{"title":"Previous Picks","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe think you should always have the chance to read great books, even if you missed the book club! This collection includes previous selections for the Graphic Novel Library!\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"absolute-wonder-woman-vol-1-the-last-amazon","title":"Absolute Wonder Woman vol 1: The Last Amazon","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWithout the island paradise, without the sisterhood that shaped her, without a mission of peace…she’s still the Absolute Amazon!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSpiraling out of the catastrophic events of Absolute Power, a new side of the DC Universe is born—the Absolute Universe! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn a different, darker world, Diana of Themyscira was not raised in paradise, but instead was exiled to the underworld as a baby and raised by an enemy. 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She was supposed to be closing the restaurant for the night, but instead, well, she destroyed it. The mess feels a bit like a horror-scape―not unlike the horror films Cannon and her best friend, Trish, watch together. Cooking dinner and digging into deep cuts of Australian horror films on their scheduled weekly hangs has become the glue in their rote relationship. In high school, they were each other's lifeline―two queer second-generation Chinese nerds trapped in the suburbs. 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Victorian debutantes amble their way into cell phone stores, confused and bewildered (what is a data plan?). On their way to work, bleary-eyed commuters get trapped in time-loops, assaulted by alternate-reality versions of themselves, and try to avoid post-apocalyptic wastelands. 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