Comics, manga, and graphic novels that are coming to the library!
Sloomoo: Making Friends (a Graphic Novel)
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Sloomoo: Making Friends is the first graphic novel from the beloved, award-winning team of Melissa de la Cruz and Mike Johnston and the slime-filled universe of Sloomoo. Read it to learn about creativity and connection, and to discover the very things that make you YOU!
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Batman: Dark Patterns
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A series of four self-contained, street -level, evergreen Batman mysteries exploring the early days of Batman's place within Gotham City and his healing presence within its streets. Batman: Dark Patterns is a grounded, mystery-driven series set in the early days of Batman's career, echoing the tone and style of classics such as The Long Halloween, Dark Victory, and Hush. Written by Dan Watters, with art by Hayden Sherman, each three-part story is a self-contained detective case rooted in the trauma and transformation of Gotham's people and cityscape. Emphasizing Batman's role as a methodical sleuth and shadowy symbol of hope, the series avoids cosmic or supernatural elements in favor of lo-fi, solvable mysteries that showcase the Dark Knight as a healer cloaked in darkness.
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Science Comics: Prehistoric Mammals: From the Jurassic to the Ice Age
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Learn how mammals survived the test of time in this volume of Science Comics, the smash-hit STEM graphic novel series that has sold over a million copies!Mammals are survivors--when dinosaurs went extinct, they survived. From lush jungles to deep oceans to sweltering deserts, mammals now dominate nearly every environment on Earth. But how did they do it? Take a trip back in time and discover how extreme changes in climate have pushed mammals to evolve new traits, including hooves, claws, tusks, big brains, and even blow holes. Join us as we explore our mammalian history, and maybe the past will hold the key to surviving in the future.
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One World Under Doom
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Doctor Doom is already Earth's Sorcerer Supreme -- now he declares himself Emperor of the World! Six months ago, Victor Von Doom saved the world from vampires by assuming the mantle of Sorcerer Supreme -- then disappeared behind Latveria's closed borders. But his absence was merely the calm before the storm -- a storm that has now arrived. The world wakes up to a new reality: Doom has magically taken over every broadcast medium on Earth and declared himself the ruler of the planet under the flag of a new United Latveria! And shockingly, impossibly, all global leaders seem to be going along with it. Luckily, whether it's mind control or Doombots, whatever's affecting them hasn't affected Earth's heroes -- so they quickly form a strike team to stop Doom's machinations. But nothing will go as expected for the Fantastic Four, the Avengers and their allies! What happens when some begin to welcome their new Emperor with open arms, clamoring for ONE WORLD UNDER DOOM? COLLECTING: One World Under Doom (2024) #1-9
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The Search for Gluscap
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Mali and Puug are on an urgent mission to save the Serpent Guardian before all the salmon disappear from the river in this graphic novel for ages 6 to 8. It's time to fish salmon from the river, but Mali and her family are dismayed by the lack of fish. It's not just them; there just aren't that many fish this year. Why? Mali and Puug are on the case! The guardian of the river, a giant serpent, has been poisoned. The human lumber mills from long ago have eaten up the forest and choked the river with logs, poisoning the water. Now the serpent attacks anything and everything, unable to tell friend from foe. The only one who can help is Gluscap, the protector of all living things. But Gluscap has been missing for a long, long time. Can Mali and Puug find him before it's too late? Will the serpent stay sick forever? Will the salmon ever return? This is the second volume of the Adventures of the Pugulatmu'j series for young readers.
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Fruitcake: A Graphic Novel
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Lately Rex has been feeling lost, but as he explores his interests, hangs with new neighbors, strays from old friends, and makes new ones, he is forced to confront the underlying issues that have been plaguing him since he was young.
