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  • Menopause: A Comic Treatment

    Menopause: A Comic Treatment

    $29.95

    Hot flashes. Vaginal atrophy. Social stigma. The comics in this unapologetic anthology prove that when it comes to menopause and its attendant symptoms, no one needs to sweat it alone. Featuring works by comics luminaries such as Lynda Barry, Joyce Farmer, Ellen Forney, and Carol Tyler, Menopause is the perfect antidote to the simplistic, cheap-joke…

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  • Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic

    Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic

    $14.95

    Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Enter a world where reality bends, and magic reigns supreme. From psychedelic dimensions to counterculture cool, Doctor Strange was unlike anything else in comics. One of Marvel’s most fascinating early characters, he began at the hands of co-creators Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, and his ethereal voyages through other…

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  • Cover image for Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games

    Side Quest: A Visual History of Roleplaying Games, a Graphic Novel

    $26.99

    A Mary Sue Best YA Graphic Novel Runner-Up! For fans of dungeon crawls and dice rolls–and anyone wanting to know more about them–Side Quest is a stand-alone graphic novel history of roleplaying games (RPGs), from ancient games to those played today, with personal stories from creators throughout! With a meld of history, fantasy, and memoir,…

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  • The a Word: A Global History of the Abortion Struggle

    The a Word: A Global History of the Abortion Struggle

    $29.95

    The A Word provides a feminist perspective on the history of abortion, working to end the taboos that surround this procedure–and the word itself.The A Word champions the women advocating for free and legal access to the seventy-three million abortions performed around the world every year, more than half of which require women to resort…

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    Paying the Land

    $30.99

    NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, THE BROOKLYN RAIL, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, POP MATTERS, COMICS BEAT, AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFrom the “heir to R. Crumb and Art Spiegelman” (The Economist), a masterful work of comics journalism about indigenous North America, resource extraction, and our debt to the natural…

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  • Cover image for A Manga Lover's Tokyo Travel Guide: My Favorite Things to See and Do in Japan

    A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide: My Favorite Things to See and Do in Japan

    $14.99

    **Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) Winner** For fans of Japanese manga and anime, a trip to Tokyo is an absolute must! In this captivating Tokyo travel guide, manga artist and author Evangeline Neo travels to the Japanese capital with her mascots Kopi the dog and Matcha the cat in tow, bringing you to all the…

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    The Beats: A Graphic History

    $20.00

    In The Beats: A Graphic History, those who were mad to live have come back to life through artwork as vibrant as the Beat movement itself. Told by the comic legend Harvey Pekar, his frequent artistic collaborator Ed Piskor, and a range of artists and writers, including the feminist comic creator Trina Robbins and the…

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  • Shrink: Story of a Fat Girl

    Shrink: Story of a Fat Girl

    $24.95

    Derided by her high-school peers for being overweight, Rachel finally found a sense of purpose and belonging in a promising career as an EMT–that is, until her body got in the way. Shrink is a work of graphic medicine that depicts the emotional and physical realities of inhabiting a large body in a world that…

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  • Thor & Loki: Epic Tales from Marvel Mythology

    Thor & Loki: Epic Tales from Marvel Mythology

    $30.00

    In this officially licensed collection, Marvel Comics heroes Thor and Loki regale us with engaging and fantastical retellings of the classic tales of Norse mythology. It’s a beautiful day in New York City and the Avengers have arranged a surprise birthday picnic for Peter Parker in Central Park–but the celebration is violently interrupted when a…

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  • It Won’t Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir

    It Won’t Always Be Like This: A Graphic Memoir

    $19.99

    An intimate graphic memoir about an American girl growing up with her Egyptian father’s new family, forging unexpected bonds and navigating adolescence in an unfamiliar country–from the award-winning author of I Was Their American Dream. “What a joy it is to read Malaka Gharib’s It Won’t Always Be Like This, to have your heart expertly…

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  • Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America

    Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America

    $29.99

    NATIONAL BESTSELLER – A striking graphic novel edition of the National Book Award-winning history of how racist ideas have shaped American life–from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist. NOMINATED FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD Racism has persisted throughout history–but so have antiracist efforts to dismantle it. Through deep…

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  • Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio

    Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio

    $20.00

    A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 Go behind the scenes of seven of today’s most popular narrative radio shows and podcasts, including This American Life and RadioLab, in graphic narrative. Every week, millions of devoted fans tune in to or download This American Life, The Moth, Radiolab, Planet Money, Snap Judgment, Serial, Invisibilia and…

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  • Gender Is Really Strange

    Gender Is Really Strange

    $14.95

    What does it mean to be trans? Non-Binary? Gender Expansive?What parts of gender come from society? What parts come from within?How much is biology, and how much is socialization? Part of the Really Strange series, this science-based graphic medicine comic addresses these questions and more, revealing the inherent messiness of gender identity and sex. A…

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  • Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight (2nd Edition)

    Batman and Psychology: A Dark and Stormy Knight (2nd Edition)

    $23.99

    Batman is one of the most compelling and enduring characters to come from the Golden Age of Comics, and interest in his story has only increased through countless incarnations since his first appearance in Detective Comics #27 in 1939. Why does this superhero without superpowers fascinate us? What does that fascination say about us? Batman…

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  • Cover image for The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media

    The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media

    $18.95

    A million listeners trust NPR’s Brooke Gladstone to guide them through the complexities of the modern media. Bursting onto the page in vivid comics by acclaimed artist Josh Neufeld, this brilliant radio personality guides us through two millennia of media history, debunking the notion that “The Media” is an external force beyond our control and…

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  • Cover image for Tokyo Travel Sketchbook: Kawaii Culture, Wabi Sabi Design, Female Samurais and Other Obsessions

    Tokyo Travel Sketchbook: Kawaii Culture, Wabi Sabi Design, Female Samurais and Other Obsessions

    $8.99

    Experience Tokyo Through the Eyes of an Artist! Tokyo Travel Sketchbook captures illustrator Amaia Arrazolas four-week adventure in Tokyo, offering a unique glimpse into the city through her eyes. When Arrazola embarks on an artists residency in Tokyo, she dives into the city’s vibrant culture with her paints and pencils. The result is a delightful…

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