Graphic Novels/Humor from The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery

Every volume of Science Comics offers a complete introduction to a particular topic--dinosaurs, coral reefs, the solar system, volcanoes, bats, flying machines, and more. These gorgeously illustrated graphic novels offer wildly entertaining views of their subjects. Whether you're a fourth grader doing a natural science unit at school or a thirty-year-old with a secret passion for airplanes, these books are… Read more about this item

For most of her twelve years, Astrid has done everything with her best friend Nicole. But after Astrid falls in love with roller derby and signs up for derby camp, Nicole decides to go to dance camp instead. And so begins the most difficult summer of Astrid's life as she struggles to keep up with the older girls at camp,… Read more about this item

A special tribute edition of the NEW YORK TIMES bestselling graphic novel that launched Scholastic's Graphix imprint. Includes 48 pages of bonus material! In 2005, Scholastic launched Graphix, an imprint solely dedicated to publishing graphic novels for children and teens, with the publication of Jeff Smith's BONE in full color. To celebrate ten years of publishing, we offer this special tribute… Read more about this item

David Sedaris has always has a special affinity for Christmas. His celebrated National Public Radio debut, "The Santaland Diaries", later appeared as a story in his critically-acclaimed "Barrel Fever", and became a popular play in 1996.

Persepolis is the story of Satrapi's unforgettable childhood and coming of age within a large and loving family in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution; of the contradictions between private life and public life in a country plagued by political upheaval; of her high school years in Vienna facing the trials of adolescence far from her family; of her homecoming–both sweet… Read more about this item

Animal lovers will laugh out loud at the quirkiness of their feline friends with these insightful and curious poems from the singular minds of funny cats. In this hilarious, bestselling book of tongue-in-cheek poetry.

Step inside Michael Bell's antiquarian bookshop, stocked with rare and fine collectibles of infinite variety, from Book of Blank Maps, With Instructions, to Autobiography of the Best Abused Man in the World. By perusing these curious works from bygone times, inquiring readers will be rewarded with instruction on such rarely understood pursuits as Single-Handed Cruising and Girls' Interests. A treasure… Read more about this item

Originally published to wide critical acclaim in France, where it elicited comparisons to Art Spiegelman's Maus, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's wise, funny, and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of… Read more about this item

The ACME Novelty Library Volume 20 is part of Ware's epic graphic novel experiment, "Rusty Brown". Jordan Lint was the school bully in previous volumes of Ware's examination of the life of a geek named Rusty Brown. But, as we learn in Volume 20, Lint is not a simple thug or a goon. There are reasons for his behavior, as… Read more about this item

David Sedaris has always has a special affinity for Christmas. His celebrated National Public Radio debut, "The Santaland Diaries", later appeared as a story in his critically-acclaimed "Barrel Fever", and became a popular play in 1996.

omics and cultural superstar Alison Bechdel delivers a deeply layered story of her fascination, from childhood to adulthood, with every fitness craze to come down the pike: from Jack LaLanne in the 60s ("Outlandish jumpsuit Cantaloupe-sized guns ") to the existential oddness of present-day spin class. Readers will see their athletic or semi-active pasts flash before their eyes through an… Read more about this item

Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian house, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into… Read more about this item

Referencing a classic Haida oral narrative, this stunning full-color graphic novel documents the tragic story of a leader so blinded by revenge that he takes his community to the brink of war and destruction. Consisting of 108 pages of hand-painted illustrations, Red is a groundbreaking mix of imagery from the indigenous Haida culture and Japanese manga. Red is the prideful… Read more about this item

These casually drawn, perfectly on-point comics by the hugely popular young artist Sarah Andersen are for the rest of us. They document the wasting of entire beautiful weekends on the internet, the unbearable agony of holding hands on the street with a gorgeous guy, and dreaming all day of getting home and back into pajamas. In other words, the horrors… Read more about this item

With harpoons strapped to their backs, the proud whales of Bathsheba's pod live for the hunt, fighting in the ongoing war against the world of men. When they attack a ship bobbing on the surface of the Abyss, they expect to find easy prey. Instead, they find the trail of a myth, a monster, perhaps the devil himself... As… Read more about this item

Has Wonder Woman hit the comic book glass ceiling? Is that the one opposition that even her Amazonian strength can t defeat? Entertaining and informative, The Supergirls explores iconic superheroines and what it means for the culture when they do everything the superhero does, only in thongs and high heels. This much-needed alternative history of American comic book icons from Wonder… Read more about this item

Back in 1998, internet humor consisted of Hamsterdance.com and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. In 2003, you could watch Homestar Runner, or you could read McSweeney's Internet Tendency. In 2008, it was LOLcatz or McSweeney's Internet Tendency. For 15 years McSweeney's has been the choice for web-based humorous distraction. Lives have been saved through the power of laughter, and McSweeney's accounts for… Read more about this item