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The Endless Game
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"Graphic novel about a young boy who is drawn into his new neighborhood's intense game of capture the flag"--
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How to Survive the End of the World: A Graphic Exploration of How to (Maybe) Avoid Extinction
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"Brilliant; at once terrifying and fascinating." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In a full-color debut, a graphic novelist takes an engrossing, gleefully existential deep dive into the many ways that humanity could--and almost did--meet its end. Since 99.9 percent of all species that have lived are extinct, it's bound to be our turn eventually, right? So what's most likely to kill us? A well-timed asteroid? Some new robot overlords? With wit and dry humor, debut graphic novelist Katy Doughty blends science and history to explore our chances of surviving disasters such as plagues, global warming, and alien invasion. Drawing on interviews with experts in fields like infectious diseases, AI, and interplanetary exploration, she combines cutting-edge research with compelling visuals: mugshots of the deadliest microbes, graphs of the winners and losers of mass extinction events, and a whole lot of dinosaur drawings. For apocalypse aficionados, the morbidly curious, and the just plain curious, this is your antidote to existential dread--a timely, imaginative, and ultimately hopeful take on humankind's ability to survive the odds.
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Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream
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Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream is an expressively illustrated fictional account of the life of writer Mary Shelley, as told by her famous invention, Frankenstein's monster. With cameos by a variety of other famous writers and historical figures, this graphic novel is perfect for fans of literary and feminist history. The extraordinary life of the woman who created one of fiction's most enduring characters: Frankenstein's monster. Born at the turn of the 19th century to the famous philosopher Mary Wollstonecraft (forerunner of the feminist movement) and William Godwin (novelist and radical politician), Mary Shelley lived a life in constant flight from social conformity. Her struggle birthed a pop culture phenomenon. Now in print for the first time in English, Mary Shelley: The Eternal Dream chronicles Shelley's relationships with other important artists and writers, including her eventual husband Percy Shelley, and the "butterfly effect" of love, hardship, tragedy, and inspiration that led to the creation of the infamous monster.
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The Book of Murmurs
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In this fantasy adventure, a young girl must brave a magical world of strange creatures and shivering landscapes to find her slain parents and defeat a monster who feeds off fear.
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Inbetweens
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A new tween graphic novel by bestselling author Faith Erin Hicks. Perfect for fans of Sweet Valley Twins and Ride On! Twin sisters Ash and Sloane are headed to animation camp--where their courage, drive, and sisterly bond will be put to the test! Twin sisters Sloane and Ash are two peas in a pod, and they do everything together: watch movies, attend classes, and most importantly, draw! So when the summer animation classes of their dreams are about to start, they can barely contain their excitement! Well...Ash is excited but Sloane is surprised to find she isn't as jubilant about it, which makes no sense, since she loves art. Meanwhile, Ash discovers that just because you love something, doesn't mean you'll automatically be good at it, and she struggles under the weight of her own expectations and those of her teacher's. Soon, the trials of challenging classwork and new friendships drive a wedge between the twins. Can their bond survive the summer?
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Steam
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Feo the Chupacabra: An Original Graphic Novel
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Pixar animators Sequoia Blankenship and Rob Thompson deliver a madcap adventure through Hollywood as Feo, a down-on-his-luck chupacabra, must transform into a famous movie monster to save his hometown This heartfelt debut graphic novel from two seasoned Pixar animators is a funny, fast-paced adventure about the power of friendship and the importance of believing in yourself. When the tiny Mexican town of Cabrito Viejo is in danger of being bought out by a nefarious film studio, Feo, the mythical but feisty chupacabra, teams up with Camila, a plucky mechanic and local monster enthusiast, to hatch a plan to save their home. Inspired by her father's collection of monster movies, the pair head to Hollywood to convince famed screenwriter Doctor Acula to put Feo's name up in lights. But Feo isn't exactly the terrifying fiend that local legends make him out to be. Can the unlikely duo really save the village by making the chupacabra Hollywood's next great monster?
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Olive: Lost in Inner Space: A Graphic Novel
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A fantastical coming-of-age graphic novel involving love, loss, and found family, centered around a determined autistic heroine who refuses to make herself fit neatly into other peoples' space Wherever she is, Olive has never quite fit in, and living in a dorm room for the first time is no exception. To get away from the bullies, annoying teachers, and her parents, Olive escapes alone into her own vast world of vivid landscapes and fantastical inventions--until she gets an unexpected visit from a mysterious astronaut. Could the astronaut in her inner world be the same astronaut who recently crash-landed on earth without a trace? Night by night, Olive watches his health fade and becomes more and more certain that she has to take action. When no one believes that she knows how to save him, she joins forces with her plucky new roommate to unpack the clues from her inner world and venture on a journey to real-life countries she's never been to before--all to save an astronaut who, as far as she can recall, she's never met.
