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Watchmen by
A murder mystery-turned-nationwide conspiracy, Watchmen examines the lives of the eponymous superhero team as they seem to decay alongside the ever-darkening America around them.
Call Number: PN6737 .M66 W39 2014ISBN: 9781401245252Publication Date: 2014-05-13
Attack on Titan by
In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what's left of man has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. People believe their 50-meter-high walls will protect them from the Titans, but the sudden appearance of an immense Titan is about to change everything.
Call Number: PN6790 .J34 .S532 v.1 2012ISBN: 9781612620244Publication Date: 2012-06-19
Black Panther by
When a superhuman terrorist group that calls itself The People sparks a violent uprising, the land famed for its incredible technology and proud warrior traditions will be thrown into turmoil. If Wakanda is to survive, it must adapt - but can its monarch survive the necessary change?
Call Number: PZ7.7 .C63 Blac 2016ISBN: 9781302900533Publication Date: 2016-09-13
Keep Your Hands off Eizouken! by
Midori loves to design worlds. Tsubame loves to animate. Sayaka loves to make money! And at Shibahama High, they call them Eizouken--a three-girl club determined to produce their own spectacular science fiction anime! But with no budget from their school and a leaky warehouse for a studio, Eizouken is going to have to work hard and use their imagination...the one thing they've got plenty of!
Call Number: PN6790 .J34 E39 2020 v.1ISBN: 9781506718972Publication Date: 2020-11-17
Solutions and Other Problems by
For the first time in seven years, Allie Brosh--beloved author and artist of the extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller Hyperbole and a Half--returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays. Solutions and Other Problems includes humorous stories from Allie Brosh's childhood; the adventures of her very bad animals; merciless dissection of her own character flaws; incisive essays on grief, loneliness, and powerlessness; as well as reflections on the absurdity of modern life.
Call Number: PN6727 .B7568 S65 2020ISBN: 9781982156947Publication Date: 2020-09-22
V for Vendetta: New Edition by
In an alternate future in which Germany wins World War II and Britain becomesa fascist state, a vigilante named V stalks the streets of London trying tofree England of its ideological chains.
Call Number: PN6737.M66 V2 2005ISBN: 1401207928Publication Date: 2005-11-01
My Hero Academia by
Middle school student Izuku Midoriya wants to be a hero more than anything, but he hasn't got an ounce of power in him. With no chance of ever getting into the prestigious U.A. High School for budding heroes, his life is looking more and more like a dead end. Then an encounter with All Might, the greatest hero of them all, gives him a chance to change his destiny...
Call Number: PN6790 .J33 H63313 2015ISBN: 9781421582696Publication Date: 2015-08-04
Akira by
The science fiction tale set in 2019 in Tokyo after the city was destroyed by World War III, follows the lives of two teenage friends, Tetsuo and Kaneda, who have a consuming fear of a monstrous power known as Akira.
Call Number: PN6790 .J3 A3613 2010 bk. 1ISBN: 9781569714980Publication Date: 2000-12-26
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba by
Tanjiro sets out on the path of the Demon Slayer to save his sister and avenge his family! In Taisho-era Japan, kindhearted Tanjiro Kamado makes a living selling charcoal. But his peaceful life is shattered when a demon slaughters his entire family. His little sister Nezuko is the only survivor, but she has been transformed into a demon herself! Tanjiro sets out on a dangerous journey to find a way to return his sister to normal and destroy the demon who ruined his life. Learning to destroy demons won't be easy, and Tanjiro barely knows where to start. The surprise appearance of another boy named Giyu, who seems to know what's going on, might provide some answers--but only if Tanjiro can stop Giyu from killing his sister first!
Call Number: PN6790 .J33 G6713 2021 v. 1ISBN: 9781974700523Publication Date: 2018-07-03
Wonder Woman: Earth One by
Grant Morrison, the writer of Final Crisis, All-Star Superman and Batman & Robin, follows up the previous bestsellers in the Earth One series with a reimagining of Wonder Woman.
