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  • List: Rainbow Book List - Graphic Novels
  • America, Vol. 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez

    America, Vol. 1: The Life and Times of America Chavez

    By Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones

    At last! Everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse, America Chavez, gets her own series! Critically acclaimed young-adult novelist Gabby Rivera and all-star artist Joe Quinones unite to shine a solo spotlight on America's high-octane and hard-hitting adventures! She was a Young Avenger. She leads the Ultimates. And now she officially claims her place as the preeminent butt-kicker of the entire Marvel Universe! But what's a super-powered teenager to do when she's looking for a little personal fulfi llment? She goes to college! America just has to stop an interdimensional monster or two first and shut down a pesky alien cult that's begun worshipping her exploits before work can begin. Then she can get on with her first assignment: a field trip to the front lines of World War II - with Captain America as her wingman!
  • America, Vol. 2: Fast and Fuertona

    America, Vol. 2: Fast and Fuertona

    By Gabby Rivera, Joe Quinones

    It begins with the story you've been waiting for: the origin of America Chavez! But everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse soon meets her match — in the form of the deadly and exotic Exterminatrix! Can America stand against this vile villainess, backed by the full power of the ominous Midas Corporation? America gains all-new but untested abilities — and she'll need them against the oncoming horde! But what does Exterminatrix want with Sotomayor University? With America in lockup, it's up to Prodigy to find out — and that won't be easy when campus queen X'Andria is working for the enemy! As the Midas Corporation reignites a decades-old danger, America's newly discovered home comes under threat — but they're about to learn that you don't mess with a Fuertona. And you definitely don't mess with a Chavez!
  • Batwoman, Volume 3: World's Finest

    Batwoman, Volume 3: World's Finest

    By J. H. Williams III, W. Haden Blackman

    When searching for Medusa and the missing children of Gotham, Batwoman teams up with Wonder Woman for a fight they might not survive.
  • Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Anthology

    Beyond: The Queer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Anthology

    By Sfe R. Monster (Editor)

    Queer comics from space travel to werewolves and everything in between.
  • Bingo Love

    Bingo Love

    By Tee Franklin, Jenn St-Onge (Illustrator)

    Bingo Love is a story of a same-sex romance that spans over 60 years. A chance meeting at church bingo in 1963 brings Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray together. Through their formative years, these two women develop feelings for each other and finally profess their love for one another. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid 60's, Hazel and Mari are reunited again at a bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage. From TEE FRANKLIN (NAILBITER's “THE OUTFIT,” Love is Love) and JENN ST-ONGE (Jem & the Misfits), BINGO LOVE is a touching story of love, family, and resiliency that spans over 60 years.
  • Blue is the Warmest Color

    Blue is the Warmest Color

    By Julie Maroh

    In this graphic novel, Clementine dies at a young age and leaves her diary to her beloved Emma. There, Emma reads about how Clementine came to terms with her sexuality.
  • The Bride was a Boy

    The Bride was a Boy

    By Chii

    The heartwarming transgender love story, based on true events! Drawn in the style of diary comics with an upbeat, adorable flair, this is a charming tale about Chii, a woman assigned male at birth. Her story starts with her childhood and follows the ups and downs of exploring her sexuality, gender, and transition -- as well as falling in love with a man who's head over heels for her. Now they want to get married, so Chii's about to embark on a new adventure: becoming a bride!
  • Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir

    Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir

    By Nicole Georges

    When a psychic reveals that her father, long believed dead, is still alive, Nicole struggles with her identity and personal relationships with family, friends and lovers.
  • Cardboard Kingdom

    Cardboard Kingdom

    By Chad Sell et. al

    Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their ordinary block into cardboard kingdom. This is the summer when sixteen kids encounter knights and rogues, robots and monsters--and their own inner demons--on one last quest before school starts again. In the Cardboard Kingdom, you can be anything you want to be--imagine that!
  • DeadEndia?: The Watcher's Test

    DeadEndia?: The Watcher's Test

    By Hamish Steele

    Barney and his best friend Norma are just trying to get by and keep their jobs, but working at the Dead End theme park also means battling demonic forces, time traveling wizards, and scariest of all--their love lives! Follow the lives of this diverse group of employees of a haunted house, which may or may not also serve as a portal to hell, in this hilarious and moving graphic novel, complete with talking pugs, vengeful ghosts and LBGTQIA love!

