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Teen Graphic Books October 2009


The Adventures of a Librarian at Comic-Con
I had the amazing opportunity to go to Comic-Con this past summer and had an AWESOME time.  The images above illustrate some of the highlights: Boom Studio (bottom), Robert Kirkman's Kirkmania, Disney and Stan Lee's Time Jumper, Coraline (upper right), and Yen Press.

I even got some autographed copies of Irredeemble, which is one of my favorites (see "What I learned at Comic-Con"). I purchased a Gambit action figure (my favorite of the X-Men), took a picture with Batman and got a glimpse of some new games (i.e., Tekken 6, God of War 3, etc).  I waited in a lot of lines but it wasn't so bad I got to talk to some interesting people. 

So for your reading pleasure, I am featuring a few books discussed in the different panels I visited.  For all Graphic Books lovers, Comic-Con is HIGHLY recommended!

~ Ruby Robinson, "Teen Graphic Books" bibliographer
What I Learned at Comic-Con


Nabari No Ou 1 - by Yuhki Kamatani
Publisher: Yen Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 9780759530034
 ISBN-10: 0759530033
Unbeknownst to him, junior high student Mirhaur Rokujou, who is content to live without a care in the world, possesses the power inside him to control the entire world--an art know as Shinra Banshou.

Bamboo Blade - by Masahiro Totsuka
Publisher: Yen Press
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 9780759530058
 ISBN-10: 075953005X
Kojiro, an impoverished young teacher and the supervisor of his high school's kendo (fencing) club, accepts a bet from an old friend for a year's worth of sushi if Kojiro's kendo team can beat his team, but before he can arrange the meet, he needs to actually put together a squad.

The Amazing Spider-Man: New Ways to Die  - by Dan Slott
Publisher: Marvel
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 9780785132448
 ISBN-10: 0785132449

THE THUNDERBOLTS are coming to New York to take down Spider-Man! Spidey's a villain? Norman Osborn's a hero? What kind of crazy, mixed-up world is this? Next thing you'll tell us is that black is white and white is black... or maybe that has something to do with Venom, Mister Negative, and the birth of an all-new Spider Villain! Or would that be an all-new Spider-Hero? Spidey's Brand New Day will be changed forever!

Irredeemable - by Mark Waid
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 9781934506905
 ISBN-10: 1934506907
A comic book industry event: a new original ongoing superhero series from Mark Waid! IRREDEEMABLE dares to ask the question: what if the world's greatest hero decided to become the world's greatest villain?  A "twilight of the superheroes"- style story that examines super-villains from the writer of KINGDOM COME and EMPIRE!
Staff Picks


Identity Crisis - by Brad Meltzer
Publisher: DC Comics
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2005
 ISBN-13: 9781401206888
 ISBN-10: 1401206883
The crimefighting community is devastated by the death of one of their own when Sue Dibny, the wife of Elongated Man, is murdered in her home, leading to a search for clues and suspects.

Strangers in Paradise  - by Terry Moore
Publisher: Abstract Studio
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2004
 ISBN-13: 9781892597267
 ISBN-10: 1892597268
Chronicles the relationship between three friends--Katchoo, Francine, and David--and the people they fall in and out of love with.

Fall of Cthulhu: The Fugue - by Michael Alan Nelson
Publisher: Boom! Studios
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2008
 ISBN-13: 9781934506196
 ISBN-10: 1934506192
After the sudden suicide of his uncle in front of him and his fiancée, Cy searches for the motive behind it in an alternate realm called the Dreamlands.

Project Superpowers 1 - by Alex Ross
Publisher: Diamond Comic Distributors
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2009
 ISBN-13: 9781606900147
 ISBN-10: 1606900145

From the dawn of the 20th Century came a new chapter in mankind's history, unleashed during a time of great war and destruction. It was the beginning of the Age of the Superpowers, yet with the closing of the Second World War, this new spark seemingly flickered and died. Now the story can be told of the great lost superheroes - men and women with incredible abilities who changed the course of mankind forever, and who had been thought lost...until now!

Robot Dreams - by Sara Varon
Publisher: First Second
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2007
 ISBN-13: 9781596431089
 ISBN-10: 1596431083
Tired of being alone, Dog orders a mail-order robot kit and makes himself a special friend who happily partakes in all of his new friend's adventures, in a wordless graphic novel from the author of Chicken and Cat.

Fables: Legends in Exile - by Bill Willingham
Publisher: DC Comics
 Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 2003
 ISBN-13: 9781563899423
 ISBN-10: 1563899426
Follows the adventures of storybook and nursery rhyme characters who live side-by-side with humans.
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