Call Number: PN6728 .W6 M67 2016ISBN: 9781401229788Publication Date: 2016-04-12
Parasyte by
SILENT INVASION They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade-and take control of-a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose- monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret-except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?
Call Number: PN6790 .J33 I9335 2013ISBN: 9781612620732Publication Date: 2011-07-26
Drowned City by
On August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina's monstrous winds and surging water overwhelmed the protective levees around low-lying New Orleans, Louisiana. Eighty percent of the city flooded, in some places under twenty feet of water. Property damages across the Gulf Coast topped $100 billion. One thousand eight hundred and thirty-three people lost their lives. The riveting tale of this historic storm and the drowning of an American city is one of selflessness, heroism, and courage--and also of incompetence, racism, and criminality. Don Brown's kinetic art and as-it-happens narrative capture both the tragedy and triumph of one of the worst natural disasters in American history. A portion of the proceeds from this book has been donated to Habitat for Humanity New Orleans.
Call Number: ENC1101ISBN: 9780544157774Publication Date: 2015-08-04
Black Butler by
Just a stone's throw from London lies the manor house of the illustrious Phantomhive earldom and its master, one Ciel Phantomhive. Earl Phantomhive is a giant in the world of commerce, Queen Victoria's faithful servant...and a slip of a twelve-year-old boy. Fortunately, his loyal butler, Sebastian, is ever at his side, ready to carry out the young master's wishes. And whether Sebastian is called to save a dinner party gone awry or probe the dark secrets of London's underbelly, there apparently is nothing Sebastian cannot do. In fact, one might even say Sebastian is too good to be true...or at least, too good to be human...
Call Number: PN6790 .J33 T54513 2010ISBN: 9780316080842Publication Date: 2010-01-26
Beowulf by
BEOWULF tells of the tale of a Scandinavian hero in lands that would become what is now Denmark and Sweden. A monster, Grendel, has arrived in the kingdom of the Danes, devouring its men and women for over a decade until Beowulf arrives to save them.
Call Number: PN6777 .G38 B45 2016ISBN: 9781534301207Publication Date: 2017-01-17
Goodnight Punpun by
A dark coming-of-age tale where slice-of-life slices back. This is Punpun Onodera's coming-of-age story. His parents' marriage is falling apart. His dad goes to jail, and his mom goes to the hospital. He has to live with his loser uncle. He has a crush on a girl who lives in a weird cult. Punpun tries talking with God about his problems, but God is a jerk. Punpun keeps hoping things will get better, but they really, really don't. Meet Punpun Punyama. He's an average kid in an average town. He wants to win a Nobel Prize and save the world. He wants the girl he has a crush on to like him back. He wants to find some porn. That's what he wants, but what does he get...?
Call Number: PN6790 .J33 A836213 2016 v.1ISBN: 9781421586205Publication Date: 2016-03-15
The Complete Maus by
Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author's father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats. Maus is a haunting tale within a tale, weaving the author's account of his tortured relationship with his aging father into an astonishing retelling of one of history's most unspeakable tragedies. It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.
Call Number: DS135 .P63 S68 1997ISBN: 0679406417Publication Date: 1996-11-19
Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by
Join the Bat and some teenage turtles as they try to save their cities from the baddest of the bad guys! NEW YORK CITY: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles face the battle of a lifetime, fighting both the fearsome Foot Clan and their leader, the Shredder, and the alien forces of General Krang... which is exactly Krang's plan. Now a single dimensional warp can rid him of both of his greatest rivals at once. GOTHAM CITY: From the Penguin to Killer Croc to Ra's al Ghul and beyond, the caped crime-fighter called Batman already has his hands full protecting his city. Suddenly, a new enemy emerges--the Shredder and his ninja followers, transported to Gotham and unleashed upon an unsuspecting world. Now they're on the hunt for the technology that will help them return home...and conquer Gotham City in the process, with the help of Batman's deadliest rogues. But heroes come in all shapes, and the Dark Knight does not fight alone. As the Caped Crusader joins forces with Leonardo, Donatello, Michelangelo, Raphael and Master Splinter, can the Bat, the Rat and the Turtles take down the most vicious villains from two dimensions?
