Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight
10 best books like Achewood: The Great Outdoor Fight (Chris Onstad): Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home, Red at the Bone, Zita the Spacegirl, Off Season, Hot Comb, The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity, Absolute All-Star Superman, Boxers, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir, Taproot
Belonging: A German Reckons with History and Home
| Author | Nora Krug |
| ISBN | 1476796629 |
Nora Krug's story of her attempt to confront the hidden truths of her family’s wartime past in Nazi Germany and to comprehend the forces that have shaped her life, her generation, and history.
Nora Krug was born decades after the fall of the Nazi regime, but the Second World War cast a long shadow...
| Author | Jacqueline Woodson |
| ISBN | 0525535276 |
Moving forward and backward in time, Jacqueline Woodson's taut and powerful new novel uncovers the role that history and community have played in the experiences, decisions, and relationships of these families, and in the life of the new child.
As the book opens in 2001, it is the evening of...
| Author | Ben Hatke |
| ISBN | 1596434465 |
A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
Zita's life took a cosmic left turn in the blink of an eye.
When her best friend is abducted by an alien doomsday cult, Zita leaps to the rescue and finds herself a stranger on a strange planet. Humanoid chickens and neurotic robots are shocking enough as new...
| Author | James Sturm |
| ISBN | 1770463313 |
Rage. Depression. Divorce. Politics. Love. A visceral story that you can see, taste, and feel.
How could this happen? The question of 2016 becomes deeply personal in James Sturm’s riveting graphic novel Off Season, which charts one couple’s divisive separation during Bernie Sanders’s...
Hot Comb offers a poignant glimpse into black women’s lives and coming of age stories as seen across a crowded, ammonia-scented hair salon. The titular story “Hot Comb” is about a young girl’s first perm - a doomed ploy to look cool and to stop seeming “too white” in the all-black neighborhood...
The Unwritten, Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity
| Author | Mike Carey |
| ISBN | 1401225659 |
Tom Taylor's life was screwed from go. His father created the Tommy Taylor fantasy series, boy-wizard novels with popularity on par with Harry Potter. The problem is Dad modeled the fictional epic so closely to Tom's real life that fans are constantly comparing him to his counterpart, turning him into...
Absolute All-Star Superman
| Author | Grant Morrison |
| ISBN | 1401229174 |
This is a stunning achievement that fans and non-fans of Superman will enjoy. It’s restrained, subtle, nostalgic, and gorgeously illustrated.
I don't know what is and isn't considered a spoiler for this book, so I'll err on the side of caution. Superman is delivered some fateful...
| Author | Gene Luen Yang |
| ISBN | 1596433590 |
China, 1898. Bands of foreign missionaries and soldiers roam the countryside, bullying and robbing Chinese peasants.
Little Bao has had enough. Harnessing the powers of ancient Chinese gods, he recruits an army of Boxers--commoners trained in kung fu--who fight to free China from "foreign...
I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir
| Author | Malaka Gharib |
| ISBN | 0525575111 |
One part Mari Andrew, one part Marjane Satrapi, I Was Their American Dream: A Graphic Memoir is a triumphant tale of self-discovery, a celebration of a family's rich heritage, and a love letter to American immigrant freedom. Malaka Gharib's illustrations come alive with teenage antics and earnest...
| Author | Keezy Young |
| ISBN | 1941302467 |
Blue is having a hard time moving on. He's in love with his best friend. He's also dead. Luckily, Hamal can see ghosts, leaving Blue free to haunt him to his heart's content. But something eerie is happening in town, leaving the local afterlife unsettled, and when Blue realizes Hamal's strange ability...
| Author | Thomas Siddell |
| ISBN | 1936393999 |
The fourth volume in the ever-popular Gunnerkrigg Court series, based on Tom Siddell's hit webcomic! Annie returns from the forest and begins her third year at the Court. Her experience has left her changed, causing Kat to worry as they both struggle to find their place while their life changes around...
Never Learn Anything From History
A collection of historical comics by webcomics artist Kate Beaton. First pressing, limited to 1000.
From publisher Topatoco.com:
"When Kate Beaton was first asked to make a book, she said "ok, but I only have about five comics on my website, gimme a while." Now the time has come! This...
I began reading this serial not here, at the beginning, but several years into the narrative. I did not realize starting later that Hazel was supposed to be the main character; it seemed to me to be divided fairly equally between several main characters, with overlapping secondary characters passing...
DC: The New Frontier, Volume 1
| Author | Darwyn Cooke |
| ISBN | 1401203507 |
Acclaimed writer/artist Darwyn Cooke (Catwoman: Selina's Big Score) turns his attention to the dawn of the Silver Age in DC: The New Frontier — which takes readers on a journey from the end of the Golden Age to the genesis of a bold new heroic era in the late 1950s!
World War II is over. The Cold...
| Author | Mark Long |
| ISBN | 1596436182 |
In 1960s Texas, a white family from a notoriously racist neighborhood and a black family from its poorest ward cross Houston's color line, overcoming humiliation, degradation, and violence to win the freedom of five black college students unjustly charged with the murder of a policeman.
