cartoons and comics

"With her unique combination of wit, empathy and squirrel powers, computer science student Doreen Green is all that stands between the Earth and total destruction! Well, Doreen plus her friends Tippy-Toe (a squirrel) and Nancy (a regular human). So mainly Squirrel Girl. Then, what hope does Earth have if Doreen gets hurled back in time and erased from history? Some hope, hopefully, as Howard the Duck is waiting impatiently for a crossover! And if one animal encounter isn't enough, prepare for Swarm, a buzzkill made of bees, and Mole Man, the subterranean super villain looking for love! But you're not here for flowers and kissing, you're all about computer science and super-heroics. Get both--and more--in a showdown with Count Nefaria!"--Back cover.

"Squirrel Girl takes Nancy to visit her mom in Canada! What could possibly go wrong? How about the return of a villain not seen for more than a decade? One that prompts the inter-species team-up you've been waiting for: squirrels and ants!"--Provided by publisher.

"'The Game' is Truckus Maximus, a competition where drivers race against one another toward victory--or disaster. The best of the best is a young driver named Axl. The leader of Team Apollo, Axl drives hard and lies by a strict moral code. That code will be tested to its limits by the Caesar--the cunning ruler of the Roman Empire--and the Dominus, the absolute master of the Truckus Maximus games who can change its rules at will. But Axl can't survive this race on his own. To do that, he'll have to embrace his team, including a defiant new racer named Piston. Will he learn that family is more important than honor or the Game? Or will he go down in flames?"--Back cover.

"The lighthearted, middle-grade reader follows the . . . comic character Dethany Dendrobia as she navigates daily life in contemporary middle school. The 128-page graphic novel's humor spoofs the restrictiveness of a school's culture of cliques by taking its social strata to absurd extreme"--Provided by publisher.

". . . a group of teens starts a program to bring senior citizens to a local theme park to take advantage of the unofficial park policy: If someone dies on the property, the rest of their party is given lifetime passes"--Provided by publisher.

"Queen Evergreen has been poisoned! To save her, you must pick a team of heroes to travel across a series of perilous fantasy landscapes, from a witch's desert tomb to a giant's palace in the sky. YOU get to choose how they win they day, using the greatest heroic power of all: your imagination. On your journey, you'll meet new heroes, battle a dungeon that's also a dragon, and discover that the poisoned book that attacked Queen Evergreen was just the first part of an evil plot that threatens the entire realm. [The author] has created a new kind of role-playing adventure for all ages, which reads like a graphic novel but also plays like a game. With story panels and colorful visuals, this book provides an easy reference to help readers learn the mechanics of role-playing games, while giving them room to let their imaginations soar!"--Amazon.

"In a miraculous turn, Tsubaki's power has increased dramatically. How will Mahiru and Kuro stand against such overwhelming strength? The battle between Tusbaki and Kuro has begun"--Back cover.

"Cryptids, and kittens, and costumes, on my! Neither rain nor heat nor mischievous faeries can put a damper on the fun at Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet's Camp for Hardcore Lady Types! Jo, April, Molly, Mal, and Ripley are helping throw a huge, mid-summer costume bash with the rest of the Lumberjane scouts, but the decorations, snacks, and supplies keep going missing, thanks to some pesky faeries! Then, the Roanoke scouts have been cooped up inside FOREVER in the biggest rainstorm of the summer, but when a litter of mysterious, spiky green kittens wash up on their doorstep, it's up to Jo, April, Mal, Molly and Ripley to get the kittens back home again (even though Ripley wouldreally like to keep them, obviously!)"--Provided by publisher.

"Dash and his crew might have found the source of the evil at Black Sand Beach in a haunted lighthouse. But when Lily reveals that she found Dash's journal there, Dash doesn't know what she's talking about. He's never seen this journal, and it's from last summer. Dash wasn't at Black Sand Beach the summer before. As Dash, Lily, Eleanor, and Andy read the journal together, it reveals Dash's encounters with two ghost girls. Another truly horrible monster. And a life changing event makes things startling clear: Black Sand Beach isn't done with them yet"--Provided by publisher.

"One by one we've met the young descendants--Yuko, from Japan; Parvati, from India; Amir, from Egypt; Abigail, from Germany; Miguel, from Mexico; and Neo, from Greece. Our six adolescent heroes finally join forces, combining the powers bestowed upon them by the ancient gods, to combat the entity known as Evil. Also, a new foe, Chaos incarnate is wreaking havoc all over the world. Further complicating matters: what happens when Evil's disciples, those once close to the Mythics and used to manipulate them, escape? It's another globe-trotting adventure as these new young gods struggle to save the world"--Provided by publisher.