Katie Green’s memoir, "Lighter Than My Shadow", offers a personal, finely wrought examination of life with an eating disorder, as well as of the repercussions of abuse. Warning signs appear early. Young Katie seems obsessed with... Read More

A video-store clerk is the only one who can save the Earth in the slacker-comedy graphic novel Jeff Steinberg: Champion of Earth. By fluke, Jeff Steinberg—a thoroughly mediocre person—is chosen by aliens to compete in a contest to... Read More

Brigitte Findakly, along with her husband, cartoonist Lewis Trondheim, provides perspective on the history of Iraq through her graphic memoir, "Poppies of Iraq". Findakly grew up in Iraq. Her book begins with a memory of visiting the... Read More

Marco Tabilio’s gorgeous graphic novel "Marco Polo" vividly relates the story of the famed explorer. This graphic biography encompasses Polo’s whole life, showing not just his time in the court of Kublai Khan but also the influences... Read More

Hamish Steele presents a coherent story about how all the Egyptian gods fit together, in his humorous, irreverent graphic novel "Pantheon". Beginning with a handy family tree of Egyptian gods, "Pantheon" weaves accounts from various... Read More

What is it like to live in America as an undocumented immigrant? Alberto Ledesma shares his own story of struggle and, eventually, US citizenship in his collection of graphic vignettes, "Diary of a Reluctant Dreamer". Although... Read More

"Close Enough for the Angels" follows Emit Hopper, a former rock star, writer, and artist, along a twisting path to peace and self-discovery. "Close Enough for the Angels" is mostly prose, but it features illustrations throughout—over... Read More

Greg Rucka, Nicola Scott, and Romulo Fajardo Jr. lay out a thoroughly enjoyable origin story for one of DC’s most famous characters, in their exciting and endearing graphic novel Wonder Woman: Year One. Wonder Woman, despite being... Read More