Staff Selected Graphic Novels 2023

Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times bestselling cartoonist of Hark! A Vagrant, there was Katie Beaton of the Cape Breton Beaton, specifically Mabou, a tight-knit seaside community where the lobster is as abundant as beaches, fiddles, and Gaelic folk songs. With the singular goal of paying off her student loans, Katie heads out west to take advantage of Alberta's oil rush—part of the long tradition of East Coasters who seek gainful employment...

"An all-new Marvel Comics graphic novel starring the Fantastic Four, written and illustrated by renowned artist Alex Ross. It's a rainy night in Manhattan and not a creature is stirring except for ... Ben Grimm. When an intruder suddenly appears inside the Baxter Building, the Fantastic Four -- Mister Fantastic (Reed Richards), the Invisible Woman (Susan Storm Richards), the Human Torch (Johnny Storm), and the Thing (Ben Grimm) -- find themselves...

"Keiler Roberts affirms her status as one of the best autobiographical cartoonists working today with The Joy of Quitting, a work encompassing eight years of hilarious moments in the author's life, mined from the universal. It spans her frantic child-rearing, misfires in the workplace, and frustrating experiences with the medical system"--

"Combines three previously published volumes--Congress of the Animals, where Frank embarked upon a life-changing voyage of discovery, Fran, where he learned, then forgot, that things are not always what they seem, and Poochytown, in which Frank demonstrated his dizzying capacity for both nobility and ignominy--along with 100 dazzling new pages conceived and drawn by the author. The result is a seamless, 400 page graphic narrative that forges a new...

"Stabbed in the back, poisoned, and left for dead by her own biker gang; Kali sets off on a one-way road of vengeance across a war-torn desert battlefield. With impending death coursing through her veins and a fascist army hot on her tail, Kali will stop at nothing to get her revenge, even if it's the last thing she ever does."--

"A historical graphic novel inspired by the life of Harlem's legendary mobster, Stephanie Saint-Clair"--

"A novelist, single, forty-four years old. A painter, divorced, forty-six years old. A musician, single, forty-two years old. On the outer limits of relevancy in an arts culture that celebrates youth, these three men make up the artist group Arcade. Caught in circular arguments about what makes real art and concerned about the vapid interests of their younger contemporaries, none of them are reaping the benefits of success. But there's always another...

"Sebastian Harlow is The Black Flamingo, a flamboyant and narcissistic thief who gets kicks stealing mystic artifacts from the wealthy and corrupt of Miami's occult underground. When his latest job leads Sebastian to his biggest score so far, the hedonistic outlaw finds not just all manner of villains and monsters hot on his trail, but something he never expected to discover: something to believe in"--Back cover.