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1) Elixir
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"In a fantastic vision of the future, magic has been replaced with technology. Two factions are in conflict within a sprawling metropolis: The Druids hold on to the past, while huge corporations exploit new technologies that threaten to eradicate magic forever. Mara, the daughter of a druid leader, becomes caught up in a dangerous mission to recover the elixir -- a mysterious artifact that could restore magic and defeat the corporations once and for...
2) Blink
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Wren Booker is haunted by a childhood she can't fully remember. When she comes across a cryptic website streaming video feeds from the ruined building of her nightmares, she tracks it down and re-enters the failed social experiment she narrowly escaped as a child."--Back cover.
3) Monica
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Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story--actually, stories--of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists, Monica is a multilayered masterpiece in comics form that alludes to many of the genres that have defined...
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"Everywhere, at precisely the same moment, everyone on Earth gets a genie and one wish. Welcome to the world of... Eight Billion Genies. As people all over the planet make wishes profane and profound, the world -- and humanity -- change forever. We follow eight characters who find themselves in a Detroit dive bar as 'G-Day' descends upon humanity. They navigate their hopes, fears, dreams and wishes over the first eight seconds... the first eight hours......
5) Swan songs
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"W. MAXWELL PRINCE (ICE CREAM MAN) continues to push the comics envelope with SWAN SONGS--a moving, multi-artist anthology that explores the way things END...and also how they never really do. The End of the World. The End of a Marriage. The End of Eden. The End of a Sentence. The End of Anhedonia. ...Even The End of the Sidewalk! And along for the terminal ride are some of the industry's best, brightest artists! MARTIN SIMMONDS (DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH),...