December 2018: Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Originally published between 1993 and 1997, Ghost World is an interesting take on the relationship between two girls in a small American town. Having just graduated high-school, the two seem at a loss for how to begin their transition into adulthood or the next stage and navigate this difficult landscape through cynicism, pseudo-intellectual pretensions or […]

November 2018: Sally Heathcote: Suffragette By Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth & Bryan Talbot

Sally Heathcote: Suffragette by the Costa Award Winners Kate Charlesworth and Mary and Bryan Talbot is our latest recommendation. In a world where we sometimes take our civil rights for granted, it’s important to remember how much people suffered and struggled to make sure we wouldn’t have to. Set during the early 1900s and the […]

October 2018: Nat Turner by Kyle Baker

For this year’s Black History Month, we would like to showcase Kyle Baker’s graphic novel, Nat Turner. Focusing on Turner’s rebellion against slavery in Virginia in 1831, it is incredibly well-researched and historically accurate. The only text you’ll find is taken from The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, […]

September 2018: Blankets By Craig Thompson

Blankets is an emotional autobiography that narrates the struggles of childhood, teenage experience and how to reconcile those experiences as an adult. Focusing on Thompson’s devout religious upbringing in light of his sexual awakening, as well as the sexual abuse he endured from a male babysitter, Blankets offers a beautiful blending of realist panels with […]

August 2018: Citizen 13660 By Miné Okubo

Citizen 13660 offers a glimpse into the history of Japanese Interment in America during WWII. Pressured by white farming lobbyists in the 1940s who encouraged a hysterical media, the United States government rounded up everyone of Japanese descent into “protective custody.” Written and drawn by Miné Okubo, this novel offers a stirring portrayal of the harshness of […]

July 2018: Lumberjanes: What the Junk? By Noelle Stevenson

Lumberjanes, Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy by Noelle Stevenson focuses on the adventures of five girls who are attending a camp for “Hard-Core Lady Types” who face increasingly bizarre threats and mysteries. Cute, fast-paced and energetic, this graphic novel is a mix of science-fiction and fantasy, with a hint of magic realism. The chapters are […]

June 2018: V for Vendetta By Alan Moore and David Lloyd

No recommendation list really feels complete without this classic by Alan Moore (unfortunately, no relation to our Jessica) and David Lloyd. Critically acclaimed and translated to the big screen in 2005, with Hugo Weaving and Natalie Portman, V for Vendetta follows the story of two characters named V and Evy in a 1990s dystopian Britain. Following a […]

May 2018: Adamtine By Hannah Berry

Adamtine by Hannah Berry is undoubtedly one of the most thrilling Gothic narratives produced within the last ten years. It is hair-raisingly terrifying and a subliminal mix of horror, murder-mystery and gothic realism. Adamtine focuses on four main protagonists and a murder victim, Rodney Moon. No one really knows what happened to Moon and the four protagonists’ tenuous […]

April 2018: Saga By Brian K. Vaughan

Saga by Brian K. Vaughan is a modern space opera with a vague resemblance to Romeo & Juliet as two star-crossed lovers from planets at war go on the run with their child. Stalked by their respective species, pursued by bounty-hunters, Prince Robot IV and spurned ex-lovers, they struggle to keep their family together. Vaughan is a master at […]

March 2018: Maus: Of Mice and Monsters By Art Spiegelman

Maus by Art Spiegelman is a memoir based on his father, Vladek Spiegelman’s experiences as a Polish, Jewish person and Holocaust survivor. Like many holocaust narratives, the events depicted are absolutely gruesome and sometimes difficult to read. The graphic novel is gripping and intense, but also tender and light-hearted. It engages with national stereotypes, depicting Jewish […]