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Nina Simone in Comics!
The talent-rich and turbulent life of a legendary American singer is profiled in the graphic biography "Nina Simone in Comics!" Born poor in North Carolina, Eunice Kathleen Waymon showed musical aptitude early on. She aspired to be a...
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Andy Warhol
The life and work of a classic modern artist is recounted in Andy Warhol: A Graphic Biography. After studying art, design, and commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, twenty-one-year-old Andrew Warhola Jr. moves from...
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Third Shift Society
A young woman is recruited into a paranormal detective agency in the graphic novel "Third Shift Society". Ellie is late on her rent and jobless when she sees a man with a jack-o-lantern for a head crash out of a high window. The man,...
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Fred Neveu
Seeing Beauty is a wonderful treasury of photographs with insights into the artist’s process. Wisconsin-based landscape photographer Fred Neveu’s retrospective collection Seeing Beauty illuminates his inspirations, process, and...
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Left Turns
An aspiring comic book artist tries to preserve his dream in the graphic novel "Left Turns". David is twenty-five and working in a comic book shop; he’s looking for an opportunity to break into the comics industry. He maintains a close...
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Zips and Eeloo Make Hummus
Two aliens show off their cooking skills in Leila Boukarim’s entertaining graphic novel-cum-cookbook "Zips and Eeloo Make Hummus". Zips and Eeloo, natives of the planet Zooglebeep, have been on Earth for six days. As “Certified Human...
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The Hidden Zoo Inside You
"The Hidden Zoo Inside You" is Allen Jones’s fascinating, funny illustrated guide to microscopic organisms and the problems they can create. Written by a medical doctor and prompted by COVID-19, the book aims to explain the main...
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Wildful
A teenager explores the wide world of nature as it’s seen in her neighborhood in the graphic novel "Wildful", a magical showcase of non-verbal storytelling. Poppy’s grandmother died; her mother languishes on the couch. Poppy escapes,...