Filter By Subjects
Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Blind women Blind women Biography Comic books, strips, etc Chong, Vivian Comic books, strips, etc Generals Cartoons and comics Graphic novels Presidents Cartoons and comics Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Toxic epidermal necrolysis Toxic epidermal necrolysis Comic books, strips, etcFilter By Subjects
Autobiographical comic books, strips, etc Blind women Blind women Biography Comic books, strips, etc Chong, Vivian Comic books, strips, etc Generals Cartoons and comics Graphic novels Presidents Cartoons and comics Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Toxic epidermal necrolysis Toxic epidermal necrolysis Comic books, strips, etcGeorges, Nicole J.
Summary: After discovering that who she thought was her father was indeed not, Portland-based "zinester" Nicole Georges embarks upon a journey of identity.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2013
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GEOWebber, Georgia
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...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books, Inc. 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.196 WEBTakei, George
Summary: Presents a graphic memoir detailing the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Top Shelf Productions 2019
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in JT Non-Fiction, Call number: JT People TakeiGaet's
Summary: "In the middle of a depressing youth in a ghetto of Kingston, Jamaica, Robert Nesta Marley sees only one way out: music. And that music will be what Jamaica made of rock and pop locally that had hardly been heard anywhere else: reggae! It is Marley who brings the unmistakable beat of reggae to the entire world. From small stages in Jamaica, his partners of the Wailers accompany him all the way...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2019
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 GAELangston-George, Rebecca
Summary: "An action-packed graphic novel about Virginia Hall, known as one of the most courageous spies of World War II. In the early 1940s, during World War II, Germany's Nazi regime expanded into neighboring European countries, committing horrific crimes against Jewish people and other groups. Enter: Virginia Hall. Born on a small Maryland farm, this brilliant woman's worldly ambitions led her to a...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, an imprint of Capstone 2023
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HALVan Lente, Fred
Summary: A graphic biography of America's first president blends true facts with humorous illustrations to bring American history to life.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
Copies Available at East Bay
1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 VANCopies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 WASChong, Vivian
Summary: "In late 2004, Vivian Chong's life was changed forever when a rare skin disease, TEN (Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis), left her with scar tissue that would eventually blind her. As she was losing her sight, she put down as many drawings on paper as she could to document the experience. In Dancing After TEN, Chong teams up with cartoonist Georgia Webber -- whose graphic autobiography, Dumb,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Fantagraphics Books 2020