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Top 12 Comics, Graphic Novel & Manga:
March 2026
British cartoonist Joff Winterhart is a true favourite of mine. Some years ago, he came a close second in the annual Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comics Graphic Short Story Prize. Still, although he didn’t quite win, his cartooning wit and empathetic characters led to his being commissioned to make his debut graphic novel at Cape, Days of Bagnold Summer. His second book was not difficult, but if anything Driving Short Distances was better still. So I can’t wait to read his third, out very soon…
And another favourite artist, pioneering underground comix creatrix Roberta Gregory, finally gets the doorstop-sized compendium her manic menace deserves! Hope you enjoy browsing through these and other tempting titles. These may well get supplemented shortly with any other PG Tips I come across.
Animan
by Anouk Ricard, translated by Montana Kane
Drawn & Quarterly
$24.00
The publisher says:
Pet therapist by day, animal-morphing pet detective by night―fear not, Animan’s on the case! Inspired by the 1980s TV series Manimal, award-winning cartoonist Anouk Ricard pairs her unique brand of absurd storytelling and impeccable comedic timing to deliver the riotously funny adventures of Animan, superhero pet detective. A radioactive mosquito bite as a baby gives Francis the superpower of morphing into any animal at will. Learning to keep his powers secret from an early age, Francis takes up pet therapy as his day job, the perfect cover for his secret identity as Animan. Francis uses his fantastical gift to treat his animal patients, go undercover to solve murders, and battle it out with his nemesis, Objecto, a man capable of transforming into any and every possible object. And to top it all off, in his free time Francis is an avid watercolorist, who enjoys drawing landscapes and risqué portraits of his frog girlfriend, Fabienne. Winner of the 2025 Grand Prix at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, veteran cartoonist Ricard delivers a fresh take on the superhero genre, imbued with her signature slapstick sensibility, preposterous scenarios, and off-the-wall punchlines. 72pgs colour hardcover.
Armaveni: A Graphic Novel of the Armenian Genocide
by Nadine Tavkoiran
Levine Querido
$26.99 / $18.99
The publisher says:
A bold, autobiographical graphic novel chronicling one girl’s quest to uncover her family’s history during the Armenian genocide. Nadine loves stories and her mother loves to tell them—all but one. Nadine would give anything to learn about her family’s history in Armenia and Turkey—where they came from and how they came to America—but it is just too painful for her parents. All Nadine knows is that they were caught up in the Armenian genocide. Until one day the dam bursts. And through that flood of stories and memories, and a trip back to their people’s homelands, Nadine discovers a key to unlocking her own heritage and the courage to speak up when injustice rears its head again. Told in interwoven historical, contemporary, and fantastical sequences, Armaveni is a gripping graphic novel debut and a much-needed historical document. A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection. 344pgs one-colour hardcover / paperback.
Birth Story
by Eilsabeth Belliveau
Conundrum Press
$20.00
The publisher says:
Birth Story is a graphic memoir about navigating pregnancy, birth, postpartum depression, and new motherhood as an artist. It explores the physical and psychologically altering of the 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 artist interweaves other’s stories, friendship, and travel to help make sense of it all. This personal birth story, told through text and drawing, is an effort to remember and contribute to sharing strength in all women’s voices and the act of living itself. 204pgs colour paperback.
