In the wake of the Rwandan genocide of the 1990s, those who fought on both sides of the war—and foreigners who came to help but who were inspired to stay—seek some form of redemption, each in their own way. Four broken individuals... Read More

The massive $2.3 trillion American healthcare system is in need of radical attention—no surprise to legions of consumers who must navigate Medicare, Medicaid, and employer-provided benefit plans. In "Unaffordable", Jonathan Engel,... Read More

Yehudi Mercado blends science fiction, kung fu, and hip-hop in "Sci-Fu", a unique and entertaining graphic-novel adventure. In 1980s Brooklyn, a young boy named Wax happily spins and scratches vinyl until he inadvertently answers an... Read More

In an entertaining and often laugh-out-loud twist on reality, Caitlin Major and Kelly Bastow portray a world where cats live daily lives of work and responsibility—including taking care of their pet humans—in "Manfried the Man".... Read More

Craig Phillips offers excellent graphic adaptations of well-known and obscure fairy tales alike in Giants, Trolls, Witches, Beasts: Ten Tales from the Deep, Dark Woods. Phillips includes characters who might seem familiar but are... Read More

Isabel Quintero and Zeke Peña illuminate the career of a noted photographer in their biographical graphic novel Photographic: The Life of Graciela Iturbide. Published by the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, "Photographic" might... Read More

One of manga’s masters of horror presents ten twisted stories in the compilation "Shiver". Junji Ito has been drawing manga since 1987, with some of his stories adapted into live-action and animated films. "Shiver" includes ten of his... Read More

Quick—what came first, plants or animals? Plants, the common answer once taught as truth, is wrong. Animal life came first, and this is just one of the food-for-thought facts revealed in Elizabeth Marshall Thomas’s "The Hidden Life... Read More