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Top 21 Comics, Graphic Novels & Manga:
April 2026
Thanks for dropping by for my latest gleanings from the upcoming titles due out soon. Two I’ve singled out from my PG Tips here are British graphic novelist Lizzy Stewart’s latest and longest project, an arresting ensemble character study…
And from the USA poet, performer and director Saul Williams embraces the comics medium and joins artist-collaborator Morgan Sorne to explore a near-future, yet sharply topical tale of a cult hack’s cyberattack for justice. Check these and my other recommendation out below and I hope you find one or more that pique your interest.
All the Cameras in My Room
by Michel DeForge
Drawn & Quarterly
$30.00
The publisher says:
Michael DeForge has been dissecting the comics visual language for more than a decade and continues his creative winning streak with his tenth book for D&Q and second collection of short stories, All the Cameras in My Room. The prolific cartoonist’s hilarious and horny approach to comics fiction never disappoints. In “Figure Skating,” a star athlete’s impossible feats captivate the world, turning a simple skater’s rotation into a catalyst for national paralysis. While in “Holiday Special,” a narrator tells us about his favorite Christian holiday special that bears an uncanny resemblance to a certain bald-headed-boy-and-his-dog classic. No matter the conceit, characters in All the Cameras in My Room stretch and flatten and spiral around each other and burrow deep into the folds of a reader’s brain. Deforge’s stories break down how we consume pop culture, interrogate our relationship to star power and recontextualise our nostalgia into a shared mythology, cementing his place as the most consistent and beguiling cartoonist working today. 200pgs four-colour hardcover.
Anxietyland
by Gemma Correll
Gallery Books
$29.99 / £25.00
The publisher says:
In 2018, Gemma Correll had a panic attack that lasted for weeks on end. Unable to do much more than walk aimlessly through the streets of Berkeley, Correll admitted herself to the hospital to reckon with The Bad Feeling that had been her companion since she was a child. With her ingenious and charming illustrations “bursting with personality…peppered with witty asides” (Publishers Weekly), Correll leads readers through the amusement park in her own mind—featuring severe anxiety, depression, agoraphobia, and disassociation—a frightening and darkly funny world that “feels like a place apart from ‘real’ life.” A hilarious thrill ride exploring the mysteries of the mind-body connection, Gemma Correll’s graphic memoir is shot through with the absurd knowledge that there is no linear way through Anxietyland, nor any cure-alls—but there are ways to feel better if you keep trying to move forward. Web cartoonist Correll’s first full-length adult graphic narrative is “one of the funniest and most affable mental health memoirs to come along in a while,” per PW’s review. 448pgs red & black hardcover.
Birth Story
by Elisabeth Belliveau
Conundrum Press
$20.00
The publisher says:
Birth Story is a graphic memoir about pregnancy, birth, postpartum depression, and new motherhood as an artist. It explores the physical and psychologically altering birth process: pain, transformation, trauma, healing, and the window of time around the birthing body. Struggling to find representations of birth and postpartum depression in popular culture and art, the author interweaves other’s stories, friendship, and travel to help make sense of it all. It follows the artist through pregnancy, birth, and the trials of postpartum depression, documenting the upheaval to her body and mind, and interrogating the ways stories of birth are portrayed or erased. This personal birth story is an effort to remember and contribute to sharing strength in all women’s voices. 200pgs paperback
Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here): Comics on Pregnancy and Parenthood
by Julia Wertz
Black Dog & Leventhal
$32.00
The publisher says:
Raw, honest, and hilarious, Bury Me Already (It’s Nice Down Here) chronicles the joy and horror of becoming a mother during challenging times. In this follow-up to the acclaimed memoir Impossible People—a book about getting sober and becoming a professional artist in New York City—cartoonist Julia Wertz returns home to Northern California where she reunites with her family and rekindles a relationship with an ex-boyfriend. After a surprise pregnancy and a marriage proposal, Julia settles (somewhat reluctantly) into a quiet life in a small town. But as 2020 approaches, her world, and the world at large, takes a sharp turn toward unexpected chaos. Through comic vignettes, essays, and diary doodles, Julia recounts the events of her pregnancy and its attendant body horror, a miscarriage, family trauma, marriage, a life-altering accident, and the joy and surprises of parenthood as it all unfolds against the backdrop of local wildfires and a global pandemic. The result of this unconventional collection is a heart-wrenching and hilarious story of adversity, resilience, and, ultimately, love. 304pgs B&W hardcover.
