Children's Literature: Graphic Novels
Graphic Novels
These are just a few of the titles available in the Derrell C. Roberts Library. To view a complete list, search the catalog under the subject heading: Graphic Novels.
- Animal Farm byCall Number: PN6727.W52 F33 2003 V.2ISBN: 9781401200770Publication Date: 2003-08-01Travel to upstate New York, where the non-human Fable characters have found refuge on a farm, miles from mankind. But all is not well on the farm — and a conspiracy to free them from the shackles of their perceived imprisonment may lead to a war that could wrest control of the Fables community away from Snow White.
- Beowulf byCall Number: PN6727.H53 B46 2007ISBN: 0763630225Publication Date: 2007-03-13This exhilarating graphic-novel edition of an ancient classic honors the spirit of the original as it attracts modern readers. . Grendel’s black blood runs thick as Beowulf defeats the monster and his hideous mother, while somber hues overcast the hero’s final, fatal battle against a raging dragon. Speeches filled with courage and sadness, lightning-paced contests of muscle and will, and funeral boats burning on the fjords are all rendered in glorious and gruesome detail.
- Masterpiece Comics byCall Number: PN6727.S446 M38 2009ISBN: 9781897299845Publication Date: 2009-09-01Masterpiece Comics adapts a variety of classic literary works with the most iconic visual idioms of twentieth-century comics.
- The Plain Janes byCall Number: PZ7.C26865 Pla 2007ISBN: 1401211151Publication Date: 2007-05-02When a transfer student named Jane is forced to move from the cool confines of Metro City to Suburbia, she thinks her life is over. But there in the lunch room at the reject table she finds her tribe: three other girls named Jane. Main Jane encourages them to form a secret art gang and paint the town P.L.A.I.N. - People Loving Art In Neighborhoods.
- Princess Decomposia and Count Spatula byCall Number: PZ7.7.W375 Pri 2015ISBN: 9781626721494Publication Date: 2015-02-24Princess Decomposia is overworked and underappreciated. This princess of the underworld has plenty of her own work to do but always seems to find herself doing her layabout father's job, as well. Luckily for Princess Decomposia, she makes a good hire in Count Spatula, the vampire chef with a sweet tooth. He's a charming go-getter of a blood-sucker, and pretty soon the two young ghouls become friends. Andi Watson (Glister, Gum Girl) brings his signature gothy-cute sensibility to this very sweet and mildly spooky tale of friendship, family, and management training for the undead.
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies byCall Number: PS3607.R348 P75 2010ISBN: 9780345520685Publication Date: 2010-05-04It is known as "the strange plague," and its unfortunate victims are referred to only as "unmentionables" or "dreadfuls." All over England, the dead are rising again, and now even the daughters of Britain's best families must devote their lives to mastering the deadly arts. Elizabeth Bennet is a fearsome warrior whose ability with a sword is matched only by her quick wit and even sharper tongue. But she faces her most formidable foe yet in the haughty, conceited, and somehow strangely attractive Mr. Darcy. As the two lovers meet in the ballroom and on the battlefield, they'll soon learn that nothing--not even bands of ninjas, hordes of flesh-eating zombies, or disapproving aunts--can stop true love.
- Tiny Tales byCall Number: PN6727.R835 O95 2004 v.1-5ISBN: 9781603090193Publication Date: 2008-10-21Presents the silent graphic novel adventures of a cute owl named Owly, who wishes to make friends with the other animals in the forest.