Updated Graphic Novel Bibliography
Sorted by Call Number / Author.
002 BET
Bettley, James. The art of the book : from medieval manuscript to graphic novel. London :
V&A ;, 2001.
Uses examples from London's National Art Library to explore how books have
presented art throughout history.
070.4 GUI
Guibert, Emmanuel. The photographer. New York : First Second, c2009.
A graphic novel and photo journal that follows reporter Didier Lefevre on a dangerous
journey through Afghanistan with the Doctors Without Borders mission.
100 HEE
Heer, Margreet de, 1972-. Philosophy : a discovery in comics. New York : Nantier Beall
Minoustchine, 2012.
What is thinking? -- Who do we think we are? -- The ancient Greeks -- Know yourself - Medieval philosophy -- Free will -- After the Middle Ages : turning point -- What is
reality? -- And now? -- Personal philosophies. The author features herself and her
husband Yiri as guides in this graphic novel introduction to deep thinking and
philsophy, which includes a brief history of philosophy and a survey of well-known
philosophers.
292.1 O'CO
O'Connor, George. Olympians. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2013.
A fictionalized account, in graphic novel format, of the Greek myth of Poseidon, the
god of the sea.
299 LIM
Limke, Jeff. Isis & Osiris : to the ends of the earth : an Egyptian myth. Minneapolis : Graphic
Universe, c2007.
A graphic novel depicting the Egyptian myth of Osiris, a gentle king who was murdered
by his brother, and Isis, his wife who never stopped loving him.
305.892 EIS
Eisner, Will. The plot : the secret story of the protocols of the Elders of Zion. 1st ed. New
York : W.W. Norton, c2005.
A graphic novel by Will Eisner that depicts the rise of modern antisemitic thought in the
world.
320 HEN
Hennessey, Jonathan, 1971-. The United States Constitution : a graphic adaptation. 1st ed.
New York : Hill and Wang, c2008.
We the people... -- Preamble -- Article I -- Article II -- Article III -- Article IV -- Article
V -- Article VI -- Article VII -- Ratification: Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists -- Bill of
Rights : Amendments 1-10 -- Amendments 11-27. An introduction to the United States
Constitution, presented in graphic form, detailing important people and events in the
creation of the founding document, its Preamble, and twenty-seven amendments.
323 FLO
Flowers, A. R. I see the promised land : a life of Martin Luther King Jr. Rev. ed. Toronto ; :
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, 2013, c2010.
Presents in graphic novel the story of Martin Luther King, Jr., primarily focusing on his
civil rights work, in a musical, storytelling style and illustrated in the scroll-painting
tradition of Bengal.
323.1196 LEW
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-. March. Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, [2015].
A graphic novel account of some pivotal moments in the Civil Rights Movement.
330 GOO
Goodwin, Michael, 1966-. Economix : how our economy works (and doesn't work) in words
and pictures. New York : Abrams ComicArts, 2012.
Explains the economy in graphic novel format, describes the difference between
capitalism, socialism, and communism, the history of western economics, and the
modern global economy.
338.5 KLE
Klein, Grady. The cartoon introduction to economics. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang,
©2010.
Uses cartoons and humor to introduce readers to the history and concepts of
microeconomics, the study of the operations of the components of a national economy,
such as individual firms, households, and consumers, and how those operations affect
the national economy.
338.5 KLE
Klein, Grady. The cartoon introduction to economics. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang,
©2012.
Uses cartoons and humor to introduce readers to the history and concepts of
macroeconomics, explaining how economies grow and why economies collapse.
345.73 GEA
Geary, Rick. The lives of Sacco and Vanzetti : the crime, the evidence, a global cause. New
York : NBM/ComicsLit, c2011.
A graphic novel account of the lives and deaths of Italian immigrants and admitted
anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were accused of murder in
Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1920, tried, convicted, and executed, in a case that caused
an uproar around the world due to the questionable circumstances surrounding the case.
355.02 SAC
Sacco, Joe. Journalism. 1st pbk. ed. New York : Metropolitan Books, 2013.
Preface: A manifesto anyone? -- The Hague. The war crimes trials -- The Palestinian
territories. Hebron: a look inside ; Gaza portfolio ; The underground war in Gaza -- The
Caucasus. Chechen war, Chechen women ; What refugees? -- Iraq. Complacency kills ;
Down! up! ; Trauma on loan -- Migration. The unwanted -- India. Kushinagar. Collects
some of the shorter graphic novel accounts journalist Joe Sacco has created about
conflict and other issues in various countries around the world, including the Hague, the
Palestinian territories, Chechnya, Iraq, and India.
364.15 GEA
Geary, Rick. The Lindbergh child : the atrocious kidnapping and murder of the infant son of
America's hero, Col. Charles A. Lindbergh. New York : NBM/ComicsLit, c2008.
A graphic novel account of the kidnapping and murder of the infant son of Charles
Lindbergh and the investigation and arrest that followed.
364.152 BAC
Derf. My friend Dahmer : a graphic novel. New York : Abrams ComicArts, c2012.
Derf describes his classmate Jeffrey Dahmer's teenage years as a lonely oddball.
Dahmer would go on to become one of the United States' most notorious serial killers.
364.152 JEN
Jensen, Jeff. Green River killer : a true detective story. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse
Books, 2011.
A graphic novel account of Detective Tom Jensen's work on the Green River Killer
case, a twenty-year search for the killer of more than forty-eight women and girls in the
Seattle, Washington, area. The case culminated in Jensen's interviewing and working
with the killer, Gary Leon Ridgeway, for more than six months in 2003, to locate the
remains of some of the victims and bring closure to their families.
364.6 JON
Jones, Sabrina, 1960-. Race to incarcerate : a graphic retelling. New York, NY : The New
Press, 2013.
A graphic novel adaptation of Marc Mauer's study of criminal justice policy in the U.S.
that discusses the explosion in prison populations in recent years, and considers the
reasons why the national approach to solving crime has been to rely on the prison at the
expense of other more effective and humane responses.
398.2 LIM
Limke, Jeff. King Arthur : Excalibur unsheathed : an English legend. Minneapolis : Graphic
Universe, c2007.
A country without a king -- The new king in a new year -- The boy becomes king -- The
lessons taught to King Lot -- The Collector of Beards -- A joust in the forest -- A gift
from the Lady of the Lake. A graphic novel adaptation of the legend of Arthur, who
stumbles upon the sword in the stone, becomes England's king, and is faced with the
challenge of bringing peace to a country in chaos.
398.2 TRI
Trickster : [Native American tales : a graphic collection]. Golden, CO : Fulcrum Books,
c2010.
Coyote and the pebbles / Dayton Edmonds and Micah Farritor -- Raven the trickster /
John Active and Jason Copland -- Azban and the crayfish / James Bruchac, Joseph
Bruchac, and Matt Dembicki -- Trickster and the Great Chief / David Smith and Jerry
Carr -- Horned Toad Lady and Coyote / Eldrena Douma and Roy Boney, Jr. -- Rabbit
and the tug-of-war / Michael Thompson and Jacob Warrenfeltz -- Moshup's bridge /
Jonathan Perry, Chris Piers, and Scott White -- Rabbit's Choctaw tail tale / Tim Tingle
and Pat Lewis -- The wolf and the mink / Elaine Grinnell and Michelle Silva -- The
dangerous beaver /Mary Eyley and Jim8ball -- Giddy up, Wolfie / Greg Rodgers and
Mike Short -- How the alligator got his brown, scaly skin / Joyce Bear and Megan
Baehr -- The Yehasuri : the little wild Indians / Beckee Garris and Andrew Cohen -Waynaboozhoo and the geese / Dan Jones and Michael J. Auger -- When Coyote
decided to get married / Eirik Thorsgard and Rand Arrington -- Puapualenalena, wizarddog of Waipi'o Valley / Thomas Cummings, Jr. and Paul Zdepski -- Ishjinki and
Buzzard / Jimm GoodTracks and Dimi Macheras -- The bear who stole the Chinook /
Jack Gladstone and Evan Keeling -- How Wildcat caught a turkey / Joseph Stands With
Many and Jon Sperry -- Espun and Grandfather / John Bear Mitchell and Andy Bennett
-- Mai and the cliff-dwelling birds / Sunny Dooley and J. Chris Campbell. Collects over
twenty trickster stories, in graphic novel format, from various Native American
traditions, including tales about coyotes, rabbits, ravens, and other crafty creatures and
their mischievous activities.
512 TAK
Takahashi, Shin. The manga guide to linear algebra. Tokyo, Japan : Ohmsha ;, c2012.
In graphic novel format, introduces the basics of linear algebra through the story of
Reiji, who takes on the job of turoring his crush, Misa, in linear algebra, in order to be
able to join the Karate Club her big brother captains.
530 GAR
Gardner, Jane P. Physics : investigate the mechanics of nature. White River Junction, VT :
Nomad Press, a division of Nomad Communications, [2014].
"Features graphic novel illustrations, sidebars, youtube links, and a glossary of
important vocabulary to bring the complex world of physics to life. Inquiry-based, ageappropriate projects include designing a skateboard park that maps the forces at work-both on the skateboarder and on the skateboard--and creating an electroscope to detect
electric charges around your house or school"--Back cover.
571.6 KEY
Keyser, Amber. The basics of cell life with Max Axiom, super scientist. Mankato, MN :
Capstone Press, c2010.
In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the
science behind plant and animal cells.
576.5 SCH
Schultz, Mark, 1955-. The stuff of life : a graphic guide to genetics and DNA. 1st ed. New
York : Hill and Wang, c2009.
Bloort 183, an asexual alien scientist, explains the fundamentals of genetics, covering
human DNA, evolution, and other scientific concepts in graphic novel format.
576.8 HOS
Hosler, Jay (Jay S.). Evolution : the story of life on Earth. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang,
c2011.
The slow simmer of life : the first 4 billion years -- The rise and fall and rise of life -- E
is for extinction -- Old things into new -- Perfectly imperfect -- Getting a leg up on
evolution -- The path not taken. In graphic novel format, follows Bloort 183, an asexual
alien scientist, as he explains the fundamentals of evolution to King Floorsh and his son.
579.2 BIS
Biskup, Agnieszka. Understanding viruses with Max Axiom, super scientist. Mankato, MN :
Capstone Press, c2009.
In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Max Axiom as he explains the
science behind viruses.
579.3 BIS
Biskup, Agnieszka. The surprising world of bacteria with Max Axiom, super
scientist. Mankato, MN : Capstone Press, c2010.
In graphic novel format, follows Max Axiom as he explores the world of bacteria.
616.85 SHI
Shivack, Nadia. Inside out : a memoir in pictures. 1st ed. New York : Atheneum Books for
Young Readers, c2007.
A memoir, presented in graphic novel form, in which the author illustrates her ongoing
struggle with an eating disorder she has named Ed.
623.4 FET
Fetter-Vorm, Jonathan, 1983-. Trinity : a graphic history of the first atomic bomb. 1st pbk. ed.
New York : Hill and Wang, a division of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
In graphic novel format, presents the history of the development of the first atomic
bomb, from the earliest experiments with nuclear fusion during the nineteenth century
through the Manhattan Project. Additionally, describes the destruction caused by the
bomb in Japan, and the tensions over nuclear weapons that have kept the world on edge
ever since.
700 WAL
Wallace, Amy. The book of lists : horror. 1st ed. New York : Harper, c2008.
A collection of facts and trivia on a number of horror films, television programs,
literature, video games, and graphic novels, with information on the top-ten horror
movies of all time.
741.5 ABE
Abel, Jessica. Life sucks. New York : First Second, c2008.
Teen vampire Dave Miller, facing the prospect of eternity stocking shelves at an allnight, vampire-owned convenience store in Los Angeles, becomes involved with Rosa,
a mortal with a fascination for the dark side, only to find himself in competition for her
attentions with a psychotic surfer-vamp.
741.5 ABI
Abirached, Zeina, 1981-. I remember Beirut. 1st American ed. Minneapolis : Graphic
Universe, 2014.
Presents, in graphic novel format, Zeina Abirached's war time memories of growing up
in Beirut, Lebanon, in the 1980's, when Christians and Muslims were fighting in her
neighborhood.
741.5 ABO
Abouet, Marguerite, 1971-. Aya. Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2009, c2007.
A graphic novel about the daily life of a nineteen-year-old girl named Aya living in
Yopougon, Africa, during 1978; exploring her relationships with her father, who
manages a beer company, and two best friends, who are determined to marry a wealthy
man, and her own ambitions to attend college and become a scientist.
741.5 ABR
Abraham, Daniel. A game of thrones : the graphic novel. New York : Bantam Books, ©2012.
Lords and ladies fight over the kingdom of Winterfell where summers can last for
decades and winters a lifetime.
741.5 ABR
Abraham, Daniel. A game of thrones : the graphic novel. New York : Bantam Books, ©2013.
In the capital city of King's Landing, Jon Snow's father, Lord Eddard Stark, serves as
the Hand of King Robert Baratheon in a treacherous court. Meanwhile, in the barbarian
lands across the Narrow Sea, the young princess Daenerys Targaryen is suprised to find
love and power in her forced marriage to the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo. And, the
dwarf Tyrion Lannister must use all his cunning and wit to survive when he is captured
and imprisoned in the lofty dungeons of the Eyrie under the rule of Lady Stark's sister,
who hates all Lannisters.
741.5 ABR
Abraham, Daniel. A game of thrones : the graphic novel. New York : Bantam Books, ©2014.
The kingdom of the Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a
generation-long winter, the poisonous plots of the rival Lannisters, the emergence of the
Neverborn demons, and the arrival of barbarian hordes.
741.5 ADV
Adventure classics. Mount Horeb, WI : Eureka Productions, 2005.
The wind blew shrill and smart / by Robert Louis Stevenson ; illustrated by Skot Olsen - In the valley of the sorceress / by Sax Rohmer ; adapted by Rod Lott ; illustrated by
J.B. Bonivert -- The masked ball / by Alexandre Dumas ; adapted by Tom Pomplun ;
illustrated by Michael Manning -- Tigre / by Zane Grey ; adapted by Tom Pomplun ;
illustrated by Don Marquez -- The shooting of Dan McGrew / by Robert W. Service ;
illustrated by Hunt Emerson -- Two men named Collins / by Damon Runyon ; adapted
by Tom Pomplun ; illustrated by Noel Tuazon -- Blood money / by Rafael Sabatini ;
adapted by Tom Pomplun ; illustrated by Kevin Atkinson -- Gunga Din / by Rudyard
Kipling ; illustrated by Mary Fleener -- The man without a shadow / by Fitz-James
O'Brien ; adapted & illustrated by Milton Knight -- The mystery of the semi-detached /
by Edith Nesbit ; adapted by Antonella Caputo ; illustrated by Mark A. Nelson -- The
stolen story / by Johnston McCulley ; adapted by Tom Pomplun ; illustrated by Chris
Pelletiere -- The crime of the brigadier / by Arthur Conan Doyle ; adapted by Antonella
Caputo ; illustrated by Nick Miller -- The roads we take / by O. Henry ; adapted by Rod
Lott ; illustrated by Pedro Lopez. Presents graphic novel adaptations of thirteen classic
stories by a number of noted authors including Rudyard Kipling, Alexandre Dumas,
Arthur Conan Doyle, and others.
741.5 AFR
African-American classics. Mount Horeb, WI : Eureka Productions, c2011.
Graphic novel adaptations of stories and poems written by some of America's earliest
African American authors, including W.E.B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson, Claude
McKay, and Alice Dunbar Nelson.
741.5 AND
Anderson, Ho Che. King : a comic book biography. 1st Fantagraphic Books ed. Seattle, WA :
Fantgraphics Books, 2005.
Presents a graphic novel interpretation of the public persona and private life of civil
rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., from his childhood in Atlanta, Georgia, to his
assassination in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1968.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : VIZ Media, c2003.
Ann, having moved to her mother's hometown in rural Shimane after the divorce of her
parents, struggles to get used to her new surroundings, until a tragedy forces her to
appreciate the people around her.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : Viz Media, c2004.
Ann, having made a new life and good friends in the country following her parents'
divorce and her mom's suicide, does not know what to do when her father asks her to
come and live with him in Tokyo.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : VIZ Media, c2004.
Eager to reconnect with her boyfriend Daigo, sixteen-year-old Ann returns to Shimane
from Tokyo for the summer, but the interference of Fuji and Shika might complicate the
young couple's romantic attachment.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2009, c2004.
Ann and Daigo's long distance relationship is tested as time passes and they each spend
more time with their aristocratic childhood friends, brother and sister Fuji and Shika,
than each other.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2009, c2005.
Shika is determined to steal Daigo from Ann, but the reintroduction of a girl from their
past complicates the situation; and meanwhile, Fuji makes a play for Ann's affections.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2010, c2005.
Twelve-year-old Ann moves back to live with her father in Tokyo after the death of her
mother, but wonders how she will be able to keep in touch with her friend Daigo.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2010, c2003.
As Ann revisits places and people from her past, she is driven to an impulsive act and
wonders who will stand by her now and if she will ever find peace.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2010, c2003.
Describes how the destinies of the mothers of Ann, Daigo, Fuji, and Shika were shaped
when they were teenagers as well as Ann's sister's visit to New York City to see Shika
and Ann's ex-fiancé.
741.5 ASH
Ashihara, Hinako. Sand chronicles. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2011, c2003.
Ann has finally settled her emotions over her mother's suicide and Daigo is reunited
with old classmates to unearth the time capsule they buried as ten-year-olds and is
reminded of the future he once dreamed about.
741.5 AVE
Avery, Ben. George R.R. Martin's The hedge knight : a Game of thrones prequel graphic
novel. [Seattle, Wash.] : Jet City Comics, [2013].
When his master dies, a squire named Duncan, or Dunk, decides to remake himself as a
knight and heads for a nearby tournament, picking up a squire named Egg on the way.
But to compete Dunk needs a sponsor and he sets out to find one, encountering friends,
foes, adventure, and hidden agendas along the way.
741.5 AVE
Avengers vs. X-Men : it's coming. New York : Marvel, c2012.
