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Van Lente, Fred Action Philosophers! [Vol. 1] : the Lives and Thoughts of History's A-list Brain Trust Told in a Hip and Humorous Fashion A collection of graphic novels that explores the history of philosophy and the theories of prominent philosophers, including Plato, Freud, Jung, and others. 2006 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Van Lente, Fred Action Philosophers! A collection of graphic novels that explores the history of philosophy and the theories of prominent philosophers, including Aristotle, Kant, Confucius, and others. 2007 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Mignola, Michael The Amazing Screw-on Head and other Curious Objects When Emperor Zombie threatens the safety of all life on earth, President Lincoln enlists the aid of a mechanical head who, with his associates Mr. Groin and Mr. Dog, must brave ancient tombs, a Victorian flying apparatus, and ghosts. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Gorey, Edward Amphigorey : Fifteen Books This collection displays in glorious abundance the offbeat characters and droll humor of Edward Gorey. 1980 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Uslan, Michael Archie Marries... The eternal love triangle that has been the cornerstone of Archie comics for almost seven decades is finally untangled...The journey begins when Archie finds himself strolling up Memory Lane, and marries the wealthy and cultured Veronica Lodge. Later we see what happens when he strolls down Memory Lane and marries the wholesome, peppy girl next door, Betty Cooper. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Archie's Americana. Vol. 2 Best of the 1950s. Read about Archie's Scottish ancestors! See the girls in cashmere sweaters, plaid skirts, and bobbysox! Experience the time Archie and Jughead became beatniks! Behold an Elvis look-alike mesmerizing Riverdale! Witness as Moose takes apart Archie, literally! Follow Archie's lead as the group hoot it up at the sock hop! Glide with the gang as they rollerskate through the magical world of Riverdale, and laugh again at the antics of American's #1 Teenagers! 2011 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Jensen, Derrick As the World Burns : 50 Simple Things You Can Do to Stay in Denial The US government gives robot machines from space permission to eat the earth in exchange for bricks of gold. A one-eyed bunny rescues his friends from a corporate animal testing laboratory. And two little girls figure out the secret to saving the world from both of its enemies (and it isn't by using energy-efficient light bulbs or biodiesel fuel). 2007 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Goscinny Asterix and the Falling Sky The Gauls have only one fear: that the sky may fall on their heads tomorrow. But tomorrow never comes, says Chief Vitalstatistis. Or does it? It looks as if it's come at last for Asterix, Obelix and the other villagers, And some surprising new characters fall along with the sky. Our friends soon find themselves in the middle of a space race. 2006 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Marder, Larry Beanworld Beanworld is a peculiar fantasy that operates under its own rules and laws. Meet Mr. Spook, Professor Garbanzo, Beanish, and the Chow Sol'jer Army as they experience adventures that prove, whether friends or adversaries, we all ultimately depend on each other for survival. 2009 Adult Graphic Novel |
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The Best of Punch Cartoons: 2,000 Humor Classics For over 160 years, Punch cartoons amused, enlightened and annoyed its readers. Quintessentially British, Punch cartoons were famous the world over for their witty observation of the British character, their social commentary and their outstanding artistry. This book presents a collection of Punch cartoons. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Parker, Brant The Best of the Wizard of Id A volume of strips from the two-time Reuben-winning comic features Hart family favorites and follows the tyrannical pint-sized monarch, Wiz the wizard, chief knight Sir Rodney, and their companions in a series of misadventures in their oppressed medieval kingdom. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Big Fat Little Lit A collection of short stories by well-known writers and artists, presented in comic book format. Includes some games and activities. 2006 Children's Nonfiction Book |
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Millionaire, Tony Billy Hazelnuts Becky, girl scientist, her friend Billy Hazelnuts (who was created from cooking ingredients by tailless mice), and their journey to find the missing moon while battling an evil steam-driven alligator with a seeing-eye skunk. 2006 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Morris Billy the Kid Lucky Luke is a one-hundred-percent real hero of the Old West. He is squarely on the side of the law and dedicates his life to seeing that justice is done. He travels around delivering it wherever he goes, accompanied by his faithful companion, Jolly Jumper. Arriving at Fort Weakling, he changes into a formidable bandit. Why? Does his meeting with Billy the Kid, a living legend of the Old West, influence him? 2006 Teen Graphic Novel |
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McGruder, Aaron Birth of a Nation : a Comic Novel East St. Louis, Illinois ("the inner city without an outer city"), is an impoverished town, so poor that Fred Fredericks, its idealistic mayor, starts off Election Day by collecting the city s trash in his own minivan. But the mayor believes in the power of democracy and rallies his fellow citizens to the polls for the presidential election, only to find hundreds of them turned away for trumped-up reasons. Even sweet old Miss Jackson--not to mention the mayor himself--is denied the vote because her name turns up on a bogus list of felons. The national election hinges on Illinois s electoral votes and, as a result of the mass disenfranchisement of East St. Louis, a radical right-wing junta led by a dim-witted Texas governor seizes the Oval Office. Prodded by shady black billionaire and old friend John Roberts, Fredericks devises a radical plan of protest: East St. Louis will secede from the Union. 2004 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Breathed, Berke The Bloom County Library A strip about kids, about lawyers, about the elderly, about politicians, about monarchs, about penguins, about Ronald Reagan's America.. It took the Doonesbury format of a vast cast of characters with a central base and took it to the horizon. Bloom County could be about anything, and it frequently was. But mostly about penguins. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Smith, Jeff Bone After being run out of Boneville, the three Bone cousins--Fone Bone, Phoney Bone and Smiley Bone--are separated and lost in a vast, uncharted desert. One by one, they find their way into a deep, forested valley filled with wonderful and terrifying creatures. Eventually, the cousins are reunited at a farmstead run by tough Gran'ma Ben and her spirited granddaughter, Thorn. But little do the Bones know, there are dark forces conspiring against them and their adventures are just beginning! 2005 Teen Graphic Novel |
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Donnelly, Liza Cartoon Marriage : Adventures in Love and Matrimony By the New Yorker's Cartooning Couple For twenty years, veteran cartoonists Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin have been exploring in their work the ins and outs of marriage. From whimsical and wacky to risque´ and barbed, their humor allows us to laugh at our follies and foibles and the insanity that is inherent in the day-to-day workings of every marriage. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Watterson, Bill The Complete Calvin and Hobbes The imaginative world of a boy and his real-only-to-him tiger was first syndicated in 1985 and appeared in more than 2,400 newspapers when Bill Watterson retired on January 1, 1996. 2005 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Wolverton, Basil The Culture Corner Presents a collection of every "Culture Corner" strip along with pencil versions of the finished strips along with strips that were never completed. 2010 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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GRAPHIC NOVELS: HUMOROUS...
AUTHORS
GRAPHIC NOVELS: HUMOROUS...
AUTHORS
| • | Aragones, Sergio
Groo |
| • | Boothby, Ian
Simpsons |
| • | Clowes, Daniel |
| • | Dorkin, Evan |
| • | Ellis, Warren |
| • | O'Malley, Bryan Lee
Scott Pilgrim |
| • | Powell, Eric
Goon |
| • | Rosa, Don
$crooge McDuck |
| • | Sim, Dave
Cerebus |
| • | Smith, Jeff, 1960
Bone |
| • | Stanley, John, 1914-1993
Little Lulu |
| • | Ware, Chris |
| • | Wheeler, Shannon
Too Much Coffee Man |