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Graphic Novels
Adulthood Is a Gift!: A Celebration of Sarah's Scribbles Volume 5 by Sarah Andersen cover
Adulthood is a Gift!
by Sarah Andersen

With 100 comics, 15 essays, and dozens of photos and sketches, Adulthood is a Gift! offers a rare look behind the creative process of one of the most original and beloved comic artists of a generation. The artwork and writing is a celebration of the many experiences and life lessons the author has picked up in her decade of making viral, relatable, and award-winning comics and books. 
Spent: A Comic Novel by Alison Bechdel cover
Spent
by Alison Bechdel

A cartoonist named Alison Bechdel, running a pygmy goat sanctuary in Vermont, is existentially irked by a climate-challenged world and a citizenry on the brink of civil war. She wonders: can she pull humanity out of its death spiral by writing a scathingly self-critical memoir about her own greed and privilege? 
Life in the Present: A Joyful Collection of Comics About Living in the Moment by Liz Climo cover
Life in the Present
by Liz Climo

Ten years after the publication of The Little World of Liz Climo, internationally bestselling author and illustrator Liz Climo returns with a new book of comics all about celebrating the sweet pleasures of living in the moment.
Let's Make Bread!: A Comic Book Cookbook by Ken Forkish cover
Let's Make Bread!
by Ken Forkish

An accessible and easy-to-follow comic book cookbook for the home baker, with key breadmaking steps and tips, guidelines for starting and maintaining a sourdough starter, recipes for classic loaves, and more.
Physics for Cats by Tom Gauld cover
Physics for Cats
by Tom Gauld

Find out why every scientist worth their sodium chloride has a Tom Gauld cartoon taped to their electron microscope. This new batch of hilarious gags will be as important to every self-respecting scientist as a lab coat and goggles and oversize rubber gloves but what the hadron's news alert about CERN says! Everyone asks, What is dark matter? and Where is dark matter? but do they ever take the time to ask, How is dark matter? Based all on previous data, we can predict with a 99.99% certainty that you will either laugh, guffaw, chortle or snort (we don't have a large enough sample set to be able to say which particular type of mirth you will experience.)
The Apothecary Diaries by Natsu Hyuuga cover
The Apothecary Diaries
by Natsu Hyuuga

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she isn't long for a life of drudgery! Using her wits to break a curse afflicting the imperial heirs, Maomao attracts the attentions of the handsome eunuch Jinshi and is promoted to attendant food taster. Jinshi has other plans for the erstwhile apothecary, and soon Maomao is back to brewing potions and...solving mysteries?!
The Night Eaters by Marjorie Liu cover
The Night Eaters
by Marjorie Liu

Chinese American twins, Milly and Billy, are having a tough time. On top of the multiple failures in their personal and professional lives, they're struggling to keep their restaurant afloat. Luckily their parents, Ipo and Keon, are in town for their annual visit. Having immigrated from Hong Kong before the twins were born, Ipo and Keon have supported their children through thick and thin and are ready to lend a hand--but they're starting to wonder, has their support made Milly and Billy incapable of standing on their own? When Ipo forces them to help her clean up the house next door--a hellish and run-down ruin that was the scene of a grisly murder--the twins are in for a nasty surprise. A night of terror, gore, and supernatural mayhem reveals that there is much more to Ipo and her children than meets the eye.
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm by Charlie Mackesy cover
Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
by Charlie Mackesy

Charlie Mackesy's four unlikely friends are wandering through the wilds again. They're not sure what they are looking for. They do know that life can be difficult, but that they love each other, and cake is often the answer. When the dark clouds come, can the boy remember what he needs to get through the storm?
Hirayasumi by Keigo Shinzo cover
Hirayasumi
by Keigo Shinzo

At 29 years old, carefree Hiroto Ikuta doesn't have a girlfriend, a full-time job, or a plan for the future--and he couldn't be happier. Hiroto's breezy attitude isn't easy for everyone to understand, though. In a world filled with anxiety, confusion, and grief, Hiroto and the people who surround him are all just doing their best to figure out this thing called life. After developing an unlikely friendship with the grouchy old woman who lives in his neighborhood, Hiroto suddenly finds himself inheriting not just her house but some rather difficult emotions as well. His 18-year-old cousin, Natsumi, moves in with him, but as a struggling art student, she has her own troubles to deal with and may just put Hiroto's easygoing lifestyle to the test.
Ginseng Roots: A Memoir by Craig Thompson cover
Ginseng Roots
by Craig Thompson

Learn about Craig Thompson and his siblings, who spent the summers of their youth weeding and harvesting rows of coveted American ginseng on rural Wisconsin farms for one dollar an hour. Stretching from Marathon, Wisconsin, to northeast China, the book charts the rise of industrial agriculture, the decline of American labor, and the search for a sense of home in a rapidly changing world.
Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives! by Dan Watters cover
Universal Monsters: Creature from the Black Lagoon Lives!
by Dan Watters

Years after the events of the original film, Journalist Kate Marsden hunts for a notorious serial killer in the heart of the Amazon. Hot on the trail of this madman, she soon encounters an unexpected new threat -- but is he friend or foe? Or is it simply...The Creature from the Black Lagoon?
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End by Kanehito Yamada cover
Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
by Kanehito Yamada

The adventure is over but life goes on for an elf mage just beginning to learn what living is all about. Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party. How will she come to understand what life means to the people around her? Decades after their victory, the funeral of one her friends confronts Frieren with her own near immortality. Frieren sets out to fulfill the last wishes of her comrades and finds herself beginning a new adventure.
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