Closing Act
by Chris W. Kim
Conundrum Press
$30.00
The publisher says:
Closing Act examines the complex networks that make up a city and finds a strange, shifting environment within it, one where its inhabitants face a looming existential threat. Lea walks her usual route through the city when a young man steals her bag. She chases him into an alley but quickly loses her bearings—each alley leads into yet another alley, the sounds of the city fade away, and the thief is nowhere to be seen. Hopelessly searching for an exit, she eventually encounters Dee, one of the alleyfolk who obsessively makes maps of his surroundings and is convinced that the alleys have been gradually narrowing over time. The more of these alleyfolk Lea gets to know, the more she sees that they agree: the labyrinth they inhabit is shifting, creating a state of deep uncertainty. When the presence of the thief becomes a subject of contention, Lea finds herself entangled in the affairs of a world fated to end soon. 260pgs colour paperback.
Comic Therapy: Meditations for Reflection
by Kay Medaglia
SelfMadeHeroM
£13.99 / $18.99
The publisher says:
From the creator of the popular series One Year Wiser, this unique collection of short comic strips is designed to offer moments of calm wellbeing and thoughtful reflection while lifting readers’ spirits with lighthearted humour. In Comic Therapy, readers will find a range of comic strips that blend heartwarming messages and gentle wit, creating a space where readers can unwind, laugh, and feel inspired – all within a few panels. The charm of this collection of homely homilies lies in its ability to address real-life challenges with a sense of optimism, focusing on themes like self-compassion, resilience, and mindfulness. Each of its beautifully imagined sequences serves as a temporary retreat from the pressures and anxieties of daily life, with each page offering a blend of encouragement and humour. By using visual storytelling, Comic Therapy engages readers in a non-intrusive yet impactful way, inviting them to pause, smile, and reconnect with their inner calm. This book is an invaluable resource for anyone looking for a momentary escape, a laugh in tough times, or a much-needed boost of positivity. Whether read all at once or savoured a little at a time, Comic Therapy builds into a toolkit of emotional wellness, and a perfect go-to for personal reflection, or to share with a friend in need of a cheerful lift. Into a world filled with noise, Comic Therapy sends a quiet voice of compelling reassurance, reminding us that it’s always okay to pause, reflect, and enjoy a light-hearted moment. 128pp colour hardcover.
The Complete Charles Dana Gibson: A Widow and Her Friends (1899-1901), Vol. 1 (of 3)
by Charles Dana Gibson, essay by Sean Michael Robinson
Living the Line
$25.00
The publisher says:
The Complete Charles Dana Gibson: A Widow and Her Friends (1899-1901) is the first of a three-volume series dedicated to the complete bibliography of perhaps America’s greatest-ever cartoonist, the incomparable Charles Dana Gibson. This first book in The Complete Charles Dana Gibson will present the most beloved and long-form of Gibson’s influential graphic-novel works, The Education of Mr. Pip and A Widow and Her Friends. The book features stunning reproduction, laboriously sourced and restored from the best possible sources, gorgeous printing that gives unparalleled insight into why Gibson was one of America’s greatest artistic and cultural exports during the decades in which he worked. The book also includes a long biographical essay by series editor and production artist Sean Michael Robinson that contextualizes Gibson’s work for a modern audience, illuminating his progressive politics, his wry humour, and the explosive mark-making that influenced generations of fine artists and illustrators. 224pgs B&W hardcover.