The Avengers, X-Men, Young Avengers and X-Factor are at odds with what to do
about Scarlet Witch after she brings the mutant race to the brink of extinction, and
Cable returns with Hope and tries to eliminate the Avengers.
741.5 AXE
Axe, David. War is boring : bored stiff, scared to death in the world's worst war zones. New
York : New American Library, c2010.
A graphic novel account of war as experienced by "The Washington Times"
correspondent David Axe, following him to Lebanon and Somalia, to Chad where he
attempts to bring attention to Darfur, across the U.S., and back to Detroit to reconnect
with his family.
741.5 BAB
Babra, Neil, 1978-. Hamlet. New York : Spark Pub., c2008.
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy in which a Danish prince
seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by his ghost.
741.5 BAE
Baek, HyeKyung. The infernal devices. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2013.
Tessa Gray is threatened when members of the Clave challenge Charlotte's leadership
of the London Institute. If Charlotte is forced out, Tessa will have to leave too.
741.5 BAE
Baek, HyeKyung. The infernal devices. 1st Yen Press ed. New York, NY : Yen Press, 2014.
"The threat of Mortmain's infernal devices looms as the Shadowhunters race to work
out a way to counteract the mechanical monsters. Meanwhile, plans for Tessa's
marriage to Jem are underway. Despite her fiancé's failing health and the unresolved
feelings between her and Will, when Tessa is captured, Will must leave his comrade
behind to save the woman they both love... But with the final missing piece--Tessa
herself--in Mortmain's possession, can anything stop his plot for revenge?"--Back
coveer.
741.5 BAR
Barry, Lynda, 1956-. What it is. Montreal : Drawn & Quarterly, c2008.
A collection of collages by Lynda Barry that explores the themes of memory and the
writing process.
741.5 BAT
Batman : night of the owls. New York : DC Comics, c2013.
As evil spreads across Gotham City, Batman's allies, including Red Robin, Batwing,
and Robin find themselves in a battle coming from all sides. The Court of Owls has
shown its hand, and it's up to the collective effort of these heroes to stop it in this
sprawling tale of corruption and violence.
741.5 BEN
Bendis, Brian Michael. Avengers. New York : Marvel, c2011.
The Avengers assemble to battle the Serpent's enforcers, the Worthy, eight powerful
superhumans chosen from Earth's superheroes and villains, after the Red Skull's
daughter unleashes the ancient evil creature.
741.5 BEN
Bendis, Brian Michael. The Avengers : the heroic age. New York : Marvel, c2012.
Following the siege on Asgard, Iron Man, Captain America, and Thor find themselves
thrown into the Nine Realms of Asgard, which are in a state of chaos the Avengers will
escape only if they can work out their past differences. Then, Steve Rogers puts out the
call for the Avengers past and present, as well as a few others, to assemble and put the
world right, but the new team has barely formed when it finds itself facing a mystical
enemy in Manhattan.
741.5 BER
Bertozzi, Nick. Lewis & Clark. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2011.
A fictionalized account, in graphic novel format, of the adventures of explorers Lewis
and Clark during their journey from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean.
741.5 BES
The best of Poe. Irvine ; CA : Saddleback Educational Pub, c2006.
The pit and the pendulum -- The fall of the House of Usher -- The cask of Amontillado - The murders in the Rue Morgue. A collection of four suspenseful Edgar Allan Poe
short stories.
741.5 BIE
Bierce, Ambrose. Ambrose Bierce. Mount Horeb ; WI : Eureka Productions, c2003.
The disapperance of Ambrose Bierce -- An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge -- The race
at Left Bower -- An imperfect conflagration -- The stranger -- One summer night -Moxon's master -- Bierce's fables -- The boarded window -- The hypnotist -- Oil of dog
-- Curried cow. Presents graphic adaptations of short stories by nineteenth-century
American satirist and journalist Ambrose Bierce, featuring the art of over forty
illustrators.
741.5 BLA
Black, Holly. The good neighbors. New York : Graphix, c2008.
Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks ago, believes she is
going crazy until she learns that the strange things she has been seeing are real, and that
she is one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that mortals cannot see.
741.5 BRO
Brooks, Max. Hearts & minds : a G.I. Joe graphic novel. San Diego, CA : IDW Pub., c2010.
Provides short comic profiles of ten G.I. Joe and COBRA characters, including Major
Bludd, Spirit, Deep Six, and Doc, revealing their natures and motivations.
741.5 BRO
Brosgol, Vera. Anya's ghost. 1st ed. New York : Square Fish/First Second, 2014.
Anya, embarrassed by her family and lacking confidence in her body and her social
skills, finally finds a friend after falling down a well, but quickly learns there are
drawbacks to having a ghost for a friend.
741.5 BUS
Busiek, Kurt. The Avengers assemble. New York : Marvel, c2012.
When Ultron, one of the Avengers' greatest foes, kills everyone in the European country
of Slorenia and promises the same to all of mankind, the Avengers lead a U.N. strike on
Slorenia to deal with the threat.
741.5 BUS
Busiek, Kurt. The Avengers assemble. New York : Marvel, c2012.
The Avengers battle a horde of rampaging Hulks, evil alchemist Diablo, Kang the
Conqueror, and other threats to the planet.
741.5 CAL
Calero, Dennis. Ray Bradbury's The Martian chronicles : the authorized adaptation. 1st ed.
New York : Hill and Wang, 2011.
A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic novel about the colonization of
Mars by Earthmen who fled Earth to escape the waste and war devastating the planet.
As they replace the Martian civilization with houses, malls, and cities, they learn the
consequences of repeating their mistakes on the Red Planet.
741.5 CAN
Cannon, Zander. Heck. Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2013.
After Hector "Heck" Hammerskjöld's father passes he finds a gate to Hell in his father's
house and decides to open a business to help those who need closure.
741.5 CAR
Careers in focus. New York : Ferguson's, c2012.
Introduction -- Advertising workers -- Art directors -- Bindery workers -- Business
managers -- College professors, illustration and sequential art -- Comic book artists -Comic book models -- Comic book store owners -- Comic book writers -- Critics and
reviewers -- Editorial and research assistants -- Editors -- Graphic designers -Intellectual property lawyers -- Literary agents -- Marketing research analysts -Prepress workers -- Printing press operators and assistants -- Sales managers -Webmasters. Describes careers in comic books and graphic novels, including careers as
advertising workers, art directors, bindery workers, college professors, comic book
artists, and more.
741.5 CAR
Card, Orson Scott. Laddertop. 1st ed. New York : Tom Doherty Associates, c2011.
Eleven-year-old best friends Robbi and Azure are thrilled to be accepted at Laddertop
Academy, where they will be trained to work on the Ladders, technology given to the
human race by aliens that supply power to the entire planet and the space stations they
support. Once at Laddertop, however, the girls discover that life there is not what they
and the other children chosen were led to expect.
741.5 CAR
Carey, Mike. God save the Queen. New York : DC Comics, c2007.
A heroin addicted, rebellious teenager, who is also a changeling, helps Titania--the
former queen of the Faerie kingdom--fight the evil Queen Mab. Presented in graphic
novel format.
741.5 CAR
Carey, Mike. My faith in Frankie. New York : DC Comics/Vertigo, c2004.
Presents a graphic novel of Frankie Moxen, who has everything going for her, including
her own personal god named Jeriven and best friend Kay, but when Frankie meets
handsome, Dean, it is possible that Jeriven will meet his match.
741.5 CAS
Casey, Joe. The Avengers : Earth's mightiest heroes : ultimate collection. New York : Marvel,
c2012.
Details the origins of the superhero team The Avengers, from their earliest days when
five superheroes--Iron Man, Ant Man, Thor, the Hulk, and Wasp--banded together to
fight evil, earning them suspicion from the world at large until they proved themselves
by defeating such villains as the Masters of Evil and Kang the Conquerer.
741.5 CAS
Cassandra Jean. Beautiful creatures : the manga. New York : Yen Press, c2013.
A graphic novel adaptation of the novel about sixteen-year-old Ethan's powerful
attaction to Lena, the new girl at his rural South Carolina high school, with whom he
shares a psychic connection and whose family hides a dark secret that may be revealed
on her sixteenth birthday.
741.5 CAS
Cassandra Jean. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children : the graphic novel. 1st ed. New
York, NY : Yen Press, ©2013.
Presents a graphic novel adaption of Ransom Riggs' "Miss Peregrine's Home for
Peculiar Children" in which sixteen-year-old Jacob, having traveled to a remote island
after a family tragedy, discovers an abandoned orphanage, and, after some
investigating, he learns the children who lived there may have been dangerous and
quarantined and may also still be alive.
741.5 CAS
Castellucci, Cecil. The Plain Janes. New York : Minx, c2007.
After a bombing in the city, Jane's parents move to a suburb where she befriends three
outcasts--all named Jane--and starts a group called People Loving Art in
Neighborhoods, which tries to enrich their community with art but instead is viewed as
a threat.
741.5 CHA
Chaffee, Graham. Good dog. 1st ed. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2013.
Ivan, a stray dog plagued by nightmares, wanders through life looking for a purpose
until he joins a pack of nomadic strays, but he discovers that belonging also means
dealing with pack politics, angry dog owners, and ritualistic displays of machismo.
741.5 CHA
Chankhamma, Shari. The sisters' luck : a graphic novel. San Jose, CA : SLG Pub., c2010.
Identical twins Umbra and Antumbra have powers that only became evident after they
moved apart; Umbra is able to take good luck from people and Antumbra is able to give
bad luck to people. Now, a strange man appears who not only knows about the sisters,
but is immune to their powers, and tells Antumbra that Umbra is upsetting the balance
by overusing her power and she must die if she won't stay with Antumbra, where they
cancel each other out.
741.5 CHA
Chaykin, Howard V. Avengers 1959. New York : Marvel, c2012.
In 1959, Nick Fury and his Avengers team investigate the resurgence of a group of
Nazis known as the übermenschen.
741.5 CHR
Christin, Pierre. Townscapes. Hollywood, CA : Humanoids ;, c2004.
The cruise of lost souls -- Ship of stone -- The town that didn't exist. Three graphic tales
of modern day towns caught up in fantastic circumstances. The Cruise of Lost Souls
tells of a mysterious device and its surprising effects on a farming town. Ship of Stone
is about a fishing village and a local warlock who confront unscrupulous property
developers. The Town That Didn't exist relates the story of a small town revitalized by a
young woman's insights.
741.5 CHR
Christmas classics. Mount Horeb, WI : Eureka Productions, c2010.
A letter from Santa Claus / by Mark Twain ; illustrated by Anton Emdin -- A Christmas
carol / by Charles Dickens ; adapted by Alex Burrows ; illustrated by Micah Farritor -A visit from Saint Nicholas / by Clement C. Moore / illustrated by Florence Cestac -The adventure of the blue carbuncle / by Arthur Conan Doyle ; adapted by Rich Rainey
; illustrated by Hunt Emerson -- A Chaparral Christmas gift / by O. Henry ; adapted by
Tom Pomplun ; illustrated by Cynthia Martin -- The strategy of the werewolf dog / by
Willa Cather ; adapted by Tom Pomplun ; illustrated by Simon Gane -- A luckless Santa
Claus / by F. Scott Fitzgerald ; adapted by Tom Pomplun ; illustrated by Rick Geary.
Presents graphic novel adaptations of classic Christmas stories, including Charles
Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Clement Moore's "A Visit from Saint Nicholas," and F.
Scott Fitzgerald's "A Luckless Santa Claus.".
741.5 Chw
Chwast, Seymour. Dante's Divine comedy. [1st U.S. ed.]. New York : Bloomsbury, 2010.
A graphic adaptation of Dante's "Divine Comedy," a poetic tour through Hell,
Purgatory, and Paradise.
741.5 CLA
Baek, HyeKyung. The infernal devices. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2012.
Sixteen-year-old American Tessa Gray gets caught up in the supernatural world of
Victorian London after she is rescued by the Shadowhunters of the London Institute.
741.5 CLI
Cliff, Tony (Comic book author). Delilah Dirk and the Turkish lieutenant. 1st ed. New York,
N.Y. : First Second, 2013.
"Lovable ne'er-do-well Delilah Dirk is an Indiana Jones for the 19th century. She has
traveled to Japan, Indonesia, France, and even the New World. Using the skills she's
picked up on the way, Delilah's adventures continue as she plots to rob a rich and
corrupt Sultan in Constantinople. With the aid of her flying boat and her newfound
friend, Selim, she evades the Sultan's guards, leaves angry pirates in the dust, and fights
her way through the countryside"--Amazon.com.
741.5 COB
Cobley, Jason. Frankenstein : the graphic novel : quick text version. Towcester, England :
Classical Comics, c2008.
A graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," providing a quick,
modern English version of the story of a monster assembled by a scientist from parts of
dead bodies who develops a mind of his own and comes to loathe himself and hate his
creator.
741.5 COL
Colbert, C. C., 1952-. Booth. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2010.
An account, in fictionalized, graphic novel format, of the life of assassin John Wilkes
Booth, examining his complex psychology and loyalty to the cause of the Confederates.
741.5 COL
Colfer, Eoin. Artemis Fowl : the eternity code : the graphic novel. 1st ed. New York :
Disney/Hyperion Books, [2013].
Artemis Fowl plans to go straight after one more criminal feat, but his last job goes
wrong, leaving his bodyguard, Butler, mortally wounded. The only hope Artemis has of
saving his friend's life is to gain the help of his former rival, Captain Holly Short of the
LEPrecon fairy police.
741.5 COL
Collar, Orpheus. The red pyramid : the graphic novel. 1st graphic novel ed. New York :
Disney/Hyperion Books, 2012.
A graphic novel adaptation of "The Red Pyramid" in which brilliant Egyptologist Dr.
Julius Kane accidentally unleashes the Egyptian god Set, who banishes the doctor to
oblivion and forces his two children to embark on a dangerous journey, bringing them
closer to the truth about their family and its links to a secret order that has existed since
the time of the pharaohs.
741.5 COO
Cooke, Darwyn. Parker : the works of Richard Stark. Martini ed. San Diego : IDW Pub.,
2011.
Features three stories with the character Parker, and includes a discussion between Tom
Spurgeon, Ed Brubaker, and Scott Dunbier, a pictorial essay, a new short Parker tale, a
portfolio of Parker films, and an excerpt from "Butcher's Moon.".
741.5 COO
Cooke, Darwyn. Richard Stark's Parker. : a graphic novel. San Diego : IDW Pub., 2012.
A graphic-novel adaptation of Richard Stark's 1964 novel, following as Parker teams up
with a group of professionals with a plan to rob an entire town, but a one-night crime
spree is difficult to pull off, especially with unforeseen circumstances.
741.5 COO
Cooke, Darwyn. Richard Stark's Parker. : a graphic novel. San Diego : IDW Pub., 2010.
Parker is living in fabulous hotels and enjoying expensive things again after getting
revenge on those who betrayed him and recovering the money he was owed, but his
whereabouts are reported to the Outfit by someone looking to get the reward that has
been offered for finding him.
741.5 COO
Cooney, Dan. Writing and illustrating the graphic novel. Hauppauge, NY : Barrons, c2011.
Comics writer Daniel Cooney offers information and tips on writing a graphic novel,
covering establishing character, storytelling, drawing techniques, composition, layout,
inking, coloring, lettering, and getting published.
741.5 COR
Corzine, Amy. Jane Eyre : the graphic novel. Detroit, MI : Lucent Books, c2010.
A graphic novel adaptation of Charlotte Brontë's classic story "Jane Eyre," in which an
orphan girl is married by her wealthy but cruel aunt.
741.5 CRA
Crane, Stephen. The red badge of courage : the graphic novel. New York : Puffin Books,
c2005.
A graphic novel adaptation of Stephen Crane's tale of a youth whose dreams of glory on
the battlefield clash with the realities of war.
741.5 DAR
The Dark Horse book of witchcraft : eight weird mysteries of powerful women and
supernatural skill--told in words and pictures : also, High Priestess Phyllis Curott
reveals the Wisdom of witchcraft : tales of magic and splendor. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR :
Dark Horse Books, 2004.
MacBeth / William Shakespeare ; adaptation and art, Tony Millionaire ; colors, James
Campbell -- The troll witch : a Hellboy adventure / story and art, Mike Mignola ; colors,
Dave Stewart ; letters, Clem Robins -- Mother of toads / Clark Ashton Smith ; art, Gary
Gianni -- The flower girl / Scott Allie ; art, Paul Lee & Brian Horton ; colors, Dave
Stewart -- The gris-gris / story and art, Jim & Ruth Keegan -- Golden calf blues / Mark
Ricketts ; art, Sean Phillips -- The truth about witchcraft : an interview with High
Priestess Phyllis Curott / Scott Allie -- Salem and Mary Sibley / story and art, Scott
Morse -- Unfamiliar / Evan Dorkin ; art, Jill Thompson. Eight short stories about
witches and witchcraft illustrated in graphic format, plus an interview with Wiccan
High Priestess Phyllis Curott.
741.5 DAV
Davis, Rob. The motherless oven. London : SelfMadeHero, 2014.
"In Scarper Lee's world, parents don't make children--children make parents. Scarper's
father is his pride and joy, a wind-powered brass construction with a following sail. His
mother is a Bakelite hairdryer. In this world, it rains knives and household appliances
have souls. There are no birthdays--only deathdays. Scarper knows he has just three
weeks to live. As his deathday approaches, he is forced from his routine and strikes out
into the unknown--where friendships are tested and authority challenged"--Back cover.
741.5 DEC
De Crécy, Nicolas, 1966-. Glacial period. Musée du Louvre Éd. New York :
NBM/ComicsLit, c2006.
Thousands of years in the future, a team of archaeologists discover the ruins of the
Louvre museum in France and speculate on the type of civilization that produced the art
found inside.
741.5 DEM
DeMatteis, J. M. Brooklyn dreams. New York : Paradox Press, c2003.
Chapter 1. Dog days -- Chapter 2. Criminal behavior -- Chapter 3. Duality blues -Chapter 4. The doors of perception. Vincent Carl Santini recounts the story of his
checkered past, exactly as he wants to remember it.
