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Black
Orchid by Neil Gaiman (story) and Dave McKean (art)
Part human and
part orchid, the Black Orchid is a crime-fighting superheroine able to control
minds with the use of her scent.
Bone by Jeff Smith Out
from Boneville The
Great Cow Race Eyes
of the Storm Meet cousins Fone, Phoney, and Smiley Bone -- expelled from
the town of Bonesville, they encounter monsters, dragons, and Gran'ma Smith in
this humorous series often compared to J.R.R. Tolkien's The
Hobbit.
Complete Concrete by Paul Chadwick
After an encounter with
aliens, a former political speech writer finds himself trapped in a body of
living stone. Although he is the same person inside, he must learn to adapt to
his new physical body. While he now possesses great strength, and is able to do
things he previously could not - like swimming across the Atlantic Ocean, and
climbing Mount Everest - he also yearns for a return to his former physical
self.
Dreamtoons by Jessie Reklaw
Jessie Reklaw asks his friends,
and his readers, to tell him their dreams. These he condenses into four-panel
comic strips, collected here from his Slow
Wave web site. As the author states: "I hope to recharge dreams with their
trademark oddity, thrills, and humor."
Kingdom Come by Mark Waid, Alex Ross, and Todd Klein
In a
future world, Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, and other superheroes of the past
reform the Justice League in order to fight a new breed of superheroes gone
berserk, known as metahumans, lacking the moral code of the previous generation
of "do-gooders."
Life in the Big City (Kurt Busiek's Astro City) by Kurt Busiek (story) and
Brent E. Anderson (art)
Busiek evokes the early days of comics,
when good and evil were clearly established, and superheroes had fun. In these
six short stories, we meet superheroes Samaritan and Winged Victory, and many of
the regular citizens of Astro City.
Magic Knight Rayearth Vol. 4 by Clamp (artistic group)
Junior high school students Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, are sent to the
fantasy land of Cephiro, in order to free the kidnapped Princess Emeraude.
Popular Manja (Japanese comics) from the team known as Clamp.
Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind by Hayao Miyazaki
This epic
fantasy tale, set in the future, is often compared to J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord
of the Rings. All the major cities have been destroyed by war, and the earth
is covered by poisonous plants that emit a harmful Miasma (and sometimes giant
insects too!). The Valley of the Wind is the only safe place that remains...
Sleepwalk by Adrian Tomine
Bittersweet short stories about
young people and relationships, collected from the comic Optic Nerve.
