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Lauren Hogg
(89)
Summary: Lauren Hogg, one of the survivors of the shooting at the Marjory Stoneman Douglas school in Parkland, Florida, dramatically tells her story in graphic novel form. The tragedy of yet another mass...
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Call #: 371.782 HOG YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
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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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Robin Ha , illustrator
(5,062)
Summary: A powerful and moving teen graphic novel memoir about immigration, belonging, and how arts can save a life. For as long as she can remember, it's been Robin and her mom against the world. Growing up...
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Call #: 325.1 HA YA
Location: Adult Displays - Near New Arrivals
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Stan Lee
(2,989)
Summary: "In this gorgeously illustrated, full-color graphic memoir, Stan Lee--comic book legend and cocreator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, and a legion of other Marvel...
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Call #: B LEE
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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
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David Polonsky artist
(8,946)
Summary: The only graphic biography of Anne Frank's diary that has been authorized by the Anne Frank Foundation and that uses text from the diary -- it will introduce a new generation of young readers to this...
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Call #: B FRANK YA
Location: YA Biographies
copies in: 1 of 1
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Riad Sattouf
(5,593)
Summary: The highly anticipated continuation of Riad Sattouf's internationally acclaimed, #1 French bestseller, which was hailed by the New York Times as a disquieting yet essential read in the Arab of the...
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Call #: B SATTOUF
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Riad Sattouf , illustrator
(3,469)
Summary: In this third volume, (1985-1987), Riad's mother, fed up with the grinding reality of daily life in the village, decides she cannot take it any longer. When she resolves to move back to France, young...
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Call #: B SATTOUF
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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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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
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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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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
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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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Akiko Higashimura , artist
(626)
Summary: "High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she...
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Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL BLA
Location: YA Graphic Novels
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Akiko Higashimura , illustrator
(347)
Summary: "A RUDE AWAKENING. Thanks to Hidaka-sensei's intensive training, Akiko manages to get through her art school exams. She's one step closer to seeing her dreams come true...or so she thinks!" -- Provided by publisher
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Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL BLA
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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Akiko Higashimura , artist
(283)
Summary: "Akiko has graduated from art school--let the job hunt begin! But finding work is easier said than done. Will she have to return home to Miyazaki empty-handed?" -- Provided by publisher
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Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL BLA
Location: YA Graphic Novels
copies in: 1 of 1
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Chii artist
(1,136)
Summary: "A diary comic with an upbeat, adorable flair that tells the charming tale of Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her...
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Call #: GRAPHIC NOVEL CHI
Location: YA Graphic Novels
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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
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Erin Williams , artist
(1,162)
Summary: We follow author and illustrator Erin Williams on her daily commute to and from work, punctuated by recollections of sexual encounters as well as memories of her battle with alcoholism, addiction,...
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Call #: 362.88 WIL
copies in: 0 of 1
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Mimi Pond
Series:
Over Easy
(956)
Summary: This is a continuation of Mimi Pond's book Over Easy, a memoir of her time working amongst the hippies and punks of the wisecracking, fast-talking, drug-taking Imperial Cafe. Pond's story is equal...
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Call #: 741.59 PON
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Tyler Feder , illustrator
(2,952)
Summary: Tyler Feder shares her story of her mother's first oncology appointment to facing reality as a motherless daughter in this frank and refreshingly funny graphic memoir.
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Call #: 616.994 FED YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
copies in: 0 of 1
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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
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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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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
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Christine Mari Inzer
(1,154)
Summary: Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father in 1997, Christine Mari Inzer spent her early years in Japan and relocated to the United States in 2003. The summer before she turned...
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Call #: 952 INZ YA
Location: YA Nonfiction
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Christine Mari Inzer
(1,138)
Summary: Born in Tokyo to a Japanese mother and an American father in 1997, Christine Mari Inzer spent her early years in Japan and relocated to the United States in 2003. The summer before she turned...
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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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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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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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Jason Katzenstein
(551)
Summary: Jason Adam Katzenstein is just trying to live his life, but he keeps getting sidetracked by his over-active, anxious brain. Mundane events like shaking hands or sharing a drink snowball into absolute...
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Call #: 616.8522 KAT
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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
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Nicole J. Georges , artist
(1,647)
Summary: The author describes her life with her misbehaved dog, a pet that saw her through many changes in life over the course of fifteen years.
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Call #: 636.7 GEO
Location: Adult Nonfiction
copies in: 1 of 1
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Joel Christian Gill , artist
(294)
Summary: A visceral and deeply affecting memoir of artist/author Joel Christian Gill, chronicling his youth and coming of age as a Black child in a chaotic landscape of rough city streets and foreboding backwoods.
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Call #: 305.896 GIL YA
Location: New YA Nonfiction
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Noelle Stevenson , illustrator
(3,622)
Summary: In a collection of essays and personal mini-comics that span eight years of her young adult life, author-illustrator Noelle Stevenson charts the highs and lows of being a creative human in the world....
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Call #: B STEVENSON YA
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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
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L. Nichols , artist
(395)
Summary: This book charts the author's experiences of growing up in a Christian household and community, realizing she's gay and her subsequent struggle to reconcile her faith with her sexuality.
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Call #: 306.768 NIC
Location: Adult Nonfiction
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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
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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
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Moa Romanova
(701)
Summary: A dating site match goes really wrong in this troubling, funny graphic memoir. Things seem to be looking up when Moa Romanova -- broke, depressed, and living in a squat above an old store -- matches...
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Call #: 616.8527 ROM
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