By Frank Miller

An emperor amasses an army of hundreds of thousands, drawn from two continents, to invade a third continent and conquer a tiny, divided nation. Only a few hundred warriors stand against them. Yet the tiny nation is saved. It sounds like the plot of a preposterous fantasy novel. It is historical fact. In 481–480 B.C., King Xerxes of Persia raised forces in Asia and Africa and invaded Greece with an army so huge that it "drank rivers dry." Then they entered the mountain pass of Thermopylae and encountered 300 determined soldiers from Sparta.

By Katsuhiro Otomo
Series Akira

In Neo–Tokyo, built on the former site of Tokyo after World War III, two teenagers are targeted by agencies after they develop paranormal abilities.

By Avery Monsen

An illustrated compendium of the humorous existential ruminations of people, animals, legendary monsters, and inanimate objects.

By Scott Snyder
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Includes King’s western tale about a sun-powered vampire with rattlesnake fangs + Snyder’s story about a female vampire who is seeking revenge against the European bloodsuckers who tortured and abused her.

By Scott Snyder
Series American Vampire Series
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

This volume of the critically-acclaimed AMERICAN VAMPIRE follows the star of AV Volumes 1 and 2, Pearl, and her husband Henry, as he is recruited by a mysterious group of vampire hunters, off to World War II Japan to find a new breed of blood sucker. But what does the notorious vampire Skinner Sweet have to do with it?

By Frank Miller

The Dark Knight Returns is set in a dystopian near–future version of Gotham City. A year is never specified, though it has been a full decade since the last reported sighting of Batman, the current American President appears to be Ronald Reagan or someone using his image, and the Cold War is still ongoing. Virtually all superheroes, with the exception of Superman, have been forced into retirement or otherwise driven away by a distrusting populace. Bruce Wayne has voluntarily retired from crime fighting following the death of Jason Todd, the second Robin. In the absence of superheroes, criminals run amok, and a gang called the Mutants terrorize Gotham City.

By Jeph Loeb

Taking place during Batman's early days of crime fighting, The Long Halloween tells the story of a mysterious killer named Holiday, who murders people on holidays, one each month. Working with District Attorney Harvey Dent and Lieutenant James Gordon, Batman races against the calendar as he tries to discover who Holiday is before he claims his next victim each month.

By Juan Diaz Canales

Presents three stories in which John Blacksad, private investigator, attempts to find the murderer of an old lover, investigate child abductors, and discover nuclear secrets in the 1950s Red Scare.

By Craig Thompson
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian , Kaye Spurrell, Readers' Services Librarian

Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creative voice.

By Joe Hill

Marred by an accident that occurred when he was eight years old, an adult Eric uses his childhood cape to take to the sky and seek vengeance on those who wronged him in the past.

By Jeffrey Brown
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

A collection of comics based on the author’s cat, depicting its antics as it eats, plays, purrs and engages in other distinctively feline behaviors.

By Jeffrey Brown
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

Cartoonist Jeffrey Brown’s drawings perfectly capture the humor and quirkiness of cats in all their strange and charming glory.

By Jeffrey Brown

In this comic reimagining, Darth Vader is a dad like any other – except with all the baggage of being the Dark Lord of the Sith.

By Sophie Goldstein
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist, Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

It’s tough living in the 21st century, when mythical beings not only roam the earth, but camp out on your sofa and raid your refrigerator. Jobs are scarce; angels infest Brooklyn (the demons have taken all the good property in Manhattan) and minor gods bus tables at the local diner. The mortals of New York must balance not only their checkbooks but keep a close eye on their souls’ karmic account.

By Philip K. Dick

Rick Deckard is an officially sanctioned bounty hunter tasked to find six rogue androids. They are machines, but look, sound and think just like humans - clever and most of all dangerous humans.

Became the movie: Blade Runner.

By Bill Willingham
Series Fables
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

This elaborate fantasy series begins as a whodunit, but quickly unfurls into a much larger story about Fabletown, a place where fairy tale legends live alongside regular New Yorkers.

