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August
2003 features
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Comics, Graphic Novels, & Superheroes |
August features a long list of graphic novels, many
featuring comic book characters and superheroes.
Action
figure : the life and times of Doonesbury's Uncle Duke
Author: Garry Trudeau
Call no. : Adult Non-fiction 741.5973 Tru
Adolf
: a tale of the Twentieth Century
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Call number: Adult Non-fiction 741.5952 Tez
In the years before World War II, two boys named Adolf, living near in
each other in the city of Kobe, Japan, become friends. Adolf Kamil is
the son of a German Jewish baker and refugee; Adolf Kaufmann is
half-German and half-Japanese, son of a Nazi who works at the German
consulate. Their friendship is opposed by Kaufmann's father on
ideological grounds, but the boys' fates are linked by mysterious
letter purporting to contain proof of Adolf Hitler's Jewish ancestry.
Adolf
: an exile in Japan
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Call number: Adult Non-fiction 741.5952 Tez
Japanese reporter Sohei Toge returns to his homeland, where he finally
learns the secret that led to his brother's brutal murder at the hands
of the Gestapo. But now the Japanese secret police are on his tail,
and the SS officer who tortured him in Germany has followed him to
Japan to hush him up--permanently. As fate would have it, Yukie
Kaufmann, the Japanese widow of a high-ranking German Nazi and
diplomat, is Sohei's only hope for survival. Meanwhile, Yukie's son,
Adolf, is being indoctrinated at an elite German school for the Hitler
Youth. Why are they trying to make him hate Jews, including his best
friend, Adolf Kamil?
Adolf
: days of infamy
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Call number: Adult Non-fiction 741.5952 Tez
While Adolf Hitler continues to wage war on the world and the Jewish
people and Japan attacks Pearl Harbor, Japanese reporter Sohei Toge
finally falls in love with one of the many women who has fallen for
him--the mother of Adolf Kaufmann. Meanwhile, Adolf Kamil, a Jew
living in Japan, befriends the Communist son of a Japanese MP in an
attempt to deliver the secret documents about Hitler to a famous spy,
in hopes that publicizing Hitler's origins will help bring down Hitler
and save the Jews. In Germany, Kamil's childhood friend, Adolf
Kaufmann--now a confirmed Nazi--carries out his ruthless work for the
SD. Then, disgraced in the wake of the failed assassination attempt on
Hitler, he is given a chance to redeem himself by Gestapo agent Lampe,
who sends him back to Japan to destroy the documents at any cost.
Adolf
: the half-Aryan
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Call number: Adult Non-fiction 741.5952 Tez
Now that the documents revealing Hitler's secret have apparently been
destroyed, it seems Japanese reporter Sohei Toge's ordeal is over. but
it turns out the Gestapo, not to mention the Japanese police, are
still after him. Miss Ogi, his murdered brother's dedicated school
teacher, may be Sohei's only hope. What does she know about the fate
of these priceless documents? Meanwhile, young Adolf Kaufmann has been
indoctrinated by the Hitler Youth, who send him to Lithuania to help
the SS hunt down Jews. There he falls in love with a young Jewish
woman--and he's willing to risk everything to spare her from
deportation.
Adolf
: 1945 and all that remains
Author: Osamu Tezuka
Call number: Adult Non-fiction 741.5952 Tez
As American B-29s mercilessly bombard the city of Kobe, childhood
friends Adolf Kaufmann and Adolf Kamil are finally reunited. But their
love for the same woman threatens to break the last tenuous thread of
friendship between them. While Hitler spends his final days in Berlin,
far away in Japan, the fate of the documents revealing the secret of
his heritage is sealed forever. Then, over a quarter-century later,
the two Adolfs cross paths again--this time in Israel.
The
Adventures of TinTin
(volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
Author: Herge
Call number: Young Adult fiction YA Her
TinTin is an ace reporter who takes on assignments around the world,
busting crime and solving mysteries as he goes.
Akiko
: The menace of Alia Rellapor, vol. 1
Author: Mark Crilley
Call number: Juvenile fiction + Cri
Fourth grader Akiko returns to the planet Smoo only to learn that Alia
Rellapor has whisked away Prince Froptoppit. Akiko is placed in charge
of the rescue mission. With her companions, she braves Sky Pirates and
Sleeslup Worms, and meets the tiny inhabitants of the Sprubly Islands
on the way to the realm of Alia Rellapor.
Akiko
: The menace of Alia Rellapor, vol. 2
Author: Mark Crilley
Call number: Juvenile fiction + Cri
Akiko and her intergalactic crew continue their perilous journey to
the castle of Alia Rellapor. Scaling the Great Wall of Trudd, they
find themselves in Alia Rellapor's realm, braving endless bridges,
frigid conditions, Vungers, Gotgazzers and more. From the Spuckler's
battle with a dreadful dragon to Akiko's first spin behind the wheel
of a jalopy, our heroes are plunged into further hair-raising
adventures as they seek to rescue Prince Froptoppit.
Akira
(books 1 through 6)
Author: Katsuhiro Otomo
Call number: Adult Non-fiction 741.5952 Oto
Welcome to Neo-Tokyo, 2030 A.D., built on the ashes of a Tokyo
annihilated by a blast of unknown origin that triggered World War III.
The lives of two streetwise teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, change
forever when paranormal abilities begin to waken in Tetsuo, making him
a target for a shadowy government agency.
Asterix
and the actress
Asterix
and the great crossing
Asterix
gladiateur
Author: Goscinny & Albert Uderzo
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA Gos
Astro
City : Life in the big city
Author: Kurt Busiek
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA PB Bus
Share the innermost dreams of Earth's mightiest superhero; join a
reporter as he discovers the cosmic story of a lifetime; see through
the eyes of a petty criminal pursued by a costumed vigilante; ride a
bus from a neighborhood of shadows and magic to a gleaming
steel-and-glass downtown, where other dangers lurk; watch an alien spy
scheme to bring about the downfall of humanity; go on a dinner date
with the most famous hero and heroine in the world.
