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The Real Cost of Prisons Comix
by
Lois Ahrens (Editor)
ISBN: 9781604860344
Publication Date: 2008
Why You'll Never Find the One, And Why It Doesn't Matter
by
Sarah Akinterinwa
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781797224213
Publication Date: 2023
Japanese Cooking with Manga
by
Alexis Aldeguer; Maiko San; Ilaria Mauro
ISBN: 9784805314333
Publication Date: 2018
The Labyrinth
by
Ben Argon
ISBN: 9781419740022
Publication Date: 2020
Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio
by
Derf Backderf
ISBN: 9781419734847
Publication Date: 2020
Across the Tracks: Remembering Greenwood, Black Wall Street, and the Tulsa Race Massacre
by
Alverne Ball; Stacey Robinson
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781647003401
Publication Date: 2021
750cc Down Lincoln Highway
by
Barroux; Bernard Chambaz
ISBN: 9781681122458
Publication Date: 2020
Making Comics
by
Lynda Barry
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781770463691
Publication Date: 2019
What It Is
by
Lynda Barry
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781770465091
Publication Date: 2008
Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands
by
Kate Beaton
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781770462892
Publication Date: 2022
Knitstrips: The World's First Comic-Strip Knitting Book
by
Alice Ormsbee Beltran; Karen Kim Mar
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781419742798
Publication Date: 2022
Special Topics in Being a Human: A Queer and Tender Guide to Things I've Learned the Hard Way about Caring for People, Including Myself
by
S. Bear Bergman; Saul Freedman-Lawson
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781551528557
Publication Date: 2021
Cigarettes: A Filterless Report
by
Pierre Boisserie; Stéphane Brangier
ISBN: 9791032808382
Publication Date: 2019
September 11, 2001: The Day the World Changed Forever
by
Baptiste Bouthier; Héloise Chochois
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9791032812280
Publication Date: 2021
Solutions and Other Problems
by
Allie Brosh
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781982156961
Publication Date: 2020
Drowned City: Hurricane Katrina and New Orleans
by
Don Brown
ISBN: 9780544157774
Publication Date: 2015
Fever Year: The Killer Flu of 1918
by
Don Brown
ISBN: 9780544837409
Publication Date: 2019
The Great American Dust Bowl
by
Don Brown
ISBN: 9780547815503
Publication Date: 2013
The Unwanted: Stories of the Syrian Refugees
by
Don Brown
ISBN: 9781328810151
Publication Date: 2018
The Story of the Velvet Underground
by
Prosperi Buri
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9791036883675
Publication Date: 2021
The Age of Selfishness
by
Darryl Cunningham
ISBN: 9781419715983
Publication Date: 2015
Graphic Medicine Manifesto
by
M. K. Czerwiec
ISBN: 9780271066493
Publication Date: 2015
Taking Turns: Stories From HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
by
M. K. Czerwiec
ISBN: 9780271078182
Publication Date: 2017
The Colony
by
Nicolas Debon
ISBN: 9791032809983
Publication Date: 2020
Cool Japan Guide: Fun in the Land of Manga, Lucky Cats and Ramen
by
Abby Denson
ISBN: 9784805312797
Publication Date: 2015
Cool Tokyo Guide: Adventures in the City of Kawaii Fashion, Train Sushi and Godzilla
by
Abby Denson
ISBN: 9784805314418
Publication Date: 2018
Uniquely Japan: A Comic Book Artist Shares Her Personal Faves—Discover What Makes Japan The Coolest Place
by
Abby Denson
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781462923106
Publication Date: 2022
Fine: A Comic About Gender
by
Rhea Ewing
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781631496813
Publication Date: 2022
Showtime at the Apollo
by
Ted Fox; James Otis Smith
ISBN: 9781419731389
Publication Date: 2019
The Fatal Bullet: The Assassination of President James A. Garfield
by
Rick Geary
ISBN: 9781561632282
Publication Date: 1999
Strange Fruit, Volume I : Uncelebrated Narratives From Black History
by
Joel Christian Gill
ISBN: 9781938486296
Publication Date: 2014
Strange Fruit, Volume II: More Uncelebrated Narratives From Black History
by
Joel Christian Gill
ISBN: 9781938486579
Publication Date: 2018
Hypercapitalism: The Modern Economy, Its Values, and How to Change Them
by
Larry Gonick; Tim Kasser
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781620972830
Publication Date: 2018
Economix: How Our Economy Works (and Doesn't Work), in Words and Pictures
by
Michael Goodwin; Dan E. Burr
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781613123690
Publication Date: 2014
Anxiety Is Really Strange
by
Steve Haines; Sophie Standing
ISBN: 9781848193895
Publication Date: 2018
Trauma Is Really Strange
by
Steve Haines; Sophie Standing
ISBN: 9781848192935
Publication Date: 2015
Lissa: A Story about Medical Promise, Friendship, and Revolution
by
Sherine Hamdy; Coleman Nye; Sarula Bao; Caroline Brewer
ISBN: 9781487593476
Publication Date: 2017
Love: A Discovery in Comics
by
Margreet de Heer
ISBN: 9781681122106
Publication Date: 2019
Philosophy: A Discovery in Comics
by
Margreet de Heer
ISBN: 9781561636983
Publication Date: 2012
