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1) Animal farm
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George Orwell's famous satire of the Soviet Union, in which "all animals are equal but some animals are more equal than others." A satire on totalitarianism in which farm animals overthrow their human owner and set up their own government.
2) Chosen ones
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2020.
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Fifteen years ago, five ordinary teenagers were singled out by a prophecy to take down an impossibly powerful entity wreaking havoc across North America. He was known as the Dark One, and his weapon of choice--catastrophic events known as Drains--leveled cities and claimed thousands of lives. Chosen Ones, as the teens were known, gave everything they had to defeat him. On the tenth anniversary of the Dark One's defeat, something unthinkable happens:...
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This look at the near future presents the story of Offred, a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead, once the United States, an oppressive world where women are no longer allowed to read and are valued only as long as they are viable for reproduction.
In this Orwellian dramatization, religion becomes a tool of repression and social control to force women into the roles of stay-at-home wives, domestic staff, prostitutes, or surrogate mothers. They have...
5) 1984
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Portrays life in a future time when a totalitarian government watches over all citizens and directs all activities.
In 1984, London is a grim city in the totalitarian state of Oceania where Big Brother is always watching you and the Thought Police can practically read your mind. Winston Smith is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions. Drawn into a forbidden love affair, Winston finds the courage to join a secret...
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2023.
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"Martin Just wakes up one morning after what feels like, and might actually be, a centuries-long sleep with two new innate pieces of knowledge: Humanity is a virus destined to destroy all existence. And he is the Cure. Martin begins slipping into an alternate consciousness, with new physical strengths, to violently defend his family--the only Black family in their neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills of Los Angeles--against pure evil."-- Provided by...
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Mad Cave
Pub. Date
2024
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When eight former felons are left stranded on a deserted island with a murderous backpack strapped to them and nothing but a cartoon to help them through a deadly, constrantly changing environment filled with danger around every corner, they have no choice to result to violence. Natures Labyrinth is filled with actioon and off-kilter humor.In the middle of the ocean lies a remote island complex lined with traps and an ever-changing landscape. Created...
8) Remains
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IDW
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When the world goes mad, a blackjack dealer and an exotic dancer are mysteriously spared. But now they're trapped in Reno, surrounded by a veritable army of the undead - and with no idea what might wait for them beyond the city limits if they can escape. Are they the last man and woman on Earth? And if so, how long can they last?
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Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
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The story takes place in a near future (more or less). The world is a huge factory, and the factory is the world. This world is presided over by "The Orifice," the company which revolutionized the working method. You put your hands inside two holes, and you work, without you (or anybody) actually knowing what you're working on... In the midst of all this is Lantz. Lantz is a comic book author. He's the one who came up with the New New Testament, the...
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Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
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Ever since the Great Crash in 1929, the world has been grappling with an altered reality, as a new order of gods has joined humans on Earth. Fast forward to several decades later, in 1970, when it is rumored that a certain goddess can help humans to become gods. We follow one man, who epitomizes the American Dream, as he gives up everything to find Lilith, the "Mother of Evolution." But another goddess, The Queen of the Night, intercedes. Why? Just...
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Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
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1943: as winter gives way to spring in a small town in America, the Japanese-American god Rising Sun takes flight for Germany. There Marshal Goering awaits, with two secrets that will open Rising Sun's eyes to the truth, and perhaps change the course of the entire war.
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Dynamite
Pub. Date
2016
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Dynamite Entertainment's wildly successful entry into the zombie horror genre is finally collected in its entirety! The zombie infestation rages unchecked. Only a handful of survivors remain, fighting for their lives against the rising tide of undead mayhem! Will these poor souls survive the perils of an overrun city and find safe haven Alfredo Bay's small coastal town... or has that world died along with most everything else in this post-apocalyptic...
17) Soulscape
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Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
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Soulscape delves into the infinite dimensions of an ethereal realm that might exist even beneath ones subconscious. With his elaborate pencilwork, Baruter exhaustively explores the abyss of the psyche, as a kind of Escher of the immaterial whose work features impossible subjects. Throughout the 32 stories included in this volume, his clean pencil lines will take you on a fantastic journey within, toward unexpected destinations.
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Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
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America has entered the war, throwing its weight against the Axis powers. And the gods have joined ranks with them. The Snow Queen and the Dancer are sent on a recon mission in Bavaria, at the site of the last castle built by Louis II. The area is strangely devoid of military activity, and its their job to figure out why. Little do they know that the secret they uncover could change the face of the warwhether it's at the hands of the Nazis on the...
19) One 3 Fractions
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Europe Comics
Pub. Date
2023
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Dick Greenwood is a one-man force for world peace, and his plans are nearing fruitionbecause hes single-handedly assimilated scores of world leaders through blood transfusion, making them puppets of his powerful, domineering personality. Now, with bloodcog Julian Lethercore in his clutches at a secret Colorado base, hes about to fit in the final piece of his puzzle, finding out all about the late Senator Pershings secret experiments. Can Kate Cliffbridge...
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Oni Press
Pub. Date
2024
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From New York Times-bestselling writer Tony Lee and illustrator Yishan Li (Batwoman Annual #2, Hellboy and the B.P.R.D, 1956) comes the first volume in a stunning fantasy trilogy. A thousand years ago, a mighty battle raged between two of the greatest sorcerers: Brother Havoc and Sister Fortune. In the end Brother Havoc won, shattering his rival into a thousand shards.Now, a millennia later, teenager Carrie Taylor not only learns that she is one of...
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