Graphic Novels

Zines spotlight voices, opinions, and histories often missing from mainstream publishing. Here's what you need to know about curating, collecting, and creating these works at your library.

Seven recent works and an overview of recent Black comics publishing.

In 2023, graphic novels are no longer a new category but an established staple on library shelves. All signs point to the continued boom and increasing expansion of the format across all genres.

Readers welcomed our coverage of the youth media awards, a new ambassador and, yes, ChatGPT.

Including fiction, nonfiction, and memoir, these titles cover topics from the making of the atomic bomb to the history of video games.

Navigating new friendships can be tough, as every middle schooler knows. Yet in these graphic novels, sharing a hobby or an extracurricular activity proves a surefire way to bring kindred spirits together.

For our October cover on horror comics, Stephen Giplin depicted a child reading Mark Fearing's graphic novel Welcome to Feral, while the classic monsters in the bedroom look on in terror.

These middle grade tales of space travel will enchant kids who like the Disney+ film about a family trying to save a fantastical planet.

Austin, TX, illustrator and comic artist Carina Guevara did the honors for our March 2022 issue featuring women's history in graphic novels.