Item category 1: Graphic Novel

Is it a coincidence that Gemma Bovery has a name rather like Flaubert's notorious heroine? Is it by chance that, like Madame Bovery, Gemma is bored, adulterous, and a bad credit risk? Is she inevitably doomed? These questions consume her neighbour.

Ghost World is the story of Enid and Rebecca, teenage friends facing the unwelcome prospect of adulthood, and the uncertain future of their complicated friendship.

The Sandman is a series of award-winning graphic novels. It blends modern myth and dark fantasy, in which historical drama, contemporary fiction and legend are interwoven.

A silent war has raged for millennia, shaping the world as we know it, and Jack Frost - the newest member of the anarchist revolutionary society known as the Invisibles - has just found out how high the stakes are and what the enemy are capable of.

Catwoman has disappeared and is presumed dead. Yet, her disappearance draws the attention of private eye Slam Bradley, who discovers that Catwoman is very much alive. Now she's faced with a choice - remain in the shadows, or move into the light to seek her destiny.

In Mega-City One, some cases and criminals are too bizarre for even the feared Judges to crack. That's when they call for Psi Division and their top Judge, Cassandra Anderson. Judge Anderson must again face her nemesis, the ultimate killer from another dimension: Judge Death!

The Authority are dead, slaughtered by Seth, the former redneck farmer with more than 1000 superpowers. In their place are an establishment-approaced version of the Authority, who seek nothing more than to destroy the work the Authority had been doing.