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"The sweeping story of cartoons, comic strips, and graphic novels and their century-long hold on the American imagination. Starting with the Civil War and cartoonist Thomas Nast, creator of the lasting images of Uncle Sam and Santa Claus, author Jeremy Dauber whizzes readers through comics' progress in the twentieth century and beyond: from the golden age of newspaper comic strips (Krazy Kat, Yellow Kid, Dick Tracy) to the midcentury superhero boom...
2) Shortcomings
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A graphic novel in which Ben Tanaka tries to salvage his failing long-term relationship with Miko Hayashi, who suspects Ben is more attracted to white women, an accusation that cause their personal and political problems to reach a boiling point.
4) Orbiter
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Three specialists investigate when a space shuttle returns to Earth after a disappearance of ten years with its pilot mentally deranged, the rest of its crew missing, and with Martian sand in its landing gear.
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Wonder Woman (the new 52) volume 2
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"Wonder Woman goes to hell! After she plays Poseidon, Hades, and Hera against each other, Hades strikes back by kidnapping Zola and trapping her in the Underworld. It's up to Wonder Woman--with a little help from the God of Love and the God of Smiths--to break Zola out. But what is Hades' real game, and once you get into the land of the dead, how exactly do you get out?"--Amazon.
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As evil spreads across Gotham City, Batman's allies, including Red Robin, Batwing, and Robin find themselves in a battle coming from all sides. The Court of Owls has shown its hand, and it's up to the collective effort of these heroes to stop it in this sprawling tale of corruption and violence.
10) Displacement
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"In the next installment of her graphic memoir series, Displacement, Knisley volunteers to watch over her ailing grandparents on a cruise. (The book's watercolors evoke the ocean that surrounds them.) In a book that is part graphic memoir, part travelogue, and part family history, Knisley not only tries to connect with her grandparents, but to reconcile their younger and older selves. She is aided in her quest by her grandfather's WWII memoir, which...
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"The Encyclopedia of Black Comics focuses on people of African descent who have published significant works in the United States or have worked across various aspects of the comics industry. The book focuses on creators in the field of comics: inkers, illustrators, artists, writers, editors, Black comic historians, Black comic convention creators, website creators, archivists and academics--as well as individuals who may not fit into any category...
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Pup Detectives volume 3
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"When a beloved team mascot goes missing just before a big soccer match, the pup detectives are called in by the principal to crack the case!"--
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Shark and Bot volume 4
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Shark and Bot are going to the GLO-NUTS WORLD theme park and they are pretty sure it's going to be the BEST DAY EVER. They plan to: Meet all six of the Glo-Nuts. Get their ultra-limited-edition glow-in-the-dark Glo-Nuts Epic Fun Super Patch. Ride the fastest, scariest doughnut shaped rollercoaster ever built-DOUGHNUT MOUNTAIN! The only catch? Bot's little sister has to come along! Can Shark and Bot still have the most epic day ever?
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BIG adventures of Babymouse volume 1
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"Babymouse has a BIG imagination that comes to life when she dreams of having straight whiskers"--
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Disney fairies (Graphic novels) volume 4
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Five magical stories featuring Tinker Bell and the fairies from Pixie Hollow.