741.5 DES
Despeyroux, Denise. Dark graphic tales by Edgar Allan Poe. English ed. Berkeley Heights,
NJ : Enslow Publishers, ©2013.
The gold bug -- The system of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether -- The fall of the house
of Usher. A graphic novel adaptation of three short stories by Edgar Allan Poe.
741.5 DIC
Dickens, Charles. Great expectations : the graphic novel : original text version. Towcester
[England] : Classical Comics, c2009.
A graphic novel of the classic Charles Dickens' novel "Great Expectations" in which
Pip, an orphan in Victorian England, is plucked from a life of poverty and informed he
is to be educated and reared as a gentleman.
741.5 DIC
Dickey, Eric Jerome. Storm. Direct ed. New York, NY : Marvel, c2008.
Collects no. 1-6 of the comic book "Storm" which chronicle the meetings of Storm and
Black Panther as they learn to recognize and control their powers.
741.5 DIN
Dini, Paul. Black Canary and Zatanna. New York : DC Comics, [2014].
"A year ago, Black Canary infiltrated a gang of female criminals set to pull a dangerous
heist at a Las Vegas casino. Its leader was skilled in hand-to-hand combat and with
more than a passing interest in the occult, specifically black magic, one nasty customer.
Rather than be taken by Canary or the law, she went to her death, vowing she would get
revenge on Canary and her own former gang members. Now, a year to the day later,
death stalks those gang members, and Canary must turn to her friend Zatanna to help
investigate."--Provided by publisher.
741.5 DIX
Dixon, Chuck, 1954-. Avengers : Hawkeye, Earth's mightiest marksman. Marvel Premier.
New York : Marvel, c2012.
After the death of his wife, Mockingbird, Hawkeye takes a leave from the West Coast
Avengers, but trouble finds him anyway. The marksman finds himself opposing the
Viper and her Secret Empire and has a less-than-friendly reunion with USAgent before
returning to the Avengers, where he is mentoring new members when the team is
assaulted by Batroc, Oddball, and the Albino, thanks to an unknown mastermind.
741.5 DIX
Tolkien, J.R.R., 1954-. The hobbit : an illustrated edition of the fantasy classic. New York :
Random House, c1990.
Bilbo Baggins, a quiet and contented hobbit, embarks on a grand and dangerous
adventure when he joins the wizard Gandalf and a group of dwarves on their quest to
reclaim a stolen treasure. Presented in graphic novel form.
741.5 DOY
Doyle, Arthur Conan. Arthur Conan Doyle. 2nd ed. Mount Horeb ; WI : Eureka Productions,
c2005.
A parable -- The adventure of the Copper Beeches -- Captain Sharkey -- The Los
Amigos Fiasco -- Master -- Two great brown-pericord motor -- How the brigadier came
to the Castle of Gloom -- The adventue of the engineer's thumb -- The ghosts of
Goresthorpe Grange. Contains adaptations of eight stories by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
creator of the legendary detective Sherlock Holmes, presented in black-and-white
cartoon form.
741.5 DRA
Dragoon, Leigh. Frostbite : a Vampire Academy graphic novel. New York : Razorbill, c2012.
Retold in graphic novel format, guardian-in-training Rose faces everything from
misunderstandings between friends to fights among factions of Moroi during a school
skiing trip as reports of horrific Strigoi attacks raise tensions, ultimately leading Rose
and some of those closest to her into a battle that teaches her much about life, death, and
love.
741.5 DRA
Dragoon, Leigh. Vampire Academy : a graphic novel. New York : Razorbill, c2011.
After two years of running, best friends Rose and Lissa are brought back to St.
Vladimir's Academy, a private high school for vampires and half-bloods where the girls
will discover intrigue, danger, and romance.
741.5 DRO
Drooker, Eric, 1958-. Blood song : a silent ballad. 1st Harvest ed. San Diego : Harcourt, 2002.
A graphic novel in which a young girl tries to hide from the horror of her past and face
an unknown future.
741.5 DUN
Dunn, Joeming W. The cask of Amontillado. Minneapolis, MN : Magic Wagon, [2014].
Retold in graphic novel form, Montresor plots and executes his perfect revenge, which
involves a cask of rare wine.
741.5 EDG
Edginton, Ian. The hound of the Baskervilles : a Sherlock Holmes graphic novel. New York :
Sterling, c2009.
Presents "The Hound of the Baskervilles" in graphic novel form, in which a legendary
monster haunts the Devonshire Moors.
741.5 ENG
Englehart, Steve. Avengers : defenders war. 2nd ed. New York : Marvel, c2011.
The Avengers and the Defenders are tricked by Loki and Dormammu into fighting each
other and gathering the pieces of the Evil Eye. Once all of the pieces are assembled,
Dormammu plans to move Earth into his domain and enslave everyone on the planet.
741.5 ENN
Ennis, Garth. War stories. New York : DC Comics, c2006.
A collection of comics featuring heroes fighting in World War II. Contains adult
content.
741.5 FAR
Farmer, Joyce, 1938-. Special exits : [a graphic memoir]. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics, c2010.
In this fictionalized account of the final years of the author's parents, Laura must deal
with the decline and eventual deaths of her father Lars and his wife Rachel as she
struggles to keep them happy and as comfortable as possible in their South Los Angeles
home.
741.5 FLI
A flight of angels. New York : DC Comics, c2011.
Frame story and Shining host / Holly Black -- Original sin / Louise Hawes -- The story
within the story within / Bill Willingham -- Chaya Surah and the angel of death / Alisa
Kwitney -- The guardian / Todd Mitchell. Deep in the woods, a strange group of elves,
fauns, and other magical creatures witness an angel's fall to Earth and they hold a
tribunal to decide his fate, with each telling a story that explores how the angel came to
this plight.
741.5 FRA
Fractured fables. Berkeley, Calif. : Shadowline/Image Comics, c2012.
Presents humorous retellings in graphic novel format of classic fairy tales from comic
creators such as Jill Thompson, Bryan Talbot, Peter David, Ben Templesmith, Scott
Morse, and others.
741.5 FUR
Furse, Sophie. Moby Dick. 1st ed. for North America (including Canada and Mexico),
Philippine Islands, and Puerto Rico. Hauppauge, NY : Barron's, 2007.
A graphic novel adaptation of Herman Melville's novel in which Captain Ahab's
determination to find and kill the great white whale becomes an obsession driving him
to disaster.
741.5 GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman. New York : DC Comics, c1996.
A search for vengeance after the disappearance of a child involves Dream, of the
immortal Endless, his friends and enemies, and the implacable "Kindly Ones.".
741.5 GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman : the dream hunters. New York : DC Comics, c1999.
A fox, having assumed the form of a woman in order to lure a solitary monk from his
temple, thus winning a bet with a badger, ends up falling in love with the young man;
and when she overhears a group of demons who have been dispatched kill the monk and
steal his inner peace, the fox/woman begins her struggle to save him.
741.5 GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman. New York : DC Comics, c2010, c1990.
Collects four comics from Neil Gaiman's series "The Sandman": "Calliope," "Dream of
a Thousand Cats," "Midsummer Night's Dream," and "Facade," and includes the
original script of "Calliope" with notes by Gaiman and artist Kelley Jones.
741.5 GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman. Fully remastered ed. New York : Vertigo/DC Comics, c2011.
Contains nine stories in which the Lord of Dreams observes and interacts with kings,
spies, emperors, actors, werewolves, and other people and creatures from the past and
present.
741.5 GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman. Fully remastered ed. New York : Vertigo/DC Comics, c2012.
A search for vengeance after the disappearance of a child involves Dream, of the
immortal Endless, his friends and enemies, and the implacable "Kindly Ones.".
741.5 GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman. New York : DC Comics, c1993, c1991.
A graphic novel of horror and fantasy revolving around the strange dreams of several
roommates.
741.5 GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman. New York : DC Comics, c1992.
Presents a graphic novel, written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by a variety of top
comic artists, in which Lord Morpheus is commanded by his family, the immortal
beings known as the Endless, to rescue a lover who he had condemned to hell, even
though Lucifer has sworn to kill him.
741.5 GAI
Gaiman, Neil. The Sandman. New York : DC Comics, [1995], c1990.
The entire world is placed at risk when three dreams escaped from the Dreaming into
the waking world meet up with Rose Walker, a young woman searching for her brother.
Presented in graphic novel form.
741.5 GEA
Geary, Rick. The invisible man. New York : Papercutz, c2008.
A graphic adaptation of the tale of a scientist who discovers how to make his body
become invisible, but, when he can't make himself visible again, becomes violently
insane.
741.5 GES
Geszel, Michael. Tribes : the dog years : graphic novel. San Diego, CA : IDW Pub., c2010.
In 2038, a nano-virus meant to lengthen the average human lifespan was released too
soon and limited it to twenty-one years instead, causing the complete collapse of
civilization. Two hundred years later, the remnants of humanity live a basic existence in
the ruins of the techno-industrial age, until Sundog of the Sky Shadows tribe encounters
an "Ancient" who knows how to restore humans to a normal lifespan and forms a new
tribe to help the older man achieve that goal.
741.5 GIA
Giallongo, Zack, 1979-. Broxo. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2012.
"Broxo, the only surviving member of a tribe of barbarians, spends his time on a
mountain hunting and avoiding the man-eating walking dead until everything changes
when Zora, a foreign princess, arrives on the mountain seeking Broxo's lost tribe"-Publisher.
741.5 GIL
Gillis, Peter B. The last unicorn. San Diego, CA : IDW Pub., a division of Idea and Design
Works, LLC., [2014].
A lonely unicorn sets out to discover if she is the last of her kind. Along the way, she
must avoid the malevolent Red Bull and enlists the help of Schmendrick the magician
and the knight Prince Lir to aid her in her quest.
741.5 GOT
Gothic classics. Mount Horeb, WI : Eureka Productions, 2007.
I've a pain in my head / by Jane Austen ; illustrated by Molly Kiely -- Carmilla / by
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu ; adapted by Rod Lott ; illustrated by Lisa K. Weber -- The
mysteries of Udolpho / by Ann Radcliffe ; adapted by Antonella Caputo ; illustrated by
Carlo Vergara -- The oval portrait / by Edgar Allan Poe ; adapted by Tom Pomlun ;
illustrated by Leong Wan Kok -- Northanger Abbey / by Jane Austen ; adapted by Trina
Robbins ; illustrated by Anne Timmons -- At the gate / by Myla Jo Closser ; adapted by
Tom Pomplun ; illustrated by Shary Flenniken. Presents graphic novel adaptations of
six classic horror stories; including Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey," Ann Radcliffe's
"The Mysteries of Udolpho," J. Sheridan Le Fanu's "Carmilla," Edgar Allan Poe's "The
Oval Portrait," and Myla Jo Closser's "At the Gate.".
741.5 GRA
The graphic canon of children's literature : the world's great kids' lit as comics and visuals. A
Seven Stories Press 1st ed. New York : Seven Stories Press, [2014].
A collection of fairy tales, fables, fantastical adventures, young adult novels,
swashbuckling yarns, and favorite young adult and children's stories, retold in graphic
novel format by contemporary artists and illustrators.
741.5 GRE
Great heroes. North American ed., U.S. ed. Milwaukee ; WI : World Almanac Library, c2007.
The legends of King Arthur -- Don Quixote -- The adventures of Sherlock Holmes : the
mystery of the blue diamond. Presents three timeless tales in a thrilling graphic novel
format.
741.5 GRI
Grimly, Gris. Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, or, The modern Prometheus. 1st ed. New York :
Balzer + Bray, ©2013.
Retells, in graphic novel format, Mary Shelley's classic tale of a monster, assembled by
a scientist from parts of dead bodies, who develops a mind of his own as he learns to
loathe himself and hate his creator.
741.5 GUA
Guarente, Gabe. Satan's Prep : a graphic novel. New York : Sky Pony Press, [2014].
"Trevor Loomis is trying to survive the year at Satan's Prep so he can transfer to
Purgatory, but plans change when Persephone Plumm starts at the school"--Provided by
publisher.
741.5 GUL
Gulledge, Laura Lee. Page by Paige. New York : Amulet Books, c2011.
Paige Turner, who has just moved to New York with her family, uses her sketchbook to
try to make sense of her new life, and she finds the process of sharing her artwork and
identity with others both scary and rewarding.
741.5 GUL
Gulledge, Laura Lee. Will & Whit. New York : Amulet Books, 2013.
Creative Wilhelmina "Will" struggles to come to terms with a family tragedy and
participates in an arts carnival that forces her to face her fear of the dark when a
hurricane causes a blackout.
741.5 HAL
Halliday, Ayun. Peanut. 1st ed. New York : Schwartz & Wade Books, c2013.
Nervous about starting her sophomore year at a new high school, Sadie decides to make
herself more interesting by claiming to be allergic to peanuts, but her lie quickly spirals
out of control.
741.5 HAM
Hamilton, Tim. Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 : the authorized adaptation. 1st ed. New York
: Hill and Wang, c2009.
The hearth and the salamander -- The sieve and the sand -- Burning bright. A graphic
novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's "Fahrenheit 451" about Guy Montag, a career
fireman, who realizes the evils of government-controlled thoughts and sets about to
change society.
741.5 HAR
Harrison, Kim. Blood work : an original Hollows graphic novel. 1st ed. New York : Del
Rey/Ballantine Books, c2011.
When tough-as-nails vampire detective Ivy Tamwood, who was recently demoted from
homicide to street detail, meets her new partner, Rachel Morgan, she expects the earth
witch to get them both killed, but as they investigate a coven of witches who are after
werewolf blood, she discovers that Rachel has a lot to offer--and not just to their cases.
741.5 HAR
Harrop, Isobel. The Isobel journal : just a girl from where nothing really happens. North
Mankato, Minn. : Switch Press, 2015.
Eighteen-year-old Isobel's narrative scrapbook uses mini-graphic novels, photographs,
sketches, and captions to relate her witty observations about herself, friendship, and
love.
741.5 HAY
Haynes, Stephen. Macbeth. 1st ed. Hauppage, NY : Barron's, 2008.
Presents the story of "Macbeth," in which a nobleman and his lady plot to assassinate
the King of Scotland, presented in graphic novel form, including biographical data on
William Shakespeare and historical timelines of England and Scotland in Shakespeare's
time.
741.5 HIC
Hicks, Faith Erin. The adventures of Superhero Girl. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse
Books, 2013.
Collects the adventures of Superhero Girl, a young woman trying to make a living as a
superhero, but things like poor finances, an overshadowing superhero brother, a desire
to be her own person, and the lack of an archnemesis keep getting in her way.
741.5 HIC
Hicks, Faith Erin. Friends with boys. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2012.
After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and three older brothers,
Maggie enrolls in public high school, where interacting with her peers is complicated by
the melancholy ghost that has followed her throughout her entire life.
741.5 HIN
Hinds, Gareth, 1971-. Beowulf. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, c2007.
Presents a graphic novel adaptation of the Old English epic poem, "Beowulf," in which
a Norse hero saves Denmark's royal house from monsters, returns home to become his
own people's greatest king, and then faces a murderous dragon to protect them.
741.5 HIN
Hinds, Gareth, 1971-. King Lear : a play by William Shakespeare. Somerville, MA :
Candlewick Press, 2009,c2007.
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic drama about Lear of
Britain, a mythological pre-Roman Celtic king.
741.5 HIN
Hinds, Gareth, 1971-. The merchant of Venice : a play by William Shakespeare. Cambridge,
MA : Candlewick Press, c2008.
A graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare's dark comedy about a creditor who
demands a pound of flesh as payment for a defaulted debt, and a lover who must choose
among three caskets in a riddle game to win the hand of a wealthy lady.
741.5 Hor
Horror classics. Mount Horeb ; WI : Eureka Productions, c2004.
The mummy / by Ambrose Pierce -- The thing on the doorstep / by H.P. Lovecraft -Some words with a mummy / by Edgar Allan Poe -- In a far-off world / by Olive
Schreiner -- The thing at Ghent / by Honore de Balzac -- The monkey's paw / by W.W.
Jacobs -- The open window / by Saki -- A day-dream / by Jean-Fritz O'Brien -- Keesh,
son of Keesh / by Jack London -- Professor Jonkin's cannibal plant / by Howard R.
Garis -- The beast of Averoigne / by Clark Ashton Smith -- Selina Sedilia / by Bret
Harte. Presents graphic-novel-style adaptations of eleven classic short horror stories by
such authors as Edgar Allan Poe, W. W. Jacobs, Saki, and Jack London.
741.5 HOS
Hosseini, Khaled. The kite runner : graphic novel. New York : Riverhead Books, c2011.
A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about Amir, a forty-year-old novelist
living in the U.S., who returns to his native Afghanistan to right a terrible wrong that
ended his boyhood friendship with Hassan, a member of the persecuted Hazara people.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, c2008, c1999.
Tomomi Nomiya, a tough youngster who loves basketball, gets into a motorcycle
accident that paralyzes a girl, then quits the team and leaves school, trying to find a way
to alleviate his guilt.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. San Francisco : VIZ Media, c2008, c1999.
Kiyohiko Togawa, confined to a wheelchair after a bout with cancer, struggles to
overcome his physical limitations and fulfill his dreams of being a basketball star.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. San Francisco : VIZ Media, c2008, 2003.
Paraplegic and basketball enthusiast Hisanobu Takahashi tries to cope with his
demanding physical therapy and the reality that his life is no longer easy.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2009].
Athlete Kyoharu Togawa, chosen to compete for a spot on Japan's National Wheelchair
Basketball Team, looks back over how far he has come since losing a leg to cancer.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2009].
Tomomi Nomiya tries to get on with his life after spending months in a depression
following an accident that caused a young woman to lose the use of her legs, but in
order to finally heal the emotional scars of the accident, Tomomi will once again have
to get behind the wheel of a car and visit the girl whose life he forever changed.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2009].
Takahashi, having been reunited with his father, confronts the problems that accompany
his paralysis as well as difficulties in his life that are a result of his dad being absent for
so long.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2010].
