SwankiVY's Book Collection!

Graphic Novels
Applegate, K.A.; Grant, Michael, & Grine, Chris The Invasion: Animorphs Graphic Novel #1 Bought this because I'm a fan of the source material.
Baum, L. Frank; Shanower, Eric; Young, Skottie The Marvelous Land of Oz An Oz graphic novel (#2) given to me by Victor for holiday 2020.
Bechdel, Alison Dykes to Watch Out For Eric sorta kinda gave me his copy of this book.
Claremont, Chris & Lobdell, Scott X-Babies Classic #1 Present from Victor for my 42nd birthday.
CPM Comics Project A-Ko 2 I decided to get this shortly after I'd seen my first anime, Project A-Ko. I was in high school at the time.
Colfer, Eoin; Donkin, Andrew; Rigano, Giovanni; Lamanna, Paolo Artemis Fowl Graphic Novels 1 and 2 I love the Artemis Fowl stories, though the graphic novel adaptations are not really so wonderful for me . . . I just have to have them because I love the books so much.
Deutsch, Barry Hereville: How Mirka Got Her Sword Gift from Laura for my birthday, 2011. "Yet Another Troll-Fighting 11-Year-Old Orthodox Jewish Girl." Sounds interesting, huh?
Deutsch, Barry Hereville: How Mirka Met a Meteorite Gift from Victor for my birthday, 2021.
The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars, Parts One and Two Part one was a holiday present from Ronni, 2017, and part two was a holiday present from Victor, 2018.
Ellis, Warren; Robertson, Darick Transmetropolitan (Volume 1) Birthday present from Victor in 2012.
Film Comics Tenchi Muyo! TV #6 An entirely Japanese manga given to me by my sister P who lives in Japan. As I'm a big Tenchi fan, she thought I'd appreciate such a gift. Being such a fan of the show, I don't need to be able to read Japanese to know what's going on, as the pictures tell the story pretty well.
Furuya, Usamaru Short Cuts, Vol. 1 and 2 Jeaux gave me his copy of #2 because I love this artist's hilarious work about ko-gals, and I liked it enough that I bought #1 on the 'Net since I remembered how much I'd liked reading it. Haha!
Gaiman, Neil Sandman: 1-9; Death: 1 & 2 I have a paperback #1 of Sandman given to me by Mikey for holiday 2008, paperbacks of #2 and #3 bought at Borders at a going-out-of-business sale, paperbacks of #4, #5, #6, #7, and #8 from Victor for holiday 2016, and a hardback copy of #9 of Sandman, given to me by Mikey 'cause he had it and didn't want it anymore, and I got the two Death comics as holiday gifts from Mikey 2009.
Hale, Shannon; Hale, Dean; Hale, Nathan Calamity Jack Holiday present from Victor, 2013.
Hale, Shannon; Hale, Dean; Hale, Nathan Rapunzel's Revenge Holiday present from Victor, 2014.
Hastings, Christopher; Gurihiru; Beyruth, Danilo; Bonvillain, Tamra The Unbelievable Gwenpool: Believe It Victor got me a copy of this because he thought I'd like it.
Hastings, Christopher; Gurihiru; Strychalski, Irene; Rosenberg, Rachelle The Unbelievable Gwenpool: Head of M.O.D.O.K. Victor got me a copy of this because he thought I'd like it.
Hicks, Faith Erin The Nameless City (Vol. 1, 2, & 3) First two volumes purchased from Amazon. #3 was a holiday gift from Dad 2025.
Hoseley, Rantz A. & Amos, Tori Comic Book Tattoo Given to me by Mike for my 2009 birthday; this is a collection of art that was inspired by Tori Amos's music. It's enthralling!
Inagaki, Riichiro & Murata, Yusuke Eyeshield 21: Volumes 1 through 37, missing #36. Got obsessed with the TV series, so I had to buy the manga. Jeaux got me a few volumes for Holiday 2023.
Kieth, Sam & William Messner-Loebs The Maxx Volume 1 Birthday present from Stacy, 2011.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: Imbalance, Part One Bought this from the local comic shop during Free Comic Book Day.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: Katara and the Pirate's Silver Received this as a gift from Lindsay for holiday 2024.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures Bought this with a gift card because I love the show and wanted to read the graphic novels.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Lost Adventures and Team Avatar Tales (Library Binding) Received this as a gift from Lindsay for holiday 2024.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: North and South (Parts One, Two, and Three) Received these as a gift from Victor for holiday 2017.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Promise (Parts One, Two, and Three) Bought this with a gift card because I love the show and wanted to read the graphic novels.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Rift (Parts One, Two, and Three) Bought these on Amazon because I just wanted to read everything Avatar.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Search (Parts One, Two, and Three) Bought these on Amazon because I just wanted to read everything Avatar.
Konietzko, Bryan & DiMartino, Michael Dante Avatar: The Last Airbender: Smoke and Shadow (Parts One, Two, and Three) Bought this on Amazon because I just wanted to read everything Avatar.
Nakahara, Aya Lovely Complex Vol 1 through 3 I like the anime version of Love*Com, so Mike sent me the first graphic novel from the manga series for holiday 2007. He sent me the next one as a random present, and the third as a gift for my character Ivy's birthday.
