Graphic Novels

Emil Ferris grew up during the turbulent 1960s in Chicago, where she still lives, and is consequently a devotee of all things monstrous and horrific. She has an MFA in creative writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Comics play to their strengths this season, stressing layout and mood while also supporting reader interests in works of horror and adaptation.

New graphic novel series include a fantastic space opera, an intriguing sci-fi adventure, and an occasionally shocking, sometimes nightmarish, completely unpredictable satire of modern masculinity.

Comics seem uniquely equipped to educate about health and medicine, as these stories of sickness and medicine demonstrate.

Impactful illustrations complement poignant, thought-provoking tales and memoirs in these unforgettable best graphic novels of 2023.

These three graphic novels offer meditations on and chronicles of transgender experiences.

Cartoonist, illustrator, and screenwriter Clowes has won multiple Harvey and Eisner Awards and has been nominated for an Oscar. Perhaps most famous for the graphic novel Ghost World, he is also known for Wilson and Patience. His newest title, Monica, comes out in October. He talks with LJ about his creative process and the making of his newest work.

Excellent visual reads.

In these graphic biographies, the life of legendary Peanuts cartoonist Charles M. Schulz is depicted in the form of a newspaper comic strip, and the career of Marvel Comics creator Stan Lee is plotted through a succession of tightly crafted scenes, none more than a single page long.