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Here is Richard McGuire's unique graphic novel based on the legendary 1989 comic strip of the same name.

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Ghost World is the story of Enid and Rebecca, teenage friends facing the unwelcome prospect of adulthood, and the uncertain future of their complicated relationship. Clowes conjures a balanced semblan…
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Wrapped in the landscape of a blustery Wisconsin winter, Blankets explores the sibling rivalry of two brothers growing up in the isolated country, and the budding romance of two coming-of-age lovers. …
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Ice Haven
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It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken: A Picture Novella
An Acknowledged Classic returns gorgeously re-designed.

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Kill the Mall
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Douglas Adams meets David Lynch in this witty yet horror-tinged fable about one of North America's scariest inventions--the local mall.

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