The Court Charade
by Flore Vesco & Kerascoët, translated by L. Benson
Abrams ComicArts
$22.99
The publisher says:
From the New York Times bestselling illustrators of Beauty and Beautiful Darkness comes a fleet, tongue-in-cheek adult fairy tale graphic novel where love is found in the least likely places and nothing is quite what it seems… This lighthearted, sharply witty adult fairy tale is a delightful and quirky take on toxic workplaces, with a dash of Puss in Boots–style antics and a little romance thrown in for good measure. Serine is a poor but plucky daughter of a sickly nobleman who must make her way in the royal court to avoid being married off once her father dies. Although she is illiterate and owns only one dress, she manages to charm her way into the fickle queen’s good graces―but the royal court is not a kind place for a country bumpkin. Silly, sweet Serine must smarten up if she wants to survive the queen’s fits of pique, the court ladies’ gossip, and the royal advisor’s evil schemes. With nothing but her wits and the help of the friendly, handsome torturer’s apprentice, can she find a way to save her job, save the kingdom, and find true love along the way? Or will she be forced to play the fool? 112pgs colour hardcover.
Creased Comics
by Brad Neely
New York Review Comics
$24.95
The publisher says:
Beginning at the dawn of the new millennium, the animator Brad Neely materialized as one of the funnier voices on the internet. Youtube hits like the foul-mouthed George Washington, his demented audiobook retelling of Harry Potter in Wizard People, Dear Reader, and the alarmingly prescient Adult Swim TV show China, IL (starring the voices of both Greta Gerwig and Hulk Hogan), all reveal how Neely captured a kind of freewheeling online spirit that is fading fast.
During this ascent, Neely was also quietly mastering another form, the webcomic, where he spliced together historical figures, fairy tales, wildlife, and absurd gag setups into truly laugh-out-loud cartoons: hungry bridge trolls ready to devour local “chappies”; Caesar’s real killer (Jeffrey); the Boo-Boo Maker; limousine werewolves; superheroes trying and failing to rescue Christ; and more eye-blasting thrills.
Gathered here for the first time along with Neely’s reflections about his work, Creased Comics is a portal into a truly individual creative mind, and a snapshot of some of the best days for webcomics.
Death to Pachuco
by Henry Barajas, Rachel Merrill & Lee Loughridge
Image Comics
$16.99
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A Chicano noir retelling of the Sleepy Lagoon Murder Trial and the Zoot Suit Riots during 1943 wartime Los Angeles, Death to Pachuco is an untold story lost from the American history books. During the summer of 1943, Los Angeles became a hotbed of tension and conflict as a series of fierce clashes erupted between U.S. Navy members and Mexican American youth stemming from the murder of Carlos Urbano. Private eye Ricardo “Ricky” Tellez needs to find the Sleep Lagoon Killer before the racist mob kills him in the Zoot Suit Riots. The clock is ticking—and it’s a bad time to be a Mexican. From the author of the critically acclaimed Latinx Top Cow series La Voz De M.A.Y.O. and Helm Greycastle returns with a thrilling graphic novel, perfect for fans of true crime noir. Collects Death to Pachuco #1-5, a facsimile of The Sleepy Lagoon Case rare pamphlet published in 1943 with a foreword by the legendary Orson Welles, and an afterword by award-winning journalist Jazmine Ulloa (El Paso). 168pgs colour paperback.
