In Maria Capelle Frantz’s affecting, allegorical graphic novel "The Chancellor and the Citadel", the Chancellor, a mysterious hooded figure with seemingly magical powers, protects a city’s citizens from their enemies. In the process,... Read More

A politically minded couple embarks on a semiambitious cross-country road trip in the comedic graphic novel "Amongst the Liberal Elite". Armed with a tax refund, the liberal-leaning Michael and Alex, along with their cat Kittery (who’s... Read More

Actual events from the life of famed cartoonist Winsor McCay are combined with fantasy and science fiction elements to create a unique hybrid in the graphic novel "McCay". Winsor McCay is revered among fans of comic strips, perhaps best... Read More

A worthy sequel to the thought-provoking Splinterlands, "Frostlands" is triumphant and absorbing science fiction, full of ecological and societal warnings. It is a unique and imaginative look at a future Earth scarred by environmental... Read More

The personalities, actions, and interactions of two men crucial to the end of apartheid in South Africa are recounted in John Carlin and Oriol Malet’s excellent graphic novel "Mandela and the General". Carlin had a perfect vantage... Read More

Nick Mullins strikes a resonant emotional chord with the exquisite, melancholic storytelling of his graphic novel This Wasn’t the Plan. The book collects three stories—“Phantom,” “Defrost,” and “Sink”—that channel the... Read More

Noah Van Sciver reflects on his unusual upbringing and its effects on his life in the memoir "One Dirty Tree". The book’s title stems from the dilapidated, unkempt house Van Sciver’s family inhabited in the 1990s, whose address was... Read More

A young girl explores her past and present, one alien puppet at a time, in the children’s graphic novel Audrey’s Magic Nine: The Pencil and the Dream. The Pencil and the Dream jumps right into the action, continuing from the first... Read More