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December 12, 2008

Grab a graphic novel

Just comics? Think again. Graphic novels are enjoying mainstream popularity, bringing gorgeous artwork to complex story lines in every genre.

Whether they're about fantasy (Batman, Watchmen, Bone by Columbus's own Jeff Smith!), politics (The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation, Pulitzer-prize winner Maus, Persepolis), culture (Kampung Boy), or biography (American Splendor by Clevelander Harvey Pekar), graphic novels tell many different stories.

Get lost in these unusual & beautiful books. Our nearly 400 graphic novels for adults can be found upstairs (in the 741 section) in the Library. Graphic novels and manga for young adults (many are great reading for all ages) can be found downstairs in Youth Services.

Need help finding a topic or graphic novel? Try these links:

• Time Magazine's All-Time Top 10 Graphic Novels
• Columbia University's Graphic Novel Page
  An extensive list of catagories with links.
  
• NoveList (Grandview Library card required)
  Find new fiction authors & titles with this readers' advisory resource for all ages. Search more than 92,000 titles.
• IPL Graphic Novels Page
  Great links from the Internet Public Library for Teens.

Below is a list of the most popular graphic novels currently checking out at the Grandview Library. Use your Grandview Library card to search & reserve them. Just enter the titles into our catalog from your computer, or call Circulation at 614-486-2951 to have a staff member place a hold for you.

GRANDVIEW LIBRARY'S TOP CIRCULATING GRAPHIC NOVELS
December 2008

• Garfield Dishes It Out – Jim Davis   
  
• Batman from the 30s to the 70s – Bob Kane, E. Nelson Bridwell   
  
• The Sandman: The Dream Hunters – Neil Gaiman
  
• Marvel 1602 – Neil Gaiman
  
• Big Beefy Book of Bart Simpson – Matt Groening
  
• Trinity – Matt Wagner
  
• Superman: From the Thirties to the Eighties   
  
• Hellboy: Wake the Devil – Mike Mignola
  
• Negation: Bohica! Vol. 1 – Tony Bedard
  
• Wonder Woman: Down to Earth – Greg Rucka
  
• Batman: Year One – Frank Miller
  
• Richard Wagner’s The Ring of the Nibelung –  Wagner, Richard
  
• Superman For Tomorrow Vol.1 – Brian Azzarello
  
• Justice League Elite: Vol. 1 – Joe Kelly
  
• Identity Crisis –  Brad Meltzer
  
• Ethel & Ernest – Raymond Briggs
  
• A Smithsonian Book of Comic-Book Comics   
  
• The Furies – Mike Carey
  
• Rake at the Gates of Hell – Garth Ennis
  
• Bone – Jeff Smith
  
• Common Grounds: Baker’s Dozen – Troy Hickman
  
• Rose – Jeff Smith and Charles Vess   
  
• Superman: True Brit! – Kim Johnson
  
• JSA: The liberty files! – Dan Jolley
  
• The Ultimates Vol. 2: Homeland – Mark Millar
  
• Rurouni Kenshin Vol. 1: Meiji Swordsman Romantic Story – Nobuhiro Watsuki
  
• Hirschfeld: On Line – Al Hirschfeld.   
  
• ElfQuest: The Searcher and the Sword – Wendy Pini
  
• Owly: The Way Home & the Bittersweet Summer – Andy Runton
  
• Tom Strong: Collected Edition – Alan Moore
  
• The Hulk: Gray – Jeph Loeb   
  
• Harvey Pekar’s American Splendor – Harvey Pekar
  
• Maison Ikkoku: Viz Graphic Novel – Rumiko Takahashi
  
• Ultimate Spider-Man – Brian Michael Bendis
  
• Terra Obscura! – Alan Moore
  
• Seven Years of Highly Defective People – Scott Adams
  
• Preludes & Nocturnes! – Neil Gaiman
  
• In the Shadow of No Towers – Art Spiegelman
  
• Justice League: A New Beginning
  
• The Hedge Knight! – George R.R. Martin
  

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