Books like The Stranger [graphic novel] by Stuart Gilbert

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s masterpiece examines the glittering yet hollow glamour of the Roaring Twenties as the enigmatic Jay Gatsby pursues love, wealth, and identity across the social divide.

"This is the end, Punpun"-- Taken from publisher.

A nonfiction anthology of prose, comics, and illustrated stories revealing the personal lives and loves of female creators and fans in the geek community.

How is it that comic books—the once-reviled form of lowbrow popular culture—are now the rage for Hollywood blockbusters, the basis for bestselling video games, and the inspiration for literary graphic novels? In Demanding Respect, Paul Lopes immerses himself in the discourse and practices of this art and subculture to provide a social history of the American comic book over the last 75 years.Lopes analyzes the cultural production, reception, and consumption of American comic books throughout history. He charts the rise of superheroes, the proliferation of serials, and the emergence of graphic novels. Demanding Respect explores how comic books born in the 1930s were perceived as a "menace" in the 1950s, only to later become collectors’ items and eventually "hip" fiction in the 1980s through today.Using a theoretical framework to examine the construction of comic book culture—the artists, publishers, readers and fans— Lopes explains how and why comic books have captured the public's imagination and gained a fanatic cult following.

A heartfelt graphic memoir where Kristen Radtke journeys through abandoned towns worldwide, intertwining her personal grief with reflections on loss, memory, and what we leave behind.

A striking collection of black‑and‑white comic strips that confronts love, race, and the migrant experience in contemporary Paris through vivid, experimental artwork.

A guide to reading "The Stranger" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list.