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| Fun home : a family tragicomic |
| Bechdel, Alison, 1960- |
| I often frequent Alison's blog/youtube channel her artistic process (and life) are fascinating. This is a great look into what made her such a fascinatingly complex and anxious person. |
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| Funny misshapen body |
| Brown, Jeffrey, 1975- |
| It was bizarre reading this book because I found myself feeling like I had nothing to write a graphic novel about anymore... I had so much in common with the author! XD This is really great stuff! |
| Adult Nonfiction Book 741.5973 B |
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| Misery loves comedy |
| Brunetti, Ivan. |
| I find his earlier work to be much funnier because it is so much more shocking and sick. Toward the middle of the book I was already sick of it all (and I even found myself becoming depressed). The end of the book was a relief, because you find that Ivan is in a much better place emotionally and mentally, but I felt like the humor was really lacking... Maybe I'm just a sick puppy? XP |
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| Ghost world |
| Clowes, Daniel. |
| (LOL, why are they using the cover of Maggie The Mechanic for Ghost World?) Ghost World got me into indie comics. Teen angst at it's best. Very familiar. Great book. |
| Adult Nonfiction Book 741.5973 C |
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| Hernandez, Jaime. |
| I had only ever heard of Jaime once through a really old issue of Wizard magazine. I only recently got a chance to really get a good look at his work when I found this at MPLS CENTRAL LIBRARY and now I'm in love! Maggie, Hopey and the rest of the girls (even the boys) are all lovable and beautifully drawn. Jaime's art is PERFECTION! Classy and retro, but punky and fun! It's simple, but heavily detailed. Jaime rekindled that fire in me that made me wanna be a comic artist. |
| Adult Nonfiction Book PN6728.L68 H4835 2007 |
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| Battle Angel Alita : [rusty angel] |
| Kishiro, Yukito. |
| Yukito at his best. This is an amazing story. Great action sequences in a heavily detailed and amazing sci-fi world. Loaded with tragedy and lots of realistic human emotion. Some of the most beautiful manga art of all time. READ THIS SERIES! |
| Adult Nonfiction Book PN6790.J33 K57 vol.1 2003 |
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| The Guin saga manga. The seven magi |
| Kurimoto, Kaoru, 1953-2009. |
| I found this fascinating and somewhat disgusting, lol. I really liked it! The art was generally good, but the anatomy was inconsistent. It is a more unique and distinct style though. Read it if you like funky dark fantasy. |
| Adult Nonfiction Book PN6790.J34 G8413 2007 |
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| Purple pickle juice |
| Mayer, Mercer, 1943- |
| As if Mercer Mayer's art wasn't cute enough, he had to go and do something I'm a sucker for. This has been a fave of mine since I was about 10. The art is whimsical and brings back great memories of my childhood Halloweens... And it's funny cuz I used to drink pickle juice because of this book! XD |
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| Northeast, Christian |
| Not only is the art really interesting and funny, but the strangeness of some of these REAL prayers totally amazes me. This is a really funny book for anyone who can either laugh at themselves or is an atheist. XD |
| Adult Nonfiction Book 741.971 N 2009 |
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| Fight Club |
| Palahniuk, Chuck. |
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| Lullaby |
| Palahniuk, Chuck. |
| Literally one of the coolest books I've ever read. I wish the images in my mind while reading this book could be put on film for me share with other people. This book inspires so much artistic excitement in me that it hurts! XD |
| Adult Fiction PALAHNIUK |
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| Scary stories to tell in the dark |
| Schwartz, Alvin, 1927- |
| These books were the source of so much childhood anxiety for me. I remember having panic attacks at the very mention of "Scary Stories". Steven Gammell is an amazing artist and has inspired lots of my own artwork. I'm very proud that he is one of MN's own local artists! :3 |
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| Be a nose! : three sketchbooks |
| Spiegelman, Art. |
| I felt like I found this forgotten on a park bench in Uptown. It was like a wonderful and funny surprise. And I'm a real sucker for personal sketch diaries. :3 |
| Adult Nonfiction Book PN6727.S6 B4 2009 |
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| Inside Vineyland |
| Weinstein, Lauren R. |
| Dude, this is one of the funniest books I've ever read. This book needs more recognition. It's bizarre, twisted and a lot like hanging with a group of friends while you laugh at inside jokes. |
| Adult Nonfiction Book PN6727.W416 I57 2003 |
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These are some sweet reads. Fascinating stuff. :3
