Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star Vol. 1

Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star Vol. 1
Author: Kaeruno Erefante
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2021-09-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1648276075

A comedy that explores the ins-and-outs of working in the adult film industry! Kaeruno is jobless, freshly divorced, and all out of dating prospects. When he decides to start a new life for himself in Tokyo, he has no idea what awaits in the big city. His move marks the first step into a bold new career path: male porn star! This memoir chronicles the ups and downs of one regular otaku's entry into the world of glamor, glitz, and money shots.

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey Vol. 4

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey Vol. 4
Author: Akiko Higashimura
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2020-03-31
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1645052540

Akiko has finally achieved her dream of becoming a manga artist! She's almost ready to fully immerse herself in the wonderful world of shoujo when Hidaka-sensei approaches her. Just what does he want?

My Wandering Warrior Existence

My Wandering Warrior Existence
Author: Nagata Kabi
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2022-03-15
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1685790569

After attending a friend's wedding, Nagata Kabi decides she wants one of her own. That's not the only thing she wants--she longs to love and be loved. But she has three major problems: she has no partner, no dating experience, and her only sexual encounters are limited to a lesbian escort service. With the help of a photoshoot, a dating app, and more, the author embarks on a journey to seek the love and happiness she so desperately desires.

A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic

A Life Turned Upside Down: My Dad's an Alcoholic
Author: Mariko Kikuchi
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 148
Release: 2021-11-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 168579131X

Mariko Kikuchi tells the painful story of her father's alcoholism and her own journey through guilt to understanding her father's illness. She rejects the common belief that family members can and should be forgiven for anything they do, no matter how much harm they cause. This powerful, self-contained autobiographical manga began as a web series that went viral, and inspired a critically acclaimed 2019 film in Japan.

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey Vol. 1

Blank Canvas: My So-Called Artist's Journey Vol. 1
Author: Akiko Higashimura
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 158
Release: 2019-05-21
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1645052516

High schooler Akiko has big plans to become a popular mangaka before she even graduates, but she needs to get much better at drawing if she ever wants to reach her goal. Looking for an easy fix, she signs up for an art class, thinking all her problems will soon be solved. She''s in for a surprise: her new instructor is a bamboo sword-wielding taskmaster who doesn''t care about manga one bit. But maybe this unconventional art teacher is just what she needs to realize her dreams!

Keith Haring

Keith Haring
Author: Paolo Parisi
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-10-11
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 3791388436

Celebrated artist, activist and humanitarian, Keith Haring is the perfect subject for this graphic novel. Focused on three colors, this comic-book tells the fascinating life story of a man who lived his truth on all kinds of canvases. From his boyhood days spent drawing compulsively through his tragic death, the trajectory of Keith Haring’s life is a story of incredible achievement, luck, opportunity, and extraordinary commitment. This graphic novel looks at every stage of that life, exploring his early influences, the roots of his activism, and his close friendships with other artist contemporaries. It shows readers what it was like to be part of New York City’s vibrant downtown art scene in the 1980s—the nightclubs, art openings, the rise of hip-hop—and how world events, such as the fall of the Berlin Wall; the escalation of the nuclear arms race; apartheid; and the dawn of the climate crisis played into his work. They’ll learn how Haring’s own battle with AIDS fueled his advocacy for education and research, and they’ll get to know the figures who were most influential to his work— from Warhol to Basquiat, Fab Five Freddy to Madonna. Packed with key cultural reference points as well as the artist’s own reflections, this graphic biography makes for compulsive, eye- opening reading.

Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star Vol. 2

Manga Diary of a Male Porn Star Vol. 2
Author: Kaeruno Erefante
Publisher: Seven Seas Entertainment
Total Pages: 166
Release: 2022-05-24
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1638584729

Kaeruno is a newbie porn star, and he's just completed his first real gig! He thought his new career would be all sex and giggles, but now he's facing the struggles every male porn star must conquer. It's a tall order maintaining a stiffy with all these interruptions, and then he has to make sure his climaxes are both numerous AND voluminous! Will he rise to the occasion?

The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt

The Adventures of Alexander Von Humboldt
Author: Andrea Wulf
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2019-04-02
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1524747378

A KIRKUS REVIEWS BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR From the New York Times bestselling author of The Invention of Nature, comes a breathtakingly illustrated and brilliantly evocative recounting of Alexander Von Humboldt's five year expedition in South America. Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery, but his most revolutionary idea was a radical vision of nature as a complex and interconnected global force that does not exist for the use of humankind alone. His theories and ideas were profoundly influenced by a five-year exploration of South America. Now Andrea Wulf partners with artist Lillian Melcher to bring this daring expedition to life, complete with excerpts from Humboldt's own diaries, atlases, and publications. She gives us an intimate portrait of the man who predicted human-induced climate change, fashioned poetic narrative out of scientific observation, and influenced iconic figures such as Simón Bolívar, Thomas Jefferson, Charles Darwin, and John Muir. This gorgeous account of the expedition not only shows how Humboldt honed his groundbreaking understanding of the natural world but also illuminates the man and his passions.

A Guided Tour of Hell

A Guided Tour of Hell
Author: Samuel Bercholz
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
Total Pages: 161
Release: 2016-12-06
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1611801427

Take a trip through the realms of hell with a man whose temporary visitor’s pass gave him a horrifying—and enlightening—preview of its torments. This true account of Sam Bercholz’s near-death experience has more in common with Dante’s Inferno than it does with any of the popular feel-good stories of what happens when we die. In the aftermath of heart surgery, Sam, a longtime Buddhist practitioner and teacher, is surprised to find himself in the lowest realms of karmic rebirth, where he is sent to gain insight into human suffering. Under the guidance of a luminous being, Sam’s encounters with a series of hell-beings trapped in repetitious rounds of misery and delusion reveal to him how an individual’s own habits of fiery hatred and icy disdain, of grasping desire and nihilistic ennui, are the source of horrific agonies that pound consciousness for seemingly endless cycles of time. Comforted by the compassion of a winged goddess and sustained by the kindness of his Buddhist teachers, Sam eventually emerges from his ordeal with renewed faith that even the worst hell contains the seed of wakefulness. His story is offered, along with the modernist illustrations of a master of Tibetan sacred arts, in order to share what can be learned about awakening from our own self-created hells and helping others to find relief and liberation from theirs.

Pretending Is Lying

Pretending Is Lying
Author: Dominique Goblet
Publisher: New York Review of Books
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2017-02-07
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 1681370484

Now in paperback, a “tender, affecting” (NYTBR) memoir unlike any other, and the first book to appear in English by the acclaimed Belgian artist Dominique Goblet. In a series of dazzling fragments—skipping through time, and from raw, slashing color to delicate black-and-white—Dominique Goblet examines the most important relationships in her life: with her partner, Guy Marc; with her daughter, Nikita; and with her parents. The result is an unnerving comedy of paternal dysfunction, an achingly ambivalent love story (with asides on Thomas Pynchon and the Beach Boys), and a searing account of childhood trauma—a dizzying, unforgettable view of a life in progress and a tour de force of the art of comics.