The...
| Author | Paul Karasik |
| ISBN | 0571226337 |
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK A DULL BOY
Credo che fosse il 1991, l’anno in cui ho incontrato Paul Auster per la prima volta: La musica del caso.
E fu subito amore.
Amore grande: c’erano in Auster umori che in letteratura mi sembravano insoliti, fuori, e oltre, che all’epoca...
Wylie Kogan is an aspiring artist, stumping for work in 1963 California (think Mad Men, but with palm trees). When a fawning fan letter grants him access to his cartoonist hero, the celebrated Joseph Ahlstrom, he's quick to take advantage of a proffered portfolio review... but winds up learning more...
| Author | Hazel Newlevant |
| ISBN | 1549303058 |
When 17-year-old Hazel Newlevant takes a summer job clearing ivy from the forest in her home town of Portland, Oregon, her only expectation is to earn a little money. Homeschooled, affluent, and sheltered, Hazel soon finds her job working side by side with at-risk teens to be an initiation into a new...
Deputy Shelby Lake was abandoned as a baby, saved by a stranger who found her in the freezing cold. Now, years later, a young boy is missing - and Shelby is the one who must rescue a child.
The only evidence of what happened to 10-year-old Jeremiah Sloan is a bicycle left behind on a lonely road. After...
Medallion Status: True Stories from Secret Rooms
| Author | John Hodgman |
| ISBN | 0525561102 |
A hilarious and honest new book in which John Hodgman, New York Times bestselling author of Vacationland, sets out to explore the strange work-land of being a somewhat famous person
After spending most of his twenties pursuing a career as a literary agent, John Hodgman decided to try his own...
Surviving the City (The Debwe Series)
| Author | Tasha Spillett |
| ISBN | 1553797566 |
Tasha Spillett’s graphic novel debut, Surviving the City, is a story about womanhood, friendship, colonialism, and the anguish of a missing loved one. Miikwan and Dez are best friends. Miikwan is Anishinaabe; Dez is Inninew. Together, the teens navigate the challenges of growing up in an urban...
Essex County, Vol. 1: Tales from the Farm
| Author | Jeff Lemire |
| ISBN | 1891830880 |
Xeric Award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire (Lost Dogs) illustrates the tale of Lester, an orphaned 10-year-old who goes to live on his Uncle's farm. Their relationship grows increasingly strained and Lester befriends the town's gas station owner, and damaged former hockey star Jimmy Lebeuf. The...
| Author | Jonathan Hickman |
| ISBN | 1582407665 |
Noam Chomsky Meets the Punisher
How do you turn the brilliant but rather prosaic writings of Noam Chomsky and Edward S. Herman into a comic book? Jonathan Hickman came up with this idea: you just copy some of their sentences, then add a few statistics from a recent article on globalization. Oh,...
From Brian Wood (DEMO, DMZ, NORTHLANDERS) and Ryan Kelly (LUCIFER, AMERICA VIRGIN) comes Local, a collection of twelve interconnected short stories. Crossing genres as it crosses the country, LOCAL examines Megan McKeenan, a young woman who sets off from Portland, OR with nothing but a backpack...
| Author | Joann Sfar |
| ISBN | 2205052071 |
Sfar, qui est né lui-même dans une famille juive, met en scène une communauté juive du début du XXe siècle, à Alger. Dans un décor luxuriant de tissus, carrelages et tapis orientaux, il plante un héros qui semble sorti d'une poubelle : un chat écorché, anguleux, l'air d'avoir avalé un sac...
| Author | Dave Sim |
| ISBN | 0919359086 |
Reprinting Cerebus Issues 1-25
Welcome to Estarcion, the wildly absurd and funny world of Cerebus the Aardvark. This initial volume collects the first two years of stories from Dave Sim's 300-issue magnum opus. Don't be discouraged by the initially crude artwork or the silliness of the stories....
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 0: Tales of Human Waste
| Author | Warren Ellis |
| ISBN | 1401202446 |
TALES OF HUMAN WASTE completes the TRANSMETROPOLITAN library, collecting the two Prestige-format one-shots TRANSMETROPOLITAN: I HATE IT HERE and TRANSMETROPOLITAN: FILTH OF THE CITY, as well as the 8-page Christmas story from VERTIGO: WINTER'S EDGE 2. Written by Warren Ellis, this collection...
Love and Lemons Every Day: More Than 100 Bright, Plant-Forward Recipes for Every Meal
| Author | Jeanine Donofrio |
| ISBN | 0735219842 |
The ultimate guide for cooking outrageously delicious, vegetable-packed meals every day of the week, from bestselling author of
The Love & Lemons Cookbook
.
Known for her insanely flavorful vegetable recipes and stunning photography, Jeanine Donofrio celebrates plants at...
What's to Love: If you're loving the comics being released under the BOOM! Box imprint, delve into a world of more of the same stories! From the wacky to the touching, you'll never know what you're going to get. Here's a hint: brand-new Lumberjanes, Giant Days, Munchkin, Cyanide & Happiness, and...
Whenever I see that the art is done by Max Sarin- I'M SO HAPPY, YEESS!!
Saffy and Daisy are so cute AWW ♥.