Delay: A Comics Anthology
by various creators, co-edited by Charis Loke and Paolo Chikiamco
Difference Engine
$24.99
Looming milestones and missed connections. Resisting mainstream expectations and doing life at your own pace. What does DELAY mean to you? Writers and illustrators from Southeast Asia take on this theme in a comics anthology curated by guest editors Charis Loke and Paolo Chikiamco. From explorations of identity and inner worlds to the twists and turns of modern life, these stories offer restoration, room for reflection, and invite us to reclaim time in our own ways. Renren Galeno, author of Sa Wala comments: “Lovely, thoughtful, the stories of DELAY interrogate the delicate notions of progress as established by cultures, governments, or ourselves. As we read through lives marching forward, staying still and holding on we are invited to reflect on what is holding us back and what is keeping us anchored.’ 252pgs B&W paperback
Emotional Support Animals: Anonymous Fuzzball Comics + Workbook
by Nicole Georges
Andrews McMeel
$18.99
The publisher says:
Emotional Support Animals is a collection of comics and worksheets featuring adorable and irresistible emotional support animals offering words of compassion and wisdom, delivering smiles along with experience, strength, and hope. What if your therapist was a cardigan-wearing walrus sipping a cup of coffee? Emotional Support Animals answers this question in a series of sweet comics and engaging worksheets. Nicole Georges presents small doses of therapy in the form of humorous illustrations about serious subjects. Picture a pug assuring you that it’s not cruel to say no or hold a boundary, or a crocodile reminding you that when you take care of yourself, you have more capacity to give. Inspired by Nicole’s experiences with grief and healing, her Anonymous Fuzzball comics touch on themes of self-worth, boundaries, and balance. Using quirky animals as her subjects, she proves that hard truths are easier to digest in an adorable package. 160pgs colour paperback.
Everything in Color: A Love Story
by Stephanie Stalvey
23rd St.
$29.99
The publisher says:
Interrogating her own upbringing in an evangelical community, Stephanie Stalvey weaves a story of faith, alienation, romance and acceptance, in this beautifully painted graphic memoir. Stephanie grew up in an evangelical community where love and obedience were overlapping themes. In this world, sin was inevitable, her body was a temptation, and desire was dangerous. Her own thoughts could not be trusted, because she was only saved if she believed the “right things” about God. But as she grew, built a life of her own, and fell in love with a young seminarian named James, the complexities of the human experience became impossible to ignore. Was God truly so exacting and judgmental? Could faith exist beyond these rigid borders? Could love be both passionate and pure? Her connection to James―honest, caring and sensual―became a safe place for her worldview to expand. And when their son was born, she understood love in a whole new way… suddenly, everything was sacred, everything was in colour. Through striking prose and beautiful mixed media illustrations, Stalvey takes us on an emotional journey of faith, romance, motherhood and loss. With tenderness and honesty, she unravels the fear and guilt woven into her past, reclaims her sense of self, and shows us how to embrace a love that is healing, transformative, and wholly one’s own. 528pgs colour hardcover.
Filial Lines: Art Spiegelman, Alison Bechdel, and Comics Form
by Emmy Waldman
Cambridge University Press
£95.00
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This is the first book to place the autobiographical projects of canonical comics authors Art Spiegelman and Alison Bechdel alongside each other, focusing on new and neglected works (and with an epilogue on the Pulitzer Prize-winning tour-de-force debut of Tessa Hulls). The book offers a lively cast of five formal tropes-boxes, spirals, tic-tac-toe, mirrors, and webs-through which to model fundamental elements of the comics grammar and its material processes. Built around rich close readings, it shows what makes the comics form particularly suited to negotiate complex familial and creative inheritances and manage layered, relational identities. Interweaving accounts of Jewish identity, female embodiment, legacies of modernism, and feminist practice, the book traces how contemporary graphic memoirists visually work and rework their filiations and affiliations through form, situating the medium as a privileged site and staging ground for arguments about the enabling possibilities of form now. Emmy Waldman is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Miami, where she works in contemporary graphic narrative and Jewish American literature. Formerly, she was a visiting assistant professor of modern and contemporary literature at Virginia Tech. She earned her Ph.D. in English from Harvard, with a focus in graphic narrative and comics. Her research and writing appear in Twentieth Century Literature, Post45, New Literary History, Harvard Divinity Bulletin, among others. 280pgs B&W hardcover.
