February 2018 – No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics Edited by Justin Hall

Welcome to February and LGBT History Month! Our newest recommendation is an Anthology series, edited by Justin Hall, called No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics. Covering the decades between the Stonewall riots (1969) and the modern day, this Anthology incorporates a host of legendary underground comic and cartoon artists. From established artists like Eric Shanower, […]

January 2018: Fun Home By Alison Bechdel

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel is the first ‘Graphic Novel’ I ever read and it was a welcome surprise to encounter it again on my “Women’s Writing” module during my MA at Cardiff University. I’d read comics and the European version, Bande Designee, before, but nothing quite like this. Fun Home, much like Persepolis, is […]

December 2017: “Persepolis” By Marjane Satrapi

I’d like to start us off with Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. This award-winning Graphic Novel is an autobiography covering Satrapi’s childhood and early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic Revolution. Engaging and gripping, the novel starts with young Marjane’s first interactions with the veil and her love for Kim Wilde, moving on to her […]