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1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 18 cm
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English
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"Noah Van Sciver's latest graphic novella drops in on the life of the self- styled, aspiring young writer, Fante Bukowski, as he delusively makes his way to literary fame and fortune, one drink at a time. Living in a cheap hotel, consorting with the debased and downtrodden, searching for that golden idea that will rocket him to the success he yearns for as the great American novelist, and to get respect from his father once and for all. But, there's...
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
Description
"Noah Van Sciver's latest graphic novella drops in on the life of the self- styled, aspiring young writer, Fante Bukowski, as he delusively makes his way to literary fame and fortune, one drink at a time. Living in a cheap hotel, consorting with the debased and downtrodden, searching for that golden idea that will rocket him to the success he yearns for as the great American novelist, and to get respect from his father once and for all. But, there's...
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138 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
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English
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When they discover a kitten asleep in their doorway, real-life artist couple Rachel and Mike immediately fall prey to her charms. Soon, the new queen of their home is a blue point Siamese cat named Frankie. Stealing snacks, making mischief, and taking snuggling very seriously, Frankie proves, again and again, the wholesome joys of a feline companion.
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270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
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English
Description
"A page-turning, Kafkaesque dark comedy in brilliant retro style, this graphic novel watches one man try to keep it together while everything falls apart. Upon the publication of his latest novel, G. H. Fretwell, a minor English writer, embarks on a book tour to promote it. Nothing is going according to plan, and his trip gradually turns into a nightmare. But now the police want to ask him some questions about a mysterious disappearance, and it seems...
5) Cannonball
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263 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"Kelsey Wroten's Cannonball fires the reader straight into the messy life of Caroline Bertram: aspiring writer, queer, art school graduate, near alcoholic, and self proclaimed tortured genius. Wroten tells the story of an artist struggling with the arrival of adulthood and the Sisyphean task of artistic fulfillment. Stunningly drawn in a classic style, with big truths and biting wit, Wroten's debut graphic novel is Art School Confidential for the...
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180 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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English
Description
Legendary novelist NISIOISIN partners up with Mitsuru Hattori in the first of a three volume graphic novel adaptation of one of his mystery novels. A college student who is an aspiring writer sees an accident where an elementary school girl is hit by a truck and notes that, oddly, the girl's friend saves her game and puts it away before running over to her friend's dead body. Then, the student is captured and confined by this girl -- but why? The...
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"Syd Dallas is responsible for pop culture's greatest hero: THE DOMAIN! But his sons Miles and David have a complicated relationship with both the creation and their creator. Can they convince their dad to fight for their family's legacy? Collects PUBLIC DOMAIN #1-5."--Publisher marketing.
9) Daytripper
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247 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
Description
Presents key moments in the life of Brás de Oliva Domingos, a Brazilian writer, sometime journalist, and the son of a prominent author, as if each episode would turn out to be the day in which he was about to die.
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186 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
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English
Description
"The improbably imprisonment that transformed "I" into a novelist continues into a third, fourth and fifth day. "U" obsesses over formalities, as "I" quietly coaxes her into taking care of herself. As this bizarre farce of a kidnapping stretches toward the inevitable breaking point, "I" starts to discover the truth about "U", a truth he should never have learned...". --
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160 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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"It's 1957, and aging novelist Hector Lassiter thought that his adventures were long behind him. But then he receives a treasure worth killing for: the skull of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. With his partners in crime, brooding poet Bud Fiske and hard-as-nails beauty Alicia Vicente, Hector must make a mad dash across the American southwest. If the trio can survive long enough to sell the skull to the highest bidder, they'll score big. But in...
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179, 8 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 19 cm
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English
Description
A young author is being held hostage in the home of a grammar school girl. Held there by knife-point, and partially by his own curiousity, the author hopes to uncover the mysteries behind the child's torment. He know she lives alone in this huge home. But where are her parents? And what was her life like before the accident and this "kidnapping"?
15) Pulp
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67 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
Description
"Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at five cents a word -- tales of a Wild West outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past?"--Provided by publisher.
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202 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
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English
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"In This is How I Disappear, Mirion Malle paints an empathetic portrait of a young woman wrestling with psychological stress and the trauma following an experience of sexual assault. Malle displays frankness and a remarkable emotional intelligence as she explores depression, isolation, and self-harm in her expertly-drawn novel. Her heroine battles an onslaught of painful emotions and while Clara can provide consolation to those around her, she finds...
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1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly colour illustrations ; 26 cm
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English
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"A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK! Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn't sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But don't worry, Juliet has something kinda resembling a plan that'll help her figure out what it means to be Puerto Rican, lesbian and out. See, she's going to intern with Harlowe Brisbane - her favorite feminist author, someone...
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