Kiyoharu Togawa must decide whether to stay with the Tigers just as they are coming
together as a team, or go to the Dreams where he could develop as a better player, but a
tragic accident changes everything.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2010].
Togawa and the Tigers are finally coming together as a basketball team but Nomiya still
finds his true path eluding him until he is given a new perspective. Meanwhile,
Takahashi struggles with acceptance and rehabilitation after his tragic accident.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2010].
While Nomiya works toward the goal he has decided on, Takahashi inches his way out
of depression and toward recovery, but he finds comfort in unlikely company.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2011].
As Togawa and Nomiya work toward their chosen goals, Takahashi is about to discover
that his purpose in life has been right in front of him the whole time.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, [2012].
Nomiya is putting everything he's got into the tryouts for the Tokyo Lightnings
professional basketball team, and Takahashi is reaching a new stage in his rehabilitation
and is playing wheelchair basketball.
741.5 INO
Inoue, Takehiko. Real. VIZ Signature ed. San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media, LLC, [2013].
"Togawa's pursuit of excellence takes him to a wheelchair basketball camp, where he
discovers major deficiencies in his teamwork and leadership. While his fierce drive for
individual competition has carried him this far, will it now be a hindrance?"--Back
cover.
741.5 INZ
Inzana, Ryan. Ichiro. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2012.
Ichiro's mother decides they should move from New York City to his grandfather's
home in Japan after Ichiro's American father is killed in Iraq. As his grandfather shows
him significant places in Japan and he experiences a supernatural encounter with gods
and creatures of Japanese mythology, Ichiro reflects on nature, humanity, the divine,
and war.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. New York : Kodamsha Comics, c2012.
Giant seemingly unintelligent humanoids known as Titans have been killing humans for
years, and for about a century the remaining people have hidden in a large city
surrounded by three tall walls. When a gigantic Titan suddenly appears, everything
changes.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, c2012.
When the first of three walls protecting humanity from the Titans is breached by the
fifty-foot-tall Colossal Titan, all appears lost. Only Mikasa, Eren's best friend and the
ace of the 104th Training Corps, seems capable of defeating the Titans. Then, when a
new Titan appears and begins slaughtering the other Titans, it is unclear whether
humanity is saved or the new giant has its own agenda.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, c2012.
Eren awakes to a crowd of angry soldiers without a scratch on him and he wonders what
will happen if he becomes a Titan.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, c2013.
The Titan Eren attempts to repair Wall Rose, but ends up going on a rampage when he
loses his self-control.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, [2013].
Humanity has taken Trost back from the Titans, and Erwin Smith, leader of the Survey
Corps, insists that Eren's father's research holds the key to the mystery of the Titans' rise
and they must travel to the house where Eren grow up to retrieve it.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, c2013.
The Survey Corps is attacked by Titans as they journey to Eren's home, but the female
leading the charge is different and Armin comes to the conclusion that, like Eren, she is
a human in a Titan's body.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. This English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, an
imprint of Kodansha USA Pub., LLC, [2013].
The Survey Corps has managed to capture the Abnormal Titan, but face the attack of
other Titans who are after their captive.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. This English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, an
imprint of Kodansha USA Pub., LLC, [2013].
"The expedition outside the wall was Eren's chance to prove himself. But it failed, and
the female Titan is free once more! With his squad dead, Eren faces a royal summons.
Will Mikasa and Armin have to betray their king to save their friend? And can they
discover the female Titan's identity before she kills again?"--Back cover.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. This English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, an
imprint of Kodansha USA Pub., LLC, [2013].
Eren is resting from his fight with the female Titan, and to make matters worse, the
Wall Rose is breached and Titans are pouring through the gap.
741.5 ISA
Isayama, Hajime, 1986-. Attack on Titan. This English ed. New York : Kodansha Comics, an
imprint of Kodansha USA Pub., LLC, [2013].
On their way to the safety of Wall Sheena, the 104th spends the night in Utgard Castle
and is attacked at night by Titans.
741.5 ITO
Itō, Junji, 1963-. Uzumaki. : spiral into horror. San Francisco : Viz Media, 2001, c1998.
Teenager Kirie Goshima and her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito, struggle to survive and save
others as their town is slowly, terrifyingly consumed by spirals.
741.5 ITO
Itō, Junji, 1963-. Uzumaki : spiral into horror. VIZ signature ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media,
[2007].
Kurozu-cho continues to be plagued by mysterious happenings, such as the appearance
of giant snails and babies wanting to return to the womb, as the town is slowly,
terrifyingly consumed by a curse.
741.5 ITO
Itō, Junji, 1963-. Uzumaki : spiral into horror. Viz signature ed. San Francisco : Viz Media,
[2008].
After their town is nearly destroyed by a hurricane, Shuichi, Kirie, and her family are
cut off from the outside world, trapped within the cursed ruins and forced to rely on one
another and complete strangers in order to escape.
741.5 JAB
Jablonski, Carla. Resistance. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2010.
Although their father is in a German P.O.W. camp, Paul and Marie are barely touched
by World War II in Vichy, France, in 1942. But, when their friend Henri's parents
disappear, the children decide to hide their Jewish friend from the Nazis and soon find
themselves involved in the French Resistance.
741.5 JAB
Jablonski, Carla. Resistance. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2011.
In 1943, as the German occupation of France continues, the Tessier siblings increase
their involvement in the Resistance while staying out of the way of the Millice, the
Vichy military police. Includes facts about Charles De Gaulle and his support of
resistance movements.
741.5 JAB
Jablonski, Carla. Resistance. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2012.
In 1944, as Allied forces move to retake France from its Nazi invaders, the Tessier
siblings risk their lives once more and journey to Paris, where they are to deliver topsecret intelligence to Resistance workers.
741.5 JOH
Johnson, R. Kikuo. Night fisher. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2005.
Presents a graphic novel about a young man, Loren Foster, and his best friend Shane,
whose friendship is put to the test when they get involved in a crime that leads to an
arrest.
741.5 KAF
Kafka, Franz, 1883-1924. Give it up! : and other short stories. New York : NBM Comics Lit,
c1995.
Retells nine short fiction stories by German author Franz Kafka in graphic illustration
form.
741.5 KAN
Kane, Bob. Batman : the Dark Knight adventures. New York : DC Comics, c1994.
A collection of comics by various illustrators which feature the adventures of Batman.
741.5 KEE
Keenan, Sheila. Dogs of war. 1st ed. New York, NY : Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic,
2013.
Boots -- Loki -- Sheba. Three fictional stories, told in graphic novel format, about
soldiers in World War I, World War II, and the Vietnam War who were aided by
combat dogs. Based on true stories.
741.5 KEL
Kelly, Joe. I kill giants. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2011, c2009.
Fifth grader Barbara Thorson has a sharp tongue, no friends, and says she is a giant
killer. It is her way of dealing with the problems in her life, particularly her mother's
terminal cancer, but her insistence that the giants are coming threatens the relationships
she has wanted for so long. Includes an illustration gallery and a look at the creation of
the comic.
741.5 KIB
Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-. Amulet. New York : Graphix, 2012.
Max Griffin has escaped with the Mother Stone, and the Elf King has forged new
amulets, giving him the ability to invade and destroy Cielis. Meanwhile, Emily and her
friends prepare to defend Cielis and defeat the Elf King.
741.5 KIB
Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-. Amulet. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, ©2011.
Upon arriving in Cielis, Emily and her friends find the once busy streets deserted and
the remaining townspeople living in fear, and after Emily is escorted to the Academy to
compete for a spot on the Guardian Council, the most powerful Stonekeepers, an awful
secret is gradually uncovered.
741.5 KIB
Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-. Amulet. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, c2008.
After moving to their ancestral home, Emily and Navin's mother is kidnapped by a
tentacled creature in the basement that leads the children on a deadly chase into the
magical world below their home.
741.5 KIB
Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-. Amulet. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, ©2010.
Emily, Navin, and the resistance fighters search for a mythical city in the clouds, and try
to figure out if the elf king's son is an ally or an enemy.
741.5 Kib
Kibuishi, Kazu, 1978-. Amulet. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, ©2009.
Emily and her brother, Navin, head for Kanalis in order to find the antidote for the
poison that has sickened their mother.
741.5 KIM
Kim, Derek Kirk. Tune. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2012.
Unemployed and living with his overbearing parents, Andy Go's life is going nowhere
fast, until he meets up with longtime crush Yumi and gets a job at a zoo run by aliens in
another dimension, where he is the exhibit.
741.5 KIM
Kim, Susan Chongmi, 1973-. Brain camp. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2010.
Problem children Jenna and Lucas find themselves invited to Camp Fielding, where
they are surrounded by other misfits whose parents hope will be changed into prodigies.
When strange things begin happening around them, Jenna and Lucas team up to find out
what is going on, but what they discover is beyond anything they could have imagined.
741.5 KIM
Kim, Young. New moon : the graphic novel. 1st ed. New York, NY : Yen Press, c2013.
Bella and Edward struggle with being separated while dangerous wolves roam the forest
surrounding Forks and a female vampire seeking revenge poses a threat in this graphic
novel adaptation.
741.5 KIN
Kindt, Matt. 2 sisters : a super-spy graphic novel. Marietta, GA : Top Shelf, c2004.
A graphic novel spanning the centuries about two sisters who turn to violence after they
are betrayed by the men they love.
741.5 KIN
Kindt, Matt. Red handed : the fine art of strange crimes. 1st ed. New York : First Second,
c2013.
Detective Gould can solve any crime but when strange crimes start taking place in Red
Wheelbarrow, he finds himself stumped.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The astounding Wolf-Man. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2010.
Collects issues no. 1-7 from the comic series "Wolf-Man," in which Gary Hampton
faces a new, cursed life as a werewolf after being mauled by a beast, but decides to use
his new strength and power for good, and calls himself "Wolf-Man.".
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2007.
Kentucky police officer Rick Grimes, shot on the job, wakes up from month-long coma
to find the world has been taken over by flesh-eating zombies, and upon hearing that
most of the people still alive have been herded into the cities, he heads for Atlanta in
hopes of finding his wife and son.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2010.
Rick Grimes, his family, and the other survivors find a prison and decide it would be
safe to hole up there, but they discover that the prison isn't exactly uninhabited and isn't
so safe after all.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2009.
Rick Grimes and the other survivors continue trying to make their prison shelter a
home, but a helicopter crash nearby leads them to discover another group of survivors
nearby who are nearly as dangerous as the zombies.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2009.
While the other survivors back at the prison compound believe Rick to be dead, Rick
and some others search for a way to escape Woodbury, another sanctuary for survivors
ruled by a cruel man who wants to know where Rick came from so he can steal
everything Rick and his friends have built.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Orange, CA : Image Comics, c2007.
As the embattled refugees try to make a home of their prison fortress and Lori's
pregnancy comes to term, even after all they've been through, nothing can prepare Rick
and the others for what they are about to experience.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2008.
A group of survivors on the outside launch an attack on zombies in a prison where Rick
and his group believed they were safe, and the full-scale battle that ensues results in a
high body count.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2009.
Rick Grimes, his family, and the other survivors leave thecamp outside of Atlanta in
search of a safer place, which they locate about twenty miles out of Atlanta--a gated
housing development called Wiltshire Estates--but it may not be as safe as it appears.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Orange, Calif. : Image Comics, c2007.
Rick Grimes and the rest of the survivors continue to livein the prison, but relationships
begin to shift and change, which alters things forever. Contains adult content.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2009.
Rick and Carl, suffering from tragic losses, pick up the pieces of their life and keep
moving while herds of zombies lurk around every corner. Collects "The Walking Dead"
no. 49-54.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2009.
A ragged group of survivors fights their way through hordes of zombies, and tries to
keep from going insane, in an attempt to reach safety in Washington, D.C.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2009.
A small group of survivors in Washington, DC, try to figure out their next move and
wonder if they are being purposefully hunted as the epidemic causing the dead to roam
the planet continues.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2010.
Rick and his group of survivors make it to Washington, D.C., where they join the
community there, but their past experiences make it hard for them to settle into a normal
routine.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2010.
Rick and his group of survivors adjust to the community they found in Washington, DC,
but just as they begin to feel more at home they face an attack from outside and within.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2011.
Rick and his group of survivors discover that life within the community they have found
in Washington, DC, is not as safe as they hoped, with their new friends not exactly who
they appear to be, and danger hiding within the walls.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2011.
Everyone in the community has been impacted by recent events, and some individuals
did not survive.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2012.
Rick and the others face new threats and opportunities, some of which they are
unprepared for, but when Rick discovers there are other groups of survivors nearby, he
begins to explore the world around him.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, c2012.
As Rick and his band of survivors try to extend their network of communities, Negan's
"Saviors" appear and make it clear that crossing Negan will have dire consequences for
all of them.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, Inc., [2013].
When Negan and his people show up to take half of their supplies, Rick and his group
of survivors feign defeat. Rick has a suprise planned for Negan, but he's keeping the
details to himself, leaving the group to think he is afraid and giving up.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, Inc., [2013].
Tensions rise and preparations begin for all-out war between Rick Grimes' group and
Negan's people.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, Inc., [2014].
Rick Grimes' group and their allies take the fight to Negan and his people, as the war
for freedom from Negan's oppression begins.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, Inc., [2014].
Rick Grimes must rally the other communities against Negan's army.
741.5 KIR
Kirkman, Robert. The walking dead. Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, Inc., [2014].
In the wake of war, Rick Grimes and his allies begin to rebuild, but how long will it be
before a new foe arises?.
741.5 KRI
Kristiansen, Teddy H. The red diary : the re(a)d diary. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2012.
The red diary / written and painted by Teddy Kristiansen ; translation assistance, Steven
T. Seagle -- The re(a)d diary / written by Steven T. Seagle ; painted by Teddy
Kristiansen. An experimental graphic novel in which two different authors created two
different stories based on the exact same illustrations. "The red diary" chronicles the
search of a biographer for the truth behind the life of an unknown artist who died during
WW I. "The re(a)d diary" uses the same images to tell the story of an old man trying to
connnect to the diaries of his youth.
741.5 KUR
Kurtzman, Harvey. Corpse on the Imjin! : and other stories. 1st Fantagraphics Books ed.
Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2012.
A collection of Harvey Kurtzman's war comics that were originally published in "Twofisted Tales" and "Frontline Combat" in the early 1950s.
741.5 KWI
Kwitney, Alisa, 1964-. Token. New York : Minx, c2008.
Shira, a fifteen-year-old who lives with her grandmother and widowed father in a
Miami hotel, picks up shoplifting as a new hobby and is caught by a streetwise boy
from Spain who becomes her friend, ally, and possibly more as she wrestles with the
hardships of growing up.
741.5 LAR
Larson, Hope. Mercury. New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2010.
A necklace that reportedly has the power to find gold serves as a link between Tara
Fraser, a teen who is facing the angst of living with relatives and being the new girl in
school after her home burns down, and Josey, a distant relative who lived in Tara's
house over one hundred years earlier and fell in love with Asa Curry, a mysterious man
who claimed to be a gold dowser.
741.5 LEE
Lee, NaRae. Maximum Ride : the manga. New York : Yen Press, ©2009.
Max, Fang, and Nudge set out for Death Valley to save Angel, who has been kidnapped
by a sinister scientist.
741.5 LEE
Lee, NaRae. Maximum Ride : the manga. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, ©2009.
Max and her flock escape the school after recovering Angel, who shares what she has
learned about their true identities, but Erasers follow them to New York, where Max
ponders her destiny.
741.5 LEE
Lee, NaRae. Maximum Ride : the manga. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, ©2010.
Having narrowly escaped the Erasers in New York City, the flock heads to Washington,
D.C., to try to find out more about themselves. After they are approached and offered
sanctuary by the FBI, they try going to school and living normal lives, but the Erasers
catch up with them and send them on the run again.
741.5 LEE
Lee, NaRae. Maximum Ride : the manga. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, ©2011.
The Flock members try to live normal lives by going to school and making friends
while they search for their parents, but when the Erasers return the group must escape
again and Max finds that her destiny is to save the world.
741.5 LEE
Lee, NaRae. Maximum Ride : the manga. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, ©2011.
Max and her winged friends must face the ultimate enemy and stop a plot to re-engineer
a select population into a scientifically superior master race that will terminate the rest
of humankind.
741.5 LEE
Lee, NaRae. Maximum Ride : the manga. New York : Yen Press, ©2012.
There is a rift in the flock and everyone must choose to follow Max and her team to
Europe, or Fang and his crew as they head west.
741.5 LEE
Lee, NaRae. Maximum Ride : the manga. 1st Yen Press ed. New York, NY : Yen Press,
©2013.
Fang's blog highlights ITEX and their research, causing them to shut down, while Max
goes to Antarctica to study the effects of global warming.
741.5 LEE
Lee, Stan, 1922-. The Avengers omnibus. : Collecting the Avengers Nos. 1-30. New York :
Marvel, c2011.
Collects the earliest adventures of the Avengers, originally published in 1963 through
1966, featuring the team's original members: Iron Man, Thor, Ant-Man, the Wasp, the
Hulk, and Captain America. As the team fights against evil in its many forms over the
years, the membership changes, but their purpose remains the same.
741.5 LEM
Lemire, Jeff. Essex County. Atlanta ; GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2007.
A graphic novel in which Lester, a recently orphaned boy, is sent to his uncle's farm in
Southwestern Ontario, where he befriends a damaged former hockey star and the two
escape to a private fantasy world.
741.5 LEM
Lemire, Jeff. The underwater welder. Atlanta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2012.
Underwater welder Jack Joseph is stressing over his impending fatherhood one night,
when, on the ocean floor, he has a mysterious and supernatural encounter that will
change the course of his life.
741.5 LON
Dunn, Joeming W. White Fang. Edina, Minn. : Magic Wagon, c2008.
A graphic novel adaptation of Jack London's novel which follows the adventures of a
dog who is part wolf as he eventually makes his peace with man in the wilderness of
northern Canada.
741.5 LON
Long, Mark, 1957-. The silence of our friends. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2012.
A black family and a white family in 1960s Texas find common ground during the Civil
Rights Movement.
