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Hark! A Vagrant
Hark! A Vagrant
by Kate Beaton
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A new collection by the web sensation and New Yorker cartoonist Hark! A Vagrant takes readers on a romp through history and literature& — with dignity for few and cookies for all — with comic strips about famous authors, their... (read more)

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The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
by Art Spiegelman
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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)

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What It Is
What It Is
by Lynda Barry
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“Deliciously drawn (with fragments of collage worked into each page), insightful and bubbling with delight in the process of artistic creation. A+” —Salon  How do objects summon memories? What do real images feel like? For... (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
by Art Spiegelman
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Volumes I & II in paperback of this 1992 Pulitzer Prize-winning illustrated narrative of Holocaust survival.... (read more)

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Henry V: The Graphic Novel: Original Text
Henry V: The Graphic Novel: Original Text
by William Shakespeare
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Shakespeares rousing tale of war and peace between England and France during the reign of Henry V springs to life in this unabridged, full-color graphic adaptation. Every scene, every speech, and every battle is here, from “Once more unto the breach&... (read more)

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

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Birchfield Close
Birchfield Close
by Jon Mcnaught
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"Birchfield Close is comics as a theme, a mood, poetry perhaps. Evoking so much, saying little on the surface, yet what the reader takes away is a profound sense of wonder. Beautiful."—Forbidden Planet In his first graphic novella, Jon McNaught... (read more)

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Fallen Words
Fallen Words
by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
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A NEW COLECTION OF STORIES FROM THE FOREFATHER OF THE JAPANESE LITERARY COMICS MOVEMENT In Fallen Words, Yoshihiro Tatsumi takes up the oral tradition of rakugo and breathes new life into it by shifting the format from spoken word to manga. Each of the... (read more)

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The Frank Book
The Frank Book
by Jim Woodring
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Since 1991, Jim Woodring's lusciously rendered, hypnotic fables have dazzled readers the world over, and the runaway success of the Frank-co-starring graphic novel Weathercraft and the first true Frank graphic novel Congress of the Animals have only... (read more)

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Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
Dotter of Her Father's Eyes
by Mary M Talbot
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Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father''s Eyes contrasts two coming-of-age narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and that of author Mary Talbot, daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. Social... (read more)

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Crime and Punishment Illustrated Classics Graphic Novel
Crime and Punishment Illustrated Classics Graphic Novel
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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“And, in the dark, a thought came to me that no one had ever had before me: I wanted to kill someone, just in order to dare.” This graphic adaptation of Crime and Punishment masterfully illuminates Dostoevskys psychological thriller... (read more)

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Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City
Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City
by Guy Delisle
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"Neither Jewish nor Arab, Delisle explores Jerusalem and is able to observe this strange world with candidness and humor...But most of all, those stories convey what life in East Jerusalem is about for an expatriate."—Haaretz "Engaging... (read more)

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Moomin Book Two: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
Moomin Book Two: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip
by Tove Jansson
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In the second volume of Tove Jansson's humorous yet melancholic Moomin comic strip, we get four new stories about jealousy, competition, child rearing, and self-reinvention. The Moomins try to hibernate in the fashion of their ancestors but insomnia... (read more)

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The Complete Crumb Comics: "The Early Years of Bitter Struggle" (Complete Crumb)
The Complete Crumb Comics: "The Early Years of Bitter Struggle" (Complete Crumb)
by R. Crumb
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This long out-of-print first volume of the multiple Harvey and Eisner award-winning Complete Crumb Comics series has been one of our most demanded reprints of the last several years. Now, this landmark volume of Robert Crumb's formative years not only... (read more)

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Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and the Beatles
Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and the Beatles
by Arne Bellstorf
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A fascinating, exhilarating portrait of the Beatles in their early years. Meet the Beatles . . . right at the beginning of their careers. This gorgeous, high-energy graphic novel is an intimate peek into the early years of the worlds greatest rock band... (read more)

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God's Man : Novel in Woodcuts (04 Edition)
God's Man : Novel in Woodcuts (04 Edition)
by Lynd Ward
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The major American artist invented the concept of a wordless novel with this evocative, text-free "woodcut" narrative. Autobiographical in nature, the novel recounts Ward's struggles with his craft and with life in the 1920s. The intricate woodcuts... (read more)

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The Bottomless Belly Button
The Bottomless Belly Button
by Dash Shaw
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A major new graphic novel from a major new talent. The Bottomless Belly Button is a comedy-drama that follows the dysfunctional adventures of the Loony Family. After 40-some years of marriage, Maggie and David Loony shock their children with... (read more)

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Ghost World
Ghost World
by Daniel Clowes
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Jimmy is a stereotypical geek who works at the library in Oakland, California, and is trapped in his own torpidity. Sara is his best friend, but she wants to get a life (translation: an apartment in Brooklyn and a publishing internship). When Sara moves... (read more)

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Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons
Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons
by Flannery O'connor
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This book reveals the last well-kept secret of much-beloved icon of American literature Flannery O'Connor's creative life: she did not set out to be a fiction writer, but a cartoonist. Flannery O'Connor: The Cartoons is the first book devoted to the... (read more)

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Graphic Classics #01: Edgar Allan Poe
Graphic Classics #01: Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
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Graphic Classics: Edgar Allan Poe returns in a revised 4th Edition, with 40 new pages of content! New comics adaptations include The Pit and the Pendulum by David Hontiveros and Carlo Vergara, and William Wilson by Rafael Nieves and Dan Dougherty. The... (read more)

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