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ALL GRAPHIC NOVELS COVERAGE
As readers always interested in finding and sharing titles, the book review editors launched a sure-bet survey last summer in advance of LJ’s yearlong celebration of our 150th anniversary. This month, we feature graphic novels. This format of storytelling offers readers an alchemy of elements—including text, image, page design, color, and line—to experience as they work together to craft a narrative. From manga to comic strips, from romance to horror, from memoir to history, there is an expansive canon of graphic novels to enjoy.
A compelling and emotionally precise work that expands the scope of queer historical narratives by focusing on longevity rather than secrecy or tragedy.
A simultaneously accessible and unsettling volume that rewards Woodring’s devoted fans while offering an unusual entry point into one of comics’ most singular bodies of work.
This gritty, tragic, and sharply crafted entry in the series underscores why Brubaker and Phillips continue to set the standard for modern crime comics.
Strange Pictures, Vol. 1
Record Journey, Vol. 1
Freaks’ Squeele, Vol. 1
Provocative and challenging, this work rewards patient readers and will make a good addition to graphic novel collections interested in socially engaged, formally inventive storytelling.
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