Next Graphic Novel Club Selection

Tuesday, July 1st | 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. | 2nd Floor Board Room or Virtual

Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir Book Cover

Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei

“As a child living in exile during the Cultural Revolution, Ai Weiwei often found himself with nothing to read but government-approved comic books. Although they were restricted by the confines of political propaganda, Ai Weiwei was struck by the artists’ ability to express their thoughts on art and humanity through graphic storytelling. Now, decades later, Ai Weiwei and Italian comic artist Gianluca Costantini present Zodiac, Ai Weiwei’s first graphic memoir. Inspired by the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac and their associated human characteristics, Ai Weiwei masterfully interweaves ancient Chinese folklore with stories of his life, family, and career. The narrative shifts back and forth through the years–at once in the past, present, and future–mirroring memory and our relationship to time. As readers delve deeper into the beautifully illustrated pages of Zodiac, they will find not only a personal history of Ai Weiwei and an examination of the sociopolitical climate in which he makes his art, but a philosophical exploration of what it means to find oneself through art and freedom of expression.”

Copies of the book are available for check out from the 2nd floor reference desk of the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library – just ask at the desk!

Join us for our next book club meeting virtually – please email us to get the link to join the virtual meeting.

The Graphic Novel Club meets in person and virtually (please email us for the link) the first Tuesday of the month from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Anyone 18 & up is welcome!

Copies of the books the Graphic Novel Club are reading are available for check out at the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library’s 2nd floor reference desk.

Need more info? Call 541-766-6702

Already in a book club? You can check out sets of books from previous CBCPL book club meetings. The bags contain 8-12 copies of a book club title, and can be checked out for 2 months.

Interested in previous book club picks? Check ’em out here.

Graphic Novel Club

Meetings are both virtual (please email us for the link) and in-person (2nd Floor Board Room) and on the first Tuesday of the month, unless otherwise noted, from 6:00-7:00 p.m. Anyone 18 & up is welcome!

Date Title
June 3 Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice by Eddie Ahn
July 1 Zodiac: A Graphic Memoir by Ai Weiwei
Aug. 5 Cormac McCarthy’s The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation by Manu Larcenet and Cormac McCarthy
Sept. 2 Tokyo These Days, Volume 1 by Taiyo Matsumoto
Oct. 1 Festival of Shadows: A Japanese Ghost Story by Atelier Sento, Cecile Brun, and Oliver Pichard
Nov. 6 Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel by Kurt Vonnegut and Ryan North

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