Graphic Novels (page 2)

NONFICTION

Released: April 1, 2012

BYE BYE BABYLON: BEIRUT 1975-1979

by Lamia Ziadé, illustrated by Lamia Ziadé, translated by Olivia Snaije

"Stunning in both the art and the audacity."

Visually arresting and emotionally devastating, this graphic memoir of war and childhood feels like an art book and explodes like a car bomb. Read full book review >

NONFICTION

Released: March 1, 2012

MY FRIEND DAHMER

by Derf Backderf, illustrated by Derf Backderf

"An exemplary demonstration of the transformative possibilities of graphic narrative."

A powerful, unsettling use of the graphic medium to share a profoundly disturbing story. Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Jan. 3, 2012

TINA'S MOUTH: AN EXISTENTIAL COMIC DIARY

by Keshni Kashyap, illustrated by Mari Araki

"A charming, hip, illustrated coming-of-age tale."

Indian-American high-school student with a thing for Jean Paul Sartre struggles with existential angst in this graphic-novel debut. Read full book review >

Cover art for THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2011

FICTION

Released: Oct. 4, 2011

THE BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2011

edited by Alison Bechdel

"The state of an art that has yet to reach stasis."

Another annual cornucopia of graphic narrative (and comic strips). Read full book review >

FICTION

Released: Oct. 1, 2011

DEAR CREATURE

by Jonathan Case

"A funny, bizarre, unexpected pleasure that gives a creature from the depths heart and soul as well as a happy ending."

A mutant submariner pines for a surface girl trapped in a prison of her own making. Read full book review >

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