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1) Woman world
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Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Language
English
Description
"When a birth defect wipes out the planet's entire population of men, Woman World rises out of society's ashes." --
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Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
Description
In the last volume we learned that no one is safe. Now, after the staggering losses they've sustained, Rick and Carl are left to pick up the pieces and carry on, knowing that they could join their fallen friends and family at any moment. This volume collects The Walking Dead issues #49-54.
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
Description
"How many hours are in a day when you don't spend half of them watching television? When is the last time any of us really worked to get something we wanted? How long has it been since any of us really needed something that we wanted? The world we knew is gone. The world of commerce and frivolous necessity has been replaced by a world of survival and responsibility. An epidemic of apocalyptic proportions has swept the globe causing the dead to rise...
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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
After befriending the Crims, a group of fellow teens who refuse to take anything in society at face value, Shay starts to question the whole concept of being transformed from an ordinary "Ugly" into a paragon of beauty. And as the Crims explore beyond the monitored borders of Uglyville into the forbidden, Shay must choose between the perks of being Pretty and the rewards of being real.
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English
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"Imagine a world overrun by big business and "fake news" via the social media machine . . . In The Grand Abyss Hotel, neoliberalism has become a state religion while the citizens quietly and then not-so-quietly rebel, giving way to violence on the streets and sowing chaos. A masked vigilante takes on the role of hero to battle politicians, the erosion of democracy, and social media. After the fires burn low and the dust settles, social order returns....
13) Revolver
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English
Description
"What happens when the whole world literally changes overnight? Stuck in a dead-end job, tormented by a tyrannical boss and an annoyingly materialistic girlfriend, Sam rises from another night of aimless bar-hopping to discover his whole world has changed-- and for the worse. An avian flu outbreak has killed millions, the nation's infrastructure has crashed, and a dirty bomb has destroyed Seattle. But when he wakes the next day, Sam finds himself...
15) Birds of Maine
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Long after the demise of humankind, birds roam freely around a new earth complete with fruitful trees, sophisticated fungal networks, and an enviable socialist order. The universal worm feeds all, there are no weekends, and economics is as fantastical a study as unicorn psychology. No concept of money or wealth plagues the thoughts of these free-minded birds. Instead, there are angsty teens who form bands to show off their best bird song and other...
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Over a decade ago a team of revolutionaries called the Killjoys lost their lives while saving a mysterious young girl from the tyrannical megacorporation Better Living Industries. Today, the Killjoys live on in memory, if not belief, as BLI widens its reach and freedom fades. The Girl, now grown, reemerges and is put in the spotlight as a savior, a role she knows nothing about. But with the new revolution hell bent on body counts, the Girl must look...
17) Under-Earth
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English
Description
"Under-Earth takes place in a subterranean landfill, hollowed out to serve as a massive improvised prison. Sunken into the trash and debris of the past - gameboys, iphones, coffee cups, old cars -- we follow two parallel stories. In the first, a new arrival struggles to adapt to the everyday violence, physical labour, and poverty of the prison city. Overwhelmed and alone, he finds a connection with a fellow inmate through an old, beat-up novel. While...
18) The short while
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English
Description
"Love. Loss. Redemption. In a post-Internet future filled with smart homes, government-sponsored communication systems, and emotionally intelligent robots, two men at a party accidentally swap jackets and are thrust into a most opportune meeting. Unexpectedly, they discover the love, companionship, honesty, and vulnerability they've both been missing. But with it comes tragedy and great loss: the loss of self, freedom, and each other. Acclaimed cartoonist...
19) Arca
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English
Description
"The world burned. But the rich and powerful...they had a plan. When society fell apart, a select group of billionaires had an escape hatch: a rocket aimed at the nearest habitable planet, a ship equipped with many of the luxuries of life on Earth--why survive if you can't survive in style? Their every need is tended to by teenagers who are willing to act as slaves in return for the promise of a new life. This is a good story. But, like so many stories,...
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English
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Sixteen years ago, notorious science-brigand Janni Nemo journeyed into the frozen reaches of Antarctica to resolve her father's weighty legacy in a storm of madness and loss, barely escaping with her Nautilus and her life. Now it is 1941, and with her daughter strategically married into the family of aerial warlord Jean Robur, Janni's raiders have only limited contact with the military might of the clownish German-Tomanian dictator Adenoid Hynkel....
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