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1. Maus a Survivors Tale: And Here My Troubles Begin
by: Art Spiegelman Release date: Sep 01, 1992 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
The continuation of Spiegelman’s story of his father’s life as a concentration camp survivor. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Spiegelman balances flashbacks of his father’s harrowing Holocaust experiences with scenes of the present.
2. Batman: The Killing Joke
by: Alan Moore, Brian Bolland Release date: Mar 19, 2008 Number of Pages: 48 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
A NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller! Presented for the first time with stark, stunning new coloring by Brian Bolland, BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE is Alan Moore’s unforgettable meditation on the razor-thin line between sanity and insanity, heroism and villainy, comedy and tragedy. According to the grinning engine of madness and mayhem known as the Joker, that’s all that separates the sane from the psychotic. Freed once again from the confines of Arkham Asylum, he’s out to prove his deranged point. And he’s going to use Gotham City’s top cop, Commissioner Jim Gordon, and the Commissioner’s brilliant and beautiful daughter Barbara to do it.
3. Saga
by: Brian K. Vaughan Release date: Jan 01, 2013 Number of Pages: 144 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
4. Blankets
by: Craig Thompson Release date: Oct 01, 2017 Number of Pages: 592 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
First UK publication for this modern classic ‘Moving, tender, beautifully drawn, painfully honest and probably the most important graphic novel since Jimmy Corrigan.’ NEIL GAIMAN ‘Blankets is a classic in every genre it touches.’ STEPHEN CHBOSKY, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower ‘One of the greatest love stories ever written and surely the best ever drawn.’ JOSS WHEDON Wrapped in the snowfall of a blustery Midwestern winter, Blankets is the tale of two brothers growing up in rural isolation, and of the budding romance between two young lovers. A tale of security and discovery, of playfulness and tragedy, of a fall from grace and the origins of faith, Blankets is a profound and utterly beautiful work.
5. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
by: Frank Miller Release date: Jul 20, 2017 Number of Pages: 224 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
6. Jimmy Corrigan
by: Chris Ware Release date: Jan 01, 2003 Number of Pages: 380 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
A graphic novel chronicles four generations of the Corrigan men, from 1893 to 1983.
7. Fun Home
by: Alison Bechdel Release date: Jan 01, 2007 Number of Pages: 232 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father–a funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.
8. Arkham Asylum
by: Release date: Jan 01, 2004 Number of Pages: 200 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Led by the Joker, the patients of Arkham Asylum take over the building and threaten to murder the staff unless Batman agrees to meet with them, a situation that results in Batman being pushed to the brink of madness himself.
9. Saga of the Swamp Thing
by: Alan Moore, Steve Bissette, John Totlebaum Release date: Jan 01, 2013 Number of Pages: 208 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
“Originally published as The Saga of the Swamp Thing 35-38 and Swamp Thing 39-42.”
10. X-Men
by: Release date: May 11, 2011 Number of Pages: 96 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Contains material originally published in magazine form as Marvel graphic novel #5: God loves, man kills.
11. Ghost World
by: Daniel Clowes, Adam Grano Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Number of Pages: 232 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
A commemorative edition of the classic work offers previously published and new comics, the Oscar-nominated screenplay, artist sketches, promotional memorabilia, cover art, and notes.
12. A Contract with God
by: Will Eisner Release date: Dec 17, 2006 Number of Pages: 182 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
A single-volume edition of a classic Great Depression graphic novel series documents its role in launching the graphic novel as an art form, in a collection that fictionally depicts its creator’s bittersweet struggles with a vengeful God within a tenement district. Reprint.
13. Born Again
by: Frank Miller Release date: Jan 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 203 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Contains material originally published in magazine form as Daredevil #226-233.
14. Watchmen
by: Alan Moore Release date: Jan 01, 2014 Number of Pages: 448 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
As former members of a disbanded group of superheroes called the Crimebusters start turning up dead, the remaining members of the group try to discover the identity of the murderer before they, too, are killed.