Religion: A Discovery in Comics
by
Margreet de Heer
ISBN: 9781561639946
Publication Date: 2015
Science: A Discovery in Comics
by
Margreet de Heer
ISBN: 9781561637508
Publication Date: 2013
Literary Criticism: A Graphic Guide
by
Owen Holland; Piero
ISBN: 9781848319042
Publication Date: 2016
The Yankee Comandante
by
Gani Jakupi
ISBN: 9791032808238
Publication Date: 2019
Feminism: a Graphic Guide
by
Cathia Jenainati; Judy Groves
ISBN: 9781785784903
Publication Date: 2019
Drawing the Vote
by
Tommy Jenkins; Kati Lacker
ISBN: 9781419739989
Publication Date: 2020
The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change
by
Grady Klein; Yoram Bauman
ISBN: 9781610914383
Publication Date: 2014
Rethinking Gender: An Illustrated Exploration
by
Louie Läuger
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780262371179
Publication Date: 2022
March, Book One
by
John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781603093026
Publication Date: 2013
March, Book Two
by
John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781603094016
Publication Date: 2015
March, Book Three
by
John Lewis; Andrew Aydin; Nate Powell
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781684060139
Publication Date: 2016
Graphic Public Health: A Comics Anthology and Road Map
by
Meredith Li-Vollmer
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780271093833
Publication Date: 2022
Guantanamo Voices: True Accounts from the World's Most Infamous Prison
by
Sarah Mirk (Editor)
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781647001209
Publication Date: 2020
Warren Commission Report: A Graphic Investigation Into the Kennedy Assassination
by
Dan Mishkin; Jerzy Drozd; Ernie Colon
ISBN: 9781419712302
Publication Date: 2014
Walking Wounded: Uncut Stories from Iraq
by
Olivier Morel & Maël
ISBN: 9781561639823
Publication Date: 2015
Birding Is My Favorite Video Game
by
Rosemary Mosco
ISBN: 9781449489120
Publication Date: 2018
A Quick & Easy Guide to Asexuality
by
Molly Muldoon; Will Hernandez
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781620108604
Publication Date: 2022
A Manga Lover's Tokyo Travel Guide
by
Evangeline Neo
ISBN: 9784805315477
Publication Date: 2019
Cruising Through the Louvre
by
David Prudhomme
ISBN: 9781561639908
Publication Date: 2016
To Afghanistan and Back: A Graphic Travelogue
by
Ted Rall
ISBN: 9781561633593
Publication Date: 2003
Hubert Reeves Explains Biodiversity
by
Hubert Reeves; Nelly Boutinot; Daniel Casanave
ISBN: 9791032808924
Publication Date: 2019
Hubert Reeves Explains Forests
by
Hubert Reeves; Nelly Boutinot; Daniel Casanave
ISBN: 9791032809495
Publication Date: 2019
Hubert Reeves Explains Oceans
by
Hubert Reeves; Vandermeulen; Daniel Casanave
ISBN: 9791032809853
Publication Date: 2019
Going Green: Giving It (Almost) My All for the Planet
by
Maïté Robert
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9791032813645
Publication Date: 2022
DNA: a Graphic Guide to the Molecule That Shook the World
by
Israel Rosenfield; Borin Van Loon; Edward Ziff
ISBN: 9780231142700
Publication Date: 2011
The Photographer of Mauthausen
by
Salva Rubio; Pedro J. Colombo; Aintzane Landa
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781682476277
Publication Date: 2020
The Shape of Ideas
by
Grant Snider
ISBN: 9781419723179
Publication Date: 2017
Unflattening
by
Nick Sousanis
ISBN: 9780674744431
Publication Date: 2015
Climate Changed
by
Philippe Squarzoni & Nicole Whittington-Evans
ISBN: 9781419712555
Publication Date: 2014
Redbone: the True Story of a Native American Rock Band
by
Christian Staebler; Sonia Paoloni; Thibault Balahy
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781684057146
Publication Date: 2020
This Place: 150 Years Retold
Call Number: EBSCO
ISBN: 9781553797586
Publication Date: 2019
Cooking Comics!
by
Lauren Thompson; Tsukuru Anderson
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781944937942
Publication Date: 2018
Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir
by
Kimiko Tobimatsu; Keet Geniza
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781551528205
Publication Date: 2020
The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York
by
Peter J. Tomasi; Sara DuVall
ISBN: 9781419728525
Publication Date: 2018
Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat
by
Ben Towle
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781682474167
Publication Date: 2021
The Comic Book History of Comics
by
Fred Van Lente; Ryan Dunlavey
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781613771976
Publication Date: 2012
The Mueller Report: Graphic Novel
by
Shannon Wheeler; Steve Duin
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781684056682
Publication Date: 2020
Tao Te Ching: A Graphic Novel
by
William Scott Wilson; Sean Michael Wilson; Cary Kwok
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9780834843035
Publication Date: 2022
Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes
by
Lun Zhang; Adrien Gombeaud; Ameziane
Call Number: OverDrive
ISBN: 9781684056996
Publication Date: 2020
Area 51
by
Dwight Zimmerman; Greg Scott
ISBN: 9780760346648
Publication Date: 2014
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