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Dark & Twisted
An isolated teenager finds a companion in another loner, but their friendship leads to tragedy in the graphic novel Dark & Twisted: The Killing Hole. In 1979, Stewart lives in Virginia with his divorced mother. He meets Peter in...
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Ephemera
A botany-themed meditation on memory, absence, and loss, "Ephemera" is a beautiful graphic memoir. Returning to her childhood home, Briana Loewinsohn seeks to restore the gardens and plants that had dried up and became overgrown. Through...
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Justice
An affecting graphic novel about political persecution in the midst of a civil war, "Justice" captures a perilous period well. A family tries to survive the turmoil of war in Ram Khatri’s historical graphic novel "Justice". Tara was a...
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A Fox in My Brain
A young woman grapples with mental illness in the fun, edifying graphic memoir "A Fox in My Brain". When she was sixteen, Lubie was diagnosed with depression by her family doctor. She gave up on treatment when her symptoms improved, not...
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Good.
A man reconciles his father’s American culture with his mother’s Yanomami roots in the graphic memoir "Good." David Good has a dual lineage: his parents are an American-born anthropologist and a member of the Yanomami people of the...
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Petar & Liza
A disaffected army veteran seeks happiness in the poignant graphic novel Petar & Liza. After serving a term in the former Yugoslavian army, Petar returns to civilian life but feels unmoored. He meets Liza, a dancer who sparks...
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The Boy from Clearwater
A man restarts life after serving ten years as a political prisoner in the graphic biography "The Boy from Clearwater", which records society-wide changes in Taiwan over time. Released from Taiwan’s Green Island prison, Tshua Khun-lim...
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Matilde's Quest
A girl seeks to create lasting peace between warring groups in the graphic novel Matilde’s Quest. After an epic battle in the Golden City of Eyes, Boldon, Spike, and Matilde, who has a mechanical arm, secure passage to Matilde’s...