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Author
Publisher
Groundwood Books/House of Anansi Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"A deeply emotional graphic memoir of a young woman's struggles with self-esteem and body image issues. All Marie-Noëlle wants is to be thin and beautiful. She wishes that her thighs were slimmer, that her stomach lay flatter. Maybe then her parents wouldn't make fun of her eating habits at family dinners, the girls at school wouldn't call her ugly, and the boy she likes would ask her out. This all-too-relatable memoir follows Marie-Noëlle from...
3) Boundless
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
A collection of short comics about various women.
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
What do you do when your body doesn't match the ideal shape as dictated by society? What do you wear when sweats seem to be the only clothes that fit you? How do you deal with the constant, overwhelming waves of criticism about your appearance from yourself and others? A love letter to anyone striving to embrace their size, this wonderfully illustrated, uplifting comic essay by a plus-size author chronicles her own journey with body positivity, what...
Author
Publisher
Second Story Press
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
"What Makes Girls Sick and Tired is a feminist manifesto that denounces the discrimination against and unfairness felt by women from childhood to adulthood. The graphic novel, illustrated in a strikingly minimalist style with images of girls with varied body types and personalities, invites teenagers to question the sexism that surrounds us, in ways that are obvious and hidden, simple and complex."--
Author
Series
Gunnerkrigg Court volume 1
Publisher
Archaia Studios Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Presents the adventures of Antimony Carver at the gloomy boarding school Gunnerkrigg Court
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Featuring over a dozen stories by top talents like New York Times bestselling author Joyce Carol Oates, Eisner Award-winning illustrator Jill Thompson, Scary Godmother creator Colleen Doran, DC Comics creators Gail Simone and Joelle Jones, and many more!
11) Woman world
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
When a birth defect wipes out the planet's entire population of men, Woman World rises out of society's ashes.
13) Wendy
Author
Publisher
Koyama Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Wendy is trendy, and has dreams of art stardom, but our young urban protagonist is perpetually derailed by the temptations of punk music, drugs, alcohol, parties, and boys. Hegemonies and hearts are broken in this droll and iconoclastic look at the worlds of art and twentysomethings.
15) Freshman year
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the constant angst, hilarity, and self-doubt enmeshed in the experience of going away to college--all through the eyes of an eighteen-year-old burgeoning comics artist.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Containing illustrated personal essays on the author's real-life experiences with anxiety, career, relationships and other adulthood challenges, this collection of the hugely popular, world-famous Sarah's Scribbles comics are perfect for those of us who boast bookstore-ready bodies and Netflix-ready hair.
Author
Series
Publisher
Street noise Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The meticulous artwork of transgender artist Bishakh Som gives us the rare opportunity to see the world through another lens. The exquisite graphic novel memoir by a transgender artist, explores the concept of identity by inviting the reader to view the author moving through life as she would have us see her, that is, as she sees herself. Framed with a candid autobiographical narrative, this book gives us the opportunity to enter into the author's...
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Following the epic adventures of Adora, a brave young woman of color who lives in a fantastical world with underground pirates, ghosts, and a mysterious force called 'The Distance' which threatens to destroy it all and only Adora can stop it"--
20) Cemetery girl
Author
Series
Cemetery girl volume 1
Publisher
InkLit
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill--names taken from the grim surroundings where she awoke, bruised and bloody, with no memory of who she is, how she got there, or who left her for dead. She has made the cemetery her home, living in a crypt and avoiding human contact. But Calexa can't hide from the dead--and because she can see spirits, they can't hide from her.
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