Sonny Liew
Author
Publisher
First Second Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In the comics boom of the 1940s, a legend was born: the Green Turtle. He solved crimes and fought injustice just like the other comics characters. But this mysterious masked crusader was hiding something more than your run-of-the-mill secret identity: the Green Turtle was the first Asian American super hero. The comic had a short run before lapsing into obscurity, but Gene Luen Yang has revived this character in Shadow Hero, a new graphic novel that...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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Description
"Meet Charlie Chan Hock Chye. Now in his early 70s as he looks back on his career, Chan has spent a lifetime making comics in his native Singapore since he was a boy of 16, in 1954. The artist doubles here as both the narrator and the subject matter, as his life story parallels the changes in Singapore over five decades since the war. The evolution of his artwork mirrors the evolution of both his homeland and the comic book medium itself. The myriad...
3) Wonderland
Author
Publisher
Disney Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Experience Alice's fantastic world as they've never seen it before. Writer Tommy Kovac's Wonderland is missing Alice herself, but it's still populated by the other characters that make the world such a curiously exciting place. The Queen of Hearts is present, barking orders to lop off people's heads, as is the Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, the Mad Hatter and the rest of Wonderland's beloved cast. And there are some new faces, too, including the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Stranded when their shuttlecraft crash lands while they are helping to explore a new planet, teen siblings Sammi and Jak are saved from deadly plants by intelligent beings who communicate primarily through shared feelings.
7) Re-gifters
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Meet Jen Dik Seong -- or "Dixie" as she's known to her friends. She's living on the ragged edge of LA's Koreatown, and her only outlet is the ancient martial art of hapkido. In fact, she's on the verge of winning a championship -- until she falls for fellow hapkido fan/California surfer boy Adam and gets thrown spectacularly off her game. As she struggles to win the tournament -- not to mention Adam's affections -- Dixie learns that in love and in...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Being a twenty-something medical student has its own share of problems, but throw a new, unexpected identity as a superhero powered by an ancient mystic force on top of it? Things get pretty hairy quickly. Egyptian-American Brooklynite Khalid "Kent" Nassor stumbles upon the helmet of Fate, which transforms him into the all-new Doctor Fate! An overwhelmed Kent finds himself tackling a strange set of magical powers, all without an instruction manual....
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
Presents, in graphic novel format, a tale of English country manners in which two sisters, one sensible and one impulsive, wrestle with their attractions to unsuitable men after they are forced to leave their family home following the death of their father.
13) Eternity Girl
Author
Publisher
DC Comics/Young Animal
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Caroline Sharp gave up her humanity to gain incredible shape-shifting abilities, powers she used to save the world time and time again as the superhero Chrysalis. But as the years wore on, she began to lose control of the elemental forces coursing through her body, making her dangerously unstable and forcing her removal from ALPHA 13, the covert government agency that created her. Now, although she can barely hold herself together, Caroline's unique...
14) Wonderland: 1
Author
Publisher
SLG Publishing
Pub. Date
[2006].
Language
English
Description
What happened when Alice left Wonderland at the end of the classic Disney animated film? This new series by Tommy Kovac and Sonny Liew follows the adventure, chaos and hijinks in Wonderland as the Queen of Hearts is determined to get to the bottom of who exactly caused her so much trouble.
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Khalid's quest for answers leads the young Doctor Fate to his ancestral homeland of Egypt, where he discovers that malevolent supernatural forces have conspired to make life a lot harder for humanity than it should be. It's as if Julius Caesar himself has returned from the grave to resume his campaign against the Egyptian people. But that would be impossible... and impossible to defeat.