Hip-Hop and Comics
by various, edited by Sheena C. Howard, Justin D Burton, Brea M. Heidelberg
University Press of Mississippi
$110.00 / $25.00
The publisher says:
Hip-Hop and Comics is a groundbreaking volume that explores the deep and dynamic intersections between two of the most influential cultural movements of the past fifty years. Edited by Sheena C. Howard, Justin D Burton, and Brea M. Heidelberg, this book provides an in-depth examination of the artistic, historical, and cultural relationships between hip-hop and comics. Both art forms evolved into global phenomena, shaping storytelling, identity, and social commentary in profound ways. Through a collection of insightful chapters, this volume critically analyzes how hip-hop and comics have influenced each other, from early underground movements to their present-day impact on mainstream culture. Structured in three thematic sections—Artistic Innovation and Resistance; Marvel Comics and Hip-Hop; and Cultural Expression, Impact, and Identity—this book investigates key historical moments, artistic influences, and the creative exchange between these two mediums. It also examines the visual aesthetics of hip-hop as reflected in comic book art, the role of graffiti as a bridge between these worlds, and the ways in which hip-hop narratives and identities have been expressed through superhero and underground comics. With contributions from leading voices in hip-hop studies, comics scholarship, and media analysis, this is a pioneering text that bridges academic and popular audiences. By bringing together historical research, critical analysis, and firsthand accounts, Hip-Hop and Comics cements its place as a definitive exploration of the powerful synergy between these two art forms. Foreword by Patrick A. Reed. Afterword by Spenser Nellis, Riggs Morales, and Amy Chu. 294pgs B&W hardcover / paperback.
MartyrLoserKing
by Saul Williams & Morgan Sorne
23rd Street
$29.99
The publisher says:
Incisive questions about capitalism, colonialism, and the future of technology abound in this cyberpunk fable from visionary poet, performer, and director Saul Williams. Can you name the ghost in your machine? The precious ore coltan can be found in every cell phone and computer on earth. And in a small East African country, both the Black population and the land are exploited for this precious resource―the people as a source of cheap, expendable labor; the land as a mining site and international dumping ground for defunct technology. Yet from the rubble, creativity and rebellion rise. An encounter between a miner and an otherworldly stranger named Neptune results in the birth of a hacker named MartyrLoserKing, and the launch of a global cyberattack. Their plan will rock the world to its foundations, upend centuries of institutional abuse, and, perhaps, usher in a new age of understanding. Steeped in mythology and history and inspired by present-day events, this cyberpunk fable from visionary poet, musician, and director Saul Williams is both a cautionary tale and a hopeful vision of the future. 336pgs B&W hardcover.
Mighty Mega Pets: Freaky Food Fiasco!
by Gary Northfield
Walker Books
£8.99
The publisher says:
A laugh-out loud graphic novel with PETS! SUPERPOWERS! SILLINESS! ACTION! A strange magical substance has seeped into a pet food warehouse, and now dogs, cats, bunnies and fish all have freaky superpowers – whether they want them or not! The newly-formed Mighty Mega Pets are determined to get to the bottom of the pet food mystery in order to ... no pressure ... save the world! This hilarious, action-packed full-colour graphic novel about the perils of power, the importance of teamwork, friendship and standing up to bullies will have 6-12 year olds barking with laughter. AND they’ll get tips on how to deal with a cranky tortoise! From Gary Northfield, known for his Julius Zebra books and his comics in The Phoenix and Beano. 224pgs colour paperback.
Jamie Smart, author of Bunny VS Monkey, says:
“Gary is a cartooning genius”
Names and Faces: A Graphic Memoir
by Leise Hook
Holt
$29.99
The publisher says:
A graphic memoir-in-essays examining the in-betweenness of being mixed-race and the cultural confrontations inherent to forging one’s identity Who are you? What are you? And how does it feel to be you? Leise Hook was asked these intrusive questions so many times growing up that they haunted her like ghosts. Born to a Chinese mother and white American father, and growing up in Michigan, Tokyo, and Virginia, Leise Hook was never sure where she fit in. More white passing than her Chinese friends and family, but with the Mandarin skills of a native speaker, she was constantly exceeding some expectations while failing to meet others. From moving to Beijing, to dying her hair blonde, to exploring self portraiture, Hook struggles to figure out who she is and where she belongs. In the vein of Cathy Park Hong and Gene Luen Yang, Hook’s graphic memoir-in-essays rendered via her signature, award-winning style, explores what it means to come of age as a mixed-race woman, forging a singular identity in a world intent on putting her into ill-fitting boxes. 256pgs colour hardcover.
