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Windsor, McCay. Little Nemo.

October 15 - November 12, 1905.http://www.comicstriplibrary.org/br owse/results?title=2

A little boy named Nemo has nightly

dreams to Slumberland. The Kingof Slumberland wants him to be afriend for his daughter, the Princess.

Amazing drawings, very

detailed. Both speechbubbles and captioned.Fantasy. Comic Strips

Winsor McCayinfluenced many

artists includingMaurice Sendakand Bill Watterson.

Schultz, Charles. Peanuts. June11 - June 16, 2012.http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts

Tales of children, especially CharlieBrown, and Snoopy the dog.

Adventures include baseball games,Halloween myths and WWII fighter planes.

Not much laugh factor butdecent storylines. Morenostalgic. All ages. Comic Strips

Hamilton, Marcus and RonFerdinand. Dennis the Menace.June 10- June 15, 2012.http://www.nj.com/comics-

kingdom/?feature_id=Dennis_The _Menace

Dennis is a nuisance, especially tohis neighbor, Mr. Wilson. Most of

his hijinks are good natured but justturn out poorly for those around him.

Nostalgic. Not very funny

(for kids at least). Morefor adults. Nostalgic. Comic Strips

Larson, Gary. The Far Side.http://www.funnyjunk.com/funny_pictures/574808/Far/

A single-paneled comic that dealswith improbable events, logicalfallacies and bizarre disasters.Each panel is captioned.

Very funny. For adultsand teens. Comic Strips

Griffith , Bill. Zippy. June 10 - June15, 2012.http://www.oregonlive.com/comics-kingdom/?feature_id=Zippy_the_Pinhead

Zippy the Pinhead, with his familyand friends, comment on things of interest to them. Much of it is told innon sequiturs, free association andsatirization.

Adults who like bizarrethings. Surreal humor. Comic Strips

The official websiteincludes a guide onhow to understandZippy.

Bardeau, G. B. Doonesbury. June10 - June 15, 2012.http://doonesbury.slate.com/strip

Tells the stories of variouscharacters from the President of theUnited States to MichaelDoonesbury who has aged in the40+ years the strip has been drawn.Usually deals with political ideas.

Adults. Political. Dryhumor. Comic Strips


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Breathed, Berkely. Bloom County.June 11 - June 15, 2012.

http://www.gocomics.com/bloomcounty/2012/06/12

Set in a small town in the Midwestwhere children are adult-like and

animals can talk. Usually deals withpolitics and social commentary.

Adults and teens.

Political. Dry humor.Funny. Pulitzer Prize Comic Strips

Peters, Mike. Mother Goose andGrimm. June 10 - June 14, 2012.http://www.grimmy.com/

Grimm, a dog, is the main character who can speak. He lives with hisowner, Mother Goose, who is agoose and the cat Attila.

Adults and teens. Funny. Animals. Comic Strips

Conley, Darby. Get Fuzzy. June10 - June 14, 2012.http://www.gocomics.com/getfuzzy

Bucky the cat and Satchel the doglive with their owner Rob. Theanimals are extreme stereotypesand most story lines deal with their conflicts.

Adults and teens. Funny. Animals. More sarcasticthan Garfield.

National CartoonistSociety Newspaper Comic Str ip Award Comic Str ips

Moy, Karen and Joe Giella. MaryWorth. June 11 - June 15, 2012.http://www.seattlepi.com/comics-and-games/fun/Mary_Worth/

A soap-opera comic strip that hasrun for over 70 years. Mary is anelderly woman who interacts withother residents who live in her complex.

Adults. Continuity strip.Moves slow. Hard to getinto. For people who likesoap operas. Comic Strips

Mignola, Mike. Hellboy: Seed of Destruction. Milwaukie: DarkHorse, 1994.

Hellboy is a monster that came fromHell in the 1930s. He now fightsmonsters for a secret governmentorganization.

Teens and adults. Anti-heroes. Mythology.Superheroes. Fantasy.Horror.

Best Graphic Novel:Reprint Eisner Award;Best Writer/ArtistEisner Award Superheroes

This book greatlyinfluenced theHellboy movie.

Snyder, Scott. Batman: The BlackMirror. New York: DC Comics,2011.

Dick Grayson is now Batman andmust try to find out who is behind allof the brutal murders happening inGotham. In the second part,Batman comes face-to-face with ainsane criminal.

