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Comics & Graphic Novels July/August 2019
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Child Star
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Box Brown
Inspired by real-life child stars, this graphic novel follows the life of Owen Eugene, a 1980s child actor, as his life falls apart behind the scenes despite making the whole world laugh onscreen.
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Paying the Land
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Joe Sacco
Against a vast and gorgeous landscape that dwarfs all human scale, Paying the Land lends an ear to trappers and chiefs, activists and priests, to tell a sweeping story about money, dependency, loss, and culture—recounted in stunning visual detail.
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The Emotional Load : and other invisible stuff
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Emma
The author of The Mental Load returns with issues pertinent to women's experiences, including consent, the care that women place on others' well-being, contraception, the culture of rape, diets, safety in public spaces, police violence, and green capitalism.
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The Loneliness of the Long-distance Cartoonist
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Adrian Tomine
What happens when a childhood hobby grows into a lifelong career? The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist, Adrian Tomine's funniest and most revealing foray into autobiography, offers an array of unexpected answers.
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Invisible Differences
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Julie Dachez
Marguerite feels awkward, struggling every day to stay productive at work and keep up appearances with friends. She's sensitive, irritable at times. After a journey of tough conversations with her loved ones, doctors, and the internet, she discovers that she has Aspergers, and her life is profoundly changed for the better.
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