Okuda, Hitoshi No Need for Tenchi English manga for a collection of Tenchi Muyo! comics. I had a brief obsession with all things Tenchi so I bought these comics too.
Okuda, Hitoshi No Need for Tenchi: Sword Play Ditto above.
Oseman, Alice Heartstopper Novels 1-5 The 1-4 box set was a gift from Ronni, Holiday 2023, and #5 was a gift from Dad, Holiday 2023.
Purcell, Steve Sam & Max: Surfin' the Highway Anniversary Edition Birthday present from Victor, 2010.
Rowell, Rainbow & Hicks, Faith Erin Pumpkinheads Gift from Dad, Holiday 2025.
Rowell, Rainbow; Maggs, Sam; Nam, Gabi Fangirl Graphic novel adaptation of the original book Fangirl, which I liked. Birthday present from Victor, 2021.
Sakugawa, Yumi I think I am in Friend-Love With You Holiday gift 2014 from someone who is in friend-love with me, apparently.
Schigiel, Gregg & Chabot, Jacob X-Babies Stars Reborn #1 Present from Victor for my 42nd birthday.
Smith, Jeff Bone: Out from Boneville A freebie from my boss; he had all kinds of free books he'd gotten at a managers' meeting, and I picked a couple that might be cool. This was decent, though I've been told it gets better later in the series.
Stevenson, Noelle; Ellis, Grace; Watters, Shannon; and Allen, Brooke Lumberjanes: #1 Bought when I had a coupon at Barnes and Noble because I'd been meaning to read this series.
Stone, Eli The Tick: Big Blue Destiny, The Complete Works Bought this at the local comic shop. I read the Tick comics in high school and was curious about this.
Sugar, Rebecca Pug Davis I managed to find this out of print graphic novel on eBay (and ended up with two copies because I'm ridiculous). Incredible indie comic about Pug and Blouse, drawn by Rebecca Sugar before she was more widely known for her cartoon.
Sugar, Rebecca Pug Davis, Rerelease Rerelease of a colorized version of the old graphic novel, with some bonus material.
Sugar, Rebecca; Sorese, Jeremy; Fenton, Josceline Steven Universe: All-in-One A hardcover compendium edition of most of the Steven Universe comics (1–8 original comics, 1–4 Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems comics, 1–12 ongoing comics), bought from Amazon.
Sugar, Rebecca; Perper, Talya Steven Universe: Anti-Gravity An original graphic novel, number 2 in the series.
Sugar, Rebecca; Fenton, Josceline; Garland, Chrystin Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems Ordered this trade collection of the comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Jones-Quartey, Ian; & Sorese, Jeremy Steven Universe: Too Cool for School Got this from the local comic store. It's adorable.
Sugar, Rebecca; Kraft, Grace; Abrego, Rii Steven Universe: Field Researching Ordered this trade collection of the third four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Kraft, Grace; Jones, Katie; Abrego, Rii Steven Universe: Find a Way Ordered this trade collection of the fifth four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Kraft, Grace; Jones, Katie; Abrego, Rii Steven Universe: Just Right Ordered this trade collection of the fourth four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Blas, Terry; Bagnoli, Gabriele Steven Universe: Our Fearful Trip Ordered this trade collection of the seventh four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Kraft, Grace; Abrego, Rii Steven Universe: Playing by Ear Ordered this trade collection of the sixth four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Gailey, Sarah; Abrego, Rii Steven Universe: To Be Happy Ordered this trade collection of the eighth four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Gillman, Melanie; Farina, Katy Steven Universe: Punching Up Ordered this trade collection of the second four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Robin, Taylor; Mara, S.M. Steven Universe: Cherished Memories Ordered this trade collection of the ninth four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Perper, Talya Steven Universe: The Ultimate Dough-Down An original graphic novel, number 3 in the series.
Sugar, Rebecca; Mannino, Nicole Steven Universe: Camp Pining Play An original graphic novel, number 4 in the series.
Sugar, Rebecca; Perper, Talya Steven Universe: Crystal Clean An original graphic novel, number 5 in the series.
Sugar, Rebecca; Gillman, Melanie; Farina, Katy Steven Universe: Warp Tour Ordered this trade collection of the first four ongoing comics even though I had the issues individually too.
Sugar, Rebecca; Vidaurri, S.M.; Rose, Mollie Steven Universe: Harmony Bought this from Amazon even though I already had the individual comic issues.
Sugar, RebeccaSteven Universe: Volumes One and Two I already had the comics of this but I bought the trades too. They have cool cover galleries in addition to the stuff I'd already read, plus a few bonus comics!
Sugar, Rebecca Steven Universe: Welcome to Beach City Trade paperback collecting the Greg Universe special and the 2016 Special.
Takeuchi, Naoko Sailor Moon Super S: #4 Mike just grabbed this for me at the library book sale, for S & G's.
Vasquez, Jhonen Invader Zim: Volumes 1—4 Graphic novel collections of the individual issues of the Zim comic.
Vasquez, Jhonen JTHM: Director's Cut A graphic novel including a whole bunch of the Johnny the Homicidal Maniac comics. Very entertaining. Bought new from my bookstore, special-ordered.
Vasquez, Jhonen Squee! Graphic novel collection of all the Squees, with Meanwhiles as well. Proclaims "buy me or I'll die!" on the cover. Ordered it from my work because I couldn't stand not having it.

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