.00 Your price: $18.00 Used - Hardcover
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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) List Price $19.95 Your price: $11.00 Used - Trade Paper
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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: $6.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Building Stories by Chris Ware Staff Pick I've been waiting for this book to come out for at least five years, and this magnificent edition exceeded all my expectations (and they were big ones)! I can't even begin to imagine a book more intricately constructed than Building Stories. I show it to... (read more) Your price: $50.00 New - Hardcover
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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) Your price: $19.95 New - Hardcover
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Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir by Nicole Georges Staff Pick Superb. This memoir is another good example for me of someone who is living a parallel life to my own. I always find solace in knowing that I'm not alone in experiencing trauma from family, love, or life. The voice is wonderful and the artwork is great.... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $11.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Uzumaki #01 by Junji Ito Staff Pick Arguably the best in manga horror. Junji Ito's eerie story and high quality illustrations come together to create a world that Poe and Lovecraft would have been proud of. Make sure to get this once out-of-print trilogy about a small town cursed by... (read more) List Price $9.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang Staff Pick For the winter holidays try American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Chang. This quirky book is a fabulous introduction to the new generation of graphic novels, and blends folklore with an exploration of racial stereotyping and the "right stuff" of America... (read more) List Price $18.99 Your price: $6.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou Staff Pick Bertrand Russell hasn't been this entertaining since Bruce Duffy's 1987 novel The World As I Found It. Logicomix is an astoundingly entertaining graphic novel about the most unlikely of subjects: Bertrand Russell's struggle to find the logical foundation... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $15.50 Used - Trade Paper
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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) Your price: $35.00 New - Hardcover
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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: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Studs Terkel's Working: A Graphic Adaptation by Studs Terkel and Harvey Pekar Staff Pick The most powerful thing about Studs Terkel's Working is that the same logic applies whether you're a highfalutin CEO or an overworked, underpaid waitress: If you do something you like — no matter what the wage — you'll like your job. If you hate... (read more) List Price $22.95 Your price: $12.00 Used - 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: $10.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean by Douglas Wolk Staff Pick Douglas Wolk writes with a critic's authority, offering penetrating analysis of seminal comics writers and their best-known works alongside introductions to lesser-known talents. But he also writes with a fan's enthusiasm, and it shows through in every... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price: $5.50 Used - Trade Paper
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