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Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Welcome to our Graphic Novels, Comics, and Manga Insider newsletter!
We'll have fresh recommendations for you each month: from superhero comics, to creator-owned series, manga, and original graphic novels.
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(H)afrocentric Comics: Vol. 1-4
by Juliana "Jewels" Smith (writer), Mike Hampton, and Ronald Nelson (illustrators)
When gentrification strikes the neighborhood surrounding Ronald Reagan University, Naima Pepper recruits a group of disgruntled undergrads of color to launch the first and only anti-gentrification social networking site, mydiaspora.com. The motley crew is poised to fight back against expensive avocado toast, muted Prius cars, exorbitant rent, and cultural appropriation. Whether Naima and the gang are transforming social media, leading protests, fighting rent hikes, or working as "Racial Translators," the students at Ronald Reagan University combine their technically savvy and Black Millennial sensibilities with their individual backgrounds, goals, and aspirations.
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Black Butler, Vol. 25
by Yana Toboso
A mysterious cult mesmerises legions of spectators with glorious rituals of song and dance. But the unbridled passion it inspires in its followers gives Queen Victoria cause for concern, and she urges Earl Ciel Phantomhive and his expert butler, Sebastian, to do some digging.
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Clem Hetherington and the Ironwood Race
by Jen Breach (writer) and Douglas Hogate (illustrator)
Clementine Hetherington and her robot brother, Digory, have run away from the orphanage they've been living in since their parents died. Clem and Dig want to follow in their famous archaeologist mother's footsteps, but no one will take them seriously. Their chance arrives when a man from their past saves Digory's life, and to repay the debt they enter a multiday rally race... to recover stolen artifacts! Clem and Dig hope to win so they can give them to a museum, but their opponents want to sell them on the black market.
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The Complete Doc Unknown
by Fabian Rangel Jr. (writer) and Ryan Cody (illustrator)
After crash-landing his fighter plane during World War II, Warren Williams is taken in and trained by the warrior monks of the secret temple of Min-Yao. After a Nazi ambush, Warren returns to Gate City as Doc Unknown, a mystery man on the side of light in a world being consumed by darkness. Read as Doc Unknown must protect Gate City from ruthless gangsters, monstrous mobsters, possessed museum attractions, evil secret societies, vampire ninjas, vengeful ghosts, hypnotizing fish-women, and much more!
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Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos, and Me
by Lorina Mapa
When she learns of her beloved father's fatal car accident, Mapa flies to Manila to attend his funeral. His sudden death sparks childhood memories. Weaving the past with the present, Mapa entertains with stories about religion, pop culture, adolescence, social class and politics, including her experiences of the 1986 People Power Revolution which made headlines around the world. It is a love letter to her parents, family, friends, country of birth, and in the end, perhaps even to herself.
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Flying Witch, Vol. 5
by Chihiro Ishizuka
Makoto returns to rural Japan to work on her magic after being away for six years. In her new home, she, along with her black cat Chito, share some of what she has learned as she gets used to living in a slower and more curious part of the country.
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Moonstruck, Vol. 1
by Grace Ellis (writer) and Shae Beagle (illustrator)
Werewolf barista Julie and her new girlfriendgo on a date to a close-up magic show, but all heck breaks loose when the magician casts a horrible spell on their friend Chet. Now it's up to the team of mythical pals to stop the illicit illusionist before it's too late.
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Normandy Gold
by Megan Abbott, Alison Gaylin (writers), and Steve Scott (illustrator)
When her younger sister is found at the center of a brutal murder investigation, tough-as-nails Sheriff Normandy Gold is forced to dive headfirst into the seedy world of 1970s prostitution and soon discovers a twisted conspiracy leading right to the White House. Sex, violence and corruption collide in this gritty vigilante thriller set in 1970s Washington DC
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