This intergalactic spinoff from the Glorkian Warrior trilogy stars the zany warrior Glork himself, along with his sidekick, Super Backpack. The duo is joined by a newcomer, Baby Gonk. Three-eyed Glork and his mini-me are adorkable in the... Read More

In "Invisible Differences", a young woman struggles with Asperger’s syndrome, but also triumphs. Asperger’s syndrome—an often misunderstood, high-functioning form of autism—is marked by social awkwardness and a tendency toward... Read More

Hard-boiled horror is leavened with witty dialogue and humor in S. Craig Zahler’s "Forbidden Surgeries of the Hideous Dr. Divinus". The story begins with an eerie episode in which a homeless man is drugged and taken to a hidden lab for... Read More

Elisa Macellari’s graphic biography "Kusama" concentrates on the life and work of artist Yayoi Kusama. The book follows a natural arc, moving from Kusama’s childhood in Japan, and her first interest in art, to her years of growing... Read More

Dakota McFadzean’s story collection To Know You’re Alive is deliberate, creepy, and wonderful. These stories might be called haunting or disturbing, but that loose description doesn’t do justice to their subtle and graceful... Read More

A fictional alter ego channels a true-life account in Bishakh Som’s Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir. Anjali, a former New York architect, serves as a visual substitute for Bishakh Som. Her history and personality also mirror Som’s—for... Read More

Holly Trechter and Jane Donovan’s graphic novel "Galileo! Galileo!" introduces children to NASA’s mission to Jupiter. Its colorful spreads and clear diagrams recap half a century of aeronautics research and space missions. In the... Read More

In Mathew New’s absurdist graphic novel, a teenage boy and his talking duck seek out adventure in an attempt to prove the boy’s worth as an explorer. Billy, a part-time janitor, is really an explorer. With Barrace, a duck who is also... Read More