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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel
In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father. Distant and exacting, Bruce Bechdel was an English teacher and director of the town funeral home, which Alison and her family referred to as the Fun Home. It was not until college that Alison, who had recently come out as a lesbian, discovered that her father was also gay. A few weeks after this revelation, he was dead, leaving a legacy of mystery for his daughter to resolve.
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Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
by Art Spiegelman
A brutally moving work of art, widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written, Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author’s account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.
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The Talk
by Darrin Bell
Cartoonist Darrin Bell examines how "The Talk", his mother's warning about the dangers Black boys face from police, given when he was six, shaped his life from childhood to adulthood. Through evocative illustrations and sharp humor, Bell chronicles coming of age in Los Angeles, finding his voice through cartooning, and becoming painfully aware of being perceived as dangerous. The memoir connects these intimate experiences to the national reckoning following the murders of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, culminating in Bell deciding if he must now give "The Talk" to his own six-year-old son.
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Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
by Kate Beaton
Before she was the bestselling cartoonist of Hark A Vagrant, Kate Beaton followed a long tradition of East Coasters seeking work elsewhere, heading west to Alberta's oil rush to pay off student loans. Her first full-length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, recounts her time working in isolated, male-dominated oil camps. Amidst colossal machinery and sublime Albertan scenery, Beaton confronts the harsh reality of the oil sands—a place where trauma is routine and unspoken. The memoir is an untold story of Canada, exposing the exploitation of both its natural riches and its people.
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March: Book One
by John Lewis
March: Book One is a vivid, first-hand graphic memoir detailing John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights. The book spans his youth in rural Alabama, his life-changing meeting with Martin Luther King, Jr., and the birth of the Nashville Student Movement. It culminates in their nonviolent lunch counter sit-ins and the battle to tear down segregation, echoing the 1950s comic Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story that originally inspired Lewis.
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Batman: The Killing Joke
by Alan Moore
For the first time the Joker's origin is revealed in this tale of insanity and human perseverance. Looking to prove that any man can be pushed past his breaking point and go mad, the Joker attempts to drive Commissioner Gordon insane. After shooting and permanently paralyzing his daughter Barbara (a.k.a. Batgirl), the Joker kidnaps the commissioner and attacks his mind in hopes of breaking the man. But refusing to give up, Gordon maintains his sanity with the help of Batman in an effort to beset the madman.
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Monstress, Volume 1: Awakening
by Marjorie Liu
Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, MONSTRESS tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.
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Saga Volume 1
by Brian K. Vaughan
The sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. Fantasy and science fiction are wed like never before in a sexy, subversive drama for adults.
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Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
by Marjane Satrapi
Persepolis is a graphic memoir in powerful black-and-white images, telling the story of Marjane Satrapi's life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen. As the outspoken child of committed Marxists, Marjane witnesses the overthrow of the Shah, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating Iran-Iraq War. The book offers an unforgettable and intensely personal portrait of daily life in Iran, exposing the contradictions between home and public life, and reminding readers of the human cost of war and political repression.
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Fullmetal Alchemist, Volume 1
by Hiromu Arakawa
After a failed alchemical ritual to resurrect their mother, brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric suffer a terrible cost: Edward loses an arm and a leg, while Alphonse becomes a soul bonded to a suit of armor. Now a State Alchemist equipped with mechanical "auto-mail" limbs, Edward hunts for the legendary Philosopher's Stone—the only item that can restore their bodies. As agents of the military, they must confront their enemies, who are equally ruthless in their pursuit of the ultimate alchemical treasure.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin
by Kevin Eastman
The Last Ronin is the final, climactic story of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, three decades in the making, from legendary co-creators Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Set in a future, battle-ravaged New York City, the graphic novel follows the lone surviving Turtle on a seemingly hopeless mission to seek justice for his lost family. This complete five-issue miniseries promises to reveal the terrible events that created a post-apocalyptic nightmare and turned longtime friends into enemies.
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Clementine Book One
by Tillie Walden
Clementine is back on the road, looking to put her traumatic past behind her and forge a new path all her own. But when she comes across an Amish teenager named Amos with his head in the clouds, the unlikely pair journeys North to an abandoned ski resort in Vermont, where they meet up with a small group of teenagers attempting to build a new, walker-free settlement. As friendship, rivalry, and romance begin to blossom amongst the group, the harsh winter soon reveals that the biggest threat to their survival...might be each other.--
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Fruits Basket Collector's Edition, Vol. 1
by Natsuki Takaya
A family with an ancient curse... and the girl who will change their lives forever...Tohru Honda was an orphan with no place to go until the mysterious Sohma family offered her a place to call home. Now her ordinary high school life is turned upside down as she's introduced to the Sohma's world of magical curses and family secrets.
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They Called Us Enemy
by George Takei
They Called Us Enemy is the powerful graphic memoir of actor/author/activist George Takei, recounting his childhood imprisonment in American concentration camps during World War II. At age four, Takei and his family were forced from their home when every person of Japanese descent on the west coast was rounded up. This firsthand account details the joys and terrors of growing up under legalized racism, his parents' struggle, and how those experiences shaped him into the American icon known for Star Trek.
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The Death and Return of Superman 30th Anniversary Collection
by Roger Stern
It was the comic event that shook the world to its core: The Death and Return of Superman. This hardcover collection not only showcases new stories during The Man of Steel’s epic battle with the monster Doomsday, but also celebrates his triumphant return. With brand-new stories by the original creative teams behind The Death of Superman and The Return of Superman, this collection is a must have for any fan.
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