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Must-Read Manga & Graphic Novels

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Travel from Tokyo to Tehran in these bestselling manga and graphic novels that are beloved around the world!

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    Black Arms to Hold You Up

    by Ben Passmore

    Black Arms to Hold You Up is a boisterous, darkly funny, and sobering march through Black militant history by political cartoonist Ben Passmore. From Robert Charles’s shootout with the police in 1900, to the Black Power movement in the 1960s, to the Los Angeles and George Floyd uprisings of the 1990s and 2020, readers will tumble through more than a century of armed resistance against the racist state alongside Ben — and meet firsthand the mothers and fathers of the movement, whose stories were as tragic as they were heroic.
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    Heaven Official’s Blessing (The Comic), Volume 1

    by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu

    A fallen god unravels supernatural mysteries and comes face-to-face with ghosts from his past in this official manhua (comic) adaptation of the New York Times bestselling danmei novel by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu. Featuring stunning art by STARember, the webcomic produced by BILIBILI COMICS is now available in English in print for the first time.
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    Simplicity

    by Mattie Lubchansky

    From the acclaimed author of horror sensation Boys Weekend, a vibrant new graphic novel about a timid academic sent out from the walled dystopian security territory of New York City to investigate a cult in the wilds of the Catskill Mountains.
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    Champion

    by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Raymond Obstfeld

    In this stunningly illustrated graphic novel, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s life as a social justice advocate comes to life through the story of a high school student whose promising basketball career is in jeopardy.
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    Ginseng Roots

    by Craig Thompson

    From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world — all centered on Wisconsin’s ginseng farming industry.
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    MrBallen Presents: Where Nightmares Live

    by MrBallen

    From the New York Times bestselling author and creator of the hit MrBallen Podcast and YouTube channel, a vividly illustrated graphic novel featuring nine spine-chilling stories — based on real events — of the horror that lurks within the unknown.
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    Castle Swimmer: Volume 1

    by Wendy Martin

    In the gorgeous first installment of the hit Webtoon series Castle Swimmer, two young mermen reject their destinies and embark on an epic adventure full of romance and danger, featuring exclusive bonus material. When they realize that there might be more to life than fulfilling endless prophesies, it leads to a raucous adventure as big and unpredictable as the ocean itself — and a romance that nobody could have predicted.
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    The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

    by Sonny Liew

    With The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Sonny Liew has drawn together a myriad of genres to create a thoroughly ingenious and engaging work, where the line between truth and construct may sometimes be blurred, but where the story told is always enthralling, bringing us on a uniquely moving, funny, and thought-provoking journey through the life of an artist and the history of Singapore.
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    Tongues, Volume 1

    by Anders Nilsen

    Set in a version of modern Central Asia, Tongues is a retelling of the Greek myth of Prometheus. It follows the captive god’s friendship with the eagle who carries out his daily sentence of torture and chronicles his pursuit of revenge on the god that has imprisoned him. Tongues is both an adventure story and a meditation on human nature in our present fraught, historical moment.
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    I Wanna Be Your Girl, Volume 1

    by Umi Takase

    Being in love with your childhood best friend can be complicated, especially when, right before high school, she transitions to living as a girl. Printed for the first time in English, this manga series tells a thoughtful story about the complications of first loves, friendship, and what it truly means to be an ally.
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    Muted: Volume 1

    by Miranda Mundt

    A summoning ritual gone awry kicks off a lush, witchy graphic novel series with joyful streaks of found family and polyamorous sapphic romance — in this first volume of the hit Webtoon coming-of-age story, now with bonus content.
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    The Complete Maus

    by Art Spiegelman

    A brutally moving work of art — widely hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever written — Maus recounts the chilling experiences of the author’s father during the Holocaust, with Jews drawn as wide-eyed mice and Nazis as menacing cats.
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    Lore Olympus: Volume One

    by Rachel Smythe

    Scandalous gossip, wild parties, and forbidden love — witness what the gods do after dark in this stylish and contemporary reimagining of one of the best-known stories in Greek mythology, featuring a brand-new, exclusive short story from creator Rachel Smythe.
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    The Comic Book History of the Cocktail

    by David Wondrich

    A graphic novel history of the cocktail — from prehistoric wassail to our current boozy renaissance — featuring 20 recipes by drinks historian, Daily Beast columnist, and award-winning author David Wondrich. So, settle in with your libation of choice and prepare to meet the good, the bad, and the boozy in this lively and jam-packed tale.
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    Trigun Deluxe Edition

    by Yasuhiro Nightow

    On the forbidding desert planet of Gunsmoke, a 60 billion double-dollar bounty hangs over the head of Vash the Stampede, a pistol-packing pacifist with a weapon capable of punching holes in a planet. Every trigger-happy psycho in creation is aiming to claim Vash dead or alive — preferably dead! — and although Vash believes in nonviolence, he won’t go down without a fight. And when Vash fights, destruction is sure to follow.
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    Suitor Armor: Volume 1

    by Purpah

    Secrets hide behind every corner of the castle walls in the first volume of an exciting Webtoon romantasy graphic novel that follows the budding romance between a lady-in-waiting and an enchanted suit of armor. Complete with original behind-the-scenes content and a bonus storyline exclusive to the book, this first volume includes episodes 1 – 17 of the greatly successful Webtoon webcomic Suitor Armor and sets the stage for a grand adventure in magic, romance, mystery, fantasy creatures, friendship, self-discovery, and more!
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    Nothing Special, Volume One

    by Katie Cook

    Two not-so-human teenagers and a friendly ghost radish face the fantasy adventure of a lifetime in this captivating graphic novel, featuring exclusive behind-the-scenes material, from the inimitable Katie Cook.
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    The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 1

    by Rou Bao Bu Chi Rou

    A historical fantasy epic about a tyrant’s second chance at life and the powerful cultivation teacher he can’t get out of his mind. This Chinese fantasy (xianxia) epic built around the desire between two men (danmei) has been translated into multiple languages and inspired a multimedia franchise in China. The Seven Seas English-language edition will include exclusive, all-new covers and interior illustrations from artist St with a translation by Rynn & Jun.
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