Bitchy! The Exasperating Existence of Midge McCracken
by Roberta Gregory
Fantagraphics
$74.99 / $39.99
The publisher says:
One of the most influential, feminist comics series — the riotous “Bitchy Bitch” stories by pioneering cartoonist Roberta Gregory—is now in one definitive collection. Midge McCracken is the abrasive, self-destructive pessimist every office has. Not to mince words, she’s a bitch: bitter, mistrustful, racist, and completely unfiltered in her words and thoughts. But she comes by it honestly, growing up with hateful, racist parents, suffering sexual abuse as an adolescent, experiencing an unwanted pregnancy, etc. Did we mention that this is a comedy? Roberta Gregory’s unflinching sense of humour is the engine driving Bitchy! This mammoth collection includes all of Gregory’s “Bitchy Bitch” stories, presenting a life from childhood into middle age, following the character through multiple decades. Along the way, Gregory’s wider cast of characters are introduced, notably Bitchy’s suffering and insufferable coworkers: the obnoxiously cheerful Sylvia (who never met a problem that positive vibes won’t cure); the upwardly mobile and power-hungry Pam (aka Bitchy’s boss); the intolerant, God-fearing Marcie; her hapless friend-with-benefits, Kenny; and many more. In 1976, Roberta Gregory released Dynamite Damsels—the first underground solo comic created and self-published by a woman. After contributing regularly to the influential anthologies Wimmen’s Comix and Gay Comix throughout the 1980s, she launched Naughty Bits in 1991 while working as a production artist at her publisher, Fantagraphics. It became the longest-running solo alternative comic book series by a female cartoonist, coming to an end in 2004 after an influential and pioneering 14-year, 40-issue run. The “Bitchy Bitch” stories remain the pinnacle of a historic career, and a highwater mark in comics and graphic novels over the past 40 years. 506pgs B&W hardcover / paperback.
The Book of Murmurs
by Candice Purwin
Fantagraphics
$18.99
The publisher says:
In this fantasy adventure, a young girl must brave a magical world of strange creatures and shivering landscapes to find her slain parents and defeat a monster who feeds off fear. When tragedy strikes her household and her book of spells is stolen, Little Moon is spirited away to the strange, shimmering world of The Fault. In this land rich in lore and crackling with magic, she must find allies, discover her true name, and channel the stories of her matrilineal line to battle the fearsome Shenk. A fantastical tale crafted as supple and strong as spider silk, Candice Purwin’s graphic novel weaves together powerful themes of grief, friendship and identity. The Book of Murmurs takes you on a journey through what it is to be lost, and what it means to be found. 272pgs colour paperback.
The Court Charade
by Flore Vasco, adapted by Kerascoët
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.
Crazy for You
by Paul Theroux & Steve Lafler
Fantagraphics
$24.99
The publisher says:
In this double feature of love and obsession, two short stories by the acclaimed novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux are adapted into comics in a feat of vision only veteran cartoonist Steve Lafler could accomplish. Money, women, power, and rebelling against the golden years. These are some of the perilous and alluring patterns that weave their way through Crazy for You. “Minor Watt” is a high society satire lampooning the perverse relationship between art and the art market—and what happens when the joy of owning is outstripped by the thrill of destroying. “Siamese Nights” is a tale of infidelity, infatuation, and exoticism, blending into an intoxicating, midlife crisis siren song. Little choices and self-betrayals build until a quiet leitmotif rolls into a shattering crescendo. Lafler’s bold and expressive style effortlessly captures the pulp exuberance adorning Theroux’s stories and the profound vulnerability underlying his characters. Crazy for You will stop you in your tracks right before it bowls you over. 208pgs B&W paperback.
Dear Historian
by Joff Winterhart
Jonathan Cape
£20.00
The publisher says:
Improbable friends Margaret and Lucy navigate their age gap, the cult of personality, graveyards and bad knees: from cult-favourite graphic novelist Joff Winterhart. At this point in her life, septuagenarian Margaret is particular about the things she likes. These include looking out of train windows, graveyards in the rain, an afternoon sherry. But most of all, it is her lifelong subject, the obscure 17th century polymath J.W Preece, who she has devoted her life to studying. Margaret doesn’t like: drawing attention to herself, extravagant behaviour and television. When she meets a young history TV producer, Lucy, they form a tentative bond, despite Margaret’s reluctance to be drawn into the media world. Several decades Margaret’s junior, heartbroken and unsure of herself, Lucy finds curious new inspiration as she falls under the spell of Margaret’s passions. With inimitable sensitivity and humour, cult-favourite graphic novelist Joff Winterhart returns with an irresistible portrait of two women navigating their age gap, loss, self-made-celebrity-historians, and bad knees… 192pgs B&W hardcover.
