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Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When cartoonist Flo travels the globe for the first time without his boyfriend, Bas, he is too preoccupied with feeling homesick to really see any of the beauty around him. Even after many years together, do you still need distance between you in order to miss each other--or can you occupy the same space and still feel disconnected?"--
3) Anya's ghost
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Anya, embarrassed by her Russian immigrant family and self-conscious about her body, has given up on fitting in at school but falling down a well and making friends with the ghost there just may be worse.
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Scribner hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Highly original and brilliantly illustrated, this entertaining and accessible graphic novel draws upon the authors' nearly fifty-year career to share the compelling story of the birth of neuroscience and their paradigm-shifting discoveries across areas aswide-ranging as autism and schizophrenia research, and new frontiers of social cognition.
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Series
Language
English
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M.S. is graduating and facing a crossroads in life. She has a strained relationship with her mother, a sexually abusive father on parole, and is in love with someone who mostly hangs out with her to get high. She dabbles as a sex worker and weed dealer. It's time to make some life decisions. Time Under Tension is a story of searching for dignity in a world that rarely affords it and taking agency of adulthood in the face of so many easy excuses not...
6) Drama
Author
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Callie rides an emotional roller coaster while serving on the stage crew for a middle school production of Moon Over Mississippi as various relationships start and end, and others never quite get going.
7) Dog biscuits
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Gussy struggles to keep his dog biscuit boutique afloat while a global pandemic rages unchecked. The loneliness of lockdown and social distancing drives his employee Rosie to betray her principles. Rosie's roommate Hissy is at a personal crossroads. A love triangle emerges as they find themselves tangled in a web of police brutality, protests, drugs, dating apps and Covid chaos. Taking place over the course of just a few days, this is a snapshot...
9) Sisters
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raina can't wait to be a big sister. But once Amara is born, things aren't quite how she expected them to be. Amara is cute, but she's also a cranky, grouchy baby, and mostly prefers to play by herself. Their relationship doesn't improve much over the years, but when a baby brother enters the picture and later, something doesn't seem right between their parents, they realize they must figure out how to get along. They are sisters, after all. Raina...
Author
Series
I cannot reach you volume 1
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Language
English
Description
"Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. The cool, smart one who's good at almost everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles to do anything right--Yamato and Kakeru. Always by the other's side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other"--
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Language
English
Description
"After spotting what seemed to be a romantic encounter between Kakeru and Akane, Yamato's jealousy overflowed--and the rift between them grew even deeper. But with no chance to restore the delicate balance before their school trip to Kyoto, uncertainty looms over the pair. Will a change of scenery breathe new life into their friendship...or is this Yamato's chance to confess how he really feels to Kakeru?"--
13) Operatic
Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books, House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
When Charlie is tasked to find her perfect song for a music class assignment, she discovers the music of Maria Callas, and tries to follow the singer's example in life regarding her best friends and Emile, her crush.
14) Benson's cuckoos
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Richard thinks he's in luck when he snags a job at the cuckoo-clock factory, but things start to go wrong right off the bat. First of all there's his boss, who doesn't seem to have the strongest grip on reality and has an odd penchant for silly hats. Then there are his coworkers, who are alternately evasive and idiotic when asked about anything pertaining to actually getting work done. Finally there's George, the employee Richard's replacing, who...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Offers a veritable super-sundae of storytelling flavors. From the haunting inaugural issue, to an exploration of opioid abuse, to a lauded three-tiered silent meditation, to even the far reaches of future outer space--there's a sliver of suffering here for everyone"--Publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Seven Seas
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
It was inevitable that the road walked by Teacher and Shiva would be sorrowful, but not all of their times together were bleak. Many of their days held quiet, shimmering joy; comfortable days of sunlight and soft breezes where nothing of significance happened. Days that remained unseen...until now. These are the side stories of two people--one human, one inhuman--who linger in the hazy twilight that separates night from day
Author
Series
Brinkley yearbooks volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Viv never looks forward to picture day. Her mom always makes her wear a boring braid, and no one at school notices her--aside from her two best friends, Milo and Al, of course. But enough is enough. This year, Viv is taking matters into her own hands. Literally. Enter: a pair of scissors. And, well, a new hairstyle. Just in time for photos! Suddenly Viv is an overnight trendsetter at Brinkley Middle School. Everyone wants her help planning their...
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English
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"How do you tell someone you want to do stuff with them? How do you ask if they want to do stuff with you? How do you know what stuff you want to do with each other? Enter: Sargeant Yes Means Yes from the Consent Cavalry, a beacon of clarity in a fuzzy minefield of questions. Sarge drops in on a diverse range of folks deciding whether to engage in sexual activity in this short and fun comic guide to communicating what you want, don't want, and how...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"SuperMutant Magic Academy is a prep-school for mutants and witches but their paranormal abilities take a back seat to everyday teen concerns. Science experiments go awry, bake sales are upstaged, and the new kid at school is a cat who will determine the course of human destiny. In one strip, lizard-headed Trixie frets about her nonexistent modeling career; in another, the immortal Everlasting Boy tries to escape this mortal coil to no avail. Throughout...
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Lust recounts her life as a young, enthusiastic anarchist making her way in Vienna in the 1990s - and of her love for two men: the "perfect companion" Georg, an actor twenty years her elder, and the "perfect lover," Kimata, a Nigerian man-about-town. As her relationships with the two men evolve, jealousy increasingly mounts and leads to emotional and violent outbreaks that threaten her life."--Amazon.com.
This graphic memoir is about obsession,...
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