Browsing: Novels

When I think of award-winning graphic novels, two immediately come to mind. They are Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic and Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper series. Although I’m not as well-read in graphic novels as some, I’ve read both of those. I absolutely adored them for very different reasons. People recommend Bechdel’s memoir so often…

A hundred years ago, learning Japanese started with stuff. A dictionary with yellow pages. Half a minute to find one word. A novel you asked someone to bring back from Japan. A radio you tuned through static for NHK. Anime? Nowhere. The only break was less katakana.

Every season, a handful of anime remind viewers that the story they are watching started out as text on a page, usually with a moody cover illustration and a title far too long to say out loud in one breath.

I was recently lucky enough to read Game On (out October 6), a new middle grade graphic novel by Sina Grace. This thoughtful and entertaining book is about a seventh-grader named Sasan who is so desperate to get his hands on the gaming console that all his friends have that he strikes a deal with…

Official CBGB Graphic Novels coming in 2027 from Z2 Comics with Daniel Kohn and Josh Bernstein

Every year, everyone gets very excited about all of the creepy books there are to read at Halloween–and justifiably so. But the rest of fall deserves love, too! I decided to dig around and look for some books that reflect all of the best things about autumn, not just Halloween, though there are a couple…

Beloved children’s series Arthur is becoming a pair of graphic novels next year, adapted by Harvey Award-winning cartoonist Jarrett J. Krosoczka (Hey Kiddo) from the original books by author and illustrator Marc Brown. Both installments, Arthur Makes a Comic, and Arthur’s Underwear, will be released by Little, Brown Ink on May 4, 2027.

Shaun Tan is a bestselling and Academy Award-winning author-artistofThe Arrival, among many others. His newest graphic novel isHometown, out tomorrow from Levine Querido Books. Below, he discusses 20 years of his career creating art about belonging.

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It’ll be Hispanic Heritage Month in just a few short days! While there’s never a bad time to read books by Latine creators and/or about Latine characters, the month-long period from September 15 to October 15 is an especially appropriate occasion for doing so.