Teens and Adults.Batman/DC Fans.Superheroes. New take. Superheroes

Bendis, Brian Michael. Siege. NewYork: Marvel Worldwide, Inc,2010.

The Avengers have been disbandedfor a new group of Avengers.However, when the new groupstarts a war on American soil, theold group must join together againto stop them.

Teens and Adults. Avengers/Marvel Fans.Superheroes. Violence.Multiple storylines andcharacters intersecting.New take. Superheroes


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Thomas, John Rhett. Marvel 70th

Anniversary Collection. New York:Marvel Worldwide, Inc, 2009.

The collected works of the major Marvel characters for the last 70years. Includes a good

representation of old and newstrips.

Teens and Adults. Onlyreal Avengers Fans.

Superheroes. Old-fashioned. Superheroes

Dido, Dan. Batman: The DarkKnight Archives Volume 4. NewYork, DC Comics: 2003.

Collects the Batman comics fromthe past. Very campy.

Teens and Adults. Onlyreal Batman Fans. Old-Fashioned. Campy.Superheroes Superheroes

Thompson, Craig. Blankets.Marietta: Top Shelf Productions,

2003.

Autobiography of a boy's coming of age in rural Wisconsin. He dealswith sibling rivalry, first love and

losing his religion.

Adults. Coming of age.Romance. Drawing.Wanting to be an artist.

Anti-religion.

Booklist Starred.Publisher's WeeklyStarred. Voice of Youth

Advocates Starred.Eisner Award. Harvey

Award.

Non-Fiction and

Autobiographical

Tolkien, J.R.R. The Hobbit: AnIllustrated Edition of the FantasyClassic. New York: BallantineBooks, 2001.

Frodo is on an adventure withdwarves and a wizard to find thedragon's gold. Closely follows theoriginal book.

Teens and Adults. Anyone who likes theoriginal. Very wordy.Fantasy. Very detailedillustrations.

Non-Fiction and Autobiographical

Hosler, Jay. Evolution: The Storyof Life on Earth. New York: ANovel Graphic, 2011.

Three alien life forms take a tour of evolution on Earth. It starts from thefirst celled organism up to man withdetailed explanations along the way.

Teens. Goodsupplemental material toa science class. Verythick with lots of text.Clear explanations.

Non-Fiction and Autobiographical

Watt, Melanie. Scaredy Squirrel.Ontario: Kids Can Press, 2006.

Scaredy Squirrel is too afraid toever leave his tree. For all of hiscontingency plans, when he finallyis forced to leave his tree things goawry. Children 5-8. Humor.

ALA Notable Children'sBooks. Horn BookStarred. Children

Soo, Kean. Jellaby. New York:Hyperion Books, 2008.

Portia finds a baby monster behindher house one night. They go on anadventure to take Jellaby back tohis home.

Children. Humor. Adventure. Fantasy.Mystery. Eisner Nominee Children


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Soo, Kean. Jellaby: Monster in the

City. New York: Hyperion Books,2009.

Continues the story of Jellaby oncethey reach the city to find his home.The kids and Jellaby encounter

another monster and must decidewhat it wants.

Children. Humor.

Adventure. Fantasy.Mystery.

Shuster Award for BestComic for Kids Children

Medley, Linda. Castle Waiting:Volume II. Seattle: FantagraphicsBooks, 2010.

Sequel to the first Castle Waiting, itgives more in-depth into thecharacter's backgrounds. Thecharacters find a secretpassageway and explore it.

Children to Adults.Twisted Fairy tales.Black and whiteillustrations. Fantasystories. Children

Brill, Ian. Chip 'N' Dale RescueRangers: Slippin' Through theCracks. Los Angeles: Kaboom!,2011.

Another adventure of the RescueRangers that have them trying tofigure out who is out to get them.

Children. Animal andadventure lovers. Anyonewho liked the TV show.Mysteries. Adventure. Children

Petersen, David. Mouse Guard:Fall 1152. New York: Villard, 2008.

Set in 1152, three members of theMouse Guard must find out who isbehind a treasonous plot tooverthrow their organization. Muchlike the Knights of the Round Table,they value chivalry and strengths of arms.

Children. Very detailedillustrations. Animals.Historical. Adventure.Some violence. Plot alittle over the top in termsof being dramatic. Text(both font and vocab)could be hard to read for younger children.

Best Publication for Kids Eisner Award;Best Graphic Album-Reprint Eisner Award Children

A role playing gamebased on thecharacters can befound on the book'swebsite.