741.5 LYG
Lyga, Barry. Mangaman. Boston : Houghton Mifflin, c2011.
Ryoko, a character from the manga world, falls through a rip in pages into the real
world, where he struggles to survive as an outsider in a typical American high school.
Things like his chibi character, thought balloons, and motion lines make that difficult,
especially after he meets and falls for Marissa Montaigne.
741.5 MAI
Mairowitz, David Zane, 1943-. Franz Kafka's The trial : a graphic novel. New York : Sterling,
c2008.
Presents the graphic novel version of Kafka's "The Trial," in which a man wakes up
accused of a crime, and is tried, convicted, and executed despite his attempts to fight
bureaucracy.
741.5 MAL
Malkasian, Cathy. Wake up, Percy Gloom! 1st ed. Seattle, Was. : Fantagraphics Books, 2013.
"Kindhearted, Candide-esque Percy wakes up from a 200 year nap and finds himself in
a strange new land. Searching for his mother, lamenting his long-lost love and soulmate Miss Margaret, Percy meets bizarre, wise, naive, and sometimes dangerous
characters, encounters inspired inventions, and forges friendships, discovering a few
unexpected verities along the way"--Publisher.
741.5 MAR
Martinson, Lars, 1977-. Tōnoharu. Minneapolis : Pliant Press, c2008.
Daniel Wells, having taken a position as an assistant junior high school teacher in a
small Japanese village, finds it difficult to adapt to his new surroundings.
741.5 MAT
Matsumoto, Taiyō, 1967-. Sunny. Viz Signature ed. San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media LLC,
c2013.
"The story of an orphanage, the children who live in it, and the beat-up old Nissan
Sunny 1200 which provides a trio of boys with a means of escape from their bleak
everyday lives."--MangaHere.com review.
741.5 MCK
McKay, Sharon E. War brothers : the graphic novel. Toronto ; : Annick Press, c2013.
A graphic novel adaptation of the author's novel about a group of boys in Uganda who
are kidnapped and forced to join the Lord's Resistance Army, or LRA, and their
desperate escape, only to return home to discover that their friends and family are afraid
of them.
741.5 MEC
Mechner, Jordan. Prince of Persia : before the sandstorm. 1st ed. New York : Disney Press,
c2010.
In this prequel to the 2010 film "The Prince of Persia: the sands of time," five people
face execution for a crime they did not commit. The key to both their dire situation and
their salvation lies in the one man they all have in common--Dastan, the Prince of
Persia--and, as they tell their tales of adventure, excitement, love, sorcery, and death,
the truth about the prince and the Sands of Time becomes apparent.
741.5 MEC
Mechner, Jordan. Solomon's thieves. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2010.
Martin, a Templar Knight, returns from the Crusades to find his love married to
someone else, and soon discovers that others are out to destroy the Templar Order and
steal their treasure. He bands together with other Templars to keep the Templar treasure
safe from the corrupt officials of the Catholic Church.
741.5 MEC
Mechner, Jordan. Templar. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2013.
Martin, a Templar Knight, returns from the Crusades to find his love married to
someone else, and soon discovers that others are out to destroy the Templar Order and
steal their treasure. He bands together with other Templars to keep the Templar treasure
safe from the corrupt officials of the Catholic Church.
741.5 MED
Medley, Linda. Castle waiting. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2006.
A series of linked stories, presented in graphic novel form, that follow the adventures of
the people who take refuge in the castle vacated by Sleeping Beauty after she leaves
with the prince.
741.5 MED
Medley, Linda. Castle waiting. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2013.
Lady Jain, settling into life at Castle Waiting, reflects on her early romantic
entanglements and conflicts with her sister while exploring a secret passageway and
witnessing a variety of situations on the castle grounds.
741.5 MER
Merey, Ilike. A + e 4ever : a graphic novel. Maple Shade, NJ : Lethe Press, c2011.
Asher Machnik is a teenage boy cursed with a beautiful androgynous face who has
developed an intense fear of being touched because of the abuse he receives from
others. Ash is befriended by Eulalie Mason, a lonely, tough-talking lesbian from school,
a fellow artist who sees and accepts him for who he is.
741.5 MIH
Mihara, Mitsukazu, 1970-. Haunted house. Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2006.
Sabato Obiga's desire to blend in with the world around him is impossible due to his
flamboyant family, who seem to revel in his misery.
741.5 MIL
Miller, Frank, 1957-. Batman : the Dark Knight returns. New York : DC Comics, c2002.
Ten years after his retirement, a troubled Batman returns to the streets, evening the
score with criminals in an increasingly violent manner, which brings trouble from the
police and a gang called the Mutants and a conflict with Superman.
741.5 MIZ
Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-. NonNonBa. 1st softcover ed. Montréal : Drawn & Quarterly, 2012.
The author relates, in graphic novel format, experiences from his youth, his interest in
yokai, and his relationship with a poor, elderly neighbor, and how they have influenced
his work.
741.5 MIZ
Mizuki, Shigeru, 1922-. Onward toward our noble deaths. 1st softcover ed. Montreal : Drawn
& Quarterly, 2011.
A fictionalized account of the author's experiences in what is now Papua, New Guinea,
while he was serving in a Japanese infantry unit at the end of World War II, when the
soldiers were told they must die for their country, either in battle or by suicide, or face
execution.
741.5 MOD
Modan, Rutu. The property. 1st ed. [Montréal, Quebec] : Drawn & Quarterly, 2013.
A graphic novel in which a grandmother, hoping to regain a family property, takes her
granddaughter to Warsaw and is faced with difficult things from her past.
741.5 MOO
Moore, Alan, 1953-. Watchmen. New York : DC Comics, c2008.
Two generations of superheros, including Dr. Manhattan, who deals with the
responsibility of his powers, and Nite Owl, who wrestles with letting go of the past,
dissect their collective histories while trying to determine who is methodically killing
them all off.
741.5 MOO
Moore, Christopher, 1957-. The Griff : a graphic novel. 1st ed. New York : William Morrow,
c2011.
When an ancient alien beacon is unwittingly activated, Earth is laid waste by an alien
invasion of creatures nicknamed the Griff because they resemble the mythical creature,
the griffin. After most of the human population is killed, a handful of survivors join
forces and fight back in Orlando, Florida.
741.5 MOO
Moore, Terry. Strangers in paradise. : pocket book collection. Houston, TX : Abstract Studio,
c2004.
Katchoo, a talented artist in love with her best friend Francine, finds her life becoming
complicated when she meets David, a young man determined to win her heart, but the
gentle love triangle is threatened when Katchoo's dangerous past catches up with her.
Presented in graphic novel form.
741.5 MOO
Moore, Terry, 1954-. Runaways. [Digest ed.]. New York : Marvel, c2009.
Back in Los Angeles, the Runaways face their biggest challenge to date when soldiers
from Karolina Dean's home planet arrive and demand the surrender of their fellow
Majesdanians for an unnamed crime, and the juvenile superheroes are at odds over how
to respond to the threat.
741.5 MUR
Murakami, Takashi, 1965-. Stargazing dog. New York : NBM/ComicsLit, [2011].
After he loses his job and his family, "Daddy" sets out in his car to get away from it all,
with no destination in mind. Told from the viewpoint of his dog, who follows him and
stays with him faithfully until the end.
741.5 NAK
Nakazawa, Keiji. Barefoot Gen. San Francisco : Last Gasp of San Francisco, c2004.
A graphic novel account of the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of
Hiroshima, based on the experiences of the author who was six-years-old at the time of
the attack. Covers events leading up to and immediately following the bombing.
741.5 NAP
Napton, Robert Place. Dark wraith of Shannara. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books,
c2008.
Jair Ohmsford draws on the dark magic of the wishsong in order to save his friends and
protect the future from evil forces.
741.5 NOR
Norton, Mike. Battlepug. 1st ed. Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Books, 2012.
Moll tells her dogs Mingo and Colfax about the adventures of the Warrior, who was
orphaned as a child when a horrible beast killed his mother and the rest of his village.
He was rescued and raised by the cruel King of the Northland Elves until he escaped
and found friendship with a giant pug and an insane man named Scrabbly.
741.5 NOV
Novgorodoff, Danica. Refresh refresh : a graphic novel. 1st ed. New York : First Second,
c2009.
While their fathers are fighting in the war in Iraq, three teenagers--Josh, Cody, and
Gordon--are on the brink of graduating high school, but struggle to make the big
decisions about their futures.
741.5 O
O, Se-yŏng, 1955-. Buja's diary. New York : NBM ComicsLit, c2001.
A collection of comics by Korean artist Seyeong O that explore the universal human
experiences.
741.5 OCO
O'Connor, George. Olympians. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2012.
A fictionalized account, in graphic novel format, of the Greek myth of Hades, God of
the Underworld, and his abduction of the goddess Demeter's daughter, Persephone, to
make her his wife, and the chaos that ensued.
741.5 OMA
O'Malley, Bryan Lee. Scott Pilgrim. Color ed., 1st ed. Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2012.
Twenty-three-year-old Scott Pilgrim has the perfect life playing guitar in a rock band
and dating a cute high school girl until he meets Ramona Flowers, an unforgettable
rollerblading delivery girl whose seven evil ex-boyfriends Scott must defeat if he wants
to win her love.
741.5 OMA
O'Malley, Bryan Lee. Scott Pilgrim. 1st ed. Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2010.
Twenty-four-year-old Scott Pilgrim must defeat the final ex, Gideon Graves, in order to
win the heart of Ramona Flowers, an unforgettable rollerblading delivery girl.
741.5 OMA
O'Malley, Bryan Lee. Scott Pilgrim & the infinite sadness. 1st ed. Portland, OR : Oni Press,
c2006.
Scott faces off against the third of Ramona's seven evil ex-boyfriends, Todd Ingram,
who happens to be dating Envy Adams--singer of art-rock band the Clash at
Demonhead and the girl who broke Scott's heart a year and a half ago.
741.5 OMA
O'Malley, Bryan Lee. Scott Pilgrim vs the universe. 1st ed. Portland, OR : Oni Press, c2009.
Twenty-four-year-old Scott Pilgrim's life, having reached a peak, starts a downfall with
his band and love life in turmoil.
741.5 OMA
O'Malley, Bryan Lee. Scott Pilgrim vs. the world. 1st ed. Portland, OR : Oni Press, c2005.
Scott's struggle to choose between two girls grows even harder when more of Ramona's
evil ex-boyfriends show up, Scott's own exes come into the picture, and Ramona and
Knives meet face to face.
741.5 O'Ma
O'Malley, Bryan Lee. Scott Pilgrim gets it together. 1st ed. Portland, OR : Oni Press, c2007.
Trouble brews for Scott Pilgrim when Lisa, a cute acquaintance from high school,
shows up and begins spending all of her time with him; and Scott struggles to find a job
to please Ramona.
741.5 OSH
Oshimi, Shūzō. The flowers of evil. English ed., 1st ed. New York : Vertical, c2012.
Middle schooler Takao Kasuga, who escapes the tediousness of his life by reading
foreign literature like the poems of Charles Baudelaire, suddenly finds life more
interesting when, in a moment of weakness, he steals the gym clothes of the girl he has
a crush on and finds himself being blackmailed by the strangest girl in the class, who
witnessed the act.
741.5 OSH
Oshimi, Shūzō. The flowers of evil. English ed., 1st ed. New York : Vertical, c2012.
Kasauga goes on his first date with Saeki even though Nakamura is making him wear
Saeki's gym uniform under his clothes.
741.5 OSH
Oshimi, Shūzō. The flowers of evil. English ed., 1st ed. New York : Vertical, c2012.
After Takao starts dating Saeki, the truth about her uniform comes out and, humiliated
and feeling he has nowhere to turn, Takao heads over the mountain with Nakamura.
Saeki, confused, follows and confronts the pair.
741.5 OTT
Ottaviani, Jim. Fallout : J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the political science of the
atomic bomb. 1st ed. Ann Arbor, MI : G.T. Labs, c2001.
Mixes fact and fiction in a graphic novel about the scientists behind the atomic bomb
project.
741.5 PAR
Parker, Jeff, 1966-. Batman '66. New York, NY : DC Comics, [2014].
"Put on your go-go boots and get ready to "Batusi" back to the Swingin' 60s as DC
Comics reimagines the classic Batman TV series in comics form for the first time!
These all-new stories portray The Caped Crusader, The Boy Wonder and their fiendish
rogues gallery just the way viewers remember them"--Provided by publisher.
741.5 PAR
Parker, Jeff, 1966-. Meteor men. 1st ed.: October 2014. Portland, OR : Oni Press, Inc., 2014.
"On a summer night, Alden Baylor sits in a field watching the largest meteor shower in
human history. What begins as teenage adventure becomes something more--the
celestial event brings travelers who will change the world completely and Alden
discovers a connection to one of them. How does a young man who had to grow up fast
handle the invasion of his planet? Can Alden keep humanity from oblivion"--Back
cover.
741.5 PER
Perker, M. K., 1972-. Insomnia café : [a graphic novel]. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse
Books, c2009.
Peter Kolinsky, having lost his job as a rare book dealer at a prestigious auction house
when he became involved with a black marketer, meets a woman in a late night cafe
who introduces him to the Archives, where books by famous authors are available
before they are even published, but his knowledge of its existence threatens to ruin his
life even further.
741.5 PET
Peters, Jeffrey Edward. Write a graphic novel in 5 simple steps. Berkeley Heights, NJ :
Enslow Publishers, c2013.
Inspiration -- Creating a universe -- Putting pictures and words together -- Finishes -Publish!. "Divides the creative writing process into five simple steps, from inspiration
to publishable story, and includes in-depth treatment of the graphic novel genre with
writing prompts"--Provided by publisher.
741.5 PET
Peters, Mike, 1943-. Grimmy : king of the heap! 1st ed. New York : Tor, 1997.
A collection of black-and-white and color cartoons featuring Grimmy, the garbageloving dog, and other characters created by Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mike
Peters.
741.5 PET
Petrucha, Stefan. Harry Potty and the deathly boring. New York : Papercutz, c2010.
A graphic novel that parodies the Harry Potter story in which Harry Potty, Don
Measley, and Whiny Stranger work together to defeat Lord Value-Mart and his
followers, the Odor Eaters, in order to restore balance in the world of magic.
741.5 PET
Petrucha, Stefan. The hunger pains. New York : Papercutz, c2012.
A parody of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy of books, in graphic novel format,
in which Ratkiss Everspleen takes her sister's place in the annual, televised battle to the
death where she and fellow contestant Peeka Choo battle each other and others to the
death for prizes.
741.5 PIC
Picoult, Jodi, 1966-. Wonder Woman : love and murder. New York : DC Comics, c2007.
Collects no. 6-10 of the comic book "Wonder Woman" in which special agent Diana
Prince is sent on a mission to capture Wonder Woman and faces a moral dilemma while
trying to save humanity from the army of Hippolyta.
741.5 POP
Pope, Paul. Battling Boy. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2013.
A twelve-year-old demigod is sent to help the people of Arcopolis, a city infested with
monsters.
741.5 PSY
Psyche, Delico. Alice in the country of hearts : my fanatic rabbit. 1st Yen Press ed. New York
: Yen Press, 2012.
Unable to return to her own world, Alice accepts the hospitality of the Mad Hatter,
where she meets Elliot March, a likeable and charming man with bunny ears. As she
falls under his spell, she is shocked to learn that Elliot is a mafia hit-man, a skilled
assassin who is at the heart of the power struggle in this amazing land.
741.5 PSY
Psyche, Delico. Alice in the country of hearts : my fanatic rabbit. 1st Yen Press ed. New
York, NY : Yen Press, 2013.
As Alice and Elliot continue to fall for each other, her association to him gets her into
trouble with the Queen of Hearts and threatens the lives of her friends.
741.5 PYL
Pyle, Kevin C. Take what you can carry. 1st ed. New York : Henry Holt, c2012.
The lives of two boys--one teen growing up in 1977 suburban Chicago who has a habit
of shoplifting from the convenience store and another living in 1941 Berkeley whose
family is forced into a Japanese American internment camp--intersect as they learn
about compassion and loyalty.
741.5 REE
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein : the graphic novel. New York : Puffin Books,
c2005.
Presents a graphic novel adaptation of the classic novel "Frankenstein," the story of a
scientist who fashions a monster from dead bodies.
741.5 ROB
Robert Louis Stevenson. Mount Horeb, WI : Eureka Productions, 2004.
Presents graphic novel adaptations of a selection of stories and short pieces by Robert
Louis Stevenson, including "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.".
741.5 ROB
Robinson, James. Starman. New York : DC Comics, c2004.
Jack Knight, Starman, returns to Opal City to find the Shade has reverted to his evil
ways and, to make thing worse, several of Jack's friends seem to be missing. Before he
can investigate, the city's villains set fire to his beloved hometown and push Starman to
his limits.
741.5 ROB
Robinson, James Dale. Earth 2. New York, NY : DC Comics, [2013].
After an invasion by Apokolips ends in the deaths of all the planet's superheroes and its
gods, Earth 2 depends upon a new set of heroes to save them. Earth's Green Lantern, the
Flash, Hawkwoman, and the Atom must defend Earth 2 from the Grey, a power that is
siphoning the life of the planet itself and whose champion is the undead Simon Grundy.
741.5 ROB
Robinson, James Dale. Earth 2. New York, NY : DC Comics, [2013].
On a parallel Earth, Hawkgirl and Green Lantern team up to find his lover's murderer
while Flash partners with Khalid in the magical realm of the sorcerer Nabu to try to
keep the helmet of Doctor Fate out of the hands of the evil sorcerer Wotan.
741.5 ROD
Rodríguez, Pedro, 1973-. Chilling tales of horror : dark graphic short stories. English ed.
Berkeley Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, Inc., [2013].
The hand / Guy de Maupassant -- Sir Dominick's bargain / Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu -The house of nightmare / Edward Lucas White -- The vampire / John William Polidori - House B... on Camden Hill / Catherine Crow -- The body snatcher / Robert Louis
Stevenson -- The black cat / Edgar Allan Poe. Graphic novel adaptations of seven
classic horror stories, including Guy de Maupassant's "The hand," John William
Polidori's "The vampire," and Edgar Allan Poe's "The black cat.".
