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• Blankets

  a Graphic Novel

  Thompson, Craig, 1975-

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  Craig Thompson's poignant graphic memoir plays out against the backdrop of a Midwestern winterscape: finely-hewn linework draws together a portrait of small town life, a rigorously fundamentalist Christian childhood, and a lonely,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Watchmen

  Moore, Alan, 1953-

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  This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.

• Fun Home

  a Family Tragicomic

  Bechdel, Alison, 1960-

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  In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.

• Louis Riel

  a Comic-strip Biography

  Brown, Chester, 1960-

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  Brown coolly documents with dramatic subtlety the violent rebellion on the Canadian prairie led by Riel, who some regard a martyr who died in the name of freedom, while others consider him a treacherous murderer.

• This One Summer

  Tamaki, Mariko,

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  Cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, the team behind Skim, have collaborated on this gorgeous, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful story about a girl on the cusp of her teen age—a story of renewal and revelation.

• Juliette, or the Ghosts Return in the Spring

  Jourdy, Camille, 1979-

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  A vibrant tableau of small-town life as seen through the eyes of a woman returning home from Paris.

• A Fire Story

  a Graphic Memoir

  Fies, Brian,

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  A Fire Story is an honest account of the wildfires that left homes destroyed, families broken, and a community determined to rebuild.

• Stitches

  a Memoir

  Small, David, 1945-

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  Finalist for the 2009 National Book Award and finalist for two 2010 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards: the prize-winning children’s author depicts a childhood from hell in this searing yet redemptive graphic memoir.

• The Sculptor

  McCloud, Scott, 1960-

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  Thanks to a deal with Death, the young sculptor gets his childhood wish: to sculpt anything he can imagine with his bare hands. But now that he only has 200 days to live, deciding what to create is harder than he thought, and discovering…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ducks

  Two Years in the Oil Sands

  Beaton, Kate, 1983-

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  Beaton's first full-length graphic narrative, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands is an untold story of Canada: a country that prides itself on its egalitarian ethos and natural beauty while simultaneously exploiting both the riches of its…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Julia

  a Biography of Julia W. Henshaw

  Kluckner, Michael,

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  A novelist, journalist, socialite, botanist, explorer, and World War I ambulance driver, Julia Henshaw was a unique and colourful personality. This graphic biography follows her extraordinary life from Montreal to Vancouver, from the Rocky…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Killing and Dying

  Six Stories

  Tomine, Adrian, 1974-

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  Unpredictable, darkly funny, and deeply moving, they display an exceptional range of focus and technique. The Village Voice called Tomine "one of the most masterful cartoonists of his generation," and this is his most ambitious and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Roaming

  Tamaki, Mariko,

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  Emotional tensions vibrate wildly against the resplendently illustrated backdrop of New York City, capturing a spontaneous queer romance in all of its fledgling glory.

• Shubeik Lubeik

  Muḥammad, Dīnā,

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  A brilliant and imaginative debut graphic novel that brings to life a fantastical Cairo where wishes are real. Author, illustrator, and translator Deena Mohamed presents a literary, feminist, Arab-centric graphic novel that marries magic…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• A Guest in the House

  Carroll, Emily,

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  In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dark mystery surrounding his former wife’s death.

• Saga. Compendium One

  Vaughan, Brian K.,

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  The sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find their place in the worlds. When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Brother's Husband. Volume 1

  Tagame, Gengoroh, 1964-

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  An unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.

• Good Talk

  a Memoir in Conversations

  Jacob, Mira, 1973-

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  At an increasingly fraught time for immigrants and their families, Good Talk delves into the difficult conversations about race, sex, love, and family that seem to be unavoidable these days.

• Miss Butterworth and the Mad Baron

  a Graphic Novel

  Quinn, Julia, 1970-

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  From #1 New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn comes this irresistible treat, a charming and jaunty graphic novel, based on story snippets peppered throughout a number of her books.

• Leonard Cohen

  on a Wire

  Girard, Philippe,

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  Written with careful attention to detail and drawn with a palette of warm, lush colors by the Quebec-based cartoonist Philippe Girard, Leonard Cohen is an engaging portrait of a cultural icon.