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Graphic Novels and Comics for adult readers October 2020
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Hello there! My name is Patrick Holt, and I'm a librarian at Southwest Regional Library and a lifelong reader of comics and graphic novels. Check out the contents of this month's newsletter in the box to the left, and get access to past editions in the archive at the bottom of the page. I hope you find these recommendations worthwhile, and please email me at pdholt@dconc.gov if you have any thoughts or questions. Image from Nijigahara Holograph by Inio Asano
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Eight-Lane Runaways
by Henry McCausland
From the publisher: "One runner relies on her poncho to give her direction. Another deals with a suddenly missing appendage. There's also algebra dogs, a juice institute, and a helping network that consists of miles of string that proves that no matter how far apart, the friends you can rely on are the ones you met while pacing life's twisty-turny trails. [...] Whether you read it as a fever pitch surrealistic Olympic games or a touching tale of working together, Eight-Lane Runaways is sure to be one of the most talked-about debuts of 2020"
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Seraph of the End Vampire Reign vol. 19
by Yamato Yamamoto
From the publisher: "After trumpets of the apocalypse proclaim the fall of humanity, vampires arise from the shadows to rule the earth. Yuichiro wants just one thing--to get revenge by killing each and every vampire... Shinoa fights for her life at the Demon Army headquarters where the First Progenitor, Shikama Doji, is trying to possess her. Ferid's solution to the problem? Kill her before she's turned and possessed. With all of the pieces in place and the First's resurrection all but complete, the vampires and the Hyakuya Sect both converge on Shibuya."
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The Amazing Spider-Man: 2099
by Nick Spencer et al
From the publisher: "The future is in danger! Miguel O'Hara, the Spider-Man of 2099, is back in the present day - and he needs to find Peter Parker! But since Miguel's currently being held in an off-the-books Roxxon prison, that's easier said than done. He needs a plan, and fast - because his mysterious return to the here-and-now threatens his entire future! Meanwhile, J. Jonah Jameson has a new scheme - and the modern-day Spider-Man has his hands full with classic villains, family problems and international incidents!" Also available on Hoopla
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Tartarus volume 1
by Johnnie Christmas and Jack T. Cole
From Hoopla: "When Surka, a ruthless criminal warlord, escapes her prison pit, she unleashes a wave of destruction that ripples across Tartarus, a vital colony in an everlasting galactic war. Years later, when young cadet Tilde learns that she's Surka's daughter, will she continue to fight on the side of galactic order, or will she reclaim her mother's dark crown?"
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Vampironica: New Blood
by Frank Tieri et al
From Hoopla: "Riverdale's own bombshell bloodsucker is back! Following the events of the Jughead: the Hunger vs. Vampironica crossover, Veronica returns to her own universe, still a vampire. She's not the same, and she knows it. And now she needs answers. But she may not be ready for what she's about to discover!"
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Olympia
by Curt Pires, Alex Diotto, and Dee Cunniffe
From Hoopla: "Elon is a latchkey kid who spends his days alone reading comic books-until his favorite superhero, Olympian, comes crashing off the page and into reality! But as he nurses his wounded hero back to health, he discovers Olympian isn't the only thing that came through-something evil followed him. A comedic yet heartfelt love letter to the comics medium, Olympia is also a meditation on hope and loss, conceived by Curt Pires (Wyrd) and his father, Tony Pires, while Tony was undergoing treatment for cancer."
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H.P. Lovecraft's At the Mountains of Madness
by Gou Tanabe
From the publisher: "January 25, 1931: an expedition team arrives at a campsite in Antarctica...to find its crew of men and sled dogs strewn and dead. Some are hideously mangled, as if in rage--some have been dissected in a curious and cold-blooded manner. Some are missing. But a still more horrific sight is the star-shaped mound of snow nearby...for under its five points is a grave--and what lies beneath is not human! [...] This manga adaptation of some of Lovecraft's best stories is perfect for manga fans and Lovecraft fans alike."
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No Longer Human
by Junji Itō
From the publisher: "Plagued by a maddening anxiety, the terrible disconnect between his own concept of happiness and the joy of the rest of the world, Yozo Oba plays the clown in his dissolute life, holding up a mask for those around him as he spirals ever downward, locked arm-in-arm with death. Osamu Dazai's immortal--and supposedly autobiographical--work of Japanese literature, is perfectly adapted here into a manga by Junji Ito. [...] This is the ultimate in art by Ito, proof that nothing can surpass the terror of the human psyche."
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Nijigahara Holograph
by Inio Asano
From the publisher: "Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arié Kimura's mother is found by this tunnel's entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming? [...] But this is only the beginning of the complex, challenging, obliquely told Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Suzuki; Higure, his stalkerish would-be girlfriend; their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more -- brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another and all will eventually -- ten years later -- have to live with what they've done or suffered through."
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Patrick's Triangle Comics Newsletter is an irregular and incomplete list of comics and comics-adjacent happenings in Durham, Raleigh, Chapel Hill and beyond. If you are a comics maker, maker-adjacent, a maker of comics-adjacent things, or adjacent-adjacent, then this is the newsletter for you! Check out the latest edition here, and email the editor (me again) to subscribe.
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Links to newsletters from the past year: Image from Incidents in the Night by David B
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