A Rainbow of Comics

By Emma Tippen

I know you aren’t supposed to judge a book by its cover, but sometimes I can’t help it! I wanted to recommend a comic that correlates with each color of the rainbow!

Featured Book One

Go with the Flow

Title

Go with the Flow

Price

$14.99

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High school students embark on a crash course of friendship, female empowerment, and women's health issues in Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann's graphic novel Go With the Flow.

Good friends help you go with the flow.
Best friends help you start a revolution.

Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Hazelton High never has enough tampons. Or pads. Or adults who will listen.

Sick of an administration that puts football before female health, the girls confront a world that shrugs--or worse, squirms--at the thought of a menstruation revolution. They band together to make a change. It's no easy task, especially while grappling with everything from crushes to trig to JV track but they have each other's backs. That is, until one of the girls goes rogue, testing the limits of their friendship and pushing the friends to question the power of their own voices.

Now they must learn to work together to raise each other up. But how to you stand your ground while raising bloody hell?

SKU

9781250143174

Go with the Flow

$14.99

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Description

High school students embark on a crash course of friendship, female empowerment, and women's health issues in Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann's graphic novel Go With the Flow.

Good friends help you go with the flow.
Best friends help you start a revolution.

Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Hazelton High never has enough tampons. Or pads. Or adults who will listen.

Now they must learn to work together to raise each other up. But how to you stand your ground while raising bloody hell?

Description

High school students embark on a crash course of friendship, female empowerment, and women's health issues in Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann's graphic novel Go With the Flow.

Good friends help you go with the flow.
Best friends help you start a revolution.

Sophomores Abby, Brit, Christine, and Sasha are fed up. Hazelton High never has enough tampons. Or pads. Or adults who will listen.

Now they must learn to work together to raise each other up. But how to you stand your ground while raising bloody hell?

ISBN

9781250143174

Schneemann Kare

Publisher

First Second

Publication Date

January 1, 2020

Binding

Paperback

Item Condition

New

Language

English

Ages

11-14

Pages

336

Keywords

Go with the Flow by Karen Schneemann and Lily Williams

This incredibly meaningful middle grade book follows a group of high school girls on a mission to end period inequality. When their principal dismisses their request to put free menstrual products in the bathrooms, they must take matters into their own hands. I love how the authors made sure to depict the diversity of experiences when it comes to menstruation. It’s so important to see yourself represented in the media

Featured Book Two

Flamer

Title

Flamer

Price

$17.99

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Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graphic novel, telling a difficult story with humor, compassion, and love.

"This book will save lives." --Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author of National Book Award Finalist Hey, Kiddo

I know I'm not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They're mean, and scary, and they're always destroying something or saying something dumb or both.

I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel . . . unsafe.

It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.

Godwin Books

SKU

9781250756145

Flamer

$17.99

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Description

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graphic novel, telling a difficult story with humor, compassion, and love.

"This book will save lives." --Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author of National Book Award Finalist Hey, Kiddo

I know I'm not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They're mean, and scary, and they're always destroying something or saying something dumb or both.

I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel . . . unsafe.

Godwin Books

Description

Award-winning author and artist Mike Curato draws on his own experiences in Flamer, his debut graphic novel, telling a difficult story with humor, compassion, and love.

"This book will save lives." --Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author of National Book Award Finalist Hey, Kiddo

I know I'm not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They're mean, and scary, and they're always destroying something or saying something dumb or both.

I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel . . . unsafe.

Godwin Books

ISBN

9781250756145

Curato Mike

Publisher

Henry Holt & Company

Publication Date

September 1, 2020

Binding

Paperback

Item Condition

New

Illustrator

Mike Curato

Language

English

Ages

13-17

Pages

368

Keywords

Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Coming of Age; Young Adult Fiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | LGBTQ+

Flamer by Mike Curato

Mike Curato tells the devastatingly beautiful story of Aiden, a closeted teen spending his final days of summer at a sleep away camp. Other boys make fun of him, call him gay, and treat him differently from the others. Elias, his close friend, seems to be the only one at camp who cares for him. Aiden spends these days discovering who he loves, what he values, and who he is. This is a story of resilience that has burned a flame in my heart, I couldn’t recommend it enough.

