Ben Towle’s exciting graphic history "Four-Fisted Tales" covers animals in combat. Towle reveals that animals have participated in human wars for centuries—sometimes in novel ways. Though covering what’s expected of a book about... Read More

Janis Joplin’s brief, tragic, and spectacular career is recounted in the graphic biography "Love Me Please!" Beginning with her childhood in Port Arthur, Texas, the book follows Joplin through the difficult and erratic process of... Read More

In "Cheer Up", two friends on different tracks reconnect and explore their romantic feelings. Annie is smart but antisocial. To present colleges with a more balanced high school transcript, her mother suggests that she give cheerleading... Read More

Adventurers on a quest end up battling for the safety of the world in the graphic novel "Cutting Edge". A diverse group of super-skilled humans is gathered together by a group calling itself Leviathan, which sets a challenge before them.... Read More

A pair of telepaths fight for their lives, and the future, in the surreal, poetic science fiction world of the graphic novel "Celestia". Celestia is an island that once served as refuge from a great invasion. Now, it’s inhabited by... Read More

Depression and a pandemic might not seem like promising fodder for a comic, but Rachael Smith’s graphic novel "Quarantine Comix" captures the daily challenges of the creative life during the Covid-19 lockdown in the UK in an inviting,... Read More

"Madame Livingstone" uses a World War I conflict in the Congo as the backdrop for an exciting adventure, glimpsing into the country’s history of colonial exploitation. Based on the efforts of Belgian and Congolese soldiers to drive... Read More

Cultural messages about what is “normal” or acceptable stifle variety, induce shame, and keep people from discovering their true identity, Meg-John Barker and Jules Scheele argue in Sexuality: A Graphic Guide. Blending narratives... Read More