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Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Tom Gauld returns with his wittiest and most trenchant collection of literary cartoons to date. Perfectly composed drawings are punctuated with the artist's signature brand of humour, hitting high and low. After all, Gauld is just as comfortable taking jabs at Jane Eyre and Game of Thrones. Some particularly favoured targets include the pretentious procrastinating novelist, the commercial mercenary of the dispassionate editor, the willful obscurantism...
Author
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"'Weir and Steenz have crafted a freshly-textured ghost story for the new millennium. It's a grand mystery, a pointed critique, and a celebration of individual resilience all wrapped up with a perfectly charming dose of the macabre.'--Daniel F. Yezbick. (Back cover) The Logan Museum is a mysterious old building practically covered in skulls, and also the new workplace of Celeste "Cel" Walden, a librarian who was let go from her previous job after...
Author
Series
Magus of the library volume 3
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading, Magus of the Library is a beautifully-drawn, spirited fantasy adventure, like a Fullmetal Alchemist for all ages! Theo has completed the first part of the grueling exam to become a kafna, but he's not in the clear yet--there are two more trials he must face. Even if he makes it through the second test, an intense face-to-face oral examination, the last challenge...
Author
Series
Magus of the library volume 1
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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Description
"A story about a poor boy swept away by a kind library mage and the (literal) magic of reading. [...] In a lushly-detailed fantasy world reminiscent of Arabian Nights, the Great Library is the center of learning in the world, and its librarians are capable of magnificent feats of magic! In a small village far from the Library, a poor little elf boy struggles against bullies who call him "knife-ears." His only solace: the books he sneaks out of the...
Author
Series
Magus of the library volume 2
Publisher
Kodansha Comics
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"Ambition tested. Theo has set out from his hometown on a journey to the great city of Aftzaak with three goals: to see the city he's longed for his whole life, to take the test to become a Kafna, and to return the book lent to him by Sedona seven years earlier-the book that changed his life. The journey is difficult and the road long, but the world is filled with things for a young scholar like Theo to learn. Yet no matter how prepared he feels,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Vertigo/DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Jack reveals the secret of his former relationship with the illustrious Snow Queen -- when he took her powers and became known as Jack Frost. In present times, he lands in Las Vegas and meets his lovely new bride, a directionless heiress. Could it possibly be "happily ever after" at last?
Author
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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Description
"Two siblings uncover a new world, featuring Night Librarians and characters literally bursting from their favorite books, in this thrilling graphic novel about the magic that libraries hold."--
"The New York Public Library has always been their favorite place, but lately things have gotten weird, things like a dragon imprint on the ceiling and a giant beanstalk! It turns out the books are bursting with magic, and suddenly all sorts of villains are...