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American wit and humor, Pictorial Asia Social life and customs 19th century Comic books, strips, etc Fiction Comic books, strips, etc Data structures (Computer science) Graphic novels Graphic novels Japan Japan Japan Social life and customs 20th century Comic books, strips, etc Manners and customs United StatesZhang, Lun
Summary: Follow the story of China's infamous June Fourth Incident--otherwise known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre--from the first-hand account of a young sociology teacher who witnessed it all.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Idea & Design Works 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 951.058 ZHAHulls, Tessa
Summary: "Tessa Hulls delves into her own family history and the intergenerational trauma caused by mental illness and political strife"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: MCD, Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 HULLS, TESSA HULRobeson, Teresa
Summary: "Follow the 14th Dalai Lama's harrowing escape to India in 1959, as he fled Chinese suppression of a national uprising in Tibet. A story of risk and political tension, this graphic novel invites readers to immerse themselves in the incredible story of the Tibetan spiritual and political leader--brought to life by gripping narrative and vivid full-color illustrations that jump off the page"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: J 921 DALBell, Darrin
Summary: "This graphic memoir by a winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning offers a deeply personal meditation on the "the talk" parents must have with Black children about racism and the brutality that often accompanies it, a ritual attempt to keep kids safe and prepare them for a world that--to paraphrase Toni Morrison--does not love them. Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 BELL, DARRIN BELCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B BELL BELHeagerty, Mat
Summary: When Erin's parents ban her from using her electronic devices, she realizes that aliens are using screens to control the human race and the only people who notice are Erin and her grandmother.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press, an Oni Press Publication 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 HEAAbouet, Marguerite
Summary: "The plucky, troublemaking Akissi is back with her mischief on The Ivory Coast! This time, she has to keep herself from drowning, stand up to a bully, make peace with her arch nemesis--the prettiest girl in school, and evade a witch doctor's potion."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books, an imprint of Nobrow Ltd. 2019
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Summary: "Fights is the visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a Black child in a chaotic landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 921 GILLemelman, Martin.
Summary: A memoir in graphic novel form. Lemelman, the son of Holocaust survivors, describes his experiences growing up in Brooklyn, NY in the 1950's and 1960's.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury USA 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.71 LEMTakamatsu, Misaki
Summary: "While Mitsumi adjusts to big city life, her cheerful and forthright personality brings joy to her classmates. Now that she's getting the hang of high school, her circle expands even further."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seven Seas 2021
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 SKIEbensperger, Gabriel
Summary: "A child who feels like an outsider in a world that's set against him. A boy who sings on the playground instead of playing soccer, who likes Barbies, and whose secretly favorite car is the one called Tutti Frutti. Gabriel Ebensperger shares with us his struggles with his own inadequacy, his feelings of guilt, and above all, his fear that his "difference" will be discovered. The vibrant bright...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Street Noise Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 EBENSPERGER, GABRIEL EBETrudeau, G. B.
Summary: No one can feel the pulse of the world like Garry Trudeau, whose satirical look at the 1960's and early 1970's is a real delight.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holt, Rinehart and Winston 1975
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TRUEhrbar, Gregory
Summary: A graphic novel adaptation of and introduction to the Disney live action movie about Mulan, who's different from the other girls in her village, and feels like a disappointment to her family--until a wise remark from her younger sister changes her perspective.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2020
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Summary: "Cole Pauls returns with Kwändǖr, a short story collection of Southern Tutchone and Yukon tales. Gathering Pauls's comics from magazines, comic festivals and zine making workshops, these comics are Pauls's most personal work yet. You'll learn stories about the author's family, racism and identity, Yukon history, winter activities, Southern Tutchone language lessons and cultural practices. Have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Conundrum Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 PAUTsuge, Yoshiharu
Summary: "Yoshiharu Tsuge is one of the most celebrated and influential comics artists, but his work has been almost entirely unavailable to English-speaking audiences. The Man Without Talent, his first book to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs--used-camera salesman,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York Review Comics 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 TSUMori, Kaoru
Summary: "Mr. Smith keeps on his journey retracing his steps, stopping next at a seaside village where he is greeted by a pair of enthusiastic young brides! Laila and Leily are eager to prove themselves as capable hostesses, but failing in the attempt could have serious social consequences. As the twins scramble in the kitchen, the discussion around the table turns to recent rumors of danger in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRIButler, Nancy
Summary: An adaptation of the original by Jane Austen that tells of Lizzy Bennet and her loveable, eccentric family as they navigate through tricky British social circles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel Worldwide 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BUTGonzález, Echo Elise
Summary: A graphic-style nonfiction adventure into fundamental concepts in computer science. -- adapted from publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: World Book, a Scott Fetzer Company 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 005.74 GONAbouet, Marguerite
Summary: "Our favorite troublemaker is back in this graphic novel collection of wild childhood adventures set on the Ivory Coast! Akissi and her posse are still wreaking havoc wherever they go. Join her as she tackles skeletons, plays matchmaker with mixed results, dreads moving to the wolf-infested wilds of Paris, and writes poetry, which stinks."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flying Eye Books 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 ABOMori, Kaoru
Summary: "Having reached his destination in Ankara, Smith is not only reunited with his old friend, but also Talas, the woman he briefly stayed with on his journey. An agreement was made, and now Smith must travel back to Amir and Karluk with his new companions and newly acquired camera. However, the roads back are perilous as war approaches..."--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yen Press 2019
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 BRINakazawa, Keiji.
Summary: "Volume eight opens in 1950. Gen is now in middle school, where he meets both a progressive-minded schoolteacher at odds with his conservative superiors, and a brilliant but cynical classmate who challenges the teacher's-- and Gen's-- values at every turn. Gen also finds himself confronting the corrosive effects of drugs and the arms industry on postwar Hiroshima society. With the Korean War...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Last Gasp of San Francisco 0000
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BARSaito, Nazuna
Summary: "A collection of manga short stories about aging and death. Anxiety and longing suffuse incisive portraits of post-war Japan."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2023
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NAZDíaz Canales, Juan
Summary: "Private investigator John Blacksad is up to his feline ears in mystery and intrigue, digging up the backstories behind murders, child abductions, and nuclear secrets during the 1950s Red Scare in the United States" -- p. [4] of cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2010
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 DIAPekar, Harvey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2005
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: OVS 741.5 PEKBayarri, Jordi
Summary: Ancient Greek studies are all about philosophers, incredible artworks, and the gods and goddesses. But there were regular families living there too! In this entertaining graphic novel, an ancient Greek family lives through some of the most important discoveries of the time: democracy, the crane, and cartography. Told through three chapters and including an appendix of historical context, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2023