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An illustrated celebration of Gen Z activists fighting to make our world a better place. Gen Z is populated--and defined--by activists. They are bold and original thinkers and not afraid to stand up to authority and conventional wisdom. From the March for Our Lives to the fight for human rights and climate change awareness, this generation is leading the way toward truth and hope like no generation before. Generation Brave showcases Gen Z activists...
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Minoo Shirazi is a rebellious young Iranian woman struggling to define herself amid the strict social conventions of an oppressive regime and the wishes of an overbearing father. She is also a free-spirited adventurer in a fantasy world, a place where aspects of modern America and ancient Persia meld into a unique landscape. Blending Eastern and Western civilization with elements of ancient Persian mythology, Persia Blues explores the intersections...
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Ali Fitzgerald, an American cartoonist living and working in Berlin, began teaching comics making to refugees at an emergency shelter. People who are fleeing their homes, now warzones, arrive at the shelter and draw images of tragic violence and careful optimism: rafts and tanks, flowers, and the Eiffel Tower. In the eight years she's been in Germany, Fitzgerald experienced the highs of the creatively hopeful, along with the deep depression of the...
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Minoo Shirazi's mysterious double-life continues to unfold across 2000 years of history. In the fantastical world of ancient Persia, the shock of discovering her royal heritage is overshadowed by the imminent invasion of Ahriman's armies. Only by finding the empire's champion, Rostam, can she hope to turn back the tide of evil. While in the modern world, Minoo's life in Iran and America - where she has recently begun her graduate studies – she deals...
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India is improbable. By any measure of logic or reason, it should not be. Not in this form. And yet it is.'
With this provocation, Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court sketches the exoskeleton of this improbability-the 'Constitutional' idea of India. Justice Patel argues that the devolution of power is necessary for the survival of any liberal democracy, maintaining the idea that 'the right to choose one's own government is the right to...
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If you ask candidates and campaign strategists for the keys to a successful campaign, they say logistics like fundraising, poll numbers, and grassroots.
These answers aren't wrong, but they overlook an equally important ingredient to victory: making an emotional connection with voters. If voters don't connect with you, they won't vote for you. Our brains are hardwired to bond with others through stories and nonverbal cues. Yet, when many candidates...
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National Ballot Measures 2024 - Living Democracy is my gift to the country that I love dearly and have always wanted to see it survive, thrive and improve.
Whenever I am forced to listen to a speech made by any of our Congressmen or women, I will often count the number of times they will refer to America as a 'Democracy'. They use that word an average of 15 to 20 times per speech.
They'll say things like - "Democracy is not pretty." Or they'll say,...
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When the US President is assassinated by one of his own security detail, a female Secret Service agent named Bree Barto must protect the Vice President at all costs from a mass conspiracy by a group calling themselves 'The Masses'. With nowhere to turn and no one to trust, these two women with completely opposing political views and beliefs must work together to preserve what's left of American democracy.
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Recount volume 4
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Alone inside the White House, President McDearmon and Special Agent Barto receive unwanted visitors. While Barto defends the Executive Mansion from dangerous intruders, civil unrest erupts across the nation, manifesting itself with blood and violence in the streets of Macon, Georgia. Regardless of the outcomes, this nation will never be the same.
11) Trump's ABC
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One Clinton, two Bushes, and an Obama were mere warm-ups for a President who is truly worthy of Pulitzer-Prize-winner Ann Telnaes's excoriating satirical skills. The election of Donald Trump has inspired Telnaes to chronicles the high points (or low points, if there's a difference) of Donald Trump's first six months in office. Written in a sing-songy rhyme and drawn in her beguilingly impeccable ink line, each page is a miniature critique and expose...
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Recount volume 3
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Shortly after arriving at The White House, Special Agent Barto must interrogate the rest of the Secret Service to determine who they can and cannot trust. At the same time, tensions on American streets are boiling over, as everyday citizens blame each other for the turmoil that the nation is currently faced with. During all this, The Masses are plotting their next attack while the mystery leader pays a visit to a former president.
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This book is the revolution you've been waiting for.
As we emerge from Covid Madness we see the world has changed. Our governments are already planning climate lockdowns, ULEZ zones, 15 minute cities, and energy rationing.
Covid introduced a world where corporations collude with governments and together they demand absolute power and twist our laws to achieve total control.
The revolution starts with five simple words:
Good People Break Bad Laws.
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14) GIRLS
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Full color illustrations of badass women from a variety of backgrounds by indie comics superstar Jenn Woodall.
15) Snowbird
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Trying to save the world while struggling to save yourself is a recipe for (climate) disaster.
In this magical realist graphic memoir, Erin navigates the punk/activist art scenes while dealing with personal and environmental devastation; racial inequality and internalized racism; and the sometimes difficult business of staying alive in the face of mental health conditions.
It asks and answers the question: what would we do if we could counsel...
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Lil' Donnie volume 1
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Finally, the acclaimed Rueben Award-nominated webcomic is collected! Follow the timely and terrifying adventures of Lil' Donnie, the worst president in the history of the United States of America. This collection contains the first year of antics of a truly motley crew of weirdos and degenerates as they work (HA!) to make our world a better place... for them! Get one while we still have a first amendment! COMPARISON TITLES If Sh*t My President Says-or...
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Comics for Choice is an anthology of comics about abortion. As this fundamental reproductive right continues to be stigmatized and jeopardized, over sixty artists and writers have created comics that boldly share their own experiences, and educate readers on the history of abortion, current political struggles, activism, and more. Lawyers, activists, medical professionals, historians, and abortion fund volunteers have teamed up with cartoonists and...
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Pax Romana volume 1
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Collects issues 1-4 of Pax Romana plus bonus materials! From the mind of comic book innovator Jonathan Hickman, comes the exhilarating time-traveling epic: Pax Romana. The creator of The Nightly News brings his unique sensibility to science fiction and the result is a visually stunning look at a new history of the world. Pax Romana tells the tale of 5000 men sent on an impossible mission to change the past and save the future.
19) F*ck Off Squad
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Fuck Off Squad by Nicole Goux (Murders, Jem and the Holograms) and Dave Baker (Action Hospital, Suicide Forest) follows three would-be miscreants as they attempt to navigate the trials and tribulations of growing up in Los Angeles.
Needless to say, it's the greatest comic about Instagram, skating, and low-key trying to date someone while you're still in a relationship ever made.
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If the Internet has taught us anything, it's that the zombie apocalypse is looming, and it's coming soon. In order to protect ourselves from the zombies' grumbling stomachs, it makes sense to prepare by studying a handbook to the nethermost depths of the zombie's psyche. Zombies According to Savage Chickens is not that guide; however, this e-book original collection of comics certainly makes for a more amusing read, which, after all, is what truly...
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