Literary Criticism

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  • Cover image for By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

    By Your Side: The First 100 Years of Yuri Anime and Manga

    $19.99

    The Untold Story of Lesbian Love in Japanese Anime and Comics This landmark work is an accessible, educational, and exciting collection of essays on the newest genre of Japanese anime and manga by the Western Hemisphere’s foremost scholar on the subject, Erica Friedman. “The first in-depth study of Yuri in English.” -James Welker, Professor of…

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  • Perfect Blue: Awaken from a Dream (Light Novel)

    Perfect Blue: Awaken from a Dream (Light Novel)

    $14.99

    For the first time in English, never-before-published stories from the Perfect Blue universe! Delve deeper into the dark underbelly of super-stardom, where fame comes at a steep price. In this sequel anthology to the hit psychological thriller, Perfect Blue, creepy fans thrust their idols into struggles of life and death. Gruesome body switches, bloody fan…

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  • Cover image for Raven of the Inner Palace (Light Novel) Vol. 4

    Raven of the Inner Palace (Light Novel) Vol. 4

    $15.99

    MISSING OBJECTS, HIDDEN TRUTHS A number of things are disappearing around the imperial estate–several prized silkworm cocoons are missing from the Hakkaku Palace, and Kajo gets pulled into a search for another mysteriously lost object. As these happenings occur, Jusetsu and Koshun continue their investigation into what truly happened in the past. Might a nameless…

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  • The Bs Situation of Tougetsu Umidori, Vol. 4 (Light Novel)

    The Bs Situation of Tougetsu Umidori, Vol. 4 (Light Novel): Volume 4

    $16.00

    A decade-old secret revealed!One fall day, Bullshit-chan takes Tougetsu Umidori to the mall. She’s acting odd and has something she needs to tell Umidori. But the sinister Mud Hat Faction is after them, and the group’s plans have the potential to wreck the whole of Kobe. Umidori with cat ears, Bullshit-chan’s Grill, a novelist from…

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  • Spice and Wolf, Vol. 14 (Manga)

    Spice and Wolf, Vol. 14 (Manga)

    $13.00

    Previously, Lawrence and Holo traveled to the town of Svernel in order to meet with the Myuri Mercenary Company and find out more about Holo’s past companions and her home. But now Lawrence has gotten completely caught up in the political strife of the Debau Trading Company.It all surrounds the Debau Company’s desire to issue…

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  • Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs

    Spider-Man Psychology: Untangling Webs

    $21.99

    Acclaimed author, psychology professor, Wheel of Fortune game show champion, and “superherologist” Dr. Travis Langley has returned with the newest installment of his lauded Pop Culture Psychology series. Backed by an entourage of expert contributors, Dr. Langley explores the psychology of real human nature through the lens of one of the best-selling superhero characters of…

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  • Cover image for Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 1

    Loner Life in Another World (Light Novel) Vol. 1

    $13.99

    A sarcastic isekai comedy about surviving in a fantasy world with only the weirdest magic powers. Inspired the hit manga! When sarcastic loner Haruka gets transported with his class to another world, he’s not wild about adventuring, but he wouldn’t mind having some cool powers. Unfortunately, he’s last in line when the magic cheat skills…

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  • Hell Is Dark with No Flowers, Vol. 2 (Light Novel)

    Hell Is Dark with No Flowers, Vol. 2 (Light Novel)

    $15.00

    A letter hinting at an impending murder and dismemberment is delivered to Shiroshi’s door, and he and Seiji set out to investigate. They find themselves venturing to a remote island dominated by a towering Baroque mansion, where all manner of surprises await them — including a beautiful living doll and a young boy who calls…

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    Elfquest: The Art of the Story

    $50.00

    Elfquest: The Art of the Story handpicks a selection of Wendy and Richard Pini’s favorite Elfquest tales, scanned directly from the original art. These self-contained pieces are some of the finest Elfquest stories ever told. Every unlettered art page is paired with its as-published twin and in-depth running commentary by the Pinis, so readers can…

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  • The Mad Files: Writers and Cartoonists on the Magazine That Warped America’s Brain!: A Library of America Special Publication

    The Mad Files: Writers and Cartoonists on the Magazine That Warped America’s Brain!: A Library of America Special Publication

    $21.95

    Celebrate America’s zaniest and most subversive magazine in 26 essays and comix from all-star contributors, including Roz Chast, Jonathan Lethem, and Grady Hendrix. Before SNL and the wise-guy sarcasm of Letterman and Colbert, before The Simpsons and online memes, there was . . .  MAD. A mainstay of countless American childhoods, MAD magazine exploded onto the scene in…

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  • Hell Is Dark with No Flowers, Vol. 3 (Light Novel)

    Hell Is Dark with No Flowers, Vol. 3 (Light Novel)

    $16.00

    A FAMILY’S SECRETS REVEALED…Shiroshi and his assistant, Seiji, venture to Okuhida to investigate the baffling old case of a man supposedly killed by a phantom attacker. At an inn belonging to the victim’s daughter, located in a sea of fiery red maples, the pair encounter a serpent writhing in the darkness and another death that…

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    Fante: A Family’s Legacy of Writing, Drinking and Surviving

    $14.99
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  • The Bs Situation of Tougetsu Umidori, Vol. 3 (Light Novel)

    The Bs Situation of Tougetsu Umidori, Vol. 3 (Light Novel)

    $16.00

    Food, family, and fresh lies!On the first day of summer vacation, everyone comes to Umidori’s place for a feast. Yet things soon spiral out of control once again. The combination of yakisoba and white rice leads the girls to a dangerous discovery: A new Beliar is on the scene, and they’re using their reality-warping powers…

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  • The Grand Inquisitor: A Graphic Novel Based on the Story from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov

    The Grand Inquisitor: A Graphic Novel Based on the Story from Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s the Brothers Karamazov

    $8.00

    One of the most famous passages in modern literature reimagined in a graphic novel adaptation. Two acclaimed Russian artists have collaborated to create an original graphic novel adaptation of the most famous chapters of Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov: “Rebellion” and “The Grand Inquisitor.” Ivan Karamazov, after protesting a God who allows innocents to suffer,…

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  • Why Fish Piss Matters: On the Last Authentic Bohemia

    Why Fish Piss Matters: On the Last Authentic Bohemia

    $19.95

    Called Canada’s most influential zine, Fish Piss ran for 11 issues, from 1996 to 2006. It began as a bilingual mash-up of the Montreal anglophone spoken word scene and the comics scene. Edited by Montrealer Louis Rastelli, and rooted in the DIY punk ethos, Fish Piss was a contact zone of literary material, comics, essays,…

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  • Gene Luen Yang

    Gene Luen Yang

    $20.00

    A 2016 MacArthur Fellow, Gene Luen Yang (b. 1973) is an influential figure in independent and mainstream comics. His work for children, young adult, and adult readers promotes understanding between different cultures and peoples. His American Born Chinese is the first graphic novel to win the American Library Association’s Printz Award and the first graphic…

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