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  The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

  by Michael Chabon

  Winner of the Bay Area Book Reviewers' Award, New York Library Book Award Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, PEN/Faulkner Award, Los Angeles Times Book Award. Joe Kavalier, a young Jewish artist who has also been trained in the art of Houdiniesque escape, has just smuggled himself out of Nazi-invaded Prague and landed in New York City.His Brooklyn cousin Sammy Clay is looking for a partner to... (more)
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  Schulz and Peanuts

  A Biography

  by David Michaelis

  Charles M. Schulz, the most widely syndicated and beloved cartoonist of all time, is also one of the least understood figures in American culture. Now acclaimed biographer David Michaelis gives us the first full-length biography of the brilliant, unseen man behind Peanuts : at once a creation story, a portrait of a native genius, and a chronicle contrasting the private man with the central role he played in... (more)
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  Haters

  by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

  When Pasquala Rumalda Quintana de Archuleta (Paski)'s father returns to Taos from a business trip wearing a velour Juicy men's track suit, she knows her life is taking a turn for the worse. Paski and her father move to Southern California, where his comic strip has been optioned for a movie. At her new high school, money is everything and the haters rule - especially beautiful, cruel Jessica Nguyen.... (more)
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  Up Front

  by Bill Mauldin

  A reissue of the 1945 classic book of text and drawings with a spectacular new foreword by Stephen E. Ambrose. Up Front is one of the most famous books to emerge from the Second World War and remains an icon of the "greatest generation." In his drawings of the infantry dogfaces Willie and Joe, done while he himself fought in campaigns in Sicily and Italy, Bill Mauldin created the immortal archetypes of the... (more)
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  Backing Into Forward: A Memoir

  by Jules Feiffer

  The award-winning cartoonist, playwright, and author delivers a witty, illustrated rendition of his life, from his childhood as a wimpy kid in the Bronx to his legendary career in the arts.  A gifted storyteller who has delighted readers and theater audiences for decades, Jules Feiffer now turns his talents to the tale of his own life.  Plagued by learning problems, a domineering mother, and a debilitating... (more)
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  Understanding Comics

  The Invisible Art

  by Scott McCloud

  Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at the history, meaning, and art of comics and cartooning.
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  The Rejection Collection: Cartoons You Never Saw, and Never Will See, in The New Yorker

  by Matthew Diffee, Robert Mankoff

  Each week about fifty New Yorker cartoonists submit ten ideas, yielding five hundred cartoons for no more than twenty spots in the magazine. Arguably the most brilliant single-panel-gag cartoonists in the world create a bunch of cartoons every week that never see the light of day. These rejects were piling up in the dusty corners of studios all over the country. Sam Gross, who has been contributing since 1962,... (more)
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  Gonzo

  The Art

  by Ralph Steadman

  A three-decade retrospective of Ralph Steadman's caustic, witty, outrageous art-including illustrations from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and the other legendary collaborations with Hunter S. Thompson that spawned gonzo journalism. Illustrated throughout in color and black-and-white, with an introduction by Hunter S. Thompson.
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  The Boy Series: Book 3

  Every Boy's Got One

  by Meg Cabot

  To: Jane Harris Fr: Claire Harris Re: You Hi, honey! It's me, Mom. I know it's a big secret that your friend Holly and her boyfriend Mark are eloping in Italy, and that you and Mark's friend Cal Langdon (the handsome New York Journal reporter with the big book deal) are going, too, as their witnesses. But I just saw Holly's mother at the Kroger Sav-On, and I thought I'd warn you: She doesn't seem to like... (more)
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  The Funnies: A Novel

  by J. Robert Lennon

  From the author of the highly acclaimed novel, The Light of Falling Stars , comes the sad and hilarious story of a family tyrannized by a newspaper comic strip. "You don't have to read the daily comics page to appreciate The Funnies ...Lennon's delicate, moving, and yes, funny novel is about what happens after Carl Mix, creator of a popular comic strip, dies. His grown children and widow, long the unwilling... (more)
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  Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings

  by Craig Yoe

  The classic American comic strip is known for being wholesome family entertainment, accesible to everyone. But these artists, including Sidd (B.C.) Hoff and Mort (Beetle Bailey) Walker, also had a mischievous side they only shared with peers and friends. Now, in Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings, the general public can see the work of these American masters in their moments of blue humor.
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  It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken

  A Picture Novella by Seth

  by Seth

  An Acknowledged Classic returns to Canada, gorgeously re-designed. In his first graphic novel, It’s a Good Life, if You Don’t Weaken—a best-selling D & Q titles ever—Seth pays homage to the wit and sophistication of the old-fashioned magazine cartoon. While trying to understand his dissatisfaction with the present, Seth discovers the life and work of Kalo, a forgotten New Yorker cartoonist from the 1940s. But... (more)
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  Humor and the Presidency

  by Gerald R. Ford

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  Sparky: The Life and Art of Charles Schulz

  by Beverly Gherman

  As the artist behind the beloved Peanuts comic strip for more than 50 years, Charles Schulz arguably the most famous cartoonist in the world created a colorful cast of characters that continues to bring humor and comfort to millions of readers. In this distinctively designed yet highly accessible book, renowned children's biographer Beverly Gherman traces both the life events that shaped Schulz's art and the... (more)