15. From Hell
by: Release date: Jan 01, 2006 Number of Pages: 560 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
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16. Nimona
by: Noelle Stevenson Release date: May 12, 2015 Number of Pages: 272 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
The graphic novel debut from rising star Noelle Stevenson, based on her beloved and critically acclaimed web comic, which Slate awarded its Cartoonist Studio Prize, calling it “a deadpan epic.” Nemeses! Dragons! Science! Symbolism! All these and more await in this brilliantly subversive, sharply irreverent epic from Noelle Stevenson. Featuring an exclusive epilogue not seen in the web comic, along with bonus conceptual sketches and revised pages throughout, this gorgeous full-color graphic novel is perfect for the legions of fans of the web comic and is sure to win Noelle many new ones. Nimona is an impulsive young shapeshifter with a knack for villainy. Lord Ballister Blackheart is a villain with a vendetta. As sidekick and supervillain, Nimona and Lord Blackheart are about to wreak some serious havoc. Their mission: prove to the kingdom that Sir Ambrosius Goldenloin and his buddies at the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren’t the heroes everyone thinks they are. But as small acts of mischief escalate into a vicious battle, Lord Blackheart realizes that Nimona’s powers are as murky and mysterious as her past. And her unpredictable wild side might be more dangerous than he is willing to admit.
17. New Teen Titans
by: Marv Wolfman Release date: Sep 23, 2014 Number of Pages: 240 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Collects the adventures of the Teen Titans, a group composed of Robin, Wonder Girl, Kid Flash, Starfire, and others.
18. American Born Chinese
by: Gene Luen Yang Release date: Sep 05, 2006 Number of Pages: 240 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
A tour-de-force by rising indy comics star Gene Yang, American Born Chinese tells the story of three apparently unrelated characters: Jin Wang, who moves to a new neighborhood with his family only to discover that he’s the only Chinese-American student at his new school; the powerful Monkey King, subject of one of the oldest and greatest Chinese fables; and Chin-Kee, a personification of the ultimate negative Chinese stereotype, who is ruining his cousin Danny’s life with his yearly visits. Their lives and stories come together with an unexpected twist in this action-packed modern fable. American Born Chinese is an amazing ride, all the way up to the astonishing climax. American Born Chinese is a 2006 National Book Award Finalist for Young People’s Literature, the winner of the 2007 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Album: New, an Eisner Award nominee for Best Coloring and a 2007 Bank Street – Best Children’s Book of the Year. This title has Common Core Connections
19. Green Arrow
by: Various Release date: Jul 05, 2016 Number of Pages: 500 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
“Originally published in single magazine form in MORE FUN COMICS #73, Y LEADING COMICS ADVENTURE COMICS Ā JUSTICE LEAGUE OF AMERICA THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD U GREEN LANTERN #85, #86, Z DETECTIVE COMICS #549, #550, ȯ GREEN ARROW #24, #100, e GREEN ARROW #4, 18; GREEN ARROW: YEAR ONE GREEN ARROW AND BLACK CANARY WEDDING SPECIAL GREEN ARROW JUSTICE LEAGUE GREEN ARROW #24”
20. X-Men: Days of Future Past
by: Chris Claremont Release date: Jan 26, 2021 Number of Pages: 184 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
21. Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? the Deluxe Edition
by: Alan Moore Release date: Dec 22, 2020 Number of Pages: 128 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Alan Moore’s definitive tales of the Man of Steel featuring Batman, Wonder Woman, Robin and more is offered in a Deluxe Edition hardcover for the first time. Legendary writer Alan Moore’s seminal Superman tales are collected in this Deluxe Edition hardcover in which the Man of Steel faces his greatest foes and his final battle with the combined forces of Brainiac and Lex Luthor! Also featuring the classic story For the Man who has Everything from Superman Annual #11 in which Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman fight the evil warlord Mongul for the fate of The Man of Steel, as illustrated by Moore’s Watchmen collaborator, artist Dave Gibbons. And in a tale from DC Comics Presents #85, Superman meets Swamp Thing, a character fans have identified with Moore for over 20 years!
22. Understanding Comics
by: Scott McCloud Release date: Apr 27, 1994 Number of Pages: 224 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.
23. Epileptic
by: David B. Release date: Jan 01, 2005 Number of Pages: 361 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
A memoir told in the form of a graphic novel chronicles the author’s experiences growing up with an older brother afflicted with epilepsy and the effects of the disease on the family, and the roots of his career as a cartoonist.
24. All Star Superman
by: Grant Morrison Release date: Jan 01, 2011 Number of Pages: 293 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Superman, dying from solar radiation, tries to make final preparations that will help humans defend themselves after his death while continuing to defend humanity from such foes as Lex Luthor.