Call Number: PN6728 .B36 B44 2016ISBN: 1401271502Publication Date: 2017-07-25
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by
Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters is the fictional graphic diary of 10-year-old Karen Reyes, filled with B-movie horror and pulp monster magazines iconography. Karen Reyes tries to solve the murder of her enigmatic upstairs neighbor, Anka Silverberg, a holocaust survivor, while the interconnected stories of those around her unfold. When Karen's investigation takes us back to Anka's life in Nazi Germany, the reader discovers how the personal, the political, the past, and the present converge.
Call Number: PN6727 .F4646 M9 2017ISBN: 9781606999592Publication Date: 2017-02-14
On the Camino by
Northwestern Spain, observed with the eye of an artist, chronicling both the good (people, conversations) and the bad (blisters, bedbugs) he encountered on his journey. Full of quiet incidents, odd encounters, small triumphs, and the occasional setback, On the Camino is the first implicitly autobiographical long-form work by a master cartoonist.
Call Number: ENC1101ISBN: 9781683960218Publication Date: 2017-05-30
Too Much Coffee Man Omnibus Plus by
A deluxe hardcover featuring 32 new color story pages! This 600-page omnibus plus edition features five previously published Too Much Coffee Man books, plus an all-new color section! Too Much Coffee Man - the anthology title and the character - will be forever associated with prolific comics creator Shannon Wheeler (The New Yorker, The Onion). These semi-autobiographical, hyper-intellectual tales will appeal to both comic book insiders and pop culture fanatics. With a foreword by Henry Rollins.
Call Number: PN6727.W448 T66 2017ISBN: 9781506704029Publication Date: 2017-06-20
A Study in Scarlet by
Graphic novel adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's mystery in which Dr. Watson first meets Sherlock Holmes and the two locate their apartment at 221B Baker Street in the midst of a case that spans two continents.
Call Number: PN6790 .E34 S88 2017ISBN: 9781910593332Publication Date: 2017
Angelboy by
Cyrus' life ends with a flash and a bang as the bullet enters his heart. Moments later, he opens his eyes to find his body changed, sporting a new pair of... angel wings? Something's definitely not right here... No one can see him or hear him, and he's in a town he doesn't recognize. In his wanderings, he encounters horrific urban violence. He saves the life of a young boy that was almost killed in a case of mistaken identity. Cyrus does his best to help, but then must decide whether he wants to retaliate, or be a victim-- a passive enabler of violence. New edition features a revised cover and storyline.
Call Number: PN6727 .B45 2014ISBN: 9780989887908Publication Date: 2013-09-01
Poe: Stories and Poems by
In a thrilling adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's best-known works, acclaimed artist-adapter Gareth Hinds translates Poe's dark genius into graphic-novel format. It is true that I am nervous. But why will you say that I am mad? In "The Cask of Amontillado," a man exacts revenge on a disloyal friend at carnival, luring him into catacombs below the city. In "The Masque of the Red Death," a prince shielding himself from plague hosts a doomed party inside his abbey stronghold. A prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition, faced with a swinging blade and swarming rats, can't see his tormentors in "The Pit and the Pendulum," and in "The Tell-Tale Heart," a milky eye and a deafening heartbeat reveal the effects of conscience and creeping madness. Alongside these tales are visual interpretations of three poems -- "The Raven," "The Bells," and Poe's poignant elegy to lost love, "Annabel Lee." The seven concise graphic narratives, keyed to thematic icons, amplify and honor the timeless legacy of a master of gothic horror.
Call Number: ENC1102ISBN: 9780763681128Publication Date: 2017-08-01
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