WHO'S ON TOP: GRAPHIC NOVELS

TOP 5 GRAPHIC NOVEL:

HARDCOVER:

1. CEMETERY GIRL, BOOK 1, by Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden and Don Kramer

2. BATMAN, VOL. 3, by Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo

3. THE JOKER: DEATH OF THE FAMILY, by Scott Snyder and Various

4. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, by Alan Moore and Brian Bolland

5. THE WALKING DEAD, BOOK 1, by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard

SPOTLIGHT:

CEMETERY GIRL, BOOK 1

Charlaine Harris, Christopher Golden and Don Kramer

Charlaine Harris, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Sookie Stackhouse novels and the Harper Connelly Mysteries, and New York Times bestselling author Christopher Golden present an original graphic novel illustrated by acclaimed comic book artist Don Kramer—first in a brand-new trilogy.

She calls herself Calexa Rose Dunhill—names taken from the grim surroundings where she awoke, bruised and bloody, with no memory of who she is, how she got there, or who left her for dead.

She has made the cemetery her home, living in a crypt and avoiding human contact. But Calexa can’t hide from the dead—and because she can see spirits, they can’t hide from her.

Then one night, Calexa spies a group of teenagers vandalizing a grave—and watches in horror as they commit murder. As the victim’s spirit rises from her body, it flows into Calexa, overwhelming her mind with visions and memories not her own.

Now Calexa must make a decision: continue to hide to protect herself—or come forward to bring justice to the sad spirit who has reached out to her for help...

PAPERBACK:

1. PERSEPOLIS, by Marjane Satrapi

2 FUN HOME, by Alison Bechdel

3. MAUS: A SURVIVOR’S TALE, VOL. 1, by Art Spiegelman

4. THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM, VOL. 2, by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard

5. THE WALKING DEAD COMPENDIUM, VOL. 1, by Robert Kirkman and Others

SPOTLIGHT:

FUN HOME

Alison Bechdel

A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books.

This breakout book by Alison Bechdel is a darkly funny family tale, pitch-perfectly illustrated with Bechdel's sweetly gothic drawings. Like Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, it's a story exhilaratingly suited to graphic memoir form.

Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned "fun home," as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books.

When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescense, the denouement is swift, graphic — and redemptive.

MANGA:

1. NARUTO, VOL. 64, by Masashi Kishimoto

2.  MONSTER MUSUME, VOL. 2, by Okayado

3. YU-GI-OH! ZEXAL, VOL. 4, by Shin Yoshida and Naohito Miyoshi

4. ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 10, by Hajime Isayama

5. NISEKOI: FALSE LOVE, VOL. 1, by Naoshi Komi

SPOTLIGHT:

YU-GI-OH! ZEXAL, VOL. 4

Shin Yoshida and Naohito Miyoshi

In a futuristic city, augmented reality Duels are all the rage. Duelists, using devices called D-Gazers, can interact with their environment and their opponents as never before. With more awesome monsters and unbelievable cards, the future of Yu-Gi-Oh! starts right here!

The mysterious Luna suddenly appears and challenges Shark to a duel. At stake is a new card and a new power! Elsewhere, Yuma and his friends form the Numbers Club, dedicated to finding the powerful Numbers Cards and stopping the plans of the evil Dr. Faker!

Card included with the first printing only.