Best French Graphic Novels - April 2024

To Build a Fire: Based on Jack London's Classic Story

A 2019 EISNER AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST ADAPTATION FROM ANOTHER MEDIUM From the “master of black and white” artwork (Paste Magazine) and the bestselling illustrator-storyteller of Park Bench and Alone comes a starkly beautiful graphic novel adaptation of Jack London’s most famous short story. Discover the beloved author of White Fang and The Call of the Wild, Jack London’s renowned short story “To Build a Fire” in a new and evocative way from master artist Christophe Chabouté. With his signature “stunning black-and-white art” (Publishers Weekly), Chabouté illustrates London’s ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1982100826
• ASIN: 1982100826
• ISBN: 1982100826
• Brand: Gallery 13
• Manufacturer: Gallery 13

The Count of Monte Cristo: Campfire Classics Line (Campfire Graphic Novels)

When Edmond Dantès is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, he vows to escape and destroy those who betrayed him.With his former life a distant memory, revenge drives him forward. Using the fortune left to him by Abbé Faria, he transforms himself into the powerful and enigmatic Count of Monte Cristo, and systematically hunts down the men who put him behind bars.Acting as destiny's agent, Dantès must face not only his enemies, but also the moral dilemmas raised by his ruthless quest for justice. With skill and mercilessness, he manipulates those around him to do his bidding, leaving a tra... [Read More]

• ASIN: 9380028679
• ASIN: 9380028679
• ISBN: 9380028679
• Brand: Dumas Alexandre
• Manufacturer: Campfire

Valerian: The Complete Collection , Volume 1 (Valerian & Laureline)

• ASIN: 184918352X
• ASIN: 184918352X
• ISBN: 184918352X
• Brand: CINEBOOK
• Manufacturer: Cinebook, Ltd

I Kill Giants Movie Tie-In Edition

I Kill Giants tells the story of Barbara Thorson, an acerbic fifth-grader so consumed with fantasy that she doesn't just tell people that she kills giants with an ancient Norse warhammer — she starts to believe it herself. The reasons for Barbara's troubled behavior are revealed through the course of the book, as she learns to reconcile her fantasy life with the real world. In 2012, I Kill Giants writer Joe Kelley and artist J.M. Ken Niimura received the International Manga Award, an honor given by the Japanese Foreign Ministry to an outstanding comic book or graphic novel.

• ASIN: 1607069857
• ASIN: 1607069857
• ISBN: 1607069857
• Brand: Image Comics
• Manufacturer: Image Comics

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood (Pantheon Graphic Library)

A New York Times Notable Book A Time Magazine “Best Comix of the Year” A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi’s graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah’s regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. The intelligent and outspoken only child of committed Marxists and the ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 037571457X
• ASIN: 037571457X
• ISBN: 037571457X
• Brand: Pantheon
• Manufacturer: Pantheon

In Search of Lost Time: Swann's Way: A Graphic Novel

New York Times BestsellerWhether you are looking to brush up or sample for the first time, this graphic adaptation of In Search of Lost Time is the perfect introduction to Proust's masterpiece."Proust was the greatest novelist of the twentieth century, just as Tolstoy was in the nineteenth," wrote Graham Greene. "For those who began to write at the end of the twenties or the beginning of the thirties, there were two great inescapable influences: Proust and Freud, who are mutually complementary." With its sweeping digressions into the past and reflections on the nature of memory, Proust's ocean... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1631490354
• ASIN: 1631490354
• ISBN: 1631490354
• Brand: Liveright
• Manufacturer: Liveright

The Complete Persepolis

Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir.Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming--both sweet and terrible; and, finally, of her self-imposed exile from her beloved homeland. It is the chronicle of a girlhood and adolescence ... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0375714839
• ASIN: 0375714839
• ISBN: 9780375714832
• Brand: Pantheon
• Manufacturer: Pantheon

Amulet #1-7 Box Set

A collection of the first seven books in Kazu Kibuishi's #1 New York Times bestselling series!After tragedy strikes their family, Emily and Navin move with their mother into the old, mysterious home of their great-grandfather. On their first night in the strange house, Emily and Navin's mom is kidnapped by a tentacled creature. Determined to rescue her, Emily and Navin are led into a world of robots, talking animals, flying ships, new friends . . . and enemies. Emily learns that she is a Stonekeeper and essential to the survival of this world, and that her incredible story is only just beginni... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1338045644
• ASIN: 1338045644
• ISBN: 1338045644
• Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

Valerian: The Complete Collection (Valerian & Laureline), Volume 3

• ASIN: 1849183570
• ASIN: 1849183570
• ISBN: 1849183570
• Brand: Cinebook Ltd
• Manufacturer: Cinebook, Ltd

The Photographer: Into War-torn Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders

• ASIN: 1596433752
• ASIN: 1596433752
• ISBN: 1596433752
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: First Second

Bloody Mohawk: The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York's Frontier

