All Graphic Books – by Author (includes new titles)

741.5 ABA  NEW TITLE 2008/2009                  

           Abadzis, Nick.  Laika.  1st ed.  New York : First Second, 2007.

                A graphic novel account of the life of Laika, the first dog

                in space, who died in her experimental launch.

FIC ALM    NEW TITLE 2008/2009                                      

           Almond, David, 1951-.  The savage.  1st U.S. ed.  Cambridge,

                Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2008.  A boy tells about a story

                he wrote when dealing with his father's death about a savage

                kid living in a ruined chapel in the woods--and the tale

                about the savage kid coming to life in the real world.

741.5 B                      

           B., David, 1959-.  Epileptic.  1st American ed.  New York :

                Pantheon Books, c2005.  Collects all six volumes of a

                graphic comic series originally released in France in which

                the author chronicles his trials and tribulations dealing

                with his brother's epilepsy while growing up in the 1970s.

FIC BLA    NEW TITLE 2008/2009                                      

           Black, Holly.  Kin.  1st ed.  New York : Graphix, 2008.

                Sixteen-year-old Rue Silver, whose mother disappeared weeks

                ago, believes she is going crazy until she learns that the

                strange things she has been seeing are real, and that she is

                one of the faerie creatures, or Good Neighbors, that mortals

                cannot see.

741.5 CLO                    

           Clowes, Daniel.  Ghost world.  4th softcover ed.  Seattle, Wash.

                : Fantagraphics Books, 2001.  Teenage friends Enid and

                Rebecca struggle to come to grips with impending adulthood.

741.5 DAV                    

           David, Peter (Peter Allen).  SpyBoy in the deadly gourmet affair.

                1st ed.  Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 2001.  Bullied

                teenager Alex Fleming finally fights back, discovering

                amazing talents in the martial arts and meeting his destiny

                to become a superhero-style international spy.

741.5 DAV                    

           David, Peter (Peter Allen).  SpyBoy in trial and terror.  1st ed.

                Milwaukie, OR : Dark Horse Comics, 2001.  Collects issues

                4-6 of the comic-book series "SpyBoy"; this installment sees

                teenage spy Alex Fleming and his friends facing two new

                enemies: Judge and Jury.

741.5 EIS                    

           Eisner, Will.  Fagin the Jew.  1st ed.  New York : Doubleday,

                2003.  A graphic retelling of the novel "Oliver Twist" from

                the perspective of Fagin.

741.5 GAI                    

           Gaiman, Neil.  The sandman.  New York : DC Comics, [1995].  A

                collection of eight comics that introduce the series' lead

                character, the Sandman, Lord of Dreams.

741.5 GAI                    

           Gaiman, Neil.  The Sandman.  New York : DC Comics, [1995], c1990.

                The entire world is placed at risk when three dreams escaped

                from the Dreaming into the waking world meet up with Rose

                Walker, a young woman searching for her brother. Presented

                in graphic novel form.

364.15 GEA NEW TITLE 2008/2009                                     

           Geary, Rick.  The Lindbergh child.  New York : NBM Comics Lit,

                c2008.  All was well for Charles Lindbergh, after his daring

                solo crossing of the Atlantic. Fame and fortune came

                quickly. Soon after the Lindbergh's build themselves their

                dream home far from the madding crowd, tragedy

                strikes--their baby is abducted.

FIC GEA    NEW TITLE 2008/2009                                     

           Geary, Rick.  The invisible man.  New York [N.Y.] : Papercutz,

                c2008.  On a cold day in February, a stranger arrives in the

                village of Iping. He wears gloves and dark glasses, even

                inside, and his face is covered in bandages. Soon crimes

                occur that cannot be explained, and the townspeople realize

                the unthinkable truth: the strange man is invisible--and he

                is slowly going mad.

741.5 KIE                    

           Kieth, Sam.  Zero Girl.  LaJolla, CA : WildStorm Productions,

                c2001.  A lonely teenage girl tries desperately to fit in

                with the other students at her school, but instead she finds

                herself more of an outsider than ever.

