Alaqua Cox is a Deaf Native American actress. She was in a breakout role as Maya Lopez/Echo within the Marvel cinematic universe. She first debuted as Echo in the Disney+ series “Hawkeye.” This year, she has a solo spin-off series, Echo.
Daredevil and Echo
On order. The exciting hero team-up of Daredevil and Echo reunite at last for an all-new story! Echo is back in Daredevil's neighborhood! After a turn as a the host of the Phoenix Force alongside the Avengers, Maya Lopez has returned to Hell's Kitchen - and it's put her on a collision course with Matt Murdock! Together, the two will have to investigate an elemental and unstoppable hunger that has awoken deep within the bones of their neighborhood... and has put every innocent person in it in grave danger! Collecting: Daredevil & Echo (2023) 1-5
Echo: the Saga of Maya Lopez
On order. The stunning and lushly illustrated debut of Marvel's next screen sensation! She is Echo. A deaf young Native American woman with the uncanny ability to assimilate the skills of others by sight. Dancing, piano playing - even hand-to-hand combat! Though Maya Lopez and Matt Murdock meet as seemingly kindred souls, their secret identities are very much at odds. For Maya is seeking vengeance against her father's killer - who the Kingpin claims is Daredevil! Can Matt clear his name before his new love becomes his executioner? With Echo's entire history defined by her quest for justice and revenge, can she make sense of the world when everything she thought she knew is called into question? And will a vision quest help her pick up the pieces of her shattered life? Collecting: Daredevil (1998) #9-15 and #51-55
El Deafo
El Deafo is a funny, deeply honest graphic novel memoir for middle graders. It chronicles the author's hearing loss at a young age and her subsequent experiences with a powerful and very awkward hearing aid called the Phonic Ear. It gives her the ability to hear--sometimes things she shouldn't--but also isolates her from her classmates. She really just wants to fit in and find a true friend, someone who appreciates her, Phonic Ear and all. Finally, she is able to harness the power of the Phonic Ear and become "El Deafo, Listener for All." And more importantly, declare a place for herself in the world and find the friend she's longed for.
Hawkeye
The breakout star of this summer's blockbuster Avengers film, Clint Barton - aka the self-made hero Hawkeye - fights for justice. With ex-Young Avenger Kate Bishop by his side, he's out to prove himself as one of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. SHIELD recruits Clint to intercept a packet of incriminating evidence - before he becomes the most wanted man in the world. Matt Fraction pens a Hawkeye thriller that spans the globe and the darkest parts of Hawkeye's mind. Collecting: Hawkeye (2012) 1-5
Heart words in sign language
Story about a deaf Japanese woman and her husband and their daughter, Chizuru
Jean le sourd : les témoins silencieux
Jean, a young deaf-mute, orphaned at birth, lives in Paris in the 1780s. Hired to work at a woodworking shop, he is confronted with the harsh realities which the deaf in his society face. Jean has the luck of meeting those who are going to change the lives of deaf people in French society: the Abbé de l'Épée, Pierre Desloges, and many others. At once the protagonist of his own story and of that of his community, Jean is also a privileged witness to the historical events which will shake the France of the Ancien Régime.
Laurent clerc et Thomas H Gallaudet, deux pionniers dans le Nouveau Monde de l'éducation des Sourds: Bilingue/bilingual (anglais et français)
On order. Bilingual graphic story, both in French and in English
This graphic story about Laurent Clerc and Thomas H. Gallaudet, which combines existing iconographic documents with original paintings by Ellen Mansfield, follows their conquest of the " new world" of Deaf education in America, where Laurent Clerc, deaf LSF French teacher, followed Thomas H Gallaudet who visited the INJS in Paris..
Phoenix Song: Echo
On order. From the pages of AVENGERS comes a hero transformed! Maya Lopez, the Deaf hero known as Echo, already knows a little bit about death and rebirth - and now she has become the new host of the cosmic Phoenix Force! With its galactic fire burning in her veins, the always adaptable Echo is learning how to use her incredible new abilities. But she's about to come into conflict with certain X-Men who know exactly how dangerous the Phoenix can be! Meanwhile, an ancient demon wants to claim Echo's newfound power - and the fight to keep the Phoenix Force safe will push Maya to her very limits! Collecting: Phoenix Song: Echo (2021) 1-5
A Silent Voice Complete Collector's Edition 1
The award-winning modern classic about a girl who can't hear and her bully, which inspired the acclaimed anime film from Kyoto Animation, returns in a beautiful, two-volume collector's edition. Each extra-large, deluxe hardcover contains over 700 pages of manga on crisp, premium paper, and more than fifty pages of new content. Voices Come in Many Forms In elementary school, Shoya Ishida led his peers in tormenting a classmate who couldn't hear, Shoko Nishimiya. When Shoko transfers schools, Shoya finds he has gone from bully to bullied, and he's left completely alone. Six years later, Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko's eyes and to face the classmates who turned on him. This deluxe, large-sized hardcover includes the first half of this award-winning manga as well as over fifty pages of content never published in English before. Enjoy color art and concept sketch galleries, early drafts of the story, and interviews with creator Yoshitoki Oima and others, packed with behind-the-scenes details! YALSA Great Graphic Novels for Teens Top Ten Selection; Eisner Award Nominee "A tender portrayal of adolescence and the longing to be accepted." -The New York Times "A Silent Voice isn't just a potential conversation starter about bullying, it also teaches empathy and has the potential to change behavior." -School Library Journal "A very rare chance to see characters with disabilities represented on the page and a harsh light shed on the way that Japanese culture handles this difficult topic." -Comics Bulletin "A very powerful story about being different and the consequences of childhood bullying... Read it." -Anime News Network "The word heartwarming was made for manga like this." -Manga Bookshelf "A story of transformation...A Silent Voice depicts a truly egalitarian view of love, something we can all obtain by our own capacity to love, rather than something limited to a perfect relationship." -Polygon
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