This sweeping historical narrative chronicles events instrumental in the painful birth of a new nation from the Bloody Morning Scout and the massacre at Fort William Henry to the disastrous siege of Quebec, the lopsided Battle of Valcour Island, the horrors of Oriskany, and the tragedies of the Pennsylvania Wyoming Valley massacre and the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition s destruction of the Iroquois homeland. Caught in the middle of it all was the Mohawk River Valley. Through 1763, culminating with the French & Indian War, a series of colonial conflicts between the French and British raged along t... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1883789664
• ASIN: 1883789664
• ISBN: 1883789664
• Brand: Brand: Black Dome Press
• Manufacturer: Black Dome Press

The North Water: A Novel

One of The New York Times Book Review's 10 Best Books of the YearNational BestsellerLonglisted for the Man Booker PrizeWinner of the RSL Encore AwardFinalist for the Los Angeles Book PrizeA New York Times and Wall Street Journal BestsellerNamed a Best Book of the Year by Chicago Tribune, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, New Statesman, Publishers Weekly, and Chicago Public LibraryBehold the man: stinking, drunk, and brutal. Henry Drax is a harpooner on the Volunteer, a Yorkshire whaler bound for the rich hunting waters of the arctic circle. Also aboard for the first time is Patrick Sumner... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1627795944
• ASIN: 1627795944
• ISBN: 9781627795944
• Brand: Henry Holt Co
• Manufacturer: Henry Holt and Co.

Trish Trash: Rollergirl from Mars Vol. 1 (Trish Trash graphic novels)

Two centuries from now, Trish "Trash" Nupindju lives on the newly inhabited Mars, whose settlers live under harsh and ruthless conditions. Trish dreams of only one thing: becoming a hoverderby star. It seems like making the professional derby team is the only way to escape a future of poverty on her parents' farm. But, what happens when a half-dead Martian shows up on her doorstep and changes everything? Find out in the first volume of the new science fiction trilogy created by Jessica Abel.

• ASIN: 1629916145
• ASIN: 1629916145
• ISBN: 1629916145
• Brand: imusti
• Manufacturer: NBM/Papercutz

Aya

"That's what I wanted to show in Aya: an Africa without the . . . war and famine, an Africa that endures despite everything because, as we say back home, life goes on." --Marguerite AbouetIvory Coast, 1978. Family and friends gather at Aya's house every evening to watch the country's first television ad campaign promoting the fortifying effects of Solibra, "the strong man's beer." It's a golden time, and the nation, too--an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa--seems fueled by something wondrous. Who's to know that the Ivorian miracle is nearing its end? In the sun-warmed streets o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1894937902
• ASIN: 1894937902
• ISBN: 1894937902
• Brand: Drawn and Quarterly
• Manufacturer: Drawn and Quarterly

The Paris Architect: A Novel

The New York Times bestseller"A beautiful and elegant account of an ordinary man's unexpected and reluctant descent into heroism during the second world war." --Malcolm GladwellA thrilling debut novel of World War II Paris, from an author who's been called "an up and coming Ken Follett." (Booklist)In 1942 Paris, gifted architect Lucien Bernard accepts a commission that will bring him a great deal of money - and maybe get him killed. But if he's clever enough, he'll avoid any trouble. All he has to do is design a secret hiding place for a wealthy Jewish man, a space so invisible that even the m... [Read More]

• ASIN: B00DJBXASQ
• ASIN: B00DJBXASQ
• Manufacturer: Sourcebooks Landmark

Best Friends

Bestselling creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true story about popularity, first crushes, and finding your own

• UPC: 266434629

The Best of Archie Comics Book 4 Deluxe Edition

9781682557877

• UPC: 293760959

The Best of Archie Americana Vol. 2 : Silver Age

In the 1960s and O70s, the youth of America enjoyed the latest fads and fashions, and spoke out for change. Ever timeless, Archie and his friends explored both the fun and unique brand of humor,

• UPC: 886820276

The Best of Archie Americana Vol. 1 : Golden Age

Featuring Archie highlights from the different historical eras of comic

• UPC: 592238819

The Best of Archie Comics 3 Deluxe Edition

Presents selections of Archie comics from the first comic ever published to more recent adventures of Archie Andrews and his friends in Riverdale. This edition includes a full book redesign, additional decade by decade content

• UPC: 292645658

Disney Manga: Stitch! Best Friends Forever!

Reads from right to left in the traditional Japanese manga

• UPC: 55390208

The Best of Josie and the Pussycats

This fun full-color collection of all-time favorite stories featuring Josie, Melody, and Valerie--hand-picked by Archie creators, editors, and historians from thousands of pages of material--is a must-have for any Archie fan, Pussycats fan, and fans

• UPC: 55988443

Best Friends

Bestselling creators of Real Friends Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are back with a true story about popularity, first crushes, and finding your own

• UPC: 368185268

Barbie #2 : Big Dreams, Best Friends

It's Barbie's big break, working as a fashion designer on a rock and roll tour. But when somebody destroys her designs on opening night the designer must turn

• UPC: 53690073

Peanutbutter & Jeremy's Best Book Ever - eBook

Peanutbutter is a cute little kitty who thinks she works in an office. She wears her little hat and tie and often falls asleep on the reams papers overflowing her inbox. Jeremy is the crafty

• UPC: 529026573
• Rating: 5.0