Graphic Novels

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		Abadzis, Nick C. 2007 Laika Blending fact and fiction, the amazing story of an abandoned puppy from Moscow who grew to be a Russian space program pioneer as Earth's first space traveler is presented in comic-style illustrations.

		Bechdel, Alison C. 2006 Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic An unusual memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father, a historic preservation expert dedicated to restoring the family's Victorian home, funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual.

		Clowes, Daniel C. 1998 Ghost World A collection of eight interconnected stories follows the friendship between two teenage girls, Enid and Rebecca.

		Gaiman, Neil C. 1991 Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes An attempt to summon and imprison Death, results, instead, in the capture of Morpheus, the Sandman, who must regain the tools of his powers.

		Hill, Joe C. 2008 Locke & Key Presents the story of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them--and home to a hate-filled creature that will not rest until it forces open the most terrible door of them all.

		Miller, Frank C. 1999 300 300 is a story of war and defiance as only Frank Miller can tell. The five-part series is collected into a beautiful, 88-page hardcover volume, with each two-page spread from the comic presented as it was originally intended - as a single undivided page, greatly enhancing the graphic and narrative power of this immortal tale of heroic sacrifice.

		Hirano, Kota C. 2002 Hellsing Chronicles the exploits of the secret Hellsing Organization, formed by the Hellsing family to protect England and the Protestant church from vampires and other monsters, and its top operative, the vampire Alucard.

		Koike, Kazuo C. 2000 Lone Wolf and Cub: The Assassin's Road A stoic Ronin wanders the countryside of ancient Japan, carting his small child in a vessel, with a banner to advertise: 'son for hire, sword for hire.'

		Lonergan, Jesse C. 2009 Joe & Azat Follows Joe, an American Peace Corps worker in Turkmenistan, and his native Turkmen friend Azat, in a study of cross-cultural friendship and idealization of the American dream.

		Mazzucchelli, David C. 2008 Asterios Polyp Asterios Polyp, an award-winning architect who's never built an actual building, is in the midst of a spiritual crisis, but after the structure of his own life falls apart, he runs away to try to rebuild it into something new.

		Medley, Linda C. 2006 Castle Waiting A single-volume collection of the graphic fantasy series follows the modern fable of an abandoned castle and its eccentric inhabitants, in an anthology that includes such pieces as "The Curse of Brambly Hedge," "The Lucky Road," and "Solicitine."

		Milligan, Peter C. 2009 The Bronx Kill Martin Keane's father wanted him to follow in the family tradition and become a police officer, but Martin wanted to be a writer. After critics thrash his second novel, Martin decides to write a cop thriller as a way to connect with his father and find success as an author.

		Moore, Alan C. 1986 Watchmen Exceptional graphic artwork brings to life the story of the Watchmen as they race against time to find a killer, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.

		Morrison, Grant C. 2005 We3 Animals are being transformed into intelligent experimental weapons. When the animals formerly know as Bandit the dog, Tinker the cat, and Pirate the rabbit are decommissioned and condemned to death, their doctor/trainer decides to let them escape.

		Raicht, Mike C. 2010 The Stuff of Legend: The Dark The year is 1944. As Allied forces fight the enemy on Europe's war torn beaches, another battle begins in a child's bedroom in Brooklyn. When the nightmarish Boogeyman snatches a boy and takes him to the realm of the dark.

		Robinson, Alex C. 2008 Too Cool to Be Forgotten After middle-aged Andy Wicks fails to quit smoking by going cold turkey and using nicotine replacements, he tries being hypnotized and ends up back where he started smoking, in high school in 1985.

		Sacco, Joe C. 2009 Footnotes in Gaza Presents an original investigation into the 1956 massacre of more than one hundred Palestinian refugees by Israeli soldiers in Rafah in graphic novel format.

		Satrapi, Marianne C. 2003 Persepolis The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contradictions between public and private life.

		Small, David C. 2009 Stitches: A Memoir The author recounts in graphic novel format his troubled childhood with a radiologist father who subjected him to repeated x-rays and a withholding and tormented mother, an environment he fled at the age of sixteen in the hopes of becoming an artist.

		Talbot, Bryan C. 2007 Alice in Sunderland In graphic novel format, traces the influences behind Lewis Carroll's celebrated stories and focuses on Sunderland, England, one of his favorite haunts, providing updates to his biography and covering famous events and locales.

		Vaughan, Brian C. 2005 Ex Machina: the First Hundred Days After growing tired of risking his life, America's first superhero Mitchell Hundred retires from masked crime fighting and runs for mayor of New York City, but he discovers that he has more to worry about than just budget problems.

		Ware, Chris C. 2000 Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid Comic-book master Chris Ware chronicles four generations of the Corrigan men, from 1893 to 1983, in this compelling graphic novel.

		Way, Gerard C. 2008 Umbrella Academy In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers.

		Willingham, Bill C. 2002 Fables: Legends in Exile Follows the adventures of storybook and nursery rhyme characters who live side-by-side with humans.