best c++ compatible library for game making

sup guys I just found this board.
Im new to c++, but have picked it up pretty quickly.
I am wanting to make a game and want some advise on what best library to use for graphics is.
I looked at SLD and it looks pretty sweet. Multiplatform too.
Anyone else got any suggestions?

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SDL works. It is simple, in fact this's written in the name itself: Simple DirectMedia Layer. This makes it perfect for the wannabe programmer. Forget the fact that it's probably less efficient than other systems, it's unlikely that a newbie would never reach the point when you see any significant SDL related bottleneck. If the newbie does reach that point, they should first study a bit about resource accounting. At that point, the newbie is finally ready to move onto more capable (and more complex) such as DirectX.