Bagieu, Pénélope

Summary: With her characteristic wit and dazzling drawings, celebrated graphic novelist Penelope Bagieu profiles the lives of these feisty female role models, some world famous, some little known. From Nellie Bly to Mae Jemison or Josephine Baker to Naziq al-Abid, the stories in this comic biography are sure to inspire the next generation of rebel ladies.

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Book Press 2018

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 920 BAG

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA 920 Bagieu

Simon, Eddy

Summary: "This comics biography of one of the greatest sculptors who ever lived is done with the collaboration of the Rodin Museum and includes a preface by its director. It views his life through the eyes of the three women who shared his life for good or for bad. One was his lifelong on and off companion, the other two his muses, one of which was Camille Claudel, a well-recognized sculptor herself....

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Publisher / Publication Date: NBM Graphic Novels 2020

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 SIM

Squarzoni, Philippe

Summary: "Homicide, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned as a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology. This thrilling second volume concludes the saga. A woman is stabbed and left to die in her bedroom. A taxi cab driver is killed for a handful of jewelry. A man is gunned down over a debt of $8. As the board fills with red ink, the pressure rises. All the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2023

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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 HOM

Squarzoni, Philippe

Summary: Homicide, the celebrated true crime-book from the creator of HBO's The Wire, is reenvisioned in this first volume of a gritty, cinematic graphic novel duology. In 1988, journalist David Simon was given unprecedented access to the Baltimore Police Department's homicide unit. Over the next twelve months, he shadowed detectives as they took on a slew of killings in a city where killings were...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press 2023

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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 HOM

Reed, M. K.

Summary: "As snowpocalypse descends once again, one temperamental weatherman is determined to set the record straight on the myths and misconceptions surrounding the elements. What is the difference between weather and climate? How do weather satellites predict the future? Can someone outrun a tornado? Does the rotation of the Earth affect wind currents? And does meteorology have anything to do with...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 551.6 REE

Rosenberg, Ian

Summary: "In this volume of the World Citizen Comics series, Ian Rosenberg and Mike Cavallaro create a practical framework for appreciating where our free speech protections have come from and how they may develop in the future. Freedom of speech is fiercely defended in America and has been since the First Amendment was written. But how does it work, and what laws shape it? Drawing on parallels between...

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Publisher / Publication Date: First Second 2021

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 342.7 ROS