Offers an adaptation in graphic novel format of a modern classic about the globe-trotting spiritual journey of a humble shepherd boy.
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Graphic Novels for Grownups
Skinner Sweet, an outlaw vampire with no aversion to the sun, takes revenge on the aristocratic gang of vampires that created him.
Draws on the archives of the Anne Frank House to relate the short but inspiring life of the Jewish teen memoirist, from the lives of her parents to Anne's years keeping her private diary while hidden from the Nazis to her untimely death in a concentration camp.
Private investigator John Blacksad is up to his feline ears in mystery and intrigue, digging up the back stories behind murders, child abductions, and nuclear secrets during the 1950's Red Scare in the United States.
A fable for modern times, Castle Waiting is a fairy tale that's not about rescuing the princess, saving the kingdom, or fighting the ultimate war between Good and Evil -- but about being a hero in your own home.
In the New York City of 1942, budding cartoonist Evelyn and her new friend Tony find a genuine Nazi spy, and become embroiled in the kind of adventure Evelyn writes about in her comics.
Ehwa grows up helping her widowed mother run the local tavern, and watching as their customers look down on her mother for her single lifestyle.
This collection of stories deals specifically with the years Porcellino was employed as a Mosquito Abatement Technician. In his own elegant, simple style, Porcellino grapples with the job and the eventual effects it had on his life and his view of the world.
A unique, richly detailed, and fun biography of DNA grounded in deep historical and philosophical knowledge.
Presents a graphic adaptation of Geoffrey Canada's memoir of his Bronx, N.Y. childhood, along with an analysis of how a chain of events set in motion by 1960s drug laws has led to the child violence on the streets today.
Presents the story of Keyhouse, an unlikely New England mansion with fantastic doors that transform all who dare to walk through them.
Young people's lives cross and spark for brief moments. This Graphic Novel is an example of Korean Manhwa.
An artist originally from Teheran depicts her experiences of growing up under Shiite Law and her life in Switzerland as an adult.
In this uniquely beautiful wordless graphic novel reminiscent of
legendary expressionist artists Frans Masereel and Lynd Ward, a
working-class family struggles to make ends meet and raise their
children in an isolating world of economic despair.
Werewolves of Montpellier is a lycanthropic thriller, a romantic comedy, and an existential drama--basically, your typical Jason book. Beware the full moon!