Neo Faust
by Osamu Tezuka
Ablaze Manga
$19.99
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One of Osamu Tezuka’s final works was an adaptation of the classical Faust legend taking place in Tezuka’s contemporary Japan. After years of failure to discover the meaning of the universe, Professor Ichinoseki decides to end his own life, but he is interrupted by the sorceress Mephisto. They strike a bargain: in exchange for Ichinoseki’s soul, Mephisto will grant his wish for a fulfilled life… Originally published over the course of 1988, Neo Faust is the final of three adaptations of the classical Faust legend by “The Godfather of Manga,” Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), which Ablaze is proud to present in English for the first time. 416pgs B&W paperback.
Palookaville 25
by Seth
Drawn & Quarterly
$25.00
The publisher says:
Palookaville 25 houses three benchmark projects from the artistic practice of cartoonist and New Yorker cover artist Seth (Clyde Fans). His highly-acclaimed memoir “Nothing Lasts” returns. A wave farewell to his youth and a love letter to Toronto in the 1980s, this installment of his memoir caps off his teenage years and the budding romance at the Cove Inn, and sees Seth setting off for the big city where he moves to attend art school. Showcasing Seth’s fine-art practice, Palookaville 25 also includes a photo essay about the creation of “Living Room Suite,” his bronze sculpture installation in Guelph. Through text and photographs, Seth documents early pieces in the same series, followed by maquettes of the sculpture, photos showing the fabrication process, and then, finally, a series of photos showing the completed installation. Lastly, the life and death of post-humorously renowned Dominion painter Owen Moore is told through comics in ten episodes. Originally serialized in The Walrus, this is the first time the story has been collected. Pages from the original sketchbook version and the final art are presented in pairs, revealing Seth’s process to readers. A rarity in the world of publishing, Seth’s Palookaville series has become an ongoing monograph of sorts, a deep look into an idiosyncratic mind, and a survey of a singular artist’s multifaceted output. 112pgs colour hardcover.
Physical Education
by Joana Mosi
Pow Pow
$22.95
The publisher says:
A portrait of creative stagnation, digital saturation, and the strange, sideways momentum of post-modern life. Laura has just received a prestigious grant to write her debut novel, and everyone around her agrees that things seem to finally be falling into place for her. Instead, she finds herself increasingly numb and detached from reality—half-heartedly meeting up with friends at the gym, struggling to fulfil her role as a daughter, and managing an abstract relationship with a married man. Haunted by lingering memories of a toxic youth she can’t escape, Laura is stuck in a strange limbo, unable to draw a cohesive plot for her life, her hopes, or her future. Wry, elliptical, and intimate, Physical Education perfectly captures the quiet absurdities of the algorithmic age and the familiar ways in which we scroll, strive, sweat, and stall our way through the world. A smart, emotionally resonant work for readers of Jillian Tamaki’s Boundless and The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis. The first-ever graphic novel to be a National Illustration Award of Portugal Highlight Book. 170pgs B&W paperback.
Punk’n Heads
by Dave Baker and Nicole Goux
Top Shelf
$19.99
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This band plays together, lives together…and unfortunately two of them are sleeping together. Whatever, I’m sure it’s fine. Now put on your punk’n mask and let’s rock! Hannah Lipsky isn’t sure what’s happening. She dreamed of becoming a fine art painter, but after breaking up with her girlfriend, she’s suddenly dropped out of art school, moved into a flophouse, and gotten roped into singing in a campy horror-punk band. With costumes. To make things even more complicated, she might be hooking up with her housemate/bandmate/high school crush, Jerry. Wherever this is leading, it’s going to be messy. Critically acclaimed, Eisner-nominated creators Nicole Goux (Forest Hills Bootleg Society, Pet Peeves) and Dave Baker (Everyone Is Tulip, Mary Tyler MooreHawk) join forces for a raucous and revealing new graphic novel about making music, making mistakes, facing your past, and choosing your future. 216pgs colour paperback.