25. This One Summer
by: Mariko Tamaki, Jillian Tamaki Release date: May 01, 2014 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Rose and Windy are summer friends whose families have visited Awago Beach for as long as they can remember. But this year is different, and they soon find themselves tangled in teen love and family crisis. From the creators of Skim comes an investigation into the mysterious world of adults. Sure, Rose’s dad is still making cheesy and embarrassing jokes, but her mother is acting like she doesn’t even want to be there. Plus, being at the cottage isn’t just about going to the beach anymore. Now Rose and Windy are spend a lot of their time renting scary movies and spying on the teenagers who work at the corner store, as well as learning stuff about sex no one mentioned in health class. Pretty soon everything is messed up. Rose’s father leaves the cottage and returns to the city, and her mother becomes more and more withdrawn. While her family is falling to pieces, Rose focuses her attention on Dunc, a teenager working at the local corner store. When Jenny, Dunc’s girlfriend, claims to be pregnant, the girls realize that the teenagers are keeping just as many secrets as the adults in their lives. No one seems to want to talk about the things that matter. When the tension between Dunc and Jenny boils over, Jenny makes a desperate and destructive move and Rose’s mother is galvanized into action. In the aftermath, nothing is completely resolved, but secrets have been aired, which means that things are at least a bit better for everyone. For Rose and Windy, the end of summer brings the realization that, while Awago Beach might always be the same, they have both been changed forever. From Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki, creators of the multi-award-winning graphic novel Skim, comes a stunning and authentic story of friendship, illustrated with subtly heart-breaking moments and pure summer joy.
26. ms marvel
by: G. Willow Wilson Release date: Jan 01, 2014 Number of Pages: 136 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
“Kamala Khan is an ordinary girl from Jersey City – until she’s suddenly empowered with extraordinary gifts. But who truly is the new Ms. Marvel? Teenager? Muslim? Inhuman? Find out as she takes the Marvel Universe by storm!”–Page 4 of cover, volume 1.
27. The Sheriff of Babylon: the Deluxe Edition
by: Tom King Release date: Jan 01, 2018 Number of Pages: 304 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Inspired by his real-life experiences as a CIA operations officer in Iraq, writer Tom King teams with artist Mitch Gerads–the creative team behind the critically acclaimed Mister Miracle–to deliver a wartime crime thriller like no other. The Sheriff of Babylon: The Deluxe Edition collects all 12 issues of the groundbreaking Vertigo series. This special hardcover volume also features a new introduction by King and afterword by Gerads, as well as a gallery of preliminary artwork from Gerads and cover artist John Paul Leon. Baghdad, 2003. The reign of Saddam Hussein is over. The Americans are in command. And no one is in control. Former cop turned military contractor Christopher Henry knows that better than anyone. He’s in country to train up a new Iraqi police force, and one of his recruits has just been murdered. With civil authority in tatters and dead bodies clogging the streets, Chris is the only person in the Green Zone with any interest in finding out who killed him–and why. Chris’ inquiry brings him first to Sofia, an American-raised Iraqi who now sits on the governing council, and then to Nassir, a grizzled veteran of Saddam’s police force–and probably the last real investigator left in Baghdad. United by death but divided by conflicting loyalties, the three must help each other navigate the treacherous landscape of post-invasion Iraq in order to hunt down the killers. But are their efforts really serving justice–or a much darker agenda? Collects all 12 issues.
28. Batman
by: Jeph Loeb, Jim Lee, Scott Williams, Paul Dini Release date: Jan 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 320 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Gotham City’s infected by a crime epidemic, and all of Batman’s enemies have emerged to throw his life into utter chaos. But little do they know that they’re all pawns of the villainous Hush in his elaborate game of revenge against Bruce Wayne.
29. Essex County
by: Release date: Jan 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 510 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Where does a young boy turn when his whole world suddenly disappears? What turns two brothers from an unstoppable team into a pair of bitterly estranged loners? How does the simple-hearted care of one middle-aged nurse reveal the scars of an entire community, and can anything heal the wounds caused by a century of deception? Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire pays tribute to his roots with Essex County, an award-winning trilogy of graphic novels set in an imaginary version of his hometown, the eccentric farming community of Essex County, Ontario, Canada. In Essex County, Lemire crafts an intimate study of one community through the years, and a tender meditation on family, memory, grief, secrets, and reconciliation. With the lush, expressive inking of a young artist at the height of his powers, Lemire draws us in and sets us free. This new edition collects the complete, critically-acclaimed trilogy (Tales from the Farm, Ghost Stories, and The Country Nurse) in one deluxe volume! Also included are over 40-pages of previously unpublished material, including two new stories.