741.5 RUC
Rucka, Greg. Gotham Central. New York : DC Comics, c2004.
Officers of the Gotham Police Department live in the shadow of the Caped Crusader,
but that only makes Commissioner Akins, his Major Crimes Unit commander Maggie
Sawyer, and their officers more determined to stop Mr. Freeze and other criminals
before Batman can intervene.
741.5 RUS
Russell, P. Craig. The graveyard book. 1st ed. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of
HarperCollinsPublishers, [2014].
The first volume of a two-volume graphic novel adaptation of Neil Gaiman's The
graveyard book, in which the orphan Bod, short for Nobody, is taken in by the
inhabitants of a graveyard as a child of eighteen months and raised lovingly and
carefully by the community of ghosts and otherworldly creatures. But Bod must remain
in the graveyard, for leaving it could mean his death at the hands of a man named Jack-the man who murdered Bod's family.
741.5 SAB
Sabatini, Rafael. Rafael Sabatini. Mount Horeb ; WI : Eureka Productions, c2006.
The buccaneer's song -- Captain blood -- Desperately seeking Sabatini -- The valet
mystery -- The spiritualist -- The plague of ghosts -- The fool's love story -- The risen
dead -- The dream. Presents graphic novel adaptations of seven stories of adventure,
romance, mystery, and comedy by Rafael Sabatini, including a featureof a comic
biography of the author.
741.5 SCH
Schweizer, Chris. Crogan's loyalty. 1st ed. Portland, OR : Oni Press, c2012.
Brothers William and Charles Crogan have taken different sides in the American
Revolution, with Will siding with the Minutemen and Charles remaining loyal to the
Crown, but when they meet on the battlefield, they will have to decide if loyalty to
family is more important than politics.
741.5 SEG
Segura, Alex, 1980-. Archie meets Kiss. Collector's ed. Mamaroneck, N.Y. : Archie Comic
Publications, c2012.
When one of Sabrina the Teenage Witch's spells goes wrong and unleashes monsters on
the town of Riverdale, it us up to the rock group Kiss to save the day.
741.5 SEX
Sexton, Adam. Shakespeare's Hamlet : the manga edition. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2008.
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy about Prince
Hamlet of Denmark, who seeks vengeance for his father's murder after being visited by
his ghost.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2009.
A manga adaptation of the popular young adult series in which Darren Shan, an
ordinary teen, is drawn into the world of vampires after accepting an invitation to attend
the mysterious freak show, Cirque du Freak.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2009.
A manga adaptation of "Cirque Du Freak," in which Darren agrees to become Mr.
Crepsley's assistant and turns into a half-vampire; but while he makes friends at the
Cirque du Freak, he struggles with his urges to drink human blood.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2009.
Half-vampire Darren Shan welcomes a trip away from Cirque du Freak and
accompanies Mr. Crepsley and Evra to the city, but the discovery of blood-drained
bodies cause Darren to suspect his master is the guilty party.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2010.
Darren Shan, having spent six peaceful years at Cirque Du Freak, is informed by Mr.
Crepsley that they are leaving immediately for a trip to Vampire Mountain where
Darren may or may not get his humanity back.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2010.
A manga adaptation of the fifth book in the Cirque du Freak series in which Darren
begins the Trials of Initiation to prove himself worthy of being a half-vampire, even as
the clan's blood foes, the vampaneze, gather near Vampire Mountain.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2010.
A manga adaptation of the sixth book in the Cirque du Freak series, in which Darren
Shan, the vampire's assistant, is betrayed by Kurda, reacts to the brutal slaying of
Gavner, and is branded a traitor and hunted by the vampire clan.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2010.
Darren joins a unique quartet in search of the Vampanese Lord, and knows if they fail
to kill him after facing him four times only one of them will come back alive.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2011.
Darren Shan, vampire prince and vampaneze hunter, must face his worst nightmare-school--while his worries about the bodies piling up and time running out multiply.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, 2011.
Darren, Mr. Crepsley, and Vancha, on the run from the townspeople and the
vampaneze, prepare to take a stand when they realize they cannot evade their pursuers,
haunted by Lady Evanna's prediction that only one of them would live if they failed to
kill the Vampaneze Lord.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. New York : Yen Press, 2011.
Darren and Harkat journey to the Lake of Souls hoping to reel in Mr. Tiny's soul and
find out more about Harkat's past.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. New York : Yen Press, 2011.
Darren Shan returns home to settle scores and face old enemies.
741.5 SHA
Shan, Darren. Cirque du Freak. New York : Yen Press, 2012.
Darren finally faces his nemesis, Steve Leopard, in the battle that will kill one of them
and make the other Lord of the Shadows, the destroyer of the world.
741.5 SHA
Shanower, Eric. Age of bronze. Orange, CA : Image, c2001.
The first in a graphic novel series detailing the events of the mythological Trojan War,
this volume tells of Paris' discovery that he is actually Alexander, Prince of Troy, his
abduction of Helen of Sparta, and the launching of the thousand ships from Sparta that
marked the beginning of the war.
741.5 SHA
Shanower, Eric. Age of bronze. Orange, CA : Image, c2004.
The author presents a graphic novel about the story and legend of the Trojan War
combining archaeological evidence of the Late Bronze Age with the legendary stories
of Helen of Troy.
741.5 SHA
Shanower, Eric. Age of bronze. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2007.
A retelling of the Trojan War in graphic novel format where the High King
Agamemnon plans to conquer Troy and recover his wife, Helen.
741.5 SHA
Shanower, Eric. Age of bronze. Berkeley, CA : Image, [2013].
A retelling of the Trojan War in graphic novel format where the Achaean forces clash
with the Trojan army and Pandarus pulls the strings to put Troilus in Cressida's bed.
741.5 SHE
Shen, Prudence. Nothing can possibly go wrong. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2013.
Captain of the basketball team Charlie and president of the robotics club Nate battle it
out in a school class election campaign for funding to cover a robotics competition or
new cheerleading uniforms.
741.5 SIE
Siegel, Mark, 1967-. Sailor Twain, or, the mermaid in the Hudson. 1st ed. New York : First
Second, 2012.
Captain Elijah Twain rescues a mermaid from the Hudson River and nurses her back to
health in the secrecy of his cabin, while the owner of the steamboat Twain captains,
Lafayette, harbors secrets of his own. Meanwhile, reclusive author C.G. Beaverton
publishes a new book that may hold answers for both men.
741.5 SIE
Sierra, Sergio A. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley : a Dark graphic novel. English ed. Berkeley
Heights, NJ : Enslow Publishers, c2013.
A graphic novel adaptation of Mary Shelley's classic tale of a monster, assembled by a
scientist from parts of dead bodies, who develops a mind of his own as he learns to
loathe himself and hate his creator.
741.5 SIL
Silvermoon, Crystal. Les misérables. Richmond Hill, Ont., Canada : Udon Entertainment Inc.,
[2014].
A graphic novel adaptation of the nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean,
a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf
of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events
from his past.
741.5 SIN
Sina, A. B. Prince of Persia : the graphic novel. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2008.
Interweaves the stories of two Persian princes in different historic centuries who worry
about corruption in the world.
741.5 SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone. New York : Graphix, c2005.
Fone Bone, Phoney Bone, and Smiley Bone are run out of their home, Boneville, and
become separated in the wilds, but better fortune begins when the three cousins reunite
at a farmstead in a deep forested valley, where Fone meets a young girl named Thorn.
741.5 SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone. New York : Graphix, c2005.
Phoney Bone rigs the Spring Fair's annual Great Cow Race by putting Smiley in a
bovine disguise and convincing everyone to bet their livestock on the Mystery Cow, and
Fone Bone finds himself in a one-cousin battle with the rat creatures.
741.5 SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone. New York : Graphix, c2006.
Lucius, Smiley and Phoney are attacked by rat creatures in the forest, barely making it
to Lucius' tavern; while at the farm, Fone Bone and Thorn are having strange dreams
and Gran'ma Ben suddenly begins revealing secrets and new dangers.
741.5 SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone. New York : Graphix, c2007.
Fone Bone and Smiley return a lost rat creature cub to the mountains and discover Rock
Jaw, a giant mountain lion whose big ambitions bring him face-to-face with monstrous
competition.
741.5 SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone. New York : Graphix, c2007.
As war spreads through the valley, Gran'ma Ben, Lucius and Phoney Bone join the
Veni-yan warriors at Old Man's Cave to make their final stand against the rat creature
army.
741.5 SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone. New York : Graphix, c2008.
The Bone cousins, along with Gran'ma Ben and Thorn, struggle to reach the safety of
the city of Atheia, on a journey that has become increasingly bleak with the release of
the Lord of the Locusts.
741.5 SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone. New York : Graphix, c2008.
The Bone cousins must find a treasure in order to save the ancient city of Atheia from a
tyrant.
741.5 SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone : tall tales. New York : Graphix, c2010.
A collection of stories about Big Johnson Bone and his adventures in the valley as he
tries to save forest-dwelling animals from the threat of rat creatures.
741.5 SNY
Snyder, Scott. Batman. New York : DC Comics, c2012.
Legend has it that a secret organization called the Court of Owls is the real force to be
reckoned with in Gotham, but Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, never gave the story any
credence until a fiery message brings to his attention that they not only exist, but also
that they plan to eliminate Bruce, Batman, and the whole "Bat-family.".
741.5 STA
Stassen, Jean-Philippe. Deogratias : a tale of Rwanda. 1st American ed. New York : First
Second, c2006.
A graphic novel that describes the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda in 1994 through the eyes
of a boy named Deogratias, a Hutu, who is in love with Benigne, a Tutsi.
741.5 STR
Stroud, Jonathan. The Amulet of Samarkand : a Bartimaeus graphic novel. 1st ed. New York :
Disney/Hyperion Books, c2010.
A graphic novel adaptation of the book in which Nathaniel, a young magician's
apprentice, becomes caught in a web of magical espionage, murder, and rebellion, after
he summons the djinni Bartimaeus and instructs him to steal the Amulet of Samarkand
from the powerful magician Simon Loveland.
741.5 TAM
Tamaki, Mariko. Emiko, superstar. New York : Minx, c2008.
Emiko, an ordinary teen living a boring life in the suburbs, learns of the existence of an
underground art scene and decides to try her hand at being an "art freak," but she finds
it is not easy for an outsider to break into a group of outsiders.
741.5 TAM
Tamaki, Mariko. Skim. Toronto, Ont. : Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press, c2008.
Wiccan goth teen Kimberly Keiko Cameron sinks into a growing depression after her
classmate's ex-boyfriend kills himself, sparking a school revolution that forces all the
students to redefine themselves.
741.5 TAM
Tamaki, Mariko. This one summer. 1st ed. New York : First Second, ©2014.
Rose and her parents go on vacation to Awago Beach like they do every year, but this
year Rose's mom and dad won't stop fighting and she turns to her friend Windy for help
dealing with her troubled family life.
741.5 TAY
Taylor, Tom, 1978-. Injustice : gods among us. New York, NY : DC Comics, [2013].
"Superman is Earth's greatest hero. But when the Man of Steel can't protect the thing he
holds most dear, he decides to stop trying to save the world... and start ruling it. Now,
the Last Son of Krypton is enforcing peace on Earth by any means necessary. Only one
man stands between Superman and absolute power: Batman. The Dark Knight will use
any method at his disposal to stop his former friend from reshaping the world in his
shattered image..."--Back cover.
741.5 TAY
Taylor, Tom, 1978-. Injustice: gods among us. New York, NY : DC Comics, [2014].
"From the ashes of Metropolis comes Superman and the JLA's newest ally: Lex Luthor!
Against all odds, he's not only survived but now embraces Superman's goals. Of course,
Lex has his own ideas for how to create a better world. The Man of Steel trusts him, but
can the rest of his allies be so sure?"--Provided by publisher.
741.5 TEL
Telgemeier, Raina. Drama. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, c2012.
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.
741.5 TEN
TenNapel, Doug. Bad Island. New York : Graphix, c2011.
Reese, forced to go on vacation with his family, finds himself shipwrecked with them
on a strange island full of weird plants and animals, and pursued by an unknown entity
on the hunt.
741.5 TEN
TenNapel, Doug. Cardboard. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, c2012.
Cam gets a cardboard box for a birthday present that he makes into a man which comes
to life, but when his neighbor Marcus takes the cardboard box, he creates his own evil
creations that threaten to destroy them all.
741.5 TEN
TenNapel, Doug. Ghostopolis. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, c2010.
Garth Hale, accidentally zapped into the ghost world by ghost wrangler Frank Gallows,
teams up with Cecil, his grandfather's ghost, in an effort to save him from the evil ruler
of Ghostopolis and get him back home again.
741.5 TEN
TenNapel, Doug. Monster zoo. Berkeley, CA : Image Comics, c2008.
A young man and his friends get stuck in a zoo and must find a way to survive as the
animals turn into horrifying creatures.
741.5 THO
Thompson, Jill, 1966-. The dead boy detectives. New York : Vertigo, c2005.
Rowland and Paine, two dead British teenagers, go undercover in America in order to
investigate a missing-person's case at the exclusive International Academy for Girls.
741.5 TOR
Torres, J., 1969-. Days like this. 1st ed. Portland, OR : Oni Press, 2003.
A graphic novel set in the early 1960s in which a recently divorced housewife starts a
record label and launches the careers of three teenage African-American singers as the
girl group Tina and the Tiaras.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2009, c2005.
Kojiro, an impoverished young teacher, gains new enthusiasm for his role as supervisor
of the school's kendo team when an old friend from another school challenges him to a
competition--the prize of which is a year's worth of prime sushi.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2009, c2006.
Kojiro tries to prepare for the upcoming kendo meet, and while he has the expert,
Tama-chan, on his squad, he is still short one member and must get newbies Miya and
Saya prepared by using every trick he can come up with.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2009, c2006.
The girls of Muroe High's kendo team are managing to hold their own in a tight match,
but are really pinning their hopes on Tamaki in the final challenge.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2010, c2007.
Kojiro's future at Muroe High is in jeopardy after his angry outburst at the local
supermarket, and the members of the kendo club try to think of a way to help while they
worry that the principal will dismiss their coach.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2010, c2007.
The girls of Muroe High persuade Azuma to join their team for a practice meet against
Seimei, and after seeing Tamaki's talent she debates whether she should join the kendo
team for good.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2010, c2007.
As Muroe High prepares to face Toujou High, whose opponents seem to encounter a lot
of misfortune just prior to matches with them, everyone wonders if the super-talented
Tamaki is now a target.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2010, c2008.
Celebrating their win, the girls of the Muroe High kendo club go shopping, but their fun
is interrupted by a freak accident and the girls meet a stranger whose skill with a sword
rivals Tamaki's.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2011, c2008.
Both Kojiro and his kendo team step up their training after Kojiro and his senpai,
Ishibashi, make another bet that will pit not only their teams against each other, but also
the two bettors against each other in a one-on-one competition.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2011, c2008.
After their rigid training schedule, the Muroe High kendo team is ready for the match
against Kamasaki High, but are disappointed to find their opponents less enthusiastic
about the meet. Then, rival coaches Ishibaki and Kojiro take the floor against each other
for the first time since high school.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2011, c2009.
Just when the Muroe High kendo team is getting into a regular training schedule, they
find it interrupted by a film crew. Reimi, Miya-Miya's fan/stalker, entered the team to
appear on the competitive sports program "Burning Dash," but Sakaki cannot seem to
get her heart into the game.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2011, c2009.
TV personality Ryouko Toda will do anything to get to the top, but her patience is put
to the test when she is forced to appear alongside her costar Erina on "Burnish
Academy." When Erina starts beating Ryouko in every single sport, Ryouko must use
her skills in the kendo ring to defeat her.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. New York : Yen Press, c2012, c2009.
While the Munroe kendo team prepares for Tama's match against Ura Sakaki during the
filming of the "Burnish Academy" special, Sakaki finds herself torn between the show
and her passion for kendo.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, c2012.
Erina reveals her true swordswoman talent on television, and Sakaki driven by revenge
enters the dojo.
741.5 TOT
Totsuka, Masahiro. Bamboo blade. 1st Yen Press ed. New York : Yen Press, c2012.
Tamaki would like to know why her friends like participating in kendo and hopefully
find her own motivation.
741.5 TSA
Tsang, Evonne. My boyfriend is a monster. Minneapolis : Graphic Universe, c2011.
St. Petersburg High school juniors Dicey Bell, a baseball star, and Jack Chen, who loves
science and role-playing, discover a mutual attraction when paired for a school project,
but on their first date, a zombie-producing fungus sends them on the run.
741.5 VAU
Vaughan, Brian K. Pride of Baghdad. New York : DC Comics, c2006.
A pride of lions escapes from the Baghdad Zoo during the Iraq War and question the
meaning of freedom. Presented in graphic novel format.
741.5 VAU
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways. Marvel, c2005.
A collection of comics following the adventures of a group of six California teens who
find themselves on the run after they learn their parents are members of a secret
criminal society.
741.5 VAU
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways. Direct ed. New York : Marvel Age, c2004, c2003.
Collects issues seven through twelve of "Runaways" comics in which a group of superpowered teens, still on the run from their super-villian parents, welcome a stranger into
their midst, only to learn he harbors a shocking secret, and have an encounter with
crimefighters Cloak and Dagger.
741.5 VAU
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways. : the good die young. New York : Marvel Comics, c2005.
The Runaways have learned the secrets behind their parents' criminal organization and
plan ways to destroy it.
741.5 VAU
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways. Direct ed. New York : Marvel Comics, c2005.
A group of six young friends, having discovered their parents are all secretly superpowered villains, run away from home and embark on a series of adventures, fueled by
their desire to thwart their legacy of evil.
741.5 VAU
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways. [Digest ed.], 2nd ed. New York : Marvel, c2011.
Karolina Dean and the other teenage runaways come together to challenge a dangerous
alien who has invaded Los Angeles, sending them on a coast-to-coast adventure.
