Denise Dorrance’s graphic memoir "Polar Vortex" is about returning home to tend to her ailing, forgetful mother. When her ninety-one-year-old mother Hilda falls at home, Dorrance races from England to Iowa to help. Her mother exhibits... Read More

The talent-rich and turbulent life of a legendary American singer is profiled in the graphic biography "Nina Simone in Comics!" Born poor in North Carolina, Eunice Kathleen Waymon showed musical aptitude early on. She aspired to be a... Read More

The life and work of a classic modern artist is recounted in Andy Warhol: A Graphic Biography. After studying art, design, and commercial art at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, twenty-one-year-old Andrew Warhola Jr. moves from... Read More

A young woman is recruited into a paranormal detective agency in the graphic novel "Third Shift Society". Ellie is late on her rent and jobless when she sees a man with a jack-o-lantern for a head crash out of a high window. The man,... Read More

An aspiring comic book artist tries to preserve his dream in the graphic novel "Left Turns". David is twenty-five and working in a comic book shop; he’s looking for an opportunity to break into the comics industry. He maintains a close... Read More

Two aliens show off their cooking skills in Leila Boukarim’s entertaining graphic novel-cum-cookbook "Zips and Eeloo Make Hummus". Zips and Eeloo, natives of the planet Zooglebeep, have been on Earth for six days. As “Certified Human... Read More

"The Hidden Zoo Inside You" is Allen Jones’s fascinating, funny illustrated guide to microscopic organisms and the problems they can create. Written by a medical doctor and prompted by COVID-19, the book aims to explain the main... Read More

A teenager explores the wide world of nature as it’s seen in her neighborhood in the graphic novel "Wildful", a magical showcase of non-verbal storytelling. Poppy’s grandmother died; her mother languishes on the couch. Poppy escapes,... Read More