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1) Chef's kiss
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
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Description
Watch things start to really heat up in the kitchen in this sweet, queer, new adult graphic novel! Now that college is over, English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something...anything...related to his passion for reading and writing. But interview after interview, hiring committee after hiring committee, Ben soon learns getting the dream job won't be as easy as he thought. Proofreading? Journalism? Copywriting? Not enough experience....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Language
English
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Description
This book takes its place alongside the unnerving, memorable, darkly funny family memoirs of Augusten Burroughs and Mary Karr. It's a father-daughter tale perfectly suited to the graphic memoir form. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out,...
4) Bingo love
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Language
English
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"When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage."--Amazon.com.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Fifteen-year-old Morgan has a secret: She can't wait to escape the perfect little island where she lives. She's desperate to finish high school and escape her sad divorced mom, her volatile little brother, and worst of all, her great group of friends...who don't understand Morgan at all. Because really, Morgan's biggest secret is that she has a lot of secrets, including the one about wanting to kiss another girl. Then one night, Morgan is saved from...
Author
Publisher
Arsenal Pulp Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
156 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Blue is the Warmest Color is a graphic novel about growing up, falling in love, and coming out. Clementine is a junior in high school who seems average enough: she has friends, family, and the romantic attention of the boys in her school. When her openly gay best friend takes her out on the town, she wanders into a lesbian bar where she encounters Emma: a punkish, confident girl with blue hair. Their attraction is instant and electric, and Clementine...
Author
Series
Publisher
Limerence Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
94 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
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"Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience through informative comics, interviews, worksheets, and imaginative examples. A great starting point for anyone curious about queer and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!"--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics, Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
160 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
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Description
When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Mari reunite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage. This Jackpot Edition contains over 50 pages of...
10) Pardalita
Author
Publisher
Levine Querido
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father's new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know...
11) Kiss number 8
Author
Publisher
First Second, an imprint of Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
299 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Mads is pretty happy with her life. She goes to church with her family, and minor league baseball games with her dad. She goofs off with her best friend Cat, and has thus far managed to avoid getting kissed by Adam, the boy next door. It's everything she hoped high school would be... until all of a sudden, it's not. Her dad is hiding something big--so big it could tear her family apart. And that's just the beginning of her problems: Mads is starting...
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
226 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Elise is middle aged and satisfied in her marriage with her husband when she meets Dagmar. What ensues is an affair that unsettles her whole life. A portrait of middle-age relationships and sexuality."--
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
250 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"The dream of a queer separatist town. The life of a gay, Jewish Nazi-fighter. A gender reveal party that tears reality apart. These are just some of the comics you'll find in this massive queer comics anthology from The Nib. [This book] is filled with dozens of comics about LGBTQIA + experiences, ranging from personal stories to queer history to cutting satire about pronoun panic and brands desperate to co-opt pride."--Page 4 of cover.
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Series
Language
English
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"Nick and Charlie are best friends, but one kiss has changed everything. In the aftermath, Charlie is sure that Nick isn't interested, but Nick is more confused than ever. Love works in surprising ways, and Nick comes to see the world from a new perspective. He discovers all sorts of things about his friends, his family... and himself."--provided by publisher.
16) Paris
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
136 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Juliet, a penniless American art student, travels to the City of Light to study painting. To pay her way, she paints portraits of wealthy debutantes. One of her subjects is Deborah, a young English woman suffocated by the narrow expectations of her aristocratic family. Juliet is equally confined by the rigid academic structure of her art education and finds an unlikely kindred spirit in Deborah. Juliet and Deborah's love for art bring them together,...
17) Coming back
Author
Publisher
RH Graphic
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
248 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
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"Everyone in their village has magic in their bones, and Preet is the strongest of them all. Without an power of her own, how can Valissa ever be worthy of Preet's love? When their home is attacked, Valissa has a chance to prove herself, but that means leaving Preet behind. With no one to turn to, Preet gives in to temptation, breaks the village's most sacred laws, and is rejected from the only home she's ever known. Divided by different paths, insecurities,...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
289 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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Laura Dean, the most popular girl in high school, was Frederica Riley's dream girl: charming, confident, and SO cute. There's just one problem: Laura Dean is maybe not the greatest girlfriend. Reeling from her latest break up, Freddy's best friend, Doodle, introduces her to the Seek-Her, a mysterious medium, who leaves Freddy some cryptic parting words: break up with her. But Laura Dean keeps coming back, and as their relationship spirals further...
19) Nubia: Real one
Author
Series
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
205 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
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Description
"Nubia has always been a little bit...different. As a baby she showcased Amazonian-like strength by pushing over a tree to rescue her neighbor's cat. But despite her having similar abilities, the world has no problem telling her that she's no Wonder Woman. And even if she were, they wouldn't want her. Every time she comes to the rescue, she's reminded of how people see her: as a threat. Her moms do their best to keep her safe, but Nubia can't deny...
Author
Publisher
Divergent Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume : b illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Language
English
Description
Collects the popular, controversial, educational, and personal works of trans non-binary artist Justin Hubbell, with new comics that narrate the process, and the artist's own transition.
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