Graphic Novels: Every Picture Tells a Story
Bagge, Peter. WOMAN REBEL: THE MARGARET SANGER STORY (2013)
A dazzling and accessible biography of the social and political maverick, jam-packed with fact and fun. (YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL BAGGE PET)
Beaton, Kate. HARK! : A VAGRANT (2011)
This collection takes readers on a romp through history and literature with comic strips about famous authors, their characters, and political and historical figures, all drawn in Beaton's pared-down, excitable style. (NON FICTION PN 6734 .H37 B43)
Bechdel, Alison. ARE YOU MY MOTHER? : A COMIC DRAMA (2012)
From the best-selling author of Fun Home, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. (NON FICTION PN 6727 .B3757 Z46)
Brooks, Max. THE HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS (2014)
Brooks tells the riveting story of the highly decorated, barrier-breaking, historic black regiment—the Harlem Hellfighters. (YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL BROOKS MAX)
Davis, Rob. THE COMPLETE DON QUIXOTE (2013)
In this terrific adaptation of the Cervantes classic, Rob Davis uses innovative paneling and an interesting color palette to bring the Knight-Errant to life. (NON FICTION PN 6727 .D3133 C66)
Derf. MY FRIEND DAHMER: A GRAPHIC NOVEL (2012)
In this haunting and original graphic novel, Derf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche. (NON FICTION PN 6727 .D466 M9)
Forney, Ellen. MARBLES: MANIA, DEPRESSION, MICHELANGELO, & ME: A GRAPHIC MEMOIR (2012)
Cartoonist Ellen Forney explores the relationship between “crazy” and “creative” in this graphic memoir of her bipolar disorder, woven with stories of famous bipolar artists and writers. (NON FICTION PN 6727 .F678 M37)
Gauld, Tom. YOU’RE ALL JUST JEALOUS OF MY JETPACK: COMICS (2013)
Tom Gauld follows up his widely praised graphic novel Goliath with this collection of cartoons made for The Guardian. (NON FICTION PN 6737 .G38 Y682)
Greensberg, Isabel. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF EARLY EARTH (2013)
Greensberg’s beautifully illustrated book of imaginary fables about Earth's early—and lost—history. (NON FICTION PN 6737 .G735 E53)
Hernandez, Gilbert. MARBLE SEASON (2013)
Marble Season is the semi-autobiographical novel by the acclaimed cartoonist Gilbert Hernandez, author of the epic masterpiece Palomar and cocreator, with his brothers, Jaime and Mario, of the groundbreaking Love and Rockets comic book series. (NON FICTION PN 6727 .H475 M37)
Hernandez, Jaime. THE LOVE BUNGLERS (2014)
This volume contains the critically acclaimed and award-winning short comic Browntown, as well as other stories chronicling the life and loves of longtime Love and Rockets heroine Maggie. (NON FICTION PN 6727 .H478 L68)
Jason. ATHOS IN AMERICA (2011)
Athos in America is an all-original collection of full-color graphic novellas from one of the medium’s finest storytellers. (NON FICTION PN 6790 .N83 J3767)
THE GRAPHIC CANON, VOL. 3: FROM HEART OF DARKNESS TO HEMINGWAY TO INFINITE JEST (2013)
The classic literary canon meets comics artists, illustrators, and other artists in volume 3 of Russ Kick’s The Graphic Canon series. (NON FICTION PN 6714 .G737)
Lemire, Jeff. THE UNDERWATER WELDER (2012)
Equal parts blue-collar character study and mind-bending science fiction epic, this book explores fathers and sons, birth and death, memory and truth, and the treasures we all bury deep down inside. (YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL LEMIRE JEF)
Mizuki, Shigeru. SHOWA: A HISTORY OF JAPAN (2013)
This is the first volume of Shigeru Mizuki’s meticulously researched historical portrait of twentieth-century Japan. (NON FICTION PN 6727 .M591 S56)
Murphy, Sean Gordon. PUNK ROCK JESUS (2013)
A reality TV show starring a clone of Jesus Christ causes chaos across the U.S. of the near future in this new graphic novel written and drawn by acclaimed illustrator Sean Murphy. (NON FICTION PN 6727 .M783 P86)
Piskor, Ed. HIP HOP FAMILY TREE: VOL. 1 (2013)
This encyclopedic comics history of the formative years of hip hop captures the vivid personalities and magnetic performances of old-school pioneers and early stars. (OVERSIZE PN 6727 .P57 H5)
Tiwary, Vivek J. THE FIFTH BEATLE: THE BRIAN EPSTEIN STORY (2013)
This is the untold true story of Brian Epstein, the visionary manager who discovered and guided The Beatles from their gigs in a tiny cellar in Liverpool to unprecedented international stardom. (YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL TIWARY VIV)
Van Sciver, Noah. THE HYPO: THE MELANCHOLIC YOUNG LINCOLN (2012)
The debut graphic novel follows the twenty-something Abraham Lincoln as he loses everything, long before becoming our most beloved president. (YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL VAN SCIVER NOA)
Vaughan, Brian K. SAGA, VOL. 3 (2014)
When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. (NON FICTION PN 6728 .S225 V38)
Vehlmann, Fabien. BEAUTIFUL DARKNESS (2014)
This gorgeous yet unsettling anti-fairy tale by Kerascoët and Fabien Vehlmann is a searing condemnation of our vast capacity for evil writ tiny. (NON FICTION PN 6747 .V44 J6513)
Yang, Gene Luen. BOXERS & SAINTS (2013)
In two volumes, Boxers & Saints tells two parallel stories that offer a penetrating insight into not only one of the most controversial episodes of modern Chinese history, but into the very core of our human nature. (YOUNG ADULT GRAPHIC NOVEL BOXERS)