comic books, strips, etc

February 12, 1947 brings everyone who is anyone in Paris fashion to Avenue Montaigne to witness the first fashion show of Christian Dior, whose new look launches the genius of Haute Couture. After World War II, and the devastation of the German occupation, Paris is ready for beauty again. In the audience is Clara, a young fashion reporter who becomes a designer with the House of Dior, and this is her charming story told with elegant, fashion-design pictures.

The Invasion of Normandy was the most anticipated event of WWII. A historically accurate and serious graphic narrative by Wayne Vansant, Normandy depicts the invasion of Normandy on five beaches--Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno, and Sword--to the construction of Mulberry Harbors, the capture of Cherbourg, the fight for Saint-L? and also Caen, the breakout of Patton's Third Army, the fights at the Falaise Pocket, to the liberation of Paris.

"In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Nickolas Flux as he travels back in time and must survive the California Gold Rush"--.

"In graphic novel format, follows the adventures of Nickolas Flux as he travels back in time and must survive the eruption of Mount Vesuvius"--.

A graphic novel version of the classic story of forty-seven Japanese warriors and their quest to avenge their master.

In this graphic version of the classic story, Martians abandon their dying planet and invade Earth.

Once the loyal and respected retainer of the shogun and now a discraced exile, master swordsman Ogami Itto travels a path of vengeance with his young son, Daigoro. As the authors of the honorable Itto's fall, the Yagyu clan will stop at nothing to bury their secret treachery, and Itto will stop at nothing to bury the Yagyu!.

"A graphic history of the Civil War, told through everyday objects"--.

The author recounts her childhood experiences in Beirut during the civil war between Christians and Muslims in the 1980s, as her family tried to carry on a normal life despite violence, a partition of the city, and a lack of food.