Frank Frazetta’s Thun’da King of the Congo
by Frank Frazetta, edited by Diego Cordoba
Book Palace Books
£40.00
The publisher says:
Enjoy this giant-sized book (10” x 13” (245mm x 320mm) reprinting the original Thun’da King of the Congo comic book by Frank Frazetta, with remastered vintage colours. Also included is the whole comic in black and white to better appreciate Frazetta’s fine line work. Plus samples of the original artwork, some reproduced at actual size. Frank Frazetta was in his early 20s and already producing excellent artwork for various comic book publishers during the 1950s. We also showcase some of his work for Magazine Enterprises, the publisher of the original Thun’da comics, plus the history behind this comic and other related works that may have inspired the series. The reproduction of Frank’s artwork has never been more faithful, down to the exact Ben Day colour tones used in the original comic. Off-register colours have been corrected, but other minor mistakes by the engravers have been maintained, only reproduced on better quality paper. With a foreword by William Stout. 104pgs colour hardcover.
Fungae
by Wojtek Wawszczyk & Tomasz Lew Lesniak
Fantagraphics
$40.00
The publisher says:
A family pushes through nearly impenetrable physical and psychic terrain in a metaphorical parable of life in the 21st century. A family treks with purpose and tenacity through a dense, primeval jungle, searching for…a respite…a goal…a home. They have been trekking for a long, long time. The jungle is a wasteland of viscera, grime, and rot. Within every darkened crevice is something waiting to kill, unless they kill first. Fungae is a story of struggle, of violence, of cruelty, but it is foremost a story of family, of fathers wanting their sons to be strong, of mothers wanting to nurture them in a hostile world. An electric collaboration between Polish animators and cartoonists Wojtek Wawszczyk and Tomasz Lew Lesniak propel this thrilling and horrifying survival tale. Lesniak’s textured and animated style conveys absurdist and intimately human moments, flickering like embers against the thickening miasma of abject privation. This is a story of the obduracy and fragility of human will. Fungae will grow on you. 416pgs colour paperback.
Hide and Seek
by Naono Yoshiko, translated by Ryan Holmberg
Smudge / Living the Line
$19.95
The publisher says:
Little Hiroshi, so embarrassed about the hand-knitted wool pants his grandmother forces him to wear. Sweet Mari, so jealous about her baby sister. Cute Sachiko, so worried about the iron she forgot to turn off before leaving on a family trip. Normal human feelings, understandable mistakes—leading to horrific disaster and scarring regret. If you assume childhood is golden for everyone, you’re wrong…DEAD wrong! From the back pages of otherwise bright and sunny shojo magazines comes Hide and Seek, a collection of twelve tales of trauma by Naono Yoshiko from the early 1970s. With an essay by the author narrating her unique career in manga and the stories behind her emotionally indelible comics, Hide and Seek is the seventh volume of Smudge, a line of vintage horror, occult, and dark fantasy manga curated and translated by award-winning historian Ryan Holmberg and published by Living the Line. 248pgs B&W paperback.
Human Nature Book 1 (of 3)
by Darren Aronofsky, Ari Handel, Jeff Welch & Martin Morazzo
Abrams ComicArts
$29.99
The publisher says:
From Academy Award–winning filmmaker Darren Aronofsky comes the first volume of his spectacular sci-fi trilogy, Human Nature. The visionary minds behind Black Swan and The Whale, Darren Aronofsky and Ari Handel, team up with writer Jeff Welch and acclaimed artist Martín Morazzo (Ice Cream Man) for Human Nature, a razor-sharp social-satire trilogy about ambition, power, and humanity’s desperate quest for immortality. Meet Duke: once just an ordinary nobody, now an ego-driven billionaire chicken magnate with nearly limitless wealth and power. But even endless fortune has limits―and Duke is obsessed with breaking the final barrier: death itself. Can he buy the key to defy death, or has his unchecked ambition finally gone too far? Overflowing with twisted humour, surreal adventures, and dazzling visuals, Human Nature hurtles readers into a bizarre yet unsettlingly familiar future, confronting unimaginable obstacles at every turn. It’s a gripping, audacious ride that only Aronofsky could conjure―one that races forward at breathtaking speed, promising even greater thrills as the trilogy unfolds. 208pgs colour hardcover.
The Lights of Niterói
by Marcello Quintanilha, translated by the author with Bruna Dantas Lobato.
