Dragons stir at the turn of the century in Joann Sfar’s entertaining, absurdist graphic novel "The Dragons of Paris", which builds on a cheeky alternate history of the City of Lights. The centuries-long war between humans and dragons... Read More

A girl learns about food insecurity in Dian Day and Amanda White’s illuminating graphic novel "Shy Cat and the Stuff-the-Bus Challenge". After school, Mila and her best friend Kit sit down for a snack. Kit eats three bananas. Mila’s... Read More

Morgan Boecher’s emotive graphic novel "Chicken Heart" is an exploration of individual gender identity. Just before working a stand-up comedy set, Jackie reads a letter from the Chicken Heart Love Commune informing him of the death and... Read More

Vladimir Putin’s grip on Russia’s wealth is examined in the fascinating graphic novel Putin’s Fortune. In 1990, the book shows, Russia’s wealth became concentrated in the hands of a few men, made fewer through a number of... Read More

Hubert’s grand graphic biography "Joe the Pirate" profiles a rich, eccentric figure known for her colorful life. Marion Carstairs, later known as “Joe,” was born into a wealthy but dysfunctional family. Sent to boarding school, she... Read More

A teenager with superpowers battles environmental terrorism in Rodney Barnes’s exciting graphic novel "Quincredible". Quin, who has the power of invulnerability, investigates a water crisis in New Orleans because of toxic pollutants.... Read More

A boy is sent on an exhilarating adventure when his dream life bleeds into his waking one in the imaginative graphic novel "Zicky". A boy’s fantasy world invades his real life in Darin S. Cape’s delightful graphic novel "Zicky".... Read More

The truth behind the legend of Calamity Jane is revealed in Noah Van Sciver’s graphic biography "Calamity Before Jane". At the Pan-American Exposition of 1901 in Buffalo, New York, crowds pay to meet Martha Jane Cannary, better known... Read More