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Author
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Whether it is a real place, a human construct, an idea or a superstition, hell holds a place of honor in culture, literature, and religion throughout the ages. Journey beyond the gates of the underworld into diverse and unique versions of hell, with two extraordinary guides: Seymour Chwast and Steven Heller. Like Dante in the footsteps of Virgil, you will navigate through the most burning (or icy!) dark realms that lurk in the heart of the human...
Author
Publisher
Kodansha Comics, an imprint of Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"In the title story, a high school delinquent tries to seduce an introverted artist in his class as part of a cruel game, but learns some unexpected things about himself when she turns the tables."--Amazon
Author
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
2017-
Language
English
Description
When demons begin taking over the bodies of humans, only the strongest survive. When a practicing young witch named Miki Makimura asks her friend Akira Fudo for help with a ritual, the spell is interrupted and Akira is left on the brink of death.
4) Totem
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
"Two young women road trip through the Arizona desert in search of a spiritual awakening. Crowds gather to see the village wise woman commune with the dead. Strange bright lights flash across the night sky, provoking all manner of interpretations. A mosaic of experiences, Totem offers tantalizing glimpses of characters on their own journeys connected by some ethereal thread. The narrative slips through time and space, delicately drifting from reality...
5) Stitches
Author
Publisher
Viz Media
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Horror manga giant Junji Ito teams up with spooky story writer Hirokatsu Kihara for the ultimate collection of fright-filled ghost tales!" --
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Long celebrated as a modern master of graphic literature, David Small has elicited in his work comparisons to Stan Lee and even Alfred Hitchcock. His internationally acclaimed graphic memoir, Stitches, told the story of a childhood in disarray. Werewolf at Dusk, appearing nearly fifteen years later, turned its attention to the twilight of life and to aging, gracefully or otherwise. Eerily striking and mesmerizing, the three stories in this collection...
Author
Publisher
Street Noise Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Schor's pull-no-punches graphic memoir debut depicts her attempts as a young woman to recover from trauma, with striking illustrations that toggle between realism and fragmented, color-saturated dreamscapes. As a Jewish child in Moldova in the late 1980s, Karina begins life as an outsider, but moving with her parents to Israel as "communism was crumbling" only lands her in a place where everything is "exciting, unique... and out of reach" for her...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Roz Chast illustrates her own dream world, a place that is sometimes creepy, but always hilarious, accompanied by an illustrated tour through Dream Theory Land guided by insights from poets, philosophers, and psychoanalysts alike."--Provided by publisher.
9) Betwixt
Publisher
VIZ Media, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Manga creators from Japan and the US present an international showcase of horror. Collected for the first time in Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology, six short stories reveal the universal fear of the space between the known and unknown. Will anyone cross that border?--
10) The sucker
Author
Publisher
Silver Sprocket
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On an assignment to survey an uninhabited Philippine island marked for commercial development, a jaded marine biologist and a guileless underwater photographer are surprised to find themselves thrust back together after losing touch. The straightforward mission gets complicated by their discovery of a strange giant squid that was thought to have gone extinct. As tensions rise over the fate of the creature, EJ and Dani must make their own choices...
Author
Publisher
Street Noise Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"I created Fox Foxerson, a gender neutral protagonist faced with the onset of an unfamiliar mental illness. Fox battles symptoms and tries to stay employed. Fox navigates the health care system labyrinth and attempts to maintain friendships, even as defining "reality" becomes a challenge. In the realm of fiction, Fox can tell my adventures while I stay free to have fun with my characters: Sock Puppet Doctor, Jellyfish Boss-lady, Goth Fairy, monsters...
Author
Publisher
Graphic Mundi
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A recollection, in graphic novel format, of the author's ambivalent feelings regarding motherhood while growing up, and an exploration of the imposition of motherhood on women as both an expectation and a path toward fulfillment"--
13) Turtle bread
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books, a division of Dark Horse Comics LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When Yan stumbles upon Baking Club her social anxiety tries to keep her away, but the bakers encourage her to come out of her shell, especially the caring and supportive Bea, and soon Yan discovers her new friends may need her too.
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"In Trees we follow an acorn as it learns about its future as Earth's largest, longest-living plant. Starting with the seed's germination, we learn about each stage until the tree's maturation, different types of trees, and the roles trees take on in our ecosystem."--
15) Eden
Author
Publisher
Humanoids, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The world is dying. As government and the environment crumble, humanity's only hope is Eden, a newly discovered Earth-like planet unspoiled by the folly of man. Massive Edencorp spaceships begin to shuttle millions of people lucky enough to be chosen by the lottery to the bright future of Eden... but a bright future for whom?" --
16) The gull Yettin
Author
Series
Publisher
The New York Review of Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Told in striking colors and loose but confident lines, The Gull Yettin's story begins when a young boy awakens late one night to find his home on fire. The boy is saved by a lanky, shapeshifting Gull. Orphaned by the fire, and now adrift in a boat piloted by the Gull, the boy faces an uncertain future, one that will be both helped and hindered by his new attendant. Without a word, Kessler builds a strange but recognizable world, using it to explore...
Author
Publisher
Mad Cave Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"One man's trash is another man's living. Since earth became inhospitable, humanity escaped ages ago to live in a space station floating above the atmosphere. Now Travis and his crew of garbage men are tasked with cleaning up mountains of toxic waste, working for a company called Atomic Bros INC., to create a 'Clear World'. But when one of Travis' crew members goes missing near an old nuclear facility Travis' job becomes a bit more complicated."--Amazon....
18) Hound
Author
Publisher
Mad Cave Studios, Inc
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
During World War I, a young soldier is assigned to one of the most deadly areas along the Western Front. However, he finds the greatest threat to his life lies not with the enemy, but with a cult formed by his own men.
Author
Publisher
HELVETIQ (Halvetiq Sari)
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Patriarchy means "the rule of the father" and describes a system where men are in control. At least since the time of Aristotle, loud-mouthed men have called women weak and inferior. In entertaining comic book form, Smash the Patriarchy shames the culprits and salutes more than 100 inspiring women--from Pharaoh Hatshepsut to Mary Wollstonecraft to Petra Herrera--who stood up to them. The book is not afraid to examine some of the worst crimes--public...
Author
Series
Who made me a princess volume 5
Publisher
Seven Seas Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2023]-
Language
English
Description
"The story of Athanasia, forsaken princess of the Obelian Empire, ends with her execution at the hands of her own father--or does it? Her tragic tale is the plot of the novel The Lovely Princess. But now, a modern woman who read the book has just woken up as baby Athanasia herself, filled with her own memories and knowledge of the story she's stuck in! Determined to survive her doomed fate, infant Athanasia embarks on this new life with a plan: avoid...
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