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"Mixing dystopian sci-fi, mythic fantasy, and zombie horror, Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis, is a graphic novel based on a suppressed opera composed in 1943 by two prisoners, Peter Kien and Viktor Ullmann, at the Terezín concentration camp in Czechoslovakia. The authors did not live to see their masterpiece performed. Set in an alternative universe where Atlantis never sank but instead became a technologically advanced tyranny, the power-mad...
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Viking Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
20240423
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English
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"Ariel has dreams of leaving her southside Chicago neighborhood and making it big as a punk rocker with her best friends and bandmates, now that they've graduated from high school, but the realities of young adulthood make that challenging and strain their friendships with each other."--
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Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
20240227
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English
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"Meet little Maurice Vellekoop, the youngest of five children raised by Dutch immigrants in the 1970s in a middle class suburb of Toronto. He loves watching Cher and Carol Burnett on TV, making clothes for his best friend's Barbie dolls, and helping his mum with her hair salon which she runs out of the basement of the house. In short: he is really, really gay. Which is a huge problem, because his family is part of the Christian Reformed Church, a...
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2024
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"There's a comet speeding in from the outer solar system, and it's about to slam into an asteroid. Who will be left standing after this interplanetary smackdown? The pockmarked asteroid, a veteran fighter who's already seen some action? Or the dazzling comet, with its incredible velocity and a tail that stretches millions of miles? Kicking off a dynamic series on cosmic collisions, Asteroid vs. Comet starts by comparing the two opponents, then offers...
6) 49 days
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"Day 1. Gotta get up. Gotta keep moving. This map - it says I have to cross over here. Wait, what's that...? And so begins a graphic novel story unlike any other: 49 Days. In Buddhist tradition, a person must travel for forty-nine days after they die, before they can fully cross over. Here in this book, readers travel with one Korean American girl, Kit, on her journey, while also spending time with her family and friends left behind. Agnes Lee has...
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Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"On September 13, 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn't properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later. A wave of protests soon spread through the whole country, and crowds adopted the slogan...
8) Anna
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Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2024
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English
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This debut graphic novel by an up-and-coming star of the German comics scene is an audacious allegory of female resistance and radical acceptance.
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2024
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Stranded in the world of Twisted Wonderland, Yu must brave a magical school filled with ghosts, monsters, and uncooperative students! Still trying to get his friend Ace out of trouble, Yu attends one of Heartslabyul Dorm's traditional unbirthday parties. But instead of solving Ace's problems or having a bit of fun, they wind up incurring the wrath of the housewarden, Riddle!
10) Barking
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Avery Hill Publishing
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2024.
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English
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Loopy . . . cuckoo . . . stark raving. . . When the depression and grief Alix feels over the death of her friend overwhelm her, she's institutionalised. But inside a psychiatric ward, things don't get better for her - now she has nowhere to get away from her rapidly-spiraling thoughts. As Alix navigates disinterested attendants, group therapy, and isolation, she must build herself a new equilibrium and tame the black dog of her depression. Inspired...
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Top Shelf Productions
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2024.
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English
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Jonny Quest meets Infinite Jest! This mind-bending book-half graphic novel, half postmodern mystery, and 25% footnotes-is a thrilling tribute to the ways we build meaning out of disposable pop culture.WHO IS MARY TYLER MOOREHAWK? How did she save the world from a dimension-hopping megalomaniac? Why was her TV show canceled after only nine episodes? These are just a few of the questions that young journalist Dave Baker begins to ask himself as he unravels...
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2024
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English
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Roped into making a dojinshi for the largest otaku gathering, Comiket, Megumi finds herself torn between her love for anime and manga, and her crush on the otaku-hating Masamune. While shopping for supplies, she meets a woman cosplaying on the street. The two click immediately--but Megumi soon finds that the woman has an unexpected connection to Masamune as well...
13) Big Game
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Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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"Collecting the smash hit crossover event of 2023 where over twenty Millarworld franchises are brought together for the first time and chaos ensues. This is Nemesis versus Kick-Ass, Kingsman, Superior, The Magic Order, Huck, the Night Club and all your favorite characters from our comic books, movies and TV shows"--
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Pub. Date
2023
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English
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Relive the good old otaku days with this sentimental and comical reflection on a teen's path to self-acceptance. This nostalgic coming-of-age story is perfect for fans of Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku! Otaku culture has finally become mainstream, and Megumi can't quite get used to it. Divorced, with a teen daughter, Megumi thinks fondly back to her days as an anime and manga otaku--in 1995. That year, she transferred to a new school and decided...
15) The fox maidens
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English
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"Set in 16th century Korea, this queer, feminist reimagining of the Fox Maiden legend from Korean mythology follows Kai Song, who is determined to be a warrior as she must come to terms with her true identity and take control of her destiny after learning a deadly secret."--
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DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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"Scooby-doo and his friends Shaggy, Velma, Daphne and Fred are used to investigating ghosts, but what happens when they find themselves hired by one (or three)!? They'll team up with Aquaman under the sea, the Flash in Gorilla City and Hawkman and Hawkgirl in the Midway City Museum (despite their objections). They'll even go up against the Monster Society of Evil to rescue the Marvel Family"--Back cover.
17) Civil war: X-Men
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Marvel Comics
Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
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The X-Men, who have remained neutral concerning the Superhuman Registration Act, find they must choose sides between the heroes that support the legislation and those who fight against it.
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Marvel Comics
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2007.
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English
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The Superhero Registration Act is passed, the one remaining member of the superhero team involved in the Stamford Tragedy, Speedball, is captured and sent to prison, and civil war begins in the Marvel Universe as reporters Sally Floyd and Ben Urich try to cover the story in an impartial manner.
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