741.5 KIE                    

           Kieth, Sam.  Zero Girl : full circle.  LaJolla, CA : Homage/DC

                Comics, c2003.  Fifteen years ago, Amy was too young for

                Tim, so he left her behind. When his daughter Nikki develops

                shape-based psychic abilities, Tim contacts Amy for help.

                Amy agrees to help, thinking Tim just wants to see her

                again. When Nikki falls in love with Amy, the three of them

                are caught in a bizarre triangle, made more dangerous by

                Nikki's uncontrolled psychic abilities and her bruised

                psyche.

FIC KNE    NEW TITLE 2008/2009                                      

           Kneece, Mark.  The twilight zone : the odyssey of flight 33.  New

                York : Walker & Co., 2009.  On a routine trip from London to

                New York in the 1970s, Trans-Ocean flight 33 experiences

                mysterious acceleration and weird atmospheric phenomena that

                transport the passengers and crew far beyond their

                destination.

741.5 MIL                    

           Miller, Frank, 1957-.  Batman : the Dark Knight returns.  New

                York : DC Comics, [1996].  Book one: the Dark Knight returns

                -- Book two: the Dark Knight triumphant -- Book three: hunt

                the Dark Knight -- Book four: the Dark Knight falls --

                Gallery: the original covers.  Ten years after his

                retirement, a troubled Batman returns to the streets,

                evening the score with criminals in an increasingly violent

                manner, which brings trouble from the police and a gang

                called the Mutants.

741.5 MOO                    

           Moore, Alan, 1953-.  The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.  La

                Jolla, CA : America's Best Comics, c2000.  The adventures of

                the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, a group composed of

                characters taken from late 19th Century literature, as they

                defend Britain against various villains. Includes the text

                story "Allan and the Sundered Veil" by Alan Moore and

                illustrated by Kevin O'Neill.

741.5 MOO                    

           Moore, Alan, 1953-.  Watchmen.  New York : DC Comics, c1987.  A

                graphic novel in which Rorschach, an aging superhero, digs

                up the past in his search for answers about the death of one

                of his former colleagues.

FIC O'D    NEW TITLE 2008/2009                                      

           O'Donnell, Liam, 1970-.  Ramp rats : a graphic guide adventure.

                Victoria, B.C. : Orca Book Publishers, c2008.  Marcus spends

                the summer teaching his young cousin to skateboard while

                bringing the local outlaw bikers to justice.

955 SAT                      

           Satrapi, Marjane, 1969-.  Persepolis.  1st American ed.  New York

                : Pantheon, c2003.  Contains black-and-white comic strip

                images in which the author shares the story of her life in

                Tehran, Iran, where she lived from ages six to fourteen

                while the country came under control of the Islamic regime.

FIC SEL                      

           Selznick, Brian.  The invention of Hugo Cabret : a novel in words

                and pictures.  1st ed.  New York : Scholastic Press, 2007.

                When twelve-year-old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing

                clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931,

                meets a mysterious toyseller and his goddaughter, his

                undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized.

741.5 SFA                    

           Sfar, Joann.  The professor's daughter.  1st American ed.  New

                York : First Second, 2007.  The daughter of a renowned

                archeologist and the well-preserved Imhotep IV, who has just

                woken up after a 3,000 year sleep, fall in love, but many

                things stand in their way, not the least of which is her

                father, whose plans for Imhotep include putting him on

                permanent display at the British museum. Presented in

                graphic novel format.

741.5 SHA                    

           Shanower, Eric.  Age of bronze.  Orange, CA : Image, c2001.  The

                first in a graphic novel series detailing the events of the

                mythological Trojan War, this volume tells of Paris'

                discovery that he is actually Alexander, Prince of Troy, his

                abduction of Helen of Sparta, and the launching of the

                thousand ships from Sparta that marked the beginning of the

                war.

741.5 SHA                    

           Shanower, Eric.  Age of bronze.  Orange, CA : Image, c2004.  The

                author presents a graphic novel about the story and legend

                of the Trojan War combining archaeological evidence of the

                Late Bronze Age with the legendary stories of Helen of Troy.

920 SPI                      

           Spiegelman, Art.  Maus I : a survivor's tale : my father bleeds

                history.  New York : Pantheon Books, c1986.  A memoir about

                Vladek Spiegleman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and

                about his son, a cartoonist who tries to come to terms with

                his father, his story, and with history itself. Cartoon

                format portrays Jews as mice and Nazis as cats.