Fantagraphics
S22.99
The publisher says:
A suspenseful crime thriller and poignant story of friendship set against a backdrop of 1950s Brazilian beaches, soccer, fishing, and nudism. In 1950s Brazil, somewhere by the beach, not far from Rio, Hélcio, a young and promising soccer player, and his friend Noël, spot someone fishing with dynamite. They decide to take a boat and steal some of the dead fish to make some money. The boat trip turns into a perilous journey as the two thieves embark on an adventure that will challenge their friendship. Inspired by the life of Marcello Quintanilha’s father, Hélcio Quintanilha, this graphic novel is both a suspenseful thriller and a breathtaking story about friendship. In The Lights of Niterói, internationally acclaimed graphic novelist Marcello Quintanilha returns to the city where he was born and raised. He dives into the waters of Guanabara Bay and crafts a plot based on real events that took place in the 1950s. It’s an adventure full of suspense, involving fishermen, soccer, the Brazilian feminist and striptease artist Luz del Fuego, and the first naturist camp in Brazil. 232pgs colour paperback.
The Lost Daughter of Sparta
by Felicia Day & Rowan MacColl
Gallery Books
$28.00
The publisher says:
Felicia Day, actress and instant New York Times bestselling author of the “engaging and often hilarious” (USA TODAY) You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Almost), returns with a feminist graphic novel about the lost mythical character of Philonoe—Helen of Troy’s sister. Helen of Troy. Clytemnestra. Timandra. Three sisters, infamously cursed by the goddess Aphrodite to betray their husbands, are known the world over. But few know about the fourth sister: Philonoe. Lost to historical record, ancient texts say she had a different fate than her sisters. But why and how did this happen? Author Felicia Day and illustrator Rowan MacColl bring Philonoe to vivid life at last, in The Lost Daughter of Sparta. A magnificent hero’s journey with a feminist twist, The Lost Daughter of Sparta fills in history’s missing pieces with sparkling wit and pathos, thrilling adventure, and an empowering love story that won’t soon be forgotten. 208pgs two-colour hardcover.
The Manga Bible
by Helen McCarthy
Ilex Press / Prestel
£25.00 / $29.99
The publisher says:
The Manga Bible is the definitive guide to manga, taking you from its earliest beginnings in 12th-century Japan right through to the 21st-century global phenomenon it has become. Whether you’re already a manga superfan or new to this magical world, this is the ultimate guide to the art form. Expert manga historian Helen McCarthy covers all the iconic genres, stories and artists, as well as introducing you to a host of lesser-known creators and characters, telling the fascinating story of this international sensation. Explores the key genres, types and styles of manga from romance to sci-fi to horror and beyond. Evaluates the cultural contexts and transformation of manga in relation to war, politics, gender and technology. Features over 70 profiles including Akira Toriyama, Baron Yoshimoto, Hideko Mizuno, and the ‘God of Manga’ Osama Tezuka. 320pgs colour hardcover.
Metadoggoz
‘by Bérénice Motais de Narbonne, translated by Montana Kane
Drawn & Quarterly
$30.00
The publisher says:
Gael Kaldera is a self-styled “junkyard dog” who runs with his crew the Metadoggoz: a squad of teenage dirtbags living in the techno-megalopolis, the Metastation. With no place to crash after losing his friend’s guitar, he drops a tab of “metadoggo” at a late night rave with his friends and everything goes sideways. Strobing lights, teeming dance floors and endless skyscrapers form an eerie, futuristic backdrop for this daring, imaginative exploration of race, class, and belonging through the lens of youth culture and science-fiction. In Metadoggoz, Franco-Vietnamese cartoonist Bérénice Motais de Narbonne constructs an uncomfortably familiar dystopia in which Gael and his friends slip in and out of our “real” world in search of something better. Each shepherded by a guiding spirit, they navigate the indignities of daily life: homelessness, mental illness, violence, and yearning. Translated by Eisner Award winner Montana Kane, Metadoggoz reinvents the cyberpunk fairy tale in the vein of Tank Girl, Blade Runner, and Love & Rockets. 232pgs B&W paperback.
Mrs. Orwell
by Eileen Blair
23rd St.
