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The Beats : a Graphic History A tour of America's underground literary movement, presented in a graphic tale format, includes coverage of the Benzedrine-fueled antics of Jack Kerouac, Chicago's beatnik bistro, and San Francisco's City Lights bookstore. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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B., David Epileptic With stunning black-and-white illustrations, a noted cartoonist chronicles growing up with an epileptic older brother. The author charts his complicated relationship with his brother from childhood to adulthood, and the effects of the illness on the entire family. 2005 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Bechdel, Alison Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic A memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father--a funeral home director, high school English teacher, and closeted homosexual. 2006 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Bellstorf, Arne Baby's in Black : Astrid Kirchherr Stuart Sutcliffe and the Beatles Retells the love story between Astrid Kirchherr and Stuart Sutcliffe, the famed "fifth Beatle," who started the band with John Lennon and left to become an artist before the band's rise to fame. 2012 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Bertozzi, Nick Lewis & Clark Two of America’s greatest explorers embark on the adventure that made their names—and sealed their fates. 2011 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Bingley, Will Gonzo : A Graphic Biography of Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson was a troubled kid who went on to become an international icon. This book charts the now-legendary adventures that birthed Gonzo journalism and a lifestyle beyond imagination. 2012 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Bocquet, Jose´-Louis Kiki De Montparnasse "In bohemian Montparnasse of the 1920s, Kiki escaped poverty to become one of the most charismatic figures of the avant-garde years between the wars. Partner to Man Ray, and one of the first emancipated women of the 20th century, Kiki made her mark with her freedom of style, word, and thought that could be learned from only one school--the school of life."--Amazon.com. 2011 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Cruse, Howard Stuck Rubber Baby In the 1960s American South, a young gas-station attendant named Toland Polk is rejected from the Army draft for admitting 'homosexual tendencies,' and falls in with a close-knit group of young locals yearning to break from the conformity of their hometown through civil rights activism, folk music and upstart communality of race-mixing, gay-friendly nightclubs. Toland's story is both deeply personal and epic in scope, as his search for identity plays out against the brutal fight over segregation, an unplanned pregnancy and small-town bigotry, aided by an unforgettable supporting cast. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Delisle, Guy Jerusalem : Chronicles from the Holy City The author of Shenzhen, Pyongyang, and Burma Chronicles lands in Jerusalem for a year, where he examines the impact of the conflict on the lives of people on both sides of the wall while drolly recounting the quotidian: checkpoints, traffic jams, and holidays. 2012 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Derf Backderf My Friend Dahmer : a Graphic Novel A former classmate of Jeffrey Dahmer recounts how "Dahmer's behavior grew progressively strange, from quietly odd in junior high to genuinely bizarre in high school, where he'd fake epileptic fits and adopt spastic behavior to gain attention; meanwhile, he'd butcher small animals in the woods. Backderf depicts adolescent ennui in the 1970s as well as the uncaring obliviousness of the adults in Dahmer's life." --Booklist 2012 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Farmer, Joyce Special Exits : a Graphic Memoir Chronicles the final years of Lars and Rachel's lives, their relationship with one another and with their daughter, and how they cope with the emotional fragility of the most taxing time in their lives. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Forney, Ellen. Marbles : Mania Depression Michelangelo & Me : a Graphic Memoir Shortly before her thirtieth birthday, Forney was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Flagrantly manic and terrified that medications would cause her to lose creativity, she began a years-long struggle to find mental stability while retaining her passions and creativity. 2012 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Girard, Pascal Reunion An invitation to a high school reunion prompts Pascal to shed fifty pounds in order to join the popular crowd and impress Lucie, a former crush attending the event. 2011 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Glidden, Sarah How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less Glidden, a progressive American Jew who is sharply critical of Israeli policies vis-âa-vis the Occupied Territories, went on an all-expense-paid 'birthright' trip to Israel in an attempt to discover some grand truths at the heart of the Arab-Israeli conflict. This graphic memoir tells the touching and often funny story of her utter failure to do so. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Gloeckner, Phoebe A Child's Life : and other Stories Phoebe Gloeckner's first book collects her highly praised autobiographical accounts of a teenage girl's loss of innocence through sex, drugs, rape, and AIDS. This edition includes eight pages of new material. In detailed, nuanced panels, these strips depict the isolation, horror, and disappointment--but also the revolutionary, transformative power--of young women trapped in circumstances ringed with drugs and sexual abuse. 2000 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Henley, Marian The Shiniest Jewel : a Family Love Story A graphic tale inspired by the author's poignant journey of adopting a baby while coping with her father's illness and her reluctance to marry a long-time boyfriend. Henley describes her struggles through the emotionally wrenching international adoption process and the parenting experiences through which she came to better understand her father. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography) |
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Jacobson, Sidney Anne Frank : the Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography Drawing on the unique historical sites, archives, expertise, and unquestioned authority of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, New York Times bestselling authors Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colo´n have created the first authorized and exhaustive graphic biography of Anne Frank. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Kalman, Maira And the Pursuit of Happiness Through a series of artworks and essays, the author records her yearlong investigation into American democracy and how it works, from her imagining to make a home for herself in the Lincoln Memorial to the inner workings of a Bronx middle school student council to the U.S. service families of Fort Campbell, Kentucky, experiencing the cost of war. 2010 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Lat Kampung Boy The life experiences, from birth to beginning boarding school, of a boy growing up on a rubber plantation in rural Malaysia. 2006 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Marchetto, Marisa Acocella. Cancer Vixen : a True Story A New York City cartoonist recounts her eleven-month bout with breast cancer, from initial diagnosis to cure, chronicling her high-powered Manhattan lifestyle, the romance between the ultimate bachelorette and her surprising Prince Charming, and her fierce battle against disease. 2006 Adult Nonfiction Book (Biography) |
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GRAPHIC NOVELS: BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY...
AUTHORS
GRAPHIC NOVELS: BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY...
AUTHORS
| • | Abadzis, Nick
Laika |
| • | B., David, 1959- |
| • | Barry, Lynda |
| • | Bechdel, Alison |
| • | Brown, Jeffrey, 1975- |
| • | Delisle, Guy |
| • | Helfer, Andrew |
| • | Kalman, Maira |
| • | Kubert, Joe |
| • | Lat, |
| • | Moore, Alan, 1953-
From Hell |
| • | Neufeld, Josh |
| • | Ottaviani, Jim |
| • | Pekar, Harvey |
| • | Sacco, Joe |
| • | Satrapi, Marjane
Persepolis |
| • | Shanower, Eric |
| • | Small, David, 1945- |
| • | Spiegelman, Art
Maus |
| • | Thompson, Craig, 1975-
Blankets |
| • | Tyler, Carol |
| • | Wertz, Julia |
| • | Yang, Gene Luen
American Born Chinese |
| • | Youme, |