**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Lovesickness: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2021 ISBN: 9781974719846 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com In Lovesickness, originally published in 1996 and told in 5 parts, Ryusuke Fukuda and his parents move back to the town of Nazumi after his father accepts a job there. The […]
Category: graphic novels
**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** Tomie: Complete Deluxe Edition by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2016 ISBN: 9781421590561 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Femme fatale Tomie Kawakami, with long dark hair, hypnotic eyes, and a signature mole under her left eye, makes men love her, regardless of their age. She drives them to madness […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2021 ISBN-13: 9781974719860 Available: Hardcover, Kindle, Comixology Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Deserter: Junji Ito Story Collection brings together twelve of the horror mangaka’s earliest works. In “Bio House,” a young woman is invited to a strange meal where the after-dinner digestif is a […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Cereal: Sweet Darkness (Cereal #1) by Mark Russell, art by Peter Snejbjerg, Angelica Ingio, Ole Comoll, and Rob Steen Ahoy Comics, 2023 ISBN-13: 9781952090271 Available: Paperback Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The Marquis de Cocoa, a newly turned vampire, insists on continuing a tradition for the villagers in his township in order […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Glass Scientists, Volume 1 by S. H. Cotugno Razorbill, 2023 ISBN-13: 978593524442 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The Glass Scientists is a webcomic created by S. H. Cotugno. Set in 19th Century London, Dr. Henry Jekyll founds The Society for Arcane Sciences, a place where mad scientists prove they […]
**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Wingbearer (Wingbearer Saga #1) by Marjorie Liu, art by Teny Issakhanian Quill Tree, 2022 ISBN-13: 9780062741165 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle, Comixology Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Marjorie Liu takes a step away from horror and dark fantasy with her middle grade graphic novel, Wingbearer. Zuli, raised in the Great Tree by mysterious bird spirits, […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** You Can’t Kill Snow White by Beatrice Alemagna, translated from French by Karin Snelson and Emilie Robert Wong Unruly, 2022 ISBN: 978-159270381 Available: Hardcover Buy: Bookshop.org You Can’t Kill Snow White puts a spin on the traditional story of Snow White by telling it from the Queen’s point of view. Alemagna reminds […]
T.V. Review: What If…? Season 2
February 5, 2024One of my favorite Marvel series dropped a second season, and this one digs in deeper to Captain Peggy Carter: Super Hero. What if Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? Is a scifi take on noir that reminds me of the Marvel graphic novel Noir series, at least in spirit. It also gives a nod to […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Night Eaters: Volume 1, She Eats the Night by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda Abrams Comicarts, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781787739666 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) The creative team behind the Monstress comic series have created another world for readers to visit in The Night Eaters: She Eats […]
**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Blackwood, Library Edition by Evan Dorkin, art by Veronica Fish and Andy Fish Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506731834 Available: Kindle, Comixology, hardback ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Wren Valentine, Reiko Oyuki, Dennis Wolchinski, and Stephen Heller, teenagers with mysterious pasts and otherworldly abilities, enroll in Blackwood College after they receive hefty scholarships. Blackwood […]