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Table Titans Club: Sneak Attack
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"Table Titans Club members Val, Kate, Alan, Andrew, and Darius are psyched to spend the summer at a LARP camp, but conflict between friends might ruin the summer and their club"--
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Chernobyl, Life, and Other Disasters: A Graphic Memoir
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"A graphic memoir of Yevgenia Nayberg's childhood as an aspiring artist in a Jewish family in 1980's Soviet Ukraine, before and after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster"-- Provided by publisher.
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All-new Venom. Who is All-new Venom
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Ewing, Al, 1977-
Cowles, Clayton.
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"A.I.M. is on the hunt for Venom, and they're not alone: Prepare to meet the Symbiote Squad! Meanwhile, Dylan Brock's search for his former other puts him on a collision course with the deadly Madame Masque! And the mystery deepens as one suspect is eliminated with extreme prejudice! All that plus the madness of M.O.D.O.K.! And even when we learn who the All-New Venom is, the question is how? What happened after the events of the VENOM WAR? Why did the symbiote choose this host? And why can't they separate? Jackpot confronts Venom, andshe may not like what she learns!"--
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FIC Ewi
Mixed Feelings: A Graphic Novel
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While sixth-grader Sara Amini can't find anyone who shares her Iranian-Colombian-American heritage, her best friend is abandoning her for another girl, making her feel more alone as a mixed-race, first-generation person with a desire to belong.
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Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe
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Icons collide, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance! Look out, New York! A previously dormant Godzilla has been awoken and angrily begun carving a path of annihilation toward the Big Apple. Earth's Mightiest Heroes band together to try to stop this cataclysmic rampage -- but when their combined efforts fail to slow the Bringer of Destruction, the planet's defenders are forced to go to extraordinary lengths to bring down Godzilla...including joining forces with the world's most devious villains! Will even that be enough to stop Godzilla as he tears straight through the Marvel Universe into the Dark Dimension and other realms? Or how about if the Venom symbiote latches on to the ultimate apex predator as its new host? Plus: How is the King of Monsters connected to the mysterious metal vibranium, and what does it mean for Wakanda? COLLECTING: Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe (2025) #1-5
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Anxietyland
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In the tradition of Allie Brosh and Roz Chast, award-winning popular cartoonist, writer, and illustrator Gemma Correll's humorous and poignant graphic memoir about her lifelong struggle with severe anxiety. Gemma brings readers into the surreal world of Anxietyland, an amusement park in her own mind. In pages packed with humor and pathos she captures the experience of mental illness--including severe anxiety, agoraphobia, depression, panic attacks, and disassociation--which can take her to a frightening and darkly funny world that "feels like a place apart from 'real' life." With humor that is both gentle and precise, and accompanied by her trademark illustrations, Gemma approaches mental illness in a uniquely imaginative and approachable way. And in the ultimate sleight of hand, she's written a charming and moving book about anxiety that won't make you feel anxious.
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Red and the Wolves: A Graphic Novel
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For lovers of Through the Woods, Blackwater, and Squad, comes a dark, sapphic retelling of a classic tale. Red, a fiercely loyal hunter, has dedicated her life to protecting her witch Grand Mother. Monsters have been roaming the forest that they call home, bringing forth a mysterious illness that has devastated the land and chased every living soul away. Until Red stumbles upon an injured wolf-girl named Sil. Red is cautiously optimistic to befriend someone new, but the more their relationship deepens, the more she begins to uncover the sinister truths behind everything she's ever known. Red must make the difficult decision of who to defend, before catastrophe consumes them all. This graphic novel that's an apocalyptic fantasy meets queer love story turns the classic Little Red Riding Hood fairytale on its head.
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