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Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Who Will Make the Pancakes collects five deeply social stories by the acclaimed cartoonist Megan Kelso, exploring the connective tissue that binds us together despite our individual, interior experience. These stories, created over the past 15 years roughly contemporaneously with the authors own journey as a mother wrestle with the concept of motherhood and the way the experience informs and impacts concepts of identity, racism, class, love, and...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
This debut graphic memoir (the first of two books, with Book Two coming in 2025) is a bittersweet coming of age story that chronicles the authors teenage experiences with sexual assault, PTSD, and resiliency. Dear Mini is not a cautionary tale; rather, it is a vivid (at turns hilariously and uncomfortably so) depiction of adolescent agency in the face of trauma, tracing Norriss journey from wayward wild-child to resilient adult who has harnessed her...
3) Alison
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Alison tells the story of a young British woman who, in her twenties, seizes upon the opportunity to escape from her quiet life in Dorset to the thrumming art scene of late-1970s London. But the vehicle for her escape is a charismatic older man whose reputation as an artist and philanderer casts a shadow which will follow Alison for years as she pursues her painting career.
Combining immaculate prose and stunning artwork, Alison is a complex love...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Are you ready for revolution? Revolution of the mind. Revolution of the body. At Camille's invitation, Sarah and Aniss arrive in the Tuscan countryside to take part in a unique experience. Camille hopes to achieve a complete fusion of three souls and three bodies into a single organism. An act of spiritual and organic alchemy. Revolution!
5) Big Punk
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Fed up with wealthy techies blip-blipping on their wangdangs and destroying the formerly gritty culture of Fog City, a punk lady moves out to the sticks to soothe her soul. Though she is only looking to escape, a mysterious and hairy stranger disrupts her plans and causes her life to change in unexpected ways.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Maude, now age 15, returns to her childhood summer camp to find that dark forces are lurking in the woods. MAN-EATERS: THE CURSED reunites the original Eisner-nominated MAN-EATERS creative team, led by New York Times bestselling thriller writer CHELSEA CAIN, for another tale of adolescent feminist derring-do and supernatural hijinks. Smart, laugh-out-loud funny, provocative, referential, scary, compulsively re-readable, and chock-full of collectible...
7) Pet Peeves
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Bobbie's life is going nowhere fast. She's working at a bar, wanting to play music but never having the time or energy. The only bright spot is her dog - always cheerful, always cuddly, and always there for her. As the relentless day-in, day-out of work piles up, music and roommates and social plans begin to seem less and less important as Bobbie struggles to make rent and have any time to be creative. The only thing she has time for outside her job...
8) Female Force: Women of Country Music Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Loretta Lynn, and Reba McEntire
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
What do a coal miner's daughter, an American Idol winner, the "Queen of Country," and a woman who once proclaimed, "It costs a lot of money to look this cheap," have in common? Find out in this dynamic volume of Female Force featuring the women whose voices define country music. Featuring the comic book biographies of Dolly Parton, Carrie Underwood, Loretta Lynn, and Reba McEntire. Special cover by Marvel Comics artist Yonami.
9) Snowbird
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Trying to save the world while struggling to save yourself is a recipe for (climate) disaster.
In this graphic memoir, Erin navigates the punk/activist art scenes while dealing with personal and environmental devastation; racial inequality and internalized racism; and the sometimes difficult business of staying alive in the face of mental health conditions.
It asks and answers the question: what would we do if we could counsel our younger self?...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Nikki Haley has always felt like an outsider, but a better label would be "trailblazer." She's the first Indian American to hold office in South Carolina, the first female governor of the state, the youngest governor in the United States, and only the second governor of Indian descent. Born Nimrata Nikki Randhawa in Bamberg gave her a unique perspective as she battled racism and religious disparity to become the Ambassador to the United Nations. As...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Melissa Viviane Jefferson became the iconic singer Lizzo through challenges as well as triumphs. Lizzo, from Detroit, Michigan, started rapping at ten and, by 14, formed her first musical group. She rose to the top of the charts and has become a voice for this generation. Reading her life story will convince you she's an authentic Female Force.
12) Man Eaters Vol 3
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Middle schooler Maude turns into a werepanther when she gets her period.Will an in-patient, anti-pantherism clinic called Ruminations cure her through hormone adjustment therapy? Or will Maude overthrow the patriarchy, solve a series of murders, and uncover a global capitalist conspiracy?(HINT: IT'S THE SECOND ONE.) This volume wraps up the MAN-EATERS series and includes the inspirational and informative guide, HANDBOOK FOR THE REVOLUTION, plus never-before-published...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Born Anna Mae Bullock, Tina Turner started her life as a singer in her local church and elementary schools. Her ill-fated relationship with Ike Turner coincided with her meteoric rise up the Billboard charts, leading to her eventual fall. After retooling her image, Tina again exploded on the scene in the 80s. She passed from natural causes May 24, 2023. Twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with a musical career that spanned half a century,...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari reunite decades later at a church bingo halland what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage. This Jackpot Edition contains over sixty pages of bonus material, including the talents of Marguerite Bennett (Batwoman) and newcomer Beverly Johnson, Shawn Pryor (Cash and Carrie) and...
15) Man Eaters Vol 2
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Maude has a case of puberty-induced pantherism, a missing friend, a detective dad who thinks she may be a killer, a mom with a big secret, a unicorn hiding in her bedroom, and a plan to overthrow the patriarchy. From the creative team that brought you the groundbreaking and Eisner-nominated series Mockingbird, this trade paperback collects the second arc of the unconventional coming-of-age tale including the mental hygiene guide for...
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Get ready for the hottest comic book release! Witness the Earth's former superhero, who left his duties to become a questionable hero, in this captivating tale. Discover the repercussions when the mightiest hero of the TidalWave Universe must learn restraint. Brace yourself for a new era as Atlas takes center stage, featuring appearances by Venus and Judo Girl.
17) Victory Point
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel about the tension of coming home for a visit while not yet having fulfilled dreams for a life elsewhere. On a summer's day, Ellen returns to the coastal town she grew up in: Victory Point. Revisiting old haunts and people from her past, she feels increasingly disconnected from her previous life, and exhausted by her constant struggle to forge a path ahead. Exploring the town, Ellen searches for some comfort in her own history that...
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Adolescent girls can be real monsters.Maude is twelve which is just about that age when some girls turn into flesh-eating wildcats. As her detective dad investigates a series of strange mauling attacks, Maude begins to worry that she might be the killer. From the creative team that brought you the groundbreaking Eisner-nominated series Mockingbird, this trade paperback collects the first story arc of the unconventional coming-of-age tale including...
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Louisiana, 1961. The elderly Louise shoos away questions from granddaughters eager to know more about the familys distant past. But what is she hiding? As she unburdens herself to Hazel, the maid, memories and legends come pouring out from the years following the birth of the American nation: a sugarcane plantation, an abusive patriarch, a fearful wife, a headstrong daughter, and a mysterious voodoo priestess. What other dark secrets lurk, long-repressed,...
20) Lynx #2
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
Sekhmet's gifts have attracted attention, which spells trouble for the Lynx! While Crystal revels in her newfound powers, Tony and Cleo, no strangers to resurrection, realize that the natural order is unbalanced. So, they send Lady Sniper to solve the problem. Its an all-out battle for survival in issue #2! Will there be a #3?
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