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![Cover Art: Action Philosophers! [Vol. 1] : the Lives and Thoughts of History's A-list Brain Trust Told in a Hip and Humorous Fashion](http://content.hclib.org/perl/syndetics/syndetics.pl?isbn=9780977832903/MC.GIF&client=hennp)
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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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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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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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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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Conley, Darby Dumbheart: a Get Fuzzy Collection Bucky B. Katt is leading the charge of the Highlands Kittyscouts. Bolstered by his roommates Rob Wilco (decked out in a borrowed hotel bathrobe and a Burger King crown) and Satchel Pooch (protected by a colander helmet), the trio from Get Fuzzy are ready to entertain their readers with another collection of their antics. 2009 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Bechdel, Alison Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic Meet Alison's father..., a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. 2006 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Geektastic: Stories from the Nerd Herd Authors Holly Black and Cecil Castellucci have united in geekdom to edit short stories from some of the best selling and most promising geeks in young adult literature: M.T. Anderson, Libba Bray, Cassandra Clare, John Green, Tracy Lynn, Cynthia and Greg Leitich Smith, David Levithan, Kelly Link, Barry Lyga, Wendy Mass, Garth Nix, Scott Westerfield, Lisa Yee, and Sara Zarr. 2009 Teen Fiction Book |
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Powell, Eric The Goon The Zombie Priest has just set up shop on Lonely Street and intends to build an undead army, and the Goon's the only man who can stop him. His early battles with the undead are mixed with stories of the Goon's youth, as we meet his circus-freak family and learn how he came to be the head of a notorious crime family. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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Onstad, Chris The Great Outdoor Fight Deadpan sportswriting parody which first appeared as a webcomic. Since 1923 manly athletes vie for the Great Outdoor Fight title. Will multimillionaire wheeler-dealer Ray win this year? 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Tomorrow, Tom Hell in a Handbasket: Dispatches from the Country Formerly Known as America A collection of politically satirical cartoons by the nationally syndicated creator of "This Modern World" includes pieces that reflect the illustrator's wry perspectives on some of America's darkest periods throughout the past half century. 2006 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Habit, Franklin It Itches : a Stash of Knitting Cartoons Features humorous cartoons and essays about aspects of knitting that include buying yarn, finishing difficult projects, and the stresses of holiday knitting. 2008 Adult Nonfiction Book |
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Davis, Vanessa Make Me a Woman Davis effortlessly carves out a niche in two well-worn territories: autobio comics and the Jewish identity. She draws strips from her daily diary, centering on her youth, mother, relationships with men, and eventually her longtime boyfriend. 2010 Adult Graphic Novel |
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GRAPHIC NOVELS: HUMOROUS...
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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 |