Featured Book Three

The Times I Knew I Was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

In this memoir, Elanor recounts all the times in her life that she should have known she was gay but didn’t. From falling in love with Willow and Tara from Buffy the Vampire Slayer to never quite understanding why her friends were so obsessed with boys. When she finally comes out, all the puzzle pieces come together for her to live true to herself and authentically queer!

Times I Knew I Was Gay

Title

Times I Knew I Was Gay

Price

$28.00

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"Evocative, authentic, and hilarious." --Tillie Walden, author of Spinning and On a Sunbeam

A charming, highly relatable graphic memoir that follows one young woman's adventures in coming out and coming of age.

Ellie always had questions about who she was and how she fit in. As a girl, she wore black, obsessed over Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and found dating boys much more confusing than many of her friends did. As she grew older, so did her fears and a deep sense of unbelonging. From her first communion to her first girlfriend via a swathe of self-denial, awkward encounters, and everyday courage, Ellie tells her story through gorgeous illustrations--a fresh and funny self-portrait of a young woman becoming herself.

The Times I Knew I Was Gay reminds us that people sometimes come out not just once but again and again; that identity is not necessarily about falling in love with others, but about coming to terms with oneself. Full of vitality and humor, it will ring true for anyone who has taken the time to discover who they truly are.

SKU

9781982147105

Times I Knew I Was Gay

$28.00

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Description

"Evocative, authentic, and hilarious." --Tillie Walden, author of Spinning and On a Sunbeam

A charming, highly relatable graphic memoir that follows one young woman's adventures in coming out and coming of age.

Ellie always had questions about who she was and how she fit in. As a girl, she wore black, obsessed over Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and found dating boys much more confusing than many of her friends did. As she grew older, so did her fears and a deep sense of unbelonging. From her first communion to her first girlfriend via a swathe of self-denial, awkward encounters, and everyday courage, Ellie tells her story through gorgeous illustrations--a fresh and funny self-portrait of a young woman becoming herself.

The Times I Knew I Was Gay reminds us that people sometimes come out not just once but again and again; that identity is not necessarily about falling in love with others, but about coming to terms with oneself. Full of vitality and humor, it will ring true for anyone who has taken the time to discover who they truly are.

Description

"Evocative, authentic, and hilarious." --Tillie Walden, author of Spinning and On a Sunbeam

A charming, highly relatable graphic memoir that follows one young woman's adventures in coming out and coming of age.

ISBN

9781982147105

Crewes Eleanor

Publisher

Scribner Book Company

Publication Date

October 1, 2020

Binding

Hardcover

Item Condition

New

Language

English

Pages

320

Keywords

Featured Book Four

Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel)

Title

Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel)

Price

$17.99

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NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library - Kirkus Reviews - Booklist - Publishers Weekly

In this gorgeous debut graphic novel, fairy tales are the only way one boy can communicate with his Vietnamese immigrant parents. But how will he find the words to tell them that he's gay? A powerful read about family, identity and the enduring magic of stories.

"One of the most astounding graphic novels of the year" -Entertainment Weekly

Tien and his mother may come from different cultures--she's an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English; he's been raised in America--but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased.

But as much as Tien's mother's English continues to improve as he reads her tales of love, loss, and travel across distant shores, there's one conversation that still eludes him--how to come out to her and his father. Is there even a way to explain what he's going through in Vietnamese? And without a way to reveal his hidden self, how will his parents ever accept him?

This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don't know the words.

"A lyrical masterpiece." -BuzzFeed

SKU

9781984851598

Magic Fish: (A Graphic Novel)

$17.99

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Description

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library - Kirkus Reviews - Booklist - Publishers Weekly

"One of the most astounding graphic novels of the year" -Entertainment Weekly

Tien and his mother may come from different cultures--she's an immigrant from Vietnam still struggling with English; he's been raised in America--but through the fairy tales he checks out from the local library, those differences are erased.