Batman
: the Dark Knight returns
Author: Frank Miller
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA PB Mil
Contents: The dark knight returns -- The dark knight triumphant -- Hunt the dark knight -- The dark knight falls.
Batman
: the Killing Joke
Author: Alan Moore
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Moo
Batman
: the long Halloween
Author: Jeph Loeb
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA PB Loe
A costumed hero learning he can trust no one. A serial killer using the holidays to mark his handiwork. A crime lord trying to hold onto a crumbling empire. A city beset by gangsters, becoming a haven for freaks. An honest district attorney hiding a terrible secret. A dark woman tempting the dark knight. And a friendship that would be shattered forever. These are the pieces of the murder mystery gripping Gotham during The Long Halloween.
Berlin:
City of Stones
Author: Jason Lutes
Call number : Adult Non-fiction 741.597 Lut
Covers eight months in Berlin, from September 1928 to May Day, 1929,
meticulously documenting the hopes and struggles of its inhabitants as
their future is darkened by a growing shadow. Kurt Severing, a liberal
journalist, and Marthe Müller, a newly-arrived art student, are the
central figures in a broad cast of characters.
Birds
of Prey
Author: Chuck Dixon
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Dix
Dinah Lance, a.k.a. Black Canary, fights crime in league with the
Oracle--a mysterious information broker who serves a number of
superheroes. In truth, the Oracle is Barbara Gordon, the former
Batgirl, crippled after being ambushed by the Joker. With a vast
computer network and a photographic memory at her disposal, Barbara
guides the Black Canary in and out of trouble. Along the way, they
encounter the accomplished thief, Catwoman, and the violent vigilante
known as the Huntress.
Bone
Author: Jeff Smith
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Smi
- Out
from Boneville - vol. 1
Fone, Smiley, and Phoncible Bone are run out of Boneville after
one of Phoncible's shady business deals goes sour. Fone is
separated from his cousins and endures a long journey across
treacherous terrain, finally wintering in a small valley. Here, he
meets a mysterious dragon, an enchanting girl named Thorn, her
cow-racing grandma, and a pack of menacing rat creatures.
- The
Great Cow Race - vol. 2
Phoncible Bone schemes to cheat the valley inhabitants during
betting on the Spring fair's great cow race, disguising Smiley
Bone as a "Mystery Cow" and casting him as the
overwhelming favorite to beat Gran'ma Ben. Meanwhile, Fone Bone's
crush on Thorn has its ups and downs. Thorn is troubled by a
series of dreams involving dragons, and the rat creatures make a
reappearance.
- Eyes
of the Storm - vol. 3
Thorn's--and now Fone Bone's--disturbing dreams lead to a
conversation with a reluctant Gran'ma Ben that reveal many of the
secrets of Thorn's past and the role of the dragons. Thorn's true
nature is also discovered by the rat creatures and their dark
superiors, who prepare to attack the valley. Meanwhile, Phoncible
Bone, deeply in debt to Mr. Down after the outcome of the great
cow race, bets him double or nothing that he and Smiley Bone can
do a better job running the Barrel Haven tavern.
- The
Dragonslayer - vol. 4
Thorn learns there is more to her heritage than just being a
princess. She is the Veni-Yan-Cari, the Awakened One, attune to
both the material world and the dreaming world. In her dreams, she
is menaced by the Lord of Locusts, who seeks her power. The Lord
of Locusts' hooded servant has assembled an army of rat creatures
and the men of Pawa and is preparing to break the truce and attack
Thorn's valley. Meanwhile, Phoney Bone preys on the fears of the
inhabitants of Barrelhaven, casting himself as a dragonslayer in a
scheme to win his bet with Lucious Down and escape the valley with
the villagers' wealth.
- Rock
Jaw, Master of the Eastern Border - vol. 5
Fone Bone and Smiley Bone strike out into the wilderness to return
a lost rat creature cub to the mountains. They meet new allies as
well as a mysteirous new foe: the formidable Rock Jaw, a giant
mountain lion who fancies himself the Master of the Eastern
Border.
- Old
Man's Cave --- vol. 6
As war spread through the valley, Gran'ma Ben, Lucius and Phoney
Bone join the Veni-yan warriors at Old Man's Cave to make their
final stand against the rat creature army. Will the rat creatures
and their mysterious leader, the Hooded One, finally take over the
valley and unleash the power of the Lord of Locusts? Meanwhile,
Thorn, reunited with Phone Bone and Smiley Bone, is unsure who to
trust and plans her own course of action against the Hooded One.
The
Borden Tragedy: a memoir of the infamous double murder at Fall River,
Mass., 1892
Author: Rick Geary
Call number: Young Adult Non-Fiction YA 364.1523 Gea
An illustrated version of the Lizzie Borden murders.
The
Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Author: Kim Deitch, with Simon Deitch
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Dei
This is the story of animation pioneers Ted and Al Mishkin of Fontaine
Talking Fables, from their 1920s settlement-house adolescence to Al's
sudden death during the launch of Fontaine tie-ins at a New York toy
store. Ted, a master cartoonist, is plagued to insanity by the demonic
embodiment of his most famous creation, Waldo, a blue cat only he can
see until, after mid-'50s shock treatments, Waldo transfers his
baneful attention to Al's son, Nathan.
Buffy
the Vampire Slayer: The Dust Waltz
Author: Daniel Brereton
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Bre
Based on the television series created by Joss Whedon.
