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1) Just breathe
Author
Language
English
Description
With Chicago --- and her marriage --- in the rearview mirror, cartoonist Sarah Moon flees to the small northern California coastal town where she grew up. As she comes to terms with her lost marriage, Sarah encounters a man she never expected to meet again: Will Bonner, the high school heartthrob she'd skewered mercilessly in her old comics. Now a local firefighter, he's been through some changes himself. But just as her heart is about to reawaken,...
Author
Series
Wild seasons ; 3
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When three college besties meet three hot guys in Vegas, anything could--and does--happen.
Lola and Oliver like to congratulate themselves on having the good sense not to consummate their drunken Las Vegas marriage. In reality, Lola's wanted Oliver since day one-- falling hard for his sexy Aussie accent and easygoing ability to take her as she comes. And Oliver can't get his mind off what he didn't do with Lola when he had the chance. He knows what...
Author
Series
Boy ; 3
Language
English
Description
Cartoonist Jane Harris is delighted by the prospect of her first-ever trip to Europe. But it's hate at first sight for Jane and Cal Langdon, and neither is too happy at the prospect of sharing a villa with one another for a week—not even in the beautiful and picturesque Marches countryside. But when Holly and Mark's wedding plans hit a major snag that only Jane and Cal can repair, the two find themselves having to put aside their mutual dislike
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Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In the United States at midcentury - a time of few opportunities for women in general and even fewer for African American women - Jackie Ormes (1911-85) blazed a trail as a popular cartoonist with the major black newspapers of the day. Ormes's work provides an invaluable glimpse into American culture and history, with topics that include racial segregation, U.S. foreign policy, educational equality, the atom bomb, and environmental pollution, among...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Lady Maggie Hawkins, a political cartoonist who draws under a male pseudonym, makes the man who betrayed her, Simon Barrett, Earl of Winchester who is a rising star in Parliament, the laughingstock of the town until she discovers the truth of what happened years ago." --
Author
Publisher
Hermes
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Hermes Press is coming to slay the fashion industry- with some HERstory! Gladys Parker: A Life in Comics, A Passion for Fashion explores the history behind Mopsy and her creator Gladys Parker! This beautiful book will also provide a rarely seen collection of Mopsy stories and many of Parker's earlier strips. Cartoonist Gladys Parker was unique in comics. As with Frida Kahlo, it was impossible to tell where her art left off and its creator began....
11) Death and faxes
Author
Series
Molly Masters ; 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Cartoonist Molly Masters receives a disturbing letter from her least favorite high school teacher, but the teacher dies before Molly can get to her. Next, Molly receives death threats. Who is responsible? The class hunk, now a school principal? The class brain, now an inept PTA treasurer? The prom queen turned town socialite? Molly investigates. A first novel.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Description
Cartoonist and mother of two Molly Masters finds herself in fear for her life - and posing as a midwife, golf pro, and high-school student - in the second novel in this engaging series. Trouble begins for Molly when the husband of Stephanie Saunders, her very pregnant arch rival, informs her that he's submitted the one ribald cartoon Molly's ever created to a contest in a porn magazine, and that the cartoon won. Molly is furious with Preston Saunders,...
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This title celebrates the women who changed free expression in comics, with profiles of more than sixty groundbreaking female professionals and interviews with the women who are changing today's medium, including RAINA TELGEMEIER, [ND Stevenson], G. WILLOW WILSON. The book also examines the plights of women imprisoned and threatened for making comics and explores the work of women whose work is being banned here in the United States." --
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphic Books, Inc
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The world of comic strips always reflected the fashion of the time -- from R.F. Outcault's nightie-clad 'Yellow Kid' to Grace Drayton's 'Campbell Kids'. By the 1920s all the little roly-poly girls depicted in those early strips had grown up, bobbed their curls, and become flappers. Women got the vote in 1920, and suddenly they were equal to the boys -- at least in the voting booth. They smoked and drank bootleg hootch, they shortened their hair and...
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Womanthology is a large-scale anthology showcasing the works of women in comics. It is created entirely by over 140 women of all experience levels, from young girls who love to create comics all the way up to top industry professionals. All of the short stories will center around the theme for this volume - Heroic. There will also be features, such as Professional How-To''s, a Kids/Teens section showcasing their works and giving tips, as well as a...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"In her early twenties in New York City, diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Rachel Lindsay takes a job in advertising in order to secure healthcare coverage for her treatment. But work takes a strange turn when she suddenly finds herself on the other side of the curtain, developing ads for an antidepressant drug. Day after day, she sees her own suffering in the ads she helps to create, trapped in an endless cycle of treatment, insurance and medication....
