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181) Joyland
Author
Publisher
Suma de Letras
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
Portuguese
Description
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
183) The big break
Author
Series
Publisher
American Girl
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
It's 1974, and Julie Albright has just moved to a new neighborhood and started at a new school. So when she finds out the basketball team is 'boys only,' Julie is determined to fight for her right to play. Will a petition with 150 names be enough to make the coach change his mind and give her a chance? --
184) Ventura + Zelzah
Author
Publisher
Santa Monica Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In the haze of a hot San Fernando Valley summer in 197s Los Angeles, Douglas and his friends struggle with their awkward teenage years during a confusing and permissive era. While hanging out with his friends and partaking of weed and alcohol, Douglas must also sort through family drama and the ups-and-downs of his relationship with his not-quite-girlfriend, Natalia."--
188) The death-ray
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Andy, a miserable high-schooler in 1970s Chicago, has only one friend, an angry fellow outcast named Louie. He's desperately in love with a girl he met in California who won't return his letters and he's filled with shame at the constant taunts of his classmates. When he achieves super strength from smoking cigarettes he uses it for neither good nor evil but in a brutal playground showdown.
Publisher
The History Channel
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
"Just outside the mesmerizing glint of the disco ball, the Seventies seem like a time of madness: war raged in Southeast Asia, America's president was crooked, Olympic athletes were slain, cult members drank poisoned punch, and the Son of Sam stalked the night. It was, in retrospect, a terrifying time only slightly ameliorated by the distractions of a decadent nightlife culture and over-the-top pop icons."--Container.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abrams ComicArts
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"You only think you know this story. In 1991, Jeffrey Dahmer, the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper, seared himself into the American consciousness. To the public, Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities. To Derf Backderf, 'Jeff' was a much more complex figure: a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms, hallways, and car rides. In [this story], a haunting and original graphic novel, writer-artist Backderf...
Author
Publisher
Collectors Guide Pub
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
This book features almost 2,000 hits including music trivia and facts throughout the 70's. Compiled from various sources, including a combination of chart success on Billboard Pop Charts, RPM (Canada) charts, and U.K. charts. Includes a list of the hits for each year, as well as miscellaneous trivia about the artists, and the times.
193) Bumperhead
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Bumperhead follows Bobby, a young slacker who narrates his life as it happens but offers very little reflection on the events that transpire. He lives in the moment exclusively and is incapable of seeing the world outside of his experiences. He comes of age in the 1970s, making a rapid progression through that era's different subcultures and in a short period of time segues from a stoner glam rocker to a drunk rocker to a speed-freak punk. He drifts...
194) Blood of the virgin
Author
Series
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"After fourteen years in the making, renowned and beloved graphic novelist Sammy Harkham finally delivers his epic story of artistic ambition, the heartbreak that it can bring, and what it means to be human. Set in and around 1971 in Los Angeles, Blood of the Virgin follows an immigrant film editor named Seymour who is desperate to make his own movies. But without money or clout, he has no choice but to spend his days slumming it for the worst and...
Author
Publisher
Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
Español
Description
1970, Ciudad de México. Maite trabaja como secretaria, pero solo vive para una cosa: la siguiente entrega de «Romance secreto». Las protestas estudiantiles y la inestabilidad política asedian la ciudad, pero ella se evade de todo gracias a esas maravillosas historias de pasión y riesgo. La vecina de la puerta de al lado, una atractiva estudiante de arte llamada Leonora, parece llevar una vida repleta de intriga y romance, algo que Maite envidia....
Author
Publisher
Ahoy Comics LLC
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Meet Hildy Winters, a tough, outspoken survivor of New York City's Upper West Side, with her very own time-travel portal. For Hildy belongs to G.I.L.T., the Guild of Independent Lady Temporalists. Their prime directive: Do not alter the past without co-op board approval! G.I.L.T. follows two very different women whose lives become entangled when they both slip through a portal in time to the day they first met. Trista is the Bill Murray of home health...
Author
Publisher
Conundrum Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
In 1970, Paul joins the Cub Scouts, goes to camp with his troop, and gets mixed up in the terrifying events of the FLQ crisis.
"Montrealer Michel Rabagliati returns to the childhood story of his famous semi-autobiographical character. It's 1970 and Paul's family watches the news with anxiety as bombs are going off around Montreal. But Paul is more interested in flying his kite, comics, and his first kiss. Soon Paul joins the Scouts and heads off...
Author
Series
Publisher
Ablaze
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"At 28 Barbary Lane, Anna Madrigal runs a boarding house. She welcomes people who have nowhere else to go: the misfits. This matriarch is known for her unending kindness and her superb marijuana crop. Enter Mary Ann Singleton, a prudish, naïve,young woman who escaped her dull Ohio hometown for San Francisco. She settles in with her other fellow tenants: Michael "Mouse," a personable young gay man, Brian Hawkins, an incorrigible Don Juan, and Mona...
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