Calvin & Hobbes (various titles)
Author: Bill Watterson
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Ame
The adventures of a boy and his stuffed tiger.
The
Cartoon History of the Universe
Author: Larry Gonick
Call number: Young Adult Non-Fiction YA 973.0207 Gon
Illustrated history.
Cerebus
Author: Dave Sim
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Sim
Reprinting issues 1-25 of the comic book, begun in December
1977. First adventures of Cerebus the Aardvark, a barbarian and
warrior in a land of humans. Originally conceived of as a Conan
parody, this comic book satirizes numerous other real and fictional
characters, while the plot builds in drama and complexity.
Ceres,
Celestial Legend, vol. 1 -- Aya
Author: Yu Watase
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Wat
Aya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration
of their sixteenth birthday at their grandfather's home, but their
"birthday present" turns out to be a mummified hand--the
power of which forces an awakening within Aya, and painful wounds all
over Aki's body. Grandfather Mikage announces that Aki will be heir to
the Mikage fortune, and Aya must die! But Aya has allies in the
athletic cook and martial artist Yûhi, and the attractive, mysterious
Tôya. But can even two handsome and resourceful guys save Aya when
it's her own power that is out of control?
Ceres,
Celestial Legend, vol. 2 -- Yuhi
Author: Yu Watase
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Wat
Yûhi's life is interrupted by the ominous premonition of his
sister-in-law, Suzumi. Off goes Yûhi to rescue the spunky high-school
coed Aya Mikage, who is under a death sentence from her own family.
The rescue goes well, but soon Suzumi relegates Yûhi to protecting
the high-spirited girl. Little does Yûhi guess that two personalities
dwell within Aya's body--herself and the legendary celestial maiden,
Ceres. Although Yûhi complains about Aya all the time, why does he
get so jealous when the handsome mystery-man Tôya is around? It
couldn't be that he actually has feelings for Aya, could it?
Ceres,
Celestial Legend, vol. 3 -- Suzumi
Author: Yu Watase
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Wat
Suzumi is a prim and proper instructor of traditional Japanese dance.
But her seemingly demure exterior doesn't fool anybody. Suzumi is as
assertive and tenaciously tough-as-nails as they come, and she also
just happens to be a descendant of a celestial maiden. Although her
powers are nowhere near as strong as Ceres', Suzumi proves to be one
of Aya's most valuable allies. Sensing that Aya is a kindred spirit
and that she is in mortal danger, Suzumi takes Aya into the safety of
her own household. But what Suzumi doesn't realize is that now, she is
in just as much danger as Aya.
Clan
Apis
Author: Jay Hosler
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA PB Hos
Nyuki is a honey bee who often has a hard time accepting the
expectations of the hive. As we follow her on her life's journey, bee
anatomy, behavior, and ecology are explored and explained.
The
Complete Concrete
Author: Paul Chadwick
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Cha
The original ten-issue series in one volume.
The Complete Frank Miller Spider-Man
Author: Miller, Frank
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA Mil
Contains material originally published in magazine form as Spectacular Spider-Man #27, #28, #46, #48, #50-52, #54-57 amd #60; Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) Annual #14 and #15; Marvel Team-Up #95, #99, #100, #102 and #106; Marvel Team-Up Annual #4; Amazing Spider-Man (Vol. 1) #203, #218 and #219; Spider-Man and Daredevil Special.
The
Complete Geisha
Author: Andi Watson
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Wat
How does an artist display her soul when no one believes she has one?
Futuristic tale of Jomi Sohodo, an android with a knack for painting.
Adopted early in her development by the Kami family, Jomi has been
assimilated into regular human life--except society sees her as an
outcast, something less than human. This makes it rather difficult for
her to sell her paintings, and to make money, she joins the family
bodyguard business, launching herself into a world of action and
intrigue, complete with supermodels, jealous ex-husbands, maniacal
moguls, robotic armor, and the twisted double-cross of art fakery.
A
Contract with God and other tenement stories
Author: Will Eisner
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Eis
A contract with God -- The street singer -- The super -- Cookalein.
Crisis
on Infinite Earths
Author: Marv Wolfman
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Wol
Superheroes on the multitudinous alternate worlds of the DC universe
find themselves under siege by a mysterious force powerful enough to
wipe out the lives of billions.
Daredevil
Visionaries
Author: Frank Miller
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Fiction
Contains material originally published in magazine form as Daredevil,
Vol. 2, #'s 168-182.
Death
by Field Trip: A FoxTrot Collection
Author: Bill Amend
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Ame
The Fox family: Mom, Dad, Peter, Paige, and Jason
Dork
covenant : the collected Dork tower, volume 1
Author: John Kovalic
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Kov
The foibles of a group of gamer geeks and fantasy/sci-fi fans.
Dragon
Ball
Author: Akira Toriyama
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Tor
A naive young monkey-tailed boy named Goku has his quiet life turned
upside-down when he meets a headstrong girl named Bulma. Bulma is on a
quest to collect seven Dragon Balls. If she gathers them all, a mighty
dragon will appear and grant her one wish. But the precious orbs are
scattered all over the world, and Bulma needs Goku's help (and his
super-strength)! So begins the adventure of a lifetime.
Dreams
of the Rarebit Fiend
Author: Winsor McCay
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.593 McC
Reproductions of a comic series which appeared in the New York Evening
telegram,1905. A man has strange dreams after eating Welsh
rarebit.
Elfquest
Author: Wendy & Richard Pini
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Pin
- Fire
& Flight
Comic book issue numbers 1-5 as published 1978-79. When vengeful
humans burn the forest home of the elfin Wolfriders, Cutter must
lead his tribe to a new sanctuary. Past treacherous trolls and
through a burning desert wasteland, the elves are guided to their
strange destiny at Sorrow's End.