$29.99
The publisher says:
Eileen Blair, wife and partner of George Orwell, is brought out of her husband’s shadow in this riveting graphic novel, which follows the couple’s tireless campaign to expose difficult political truths through art. The Roaring Twenties are over, fascism is on the rise across Europe, and the dream of a workers’ paradise is all but dead. But in the midst of these turbulent times, a love story unfolds—one that will forever reshape our political language and how we view the future. Mrs. Orwell follows poet Eileen Blair and her husband, George Orwell, as they forge the professional and romantic partnership that will eventually bring us Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. From a honeymoon fighting in the Spanish Civil War to narrow escapes from Stalin’s agents and the London Blitz, the Blairs’ campaign against fascism brings them face-to-face with some of the greatest threats of the 1930s. But while George struggles to make his voice heard despite political censorship, Eileen must fight to preserve her own voice within a marriage that threatens to consume her. This sweeping account of Eileen Blair’s brief but dazzling life casts a light on a long-overlooked figure and her persistent defence of that most beloved, most vulnerable principle: the power of the pen. 224pgs colour hardcover.
Nature Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets More Great Poetry
by Julian Peters
Plough Publishing House
$29.95
The publisher says:
This stunning anthology of favourite poems about our relationship with the natural world, visually interpreted by acclaimed comic artist Julian Peters, breathes new life into some of the greatest poems of all time. These are poems that can change the way we see the environment, and encountering them in graphic form promises to change the way we read the poems. In an age of increasingly visual communication, this format helps unlock the world of poetry and literature for a new generation of reluctant readers and visual learners. Following the seasons of the year and of life, Nature Poems to See By will also help young readers see themselves differently. A valuable teaching aid appropriate for middle school, high school, and college use, the collection includes favourites from the canon already taught in countless English classes. This sequel to the artist’s award-winning anthology Poems to See By includes adaptations of poems by Langston Hughes, William Shakespeare, Sylvia Plath, Emily Dickinson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, William Wordsworth, Mary Karr, Robert Frost, Edward Thomas, William Blake, Dylan Thomas, Robert Burns, Rhina P. Espaillat, Joy Harjo, Alfred L. Tennyson, Matsuo Basho, Gwendolyn Brooks, Stevie Smith, Li Po, Carl Sandburg, e. e. cummings, Elizabeth Bishop, and Philip Larkin. 152pgs colour hardcover.
The Outsider
by Joe D’Esposito
Fantagraphics
$25.00
The publisher says:
A secret history of comics, unearthed within the moving biography of legendary comic artist Bernard Krigstein. Take a walk with The Outsider. Comics in the 1950s is a nowhere medium for journeymen and artistically frustrated illustrators. Certainly that’s what Bernie Krigstein—a comics artist and out-of-step painter slumming in the sleazy comics industry to make ends meet—thinks. What starts as an escape attempt from the rut of cranking out comics takes successive leaps into tales of labor organising and fighting tenaciously to realise the artistic potential of the medium. The Outsider is both a bird’s-eye view of the comic book industry in the 1950s and an intimate portrait of one of its most militant artists. Joseph D’Esposito explores the Jewish roots of comics and its lineage of Black, women, and other unsung participants (such as Matt Baker, a Black pioneer of the graphic novel). In the political hotbed of postwar America, the personal and the political weave vertiginously, culminating in ‘Master Race’, written by Al Feldstein and elevated into one of the few serious early comics works by Krigstein’s formal innovations. The beating heart of Krigstein’s journey is his wife, Natalie, a multifaceted character who grapples with competing roles as steadfast partner, postpartum mother, and ambitious writer. Other friends and foils include Stan Lee, Harvey Kurtzman, and Robert Kanigher. The Outsider is a story about dedication, frustration, ambition, anger, integrity—the 1950s comic book industry—all told in vivid, painterly strokes of melancholic blue. 172pgs colour paperback.
