Manga or Graphic Novel
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW 2023 category: Manga or Graphic Novel. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed.
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Sports Is Hell
When the Birds take the Big Whites in the Super Bowl, fans start a riot. But wait—the Big Whites won! As sportscasters blandly call skirmishes like game plays, the riot splinters into armed microfactions, each pushing for dominance. And through the violence runs Birds' star quarterback Collins, admired for taking a knee during the national anthem, but helpless to end the chaos. A biting satire of race relations and sports fanaticism in grotesque tan/black art. (Library Journal)
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Even Though We're Adults
Ayano, an elementary school teacher in her thirties, stops by a bar one day and meets another woman named Akari. Sparks fly as the two chat, and before the night is over, Ayano even goes in for a kiss. Akari is intrigued but confused...especially when she discovers that Ayano has a husband! Takako Shimura is a veteran manga creator best known for the critically-acclaimed series Wandering Son and classic yuri series Sweet Blue Flowers.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Witch Hat Atelier
Coco wants to be a witch so bad! But witches are born, not made, and Coco was not made that way. When a witch visits her town and offers to magically repair a broken carriage, Coco sneaks a peek into the witch ’s workroom and sees that spells are drawn, not cast. While attempting her own drawings, she unknowingly performs one of the forbidden spells, turning her mother to stone. Begging to be allowed to keep her memory and save her mother, Coco is accepted as an apprentice to the witch and taken to his atelier , where she is introduced to her fellow students. (Booklist)
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: All copies in use
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Big Black
Smith (1933--2004) was a prisoner who took a leadership role within the 1971 Attica prison uprising, and this immersive graphic memoir (coauthored by the stepson of his longtime lawyer) illuminates the plantation-like environment that precipitated the hostage crisis--and the bloody siege that followed. (Publisher’s Weekly)
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Redbone
The origins of Redbone, a Native American rock band, is recalled episodically in this forthright, largely upbeat chronicle, anchored by interviews with one of the founding members, Pat Vegas. (Publisher’s Weekly)
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Our Colors
Tagame tells the story of an artist dreamer named Sora Itoda struggling to negotiate high school as a young gay man, who keeps up the pretense that friend Nao is his girlfriend until he meets openly gay Mr. Amamiya, a middle-aged coffee shop owner who becomes Sora's mentor. But Mr. Amamiya has his own painful past to confront. (Library Journal)
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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To Strip the Flesh
Transgender male representation! “A ... collection of six short stories that explores what must be stripped away to find the truth and celebrates the beauty of embracing who you are.â€
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Alone in Space
In her first collection of short comics stories, Tillie Walden opens windows into strange new worlds with works such as 'The End of Summer,' 'I Love This Part,' 'A City Inside,' and never-before collected sketches, webcomics, and short comics for magazines.
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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The Last Session
After meeting at their high school’s Gender Sexuality Alliance club, Lana, Drew, Shen, Walter, and Jay become buds through the role-playing game Dice & Deathtraps. Four years later, they’re all preparing to move to different states for school and work. Before they say goodbye, Jay gathers the gang to finish their first campaign. Joining them is Jay’s partner, Cassandra, a newbie to D&D and the friend group. Unfortunately, Cassandra’s enthusiastic playing puts her at odds with the party’s dynamic. (Publisher’s Weekly)
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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Young Men in Love
Twenty satisfyingly sundry short comic stories celebrate queer love between men told in a diversity of genres, as well as race and body types of characters. (Publisher’s Weekly)
Format: Graphic Novel
Availability: Available
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