- The
Forbidden Grove
Comic book issue numbers 6-10 as published 1979-1981. For six
turns of the seasons, the Wolfriders and the Sun Folk have lived
together in peace. Now their desert sanctuary is a secret no
longer. Cutter, chief of the Wolfriders, senses that only in
numbers will the elves find safety from human violence, and sets
out with his companion Skywise to find and unite other elfin
tribes. But between the pair and their goal lies the eerie
Forbidden Grove.
- Captives
of Blue Mountain
Comic book issue numbers 11-15 as published 1981-83. Following in
Cutter's footsteps, family and tribe pursue their chief to warn
him of a dire threat. But before they can complete their journey,
they are taken as slaves into the mysterious Blue Mountain,
stronghold of the ancient Gilder elves. Now, Cutter and his
companion Skywise must penetrate the mountain's labyrinthine
secrets to rescue their kin.
- Quest's
End
Comic book issue numbers 16 through 20 as published 1983-84.
Reunited with his tribe mates, Cutter leads his elves onward
towards the legendary Palace of the High Ones, but betrayal and
death line the way. The Wolfriders and their newfound allies the
Go-Backs are driven into a brutal conflict against the murderous
trolls guarding the Palace.
The
Essential Avengers, vol. 1
Author: Stan Lee
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Lee
Black-and-white reprint of the first adventures of the superhero team
known as the Avengers, featuring Captain America, Thor, Iron Man,
Giant Man, The Wasp, and many others.
The
Essential Fantastic Four
Author: Stan Lee
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Lee
Black and white collection of the first appearances of the Fantastic
Four. While testing an experimental spacecraft, Reed Richards, Ben
Grimm, and Sue and Johnny Storm are exposed to a bombardment of
mysterious cosmic rays. Upon their return to Earth, they find that
they have gained wondrous abilities.
The
Essential Spider-Man
Author: Stan Lee
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Lee
Black and white collection of the first appearances of Spider-Man.
Mild-mannered high-school student Peter Parker gains amazing abilities
when he is bitten by a radioactive spider. After the tragic death of
his uncle, he learns that with great power comes great responsibility,
and becomes the costumed, crime-fighting superhero Spider-Man.
Fantastic Four-Heroes Reborn
Author: Jim Lee
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Lee
Modernized retelling of the Fantastic four origin story and some of
their adventures.
The Far Side
Author: Gary Larson
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Lar
The Fatal Bullet: a true account….
Author: Rick Geary
Call number: Young Adult Non-Fiction YA 364.1524
Gea
Subtitle reads: a true account of the assassination, lingering pain,
death, and burial of James A. Garfield, twentieth president of the
United States; also including the inglorious life and career of the
despised assassin Guiteau
The Four Immigrants Manga : a Japanese experience in San Francisco,
1904-1924
Author: Henry (Yoshitaka) Kiyama
Call number: Young Adult Non-Fiction
YA 979.4 Kiy
From servants in fancy homes to workers in the fields, through
earthquakes, riots, a World's Fair, war, and Prohibition--the true
story of four young Japanese men who pursued their dreams in the rough
and tumble of American history.
From Hell : being a melodrama in sixteen parts
Author: Alan Moore
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5942 Moo
Follows an inspector who is trying to track down Jack the Ripper.
Garfield
Author: Jim
Davis
Call number: Juvenile Paperbacks + PB Dav
Many titles of that fat cat and his hapless owner.
Ghost World
Author: Daniel Clowes
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Clo
Enid and Becky are friends on the verge of graduating from high
school. Enid's vague desire to attend college, and Becky's attraction
to a mutual friend, Josh, put stress on their changing relationship as
they drift, alienated, through a world populated by strange
characters.
The Golem's Mighty Swing
Author: James Sturm
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Stu
Set in the 1920s, this graphic novel tells the story of the Stars of
David, a Jewish baseball team. These bearded barnstormers roam the
country taking on local squads and attracting curious patrons. When
the team's season is threatened they bring to life a golem, a
legendary Jewish creature that they hope will deliver them from their
trials.
Good-bye,
Chunky Rice
Author: Craig Thompson
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Tho
Chunky Rice the turtle leaves his friend for a voyage to the Kahootney
Islands.
H.
P. Lovecraft
Author: H.P. Lovecraft
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Lov
Ten tales of horror, death & comedy, including "Cthulhu's
dreams", "The Terrible Old Man", and "The cats of
Ulthar" presented by today's great illustrators.
High
stepping through the Neighborhood
Author: Jerry Van Amerongen
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Van
Collection of the syndicated cartoon panel "The Neighborhood."
Inu-Yasha: A feudal fairy tale
Author: Rumiko Takahashi
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Tak
Kagome is just a typical Japanese high-school girl. Sure, her
grandfather is obsessed with ancient myths and mystical talismans, but
none of that ever mattered to Kagome--until now. On one amazing day, a
hideous, otherworldly creature pulls Kagome out of her own world and
into Japan's ancient past, where her grandfather's dusty old legends
have come to life, and her destiny is linked to one legendary creature
in particular. Is Kagome really the reincarnation of a village
priestess who died long ago? What should she make of the half-demon
Inu-Yasha, who that same priestess imprisoned? And even more
importantly, what of the Jewel of Four Souls that seems to link their
fates together?
Jack the Ripper: a journal of the Whitechapel murders, 1888-1889
Author: Rick Geary
Call number: Young Adult Non-Fiction YA 364.1523
Gea
An illustrated accounting of the murders that terrorized London in the
late 19th century.