920 SPI                      

           Spiegelman, Art.  Maus II : a survivor's tale : and here my

                troubles began.  New York : Pantheon Books, c1991.  A

                continuation of the story begun in the Pulitzer Prize

                winning "Maus," in which the author relates, in cartoon

                form, his father's experiences as an inmate at Auschwitz

                during World War II.

741.5 TAL                    

           Talbot, Bryan.  Alice in Sunderland.  1st ed.  Milwaukie, OR :

                Dark Horse Books, 2007.  A comic-style exploration of the

                historical and cultural influences behind the writings of

                "Alice in Wonderland" author Lewis Carroll.

741.5 TAM  NEW TITLE 2008/2009                                      

           Tamaki, Mariko.  Skim.  Toronto, Ont. : Groundwood Books, c2008.

                Wiccan goth teen Kimberly Keiko Cameron sinks into a growing

                depression after her classmate's ex-boyfriend kills himself,

                sparking a school revolution that forces all the students to

                redefine themselves.

FIC TAN                      

           Tan, Shaun.  The arrival.  1st ed.  New York : A. A. Levine,

                2007.  In this wordless graphic novel, a man leaves his

                homeland and sets off for a new country, where he must build

                a new life for himself and his family.

741.5 TEZ                    

           Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989.  Phoenix.  San Francisco, CA : Viz,

                c2003.  In the third century, young Nagi, enslaved as a boy

                by invaders who kill the rest of his village, grows into a

                warrior and sets out to hunt the phoenix in order to drink

                her blood and gain immortality.

741.5 TEZ                    

           Tezuka, Osamu, 1928-1989.  Phoenix.  Editor's choice ed.  San

                Francisco, CA : Viz, 2004.  In the thirty-fifth century,

                when, ravaged by nuclear war, the only habitable place left

                on the dying planet Earth is underground, Class II Space

                Patrolman Masato Yamanobe struggles to protect his true

                love, Tamami, a shape-shifting alien who has taken the form

                of a woman and whose species he has been ordered to destroy.

741.5 TOR                    

           Toriyama, Akira, 1955-.  Dragon Ball.  Shonen Jump graphic novel

                ed.  San Francisco : Viz Media, [2003].  In their search for

                seven Dragon Balls, Goku and Bulma encounter several

                obstacles, including the Turtle Hermit, the shapeshifter

                Oolong, the bandit Yamcha, and the Ox King of Frypan

                Mountain.

741.5 TOR                    

           Toriyama, Akira, 1955-.  Dragon Ball.  Shonen Jump Graphic Novel

                ed.  San Francisco : Viz, c2003.  Intrigue surrounds the

                "Strongest-Under-the-Heavens" Martial Arts Tournament as

                Tenshinhan tries to avenge his master, whose brother was

                killed by Goku.

362.1 WIN                    

           Winick, Judd.  Pedro and me : friendship, loss, and what I

                learned.  1st ed.  New York : H. Holt, c2000.  In graphic

                art format, describes the friendship between two roommates

                on the MTV show "Real World," one of whom died of AIDS.

741.5 WOO  NEW TITLE 2008/2009                                      

           Wood, Don, 1945-.  Into the volcano : a graphic novel.  New York

                : Blue Sky Press, c2008.  While their parents are away doing

                research, brothers Duffy and Sumo Pugg go with their cousin,

                Mister Come-and-Go, to KokalahaIsland, where they meet Aunt

                Lulu and become trapped in an erupting volcano.

741.5 YAZ                    

           Yazawa, Ai.  Paradise kiss.  Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2002.

                Yukari has always tried not to stand out, but when she meets

                a drag queen and a pierced punk, she finds herself drawn

                into the bizarre world of Paradise Kiss, where her normalcy

                sets her apart from the others.

741.5 YAZ                    

           Yazawa, Ai.  Paradise kiss.  Los Angeles : Tokyopop, c2002.

                Yukari is used to being a normal school girl, but ever since

                she met the posse known as Paradise Kiss, her life has been

                turned upside-down.