  • Goldie Vance Vol 3

    Goldie Vance Vol 3

    By Hope Larson, Jackie Ball, Elle Power (Illustrator)

    Catch up with the coolest new girl detective on the block, Goldie Vance. Sixteen-year-old Marigold “Goldie” Vance has an insatiable curiosity with dreams of one day becoming a detective. Luckily, she lives at a Florida resort with her dad, who manages the place, and with a rotating roster of guests and events, there's bound to be some mystery afoot! With the Prescription One race in town, Goldie and her biggest rival, Sugar Maple, find themselves in an unlikely alliance to find who is sabotaging the drivers before the big event.
  • Heavy Vinyl

    Heavy Vinyl

    By Carly Usdin, Nina Vakueva (Illustrator), Irene Flores (Illustrator)

    When Chris joins the staff at her local record store, she's surprised to find out that her co-workers share a secret: they're all members of a secret fight club that take on the patriarchy and fight crime! Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Mayhem. It's as rad as she imagined; her boss is BOSS, her co-workers spend their time arguing over music, pushing against the patriarchy, and endlessly trying to form a band. When Rosie Riot, the staff's favorite singer, mysteriously vanishes the night before her band's show, Chris discovers her co-workers are doing more than just sorting vinyl . . . Her local indie record store is also a front for a teen girl vigilante fight club!
  • Iceman, Vol. 1: Thawing Out

    Iceman, Vol. 1: Thawing Out

    By Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti

    Bobby Drake has been in the super hero game longer than most - but what has he left behind besides a few good one-liners and a string of failed relationships? And now a younger version of himself has emerged from the timestream - and he's more put together than Bobby ever was. He grapples with his gay identity and his family and how to build a life and legacy he can be proud of...and become the best Iceman he can be! But, whether it's seeking his ex-girlfriend Kitty Pryde's advice on meeting guys, or delivering his latest news to his folks, it won't be easy - and that's before a gang of revenge-seeking Purifiers comes calling! And, still learning to be comfortable in his own skin, Bobby will meet someone who's perhaps too comfortable in his - the son of Wolverine himself, Daken!
  • Iceman, Vol. 2: Absolute Zero

    Iceman, Vol. 2: Absolute Zero

    By Sina Grace, Alessandro Vitti

    Bobby Drake reunites the original Champions! And with heroes like Hercules, Ghost Rider, Iceman, Black Widow, Darkstar, and Angel, the more things change... nothing stays the same! Unfortunately for them, this reunion is under less-than-happy circumstances, as a familiar foe from the past re-emerges!
  • The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded

    The Imitation Game: Alan Turing Decoded

    By Jim Ottaviani

    Mathematician and pioneer of computer science, Alan Turing, cracked the Enigma Code aiding in WWII's conclusion. Persecuted for his sexual orientation, his life comes to a catastrophic end.
  • Kevin Keller 2: Drive Me Crazy

    Kevin Keller 2: Drive Me Crazy

    By Dan Parent

    Kevin juggles school, Boyfriend troubles, and a visit by George Takei in this new Archie Comic.
  • Kim Reaper Vol. 1: Grim Beginnings

    Kim Reaper Vol. 1: Grim Beginnings

    By Sarah Graley

    Like most university students, Kim works a part-time job to make ends meet. Unlike most university students, Kim's job is pretty cool: she's a grim reaper, tasked with guiding souls into the afterlife. Like most university students, Becka has a super intense crush. Unlike most university students, Becka's crush is on a beautiful gothic angel that frequents the underworld. Of course, she doesn't know that. Unaware of the ghoulish drama she's about to step into, Becka finally gathers up the courage to ask Kim on a date! But when she falls into a ghostly portal and interrupts Kim at her job, she sets off a chain of events that will pit the two of them against angry cat-dads, vengeful zombies, and perhaps even the underworld itself. But if they work together, they just might make it... and maybe even get a smooch in the bargain.
  • Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part One

    Legend of Korra: Turf Wars Part One

    By Michael Dante DiMartino, Irene Koh

    Relishing their newfound feelings for each other, Korra and Asami leave the Spirit World . . . but find nothing in Republic City but political hijinks and human vs. spirit conflict! A pompous developer plans to turn the new spirit portal into an amusement park, potentially severing an already tumultuous connection with the spirits. What's more, the triads have realigned and are in a brutal all-out brawl at the city's borders - where hundreds of evacuees have relocated! In order to get through it all, Korra and Asami vow to look out for each other - but first, they've got to get better at being a team and a couple!
  • Lumberjanes Volume 3: A Terrible Plan

    Lumberjanes Volume 3: A Terrible Plan

    By Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Shannon Watters

    During a free day at camp, Jo, April, and Ripley try to earn as many badges as possible, while Mal and Molly's picnic date turns into a journey to a parallel dimension when the Bear Woman shows up.
  • Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks

    Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks

    By Holly Black

    Join April, Jo, Mal, Molly and Ripley as they explore their all-girls camp. From ghost ponies to strange plants, these Lumberjanes are ready to take on anything that comes their way as long as they have each other. With stories written by Eisner Award-winner Faith Erin Hicks, and New York Times bestselling author Holly Black, these adventures are definitely something you don't want to miss. Collecting all the Lumberjanes one-shots for the first time, Lumberjanes: Bonus Tracks has a star studded cast of talent that is just too good to pass up! Featuring Faith Erin Hicks (Nameless City, Friends with Boys), Rosemary Valero-O'Connell (Lumberjanes/Gotham Academy, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me), Jen Wang (In Real Life, Adventure Time with Fionna and Cake: Card Wars), Christine Norrie (Hopeless Savages), Kelly Thompson (Jem & The Holograms, Hawkeye), and Holly Black (The Spiderwick Chronicles).
  • Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew

    Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew

    By Grace Ellis, Shae Beagle (Illustrator)

    Werewolf barista Julie and her new girlfriend go on a date to a close-up magic show, but all heck breaks loose when the magician casts a horrible spell on their friend Chet. Now it's up to the team of mythical pals to stop the illicit illusionist before it's too late.
  • My Brother's Husband

    My Brother's Husband

    By Gengoroh Tagame

    Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it.
  • The Prince and the Dressmaker

    The Prince and the Dressmaker

    By Jen Wang

    Paris, at the dawn of the modern age: Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride―or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia―the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion! Sebastian's secret weapon (and best friend) is the brilliant dressmaker Frances―one of only two people who know the truth: sometimes this boy wears dresses. But Frances dreams of greatness, and being someone's secret weapon means being a secret. Forever. How long can Frances defer her dreams to protect a friend? Jen Wang weaves an exuberantly romantic tale of identity, young love, art, and family. A fairy tale for any age, The Prince and the Dressmaker will steal your heart.

  • Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home

    Runaways, Vol. 1: Find Your Way Home

    By Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka (Illustrator)

    GET READY TO RUN! The "IT" book of the early 2000s with the original cast is back--Nico! Karolina! Molly! Chase! Old Lace! And, could it be...GERT?! The heart of the Runaways died years ago, but you won't believe how she returns! Superstar author Rainbow Rowell (Eleanor & Park, Carry On) makes her Marvel debut with fan-favorite artist Kris Anka (ALL-NEW X-MEN, CAPTAIN MARVEL) in the series that will shock you and break your heart! Did Chase and Gert's love survive their time apart? Have Karolina and Nico's feelings made their friendship impossible? What emotional landmines lie in wait to DESTROY the Runaways?!
  • Runaways, Vol. 2: Best Friends Forever

    Runaways, Vol. 2: Best Friends Forever

    By Rainbow Rowell, Kris Anka (Illustrator)

    The Runaways are a family again! But a family needs a guardian, and the only Runaway who's got her life together is in middle school. And, even for a kid like Molly who likes her classes, that can be fraught with peril. Meanwhile, there's a new arrival as the gang welcomes Karolina's girlfriend - Julie Power of Power Pack! Having an experienced adventurer around will be useful when one of the universe's most fearsome villains invades the hostel! But do some of the Runaways have mixed feelings about Julie's arrival? As Molly contemplates a supernatural deal that must have a monkey's paw-esque downside, one of the team suff ers a fate worse than death. Really! And will the Runaways' greatest foe be...well-meaning outsiders who want to help them?! Your favorite super hero teen drama continues!
  • The Secret Loves of Geek Girls: Expanded Edition

    The Secret Loves of Geek Girls: Expanded Edition

    By Hope Nicholson (Editor)

    Comics and essays combine in this Nonfiction anthology on geeks and relationships.
  • Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition

    Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition

    By Julia Kaye

    Instead of a traditional written diary, Julia Kaye has always turned to art as a means of self-reflection. So when she began her gender transition in 2016, she decided to use her popular webcomic, Up and Out, to process her journey and help others with similar struggles realize they weren't alone. Julia's poignant, relatable comics honestly depict her personal ups and downs while dealing with the various issues involved in transitioning—from struggling with self-acceptance and challenging societal expectations, to moments of self-love and joy. Super Late Bloomer both educates and inspires, as Julia faces her difficulties head-on and commits to being wholly, authentically who she was always meant to be.
  • Wandering Son, v. 4

    Wandering Son, v. 4

    By Shimura Takako

    Love is in the air for Nitori-kun, Takatsukisan, and Chiba-san. Hurt feelings abound and friendships may dissolve as elementary school fades into junior high.