Jar of Fools
Author: Jason Lutes
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Lut
Haunted by the death of his escape-artist brother and a failed
romance, the remaining hope of washed-up stage magician Ernie Weiss
lies in his aging mentor, Al Flosso. But Al is slipping further into
senility with each passing day. Meanwhile, Esther O'Dea, Ernie's
ex-love, struggles to find peace in her own life, and a con-man named
Nathan Lender sets some mysterious plans for Ernie's future in motion.
A Jew in Communist Prague
Author: Giardino
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Gia
- Vol. 1 - Loss of Innocence
Jonas Finkel is growing up in communist Czechoslovakia, son of a
middle class Jewish family, leading a regular life and bothering no
one. Suddenly his father is arrested and disappears. His mother, left
to fend for herself in an increasing array of bureaucratic
entanglements forbidding her to even eke out a living, protests as
best she can. The official reason for their troubles is their
bourgeois background, the real reason is anti-Semitism.
- Vol. 2 - Adolescence
Jonas Finkel is the son of a Jewish doctor imprisoned by the Communist
rulers of Czechoslovakia. Jonas reaches his teen years with he and his
mother barely scraping by. Denied a good education, Jonas goes from
menial job to menial job, but finally finds work in a bookstore.
Government agents force Jonas to spy on the owner for them, but he
secretly rebels and meets with a daring group of teens who read and
collect forbidden literature. The group includes a girl with the most
disturbing pair of blue eyes.
- Vol. 3 - Rebellion
In 1950s Czechoslovakia, Jonas Finkel's life revolves mostly around
literature. He works in a bookstore, and has joined a group of
students who meet to share forbidden works. But he soon loses his
heart to Tatiana, daughter of a Russian diplomat and member of the
clandestine reading group. Then, when he discovers the bookstore's
owner is involved with the translation and distribution of books
banned by the Communists, Jonas braves great danger to help him out.
Jimmy Corrigan : the smartest kid on Earth
Author: Chris Ware
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 War
An unexpected letter from his dad sends Jimmy Corrigan, a hapless
young man, to Chicago to visit his father and grandfather. Past and
present, fact and fantasy are interwoven in this fascinating,
full-color illustrated tale.
Julius
Knipl, real estate photographer : stories
Author: Ben Katchor
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Kat
Selections from the comic strip.
Krazy
& Ignatz : comprising the complete full-page comic strips, 1925-26
Author: George Herriman
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Her
Subtitle: "There is heppy land, fur, fur awa-a-ay."
The adventures of Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse.
Krazy
& Ignatz : continuing the complete full-page comic strips, 1927-28
Author: George Herriman
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Her
Subtitle: "Love letter in ancient brick."
The adventures of Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse.
Larry Marder's Beanworld, Book one.
Author: Larry Marder
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA PB Mar
A most peculiar comic book experience. Beanworld is a weird fantasy
dimension that operates under its own rules and laws. Beanworld is
about the affinity of life. All the characters, whether friends or
adversaries, understand that they ultimately depend on each other for
survival. Features walking, talking beans.
Last Day in Vietnam
Author: Will Eisner
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Eis
Last day in Vietnam -- The periphery -- The casualty -- A dull day in
Korea -- Hard duty -- A purple heart for George.
Latino
U.S.A. : A Cartoon History
Author: Ilan Stavans
Call number: Young Adult Non-Fiction YA 973.0468 Sta
There's no doubt about it, Latinos are a social force rapidly revolutionizing the texture of
America. But who are they? A single homogenized group or a sum of minorities? Are they all linked through a
common language and ancestry?
Leave
it to Chance : Book 1, Shaman's rain
Author: James Robinson
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA Rob
It's her fourteenth birthday and Chance Falconer, daughter of famous
paranormal investigator Lucas Falconer, has only one thing on her
mind: to follow in her father's footsteps and begin her training as a
defender of humanity against the occult. Unfortunately, her father
feels otherwise. Lucas wants to skip a generation and wait for the
next Falconer male to arrive. So what's left for a brave and bright
girl to do except strike out on her own and prove to him she's ready?
What follows is the adventure of a lifetime, filled with shape
shifting Trogs, Indian mysticism, sewer goblins, a fire breathing
dragon, and even a monstrous-sized city-destroying toad.
Leave
it to Chance : Book 2, Trick or threat, and other stories
Author: James Robinson
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA Rob
Teenage troubleshooter and occult investigator Chance Falconer,
daughter of the most prominent supernatural detective in the city of
Devil's Echo, continues in her father's footsteps, aided again by her
ever-faithful pal and pet dragon St. George. From the festive streets
of Devil's Echo on Halloween night, to the haunted pirate caves below
her boarding school--even at her favorite shopping mall--Chance finds
paranormal peril at every turn, but also new friends.
Lone Wolf & Cub
Author: Kazuo Koike
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5952 Koi
English translation of the first nine issues of the Japanese comic
book Kazuri Okami. Set in Edo-Period Japan, the adventures of
Ogami Itto and his son,
Daigoro. Stripped of his position as the Tokugawa shogunate's
executioner, the former samurai becomes the feared assassin Lone Wolf
and Cub.
Lost Valley : a trashy story of excess
Author: Daniel Snyder
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Sny
When a group of high school students are distressed to find that a
landfill is being built in a valley on the edge of town, their teacher
sees an opportunity for teaching about waste issues and citizen
involvement in guiding public policy. As part of a class research
project, the students learn how the site was picked, what kinds of
economic and political issues are involved, what ends up in a
landfill, alternatives to landfills, and also develop an understanding
of the household waste cycle.
