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A.D.: News Orleans After the Deluge
The true story about six different people who survive Hurricane Katrina. Now an expanded book from Pantheon.
The Pekar Project
American Splendor creator Harvey Pekar has teamed with four terrific artists for his first ongoing webcomics series.
Next-Door Neighbor
True neighborhood tales by today's leading comics artists and writers.
Graphic Therapy
The illustrated diary of a single Jewish artist making her own way through life, work, and psychoanalysis.
Shooting War
A fictionalized story set in 2011 on the future of citizen journalism, media, and the war on terror. Available as a Grand Central graphic novel.
My Home Birth
A true story about having a baby Christen Clifford & David Heatley
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Prologue, Part 1: "In the beginning..."
Prologue, Part 2: "The Storm"
Chapter 1: "Riders of the Storm"
Chapter 2: "Should I Stay..."
Chapter 3: "...Or Should I Go?"
Chapter 4: "Zero Hour"
Chapter 5: "Katrina Comes Calling"
Chapter 6: "Flotsam and Jetsam"
Chapter 7: "The Bowl Effect, Part 1"
Chapter 8: "The Bowl Effect, Part 2"
Chapter 9: "Neutral Ground"
Chapter 10: "Something in the Water"
Chapter 11: "Diaspora"
Chapter 12: "Section H"
Chapter 13: "If It's The Last Thing We Ever Do"
Epilogue: "Picking Up the Pieces"
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