Brosgol, Vera. Anya's Ghost. NewYork: First Second, 2011.

Anya finds a ghost who begins tofollow her around. All is going welluntil Anya realizes that the ghost ishiding the truth from her.

Teens. Mysteries.Ghosts. Feeling out of place in high school.Immigrants.

ALA Notable Children'sBooks. BooklistStarred. HornbookStarred. BCCBStarred. Teens and Adults

Thompson, Craig. Habibi. NewYork: Pantheon, 2011.

Tells the story of two children in theMiddle East who must fight tosurvive. This epic cover many yearsand locations as the children try toreunite and escape.

Adults. Religious. Arabic.Sexual Violence. Epic.

Best Writer/ArtistEisner Award Teens and Adults


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O'Malley, Ryan Lee. Scott

Pilgrim's Precious Little Life.Portland: Oni Press, Inc., 2004.

Scott is falling for Ramona, who isliterally the girl of his dreams.However, she's not that easy to win

as Scott must fight her evil ex-boyfriends, all 7 of them.

Teens. Humor. VideoGame fans.

Doug Wright Award;

Harvey AwardsNomination Teens and Adults

The Scott Pilgrim

movie was basedon this series.

Moore, Alan. Watchmen. NewYork: DC Comics, 1987.

An unknown assassin is killingsuper-heroes and the remainingheroes investigate. Deals with a lotof deep themes such as what ittakes to be a hero and vigilantes.

Adults. Dark. Literary.Lots of text. Hugo Award Teens and Adults

The Watchmenmovie was basedon this book.

Ott, Thomas. The Number 73304-23-4153-6-96-8. Seattle:

Fantagraphics Books, 2008.

In a wordless book, a man finds aseries of numbers that change hislife. The reader is left to decide if the story was all in the man's head

or if it actually happened.

Adults. Wordless. Goodfor people who likeliterary stories, noir crime

books or twists. Manga

Thomas Ott is from

Switzerland.

Yumi, Kiiro. Library Wars 1: Loveand War. San Francisco: VIZMedia, LLC, 2008.

In the future, libraries need armedforces to defend them. This is thestory of the training that the forcesundertake.

Manga. Teens andadults. Police force. Manga

The author is fromJapan.

Hirano, Kohta. Hellsing 1.Milwaukie: Dark Horse Manga,2003.

This secret organization protectsEngland from monsters with thehelp of a vampire who hunts other vampires. The first book in theseries, it describes how thecharacters came to be.

Adults. Vampires andvampire hunters. Violent. Manga

Lieske, Daniel. The WormworldSaga.http://www.wormworldsaga.com/

A young boy goes with his father tovisit his grandmother over summer vacation.

Children to adults.Fantasy. Mystery.Coming of Age. Webcomics

Wilson, Kris; Rob Denbleyker;Matt Melvin; Dave McElfatrick.Cyanide & Happiness.http://www.explosm.net/

Characters in the strip usuallydiscuss dark and cynical topics.They also are hard to distinguishfrom each other so there is littlecharacter development.

Adults. Cynical. Darkhumor. Webcomics


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Munroe, Randall. xkcd.http://xkcd.com/

Deals with love and life as well as

scientific in-jokes. Drawn all in stickfigures. Science. Math. Sarcasm.

Web CartoonistsChoice Awards;Weblog Award; Hugo

Award for Best Fan Artist Webcomics

Click on the strips to

get an additional joke.

Jacques, Jeph. QuestionableContent.http://questionablecontent.net/

Slice of life comic with Marten beingthe main character. Also includesMarten's friends and robot as theydeal with romance, situational andsexual humor.

Indie rock. Romance.Sexual humor. Adults.

Web CartoonistsChoice Awards Webcomics

Beaton, Kate. Hark! A Vagrant.http://harkavagrant.com/

Characters are usually historical or literary figures. Also usually includesa author's note at the end.

Adults. History. Literature. Absurd.

Harvey Award for BestOnline Comics Award.Joe Shuster Awards. Webcomics

Cham, Jorge. Piled Higher andDeeper.http://www.phdcomics.com

Follows several graduate student's

lives and the difficulties that theyhave including procrastination andresearch. Also, the characters arealways in search of free food.

Adults. Grad students.Higher educationalsystem. Webcomics

Made into a moviethat is available as aDVD or throughstreaming.

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