Mai, the Psychic Girl
(vol.1, 2 & 3)
Author: Kazuya Kudo
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Kud
Mai seems just like any other cute fourteen-year-old girl, but she's
far from ordinary. Mai is the last of a line of women with incredible
psychic powers who have used their abilities to preserve peace among
their people, although as far as Mai's concerned, her psychokinesis is
just good for practical jokes. But when the powerful Wisdom Alliance
tries to exploit her as a weapon to enslave the world, her father puts
his life on the line to protect her. Now on the run, Mai is aided by a
group of college students, as she learns the hard way her powers are
no joke, but capable of unbelievable, deadly force.
Mars,
vol. 9
Author: Fuyumi Soryo
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Sor
The unthinkable has happened: Rei and Kira have finally broken up, and
it's the talk of the town. Kira can only stand by helplessly as Rei
walks out of her life. Though Rei feigns indifference as he walks into
the arms of waiting suitors, he beings to realize that he may have
made a big mistake. When Kira decides to make up with Rei before it's
too late, he's nowhere to be found. With her family life also
suffering, Kira has no idea where to turn.
Marvels
Author: Kurt Buziek
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Buz
Views the Marvel universe across the decades through the lens of Phil
Sheldon, a newspaper photographer who specializes in covering the
costumed heroes.
Maus : a survivor's tale
Author: Art Spiegelman
Call number: Young Adult Non-Fiction YA
940.5318 Spi
Comic books based on the true story of a survivor of the Jewish
Holocaust.
Meridian
: Flying solo
Author: Barbara Kesel
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Kes
In the floating city of Meridian lives a girl named Sephie. When her
father, the Minister of Meridian, dies mysteriously, Sephie receives
strange magical powers. Her uncle Ilahn, minister of Calador, takes
Sephie under his wing. But when Sephie learns of Ilahn's sinister
ambitions, she must escape his grasp, beginning an adventure whose
outcome will change the world.
Mind Riot : Coming of age in comix
Editor: Karen D. Hirsch
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Min
Charlie Chopper / Ida Marx Blue Spruce -- Skateboard mayhem / Glenn
Head -- With Arthur / David Greenberger ; illustrated by Dean Rohrer
-- From jawbreaker to lawbreaker / Diane Noomin -- The girl from a
different world / Phoebe Gloeckner -- My body / Vicky Rabinowicz --
Painted friends / Carol Swain -- The night I rode the hard drive to
heartbreak / Carol Tyler -- Animal urges / Peter Kuper -- Weird girl /
Roberta Gregory -- The paladins of destruction / Colin Upton -- When
dreams come true / Caryn Leschen -- Out at the movies / Maurice
Vellekoop -- A tale of three sisters / Ann Decker -- Blood fiend /
Kevin Quigley.
Monkey
food : the complete "I was seven in '75" collection
Author: Ellen Forney
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 For
Based on semi-autobiographical material of growing up in a liberal, suburban family of the '70's, this is a collection of fondly-remembered, light-hearted and lovingly rendered stories. Storylines include getting caught reading Judy Blume's Forever, arm-wrestling the second grade bully, how to fake blowing one's nose into their hands, and the author's perfect moment: when Lindsay Wagner sang "Feelings" on The Bionic Woman (who didn't love that?).
Motherhood
is not for Wimps
Author: Rick Kirkman & Jerry Scott
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Kir
Both folly and food are flying in the 14th collection of the popular strip Baby Blues.
Music
for Mechanics
Author: Los Bros Hernandez
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Her
It starts with the first glimpses of Maggie and Hopey and ends with
the first glimpse of Palomar. In between you'll find rocket repairmen,
bug-eyed monsters, voodoo priestesses, punk-rock dungeons,
revolutionaries, stigmatics, billionaires, locas, locos, and the
ground rules for softball with dinosaurs.
My War with Brian
Author: Ted Rall
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Ral
The Mystery of Mary Rogers
Author: Rick Geary
Call number: Young Adult Non-Fiction YA 364.1523
Rog
A chronicle of the disappearance and murder of 'the Beautiful Segar
Girl' in July 1841--a crime which was never solved--and which inspired
the sensational tale by Edgar A. Poe
The
Name of the Game
Author: Will Eisner
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Eis
The story of three families, the Arnheims, the Obers, and the Kayns,
all descendants of Jewish immigrants, and their struggle for status.
As the wealthy seek to insure the family's future with marriage and
heirs, and the less-well-off use it to attain wealth and social
standing, marriage proves indeed to be the name of the game.
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind
(vol 1, 2, 3, 4)
Author: Hayao Miyazaki
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Miy
Humanity, in its hubris, has precipitated a devastating environmental
disaster. Flourishing industrial civilizations have been swallowed up
by an enormous forest of poisonous fungi known as the Sea of
Corruption. This is the coming-of-age tale of Nausicaä, a
compassionate princess warrior striving to negotiate peace between
kingdoms battling over the last of the planet's precious natural
resources.
9-11 : Emergency relief
Author: various
Call number: Young Adult Non-fiction YA 973.931 Nin
Over 80 cartoonists present their personal non-fiction accounts of
their experiences related to the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
9-11 : the world's finest comic book writers and artists tell
stories to remember
Author: various
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA PB Nin
No Pasaran
(vol. 1)
Author: Vittorio Giardino
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB
Gia
Max Friedman returns to Spain late in the Civil War to search for a
friend--a fellow member of the International Brigades--who has
disappeared.
Oh
God It's Grimm!
Author: Mike Peters
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Pet
From the cartoon strip Mother Goose & Grimm.
Oh
My Goddess! (vol. 1)
Author: Kosuke Fujishima
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Fuj
What happens when a Goddess First Class gets tipsy? Well, lacking a
mean bone in her body, the pickled Belldandy uses her powers to give
happiness to everyone. But there's an unexpected consequence: for each
wish fulfilled, boyfriend Keiichi is visited by an equal or greater
unhappiness. To top it off, Belldandy magically glues her hand to
Keiichi's, despite the best efforts of Bell's sister goddesses, Urd
and Skuld, to separate them.
