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Stitches
by David Small
W.W. Norton
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David Small’s radiologist father subjected him to bizarre medical treatments before having one of his vocal chords removed at the age of 14. How one recovers from such bizarre abuse and makes a life is the subject of Small’s incredible new graphic memoir.

READ AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUTHOR HERE.

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Years of the Elephant
by Willy Linthout
Fanfare/Ponent Mon
“I’m afraid we have some bad news!” Before these dreadful words were spoken, it had been a normal start to the day in the Germonprez residence. Carl checking on his modest investments in the newspaper, Simone tackling some early-morning housework and their son Bart… “Your son has jumped off the roof!” At first there was no pain, just the blur. Carl, in an emotional haze, heads off to work only to discover, on the sidewalk outside their home, a chalk outline where there had been a son. Willy Linthout follows Carl’s journey intimately and sympathetically with unfinished art as he careers from colleagues to friends, therapists to machines, crazy to angry in his attempt to deal with his son’s suicide. But, as Willy knows only too well himself, this particular journey is long and may be never ending.
 
 

The Vietnam War: A Graphic History
by Dwight Jon Zimmerman and Wayne Vansant
Hill and Wang
When Senator Edward Kennedy declared, “Iraq is George Bush’s Vietnam,” everyone understood. The Vietnam War has become the touchstone for U.S. military misadventures—a war lost on the home front although never truly lost on the battlefront. During the pivotal decade of 1962 to 1972, U.S. involvement rose from a few hundred advisers to a fighting force of more than one million. This same period saw the greatest schism in American society since the Civil War, a generational divide pitting mothers and fathers against sons and daughters who protested the country’s ever-growing military involvement in Vietnam. Meanwhile, well-intentioned decisions in Washington became operational orders with tragic outcomes in the rice paddies, jungles, and villages of Southeast Asia. Through beautifully rendered artwork, The Vietnam War: A Graphic History depicts the course of the war from its initial expansion in the early 1960s through the evacuation of Saigon in 1975, and what transpired at home, from the antiwar movement and the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. to the Watergate break-in and the resignation of a president.
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AN INTERVIEW WITH WRITER DWIGHT JON ZIMMERMAN IS HERE.
 

Logicomix
by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou
Bloomsbury USA
This exceptional graphic novel recounts the spiritual odyssey of philosopher Bertrand Russell. In his agonized search for absolute truth, Russell crosses paths with legendary thinkers like Gottlob Frege, David Hilbert, and Kurt Gödel and finds a passionate student in the great Ludwig Wittgenstein. But his most ambitious goal—to establish unshakable logical foundations of mathematics—continues to loom before him. Through love and hate, peace and war, Russell persists in the dogged mission that threatens to claim both his career and his personal happiness, finally driving him to the brink of insanity. This story is at the same time a historical novel and an accessible explication of some of the biggest ideas of mathematics and modern philosophy. With rich characterizations and expressive, atmospheric artwork, the book spins the pursuit of these ideas into a highly satisfying tale.
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Trotsky
by Rick Geary
Hill & Wang
Trotsky was a hero to some, a ruthless demon to others. To Stalin, he was such a threat that he warranted murder by pickax. This polarizing figure set up a world conflict that lasted through the 20th century, and in Trotsky: A Graphic Biography, the renowned comic artist Rick Geary uses his distinct style to depict the stark reality of the man and his times. Trotsky’s life becomes a guide to the creation of the Soviet Union, the horrors of World War I, and the establishment of international communism as he, Lenin, and their fellow Bolsheviks rise from persecution and a life underground to the height of political power. Ranging from his boyhood in the Ukraine to his fallout with Stalin and his moonlight romance with Frida Kahlo, Trotsky is a stunning look at one of the 20th century’s most important thinkers and the far-reaching political trends that he launched.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Charles Darwin on the Origin of Species

by Michael Keller; illustrated by Nicole Rager Fuller
Rodale
A stunning graphic adaptation of one of the most famous, contested, and important books of all time. Few books have been as controversial or as historically significant as Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Since the moment it was released on November 24, 1859, Darwin’s masterwork has been heralded for changing the course of science and condemned for its implied challenges to religion. In Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, author Michael Keller and illustrator Nicolle Rager Fuller introduce a new generation of readers to the original text. Including sections about his pioneering research, the book’s initial public reception, his correspondence with other leading scientists, as well as the most recent breakthroughs in evolutionary theory, this riveting, beautifully rendered adaptation breathes new life into Darwin’s seminal and still polarizing work.
 
 
 
 

Alec: “The Years Have Pants”: A Life-Sized Omnibus
by Eddie Campbell
Top Shelf Productions
This huge memoir ranges across decades and continents and is funny, compelling, and quite addictive all at the same time.
 
READ AN INTERVIEW WITH EDDIE CAMPBELL HERE!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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