Mr. Mendoza's paintbrush

Author: Urrea, Luis Alberto

Title Mr. Mendoza’s paintbrush

Published: El Paso: Cinco Puntos Press, 2010

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 U77 M7 2010

Note(s): Artwork by Christopher Cardinale; color masking and compositing, Anthony Cardinale; design, Anne M. Giangiulio

Summary: Tells a story of a graffiti artist, Mr. Mendoza, who goes about the Mexican village of Rosario creating masterpieces that reflect the social ills of the city. One day his paintbrush creates a miraculous event that no one in Rosario ever forgets

Subject(s):

• Painters -- Mexico -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Mexico -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Graphic novels -- United States

Read: November 17, 2010

Temperance

Author: Malkasian, Cathy

Title: Temperance

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2010

Description: 240 p. :chiefly ill. ; 27 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 M24 T46 2010

Summary: "Do concepts life war and enemies hold a people together? Does conflict have an irresistible cultural momentum? These are the questions the cartoonist Cathy Malkasian explores in Temperance. After a brutal injury sustained in battle, Lester has no memory of his prior life. For the next thirty years his wife does everything to keep him from remembering-- and re-constructing-- a society, Blessedbowl, that has since elevated him as a hero. Blessedbowl is a cultural convergence of lies, memories, stories, and beliefs. Its people thrive on ideas of persecution, exceptionalism, and enemies, persuaded that war lurks just outside their walls. Lester’s gradual emergence from his amnesia signals a crisis for the people of Blessedbowl, as their illusions become less and less sustainable. The story of Temperance is an account of recovery and awakening. Malkasian creates a densely tetured social context, masterfuly conveying the idiosyncratic physical domain with its spiraling structures and quasi-medieval architecture along with intimate yet plastic portraits of her characters in a rich, tonal pencil line" --P. [4] of cover

Subject(s):

• Amnesiacs -- Comic books, strips, etc
• War -- Psychological aspects -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Married people -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Culture conflict -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Fear -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States
• Graphic novels
• Graphic novels -- United States

Read: November 17, 2010

Artichoke tales

Author: Kelso, Megan,1968-

Title: Artichoke tales

Published Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2010

Description: 227 p. :chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 K45 A78 2010

Summary: "Artichoke Tales is a coming-of-age story about a young girl named Brigitte whose family is caught between the two warring sides of a civil war, a graphic novel that takes place in a world that echoes our own, but whose people have artichoke leaves instead of hair" -- from publisher’s web site

Subject(s):

• Girls -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Civil war -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Families -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States
• Graphic novels
• Bildungsromans

Read: November 16, 2010

Set to sea

Author: Weing, Drew

Title: Set to sea

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2010

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :chiefly ill. ; 17 cm.

Call Number: PN6727 W413 S48 2010

Subject(s):

• Poets -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Seafaring life -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels
• Sea stories

Read: November 15, 2010

A perfect red: empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire

Author: Greenfield, Amy Butler, 1968-

Title: A perfect red: empire, espionage, and the quest for the color of desire

Published: New York: Harper Perennial, 2006

Description: viii, 338 p., [8] p. of plates :ill. (some col.), ports. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: TP925 C63 G74 2006

Bibliography: p. 293-318

Note(s): "A hardcover edition of this book was published in 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers." -- T.p. verso

Subject(s):

• Cochineal -- History
• Dyes and dyeing -- Textile fibers -- Europe -- History
• Dyes and dyeing -- Mexico -- History
• Cochineal insect

Read: November 10, 2010

The gashlycrumb tinies, or, After the outing

Author: Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000

Title: The Gashlycrumb tinies or, After the outing

Published: New York: Simon and Schuster, 1963

Description: [29] l. illus. 18 x 19 cm.

Call Number: PS3513 O614 G36 1963

Subject(s):

• English language -- Alphabet -- Humor
• American wit and humor, Pictorial

Read: November 9, 2010

Sex, bombs and burgers: how war, porn and fast food created technology as we know it

Author: Nowak, Peter

Title: Sex, bombs and burgers: how war, porn and fast food created technology as we know it

Published: Toronto: Viking Canada, 2010

Description: 364 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: T15 N69 2010

Subject(s):

• Technological innovations -- Social aspects
• Technology -- Social aspects
• Technology -- History
• Innovations -- Aspect social

Read: November 5, 2010

New and selected poems

Author: Morton, Karla K.

Uniform Title: Poems. Selections

Title: New and selected poems

Published: Fort Worth: TCU Press, 2010

Description: ix, 85 p. ; 24 cm.

Call Number: PS3613 O77864 A6 2010

Read: November 4, 2010

Werewolves of Montpellier

Author: Jason

Title: Werewolves of Montpellier

Published: Seattle: Fantagraphics Books, 2010

Description: 1 v. (unpaged) :chiefly col. ill. ; 26 cm.

Call Number: PN6790 N83 J378 2010

Summary:  "Southern France, early 21st century. A shadowy figure sneaks across the rooftops. The fangs, the pointy ears, the fierce demeanor, the hair-- is this the latest addition to the ranks of the urban werevolves so famed in movies and comic books? As it turns out, no-- it’s just a lonely and bored expatriate artist who spends his days bumming around his adoptive French city, and his nights dressed up as a larcenous werewolf, for kicks and thrills. But when the real werewolves of Montpellier catch wind of his impersonation, he gets a few more thrills than he bargained for on the next full moon" -- p. [4] of cover

Subject(s):

• Artists -- France -- Montpellier -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Werewolves -- France -- Montpellier -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Scandinavians -- France -- Montpellier -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Burglary -- France -- Montpellier -- Comic books, strips, etc
• Horror comic books, strips, etc
• Graphic novels -- United States
• Graphic novels -- Norway

Read: Novermber 3, 2010

Nineteen seventy-four

Author: Peace, David

Title: Nineteen seventy-four

Published: New York: Vintage Books, 2009

Description: 295 p. ; 21 cm.

Call Number: PR6066 E116 N56 2009

Note(s): Originally published: London: Serpent's Tail, 1999

Subject(s):

• Journalists -- England -- Fiction
• Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction
• Girls -- Crimes against -- Fiction
• Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction

Read: October 30, 2010