30. Amazing Fantasy
by: Release date: Sep 05, 2007 Number of Pages: 416 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
This omnibus edition of Marvel’s classic science fiction-fantasy anthology spans 416 pages scripted and executed by some of Marvel’s most talented creators: Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Jack Kirby. Amazing Fantasy Omnibus vol.1 beautifully reprints in their entirety: Amazing Adventures #1-6, Amazing Adult Fantasy #7-14 and Amazing Fantasy #15 – the title that introduced the amazing Spiderman to the world.
31. V for Vendetta
by: ALAN. MOORE Release date: Nov 17, 2020 Number of Pages: 296 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
32. The Underwater Welder
by: Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Number of Pages: 220 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Underwater welder and expectant father Jack Joseph experiences a mysterious and supernatural encounter on the ocean floor that will change the course of his life forever.
33. Doom Patrol
by: Grant Morrison Release date: Jan 01, 2004 Number of Pages: 184 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Shunned as freaks and outcasts, the psychologically troubled members of the Doom Patrol encounter the deadly Scissormen and must determine what is real and what is not.
34. My Favorite Thing is Monsters
by: Emil Ferris Release date: Feb 15, 2017 Number of Pages: 386 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen’s investigation takes us back to Anka’s life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.
35. Persepolis
by: Marjane Satrapi Release date: Jan 01, 2008 Number of Pages: 343 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return The intelligent and outspoken child of radical Marxists, and the great-grandaughter of Iran’s last emperor, Satrapi bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country. Persepolis paints an unforgettable portrait of daily life in Iran and of the bewildering contradictions between home life and public life. This is a beautiful and intimate story full of tragedy and humour – raw, honest and incredibly illuminating.
36. Hark! A Vagrant
by: Kate Beaton Release date: May 28, 2020 Number of Pages: 168 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Since Kate Beaton appeared on the comics scene in 2007 her cartoons have become fan favourites and gathered an enormous following, appearing in the New Yorker, Harper and the LA Times, to name but a few. Her website, Hark! A Vagrant, receives an average of 1.2 million hits a month, 500 thousand of them unique. Why? Because she’s not just making silly jokes. She’s making jokes about everything we learned in school, and more. Praised for their expression, intelligence and comic timing, her cartoons are best known for their wonderfully light touch on historical and literary topics. The jokes are a knowing look at history through a very modern perspective, written for every reader, and are a crusade against anyone with the idea that history is boring. It’s pretty hard to argue with that when you’re laughing your head off at a comic about Thucydides. They also cover whatever’s on her mind that week – be it the perils of city living or the pop-cultural infiltration of Sex and the City, featuring an array of characters, from a mischievous pony, to reinvented superheroes, to a surly teen duo who could be the anti-Hardy-Boys. Perceptive, sharp and wonderfully irreverent, Hark! A Vagrant is as informative as it is hilarious, and a comic collection to treasure.
37. Daytripper Deluxe Edition
by: Gabriel Ba Release date: Apr 22, 2014 Number of Pages: 272 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
The Eisner Award winning DAYTRIPPER follows Bras de Olivias Dominguez during different periods in his life, each with the same ending: his death. DAYTRIPPER follows the life of one man, Bras de Olivias Dominguez. Every chapter features an important period in Bras’ life in exotic Brazil, and each story ends the same way: with his death. And then, the following story starts up at a different point in his life, oblivious to his death in the previous story-and then also ends with him dying again. In every chapter, Bras dies at different moments in his life, as the story follows him through his entire existence-one filled with possibilities of happiness and sorrow, good and bad, love and loneliness. Each story rediscovers the many varieties of daily life, in a story about living life to its fullest-because any of us can die at any moment.
