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Author
Series
Dilbert book volume 26
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
c2005
Physical Desc
128 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
117 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Uses illustrations and infographics to explain such vital economic issues as the minimum wage, taxes, and healthcare, advocating against the policies of global austerity, right-wing populism, and "Trumponomics."
Author
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
199 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides a guide to the superheroes and archvillains of the DC universe, featuring such characters as Superman, Batman, Cyborg, Darkseid, Brainiac, John Constantine, and the Joker.
Author
Language
English
Description
Batchelor offers an eye-opening look at the life of Stan Lee, the man who created (with talented artists) many of history's most legendary characters. Becoming the editor of Marvel Comics as a teenager, and toiling in the industry for decades, Lee threw caution to the wind and went for broke, co-creating the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Hulk, Iron Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, and others in a creative flurry that revolutionized comic books for generations...
Author
Series
Get fuzzy collections volume 3
Publisher
Andrews McMeel
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
128 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A third collection of strips from the popular syndication follows the daily misadventures that mark the relationship between the temperamental cat Bucky, the sensitive dog Satchel, and their mild-mannered human companion, Rob Wilco.
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Language
English
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Description
"In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee--comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel superheroes--shares his iconic legacy and the story of how modern comics came to be. Stan Lee is a man who needs no introduction. The most legendary name in the history of comic books, he has been the leading creative force behind Marvel Comics, and has brought...
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Language
English
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Description
In the years between World War II and the mid-1950's, the popular culture of today was invented in the pulpy, boldly illustrated pages of comic books. But no sooner had this comics emerged than they were beaten down by mass bonfires, congressional hearings, and a McCarthyish panic over their unmointored and uncensored content." -- Cover, p.4
11) Nimona
Author
Series
Nimona volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren't the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious...
12) Eartha
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Series
Language
English
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Description
For a thousand years, the unfinished dreams from the City Across the Sea came to Echo Fjord to find sanctuary. Emerging from the soil, they took bodily form and wandered the land, gently guided by the fjord folk. But recently they've stopped coming, and Eartha wants solve the mystery. Without thought or hesitation, the city isn't on any map, or in anyone's memory, she ventures into the limitless waters, hoping to find the City.
13) Come again
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"A lover's dream becomes a parent's nightmare in the astonishing new graphic novel from Nate Powell. As the sun sets on the 1970s, the spirit of the Love Generation still lingers in one "intentional community" high in the Ozarks. But what's missing? Under impossibly close scrutiny, two families wrestle with long-repressed secrets... while deep within those Arkansas hills, something monstrous stirs, ready to feast on village whispers. In his triumphant...
15) Displacement
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Language
English
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Description
"In the next installment of her graphic memoir series, Displacement, Knisley volunteers to watch over her ailing grandparents on a cruise. (The book's watercolors evoke the ocean that surrounds them.) In a book that is part graphic memoir, part travelogue, and part family history, Knisley not only tries to connect with her grandparents, but to reconcile their younger and older selves. She is aided in her quest by her grandfather's WWII memoir, which...
Author
Series
My favorite thing is monsters volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, and narrated by 10-year-old Karen Reyes, Monsters is told is told through a fictional graphic diary employing the iconography of B-movie horror imagery and pulp monster magazines. As the precocious Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her beautiful and enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, we watch the interconnected and fascinating stories of those...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Adulthood is a myth confronts head-on the horrors, anxiety, and awkwardness of modern adult life. From the agony of holding hands with a gorgeous guy to the yawning pit of hell that is the wifi gone down to the eye-watering pain of eating too-hot pizza because one cannot stand to wait for it to cool down, Sarah fearlessly documents it all. Like the work of fellow Millennial authors Allie Brosh, Grace Helbig, and Gemma Correll, Sarah's total frankness...
Author
Series
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xxi, 208 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Latinx Superheroes in Mainstream Comics offers the first thorough exploration of Latino/a superheroes in mainstream comic books, TV shows, and movies--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
xviii, 286 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"THEY ARE THE TWO TITANS OF THE COMIC BOOK INDUSTRY--the Coke and Pepsi of superheroes--and for more than 50 years, Marvel and DC have been locked in an epic battle for spandex supremacy. At stake is not just sales, but cultural relevancy and the hearts of millions of fans. Slugfest, the first book to chronicle the history of this epic rivalry into a single, in-depth narrative, is the story of the greatest corporate rivalry never told. Complete with...
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