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Comics & Graphic Novels June 2025 |
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To Broadway: A Graphic Novel
by Maurane Mazars
Germany, April 1957. Uli is a modern dance student at the prestigious Folkwang University of the Arts who will do anything to pursue his dream of becoming a famous Broadway dancer. But Uli’s dream and his energetic, outgoing personality hardly fit the melancholy culture of postwar Europe.
During a fateful trip to Berlin, Uli meets Anthony, a young American dancer. The attraction is immediate, and Anthony convinces Uli to move to New York to try his luck on Broadway. The young men part ways, and Uli is inspired to pack his bags and embark on an adventure. Will Uli be able to seize his dreams in New York City? Or is he just one of the many young artists doomed to find a disappointing reality check in the Big Apple? Rated M
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I Hated You in High School
by Kathleen Gros
Struggling 20-something Tessa has a dead-end job as a barista and the dream of a creative career that never quite seems to take off. When the coffee shop where she works goes out of business, she's able to visit her parents for the first time in years. Arriving at her family home, she discovers that her parents have rented out the basement apartment to her high school nemesis, Olive Virtue. Old wounds resurface during Tessa's stay, but an accident that traps them in the attic forces them to face their past and think about their future. Rated T+
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DC Pride: To the Farthest Reaches
by Nicole Maines, Al Ewing, and Phil Jiminez
The fourth iteration of DC's multiple-award-winning Pride celebration in this universe-spanning travelogue collection like you've never seen before! In its pages, DC's beloved queer characters take readers on a raucous tour through the Fourth World, Naltor, A-Town, the Phantom Zone, Portworld, the Oblivion Bar, and more in a volume that celebrates how the LGBTQIA+ community is everywhere and belongs anywhere-even the very farthest reaches of the universe. Rated T
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Blades of Furry: Volume 1
by Emily Erdos
Enter the high stakes world of battle skating in this rivals-to-lovers romance based on the spectacularly popular webcomic.
Emile, a promising rookie in the high-stakes world of battle skating, learns the reigning champion Radu's secret, and must decide whether use it to take his rival down, all the while getting closer and closer to him. Ages 13+
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Trans History: From Ancient Times to the Present Day
by Alex L. Combs
What does “trans” mean, and what does it mean to be trans? Diversity in human sex and gender is not a modern phenomenon, as readers will discover through illustrated stories and records that introduce historical figures ranging from the controversial Roman emperor Elagabalus to the swashbuckling seventeenth-century conquistador Antonio de Erauso to veterans of the Stonewall uprising Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera. In addition to these individual profiles, the book explores some of the societal roles played by trans people beginning in ancient times and shows how European ideas about gender were spread across the globe. Ages 12+
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Halfway to Somewhere
by Jose Pimienta
A coming-of-age story about Ave, a nonbinary middle schooler.
Ave thought moving to Kansas would be boring and flat after enjoying the mountains and trails in Mexico, but at least they would have their family with them. Unfortunately, while Ave, their mom, and their younger brother are relocating to the U.S., Ave's father and older sister will be staying in Mexico...permanently. Their parents are getting a divorce.
As if learning a whole new language wasn't hard enough! And now a Middle-Schooler has to figure out a new family dynamic...and what this means for them as they start middle school with no friends. Ages 8-12
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The Cartoonists Club
by Raina Telgemeier
Makayla has ideas but can't form a story. Howard loves to draw but struggles with ideas. Lynda draws constantly but focuses on mistakes. And Art loves trying something new. Together they form The Cartoonists Club. Ages 8-12
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Around the Spider-Verse: An Original Graphic Novel Collection.
by Pablo Leon
Take a trip around the Spider-Verse (and New York City) in three comic adventures! The tour guide on his field trip to the Museum of Natural History has Miles Morales's Spidey Sense tingling... Gwen Stacy's punk band's concert at the Central Park Bandshell is interrupted by the Jackal... and Anya Corazâon must save her father from a trap laid by Kraven the Hunter at the Bronx Zoo. Rated 8+
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Modern Asian Family: Straight Outta Busan
by Stefano Jun
A collection of short cartoons from Stefano Jun chronicling his experiences growing up a Korean immigrant in Western Canada. Having moved to Canada as an 8 year old with no knowledge of English, Stefano encounters culture shock, family love, friendship, and ultimately finding a place for himself in the vast country he has called home for 20 years now. These slice of life stories are a keenly observed insight into the experience of growing up in an unfamiliar place. Full of emotion, humour and surprise. Rated T
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Huda F Wants to Know?
by Huda Fahmy
Huda Fahmy is ready for junior year. She’s got a plan to join all the clubs, volunteer everywhere, ace the ACTs, write the most awe-inspiring essay for her scholarship applications. Easy.
But then Mama and Baba announce the most unthinkable they’re getting a divorce. Huda is devastated. She worries about what this will mean for her family, their place in the Muslim community, and her future. Her grades start tanking, she has a big fight with her best friend, and everything feels out of control. Will her life ever feel normal again? Huda F wants to know. Rated T
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Dead Rock 1
by Hiro Mashima
Welcome to Dead Rock, the underworld's top educational institution! A spot at this training facility for demonic mischief is all the young demon Yakuto has ever wanted, but in Hell, there's no such thing as an easy A. Plenty of Yakuto's fellow prospects won't survive the entrance exam, and even fewer will make it to graduation. So why bother? The prize, for those who survive this death game through perdition, is the world, in the palm of their hand! Rated T+
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Bowling with Corpses & Other Strange Tales from Lands Unknown
by Mike Mignola
New folklore-inspired tales abound in this anthology of eight fantasy stories written and drawn by Hellboy creator Mike Mignola, featuring a bonus sketchbook section. From a search for the beating heart of a long-dead sorcerer, to a pirate girl who makes a deal with the devil, to the titular boy who wins a grim prize in a game with some undead interlopers, and more. Mignola builds a brand-new world filled with the weird, wicked and whimsical in this volume that will delight longtime Hellboy fans and new readers alike. Rated T+
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