Book Genre: Comics

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Matthew Inman
Jennifer H
5

If you are a cat lover or a cat owner, this book is a must read. It explains some of the weird cat behavior in comic form and may give you some secret insights into why your cat is always lurking on the stairs or sleeping on your laptop. And what other book have you found that explores the idea...

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John Layman
Emily
4

You are what you eat takes on a whole new meaning in CHEW, Tony Chu (hahah) is a cibopath, that means that he experiences the life of everything he eats... so pretty much eating anything sucks, except for canned beets they apparently don't register much. This graphic novel series follows the...

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Jeffrey Brown
Brett
5

Jeffrey Brown has created a perfect representation of Gen X fatherhood through a series of cartoons about the unlikely pairing of Darth Vader and his four-year-old son, Luke Skywalker.  Brown found the sweet spot by placing the characters in familiar Star Wars settings and applying...

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Kate Beaton
Brett
5

A wonderful collection of cartoons from the web comic of the same name. Open this book to the first strip and you will find a perfect sample of Beaton's work: it is literary, irreverent, and--above all--funny. Topics range from Jane Eyre to Robinson Crusoe and from Sherlock...

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Edward Gorey
Emily
4

As a child I would plop myself down infront of the TV to watch Mystery on PBS, now it wasn’t because I was a huge fan of mysteries but because I was a huge fan of those creepy, chilling, and strange illustrations that introduced the show, it was only like ten or fifteen seconds of cartooning but...

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John Porcellino
angela
4

An anthology of some of the autobiographical comics that Porcellino has been self-publishing in zine form since 1989. If you aren't a fan of comics, this collection just might change your mind. It's simple and inspiring, almost like snapshots of the happenings (significant or not) that make up...

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Jeffrey Brown
angela
4

It's funny because it's true, at least that's what various cat owners have told me. Despite not owning a cat, I enjoyed this book of comics because it's a charming look at the little moments in life that make people happy. It also made me laugh out loud -- I had no idea cats were so weird.

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