Graphic Novels Recent Picks

July 2007

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303, created and written by Garth Ennis ; artwork, Jacen Burrows. (2007)
"Deep in the mountains of Afghanistan, a dozen Russian Special Forces soldiers race their British opponents for a secret neither of them can imagine. The Russian leader, a war weary Colonel who knows no other life but conflict, carries old ghosts that refuse to let him be, but the battle that awaits him deep in this ancient land will change his life forever, and send him on a violent journey no sane man would contemplate." (Amazon)

Red eye, black eye, by K. Thor Jensen (2007).
"No job, no girlfriend, no home, no future, in 2001, cartoonist K. Thor Jensen had nothing. So he packed a bag and jumped onto a Greyhound bus, circling the United States on a 10,000-mile road trip. In this "joyously bleak handbook for the post-911 generation," Jensen tells his story and the stories of the people he meets on the way, in a tale that veers from the hilarious to the tragic." (Amazon)

Town of evening calm, country of cherry blossoms, story and art by Fumiyo Kouno. (2007)
"What impact did World War II and the dropping of the atomic bomb have on the common people of Japan? Through the eyes of an average woman living in 1955, Japanese artist Fumiyo Kouno answers these questions. This award winning manga appears in an English translation for the first time." (Book Cover)

Fluffy, by Simone Lea. (2007)
"Fluffy is a baby rabbit that is being looked after by an anxious, single man called Michael Pulcino. Michael tries to make it clear to Fluffy that he is not his daddy, but Fluffy appears to be in denial. Michael is being pursued by Fluffy's nursery school teacher, and partly to escape her, he and Fluffy set off to visit his family in Sicily. Will Michael escape her? Will Fluffy come to terms with the reality that he is not a human being." (Amazon)

Age of Bronze. Volume 1, A thousand ships, by Eric Shanower. (2001)
"The most spectacular war story ever told, The Trojan War. When a lustful Trojan prince abducts the beautiful Queen Helen of Sparta, Helen's husband vows to recover her no matter the cost. So begins the Trojan War. From far and wide the ancient kings of Greece bring their ships to join the massive force to pledge their allegiance to High King Agamemnon. Along with the greatest of the Greek heroes, Achilles, Odysseus, and Heracles, and a cast of thousands, this graphic novel reveals hidden secrets of the characters' pasts, serving up joy and sorrow, leading up to the brink of war, and foreshadowing the terror to come." (Amazon)

The ticking, by Renee French. (2006)

Megatokyo. 5, by Fred Gallagher (2007).

Flight. Volume three, editor/art director, Kazu Kibuishi. (2006)

Frank Miller's Sin City : family values, (2005)

Fables : Arabian nights (and days), Bill Willingham, writer ; Mark Buckingham, Jim Fern, pencillers ; Steve Leialoha, Jimmy Palmiotti, Andrew Pepoy, inkers. (c2006)

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