This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don't know the words.

"A lyrical masterpiece." -BuzzFeed

Description

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR by New York Public Library - Kirkus Reviews - Booklist - Publishers Weekly

This beautifully illustrated graphic novel speaks to the complexity of family and how stories can bring us together even when we don't know the words.

"A lyrical masterpiece." -BuzzFeed

ISBN

9781984851598

Nguyen Trung Le

Publisher

Random House Graphic

Publication Date

October 1, 2020

Binding

Paperback

Item Condition

New

Language

English

Ages

12-0

Pages

256

Keywords

Juvenile Fiction | General

The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen

I have yet to read another graphic novel with art nearly as beautiful as the illustrations in The Magic Fish! Young Tiến, a second generation Vietnamese American, is starting to notice that he is different from many of his peers. His friends support him, but his school is very unaccepting of queer students. He uses the stories he reads with his mother to express himself and help her understand his identity. I am a sucker for a queer coming of age story, and The Magic Fish is definitely my favorite!

Featured Book Five

All Princesses Die Before Dawn: A Graphic Novel

Title

All Princesses Die Before Dawn: A Graphic Novel

Price

$24.99

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A beautifully illustrated graphic novel focusing on a single day in the life of a family whose issues reach a breaking point on the day following the death of Princess Diana

Three love stories, from budding desire to fading passion, play out within one family on a late summer's day--a day that will change all their lives forever.

August 3, 1997. In the bathroom of his suburban home, eight-year-old Lulu is trying on his mom's lipstick. He dreams of kissing his best friend, a neighborhood boy. Meanwhile, his teenage sister, Cam, covers her much-older boyfriend sneaking up to her bedroom by blasting the latest summer hits. In the kitchen, their mother is waiting for their father, who didn't come home last night. On TV, newscasters are announcing the death of Princess Diana....

All Princesses Die Before Dawn is a devastating and richly illustrated slice-of-life graphic novel that has already found critical success in France. Topical and relevant to the issues many families in the United States and worldwide face today, it doesn't shy away from addressing homophobia, emotional abuse, and broken families, but remains quietly optimistic about the strength of love and the human spirit as it does so.

SKU

9781419776649

All Princesses Die Before Dawn: A Graphic Novel

$24.99

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Description

A beautifully illustrated graphic novel focusing on a single day in the life of a family whose issues reach a breaking point on the day following the death of Princess Diana

Three love stories, from budding desire to fading passion, play out within one family on a late summer's day--a day that will change all their lives forever.

August 3, 1997. In the bathroom of his suburban home, eight-year-old Lulu is trying on his mom's lipstick. He dreams of kissing his best friend, a neighborhood boy. Meanwhile, his teenage sister, Cam, covers her much-older boyfriend sneaking up to her bedroom by blasting the latest summer hits. In the kitchen, their mother is waiting for their father, who didn't come home last night. On TV, newscasters are announcing the death of Princess Diana....

All Princesses Die Before Dawn is a devastating and richly illustrated slice-of-life graphic novel that has already found critical success in France. Topical and relevant to the issues many families in the United States and worldwide face today, it doesn't shy away from addressing homophobia, emotional abuse, and broken families, but remains quietly optimistic about the strength of love and the human spirit as it does so.

Description

A beautifully illustrated graphic novel focusing on a single day in the life of a family whose issues reach a breaking point on the day following the death of Princess Diana

Three love stories, from budding desire to fading passion, play out within one family on a late summer's day--a day that will change all their lives forever.