100
Bullets : First Shot, Last Call
Author: Brian Azzarello
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Azz
If a stranger offered you the chance to get away with murder--100
bullets, an untraceable handgun, and proof of the persons responsible
for the misery in your life--would you take it? "Suggested for
mature readers."
100
Bullets : Split Second Chance
Author: Brian Azzarello
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Azz
With a seemingly simple gift--an untraceable gun and a hundred rounds
of ammunition--the mysterious Agent Graves offers the powerless and
wronged a chance at vengeance. But beyond the decision of whether or
not to pull the trigger, a deeper question is beginning to emerge:
just who is making this possible, and why? "Suggested for mature
readers."
Our Cancer Year
Author: Joyce Brabner & Harvey Pekar
Call number: Adult
Non-Fiction 362.196994 Bra
One couples struggle with cancer.
Palestine
Author: Joe Sacco
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 956.94 Sac
The material in this collection originally appeared in Palestine #1-9.
Based on several months of research and an extended visit to the West
Bank and Gaza Strip in the early 1990s, Palestine was the first major
comics work of political and historical nonfiction by Sacco, who has
often been called the first comic book journalist. Sacco's insightful
reportage takes place at the front lines, where busy marketplaces are
spoiled by shootings and tear gas, soldiers beat civilians with
reckless abandon, and roadblocks go up before reporters can leave.
Sacco interviewed and encountered prisoners, refugees, protesters,
wounded children, farmers who had lost their land, and families who
had been torn apart by the Palestinian conflict.
Pogo
Author: Walt Kelly
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Kel
Reprints strips from Oct. 4, 1948 to June 25, 1949.
Promethea,
Book 1
Author: Alan Moore
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Moo
Sophie Bangs is writing a term paper on Promethea, a folkloric warrior
woman who has been represented in a variety of forms over the past 200
years: fairy-tale poetry, newspaper strips, angelic visions, pulps,
and modern comics. Her investigations lead to her own startling
transformation into the latest incarnation of Promethea and plunge her
into the world of Immateria, the realm where stories are real. Here
she receives advice from the previous Prometheas and faces deadly
attacks from their enemies.
Ranma ½
(vol. 1, 2, 3)
Author: Rumiko Takahashi
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Tak
It's not easy for teenage martial artist Ranma to remain victorious
over his ever-vigilant rivals. But it's even worse thanks to a bizarre
curse that turns him into a girl whenever he's splashed with cold
water. With a keen sense of social satire, this episode has Ranma
fending off the advances of a boy smitten with his female half.
Road to Perdition
Author: Max Allan Collins
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Col
Rock Island, Illinois, 1929. Michael O'Sullivan is a good father and a
family man--and also the chief enforcer for John Looney, the town's
Irish crime boss. As Looney's "Angel of Death," O'Sullivan
has done the bidding of Chicago gangsters Al Capone and Frank Nitti as
well--but when a gangland execution spells tragedy for the O'Sullivan
family, a grieving father and his adolescent son find themselves on a
winding road of treachery, revenge, and revelation.
Rose
Author: Jeff Smith & Charles Vess
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Smi
A prequel to the 'Bone' series. A terrifying dragon lays siege to the
small towns of the Northern Valley. Unknown to Princess Rose, who has
inadvertently loosed the gigantic beast, the dragon is actually the
ancient evil Lord of the Locusts. Unable to defeat the monster, Rose
seeks the advice of her advisor, who tells the princess how to destroy
the dragon--but at a terrible cost.
Safe Area Gorazde
Author: Joe Sacco
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 949.703 Sac
Based on the Yugoslav War, 1991-1995, focusing on the Muslim enclave
of Gorazde, which was besieged by Bosnian Serbs during the war. The
author spent four weeks in Gorazde, entering before the Muslims
trapped inside had access to the outside world, electricity or running
water.
Saga of the Swamp Thing
Author: Alan Moore
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Moo
Dr. Alec Holland was doing government work developing a
bio-restorative formula, intended to promote crop growth, when his
experiment was sabotaged. A fierce explosion blew Holland and his
chemical soup into the swamp where the project was located. What
emerged was a creature with the memory of Holland but the cellular
structure of a plant--the Swamp Thing.
Sailor Moon
Author: Naoko Takeuchi
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Tak
Fourteen-year-old Bunny rescues a very unusual cat, who transforms her
into Sailor Moon, champion of justice and defender against evil. Join everyone's
favorite school-girl-turned- superhero and her friends in their
exciting adventures.
The
Sandman : Preludes & Nocturnes
Author: Neil Gaiman
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Gai
Morpheus, lord of the realm of dreams, has been captured by occultists
who intended to summon Death. After seventy years of imprisonment, he
escapes to reclaim his kingdom and his tools: a pouch, a helm, and a
ruby.
The
Sandman : The Doll's House
Author: Neil Gaiman
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Gai
Rose Walker is a young woman in search of her long-lost brother who
finds more than she bargained for: a grandmother, a serial killers'
convention, and ultimately her true identity. Morpheus, the master of
dreams, comes to her aid but may also be forced to destroy her to
protect the dream realm.
Sergio
Aragones Groo : the most intelligent man in the world
Author: Sergio Aragones
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Ara
Groo is a barbarian warrior who has never met a fray he didn't like. A
wrecker of towns and destroyer of villages, Groo is known far and wide
for bungling everything he's ever touched. So why do the local farmers
of Plentia hail him as a hero and proclaim him the smartest man they
have ever seen?
