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Comics Bonus Borrows from Hoopla

Are you running out of titles on your Hoopla account this month? May is just around the corner but there's another way to maximize your borrowing from Hoopla: Bonus Borrows! These titles don't count against your monthly allotment of titles on your account. The Bonus Borrows program has ebooks, audiobooks, music, and more.

Here are some comics and graphic novels in the Bonus Borrows program that we think patrons will enjoy. This list runs the gamut from superhero to urban fantasy to media tie-ins to Warriors cats! There are even more titles to explore in the Hoopla app.

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by Al Ewing

TEEN/ADULT
As Asgard's one-man secret service, Loki does the All-Mother's bidding by pulling a heist on Avengers Tower, taking on Lorelei, and joining a quest for a magical sword
The wicked + the divine : The Faust Act Vol. 1
The wicked + the divine : The Faust Act Vol. 1
by Kieron Gillen

ADULT
Every ninety years, twelve gods return as young people. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are all dead. It's happening now. It's happening again.
Fun home : a family tragicomic
Fun home : a family tragicomic
by Alison Bechdel

ADULT
An unusual memoir done in the form of a graphic novel by a cult favorite comic artist offers a darkly funny family portrait that details her relationship with her father, a historic preservation expert dedicated to restoring the family's Victorian home, funeral home director, high-school English teacher, and closeted homosexual. 

by Marjorie Liu

TEEN/ADULT
Natasha Romanoff is the Black Widow, longtime Avengers and a spy for even longer. But now someone has tried to kill Natasha…and almost succeeded. Injured gravely, almost beyond her ability to recover, Black Widow sets out to find her attacker.

by Darcy Van Poelgeest

ADULT
With the limitless scope of Star Wars and East Of West paired with the sociopolitical explorations of A Handmaid's Tale and Monstress, Little Bird tells the story of a young resistance fighter battling against an oppressive American Empire while searching for her own identity in a world on fire. A gorgeously illustrated epic from Award-winning filmmaker Darcy Van Poelgeest and Angoulême-nominated artist Ian Bertram in which one girl risks everything to save her people, their land, and the freedom they so desperately deserve.
Lumberjanes : beware the kitten holy
Lumberjanes : beware the kitten holy
by Noelle Stevenson

KIDS/TEEN
Best friends Jo, April, Mal, Molly, and Ripley spend a fun summer at Lumberjane scout camp where they encounter yetis, three-eyed wolves, and giant falcons while solving a mystery that holds the fate of the world in the balance.
They called us enemy
They called us enemy
by George Takei

TEEN/ADULT
Presents a graphic memoir detailing the author's experiences as a child prisoner in the Japanese-American internment camps of World War II, reflecting on the choices his family made in the face of institutionalized racism.
Star trek : the Q conflict
Star trek : the Q conflict
by Scott Tipton

TEEN/ADULT
The captains of the Original Series, The Next Generation, Voyager, and Deep Space Nine meet for the first time in a contest of unwilling champions! When a dispute between godlike beings threatens the galaxy, it will take all of Starfleet's best captains to stop them. Join James T. Kirk, Jean-Luc Picard, Kathryn Janeway, and Benjamin Sisko as they go head-to-head in a competition that will determine the fate of the Earth and beyond. Will they be able to emerge victorious, or will they be torn apart by The Q Conflict?
Warriors : Graystripe's adventure
Warriors : Graystripe's adventure
by Dan Jolley

KIDS
A bind-up of three manga adventures from the world of the best-selling series incorporates newly colorized artwork and is told from the perspective of fan-favorite character Graystripe, who embarks on a search for his Clanmates in a devastated forest. 
Saga. Vol. 1
Saga. Vol. 1
by Brian K. Vaughan

ADULT
When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to raise their child in a dangerous world.
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