741.5 VAU
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways. 2nd ed., [Digest ed.]. New York : Marvel, c2011.
The Runaways are suspicious of a secret super-villain society, and Molly Hayes must
survive a night alone on the streets of Los Angeles.
741.5 VAU
Vaughan, Brian K. Runaways. 2nd ed., [Digest ed.]. New York : Marvel, c2011.
The Runaways let go of the past and make some hard decisions about the future. Plus,
still reeling from the loss of Gert, the teenage heroes must now confront a horrible
enemy who threatens to tear the team apart.
741.5 VEN
Venditti, Robert. Blue Bloods : the graphic novel. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2013.
Schuyler Van Alen, a loner at a prestigious New York City private school, sets out to
learn the secrets of the Blue Bloods, an ancient group of vampires.
741.5 VEN
Venditti, Robert. The homeland directive. Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, c2011.
Dr. Laura Regan is one of the leading researchers at the Center for Disease Cotrol and
Prevention, but when she is accused of murdering her research partner, Laura is forced
to go on the run. She is helped by three rogue government agents who believe the
government framed her and they must work together to expose a sinister plot that goes
to the very heart of the American political system.
741.5 VIN
Vin, Lee, 1970-. Crazy love story : volume 1. Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2002.
Shin Hae Jung is a top student in her high school, but has her own way of doing things
that others have trouble relating to, even her boyfriend Jimmy. Together, they've created
a dysfunctional world of their own that Jin Sung Moo, who is infatuated with Hae Jung,
is determined to break up.
741.5 WAG
Wagner, Matt. The Green Hornet : year one. Mt. Laurel, NJ : Dynamite Entertainment,
[2013].
Newspaper publisher Britt Reid, as the Green Hornet, and his sidekick Kato fight crime
in 1930s Chicago, targeting the operations of mob boss "Skid" Caruso and making few
friends in Chicago's corrupt police department in the process.
741.5 WAG
Wagner, Matt. Trinity. New York : DC Comics, c2004.
Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman join forces against eco-terrorist Ra's al Ghul
and his Superman clone in order to defend the earth against destruction.
741.5 WAI
Waid, Mark, 1962-. Amazing Spider-Man : family business. New York, NY : Marvel
Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC, [2014].
"Someone has Spider-Man in their crosshairs, and the only person in the Marvel
Universe who can save him is...Peter Parker's sister?! As the web-slinger meets family
he never knew, will she end up becoming his greatest ally, or the one who damns him?
And what does the Kingpin of Crime have to do with it?"--Back cover.
741.5 WAL
Walker, Landry Q. (Landry Quinn). House of Odd. New York : Del Rey/Ballantine Books,
c2012.
Fry cook and medium Odd Thomas is asked to look into the hauntings at a mansion.
741.5 WAN
Wang, Jen, 1984-. In real life. 1st ed. 2014. New York : :01, First Second, 2014.
"Anda loves Coarsegold Online, the massively-multiplayer role playing game that she
spends most of her free time on. It's a place where she can be a leader, a fighter, a hero.
It's a place where she can meet people from all over the world, and make friends. But
things become a lot more complicated when Anda befriends a gold farmer--a poor
Chinese kid whose avatar in the game illegally collects valuable objects and then sells
them to players from developed countries with money to burn. This behavior is strictly
against the rules in Coarsegold, but Anda soon comes to realize that questions of right
and wrong are a lot less straightforward when a real person's real livelihood is at stake"-Inside front cover.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media,
c2009.
Forced to pose as a girl, Arata, the last in the matriarchal Hime clan, is about to undergo
a ceremony making him princess when he is framed for murdering the current princess
and forced to flee. Then, a desperate wish to be elsewhere causes him to switch places
with Arata Hinohara in modern-day Japan, leaving Arata to deal with a bully and life in
a new high school while Hinohara finds himself in the past and running for his life.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2010.
Hinohara is sent to the prison island of Gatoya after being framed for the assassination
of Princess Kikuri, and the only way he can escape is to awaken his stubborn Hayagami
before it is too late.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media,
[2010].
Hinohara escapes his captors and tries to find his way back to the Amawakuni capital
through a land ruled by the evil Kannagi.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2010.
Hinohara is more sure of his mission than ever now that he knows that he rightfully
wields Tsukuyo, a powerful Hayagami, but Kannagi, set on having Tsukuyo for
himself, is on Hinohara's trail.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media,
[2011].
Hinohara, a high school student who switched places with Arata, finds out that Kotoha
no longer believes that he is the true Arata of the Hime clan, and a group within the
Twelve Shinsho begins their plan to terminate Hinohara.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2011.
Hinohara discovers that Kadowaki has followed him into Arata's world, causing him to
fly into a rage that transforms him into a demonic entity.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2011.
After Arata Hinohara and his friends arrive in the commercial town of Suzukura,
Hiruko, who governs the town, entrusts Arata with the task of making Yorunami
submit.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2011.
Hinohara and company arrive in the town ruled by Kugura, the Shinsho of wind, and
devise a plan to enter the palace disguised as women because men are forbidden
entrance.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco : VIZ Media, 2012.
While Hinohara is on a mission disguised as a girl, Shinsho Kugura takes a liking to
him, and Hinohara's rival Kadowaki shows up and wants to fight with Kadowaki.
741.5 WAT
Watase, Yuu, 1970-. Arata : the legend. Shonen Sunday ed. San Francisco, CA : VIZ Media,
LLC, [2013].
Hinohara continues to battle against his tormentor Kadowaki, and Kannagi is
determined to take Hayagami from Akachi.
741.5 WAY
Way, Gerard, 1977-. The Umbrella Academy. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books,
c2008.
Reginald Hargreeves, a millionaire inventor, adopts seven children born spontaneously
by women who were not pregnant, and the siblings form The Umbrella Academy, a
family of strange superheroes who fight a deranged Eiffel Tower and eventually
disband and reunite when their father dies.
741.5 WEI
Weinstein, Lauren R. Girl stories. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt, c2006.
A collection of comics about the ins and outs of being a girl on the verge of
adolescence, many of which appeared originally on the website gurl.com.
741.5 WES
Westerfeld, Scott. Uglies : Shay's story. New York : Ballantine/Del Rey, c2012.
In a society that considers children to be "Uglies" until they are transformed by surgery
at age sixteen into "Pretties," fifteen-year-old Shay discovers a group of rebellious teens
called the Crims and a world outside the city where she can decide to be real instead of
a "Pretty.".
741.5 WHE
Whedon, Joss, 1964-. Runaways. New York : Marvel, c2009.
A clash with The Punisher lands the Runaways in New York in 1907, where the teens
must deal with child labor, quaint technology, and competing gangs of superfolk called
"Wonders" as they search for a way back.
741.5 WHI
White, Tracy. How I made it to eighteen : a mostly true story. 1st ed. New York : Roaring
Brook Press, c2010.
The author shares her struggles with self-esteem, drug addiction, and depression; and
describes how she admitted herself to a mental institution after she put her fist through a
window.
741.5 WIL
Wilson, G. Willow, 1982-. Cairo : a graphic novel. New York : DC Comics, c2007.
A graphic novel in which five strangers find their lives linked by a stolen hookah, a
spiritual underworld, and a genie on the run.
741.5 WIL
Wilson, Seán Michael. The Canterville ghost : the graphic novel. Detroit : Lucent Books,
c2011.
A graphic novel adaptation of Oscar Wilde's story about an English ghost who is
outraged when the new American owners of his haunted house refuse to take him
seriously.
741.5 WIL
Wilson, Seán Michael. A Christmas carol : the graphic novel. Detroit : Lucent Books, c2011.
A graphic novel adaptation of Charles Dickens's novel in which a miser learns the true
meaning of Christmas when three ghostly visitors review his past and foretell his future.
741.5 WIL
Wilson, Seán Michael. Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street : the graphic novel :
original text version. 1st US ed. Towcester, U.K. : Classical Comics, 2013.
Presents, in graphic novel format, the story of Benjamin Barker, who returns from
prison and assumes the name of Sweeney Todd, a barber who seeks revenge for the loss
of his wife and daughter by killing customers and having them added to the meat pies
Mrs. Lovett makes downstairs.
741.5 WIM
Wimberly, Ronald. Ray Bradbury's Something wicked this way comes : the authorized
adaptation. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, ©2011.
A graphic novel adaptation of Ray Bradbury's classic novel in which Dark's
Pandemonium Carnival comes to a small Illinois town, and, when Mr. Dark's offer to
make the wishes of the townspeople come true has terrifying results, two young boys
see what is going on and try to stop it.
741.5 WOO
Wood, Brian, 1972-. The New York Four. New York : DC Comics, c2008.
Riley, a shy straight-A student, comes out of her shell when she becomes best friends
with three other freshmen who join her in her explorations of Manhattan, but her new
life is threatened by a developing online romance.
741.5 WOO
Wood, Don, 1945-. Into the volcano : a graphic novel. New York : Blue Sky Press, c2008.
While their parents are away doing research, brothers Duffy and Sumo Pugg go with
their cousin, Mister Come-and-Go, to Kokalaha Island, where they meet Aunt Lulu and
become trapped in an erupting volcano.
741.5 WOO
Wooding, Chris, 1977-. Pandemonium. 1st ed. New York : Graphix, c2012.
Seifer Tombchewer, captain of the local skullball team, is knocked unconscious,
abducted, and taken to the royal palace, where he learns that Prince Talon
Pandemonium has gone missing. Seifer, who looks exactly like the prince, is expected
to fill his role.
741.5 YAK
Yakin, Boaz. Marathon. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2012.
In graphic novel form, tells the story of Eucles, the Athenian messenger who, in 490
B.C., ran twenty-seven miles from Sparta to Athens, preventing the fall of Greece to the
Persian Empire.
741.5 YAN
Yang, Gene Luen. American born Chinese. New York : Square Fish/First Second, 2009.
Alternates interrelated stories about three characters, including a Chinese American
trying to participate in popular culture; a Chinese folk hero attempting to be worshipped
as a god; and a teenager who is so ashamed by his Chinese cousin's behavior that he
changes schools.
741.5 YAN
Yang, Gene Luen. Boxers. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2013.
In 1898 during the Boxer Rebellion a boy named Little Bao recruits an army of Boxers
to rid China of foreign missionaries and soldiers who bully and rob Chinese peasants.
741.5 YAN
Yang, Gene Luen. The eternal smile : three stories. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2009.
Duncan's kingdom -- Gran'pa Greenbax and the eternal smile -- Urgent request. A
collection of three graphic stories featuring Duncan, a charming prince hoping to win
the princess's hand; Gran'pa Greenbax, a greedy old frog who longs to find true
happiness; and Janet, a busy working woman who thinks she has found true love with a
Nigerian prince.
741.5 YAN
Yang, Gene Luen. Level up. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2011.
Dennis Ouyang is visited by four angels who prompt him to give up his dream of
playing video games professionally and pursue a medical degree as his late father
wanted, but a crisis reveals the true nature of the angels and brings Dennis to a
crossroads in his path to the future.
741.5 YAN
Yang, Gene Luen. Saints. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2013.
In 1898 during the Boxer Rebellion a girl named Vibiana who is unwanted and
unwelcome turns to Christianity, but she finds herself torn between her nation and her
Christian friends who are being murdered by bands of young men.
741.5 YAN
Yang, Gene Luen. The shadow hero. 1st ed. 2014. New York : First Second, 2014.
In this origin story for the classic comic book hero the Green Turtle, Hank, the
nineteen-year-old son of Chinese immigrants, resists his mother's attempts to make him
a superhero at first, but when tragedy strikes he assumes the role of a caped crusader.
Aided by one of the four spirits of Chinese mythology, Hank becomes the Green Turtle
and sets out to rid Chinatown of the gangsters who have intimidated everyone for years
and murdered his father.
741.5 YOL
Yolen, Jane. Curses! foiled again. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2013.
Follows New York City high school fencer Aliera Carstair's continuing adventures as
the Defender of the Seelie realm.
741.5 YOL
Yolen, Jane. Foiled. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2010.
Aliera Carstairs, having always felt like an outcast at school but special in her fencing
class, falls for Avery Castle, until a fencing foil with a large ruby on the hilt that her
mother found at a sale reveals to her that both Avery and the world around her are not
what they seem.
741.5 YOL
Yolen, Jane. The last dragon. 1st ed. Milwaukee, OR : Dark Horse Books, c2011.
A dragon, the last of its species since humans vanquished them off the islands of May
two hundred years earlier, rises to seek revenge, but a healer's daughter and an aspiring
hero try to stand in its way.
741.5 YOS
Yost, Christopher. Scarlet Spider. New York : Marvel, c2013.
He is a clone of Peter Parker, imperfect and destined to die until the events of Spider
Island. Now, Kaine wants to leave it all behind and just live the life he never expected
to have, but, as he travels to Mexico, he stumbles across a human smuggling ring in
Houston and, finding himself unable to turn a blind eye to it, he assumes the guise of
the Scarlet Spider and delivers his own brand of justice.
741.5 ZET
Zettwoch, Dan. Birdseye Bristoe : an inventions & how-to-book. 1st ed. Montreal : Drawn &
Quarterly, c2012.
Krystal and her cousin Clint visit their great uncle, Uncle A., for the summer and they
join the inventor and the other residents ofin Birdseye Bristoe in watching the
construction of a gigantic cell-phone tower that is designed to also be the biggest cross
in the world and that they hope will put Bristoe Birdseye on the map.
782.4216 BEL
Bellstorf, Arne. Baby's in black : Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and the Beatles. 1st ed.,
American pbk. ed. New York : First Second, 2014.
A graphic novel account of the Beatles' early days in Germany, where they met Astrid
Kirchherr, a photographer who made a lasting impression on the young Englishmen and
their musical career, especially Stuart Sutcliffe, the famous "Fifth Beatle," with whom
she fell in love.
818 THO
Porcellino, John. Thoreau at Walden. 1st ed. New York : Hyperion, c2008.
A graphic novel interpretation of Henry David Thoreau's "Walden," featuring the actual
words from the text in which Thoreau describes his experiment in simple living.
822.3 HIN
Hinds, Gareth, 1971-. The most excellent and lamentable tragedy of Romeo & Juliet. 1st ed.
Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2013.
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's classic tragedy about Romeo
Montague and Juliet Capulet, two young people whose love for one another is doomed
by the long-standing feud between their families, with characters recast as multiracial
individuals.
822.3 MCD
McDonald, John. Macbeth : the graphic novel. Detroit, MI : Lucent Books, c2010.
A graphic novel adaptation Shakespeare's play about Macbeth, a man who kills the king
in an attempt to seize the crown of Scotland for himself in the year 1040.
822.3 MCD
McDonald, John F. (John Francis), 1948-. Romeo and Juliet : the graphic novel. Detroit :
Lucent Books, c2011.
A graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragic play about the ill-fated
romance of Romeo Montague and Juliet Capulet, whose love is doomed because of the
long-standing feud between their families.
822.3 MCD
McDonald, John F. (John Francis), 1948-. The tempest : the graphic novel. Detroit : Lucent
Books, c2011.
A graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," in which Prospero, the
deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the
shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and
his daughter Miranda have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall
in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples.
883 HIN
Hinds, Gareth, 1971-. The odyssey : a graphic novel. 1st ed. Somerville, Mass. : Candlewick
Press, ©2010.
Retells, in graphic novel format, Homer's epic tale of Odysseus, the ancient Greek hero
who encounters witches and other obstacles on his journey home after fighting in the
Trojan War.
920 LAW
Lawless, Molly. Hit by pitch : Ray Chapman, Carl Mays and the fatal fastball. Jefferson, N.C.
: McFarland, c2012.
A graphic novel account of the lives of baseball players Carl Mays and Ray Chapman,
including the events of August 16, 1920, when Yankees pitcher Mays threw a fastball
that struck Cleveland Indians shortstop Chapman in the head. Chapman, a star player,
died the next morning, and the two men have been linked forever by the incident.
920 MAS
Masterful marks : cartoonists who changed the world. 1st Simon & Schuster harcover ed.
September 2014. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2014.
Offers graphic novel biographies of sixteen individuals who were innovators in the
comic book field, including Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, Charles M. Schulz, and Dr.
Seuss.
920 OTT
Ottaviani, Jim. Primates : the fearless science of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Biruté
Galdikas. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : First Second, 2013.
In graphic novel format, explores the lives and work of scientists Jane Goodall, Dian
Fossey, and Biruté Galdikas, who lived with and studied chimpanzees, gorillas, and
orangutans, respectively, in their natural habitats, creating between them a body of work
that greatly improved our understanding of primates, including humans.
920 WAR
Ward, Chris. Presidents of the United States. [Vancouver, Wash.] : Bluewater Comics, c2010.
Barack Obama / writer, Chris Ward -- Ronald Reagan / writer, Don Smith -- Bill
Clinton / writer, Robert Schnakenberg -- George W. Bush / writer and pencils, Joshua
LaBello. Contains graphic novel biographical profiles and commentary on four U.S.
Presidents, including Barack, Obama, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and George W.
Bush.
920 WAR
Ward, Chris, 1973-. Black history leaders : the graphic novel. [Vancouver, Wash.] :
Bluewater Comics, c2010.
Barack Obama / writer, Chris Ward, art, Azim Akberali -- Condoleeza Rice / writer,
Chris Ward -- Colin Powell / writer, Wey-Yui Loh -- Oprah Winfrey / writer and
pencils, Joshua La Bello. Collects four previously-published graphic biographies of
prominent African Americans Barack Obama, Condoleeza Rice, Colin Powell, and
Oprah Winfrey.
920 ZIM
Zimmerman, Dwight Jon. The hammer and the anvil : Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln,
and the end of slavery in America. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, 2012.
A biography of former slave and abolitionist Frederick Douglass and President
Abraham Lincoln with emphasis on their roles in the end of slavery in the United States.
921 ALE
Saunders, Nicholas J. The life of Alexander the Great. Columbus ; OH : School Specialty
Pub, c2006.
Presents a graphic novel of the life and military conquests of Alexander the Great who
became king of Macedonia after the assassination of his father, Philip II in 336 B.C.
