Friday, November 17, 2017

New Graphic Novels












Lumberjanes: Band Together by Shannon Watters and Noelle Stevenson
Lumberjanes; Book Five
“Excited for the annual Bandicoot Bacchanal, Ripley recruits her friends to help her get ready for the dance. But before the Lumberjanes know it, something mysterious begins to bubble to the surface of the lake near camp! Will the Lumberjanes be able to bring peace to the lake in time for the Bacchanal?” –Amazon

Mercury by Hope Larson
“In Mercury, Hope Larson weaves together history, romance, and magical realism in this graphic novel of how the past haunts a teenage girl's present.” –WorldCat

Monstress: Awakening by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Monstress; Book One
“Set in an alternate matriarchal 1900's Asia, in a richly imagined world of art deco-inflected steam punk, Monstress tells the story of a teenage girl who is struggling to survive the trauma of war, and who shares a mysterious psychic link with a monster of tremendous power, a connection that will transform them both and make them the target of both human and otherworldly powers.” –Amazon

Monstress: The Blood by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda
Monstress; Book Two
“Maika, Kippa, and Ren journey to Thyria in search of answers to her past... and discover a new, terrible, threat.” –WorldCat

Saga Volume Seven by Brian K Vaughan and Fiona Staples
”Finally reunited with her ever-expanding family, Hazel travels to a war-torn comet that Wreath and Landfall have been battling over for ages. New friendships are forged and others are lost forever in this action-packed volume about families, combat and the refugee experience.” –Amazon

Secret Path by Gord Downie and Jeff Lemire
“The story of Chanie Wenjack (misnamed Charlie by his teachers), a twelve-year-old boy who died in flight from the Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School fifty years ago.” –WorldCat

The Trial of Ant-Man by Nick Spencer and Ramon Rosanas
The Astonishing Ant-Man; Book Three
“Scott's in jail, but that doesn't mean he won't be asked to choose a side. Whichever side puts the most money in his commissary account wins.” –Amazon