Nika Knight
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
". . . tells the story of Beethoven from 1778 to his first major public appearance in Vienna in 1795. It begins when the family is living a difficult life in Bonn. Father Johann battles with alcoholism and is deep in debt. Only young Ludwig and his talent at the piano offer any hope for the future--if only he would stop composing his own pieces and just play what's expected of him."--
2) The thud
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When Noel's mother has a stroke, his world is turned upside down. Especially when a man comes, who tells Noel that he can't stay in the only home he's ever known. He has to move from his apartment and his city to some kind of care facility, in a town he's never heard of. For the first time, Noel is on his own. Who can he trust? Who can he love? There is a village in Germany called Neuerkerode that is largely populated and run by people with developmental...
Author
Publisher
Archaia, a division of Boom Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Why do we fear the word 'vulva'? Do we really have to be ashamed of our body hair? Why do gender roles in children's toys seem stuck in the '50s? In seven chapters full of wit and hard-hitting wisdom, cartoonist Katja Klengel tackles the subjects that have shaped her life: from body shaming to the exploration of her sexuality, and from the representation of women in the media to the social pressures on women who don't have children. With a sense...
Author
Publisher
New York Review Comics
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Germany, in the final years of the Third Reich. Hermann Karnau is a sound engineer obsessed with recording the human voice in all its variationsthe rantings of leaders, the roar of crowds, the rasp of throats constricted in fearand indifferent to everything else. Employed by the Nazis, his assignments take him to Party rallies, to the Eastern Front, and into the household of Joseph Goebbels. There he meets Helga, the eldest daughter: bright, good-natured,...