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Lorina Mapa
(400)
Summary: A graphic memoir about growing up in the Philippines in the 1980s with Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos and the EDSA Revolution. When she learns of her beloved father's fatal car accident,...
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Call #: 959.9 MAP YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Julia Kaye
(1,294)
Summary: A highly personal collection documenting the early months of artist Julia Kaye's gender transition. Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of...
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Call #: 306.768 KAY
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kabi Nagata , illustrator
Series:
My Solo Exchange Diary
(2,124)
Summary: Struggling with the idea of living alone and adjusting to the effects of her previous book's success, this follow-up to the award-winning autobiographical comic continues the author's quest for self-acceptance and love.
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Call #: 306.766 NAG
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Maia Kobabe , artist
(6,172)
Summary: In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt...
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Call #: 306.76 KOB
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Natalie Nourigat , illustrator
(955)
Summary: When artist Tally Nourigat left her life in Portland to move to Los Angeles and pursue a job in animation, she realized that despite her research, nothing truly prepared her for the wild world that...
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Call #: 741.5 NOU
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Julie Dachez
(1,760)
Summary: An autobiographical comic based on the author's experience with Asperger's. Marguerite feels awkward, struggling every day to stay productive at work and keep up appearances with friends. She's...
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Call #: 616.8588 DAC YA
Location: New YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Junji Itō
(306)
Summary: A first-ever collection of Junji Itō's artworks, featuring over 130 images from his best-selling manga titles along with rare works. This sublime collection includes all of Itō's unforgettable...
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Call #: 741.59 ITO
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Michael Kupperman
(1,118)
Summary: In this moving graphic memoir, Michael Kupperman traces the life of his reclusive father -- the once-world-famous Joel Kupperman, Quiz Kid. That his father is slipping into dementia -- seems to...
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Call #: 791.44 KUP
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Vannak Anan Prum
(179)
Summary: Vannak Anan Prum left his village in Cambodia to seek work in Thailand. Men who appeared to be employers on a fishing vessel promised to return him, but instead Vannak was hostage on the vessel for...
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Call #: 306.362 PRU
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Roz Chast , illustrator
(805)
Summary: Chast's alphabetical compendium provides a neurotic spin on the classic alphabet book.
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Call #: 741.56 CHA
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
George Takei
(20,358)
Summary: A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American...
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Call #: 940.5317 TAK
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Raina Telgemeier , illustrator
(29,343)
Summary: Raina wakes up one night with a terrible upset stomach. Her mom has one, too, so it's probably just a bug. Raina eventually returns to school, where she's dealing with the usual highs and lows:...
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Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL TEL
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 3 of 4
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by
Lucy Knisley , artist
(8,391)
Summary: In 2010, Lucy and her long-term boyfriend John broke up. Three long, lonely years later, John returned to New York, walked into Lucy's apartment, and proposed. This is not that story. It is the story of what came after: the wedding.
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Call #: B KNISLEY
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Shing Yin Khor
(545)
Summary: An illustrated comic travelogue about an American immigrant driving alone through all that's left of "The Mother Road," Route 66.
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Call #: 325.1 KHO YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Carol Tyler , illustrator
Series:
You'll Never Know
(20)
Summary: The author chronicles her fraught relationship with her father, Charles, a WWII veteran, and how the war affected their lives through both childhood and adulthood. Soldier's heart is also a tribute...
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Call #: 940.5481 TYL
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Roz Chast , illustrator
(25,462)
Summary: In her first memoir, Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four-color cartoons, family photos, and...
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Call #: 306.874 CHA
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sarah Glidden , illustrator
(1,649)
Summary: "Cartoonist Sarah Glidden accompanies her two friends -- reporters and founders of a journalism non-profit -- as they research potential stories on the effects of the Iraq War on the Middle East and,...
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Call #: 956.7044 GLI
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Guy Delisle
(21,247)
Summary: Delisle is one of the few Westerners granted access to North Korea documents. His observations of the secretive society in this graphic travelogue depict the cultural alienation, boredom, and desires of ordinary North Koreans.
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Call #: 951.93 DEL
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Guy Delisle
(6,808)
Summary: Presents the author's observations, in graphic novel format, of life in a cold city in southern China that is sealed off by electric fences and armed guards from the rest of the country.
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Call #: 951 DEL
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Paula Knight , illustrator
(183)
Summary: A graphic memoir and visual exploration of the stigma-inducing health issues of miscarriage, childlessness, and chronic medical conditions.
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Call #: 618.178 KNI
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Riad Sattouf , artist
(2,212)
Summary: In this fourth volume, little Riad has grown into a teenager. In the previous books, his childhood was complicated by the pull of his two cultures -- French and Syrian -- and his parents'...
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Call #: B SATTOUF
Location: Adult Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ebony Flowers , illustrator
(1,075)
Summary: Offers a poignant glimpse into black women's lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon while ladies gossip and bond over the burn. The titular story "Hot...
