Catalog Search Results
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"For Nate Wright, conflict is a way of life. He tangles with Gina, the editor of the school newspaper, after she rejects his comic strip. He can't get on the same page with his snooty study partners as they cram for the final exam. And once he hears that Mr. Rosa's job is on the line, Nate even takes on the all-powerful school board. But when a challenger threatens Nate's status as the owner of P.S. 38's filthiest locker, our hero may have met his...
2) Arca
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
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,...
Author
Series
Phoebe and her unicorn volume 18
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Being best friends with a unicorn is truly incredible, as 10-year-old Phoebe Howell knows from experience. But what would it be like to actually trade places with a magical unicorn for a day? As it turns out, it's much harder than it looks! Phoebe's botched muffin spell turns the sky plaid. And things aren't any easier for Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, who has no idea how to hold a pencil. The friends also meet a three-eyed flying creature named Glorpie...
4) Blue Lock: 6
Author
Series
Blue Lock volume 6
Publisher
Kodansha USA Publishing, LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
After Isagi and the rest of Team Z clear the first selection round, they split up to face the second selection individually. Waiting beyond the First door is Blue Lock Man, a cutting-edge goalkeeping AI system. A new group of incredible strikers and shocking rules await Isagi in the second selection round...!!- From cover
Author
Series
Phoebe and her unicorn volume 17
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Phoebe Howell and her unicorn best friend, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils, are headed to music camp for the summer, where they form a punk rock group with fellow campers Sue and Stevie. Marigold also discovers a portal to a parallel dimension where she and Phoebe come face-to-face with the dark and sinister versions of themselves. Throughout their magical and musical adventures, the best friends learn about the value of friendship, following your heart,...
Author
Publisher
Square Enix Manga & Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Opposites attract when a cheerful airhead meets the resident wallflower of his new class in this heartwarming, slice-of-life school comedy series! Valentine's Day has arrived, and Kasahara plans to give Takada a special gift. Will she risk her budding friendship with Nishimura to finally confess her love for the object of both their affections? Then April rolls around, and the gang advances to sixth grade! With plenty of new classmates, like an angsty...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Undetermined
Description
Calvin and Hobbes dominated the Sunday comics in thousands of newspapers for over 10 years, having a profound effect on millions of readers across the globe. When the strip's creator, Bill Watterson, retired the strip on New Year's Eve in 1995, devoted readers everywhere felt the void left by the departure of Calvin, Hobbes, and Watterson's other cast of characters, and many fans would never find a satisfactory replacement. It has now been more...
Author
Series
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Being Death is a lonely job, especially when everything you touch instantly dies (not to mention the paperwork); but being Sparkles the Last Unicorn is not much fun either, since everyone just wants to take selfies with you or use you to sell stuff--but when Death and Sparkles meet between life and, well, death, it is the beginning of a friendship that just might change the world.
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"What's middle school without a crisis? Sixth-grader Nate Wright would love to find out, but the emergencies are piling up fast. A gang of eighth-graders steals Nate's favorite lunch spot. Alan Chen chooses a new name (hint: it begins with N) in a brazen attack on Nate's uniqueness. And when a post-hypnotic suggestion works a little TOO well, the lovable Chad becomes P.S. 38's unlikeliest bully. Is Nate any match for Bad Chad? Can he fly under the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Andrews and McMeel
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
The popular comic-strip duo roam their many worlds in search of treasure and adventure, approaching warp speed, fighting off killer bicycles, conducting dad polls, and creating legions of snowmen and other not-so-alien beings.
13) It's so magic
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Maybonne Mullen is "riding on a bummer" according to her little sister Marlys. As much as teenage Maybonne prays and tries she just can't connect to the magic of living. How can she when there's so much upheaval at home and school, not to mention the world at large? And yet Marlys always seems able to tap into it. In It's So Magic, the Mullen family dynamics are in flux. Uncle John makes a brief return to town to the delight of the girls. Freddy is...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to digitally ink comics. Comic creator Ben Bishop shows two methods for inking comics in Photoshop, using examples from his graphic novel.
Want to create your own comic books? Inking is a crucial part of the process. It's one of the final steps, where lines are traced more intentionally and artists focus on dynamic lighting and shadows. These days, pencil drawings aren't always necessarily "inked" but sometimes digitally scanned and refined,...
16) Ripe: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"A year into her dream job at a cutthroat Silicon Valley start-up, Cassie finds herself trapped in a corporate nightmare. Between the long hours, toxic bosses, and unethical projects, she also struggles to reconcile the glittering promise of a city where obscene wealth lives alongside abject poverty and suffering. Ivy League grads complain about the snack selection from a conference room with a view of unhoused people bathing in the bay. Start-up...
Author
Series
One cool duck volume 1
Publisher
Hippo Park, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Duck is feeling pretty good about himself. He can flip on a skateboard, and he's a great friend, too. Then Cat comes along and seems so cool, with his high scores on video games--but Cat also does some mean stuff nobody likes! Then Cat gets caught up a tree and needs help. In three short chapters, perfect for readers just gaining confidence, Duck and his pals show Cat that being cool includes helping others and not dissing your friends. Each character...
Author
Publisher
Secret Acres
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Robert Sergel's Best American Comics selection and Ignatz Award nominated series, Eschew, captures those awkward, private, hilarious moments of our past. This new collection proves those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. Tour America's haunted history of spite houses and bad babysitters, meet Napoleon in New Jersey, and find yourself somewhere between Desolation Bay and Satan's Kingdom. This is one to remember. --from Amazon....
In Marina
Didn't find what you need? Items that were published more than six months ago and which are not owned by AACPL can be requested from other Marina libraries in Maryland.
Didn't find a newly published title?
Looking for a title that was published in the past six months? You can submit a purchase suggestion. Please do not submit purchase suggestions for titles that have not yet been published. Submit Request