By Bill Willingham
Series Fables

Travel to upstate New York, where the non-human Fable characters have found refuge on a farm, miles from mankind. But all is not well on the farm and a conspiracy to free them from the shackles of their perceived imprisonment may lead to a war that could wrest control of the Fables community away from Snow White.

By Alan Moore

In Victorian Era London, a troubled clairvoyant police detective investigates the murders by Jack The Ripper.

By George R.R. Martin
Series A Game of Thrones
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Acclaimed novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson bring George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy masterwork A Game of Thrones to majestic new life.

By Anthony Bourdain
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

With the chefs of Los Angeles ruling the town like crime lords, sushi chef Jiro, a chef known for decapitating patrons who dare request a California roll, is sought after by both the "Internationalists" and the "Vertical farm" families.

By Anthony Bourdain

Jiro, born the heir to a Yakuza crime family, never longed to travel the criminal path laid out before him, but instead chose to secretly study the rich culinary history of his homeland, something that would have significant repercussions if discovered by his gangster father.

By Brian Selznick

When twelve–year–old Hugo, an orphan living and repairing clocks within the walls of a Paris train station in 1931, meets a mysterious toy seller and his goddaughter, his undercover life and his biggest secret are jeopardized. The wonderful thing about this book is that it is part graphic novel and part text.

By Brian Azzarello

After being mysteriously released from Arkham Asylum, the Joker isn’t very happy about what has happened to his Gotham City rackets and brutally seeks revenge to retrieve his stolen assets from the Penguin, the Riddler, Two-Face, and Killer Croc.

By Mark Millar
Recommended By Megan Kass, Systems Manager

When a former ally seeks to become the world's most notorious villain, Hit Girl trains Kick-Ass, while Red Mist gathers a team of super-villains to take them down.

By Jeffrey Brown
Recommended By Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

Provides a humorous look at parenting through the interactions of little Oscar and his mother and father.

By Alan Moore
Series The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

In 1898, as the glory days of the British Empire were waning, an incredible band of adventurers - including Allan Quatermain, Captain Nemo, Mina Harker, and the Invisible Man - was brought together to save England in its hour of greatest need.

Became the movie: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

By Joe Hill

The story of Keyhouse, a New England mansion, with doors that transform all who walk through them…and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it opens the most terrible door of all.

By Joe Hill
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Following a shocking death, Kinsey and Tyler Locke turn to their new friend, Zack Wells, for support, little suspecting Zack’s dark secret. Meanwhile, six-year-old Bode Locke tries to puzzle out the secret of the head key, and Uncle Duncan is jarred into the past by a disturbingly familiar face.

By Joe Hill
Recommended By Jessikah Chautin, Community Engagement Specialist, Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

The story of the Keyhouse, a New England mansion, with doors that transform all who walk through them...and home to a hate-filled and relentless creature that will not rest until it opens the most terrible door of all.

By Jerry Craft

Enrolled in a prestigious private school where he is one of only a few students of color, talented seventh–grade artist Jordan finds himself torn between the worlds of his Washington Heights apartment home and the upscale circles of Riverdale Academy.

By Noelle Stevenson

Lord Blackheart, a villain with a vendetta, and his sidekick, Nimona, an impulsive young shapeshifter, must prove to the kingdom that Sir Goldenloin and the Institution of Law Enforcement and Heroics aren’t the heroes everyone thinks they are.

By Kurtis J. Wiebe

The Rat Queens, a group of four adventurers consisting of an elven mage, a dwarven fighter, a human cleric, and a smidgen thief, must defend themselves against assassins when they are sent on a quest that turns out to be a trap.

By Mark Millar

When the rocket carrying an infant Superman lands in the U.S.S.R. instead of the United States, his presence creates a very different universe for the familiar DC Comics characters.

By Brian K.Vaughan
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to raise their child in a dangerous world.

By Neil Gaiman
Series Sandman
With Jackie Ranaldo, Head of Readers' Services

Monday, March 22, 2010.  7 PM.

An occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother Dream instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, Dream, also known as Morpheus, goes on a quest for his lost objects of power. On his arduous journey Morpheus encounters Lucifer, John Constantine, and an all–powerful madman.

By Bryan Lee O'Malley

Scott Pilgrim is no longer excited about dating a high school girl because he’s met the girl of his dreams, literally. However, he won’t be able to date her until he defeats her seven evil ex-boyfriends.

By Bryan Lee O'Malley

After her life hits some unexpected snags, Katie, a successful chef, meets a mysterious girl who provides her with a set of simple instructions for getting a magical do-over. Katie suddenly finds herself with another change to get things right—and with an irresistible urge to keep resetting the clock until her life is not just good, but perfect.

By George R.R. Martin

The kingdom of the royal Stark family faces its ultimate challenge in the onset of a generation-long winter.

Became the TV show: Game of Thrones.

By Jason Aaron
Mjolnir lies on the moon, unable to be lifted! Something dark has befallen the God of Thunder, leaving him unworthy for the first time ever! But when Frost Giants invade Earth, the hammer will be lifted - and a mysterious woman will be transformed into an all-new version of the mighty Thor! Who is this new Goddess of Thunder? Not even Odin knows...but she may be Earth's only hope against the Frost Giants! Get ready for a Thor like you've never seen before, as this all-new heroine takes Midgard by storm! Plus: the Odinson clearly doesn't like that someone else is holding his hammer...its Thor vs. Thor! And Odin, desperate to see Mjolnir returned, will call on some very dangerous, very unexpected allies. It's a bold new chapter in the storied history of Thor!

Series The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services

A collection of tiny stories and illustrations gathered online via the Hitrecord creative collective's web site.

Series Tiny Book of Tiny Stories
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

By Hitrecord and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Showcases illustrated short stories that were created through a collaborative effort helmed by the actor and his production company, hitRECord, bringing together art and voices from around the world to unite and tell stories that defy size. 

Series Tiny Book of Tiny Stories Trilogy
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager
Presents illustrated short stories that were created through a collaborative effort helmed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt and his production company, hitRECord.

By Jeffrey Brown

In this irresistibly funny follow-up to the breakout bestseller Darth Vader and Son, Vader–Sith Lord and leader of the Galactic Empire–now faces the trials, joys, and mood swings of raising his daughter Leia as she grows from a sweet little girl into a rebellious teenager.

By Robert Kirkman
Series The Walking Dead
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

Police officer Rick Grimes is shot on the job and wakes up a month later to find that the world that he knows is gone. Zombies have taken over and are killing and eating those who are still alive. He sets out toward Atlanta in the hope that his family isstill alive and endures many horrors along the way.

Became the TV show: The Walking Dead.

By Robert Kirkman
Series The Walking Dead
Recommended By Meghan F., Children's Services Librarian

In the world of the zombie apocalypse, war is on the horizon as Rick's treaty with Negan and the Saviors is pushed to the limit.

By Robert Kirkman
Series The Walking Dead
Recommended By Stacey Mencher, Technology and Applications Manager

After a devastating encounter with the Whisperers, Rick must rally the communities to take action. But have they already reached their breaking point?

By Sharon E. McKay
Recommended By Sharon Long, Assistant Library Director, Jackie, Head of Readers' Services
With Stacey Mencher, Readers' Services Librarian

Monday, November 17, 2014. 7 PM.

Jacob is a 14-year-old Ugandan who is sent away to a boys' school. Once there, he assures his friend Tony that they need not be afraid -- they will be safe. But not long after, in the shadow of the night, the boys are abducted. Marched into the jungle, they are brought to an encampment of the feared rebel soldiers. They are told they must kill or be killed, and their world turns into a terrifying struggle to endure and survive.

By Alan Moore

In an alternate 1985 where former superheroes exist, the murder of a colleague sends active vigilante Rorschach into his own sprawling investigation, uncovering something that could completely change the course of history as we know it.

By Brian K. Vaughan

Yorick Brown, an unemployed and unmotivated slacker, discovers that he is the only male left in the world after a plague of unknown origin instantly kills every mammal with a Y chromosome.