Punk Like Me
by JD Glass and Kris Dresen
Street Noise Books
$24.99
The publisher says:
A queer coming-of-age story, about best friends, first love, family conflicts, and following your heart. It’s the 1980s and punk rock is blowing up in New York City. Young people from all five boroughs flock to CBGBs in Greenwich Village to see the latest band and be a part of the scene. On Staten Island, just a ferry ride away, sixteen-year-old Nina Boyd is into punk rock and comic books. She plays guitar, is a straight-A student, a champion swimmer, and is in love with her best friend. But her best friend Kerri is a girl, and Nina knows her family would never approve. They’ve sent her to a conservative Catholic high school and they’re already suspicious of any of her friends who aren’t straight enough. As Nina’s crush grows stronger, she must choose between her family’s dreams for her and her own. A powerful, emotional queer graphic novel about navigating rejection from family while figuring out your dreams. JD Glass is a first-generation Latina author, an artist, a musician, and a recipient of the Stonewall Honor from the American Library Association as well as a Lambda Literary Award. JD lives on Staten Island in New York City with their partner, Kris Dresen and their two dogs. Kris Dresen is an accomplished comics artist who has been recognised with Eisner and Ignatz Award nominations, and a Xeric Grant for her emotionally rich, evocative, and visceral work. Kris’s work has been included in the Lambda Literary Award-winning anthology No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics. She also works as a book designer and an art director. 328pgs two-colour hardcover.
The Shadower
by Peter & Maria Hoey
Top Shelf Productions
$19.99
The publisher says:
Readers will lose themselves in this surreal spy thriller…and may find it impossible to find themselves again. Nadia is a quiet drama student in a country divided by a brutal civil war. Amid the steady tension of armed men, checkpoints, and random violence, the theater is her one escape. One evening, after an Ibsen performance, she is given an opportunity to serve her people. Nadia bears a strong resemblance to a waitress in the next district whose café is frequented by enemy agents. Would she be willing to take her place for a week and plant recording devices? It’s a dangerous mission that will take all her acting skills to disappear into this role…but she knows that she has no choice. As Nadia settles into the other woman’s apartment and life, she becomes more immersed in this character than she ever imagined. And as one week drags into two, she realizes this isn’t going to end the way she hoped… In The Shadower, award-winning sibling duo Peter and Maria Hoey present a haunting, ice-cold story of identity, espionage, and betrayal. 192pgs colour paperback.
Shushu
by Ziggy Hanaor & Benjamin Phillips
Cicada Books
£16.99
The publisher says:
A tender exploration of motherhood, memory and the silences that we choose to ignore. Miri is the exhausted mother of a screaming newborn and four-year-old Frances, who refuses to give up her shushu (pacifier). When her judgmental mother-in-law, Bella, arrives, she’s more of a burden than a help; criticising mealtimes, bedtimes, and of course, the ever-present shushu. When not dispensing unsolicited advice, Bella lounges in a Valium-induced haze on the sofa. Miri is overwhelmed―not just by Bella, but by the new roles assigned to her. Her identity is subsumed in the relentless rhythm of nursery runs, dinner prep and the demands of domesticity. All the while, Frances, ever watchful, gathers her lessons in silence. This is a tender, sharp, and quietly powerful story about the isolation of motherhood, and the pacifiers – both literal and metaphorical – we pass down through generations. From the creators of Alte Zachen (Carnegie Shortlist, V&A Illustration Award), Shushu marks Cicada’s first adult graphic novel. Benjamin Phillips’ expressive hand-drawn ink illustrations breathe life into every page. Told with subtlety, wit and warmth, it explores universal themes that will resonate deeply with readers. 120pgs black & sepia hardcover.
Was That Normal?
by Alex Potts
Avery Hill Publishing
£14.99 / $19.99
The publisher says:
A contemporary graphic novel about disenchantment, alienation, and introspection. “It was like he’d missed the main part of the story and arrived between the big climax and the end credits. A new order had established itself and everyone, apart from him, was living happily ever after. Nothing interesting could possibly happen between now and the ending.” Philip is searching. For meaning. For connection. For someone to share a moment with. By day, he works from a rented room. By night, he drifts through cafés and bars, dodging awkward chats with his landlady and hoping for something more. When he meets Gina, a local musician, things begin to shift. But relationships are messy, and Philip’s discomfort grows as he stumbles through miscommunications, emotional misfires, and the looming presence of Gina’s intense ex. Add in a crumbling tower, gong baths (whatever they are), and the quiet ache of modern life, and you have a story that’s tender, funny, and deeply human. A beautifully observed graphic novel about connection, confusion, and the spaces in between. 208pgs colour paperback.