Soviet Land: A Tragicomic Thriller
by Pierre-Henry Gomont, trans. by Edward Gauvin
Abrams ComicArts
$34.99
The publisher says:
A failed artist and his con man buddy scheme their way to disaster in 1990s Russia, trading on tourists’ nostalgia for a past that never truly existed. A must-read thriller at turns madcap and melancholy, about a down-on-their-luck duo of swindlers looting their way through the decaying remains of the USSR. 1990s. Russia. The USSR has ceased to exist. Its dimly remembered promises of utopia have dried up, and amongst the rubble, scavengers and looters abound. Amongst the vast Russian tundra and decaying Soviet buildings, two such scavengers engage in a rather dubious pastime—getting their hands on all sorts of trinkets that might interest wealthy investors. Slava, once a promising young painter, has abandoned his career and ideals to scrounge around with a pal from his school days, the consummate conman Lavrin. The future is up for grabs, and in this anything-goes, dog-eat-dog new world order, Lavrin assures Slava anything and everything can be bought and sold. In this tragicomic thriller, author Pierre-Henry Gomont tells a gripping tale of average people caught up in the turmoil of history in the making. His deeply human characters fumble through a disorienting world—one where the promise of tomorrow has evaporated. They aspire to nothing more than to continue: to continue living, loving, and maybe someday even painting again. 320pgs colour hardcover.
The Wreck
by Lizzy Stewart
Jonathan Cape
£25.00
The publisher says:
Two couples pursue their dream of communal living in the English countryside – and then it all comes tumbling down. Charlotte and Francesca were best friends at university in the mid-1970s. But tensions coursed beneath their natural affection, deepening when Fran got together with Charlotte’s friend Adrian, and the two women drifted apart. When Fran contacts Charlotte out of the blue with an unusual proposal – an invitation to live with her and Adrian in the rambling house they’ve bought in the countryside – Charlotte impulsively persuades her partner, Bill, to accept this tantalising promise of a new kind of community. At first their new life feels utopian; life and space are shared joyfully. But it doesn’t take long for old tensions to rise to the surface, shattering their illusions and showing each of them in a new light. The Wreck is a glorious genre-defying illustrated novel about the messy tangle of love, envy and desire that underpins our most precious relationships, and the difficult paths we must take to discover our true selves. 320pgs colour hardcover.
Young Shadows
by Ben Sears
Fantagraphics
$14.99
The publisher says:
Young Shadow teams up with the Watchdogs in a do-or-die baseball game against a roster of ghosts and ghoulies! Will Bolt City survive? Young Shadow usually protects sci-fi Bolt City by making deliveries for the food bank and rescuing pets. But this time around, he needs to focus on two things: hitting and pitching! When Young Shadow and the eight Watchdogs ― Elmore, Gerry, Larry, Gomez, Marta, Ketchum, Rolando, and Junior ― investigate a concerning chemical sludge being dumped into Bolt City’s water, Elmore discovers a haunted baseball glove and inadvertently summons a team from the beyond that challenges them to a game to the death. With a stadium full of hostile vampires, mummies, frankensteins, and ghouls rooting for the visitors, the Watchdogs enlist Young Shadow to fill out their roster ― and save Bolt City! This exciting new middle-grade graphic novel from cartoonist and musician Ben Sears establishes a world that embraces classic superhero, sci fi, and supernatural comics without any irony, executed in a brilliant two-tone color scheme of jet black and mustardy yellow that perfectly suits the spooky fun and fast paced adventure. Young Shadow & the Watchdogs is a page-turner for readers of any age. 88pgs two0colour paperback.
