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Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Groovy Graphic Novels

We are receiving more requests for graphic novels. Here are some graphic novels that you may not have seen.

Magic Pickle by Scott Morse
Meet the world's greenest, bumpiest, briniest superhero, the Magic Pickle. With his feisty sidekick Jo Jo Wigman, the Magic Pickle faces his worst nightmare, the Brotherhood of Evil Produce. Will he save the world from those foul fiends, or will the world be conquered by vegetables gone wild?

Power Struggle by Sean McKeever
Peter Parker dons his Spider-man outfit to protect the city of New York from the villany of Electro, the Sandman, the Vulture, Kraven the Hunter, Sandman, and the Scorpion.

Astro Boy by Osamu Tezuka
Presents several comic-strip tales featuring the jet-powered robotic boy hero Astro Boy, including the story of his birth.

Billions of Bats by Scott Nickel
Sarah Bellum, the new star pupil at school, mistakenly creates hundreds of copies of her pet bat, Bobo, with her cosmic copy machine, until Buzz Beaker comes up with an ingenious way to solve the problem.

Otto's Orange Day by Frank Cammuso & Jay Lynch
After a genie fulfills Otto the cat's wish by turning the whole world orange, Otto realizes that his favorite color is not the best color for everything.







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