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Boundless

Boundless

by Jillian Tamaki

Paperback, pages cm.
  • In 'Boundless,' The Modern World Is Timeless
The Electric Sublime

The Electric Sublime

by W. Maxwell Prince, Martin Morazzo and Mat Lopes

Paperback, 0 pages
  • Art Is A Matter Of Life And Death In 'The Electric Sublime'
Hostage

Hostage

by Guy Delisle and Helge Dascher

Hardcover, 432 pages

In this graphic novel, the best-selling author and artist behind Pyongyang recounts the harrowing story of Christophe André who was kidnapped and held by armed men while he was working for Doctors without Borders in the Caucasus region.

  • Gripping Comics Memoir 'Hostage' Puts You In The Room Where Nothing Happens
Imagine Wanting Only This

Imagine Wanting Only This

by Kristen Radtke

Hardcover, 277 pages
  • Wanting More From 'Imagine Wanting Only This'
Eartha

Eartha

by Cathy Malkasian

Hardcover, 255 pages

Eartha lives in bucolic town whose citizens harvest dreams — but when the dreams stop arriving, she must journey to the City Beyond the Sea to find out why.

  • Long-Buried Secrets, Scampering Dreams And A Cat That Talks: 'Eartha'
Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero

Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero

by Michael Deforge

Hardcover, 0 pages

Collects Michael DeForge's idiosyncratic Tumblr comics about a woman who disappears into the Canadian wilderness to escape family scandal and create a new life for herself, alongside a cast of local wildlife.

  • The Sci-Fi Strangeness (And Canadian Sensuality) Of Cartoonist Michael DeForge
Afar

Afar

by Leila Del Duca, Kit Seaton and Taneka Stotts

Paperback, 0 pages

A young girl and her brother must learn to fend for themselves after their parents abandon them to seek work — and learn to handle her sudden ability to to astrally project to other worlds, unintentionally possessing the bodies of people light years away.

  • Rich, Colorful 'Afar' Reimagines The Magical Girl
The Torture Report: A Graphic Adaptation

The Torture Report

A Graphic Adaptation

by Sid Jacobson, Ernie Colon and Jane Mayer

Paperback, 125 pages
  • Incendiary 'Report' Exposes Business-Suited Torturers
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters 1

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters 1

by Emil Ferris

Paperback, 1 volume (unpaged)
  • In 'Monsters,' Graphic Novelist Emil Ferris Embraces The Darkness Within
  • 'My Favorite Thing Is Monsters' Is A Dazzling, Graphic Novel Tour-De-Force
Fire!

Fire!

The Zora Neale Hurston Story

by Peter Bagge

Hardcover, 0 pages
  • Elastic Lines For An Elastic Life In 'Fire!!'
Pretending Is Lying

Pretending Is Lying

by Dominique Goblet and Sophie Yanow

Hardcover, 149 pages

In a series of dazzling fragments — skipping through time, and from raw, slashing color to delicate black and white — French cartoonist Dominique Goblet examines the most important relationships in her life: with her partner, Guy Marc; with her daughter, Nikita; and with her parents. Translated — and lettered — by Sophie Yanow.

  • With A Photographer's Eye, A French Cartoonist Interrogates Truth
Black Panther 1

Black Panther 1

A Nation Under Our Feet

by Ta-nehisi Coates and Brian Stelfreeze

Paperback, 112 pages
  • The Black Panther, At Odds With Himself And His Country In 'A Nation Under Our Feet'
  • NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2016's Great Reads
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates Hopes 'Black Panther' Will Be Some Kid's 'Spider-Man'
Throwaways vol. 1

Throwaways 1

by Caitlin Kittredge and Steven Sanders

Paperback, 112 pages

Abby Palmer and Dean Logan — the only two survivors of a brutal government mind control experiment — are on the run, but the government has found them again. Now, they're determined to use their experimental powers to destroy the program once and for all.

  • Psychic Soldiers Populate 'Throwaways' — With Style
We Told You So: Comics as Art

We Told You So

Comics As Art

by Tom Spurgeon and Michael Dean

Hardcover, 696 pages

Featuring appearances by Art Spiegelman, Stan Lee, Frank Miller and Todd McFarlane, the co-creator of the award-winning The Comics Reporter and an editor at The Comics Journal presents an oral history of Fantagraphics, the iconoclastic independent comic book publisher that reshaped the medium so that cartoonists could thrive.

  • They Told Us So: Fantagraphics Turns 40
Prince of Cats

Prince of Cats

by Ronald Wimberly

Hardcover, 139 pages

Ron Wimberly's jittery, energetic retelling of the story of Tybalt, Romeo and Juliet's "Prince of Cats," is the visual equivalent of a DJ's mashups.

  • 'Prince Of Cats' Melds Comics, Hip-Hop And Shakespeare
Angel Catbird 1

Angel Catbird 1

by Margaret Eleanor Atwood and Johnnie Christmas

Hardcover, 82 pages

On a dark night, young genetic engineer Strig Feleedus is accidentally mutated by his own experiment when his DNA is merged with that of a cat and an owl.

  • Margaret Atwood Plays With The Superhero Genre In 'Angel Catbird'
  • Margaret Atwood: 'I Finally Got To Do My Cat With Wings'
The Greatest of Marlys!

The Greatest of Marlys!

by Lynda Barry

Hardcover, 248 pages

Reprints a collection of sweetly squirm-inducing comics about the irrepressible Marlys Mullen, one of the stars of Lynda Barry's long-running Ernie Pook's Comeek.

  • NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2016's Great Reads
  • 'Marlys' Collection Dips Back Into Lynda Barry's Sweet, Squirmy World

Hip Hop Family Tree 4

1984-1985

by Ed Piskor

Paperback, 110 pages

A fourth volume of the popular comic chronicles the emergence of the Beastie Boys and Salt-n-Pepa, along with some one-hit wonders.

  • Beats Bubble Up In The Latest Volume Of 'Hip Hop Family Tree'
  • NPR's Book Concierge: Our Guide To 2015's Great Reads
  • Peace, Love And Realness In A Hip-Hop History
Suicide Squad 1

Suicide Squad

Trial By Fire

by John Ostrander, Luke McDonnell, Bob Lewis, Karl Kesel and Dave Hunt

Paperback, 229 pages
  • The Unsung Heroine Who Helped Shape 'Suicide Squad'
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