Graphic Novels

In 2000, a nurse on an HIV/AIDS unit began drawing comics about her experiences on the job. Those comics launched a growing genre, graphic medicine—comics and graphic novels that portray the experience of illness and explore medicine. 

Highlights from this week’s new releases include IDW Publishing continuing the sci-fi adventures of Donald Duck with Duck Avenger New Adventures Volume 3. Lion Forge forms the first issue of the third volume of Voltron Legendary Defender while United Plankton Pictures unleashes the robot apocalypse in Spongebob Squarepant #82. The List: AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS Casper […]

Gr 7 Up –Combining drawings and text, Hendrix presents a contemplative look at German martyr Dietrich Bonhoeffer.

When I took out my review copy and started to leaf through this book, my colleague called out to me “That’s a great game!” I’m not much of a gamer, nor are my kids, so I hadn’t heard of it, nor did I know it’s in production for a movie. I already knew that this […]

Publisher’s description Perfect for fans of Raina Telgemeier, Awkward, and All’s Faire in Middle School, this graphic novel follows a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary cardboard into fantastical homemade costumes as they explore conflicts with friends, family, and their own identity. Welcome to a neighborhood of kids who transform ordinary boxes into colorful costumes, and their ordinary […]

A kind owl helps a spirit remember her past; Skilled fighter Hinako must hide her identity while revealing her strength at an all-boys school; a collection of animal comics will satisfy every readers' taste.

We’ve got something special to finish out the week: We’re debuting the preview of the graphic novel Pandora’s Legacy, by writer Kara Leopard and artist Kelly Nicole Matthews. It’s an update of the legend of Pandora’s Box, with modern-day kids who are the descendants of the original Pandora on a quest to recapture the monsters […]

Dark Horse’s latest thematic anthology offers an inclusive and evocative range of well-crafted firsthand accounts.