ISBN

9781419776649

Quentin Zuttion

Publisher

Abrams Comicarts

Publication Date

November 12, 2024

Binding

Hardcover

Item Condition

New

Language

English

Pages

160

Keywords

All Princesses Die Before Dawn by Quentin Zuttion

Not all love stories end in perfect harmony. Lulu dreams about being with his best friend, Cam hides a secret relationship with an older boy, all while their mother fights to save her dying marriage. They will all experience passion, longing, and heartbreak all within the span of a single day. An interesting device used to tell time in this novel is the reporting of Princess Diana’s death in Paris. Lulu is too young to understand why this was such a historical event, so Cam describes Diana’s profound impact on the world. All Princesses Die Before Dawn is like nothing I’ve read before, and its uniqueness has earned a special place in my heart!

Featured Book Six

Drama: A Graphic Novel

Title

Drama: A Graphic Novel

Price

$12.99

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From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, and Guts!

Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier!

Raina Telgemeier once again brings us a funny and charming exploration of friendship, crushes, and all-around drama!

SKU

9781338801897

Drama: A Graphic Novel

$12.99

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Description

From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, and Guts!

Callie loves theater. And while she would totally try out for her middle school's production of Moon over Mississippi, she can't really sing. Instead she's the set designer for the drama department's stage crew, and this year she's determined to create a set worthy of Broadway on a middle-school budget. But how can she, when she doesn't know much about carpentry, ticket sales are down, and the crew members are having trouble working together? Not to mention the onstage AND offstage drama that occurs once the actors are chosen. And when two cute brothers enter the picture, things get even crazier!

Raina Telgemeier once again brings us a funny and charming exploration of friendship, crushes, and all-around drama!

Description

From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Sisters, and Guts!

Raina Telgemeier once again brings us a funny and charming exploration of friendship, crushes, and all-around drama!

ISBN

9781338801897

Raina Telgemeier

Publisher

Graphix

Publication Date

December 7, 2021

Binding

Paperback

Item Condition

New

Illustrator

Raina Telgemeier

Language

English

Ages

10-14

Pages

240

Keywords

Drama by Raina Telgemeier

Raina Telgemeier was my absolute favorite author when I was little. Her stories introduced me to the world of graphic storytelling! Drama reminds me all too well of my theatre days, it accurately captures what goes down in school stage productions. Callie, the protagonist, prefers to work behind the scenes while all of her friends prefer the spotlight. Everyone is starting to discover who they are and what it means to be authentically themselves. I am a strong believer that you are never too old to read middle grade and bonus points: it’s a banned book!

Featured Book Seven

Catboy

Title

Catboy

Price

$16.99$19.99

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Benji Nate's beloved bestselling graphic novel is back in a new printing, with 25 new pages of brand-new comics!

Olive is a human, and Henry is her pet cat--although he's also a person, thanks to a magic shooting star. They do all the things best friends do, like share clothes, go to parties, and complain about their jobs. Who cares if Henry gets more compliments wearing Olive's clothes, or the party snacks are dead rats? Friends love each other no matter what.

SKU

9781945509704

Catboy

$16.99$19.99

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Description

Benji Nate's beloved bestselling graphic novel is back in a new printing, with 25 new pages of brand-new comics!

Olive is a human, and Henry is her pet cat--although he's also a person, thanks to a magic shooting star. They do all the things best friends do, like share clothes, go to parties, and complain about their jobs. Who cares if Henry gets more compliments wearing Olive's clothes, or the party snacks are dead rats? Friends love each other no matter what.

Description

ISBN

9781945509704

Benji Nate

Publisher

Silver Sprocket

Publication Date

August 15, 2021

Binding

Paperback

Item Condition

New

Language

English

Pages

168

Keywords

Comics & Graphic Novels | Contemporary Women; Comics & Graphic Novels | Science Fiction | General

Catboy by Benji Nate

What would you do if one day you woke up and your cat had become human? Olive must teach her cat, Henry, how to live in the real world. Henry discovers that he loves parties, making friends, and most importantly, anchovy pizza! Benji Nate will always deliver when it comes to comedy, art, fashion, and relatable characters (even if they aren’t human!

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