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Call #: 305.896 FLO
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jarrett Krosoczka , artist
(25,551)
Summary: In kindergarten, Jarrett Krosoczka's teacher asks him to draw his family, with a mommy and a daddy. But Jarrett's family is much more complicated than that. His mom is an addict, in and out of rehab,...
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Call #: B KROSOCZKA YA
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Brian Fies , artist
(1,341)
Summary: Early on the morning of Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting in 44 fatalities. In addition, 8,900 structures, including 6,200 homes, were destroyed. One of...
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Call #: 363.37 FIE
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Lucy Knisley , illustrator
(18,582)
Summary: Lucy Knisley loves food. The daughter of a chef and a gourmet, this talented young cartoonist comes by her obsession honestly. In her forthright, thoughtful, and funny memoir, Lucy traces key...
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Call #: B KNISLEY YA
Location: YA Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Teresa Wong
(711)
Summary: In this intimate and moving graphic memoir, Teresa Wong writes and illustrates the story of her struggle with postpartum depression in the form of a letter to her daughter Scarlet. Equal parts...
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Call #: 618.76 WON
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
A. J. Dungo , artist
(1,983)
Summary: In this visually arresting graphic novel, surfer and illustrator AJ Dungo remembers his late partner, her battle with cancer, and their shared love of surfing that brought them strength throughout...
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Call #: 797.32 DUN YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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by
Gene Luen Yang , artist
(2,797)
Summary: Gene understands stories -- comic book stories, in particular. Big action. Bigger thrills. And the hero always wins. But Gene doesn't get sports. As a kid, his friends called him "Stick" and every...
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Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL YAN
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Edmond Baudoin
(247)
Summary: A touching graphic memoir about brotherhood, coming of age, and artistic inspiration by one of France's most celebrated graphic novelists. Edmond Baudoin is one of the most revered and influential...
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Call #: B BAUDOIN
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Jimmy Gownley
(3,926)
Summary: "What if the dumbest idea ever turned your life upside down? At thirteen, Jimmy was popular, at the top of his class, and the leading scorer on his basketball team. But all that changed when chicken...
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Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL GOW
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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Alison Bechdel
(135,685)
Summary: This book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr. It's a father-daughter tale perfectly suited to the graphic memoir form....
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Call #: 741.59 BEC
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Cece Bell
(62,173)
Summary: The author recounts in graphic novel format her experiences with hearing loss at a young age, including using a bulky hearing aid, learning how to lip read, and determining her "superpower."
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Call #: J GN BEL
Locations: YA Graphic Novels, Juvenile Graphic Novels
copies in: 2 of 2
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by
Sarah Glidden , illustrator
(3,870)
Summary: "Sarah Glidden is a progressive Jewish American twenty-something who is both vocal and critical of Israeli politics in the Holy Land. When a debate with her mother prods her to sign up for a...
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Call #: 956.94 GLI
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sylvie Rancourt
(285)
Summary: A long-lost memoir about life as a stripper in Montreal. In 1980, Sylvie Rancourt and her boyfriend moved to Montreal from rural Northern Quebec. With limited formal education or training, they had a...
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Call #: 792.78 RAN
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Junji Itō
(4,767)
Summary: Hell-o-kitty! Master of Japanese horror manga Junji Ito presents a series of hissterical tales chronicling his real-life trials and tribulations of becoming a cat owner. Junji Ito, as J-kun, has...
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Call #: 636.8 ITO
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Kazuto Tatsuta , artist
(218)
Summary: "Tatsuta was an amateur artist who signed onto the dangerous task of cleaning up the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant, which the workers came to call 'Ichi-F.' This is the story of that challenging...
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Call #: 363.1799 TAT
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Sarah Andersen , artist
Series:
Sarah's Scribbles - #2
(21,253)
Summary: Containing illustrated personal essays on the author's real-life experiences with anxiety, career, relationships and other adulthood challenges, this collection of the hugely popular, world-famous...
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Call #: 741.56 AND
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Ronald Wimberly compiler, artist
(490)
Summary: This book "started in January 2015 when Matt Bors asked me to find eight quotes and illustrate them for "The Nib" for February, Black History Month. I chose quotes ranging from the casual to the...
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Call #: 973.0496 WIM YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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by
Hyun Sook Kim
(1,410)
Summary: The autobiography of a South Korean woman's student days under an authoritarian regime, and how she defied state censorship. When Kim Hyun Sook started college in 1983 she was ready for her world to...
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Call #: 951.95 KIM YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Dami Lee illustrator
(605)
Summary: This collection of comics, previously published online, tell the story of an immigrant child overcoming adversity -- and a language barrier. We then follow Lee as she returns to Korea as an adult,...
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Call #: 741.56 LEE
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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