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1) Just breathe
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With Chicago and her marriage in the rearview mirror, cartoonist Sarah Moon flees to the small northern California coastal town where she grew up. As she comes to terms with her lost marriage, Sarah encounters a man she never expected to meet again: Will Bonner, the high school heartthrob she'd skewered mercilessly in her old comics. Now a local firefighter, he's been through some changes himself. But just as her heart is about to reawaken, Sarah...
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With a popular comic strip, card line, and children's cartoon to her name, Lucy Brighton should be in a happy place. But the ache of a cold, lonely childhood lingers on. Even though she still lives in the New Jersey house where she grew up, Lucy has had little contact with her parents since they moved to Florida five years ago. Then Lucy receives a call that her parents have been killed in a car crash. While settling their affairs in Florida, Lucy...
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ABDO Pub
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Provides a biography of comic book artist and inker John Buscema best known for his work on various Marvel comics including the Avengers, the Incredible Hulk, Conan the Barbarian, and others.
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Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
2007.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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A biography of cartoonist Stan Lee, creator of Spider-Man, the X-Men, and the Incredible Hulk. Describes his youth during the Great Depression in New York and his early love for the movies and for writing and illustrating his own stories. Explains how he got his start in comics and eventually became publisher of Marvel Comics.
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Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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The largest and most comprehensive book of James Stokoe's art ever published! Featuring art and never-before-published work and comics!
This deluxe hardcover artbook showcases the work of inimitable comics creator James Stokoe, who has drawn some of the most visually meticulous and surreal illustrations in modern comics, featuring some of his bestselling illustrations from works such as Orc Stain, Aliens: Dead Orbit, Wonton Soup, well-known cover...
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Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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Inspired by Michael Chabon's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, this is Vaughan's love letter to his chosen medium, a story about what it takes to start out with nothing in Cleveland, Ohio, and end up with a comic so hot a major corporation wants to steal it from you! Brilliantly interweaving the lives of the creators with the world of their creation, artists Steve Rolston and Philip Bond bring the comic-booking...
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Dark Horse Manga
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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As Chikara Nagai faces the pressure of finishing his latest graphic novel, he is stuck in a maze of reality and fiction mingled with his past and present. And Kon will have to face the character he plans to kill off before he can return to reality--if he ever can.
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Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
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English
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In this autobiographical graphic novel that delves into magical realism, cartoonist Ethan Young describes his life as a twenty-something art school dropout in New York City, living with his parents and fifteen cats, and how beginning the comic strip "Crusader Cat"--which takes on a life of its own--changes his life forever.
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Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Even as a kid, everyone thought Jeff Kinney was talented. People loved his drawings, and when he went to college, his comic strip Igdoof was so popular that it spread to other universities! Still, Jeff faced challenges. His cartoons were rejected by syndicates that claimed his art was unprofessional. Then, an idea struck: Jeff would write a journal from the perspective of a child, illustrated with doodles just like a kid might do. And so, the Diary...
19) Charles Schulz
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Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
Description
"Simple text and full-color photography introduce beginning readers to Charles Schulz. Developed by literacy experts for students in kindergarten through third grade"-- Provided by publisher.
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