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Girl Town
by Carolyn Nowak
What it is: Girl Town collects the Ignatz Award-winning stories "Radishes" and "Diana's Electric Tongue" together with several other tales of young adulthood and the search for connection. Here are Nowak's most acclaimed mini-comics and anthology contributions, enhanced with new colors and joined by brand-new work.
What’s that buzz?: Nowak switches up her visual style for each piece, but her art is consistently appealing, with relatable funny-faced characters inhabiting imaginatively detailed settings, all drenched in bright broad-paintbox colors. – Publishers Weekly
Nowak tosses off more wildly imaginative ideas per page than some creators have over their entire careers in this invigorating collection of short stories. – Library Journal
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On a sunbeam
by Tillie Walden
What it’s about: Throughout the deepest reaches of space, a crew rebuilds beautiful and broken-down structures, painstakingly putting the past together. As Mia, the newest member, gets to know her team, the story flashes back to her pivotal year in boarding school, where she fell in love with a mysterious new student. When Mia grows close to her new friends, she reveals her true purpose for joining their ship—to track down her long-lost love.
Who it’s for: All you hopeless romantics out there. And for all the people who never went to boarding school but romanticize how cool it would have been if they did.
Fun fact: This entire novel is available to read for free online @ onasunbeam.com.
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Slam! : The Next Jam
by Pamela Ribon
What it is: After breaking one of the biggest rules in derby (not to mention an actual collarbone) Knockout and Can-Can are back on the track! But they have a lot of rehab to do, both on their battered bodies and their reputations in the league...will their friendship survive the dreaded derby drama?
Series alert: “The next jam” is like a season 2 for the comic series Slam!
About the author: Pamela Ribon is a screenwriter (Moana, Wreck-It Ralph 2, Bears), TV writer, comic book writer, and best-selling novelist.
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Bad Friends / Ancco
by Janet Hong
What it’s about: Bad Friends is set in the 1990s in a South Korea torn between tradition and Western modernity and haunted by an air of generalized gloom. Cycles of abuse abound as the characters enact violence within their power structures: parents beat children, teachers beat students, older students beat younger students.
What’s that buzz?: [Bad Friends] offers the tender revelation that telling someone else's story is a form of recuperation and undoing; one that is especially profound in a world that still refuses to see women...These stories liberate us to be what we are: friends, artists, monsters, mothers, human beings. Thea Lim, The Globe & Mail
Ancco’s Bad Friends is the unforgettable story of a lost, pivotal friendship. I read it in a single sitting, thrilled by its power, ingenuity, and grace. I love this book. R.O. Kwon, author of The Incendiaries
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Coyotes 1
by Sean Lewis
What it’s about: Women are going missing in the City of Lost Girls, a border town in the desert. Officer Frank Coffey is trying to get to the bottom of this when he meets Red, a thirteen-year-old girl with a katana blade and a mission: murder the Werewolves stalking the border picking women off one by one. When it's discovered that the Wolves are the men of these villages, both Red and Officer Coffey are thrown together in a thriller of mythic proportions with the lives of their friends and loved ones in the balance.
Who it’s for: If you’re like me and love retellings of fairy tales, check out this twisted Red Riding Hood story.
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Gideon Falls 1 : The Black Barn
by Jeff Lemire
What it’s about: The lives of a reclusive young man obsessed with a conspiracy in the city's trash and a washed-up Catholic priest arriving in a small town full of dark secrets become intertwined around the mysterious legend of The Black Barn--an otherworldly building alleged to have appeared in both the city and the small town throughout history, bringing death and madness in its wake.
Why you’ll love it: Rural mystery and urban horror collide in this character-driven meditation on obsession, mental illness, and faith that Mark Millar (Hitgirl) called his "personal pick as the best comic of 2018!"
Series alert: This is a brand-new ongoing horror series from the acclaimed best-selling creative team of Old Man Logan and Green Arrow!
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On Vinyl : First Hand Tales from a Second Hand Record Shop
by Lorenz Peters
What it’s about: Lenny opens a used record store as an antidote to his depressing and chaotic Toronto life, but the store isn’t everything he’s dreamed. Hope arrives in the form of an old press release tucked away in the sleeve of a record. The discovery launches Lenny into his next quest: to track down the long-lost record collection of Hot Walter, an elusive and aging disco DJ. But will it be enough to save Lenny's Vinyl Boutique? On Vinyl is a love letter to vinyl and an exploration of the role nostalgia plays in the decisions we make.
About the author: In 1997, Lorenz Peters joined Corpusse, forming a power duo that would influence Toronto's underground art rock/noise scene for nearly 15 years and record 3 albums together. Lorenz lives in Toronto where he continues to work independently on comics, illustrations, and musical acts Processor and Off World. We also have one of his earlier works, Grey Museum, in our collection!
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Yellow negroes and other imaginary creatures 1995-2017
by Yvan Alagbé
What it is: It is both an extraordinary experiment in visual storytelling and an essential, deeply personal political statement. With unsettling power, the title story depicts the lives of undocumented migrant workers in Paris. Alain, a Beninese immigrant, struggles to protect his family and his white girlfriend, Claire, while engaged in a strange, tragic dance of obsession and repulsion with Mario, a retired French Algerian policeman. It is already a classic of alternative comics.
What’s that buzz?: "With poetic, elliptical text and stark, impressionistic black-and-white art, French cartoonist Alagbé reveals the toxic legacy of European colonialism upon individuals and families." —Library Journal "One of the most arresting comics works to hit stands in a good long while.” —Abraham Riesman, Vulture
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