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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2011
DEAR CREATURE
by Jonathan Case
"A funny, bizarre, unexpected pleasure that gives a creature from the depths heart and soul as well as a happy ending."
A mutant submariner pines for a surface girl trapped in a prison of her own making. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2011
FICTION
Released: Oct. 4, 2011
THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2011
edited by Alison Bechdel
"The state of an art that has yet to reach stasis."
Another annual cornucopia of graphic narrative (and comic strips). Read full book review >
Cover art for TINA'S MOUTH
FICTION
Released: Jan. 3, 2012
TINA'S MOUTH: AN EXISTENTIAL COMIC DIARY
by Keshni Kashyap, illustrated by Mari Araki
"A charming, hip, illustrated coming-of-age tale."
Indian-American high-school student with a thing for Jean Paul Sartre struggles with existential angst in this graphic-novel debut. Read full book review >
Cover art for MY FRIEND DAHMER
NONFICTION
Released: March 1, 2012
Kirkus Star MY FRIEND DAHMER
by Derf Backderf, illustrated by Derf Backderf
"An exemplary demonstration of the transformative possibilities of graphic narrative."
A powerful, unsettling use of the graphic medium to share a profoundly disturbing story. Read full book review >
Cover art for BYE BYE BABYLON
NONFICTION
Released: April 1, 2012
Kirkus Star BYE BYE BABYLON: BEIRUT 1975-1979
by Lamia Ziadé, illustrated by Lamia Ziadé, translated by Olivia Snaije
"Stunning in both the art and the audacity."
Visually arresting and emotionally devastating, this graphic memoir of war and childhood feels like an art book and explodes like a car bomb. Read full book review >
Cover art for JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY
FICTION
Released: April 3, 2012
JOE GOLEM AND THE DROWNING CITY
by Christopher Golden, Mike Mignola
"Mignola's affectionate, Kirby-esque portraits compliment Golden's imaginative, YA-friendly prose. "
An adolescent orphan navigates a subterranean world of magic and technology with the help of an aged detective and his mysterious square-jawed protector. Read full book review >