EPL Picks: Graphic Novels for Black History MonthLike this list

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• Aya

  Life in Yop City

  Abouet, Marguerite, 1971-

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  Aya: Life in Yop City follows the life of Aya and her family and friends during the 1970's in Ivory Coast. It’s a golden time, and the nation, too—an oasis of affluence and stability in West Africa—seems fueled by something wondrous. Aya is loosely…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bayou. Volume One

  Love, Jeremy

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  The first title from the original webcomics imprint of DC Comics! South of the Mason-Dixon Line lies a strange land of gods and monsters; a world parallel to our own, born from centuries of slavery, civil war, and hate. Lee Wagstaff is the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury. Vol. 1, Time Runs Out

  Thomas, Brandon

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  Miranda Mercury, the greatest adventurer in this or any other galaxy, is dying, and there's no possible cure. With only one year left to live, Miranda is forced to wage the greatest fight of her life, and secure the heroic legacy that has defined…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Black Panther. A Nation Under Our Feet. Book One

  Coates, Ta-Nehisi

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  MacArthur Genius and National Book Award-winner T- Nehisi Coates (Between the World and Me) takes the helm, confronting T'Challa with a dramatic upheaval in Wakanda. When a superhuman terrorist group that calls itself The People sparks a violent…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ironheart. Vol. 1, Those With Courage

  Ewing, Eve L.

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  Riri Williams, the armoured hero called Ironheart who took the comics world by storm, takes centre stage! When a group of world leaders is held hostage by one of Spider-Man's old foes, Riri must step up her game. But she's thrown for a loop when an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Miles Morales. Vol. 1, Straight Out of Brooklyn

  Ahmed, Saladin

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  Miles Morales swings back into the spotlight! Balancing a normal life, school, friends, family and super-heroing has never been easy for Miles, but when the rampaging Rhino and a cadre of mysterious criminals start plaguing Brooklyn, things take a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Goldie Vance. Volume 1, Issue 1-4

  Larson, Hope

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  In a timeless story, 16-year-old Marigold "Goldie" Vance lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place. Her mom, who divorced her dad years ago, works as a live mermaid at a club downtown. Goldie has an insatiable curiosity, which…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• March. Book One

  Lewis, John, 1940-2020

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  March is a vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation. Rooted in Lewis' personal story, it also reflects on…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story

  Hassler, Alfred

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  Nearly sixty years after its creation, a little-known landmark of comic book history returns! This 16-page comic is a simple but revolutionary account of the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, in which Rosa Parks, Dr. King, and 50,000 others used the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Bingo Love. Vol. 1

  Franklin, Tee

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  Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray fall in love at church bingo in 1963, break up because of pressure from their families, and reunite nearly fifty years later.

• Rob Guillory's Farmhand. Volume 1, Reap What Was Sown

  Guillory, Rob

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  Jedidiah Jenkins is a farmer--but his cash crop isn't corn or soy. Jed grows fast-healing, plug-and-play human organs. Lose a finger? Need a new liver? He's got you covered. Unfortunately, strange produce isn't the only thing Jed's got buried. Deep…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Shuri. 1, The Search for Black Panther

  Okorafor, Nnedi

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  The world fell in love with her in the movie. Now, the Black Panther's techno-genius sister launches her own adventures written by best-selling Afrofuturist author Nnedi Okorafor and drawn by Eisner nominated artist Leonardo Romero!

• Naomi. Season One

  Bendis, Brian Michael

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  When a fight between Superman and Mongul crashes into a small northwestern town, Naomi begins a quest to uncover the last time a super-powered person visited her home--and how that might tie into her own origins and adoption. DC's biggest, newest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Long Way Down

  the Graphic Novel

  Reynolds, Jason

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  As Will, fifteen, sets out to avenge his brother Shawn's fatal shooting, seven ghosts who knew Shawn board the elevator and reveal truths Will needs to know.

• Kindred

  Butler, Octavia E.

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  Octavia E. Butler's bestselling literary science-fiction masterpiece, Kindred, now in graphic novel format, tells the story of Dana, a young black woman who is suddenly and inexplicably transported from her home in 1970s California to the pre-Civil…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower

  a Graphic Novel Adaptation

  Duffy, Damian

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  In this graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower by Damian Duffy and John Jennings, the author portrays a searing vision of America's future. In the year 2024, the country is marred by unattended environmental and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Afar

  Del Duca, Leila

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  AFAR is a coming-of age fantasy tale about two siblings: Boetema who can astrally project and her brother, Inotu, who is forced to grow up when their reckless parents leave to work as salt shepherds.

• Black Panther. World of Wakanda

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  The world building of Wakanda continues in a love story where tenderness is matched only by brutality!

• Big Black

  Stand at Attica

  Smith, Frank, 1933-2004

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  In the summer of 1971, New York's Attica State Prison is a symbol of everything broken in America -- abused prisoners, rampant racism and a blind eye turned towards the injustices perpetrated against the powerless. But when the guards at Attica…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Muhammad Ali

  Titeux de la Croix, Sybille

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  An original graphic novel celebrating the life of the glorious athlete who became the three-time heavyweight boxing legend, activist, and provocateur: Muhammad Ali.