 | Slowpoke America Gone Bonkers by Jen Sorensen
Buy new: $12.95 / Used from: $2.66 Excellent, funny, and highly political. Jen Sorensen rocks!
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 | A Strange Day by Damon Hurd
Buy used from: $0.51 This is so me at about 16. Wonderful slice of life story about two Cure fans meeting by chance.
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 | Common Grounds Volume 1 (1st Printing) by Troy Hickman
Buy used from: $3.98 Anthology series centered around a chain of coffee/donut shops where super-powered folks congregate. In the tradition of Astro City, but with its own unique voice. Stellar lineup of artists!
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 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Vol. 3: Bad Blood by Andi Watson
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.84 Didn't quite come together, though I love Watson's indie work and Bennett's art. Seems like the middle of a longer overarching story, and may come together better when I get the other parts.
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 | Wonder Woman: Down to Earth by Greg Rucka
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $5.20 Outstanding! Rucka works wonders with Diana and is telling compelling stories with a bubbling uber-plot. Excellent art, too.
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 | Wonder Woman: Bitter Rivals by Greg Rucka
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $4.99 More Wonderful work from Rucka. Can't believe I have been missing this -- I plan to start picking up this title monthly.
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 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Oz by Christopher Golden
Buy used from: $2.68 Answers the musical question "what happened to Oz after he left Sunnydale?" Solids story and art -- one of the better Buffyverse stories not by someone who worked on the show.
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 | Tales of the Slayers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) by Joss Whedon
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $5.91 This book makes me smile. All stories by people that worked on the show and a truly amazing line-up of artists. All comics should be this good.
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 | Justice League Adventures: Friends and Foes - Volume 2 by Various
Buy used from: $1.74 Read to Gabrielle at bedtimes. We both enjoyed them. The lead story is the best of the bunch!
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 | 9-11: September 11, 2001 (Stories to Remember, Volume 2) by Neil Gaiman
Buy used from: $1.25 Not sure what made me pull this off the shelf and reread it. I think it was that striking Alex Ross cover. Nevertheless, it remains a stellar, moving anthology.
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 | Superman: The Kents by John Ostrander
Buy used from: $8.50 I had a few issues of this in my collection, but this was my first reading of the whole story. Seamlessly blends history and DC Comics mythology. Gorgeous art from Truman and Mandrake.
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 | Twilight (Star Wars: Ongoing, Volume 4) by John Ostrander
Buy used from: $23.25 Ostrander tells a ripping tale with some truly original concepts. Duursema's art is stunning.
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 | Star Wars: Darkness by John Ostrander
Buy new: $10.36 / Used from: $3.38 Another tale featuring charcters from the previous book. Another ripping tale from Ostrander and Duursema's art is even better in this one!
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 | 40 oz. Collection by Jim Mahfood
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $0.99 All Jim Mahfood's 40 oz. mini-comics. Mahfood's usual great stuff with Zombie Kid, Grrl Scouts, Smoke Dog, Rocket Boy, and best of all, an adaptation of They Might Be Giants' "She's An Angel."
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 | Bizarro World by Various
Buy used from: $8.99 I will not review this in Bizarro speak. A fun collection of off-kilter superhero strips from alternative comics and other media voices.
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 | The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 1: Tower of the Elephant and Other Stories by Roy Thomas
Buy new: $11.96 / Used from: $2.84 Finally filling in one of the few holes in my comics education with Thomas and Windsor-Smith's fantastic, classic Conan stories. Great stuff!
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 | Hopeless Savages Volume 1 Digest by Jen Van Meter
Buy used from: $2.27 I bought this in single issues when it originally came out, but recently got a great deal on the trade for quick rereading. I adore these characters and stories!
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 | Jingle Belle Volume 3: Dash Away All (v. 3) by Paul Dini
Buy used from: $1.58 I think ithis is one of the best Jingle Belle tales, though I was a little disappointed with the sketchiness of the art. Best scene is Jing delivering gifts to other Oni characters. Fun!
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 | Courtney Crumrin, Vol. 1: Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things (Courtney Crumrin (Graphic Novels)) by Ted Naifeh
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $2.78 Another I bought in singles that I picked up the trade for quick rereading. I love Courtney!
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 | Hellboy: Right Hand of Doom by Mike Mignola
Buy new: $13.46 / Used from: $3.90 I think this is my favorite of the Hellboy books I've read. I think he works best in short stories and I like the scope of the collection.
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 | The Zero Game by Brad Meltzer
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $0.01 After getting to know Meltzer from comics, I picked up this novel and it's one heck of a thriller. Political intrigue and white-knuckled action. Could make a great flick.
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 | Shutterbug Follies: Graphic Novel (Doubleday Graphic Novels) by Jason Little
Buy new: $21.33 / Used from: $0.30 Read this at the library while my daughter was using the educational software. What a great book! An involving, thrilling mystery with gorgeous art!
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 | Escalator by Brandon Graham
Buy new: $11.65 / Used from: $6.50 I was unfamiliar with Graham's work before reading this. but I like his stories and love his artistic sensibility -- kind of a midpoint between Mahfood and Amanda Conner. Nice!
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 | The Secret by Eva Hoffman
Buy new: $19.00 / Used from: $2.03 The titular secret won't be hard to figure out for anyone who's read a little science fiction, but it's an absorbing charcter study anyway, as Hoffman digs into the mind and soul of a s-f archetype.
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