Weiner, Andrew
Summary: To help her fall asleep, the author tells his daughter a bedtime story from his mischievous childhood when he bought magic beans with his mother's grocery money.
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Publisher / Publication Date: LB Ink/Little, Brown and Company 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 WEICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: JFIC WEI (GRAPHIC NOVEL)Ai, Weiwei
Summary: "As a child living in exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei often found himself with nothing to read but government-approved comic books. Although they were restricted by the confines of political propaganda, Ai Weiwei was struck by the artists' ability to express their thoughts on art and humanity through graphic storytelling. Now, decades later, Ai Weiwei and Italian comic artist...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ten Speed Graphic, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2024
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 921 AI, WEIWEI AIEisner, Will.
Summary: Comics luminary Will Eisner takes on literary giant Charles Dickens, in this fascinating retelling of the life of Oliver Twist's Fagin! Imagining Fagin's impoverished childhood in the slums of London and his initiation into the criminal underworld, Eisner's story counters the anti-Semitism of Victorian literature as his gorgeous brushwork creates an evocative portrait of the era. Now with...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2013
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Eisner, Will.
Summary: The legendary graphic novel and the sequels that launched an art form. With graphic narrative that "was closer to the writing of Bernard Malamud or Isaac Bashevis Singer than any comic art which had preceded it" (The Economist), A Contract with God, originally published in 1978, was the first graphic novel: the prototype-along with A Life Force and Dropsie Avenue-for such seminal works as Maus...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton 2006
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Summary: "Riverdale High prides itself on providing a quality education. But to Jughead Jones, what matters most is meal time--and Riverdale delivers solid midday chow. But when that sacred time is tampered with by a hot-headed new principal, Jughead swears vengeance! Can the burger-loving beanpole curry enough favor (see what we did there?) to rollback the cuisine catastrophe?"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archie Comics Publications, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC ZDASteiner, Jeanette
Summary: Quasimodo, the kindhearted and deformed bell-ringer of Notre Dame, struggles to gain acceptance into society as he tries to help his friend escape from a vicious government minister.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Spotlight, a division of ABDO 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J FIC DISWaid, Mark
Summary: "In the past two years, the little town of Riverdale has changed in a number of amazing ways. The entire Archie universe has been given a fresh coat of paint and it's only getting bigger and better from here. Road to Riverdale presents to readers all of the first issues of each of our new series so far, including Archie, Jughead, Betty and Veronica, Josie and the Pussycats, and Reggie & Me,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archie Comic Publications 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 ROAFrattino, Andre R.
Summary: "Tells the true story of Iva Toguri, a Japanese American woman who was visiting relatives in Tokyo shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Trapped in Japan, Iva was pressed to renounce her American citizenship, but refused. As war raged across the Pacific, she took a job with Radio Tokyo-where she was forced to host "Zero Hour," a propaganda show aimed at demoralizing American troops-in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Tuttle Publishing 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 TOGURI, IVA FRALerner, Jarrett
Summary: "Gabby the babysitter is stuck in a house without snacks! How will she survive without her mushroom pizza, chocolate donuts, and peanut butter-filled pretzels? The Hunger Heroes know it's only a matter of time before she's in the hangry danger zone. They think it's an open and shut case, but little do they know that an enemy--a giant green one--lurks in the shadows to defeat them" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2022
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Summary: "Dumb's protagonist Georgia lives the relatively carefree and ordinary life of a twentysomething in Montreal: working at a café, volunteering at a local bike co-op, and going out on the town with friends. But when a sudden unanticipated throat injury forces her into months of silence, her life is thrown into disarray. Unable to work her customer service job, she must find new income. Conversing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2018
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Summary: "Meet the Hunger Heroes: Toots the Bean, Chip Ninja, Tammy the Tomato, and Leonard, a wedge of cheddar cheese, ready to save kids--even cranky, annoying ones--all over the world while flying around in their taco hovercraft! It's a typical Monday when the Hunger Heroes get the call: a kid in Ms. Sternbladder's class missed breakfast and isn't allowed to have snacks! How will he pass his math...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Aladdin 2021
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Summary: The legacy of Hunter Rose lives on through the tortured life of Rose's adopted daughter Stacy, and once again finds full bloom in Stacy's own daughter Christine Spar. Reviving Grendel's reign of terror, Spar leads the way for its murderous identity to claim more hosts, each more powerful than the last, and more malicious! This volume also contains Wagner's return as writer and artist, in a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse 2013
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Wheeler, Andrew
Summary: "Princess Misty of Beldora longs for a more exciting life, but gets more than she bargained for when she is captured by Lord Badlug, the ruler of the neighboring kingdom of Grimoire. He intends to marry her and conquer Beldora, leading the land into ruin and chaos. Together with the long-suffering citizens of Grimoire and a certain bumbling prince, Misty must fight to protect her kingdom and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 WHEColmenares, Andrés J.
