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The Sandman, Volume 5: A Game of You
by Neil Gaiman  
Powells.com Staff Pick The pinnacle of pop comix storytelling. These beautifully written stories, astonishing in their scope and emotional depth, revolutionized the comics industry. Together the initial ten volumes of Gaiman's epic comprise one of the greatest narratives in...
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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
Powells.com Staff Pick Alison Bechdel, creator of the Dykes to Watch Out For comic strip, uses the cartoon form to tell the story of her coming out and the discovery of her father's sexual orientation. The title refers to the funeral home where she grew up, and her parents...
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Graphic Novels: Everything You Need to Know
by Paul Gravett
Powells.com Staff Pick Whether you're a novice or longtime reader, there's something of interest for you in Graphic Novels, an insightful and entertaining introduction to an art form whose popularity is growing steadily. Recommended by Bolton, Powells.com...
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McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 13
by Chris Ware
Powells.com Staff Pick "Ware has assembled a gorgeous tapestry of sumptuous illustrations and odd but compelling stories that suggests comix are still a long way from cookie-cutter formulas and mass-market acceptance. If you're already a comix fan, you'll treasure it. If you...
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The Wall: Growing Up behind the Iron Curtain
by Peter Sis
Powells.com Staff Pick Peter Sis is a master children's book author and illustrator, as his newest work clearly demonstrates. Combining intricate, beautiful artwork with autobiography and political history, he creates a poignant, deeply personal story about Cold War...
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Safe Area Gorazde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995
by Joe Sacco
Powells.com 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'...
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Daredevil Legends: Volume 2: Born Again
by Frank Miller
Powells.com Staff Pick He is a blind man whose other four senses are superhuman. He is a lawyer about to have his life ripped away from him. He is a good, honest, decent man, who is about to be pushed over the edge. As he says: "My name is Matt Murdock. I live in Hell's...
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The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954 Boxed Set
by Charles M. Schulz
Powells.com Staff Pick It can be hard to remember a time when Snoopy wasn't an insurance salesman and Charlie Brown didn't stare at us from a million Hallmark cards — in short, when Peanuts was still sharp and funny and relevant. Thank God, then, for the Complete Peanuts...
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Usagi Yojimbo
by Stan Sakai
Powells.com Staff Pick This excellent, old-timey, crazy-well-done comic is part of the Western world's love for all things manga. If you like Bone, you will love Usagi Yojimbo. Recommended by Mary Z., Powells.com...
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Hellboy #04: The Right Hand of Doom 2nd Edition
by Mike Mignola
Powells.com Staff Pick 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...
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Carnet de Voyage
by Craig Thompson
Powells.com Staff Pick Craig Thompson made a huge splash with last year's brilliant Blankets, and he's already back with another gorgeous, albeit smaller, work. Carnet de Voyage is a sketchbook and travel diary depicting Thompson's journeys through Europe and Morocco in May...
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The Sandman Volume 6: Fables and Reflections
by Neil Gaiman
Powells.com Staff Pick The pinnacle of pop comix storytelling. These beautifully written stories, astonishing in their scope and emotional depth, revolutionized the comics industry. Together the initial ten volumes of Gaiman's epic comprise one of the greatest narratives in...
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The Sandman #09: The Kindly Ones
by Neil Gaiman
Powells.com Staff Pick The pinnacle of pop comix storytelling. These beautifully written stories, astonishing in their scope and emotional depth, revolutionized the comics industry. Together the initial ten volumes of Gaiman's epic comprise one of the greatest narratives in...
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Hellboy #03: The Chained Coffin and Others 2nd Edition
by Mike Mignola
Powells.com Staff Pick 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...
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The Hard Goodbye -- 2nd Edition (Frank Miller's Sin City #01)
by Frank Miller
Powells.com Staff Pick 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...
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Hellboy #01: Seed of Destruction 2nd Edition
by Mike Mignola and John Byrne
Powells.com Staff Pick 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...
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The Haunter of the Dark: And Other Grotesque Visions
by H. P. Lovecraft
Powells.com Staff Pick Finally returning to print from the fine folks at Creation Books, this collection of graphic interpretations of the writings of H. P. Lovecraft by notable illustrator and designer John Coulthart marks the finest visual interpretation yet committed to...
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Tricked
by Alex Robinson
Powells.com Staff Pick "Happily for members of the Alex Robinson cult their patience has been rewarded. Tricked avoids the sophomore slump by a considerable margin with Robinson taking his formula of intense, character-driven narratives and bold illustration to a new level...
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The Sandman, Volume 7: Brief Lives
by Neil Gaiman
Powells.com Staff Pick The pinnacle of pop comix storytelling. These beautifully written stories, astonishing in their scope and emotional depth, revolutionized the comics industry. Together the initial ten volumes of Gaiman's epic comprise one of the greatest narratives in...
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The Sandman, Volume 8: World's End
by Neil Gaiman
Powells.com Staff Pick The pinnacle of pop comix storytelling. These beautifully written stories, astonishing in their scope and emotional depth, revolutionized the comics industry. Together the initial ten volumes of Gaiman's epic comprise one of the greatest narratives in...
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