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Cover Art"The definition of sanity is a democratic thing."
Severely beautiful story/love letter to Bill Watterson. It's almost like reading a chapter book of Calvin and Hobbes, except Calvin is a schizophrenic teenager.
 
Publisher's description: Born on the day the last Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published, seventeen-year-old Calvin, a schizophrenic, sees and has conversations with the tiger, Hobbes, and believes that if he can persuade the strip's creator, Bill Watterson, to do one more strip, he will make Calvin well.
 
Cover ArtThe Umbrella Academy: Apocalypse Suite (first in the Umbrella Academy series) is a satirical graphic novel following the lives of seven individuals who, out of nowhere and for seemingly no reason, were born with a variety of superpowers. These seven children were adopted by a man who trained them to "save the world," although there was nothing to save the world from. The book starts out twenty years after their first mission, when the man who adopted the children dies suddenly and the now-adult Umbrella Academy are reunited as changed, vastly different people. I recommend this book because it has a very interesting voice and quirky humor. Additionally, I am a fan of the band My Chemical Romance, whose lead singer (Gerard Way) wrote the Umbrella Academy series. This book is perfect for anyone who loves criticism of tropes, wacky and unique characters, and bold, geometric art. Content warning: sex, drugs, violence.
- Kira, eleventh-grade teen volunteer
 
Publisher's description:
In an inexplicable worldwide event, forty-seven extraordinary children were spontaneously born by women who'd previously shown no signs of pregnancy. Millionaire inventor Reginald Hargreeves adopted seven of the children; when asked why, his only explanation was, 'To save the world.' These seven children form The Umbrella Academy, a dysfunctional family of superheroes with bizarre powers. Their first adventure at the age of ten pits them against an erratic and deadly Eiffel Tower, piloted by the fearsome zombie-robot Gustave Eiffel. Nearly a decade later, the team disbands, but when Hargreeves unexpectedly dies, these disgruntled siblings reunite just in time to save the world once again.
 
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