Graphic novel / Comic book / Manga: Memoirs, true stories and non-fiction

Guy Delisle expertly lays the groundwork for a cultural road map of contemporary Jerusalem, utilizing the classic stranger-in-a-strange-land point of view that made his other books, Pyongyang, Shenzhen, and Burma Chronicles, required reading for understanding what daily life is like in cities few are able to travel to.

"Der Mensch ist dem Menschen ein Wolf" – schrieb einst Thomas Hobbes, Autor des berühmten Leviathan.

Funny Misshapen Body is the story of Jeffrey Brown's evolution as a cartoonist, from his youthful obsession with superhero comics to his disillusionment with fine art at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

The story of female footballer Florrie and the amazing hidden history of the women s game come to life in this debut graphic novel about football, friendship and falling in love.

"e;This stirring graphic-novel-style biography weaves together black history with the personal story of the charismatic leader Malcolm X"e; (Booklist).

IT'S ALL ABSOLUTELY FINE is a darkly comic, honest and unapologetic account of daily struggles with mental health and what it's like trying to be a person when you feel like a potato.

'By turns hilarious and heart-rending.

A marvellous, life-enhancing book for all ages, now a major animated film starring Jim Broadbent, Brenda Blethyn and Luke TreadawayUtterly original, deeply moving and very funny, Ethel & Ernest tells the story of Raymond Briggs' parents' marriage, lady's maid Ethel and milkman Ernest, from their first chance encounter in 1928, through the birth of their son Raymond in 1934, to their deaths, within months of each other, in 1971.

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Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection.

Providing an overview of the dynamic field of comics and graphic novels for students and researchers, this Essential Guide contextualises the major research trends, debates and ideas that have emerged in Comics Studies over the past decades.

Providing an overview of the dynamic field of comics and graphic novels for students and researchers, this Essential Guide contextualises the major research trends, debates and ideas that have emerged in Comics Studies over the past decades.

Answering foundational questions like "e;what is a comic"e; and "e;how do comics work"e; in original and imaginative ways, this book adapts established, formalist approaches to explaining the experience of reading comics.

Answering foundational questions like "e;what is a comic"e; and "e;how do comics work"e; in original and imaginative ways, this book adapts established, formalist approaches to explaining the experience of reading comics.

This introduction provides a historical overview of the graphic novel, with a strong focus on its international significance.

This introduction provides a historical overview of the graphic novel, with a strong focus on its international significance.

The power of water is the power of blood, flood and drought.

The dramatic true story of a handful of students who resisted the Nazis and paid with their lives, now in a stunning graphic novel.

This graphic novel tells the legend of Yu the Great, a Chinese hero from the twenty-first century B.

Fooled into committing a crime by the king's foresters, young Robin Hood finds himself branded an outlaw.

Jason was born a prince of the kingdom of Argos.

This graphic novel tells the story of Demeter, the Greek goddess of the harvest, and her daughter, Persephone.

Atalanta is the best hunter, swiftest runner, and the all-around most eligible bachelorette in ancient Greece.

This graphic novel tells the story of Amaterasu, the Japanese Shinto goddess of the sun.

Out of the great halls of Asgard, home of the Norse Gods.

For ten years, the battle raged.

Young Arthur spends his days toiling as a squire--feeding the horses and hauling his big brother's armor.

Osiris is the greatest king and god of the Land of the Nile.

Famous for his superhuman strength, Hercules is the most popular hero in Greek mythology.

The Spanish-language edition of Lila Quintero-Weaver's highly acclaimed autobiographical graphic novel, Dark Room, about her childhood in a small Alabama town during the Civil Rights Movement

La novela gráfico de Lila Quintero-Weaver que obtuvo amplio reconocimiento crítico.

Darkroom: A Memoir in Black and White is an arresting and moving personal story about childhood, race, and identity in the American South, rendered in stunning illustrations by the author, Lila Quintero Weaver.

He wanted nothing more than to live in peace, until a petty tyrant forced him into a cruel choice: Swiss hunter William Tell is famous for his great skill with a crossbow.

From the ancient legends of the Aztecs, comes the story of a love as enduring as a mountain: The Aztec Emperor has many children, but Princess Izta is dearest to his heart.

In ancient Greece, a princess rises to a challenge: Psyche lives in the comfort of her parents' wealthy kingdom.

From a life filled with heartache and hardship, comes an unmatched beauty destined for a fairy-tale ending: Pear Blossom, a young Korean girl, leads a happy life with her parents-until her mother dies and her father remarries.

From an East African village, into the Land of the Dead: Marwe lives in a village where food is scarce.

From an ancient legend comes a love story for all time.

Can two young boys outsmart and outwit the lords of death?

A young hero who overcame the unthinkable rises to unite his people.

Could a monster whose very look turns men to stone be a challenge too perilous even for the son of Zeus?

From one of China's most famous epics comes a righteous hero and god of war.

From the pages of Arabian Nights comes an amazing tale of chance and adventure.

Enter the world of Steve Jobs -- disrupter, icon, hero -- and be inspired by his fascinating life presented here as a graphic novel.

Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp.

***LONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL******A GUARDIAN GRAPHIC NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023***Darrin Bell was six years old when his mother told him he couldn't have a realistic water gun.