The
Short Life and Happy Times of the Shmoo
Author: Al Capp
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Cap
The shmoo provides for every human need, reproduces faster than it can
commit beneficent suicide, and threatens to remove poverty from the
face of the earth--beginning with Li'l Abner's Dogpatch. Such
dangerous creatures must obviously be destroyed.
The Simpsons
Author: Matt Groening
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Gro or
YA PB Sim
Sleepwalk and other stories
Author: Adrian Tomine
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Tom
Collects the first four issues of Adrian Tomine's comic series Optic
nerve. Sleepwalk -- Echo Ave. -- Long distance -- Drop -- Lunch break --
Summer job -- The connecting thread -- Pink frosting -- Layover --
Supermarket -- Hostage situation -- Dylan & Donovan -- Unfaded --
Six day cold -- Fourth of July -- Hazel eyes.
Speed Racer: Born to Race
Author: Tommy Yune
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Yun
Origin story of Speed Racer, the ultimate racing champion. With his
older brother seemingly dead after a racing incident, Speed and his
family face a number of difficulties keeping Team Go going. A
beautiful reporter, a criminal mastermind, and the mysterious Racer X
all play a part as Speed develops into a racing hero.
Star Wars : Outlander
Author: Tim Truman
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Sta
This book collects issues seven through twelve of the Dark Horse
comic-book series Star Wars.
Strangers
in Paradise : High School!
Author: Terry Moore
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Moo
Tells the story of the early formative moments in the teenage lives
and loves of Francine and Katchoo, with a bonus story featuring the
girls in a satire of their favorite princess warrior.
Strangers
in Paradise : I Dream of You
Author: Terry Moore
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Moo
Katchoo is a beautiful young woman living a quiet life, with
everything going for her. She's independent, smart, and very much in
love with her best friend, Francine, a neurotic with a heart of gold.
Everything is perfect, until Katchoo's former employer, the deadly
Mrs. Parker, comes looking for her and $850,000 in missing mob money.
As her idyllic life begins to fall apart, Katchoo realizes she never
left the past behind, and now it threatens to destroy her and the
woman she loves.
Strangers
in Paradise : It's a Good Life
Author: Terry Moore
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Moo
In the aftermath of Katchoo's brush with death, she, Francine, and
David sort out their relationships. The age-old story of love
unrequited, love sort-of requited, and love that might be requited if
you play your cards right.
Stuck Rubber Baby
Author: Howard Cruse
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Cru
Toland Polk has grown up in the Southern town of Clayfield. It is the
1960s, a time of passionate beliefs and violent emotions, and
Clayfield's citizens are divided in the fight over segregation. As
Toland fights on the side of the civil rights activists, he slowly
begins to realize that he also has a more personal battle--to accept
that he is gay.
Stupid,
Stupid Rat-Tails
Author: Jeff Smith
Call number : Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Smi
The adventures of Big Johnson Bone, frontier hero: Big Johnson Bone,
the discoverer of the Rolling Bone River, was also the famous founder
of Boneville, but little is known of the mighty explorer's adventures
in the years just before he started his famous trading post. Now, for
the first time, that story is revealed. Riblet: The young boar is
captured by rat creatures, who soon have second thoughts.
Superman for All Seasons
Author: Jeph Loeb
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction 741.5973 Loe
Retells the origin story of Superman. From humble beginnings on the
quiet country roads and amber plains of Smallville, Clark Kent
undertakes a journey through the years and seasons to become
Metropolis's Man of Tomorrow.
The Tale of One Bad Rat
Author: Brian Talbot
Call number: Young Adult Fiction YA Tal
Neither genre fiction nor autobiographical, but a compelling tale of
childhood sexual abuse and recovery. Its heroine is teenager Helen
Potter, who has run away from an abusive
father and whose path to recovery takes her from a squat in London to
refuge at an inn in the British countryside.
Thor Visionaries
Author: Walter Simonson
Call number : Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Sim
Collecting 'The mighty Thor' #s 337-348.
Ultimate
Spider-Man : Power & Responsibility
Author: Bill Jemas
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Jem
Updated retelling of Spider-Man's origin story. Peter Parker is a
high-school science geek who lives with his Aunt May and Uncle Ben. On
a field trip to a chemical research lab harboring sinister secrets,
Peter is bit by a spider--an escaped test subject--and gains
remarkable powers. With them, he learns, comes great responsibility.
Ultimate
X-Men
Author: Mark Millar
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Mil
Updated version of the X-Men comic book series. The world stands on
the brink of war between humanity and mutants dubbed "Homo
superior." Mankind has launched an army of giant robot
executioners called Sentinels, programmed to hunt down and eliminate
those with mutant DNA. Meanwhile, Magneto and his cell of rebel
mutants have turned to terrorism, threatening to wipe out Homo sapiens
to pave the way for their own evolutionary future. In the middle stand
Professor Charles Xavier and his Institute for Gifted Children--home
to a band of young mutants seeking coexistence between the two
species.
Usagi Yojimbo
Author: Stan Sakai
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Sak
Miyamoto Usagi is a masterless samurai rabbit wandering the
countryside of 17th century Japan, taking work as a yojimbo
(bodyguard).
The Wizard's Tale
Author: Kurt Busiek and David Wenzel
Call number: Young Adult
Paperbacks YA PB Bus
A reluctantly evil wizard is sent on a quest for the Book of Worse,
which the Darksome Council hopes to use to stamp out light forever.
X-Men : Beginnings
Author: Various
Call number: Young Adult Paperbacks YA PB Xme
This volume tells the stories of Wolverine, Rogue, and Magneto
prior to the events of the X-Men movie.
X-Presidents
Author: Robert Smigel & Adam McKay
Call number: Adult Non-Fiction
741.5973 Smi
As seen on Saturday Night Live TV funhouse. Raucous parody of former
presidents as superheroes.
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