38. House of X/Powers of X
by: Release date: Sep 01, 2020 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
The next great evolution of the X-Men! “While you slept, the world changed.” With those words, Professor X announces to the people of Earth the new mutant nation of Krakoa. It is a safe haven for all Homo superior, with its own rules and its own language. In return for international recognition, Xavier will offer humanity great scientific advancements, borne of Krakoa’s unique flora. But the time for integration has ended. Xavier’s old dream is dead -and now a new one begins. But is mutantkind’s greatest enemy the prejudice of humans or the cold artificial intelligences that await a hundred -even a thousand years -from now? Visionary writer Jonathan Hickman (FANTASTIC FOUR, AVENGERS, SECRET WARS) transforms mutantkind’s past, present and future -and sets the stage for the Dawn of X! COLLECTING: POWERS OF X 1-6, HOUSE OF X 1-6
39. Hawkeye by Matt Fraction & David Aja Omnibus
by: Release date: Jun 02, 2015 Number of Pages: 552 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
It’s Marvel’s most critically acclaimed comic in recent memory! Clint Barton, breakout star of a little Marvel movie you might have seen a while back, continues his fight for justice…and good rooftop BBQs! With Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he’s out to get some downti me from being one of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes…but when the apartment building he’s moved into, and the neighbors he’s befriended, are threatened by a tracksuit-wearing, dog-abusing gang of Eastern European mobsters who say “bro” an awful lot, Clint must stand up and defend his new adopted family…any way he can. COLLECTING: HAWKEYE 1-22, ANNUAL 1; YOUNG AVENGERS PRESENTS 6
40. Kingdom Come
by: Mark Waid Release date: Apr 23, 2019 Number of Pages: 392 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
In the near-future world of Kingdom Come, superheroes are ubiquitous, but heroism is rare. After decades as Earth’s champions, the members of the Justice League have all retreated out of the public eye, replaced with a new generation of crime-fighters whose brand of justice leaves humanity terrified, rather than inspired. But with the planet’s future in jeopardy, Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman must come out of retirement to make one last stand for truth and justice… From comics writer Mark Waid and artist Alex Ross comes this definitive collection of the seminal masterpiece Kingdom Come, with more than 100 pages of sketches, annotations and other behind-the-scenes features.
41. Through the Woods
by: Emily Carroll Release date: Jul 15, 2014 Number of Pages: 208 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Discover a terrifying world in the woods in this collection of five hauntingly beautiful graphic stories that includes the online webcomic sensation “His Face All Red,” in print for the first time. Journey through the woods in this sinister, compellingly spooky collection that features four brand-new stories and one phenomenally popular tale in print for the first time. These are fairy tales gone seriously wrong, where you can travel to “Our Neighbor’s House”—though coming back might be a problem. Or find yourself a young bride in a house that holds a terrible secret in “A Lady’s Hands Are Cold.” You might try to figure out what is haunting “My Friend Janna,” or discover that your brother’s fiancée may not be what she seems in “The Nesting Place.” And of course you must revisit the horror of “His Face All Red,” the breakout webcomic hit that has been gorgeously translated to the printed page. Already revered for her work online, award-winning comic creator Emily Carroll’s stunning visual style and impeccable pacing is on grand display in this entrancing anthology, her print debut.
42. Batman Noir: Dark Victory
by: Jeph Loeb Release date: Jul 11, 2017 Number of Pages: 400 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Collecting BATMAN: DARK VICTORY #0-13 and presented in its original pencil-and-ink artwork, this epic continues the story of THE LONG HALLOWEEN. It is early in Batman’s crime-fighting career, when James Gordon, Harvey Dent and the vigilante himself were all just beginning their roles as Gotham’s protectors. Once a town controlled by organized crime, Gotham City suddenly finds itself being run by lawless freaks, such as Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze and the Joker. Witnessing his city’s dark evolution, the Dark Knight completes his transformation into the city’s greatest defender. He faces multiple threats, including the seeming return of a serial killer called Holiday. Batman’s previous investigation of Holiday’s killings revealed that more than one person was responsible for the murders. So the question remains: Who is committing Holiday’s crimes this time? And how many will die before Batman learns the truth?
43. Here
by: Richard McGuire Release date: Jun 16, 2020 Number of Pages: 304 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
From one of the great comic innovators, the long-awaited fulfillment of a pioneering comic vision. Richard McGuire’s Here is the story of a corner of a room and of the events that have occurred in that space over the course of hundreds of thousands of years. (With full-color illustrations throughout.)