921 BEY
Beyer, Ramsey. Little fish : a memoir from a different kind of year. San Francisco, CA : Zest
Books, [2013].
Presents a graphic novel memoir of Ramsey Beyer following her transformation from a
eighteen-year-old teenager from a small town to an independent college art student
living in the city.
921 CAE
Saunders, Nicholas J. The life of Julius Caesar. Columbus, OH : School Specialty Pub., 2006.
Presents a short graphic novel on the life and reign of Julius Caesar, and describes his
military and political leadership, his relationship with Cleopatra, his assassination, and
his legacy.
921 CAS
Kleist, Reinhard, 1970-. Johnny Cash : I see a darkness : a graphic novel. New York : Abrams
ComicArts, c2009.
A graphic novel depicting the life of musician Johnny Cash, covering his early sessions
with Elvis Presley, his drug addiction and encounters with the law, his failed marriage,
and his 1968 concert at Folsom Prison.
921 CLE
Santiago, Wilfred. 21 : [the story of Roberto Clemente : a graphic novel]. 1st ed. Seattle, WA
: Fantagraphics Books, c2011.
A graphic depiction of the life of Roberto Clemente that discusses his childhood,
success in baseball, mission off the field, death, and other related topics.
921 DAR
Byrne, Eugene. Darwin : a graphic biography : the really exciting and dramatic story of a man
who mostly stayed at home and wrote some books. Washington, DC : Smithsonian
Books, c2013.
Written in graphic novel format, tells the life of Charles Darwin and how he developed
his theory of evolution based upon his research on the Galapagos Islands.
921 EIN
Albert Einstein. Irvine, CA : Saddleback Educational Pub., c2008.
A brief biography of Albert Einstein, written in graphic novel format, that describes his
childhood, his many interests, theories, and success as a scientist.
921 FEY
Ottaviani, Jim. Feynman. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2011.
A graphic novel overview of the life and accomplishments of Nobel-Prize winning
quantum physicist, adventurer, and musician Richard Feynman.
921 FRA
Jacobson, Sidney. Anne Frank : the Anne Frank House authorized graphic biography. 1st ed.
New York : Hill and Wang, c2010.
Provides a graphic novel account of the life of Anne Frank, covering her family, the rise
of Nazism, her years in the Secret Annex, her arrest, her deportation, her death, her
father's recovery of her diary, and other related topics.
921 GAN
Quinn, Jason. Gandhi : my life is my message. New Delhi, India : Campifre/Kalyani Navyug
Media PVT Ltd., [2013].
A graphic novel exploration of the life of Gandhi who helped gain independence for his
country through passive resistance and non-violence.
921 HAF
Kleist, Reinhard, 1970-. The boxer : the true story of Holocaust survivor Harry Haft. London :
SelfMadeHero, 2014.
Presents in graphic novel format of the life of Harry Haft, a Holocaust survivor who
was forced to fight other Jews in the concentration camps during World War II for the
perverse entertainment of SS officers and managed to escape the camps and find
freedom in America.
921 JAC
Michael Jackson. [Irvine, Calif.] : Saddleback Educational Pub., c2011.
A brief biography of Michael Jackson, written in graphic novel format, that describes
his childhood, family, success as a pop singer, legal and financial difficulties, death, and
more.
921 JOR
Santiago, Wilfred. Michael Jordan : bull on parade. 1st ed. 2014. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics
Books, Inc., 2014.
In graphic novel format looks at the life and career of basketball player Michael Jordan.
921 KNI
Knisley, Lucy. Relish : my life in the kitchen. 1st ed. New York : First Second, 2013.
Presents a graphic novel memoir of cartoonist Lucy Knisley and her obsession with
cooking and food.
921 LEW
Lewis, John, 1940 February 21-. March. Marietta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, ©2013.
Presents in graphic novel format the life of Georgia congressman John Lewis, focusing
on his youth in rural Alabama, his meeting with Martin Luther King Jr., and the birth of
the Nashville Student Movement.
921 LIN
Abraham Lincoln. Irvine, CA : Saddleback Educational Pub., c2008.
A brief biography of Abraham Lincoln, written in graphic novel format, that describes
his childhood, strong character, and political career.
921 LON
Fleming, Ann Marie. The magical life of Long Tack Sam. New York : Riverhead Books,
c2007.
Chronicles the life of the world renowned magician, acrobat, and vaudeville performer
Long Tack Sam. Presented in graphic novel format with photographs.
921 LOV
McKissack, Pat, 1944-. Best shot in the West : the adventures of Nat Love. San Francisco :
Chronicle Books, c2012.
A graphic novel portrayal of the life of African-American cowboy Nat Love, also
known as Deadwood Dick.
921 LUT
Leigh, Susan K. Luther, the graphic novel : echoes of the hammer. Saint Louis, MO :
Concordia Pub., House, c2011.
Text and comic illustrations describe the life and work of Martin Luther, whose
activities and teachings in the 1500s brought about the Protestant Reformation that
changed the world.
921 NIG
Robbins, Trina. Florence Nightingale : lady with the lamp. Mankato, Minn. : Capstone Press,
c2007.
Presents a brief biography of English nurse Florence Nightingale in graphic novel
format, and describes how she reformed military hospitals during the Crimean War.
921 OBA
Mariotte, Jeff. Barack Obama : the comic book biography. San Diego, CA : IDW Pub.,
c2009.
Presents a short graphic novelization of the biography of Barack Obama, covering his
childhood and upbringing, his time as a senator in Illinois, and election to the U.S.
Presidency in 2008, with speech bubbles and nonfiction text.
921 RIC
Vansant, Wayne. The Red Baron : the graphic history of Richthofen's Flying Circus and the
air war in WWI. Minneapolis, MN : Zenith Press, 2014.
"Told in graphic novel format, the story of Manfred von Richthofen--better known as
the Red Baron--from his beginnings as a cavalry member and a pilot-in-training to his
death at the age of twenty-five and his enduring legacy"--Provided by publisher.
921 SAN
Bagge, Peter. Woman rebel : the Margaret Sanger story. 1st hardcover ed. [Montréal, Québec]
: Drawn + Quarterly, ©2013.
Presents, in graphic novel format, the life of American birth control activist, sex
educator, and nurse Margaret Sanger.
921 SAN
Neri, Greg. Yummy : the last days of a Southside shorty. 1st ed. New York : Lee & Low
Books, c2010.
A brief biography, in graphic novel format, of Robert "Yummy" Sandifer, an elevenyear old African American gang member from Chicago who went on the run after
shooting a young girl and was later found dead, shot by members of his own gang.
921 Sma
Small, David, 1945-. Stitches : a memoir... New York : W.W. Norton, c2009.
A graphic novel that chronicles the life of American author and illustrator David Small,
detailing his sickly childhood and teenage years, relationship with his parents, his
cancer, and more.
921 X
Helfer, Andrew. Malcolm X : a graphic biography. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang, c2006.
Presents a brief biography of Malcolm X in graphic novel format that describes his life
from his early experiences with racism through his political and religious conversions.
921 ZAM
Winick, Judd. Pedro and me : friendship, loss, and what I learned. 1st ed. New York : H. Holt,
c2000.
In graphic art format, describes the friendship between two roommates on the MTV
show "Real World," one of whom died of AIDS.
940.3 ABO
Above the dreamless dead : World War I in poetry and comics. 1st ed. New York : First
Second, 2014.
A collection of World War I British trench poetry by poets such as Wilfred Owen,
Rudyard Kipling, and Thomas Hardy, reinterpreted in graphic novel format by
cartoonists such as Garth Ennis, Phil Winslade, and Katherine and Stuart Immonen.
940.53 SPI
Spiegelman, Art. Maus II : a survivor's tale : and here my troubles began. New York :
Pantheon Books, c1991.
A continuation of the story begun in the Pulitzer Prize winning "Maus," in which the
author relates, in cartoon form, his father's experiences as an inmate at Auschwitz
during World War II. Illustrations portray Jews as mice and Nazis as cats.
940.54 VAN
Vansant, Wayne. The Battle of the Bulge : a graphic history of allied victory in the Ardennes,
1944-1945. Minneapolis, MN : Zenith Press, 2014.
Watch on the Rhine -- Opening moves -- Breakthrough -- Battle Group Peiper -- The
race for Bastogne -- The fog of war -- The fight for St. Vith -- Siege Bastogne -- Points
of resistance -- High-water mark -- Death rattle. In graphic novel format, looks at
Germany's last big offensive to divide and defeat the Allied army and turn the course of
the war in late 1944.
949.742 SAC
Sacco, Joe. Safe area Goražde. 1st Fantagraphics Books ed. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics
Books, 2000.
A graphic novel based on the author's 1995-96 visits to Goražde, one of the U.N.created "safe areas" in Eastern Bosnia, showing the brutality and humanity that
coexisted there during the Bosnian War of 1992-95.
952 RIC
Richardson, Mike, 1950-. 47 Ronin. 1st ed. Milwaukee, Or. : Dark Horse Books, 2014.
A graphic novel version of the classic story of forty-seven Japanese warriors and their
quest to avenge their master.
956.94 DEL
Delisle, Guy. Jerusalem : chronicles from the Holy City. 1st hardcover ed. Montreal : Drawn
& Quarterly, 2012.
Guy Delisle uses the graphic novel format to portray daily life in Jerusalem, presenting
a realistic picture of the many cultural aspects of this city that means so much to so
many.
956.94 YAK
Yakin, Boaz. Jerusalem : a family portrait. 1st ed. New York : First Second, c2013.
Presents a graphic novel that looks at the formation of the Israeli state through three
generations of a single family.
956.9405 SAC
Sacco, Joe. Palestine. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, c2001.
An American journalist travels to the West Bank and the Gaza Strip to learn the
Palestinian side of the Intifada. Presented in black-and-white graphic novel form.
Contains adult content.
958.104 RAL
Rall, Ted. To Afghanistan and back : a graphic travelogue. New York : Nantier, Beall,
Minoustchine, c2002.
New York cartoonist and columnist Ted Rall discusses his firsthand experiences in
Afghanistan and other countries in the region before and after September 11, 2001,
criticizing U.S. military actions there and presenting a graphic novel about the war.
973 LAI
Laird, Roland Owen. Still I rise : a graphic history of African Americans. Rev. ed. New York
: Sterling, 2009, c1997.
A graphic history of the African-American experience from the seventeenth century to
the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, highlighting the
political, economic, and cultural contributions of African-Americans to the country.
973.3 MAC
Mack, Stanley. Taxes, the tea party and those revolting rebels : a history in comics of the
American Revolution. New York : Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine, c2012.
A graphic novel account of the American Revolution, with facts about significant
people and events.
973.7 HEN
Hennessey, Jonathan, 1971-. The Gettysburg Address : a graphic adaptation : using Lincoln's
words to tell the whole story of America's Civil War, 1776 to the present. 1st ed. New
York, NY : William Morrow, [2013].
In graphic novel format, uses the meaning behind the words of Abraham Lincoln's
"Gettysburg Address" to tell the story of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Civil War and its
underlying causes, and United States history as a whole.
973.931 JAC
Jacobson, Sid. The 9/11 report : a graphic adaptation. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang,
2006.
A graphic novel adaptation of "The 9/11 Commission Report," the results of the
investigation of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.
978 BRO
Brown, Don, 1949-. The great American dust bowl. Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
©2013.
Describes, in graphic novel format, the Dust Bowl era of the 1930s when dust storms
raged across the heartland of the United States.
978 GLA
Glaser, Jason. The Buffalo soldiers and the American West. Mankato, MN : Capstone Press,
c2006.
Presents a short history of the Buffalo Soldiers of the American West written in graphic
novel format, and focuses on the African-Americans who fought against Native Indians
and helped to protect the United States frontier.
DVD F DEV
The devil's arithmetic. Showtime Entertainment, c2002, c1999.
Kirsten Dunst and others. Hanna, a typical American teenager, resents stories of her
Jewish heritage, until a mystical Passover Seder results in her being transported to
Poland during World War II where she experiences the horrors of a concentration camp,
and learns why it is important to remember the past.
DVD F LEA
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Widescreen. Beverly Hills ; CA : Twentieth
Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2003.
Sean Connery, Shane West, Stuart Townsend, Richard Roxburgh, Peta Wilson, Tony
Curran, Jason Flemyng, Naseeruddin Shah, David Hemmings, Max Ryan. Allan
Quartermain and the League of Extrodinary Gentlemen must defend the British Empire
against the war-mongering "Phantom".
DVD F PER
Persepolis. Widescreen format. Culver City, CA : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, c2007.
Poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that
begins during the Islamic Revolution.
F ALM
Almond, David, 1951-. The savage. Cambridge, MA : Candlewick Press, c2008.
After his father dies and the town bully Hopper begins to target him, Blue starts to write
and illustrate a graphic novel full of blood, guts, and adventures; but after one of Blue's
characters pays Hopper a nighttime visit, Blue wonders if the lines of reality have
blurred.
F CAS
Castellucci, Cecil, 1969-. The year of the beasts. 1st ed. New York : Roaring Brook Press,
c2012.
Fifteen-year-old Tessa tries to be happy when her crush, Charlie, falls for her younger
sister, Lulu, and it becomes easier after she begins a secret relationship with Jasper, a
social outcast who lives next door to Tessa's best friend. Alternate chapters are in
graphic novel form.
F Goo
Goodwin, Archie. Classic Star wars. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 1995.
The crewmembers of the Millenium Falcon head on an underwater hunt that leads to a
demonsquid, a treasonous and plotting Kraaken, the ferocious night beast, lost power
gems, and giant sea worms.
F HAR
Harnest, Faye. Girl fight. Toronto : James Lorimer & Co., 2012, c2011.
Awkward teenager Zadie likes two things: drawing superhero graphic novels and
fighting. When Zadie loses a fight for the first time and nearly kills the girl, Kat, out of
revenge, she becomes the victim of a massive cyberbullying campaign. As bad as that
is, Zadie handles it, until the violence is taken out on her younger sister, Romona,
causing Zadie to lose control of the rage.
F HOG
Hogan, Peter. Terra Obscura. La Jolla, CA : America's Best Comics, c2004.
The science heroes of S.M.A.S.H., adjusting to life after thirty years of captivity, and
wondering what has become of Tom Strange, must battle a new threat when the United
States is struck by a mysterious technology plague that promises to bring about another
Stone Age.
F HOR
Hornschemeier, Paul. Mother, come home. 1st ed. Milwaukie, Or. : Dark Horse Books, 2003.
A graphic novel in which a father and son struggle to come to terms with the death of
the family's mother.
F LAT
Lat. Kampung boy. 1st American ed. New York : First Second, c2006.
A graphic novel that relates the life experiences, from birth to his start in boarding
school, of a Muslim boy growing up on a rubber plantation in rural Malaysia.
F LYG
Lyga, Barry. The astonishing adventures of Fanboy & Goth Girl. Boston : Houghton Mifflin,
2006.
A fifteen-year-old "geek" who keeps a list of the high school jocks and others who
torment him, and pours his energy into creating a great graphic novel, encounters Kyra,
Goth Girl, who helps change his outlook on almost everything, including himself.
F SEA
Seagle, Steven T. It's a bird-- New York : DC Comics, c2004.
Presents a graphic novel in which Steve, a freelance comic book writer, is offered the
chance to chronicle the adventures of Superman, but a long-kept family secret keeps
him from being able to reconcile reality with a hero who always steps in to save the day.
F SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960-. Bone. Columbus, OH : Cartoon Books, c2004.
Fone Bone and Thorn, trapped in a dungeon, manage to escape and join Thorn's
grandmother in a battle against the rat creatures before leaving on a quest to find the
Crown of Thorns and end the war.
F TAL
Tales of the vampires. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Books, 2004.
Tales of the vampires -- Father -- Spot the vampire -- Dust bowl -- Jack -- Stacy -Some like it hot -- The problem with vampires -- Taking care of business -- Dames -Antique -- Numb. Presents a collection of vampire tales from the creators of the
television series "Buffy" and "Angel.".
F TAN
Tan, Shaun. The arrival. 1st ed. New York : A. A. Levine, 2007, c2006.
In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his homeland and sets off for a new
country, where he must build a new life for himself and his family.
F WHE
Whedon, Joss, 1964-. Fray. 1st ed. Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse, 2003.
Hundreds of years in the future, a young girl learns she has a great destiny that may
unite a fallen city against a demonic plot to consume mankind.
GN F SMI
Smith, Jeff, 1960 Feb. 27-. Bone. New York : Graphix, c2006.
The continuing comic book saga finds the Bone cousins face-to-face with a dragon,
providing Phoney with a good opportunity and Thorn with an unexpected connection to
her past; while danger lurks in the form of the rat creature Kingdok.
SC CAR
Carroll, Emily. Through the woods. 1st ed. New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books,
[2014].
"A collection of five spine-tingling short stories"--Provided by publisher.
SC NEV
Nevermore : a graphic adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories. New York : Sterling,
c2008.
The raven / adapted by Dan Whitehead and Stuart Tipples ; art by Stuart Tipples -- The
pit and the pendulum / adapted by Jaime Delano ; art by Steve Pugh -- The facts in the
case of Mr. Valdemar / adapted by Jeremy Slater ; art by John McCrea -- The murders
in the Rue Morgue / adapted by Ian Edginton ; art by D'Israeli -- The fall of the house of
Usher / adapted by Dan Whitehead ; art by Shane Ivan Oakley -- The black cat /
adapted by Leah Moore and John Reppion ; art by James Fletcher -- The oval portrait /
adapted by David Berner ; art by Natalie Sandelis -- The tell-tale heart / adapted by
Jeremy Slater ; art by Alice Duke -- The masque of the red death / adapted by Adam
Prosser ; art by Erik Rangel-- Edgar Allan Poe's biography / art and script by Laura
Howell. Presents graphic novel adaptations of nine short stories by Edgar Allan Poe,
including his classics "The Raven", "The Tell-Tale Heart", and "The Pit and the
Pendulum".
September 11 JAC
Jacobson, Sidney. The 9/11 report : a graphic adaptation. 1st ed. New York : Hill and Wang,
c2006.