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Watchmen by Alan Moore

Maus: A Survivor’s Tale by Art

Spiegeleman

A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi

American Born Chinese by Gene

Luen Yang

Award Winning

Graphic Novels

MANGA

GRAPHIC

NOVELS

Don’t forget to check the magazine section for

the latest issues of these comics and magazines

The Amazing Spiderman

Archie

Batman

Shojo Beat

Shonen Jump

Superman

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte, script

by Amy Corzine

The Hound of Bakersvilles by Sir Ar-

thur Conan Doyle

Jules Verne’s Twenty-thousand

Leagues Under the Sea adapted by

Gary Gianni

Manga Messiah by Hidenori Kumai

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley adapted

by Marion Mousse

Thoreau at Walden by John Porcellino

Bram Stoker’s Dracula adapted by

Gary Reed

MANGA

Manga is the term used for Japanese comic

books and graphic novels. These types of

graphic novels are read from right to left.

There are two main subcategories for

manga.

SHONEN

Shonen manga

is marketed to a

male audience

from the age of

10 and older. It

is typically char-

acterized by

high-action,

often humorous

plots featuring

male protago-

nists.

Check out these Shonen titles

Naruto by Masashi Kishimoto

Bleach by Tite Kubo

Fairy Tail by Hiro Mashima

Dragon Ball by Akira Toriyama

Dragon Ball Z by Akira Toriyama

SHOJO

Shojo manga is marketed to a

female audience roughly between

the ages of 10 and 18.

Gakuen Alice by Tachibana Higuchi

Vampire Knight by Matsuri Hino

Tokyo Mew Mew by Mia Ikumi

Emma by Kaoru Mori

Fruits Basket by Natsuki Takaya

Me & My Brothers by Hari Tokeino

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