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GRAPHIC NOVEL READING CLUB
Join us on the second Thursday of every month for Portland's first Graphic Novel Reading Club! We meet at Bridge City Comics at 7pm (directions). Bring a chair and something to drink, if you'd like!
The very first Graphic Novel Reading Club (GNRC) was held on October 27, 2005 and we've been doing it every month since. It's a great opportunity to talk in-depth about comics and graphic novels. Every session, we discuss a book that we've previously chosen. We tend to pick new books two months out in order to give people time to buy, borrow or get them from the library so that they may be thoroughly read and digested for that book's session.
We have a wide range of people join us every month for the GNRC; Male, female, young (well, 21+), old, those who have read comics for years and those folks brand new to it! We also read books from every genre so there's always something new and interesting to discuss. It's not just the latest super-hero exploits! The books we've read include mysteries, science fiction, autobiographical, fiction, historical and much more.
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SELECTION FOR July 8, 2010
 TRANSMETROPOLITAN VOL. 1
The acclaimed Vertigo series from writer Warren Ellis (PLANETARY and THE AUTHORITY) and artist Darick Robertson, TRANSMETROPOLITAN combines black humor, life-threatening situations, and moral ambiguity to look into the gonzo mind of an outlaw journalist and the world he seeks to destroy. After years of self-imposed exile from a civilizationrife with degradation and indecency, cynical journalist Spider Jerusalem is forced to return to a job he hates and a city he loathes. Working as an investigative reporter for the newspaper The Word, Spider attacks the injustices of his surreal 23rd Century surroundings. Spider ventures into the dangerous Angels 8 district, home of the Transients - humans who have decided to become aliens through cosmetic surgery. But Spider's interview with the Transients' leader gets him a scoop he didn't bargain for. |
SELECTION FOR August 12, 2010
 HEDGE KNIGHT: SWORN SWORD TP
Adapting New York Times best-selling author George R. R. Martin's SWORN SWORD! The long-awaited sequel to HEDGE KNIGHT tells the story of the adventures of Ser Duncan and his squire one year after their initial meeting at the tournament in Ashford. After traveling the land in search of the puppeteer girl Tanselle, Dunk and Egg find themselves in the charge of Ser Eustace, an aged knight who has accepted Dunk as his sworn sword. But Ser Eustace has another knight in his service who is nothing but trouble, and he will make Dunk's life far more difficult when he rashly attacks a peasant and causes grief to a local noble, the Lady Rohanne Webber. But the Lady Rohanne has problems of her own - and she knows the truth about Ser Eustace and the side he took in the battle of Redgrass Field.
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PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BOOKS:
2010:
June - Fantastic Four Visionaries John Byrne Vol. 1
May - UNWRITTEN VOL. 1
April - 45 GN
March - Scott Pilgrim Vol. 1 & Vol. 2
February - The Chill
January - The Devil's Footprints
2009:
December - Superman: For All Seasons TP
November - Surrogates Vol. 1 TP
October - The Atheist
September - Sleeper Season 1
August - Usagi Yojimbo: Grasscutter
July - Human Target: Final Cut
June - Two-Fisted Science
May - Death Note Vol. 1 GN
April - Transhuman
March - Castle Waiting
February - Watchmen
January - Criminal Vol. 1
2008:
December - The Mystery Play
November - It's a Bird
October - Midnight Nation
September - Glacial Period
August - Demo
July - BPRD Vol. 3
June - Fell
May - Top Ten Vol. 1
April - Sturm's America
March - Heartbreak Soup
Earlier:
The Plot (by Eisner)
Fun Home
Bone Vol. 1
Box Office Poison
Age of Bronze Vol. 1
Authority Vol. 1 TP
Global Frequency Vol. 1 TP
Lone Wolf and Cub Vol. 1 TP
Y the last Man Vol. 1 TP
Fortune and Glory
Finder Vol. 1 TP
Sam Noir TP
American Born Chinese
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