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Author
Series
Lightfall volume 1
Publisher
HarperAlley, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Deep in the heart of the planet Irpa stands the Salty Pig's House of Tonics & Tinctures, home of the wise Pig Wizard and his adopted granddaughter, Bea. As keepers of the Endless Flame, they live a quiet and peaceful life, crafting medicines and potions for the people of their once-prosperous world. All that changes one day when, while walking through the woods, Bea meets Cad, a member of the Galdurians, an ancient race thought to be long-extinct....
Author
Series
Super Boba Cafe volume 1
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When her granddaughter Aria comes to stay with her, making it her mission to turn her boba café around, Jing Li, who is the secret keeper of the monster of San Francisco, is overrun with customers while Aria sneaks away to reason with the earthquake-causing monster.
4) Ghostopolis
Author
Publisher
Graphix
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Garth Hale, accidentally zapped into the ghost world by ghost wrangler Frank Gallows, teams up with Cecil, his grandfather's ghost, in an effort to save him from the evil ruler of Ghostopolis, and get him back home again.
Author
Series
Rick and Morty volume 9
Publisher
Oni Press
Language
English
Description
Join the excitement as depraved genius Rick Sanchez embarks on insane adventures with his awkward grandson Morty across the universe and across time. Caught in the crossfire are his teenage granddaughter Summer, his veterinary surgeon daughter Beth, and his hapless son-in-law Jerry. This collection features the first five issues of the comic book series, including "The Wubba Lubba Dub Dub of Wall Street", "Mort-Balls!" and more.
Author
Series
Dona Quixote volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Lucia Castillo dreams of being a hero like her grandfather. But to the people in their Texas town, he was just a strange old man who dressed up as a knight and claimed to save the world from monsters only he could see. Now years later, when Lucia and her best friend--and trusty squire--Sandro discover the town mayor is secretly a shapeshifting beast of Mexican lore, her parents think she's imagining things like her "Abuelo Loco." Only Lucia, wearing...
7) Better place
Author
Publisher
Top Shelf Productions
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Dylan just moved to a new house, with no friends, and a mother who doesn't have time for him. Luckily, he has his grandad. Together, they are Red Rocket and Kid Cosmo, who save the universe every day with the power of imagination! But one day, Dylan learns that his grandad is suddenly gone... to a "better place." Now, Kid Cosmo will have to save the day, all by himself.
8) Displacement
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In the next installment of her graphic memoir series, Displacement, Knisley volunteers to watch over her ailing grandparents on a cruise. (The book's watercolors evoke the ocean that surrounds them.) In a book that is part graphic memoir, part travelogue, and part family history, Knisley not only tries to connect with her grandparents, but to reconcile their younger and older selves. She is aided in her quest by her grandfather's WWII memoir, which...
Author
Publisher
Oni Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Erin Song lives in a digital world. Everyone has a phone a tablet a computer more screens than you can count. Even with a world of information at her fingertips Erin cant figure out the secret to popularity at her clique y junior high school. So when uber popular Wendy asks for help cheating on a test Erin jumps at the opportunity. This could be her big break! Unfortunately she gets caught and her parents ban her from all her devices. Suddenly Erin...
Author
Series
Publisher
Papercutz
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
"Sent to the countryside to spend the summer with her grandparents, Rebecca misses her parents and her germ best friend, Ernest, but makes friends with a dog named Missile and spends time with her grandfather, known as 'Grandpa Bug'"--Vendor record
Author
Series
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring King Arthur back from the dead, retired monster hunter Bridgette McGuire pulls her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, a museum curator, into a world of magic and mysticism to defeat a legendary threat. Now the two must navigate the complicated history of the McGuire family, all while combating the deadly secrets of England's past that threaten its very future."--Provided by publisher.
13) The adoption
Author
Publisher
Magnetic Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"When aging Gabriel's son and daughter adopts an orphaned girl from Peru, Gabriel doesn't know what to think of this foreign child who isn't of his own blood. Besides, he was barely much of a father to his own son...how is he going to take to being a grandfather? The story is made up of moments of sharing between the grandfather and the granddaughter, as well as various interactions around this dilemma with his wife, his lifelong friends, and his...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When Morty sees a cute girl at school playing Dungeons & Dragons, he asks Rick to show him the ropes, only to discover that his grandfather is a veteran gamer. Next thing he knows, the entire family has been pulled into a campaign that escalates from virtual D&D simulations to alternate universes governed by the rules of the game. And as it turns out, Rick isn't the only one who knows his way around a d20."--Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Cicada Books Ltd
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Benji and his grandma, Bubbe Rosa, are gathering the ingredients for a Friday night dinner. As they wander the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan, Bubbe struggles to reconcile the world of her memories with the new realities that surround her. A powerful and affecting story of Jewish identity, of generational divides, of tolerance and acceptance and of a restless city and its inhabitants"--
16) Nineteen
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Ancco looks back at her own tumultuous adolescence, from the not-so-distanced lens of a twenty-something. A mother's struggles mirror her teen's. Memories of care between the cartoonist and her grandmother--before her faculties had started to fade. Quick judgments look ugly through the eyes of a teen, who's leaning into her own sense of self. Whether it's friends, family, animals, or even a stranger on the internet, the stories in Nineteen exude...
Author
Series
Publisher
BOOM! Studios
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When an ancient helmet at the British Museum is taken, Bridgette and Duncan are confronted by another hero of yore, one who will lead them to facing off against their most formidable challenge yet...a beast and his mother. Although Bridgette and Duncan stopped Arthur from retrieving the Grail and separated him from the legendary scabbard of Excalibur, the undead King of the Britons still has his sights on returning to our world and returning to power....
18) NonNonBa
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Graphic memoir detailing the author/artist's interest in yokai (spirit monsters) and his childhood explorations of the spirit world encouraged by his grandmother.
Author
Language
English
Description
"J. Torres and Elbert Or celebrate 10 years of Lola: A Ghost Story, the critically-acclaimed graphic novel that explores family, grief and Filipino folklore in an all-new edition that includes a revised ending and updated illustrations. Jesse didn't really know his Lola (the Tagalog word for grandmother), but he remembers that she tried to drown him as a baby. Strange stories surround Lola: she had visions, she fought off monsters straight out of...
Author
Publisher
Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Once upon a game, Rick, Morty and the Smith family went on magical D&D adventures...now, magical D&D adventures are coming to Earth, and no one will survive the Painscape! The world's greatest role-playing game returns to plague the world's most dysfunctional animated family!"--Provided by publisher.
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