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Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush—part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment...
2) Mimosa
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN BON
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GN BON
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William Hall - Adult Graphic Novels
GN BON
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GN BON
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Best friends and chosen family Chris, Elise, Jo, and Alex work hard to keep themselves afloat. Their regular brunches hold them together even as the rest of their lives threaten to fall apart. In an effort to avoid being the oldest gays at the party, the crew decides to put on a new queer event called Grind-specifically for homos in their dirty thirties. Grind is a welcome distraction from their real problems: after a messy divorce, Chris adjusts...
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"An all-new Marvel Comics graphic novel starring the Fantastic Four, written and illustrated by renowned artist Alex Ross. It's a rainy night in Manhattan and not a creature is stirring except for ... Ben Grimm. When an intruder suddenly appears inside the Baxter Building, the Fantastic Four -- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards), the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), and the Thing (Ben Grimm) -- find themselves...
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN B THOROGOOD ZOE
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GN B THOROGOOD ZOE
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William Hall - Adult Graphic Novels
GN B THOROGOOD ZOE
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GN B THOROGOOD ZOE
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"Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt to put it back together again in the only way she knows how. IT'S LONELY AT THE CENTER OF THE EARTH is an intimate and metanarrative look into the life of a selfish artist who must create for her own survival."--
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Oak Lawn - Adult Graphic Novels
GN B ROBERTS KEILER
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GN B ROBERTS KEILER
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"Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing eight years of hilarious moments in the author's life, mined from the universal. It spans her frantic child-rearing, misfires in the workplace, and frustrating experiences with the medical system"--
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"Set in an apartment complex on the outskirts of Tokyo, Murasaki Yamada's Talk to My Back (1981-84) explores the fraying of Japan's suburban middle-class dreams through a woman's relationship with her two daughters as they mature and assert their independence, and with her husband, who works late and sees his wife as little more than a domestic servant"--
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN WOO
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GN WOO
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"Combines three previously published volumes--Congress of the Animals, where Frank embarked upon a life-changing voyage of discovery, Fran, where he learned, then forgot, that things are not always what they seem, and Poochytown, in which Frank demonstrated his dizzying capacity for both nobility and ignominy--along with 100 dazzling new pages conceived and drawn by the author. The result is a seamless, 400 page graphic narrative that forges a new...
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN FIE
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GN FIE
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Auburn - Adult Graphic Novels
GN FIE
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GN FIE
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"Decades after being imprisoned for threatening his city with an army of giant robots, an elderly scientist reenters society, only to discover he needs help navigating life in the 21st century. Experiencing real kindness and friendship for the first time, his new relationships challenge the inventor's single-minded devotion for vengeance-- just as his plans threaten to spiral out of his control"--
9) Kali
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"Stabbed in the back, poisoned, and left for dead by her own biker gang; Kali sets off on a one-way road of vengeance across a war-torn desert battlefield. With impending death coursing through her veins and a fascist army hot on her tail, Kali will stop at nothing to get her revenge, even if it's the last thing she ever does."--
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN NIG
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GN NIG
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Auburn - Adult Graphic Novels
GN NIG
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GN NIG
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"When their mother Ipo forces them to help her clean up the house next door--a hellish and run-down ruin that was the scene of a grisly murder--twins Milly and Billy are in for a nasty surprise. A night of terror, gore, and supernatural mayhem reveals that there is much more to Ipo and her children than meets the eye"--
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"A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-Clair"--
12) Lure
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN MIL
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GN MIL
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"The world's elite use the ocean planet of Lure as a luxury vacation hub for a decade. But when climate change threatens Earth's long-term habitability, many of those who can afford it move to Lure for good. When the opportunity to work there for a year is offered to visual artist Jo Sparta, as part of a group of artists collaborating on a large-scale installation of public art, it seems like the chance of a lifetime. But then, Jo stumbles across...
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"A graphic novel about navigating the US medical insurance system and receiving fair and adequate coverage for mental illness. Based on the author's own experience in being treated for bipolar disorder"--
15) Artist
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"A novelist, single, forty-four years old. A painter, divorced, forty-six years old. A musician, single, forty-two years old. On the outer limits of relevancy in an arts culture that celebrates youth, these three men make up the artist group Arcade. Caught in circular arguments about what makes real art and concerned about the vapid interests of their younger contemporaries, none of them are reaping the benefits of success. But there's always another...
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN BLA
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GN BLA
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"Feline private eye John Blacksad goes up against Lewis Solomon, a construction magnate with dreams of power and plans to pave over large swaths of 1950s New York"--
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN WHE
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GN WHE
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William Hall - Adult Graphic Novels
GN WHE
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GN WHE
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"Sebastian Harlow is The Black Flamingo, a flamboyant and narcissistic thief who gets kicks stealing mystic artifacts from the wealthy and corrupt of Miami's occult underground. When his latest job leads Sebastian to his biggest score so far, the hedonistic outlaw finds not just all manner of villains and monsters hot on his trail, but something he never expected to discover: something to believe in"--Back cover.
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Cranston Central - Adult Graphic Novels
GN QUE
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GN QUE
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"A skeleton, an apprentice mage, and an exiled princess walk into a bar... for another shift at Quests Aside, the local watering hole run by once legendary, now retired, adventurer Barrow. When the King privately explains that he plans to shut the place down, Barrow must find a way to hold onto his business, the friendships, and the family he's built around it"--Back cover.