Summary: "Nine-year-old Iggie is the new kid in the town of Peculiar Woods, and nothing about his new home is familiar. So how is he supposed to make friends when he's not allowed to talk to strangers? On his first night in the strange new town, Iggie gets lost in the woods, where he discovers he can speak to inanimate objects. He soon teams up with his blanket, Faye, a talking chair and yoga enthusiast...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Andrews McMeel Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 COLAndrews, Ryan
Summary: Ben and his friends are determined to find out where the paper lanterns of the annual Autumn Equinox Festival go, so they follow the river as far as they can until the only followers left are Ben and Nathaniel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019
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Summary: "Back on the job at Spyral, Dick now has a mission all his own: find out more about Agent Zero. Scouring through the secret lab of deceased scientist and Spyral founder Otto Netz, Grayson finds his foes much closer than expected! To solve the case, there's only one solution: bring his own organization Spyral down from within. Dick's days as a double-agent may soon end in death! The hit series...
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Publisher / Publication Date: DC Comics 2016
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1 available in Young Adult Oversize, Call number: YA 741.5 GRARucka, Greg.
Summary: "Journey with us into the time after the end of Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi! Writer Greg Rucka (Punisher, Wolverine, Gotham Central) and artist Marco Checchetto (Avengers World, Punisher) take us past the destruction of the second Death Star -- and into the chaos of a shattered Empire. Everything you need to know is right here!" -- back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2016
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The first issues of nine of comics' most compelling new titles are collected in this shelf-busting compendium. Discover new horror, drama, fantasy, and science fiction by some of comics' top talent-- writers and artists who will draw readers into their worlds and hook them in a single issue.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Image Comics, Inc. 2016
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 WILHolm, Jennifer L.
Summary: "Babymouse has the BEST imagination. She makes the BEST cupcakes. And her BEST friend is Wilson. Then why is Wilson hanging out with the new kid in school so much? And why is the new kid so GOOD at everything?! Well, Babymouse is just going to have to be even BETTER than this new kid. No, she's going to have to be the BEST!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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Summary: Jughead is back and so is Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Burger Lady is also part of the action.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archie Comic Publications, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA GRAPHIC ZDAWarner, Andy
Summary: "Find out more than you ever thought possible about creatures both cute and weird, large and small, while discovering new stories about human history from the perspective of our animal companions"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 590 WARMoore, Stuart.
Summary: "When the X-Men are confronted with a deadly vampire threat, Namor takes matters into his own hands on a mission that might bring the entire might of the Marvel Universe's vampires down on their heads--and destroy Atlantis in the process! What lurks in the depths of the ocean where the sun does not reach? What Namor thought was a fable to scare the children of Atlantis comes to terrifying life...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Marvel 2011
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 NAMGay, Roxane
Summary: "Follow the journey of two young adults, Joshua and Claire, each individually shaped by the day the sky went dark, but drawn to each other because of it. Coming of age in this new landscape, they will be forced to confront and challenge notions of identity, guilt, and survival as the darkness grows around them. When fear threatens to envelop all hope they have left, the two discover that love,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA GRAPHIC GAYSchweizer, Chris
Summary: "Peter Crogan's stint with the French Foreign Legion is nearing its end, but before he can hang up his kepi he'll have to survive the relentless heat, an army of desert raiders, a reckless commander, and a mysterious and terrible creature that is picking off his companions one by one ..."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oni Press 2015