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BKLYN Reads: Graphic Novels for Adults

Graphic fiction, nonfiction and cartoon collections for adults, drawn from the 2020 list of recommendations by the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table of the American Library Association.

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Big Black - Stand at Attica
Smith, Frank/ Reinmuth, Jared/ Ameziane (ILT)
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The story of an inmate in the 1971 prison uprising and his decades-long fight for justice.

Kent State : Four Dead in Ohio
Backderf, Derf
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The crisis of May 1970 at Kent State University, when National Guard troops opened fire on unarmed students.

Making comics
Barry, Lynda, 1956- author, artist.
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A master of the form offers creative exercises to help comics-makers -- and anyone, really -- overcome artistic blocks.

Strange Planet
Pyle, Nathan W.
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Straight from Instagram, a cartoon collection of little blue aliens and their everyday concerns.

Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid : A Baopu Collection
Xiao, Yao
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Autobiographical webcomics about a queer immigrant cartoonist's life in the United States.

Solutions and other problems
Brosh, Allie, author, illustrator.
Format: Book

Fresh stories from a cartoonist's unconventional childhood and adult struggles.

Year of the Rabbit
Veasna, Tian
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The true story of a family's survival during the murderous reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia.

Paying the land
Sacco, Joe, author, artist.
Format: Book

A cartoonist-journalist explores the conflict over indigenous land rights in the Canadian Northwest Territories.

I Know What I Am : The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi
Siciliano, Gina
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An elaborately illustrated biography of a pioneering Baroque painter.

Best Graphic Novels for Adults Reading List 2020

The complete 2020 list from the Graphic Novels and Comics Round Table (GNCRT) of the American Library Association.