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Author
Publisher
Vault Comics
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Marcus has been alone since the loss of his closest friend and has just recently entered into the dating scene, while Laura has drifted in and out of relationships since high school. They meet, they have a great first date, and Marcus almost dies--because the slug-like parasite that everybody carries in this world nearly rejects him, its host"--Provided by publisher.
6) Girl stories
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
A collection of comics about the ins and outs of being a girl on the verge of adolescence, many of which appeared originally on the website gurl.com.
10) 12 days
Author
Series
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
"When Jackie's ex-lover Noah dies, she decides the best and quickest way to get over the love of her life is to hold a personal ritual with Noah's ashes. Jackie consumes the ashes in the form of smoothies for 12 days-- hoping the pain will subside with her profound reaction to Noah's death"--Page 4 of cover.
11) ¡Sonríe!
Author
Series
Language
Español
Description
"Raina is about to start sixth grade and all she wants to be is a normal girl. One night, however, after a scouts' meeting, she trips, falls, and seriously injures her two front teeth. She must then endure a whole series of dental operations and apparatuses, even a retainer with fake teeth! On top of that, she also has to deal with an earthquake, boy trouble, and friends who turn out to be not what they seem." --
"Raina va a sexto y su único deseo...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"When Kristen Radtke was in her twenties, she learned that, as her father was growing up, he would crawl onto his roof in rural Wisconsin and send signals out on his ham radio. Those CQ calls were his attempt to reach somebody--anybody--who would respond. In Seek You, Radtke uses this image as her jumping off point into a piercing exploration of loneliness and the ways in which we attempt to feel closer to one another. She looks at the very real current...
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"A high school love triangle for the new millennium. Jin Sung Moo does his best to hide his inner feelings; Shin Hae Jung dances to a beat of her own drum; and Jimmy is an out-of-this-world man with a revved-up motorcycle and style that is second to none."--P. [4] of cover.
17) Megahex
Author
Series
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Megg is a depressed, drug-addicted witch. Mogg is her black cat. Their friend, Owl, is an anthropomorphized owl. They hang out a lot with Werewolf Jones. This may sound like a pure stoner comedy, but it transcends the genre: these characters struggle unsuccessfully to come to grips with their depression, drug use, sexuality, poverty, lack of work, lack of ambition, and their complex feelings about each other" --
Author
Publisher
Abstract Studio
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
The second Strangers In Paradise pocket book finds Katchoo following David to California where she comes face to face with Darcy Parker. When Darcy makes Katchoo an offer she can't refuse, Katchoo transforms from prey to predator and begins to spin a web of her own.
19) Orange
Author
Publisher
Tokyopop
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
"Her name is Orange, she's a young girl in high school, coming of age in the heart of the city. And she has decided she has nothing to live for. Not her shallow friends. Not her parents. Not school. Not even the empty promise of love. Her head filled with morbid fantasies of suicide, Orange finds herself standing at the edge of her rooftop when the drunken, enigmatic young man, Dashu, enters her world, changing it forever" -- p. [4] of cover.
