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Author
Series
Love and rockets volume 5
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A fifth volume of "Locas" stories follows Esperanza in her ex-punkette life as a schoolteacher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Collects the first five years of Locas stories, about Maggie and Hopey and the ups and downs of their lives and relationships. Includes "Mechan-X," the first Maggie and Hopey story, as well as the graphic novel "Las Mujeres Perdidas.".
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, where women are prohibited from holding jobs, reading, and forming friendships. She serves in the household of the Commander and his wife, and under the new social order she has only one purpose: once a month, she must lie on her back and pray that the Commander makes her pregnant, because in an age of declining births, Offred and the other Handmaids are valued only if they are fertile. But Offred remembers...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
The life of Kamala Khan and Ms. Marvel begin to bleed together when she teams up with Wolverine, meets the royal dog, Lockjaw, while battling the Inhumanity, and finds some unlikely allies while preparing to battle the Inventor.
Series
Shadow eyes volume 1
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Moody teenager Scout Montana is an aspiring vigilante, but her first attempt ends with her knocked unconscious. When she awakens, she discovers that she's able to transform into a superhuman creature, and she becomes the superhero Shadoweyes. However, Scout soon finds she's unable to return to her human form. Scouts new life is just getting started and it won't be easy." Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Abrams Comicarts
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"In Commute, we follow author and illustrator Erin Williams on her daily commute to and from work, punctuated by recollections of sexual encounters as well as memories of her battle with alcoholism, addiction, and recovery. As she moves through the world navigating banal, familiar, and sometimes uncomfortable interactions with the familiar-faced strangers she sees daily, Williams weaves together a riveting collection of flashbacks that highlight the...
Pub. Date
2017
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format. More than 35 years after its release, Kindred continues to draw in new readers with its deep exploration of the violence and loss of humanity caused by slavery in the United States, and its complex and lasting impact on the present day. Adapted by celebrated academics and comics artists Damian Duffy and John Jennings, this graphic novel powerfully...
12) Boundless
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A collection of short comics about various women.
Author
Series
Complete Love and Rockets volume 24
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A deeply emotional graphic memoir of a young woman's struggles with self-esteem and body image issues. All Marie-Noëlle wants is to be thin and beautiful. She wishes that her thighs were slimmer, that her stomach lay flatter. Maybe then her parents wouldn't make fun of her eating habits at family dinners, the girls at school wouldn't call her ugly, and the boy she likes would ask her out. This all-too-relatable memoir follows Marie-Noëlle from...
19) Idol dreams: 2
Author
Series
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Chikage has debuted as the 15-year-old Akari, but now she must compete with Yuko to have Hibiki produce her CD. Tokita, the only one who knows Chikages secret, continues to help her while trying to atone for the past.
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