The Hottest Graphic Novels of Summer 2009: Teens
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Final Crisisby Grant Morrison, J.G. Jones, and Carlos Pacheco
DC Comics
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DC Comics remakes the world and the universe again! The miniseries that changed its characters forever is collected in one giant hardcover edition.
Yokai Doctor, Vol. 1by Yuki Sato
Del Rey Manga
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The Yokai are spirits who torment Japan. A young woman knows them well, because her grandfather used to exorcise them. But then she meets a man responsible for their medical treatment. This bestselling volume from Japan is now being translated into English.
Jim Butcher’s The Dresden Files: Storm Front: Volume 1, The Gathering Stormadapted by Mark Powers; illustrated by Ardian Syaf
Del Rey Books
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Harry Blackstone Copperfield Dresden lives in Chicago, where he's the only person in the Yellow Pages under “Wizards.” But Harry's magic is all too real, and his work is as a consultant for the Chicago Police. Dresden Files creator Jim Butcher brings his hard-living hero to comics.
The Color of Waterby Kim Dong Hwa
First Second
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Ehwa is a young Korean girl coming of age and helping take care of her widowed mother, who is also her best friend. This is the second volume in Kim Dong Hwa’s trilogy.
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Broken Blade, Vol. 1by Yunosuke Yoshinaga
CMX
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Mieru, a daughter of the Violet lineage, must learn to refine her magical powers in order to restore her family's legacy. The bracelet she wears is adorned with a lapis lazuli stone and possesses the same powers as the Kingdom’s crown. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know how to control it yet.
Batman: What Ever Happened to the Caped Crusader?by Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert
DC Comics
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Neil Gaiman, the brilliant mind behind The Sandman, turns his attention to The Batman. Five special stories from Gaiman and various artists encompass this bold tribute to the Dark Knight.
Festering Romanceby Renee Lott
Oni Press
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Janet is unlucky in love—mostly because she now finds herself the object of affection for a ghost. The ghost is actually an old friend, but he doesn’t respond well to the news that Janet has met—and is interested in—a man who’s still very much alive.
Stephen Colbert’s Tek Jansenby John Layman, Tom Peyer, and Jim Massey
Oni Press
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Based on a joke told one night on The Colbert Report, Tek Jansen is a sci-fi adventure extraordinaire!
Mercy Thompson: Homecomingby Patricia Briggs, Francis Tsai, and Amelia Woo
Del Rey Books
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Patricia Briggs’s bestselling prose series about a woman who can transform into a coyote has come to comics. In this volume, she faces off against rival gangs of werewolves while also dealing with another form of biting criticism: that of her mother.
Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: The Authorized Adaptationby Tim Hamilton
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
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Fifty-five years ago, Ray Bradbury, one of America’s greatest writers, envisioned one of the world’s most unforgettable dystopian futures. Thinking is dangerous; trust only the state; turn in your neighbors; and, most important, burn all books. Artist Tim Hamilton, with Bradbury, has turned this modern masterpiece into a gorgeously imagined graphic novel. The world of Guy Montag, a career fireman for whom kerosene has become perfume, has been translated by Hamilton into unforgettable full-color art that uniquely captures Montag’s awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature.
-- John Hogan
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