44. Batman: The Black Mirror
by: Scott Snyder Release date: Mar 05, 2013 Number of Pages: 304 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
A NEW YORK TIMES #1 bestseller! In “The Black Mirror,” a series of brutal murders pushes Batman’s detective skills to the limit and forces him to confront one of Gotham City’s oldest evils. Helpless and trapped in the deadly Mirror House, Batman must fight for his life against one of Gotham City’s oldest and most powerful evils! Then, in a second story called “Hungry City,” the corpse of a killer whale shows up on the floor of one of Gotham City’s foremost banks. The event begins a strange and deadly mystery that will bring Batman face-to-face with the new, terrifying faces of organized crime in Gotham.
45. Infinity Gauntlet
by: Release date: Sep 28, 2011 Number of Pages: 256 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
It’s the Avengers, the New Warriors, the X-Men and more against the omnipotent Eternal, Thanos! The Mad Titan has become the most powerful being in the universe, and enslavement or destruction may be the only choices he gives it! The successive Starlin sagas that shook space and time start here!
46. Asterios Polyp
by: David Mazzucchelli Release date: Jan 01, 2009 Number of Pages: 344 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
Asterios Polyp, its arrogant, prickly protagonist, is an award-winning architect who’s never built an actual building, and a pedant in the midst of a spiritual crisis. After the structure of his own life falls apart, he runs away to try to rebuild it into something new.
47. The Legion of Super-Heroes: The Great Darkness Saga (New Edition)
by: Paul Levitz Release date: Feb 18, 2014 Number of Pages: 416 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
The godlike Darkseid emerges in the 30th century with an ingenious plot to finally conquer the universe in Paul Levitz and Keith Giffen’s timeless Legion of Super-Heroes epic! Using his faithful minions to acquire all of the mystic artifacts of the time, Darkseid gains mental control over a race of three billion all-powerful beings. Now, as their universe teeters on the edge of Armageddon, the Legion of Super-Heroes amass their own army of every champion who ever held the status of Legionnaire to stand against the Dark Lord and his invincible soldiers. But as the Legion suffers defeat after defeat, they realize that salvation and victory rest in the hands of a mysterious baby that has aged into adulthood before their very eyes! This is the perfect edition of the classic Levitz storyline that was decades ahead of its time and still stands as one of DC’s most enthralling superhero tales! Collects LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #284-296 and ANNUAL #1.
48. The Court of Owls
by: Scott Snyder Release date: Jan 01, 2012 Number of Pages: 176 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
When a series of brutal murders rocks Gotham City, the prime suspect is one of Batman’s closest allies–Dick Grayson.
49. Alternative Comics
by: Charles Hatfield Release date: Nov 12, 2009 Number of Pages: 256 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
In the 1980s, a sea change occurred in comics. Fueled by Art Spiegel- man and Françoise Mouly’s avant-garde anthology Raw and the launch of the Love & Rockets series by Gilbert, Jaime, and Mario Hernandez, the decade saw a deluge of comics that were more autobiographical, emotionally realistic, and experimental than anything seen before. These alternative comics were not the scatological satires of the 1960s underground, nor were they brightly colored newspaper strips or superhero comic books. In Alternative Comics: An Emerging Literature, Charles Hatfield establishes the parameters of alternative comics by closely examining long-form comics, in particular the graphic novel. He argues that these are fundamentally a literary form and offers an extensive critical study of them both as a literary genre and as a cultural phenomenon. Combining sharp-eyed readings and illustrations from particular texts with a larger understanding of the comics as an art form, this book discusses the development of specific genres, such as autobiography and history. Alternative Comics analyzes such seminal works as Spiegelman’s Maus, Gilbert Hernandez’s Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories, and Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Hatfield explores how issues outside of cartooning-the marketplace, production demands, work schedules-can affect the final work. Using Hernandez’s Palomar as an example, he shows how serialization may determine the way a cartoonist structures a narrative. In a close look at Maus, Binky Brown, and Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor, Hatfield teases out the complications of creating biography and autobiography in a substantially visual medium, and shows how creators approach these issues in radically different ways.
50. The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #4): A Graphix Book
by: Tui T. Sutherland Release date: Dec 29, 2020 Number of Pages: 224 Find in Library Read Review Google Preview |
The #1 New York Times bestselling Wings of Fire series soars to new heights in the fourth graphic novel adaptation!
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