This graphic novel provides a first-hand look at the awkward initial conversations with aging parents about disability, assisted living, and death and takes the reader through the struggle to come to terms with the parent-child relationship after the parents are gone. While the specifics of Chast’s story are personal, the journey is universal, and the overall feeling from reading Can't We Talk About Something More Pleasant is that of having a good friend nearby during this difficult time of life.
Artist Gris Grimly intertwines Mary Shelley's text with spooky, spectral illustrations to make one of the greatest horror novels ever even more horrific. A perfect chilling read for October, and a great access point for those who've never read the classic.
A pandemic that instantly kills all males of any species has curiously spared Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand, leaving them the only males in a world populated only with females. Will he survive the gender politics, medical ethics, the lady biker gangs, the worldwide transportation and government standstill, or even the sheer lack of anyone else with XY chromosomes in this new completely altered world? This hit series explores the question of what a world without one gender would look like, and has beautiful full color artwork to boot. If you've never tried a graphic novel before, try this.
Weird and beautiful, New School is Dash Shaw’s unique riff on the boy adventure story. Set in a world where themes parks are major aspects of culture on an island where a visionary is trying to create a time-traveling park that lets visitors experience major historic moments...That’s the thing about Dash Shaw. Even after you’ve arrived, you’re never quite sure where you’ve been. New School is another great work from an important and unique voice in graphic novels.
Just look at this book. Well… go on! Tell me it’s not the prettiest Batman you’ve ever seen. It’s as if Christopher Nolan and Fritz Lang teamed up to make a silent movie in which the city of Gotham is a character, one whose guardians—its architects, city planners, and politicians—are at cross-purposes, plotting and scheming while their ward falls to ruins. A perfect gift for your geeky graphic designer friends and Batman fans alike.
As the Persians prepare to attack Athens, the city sends its swiftest messenger over 150 miles to Sparta for reinforcements. Then, injured and exhausted, he must run another 26 miles from the battlefield to Athens in a desperate last stand for Greece's fledgling Democracy. Set a generation before the battle that inspired 300, Marathon is the true story of men who lost everything under tyranny and sacrificed their lives to fight it. Infurnari's drawings bristle with tension in this raw and unexpectedly relevant graphic novel.
A screenplay that was never produced is brought to life in this beautiful graphic novel. This funny, surreal story from one of America’s great imaginations follows Mac as he crosses the desert, to run from an adversary he doesn’t know and reach a goal he doesn’t understand. By incorporating original text, using striking colors, and playing with the conventions of the genre, Perez’s interpretation of Henson’s story shows how powerful graphic novels can be.
These unexpected, surprisingly beautiful (and funny!) illustrations taken from craigslist's missed connections evoke a range of feelings. A weird and wonderful gift.
Josh, Gordon and Cody are high-schoolers from a small town in Oregon. Intense watercolor and ink drawings tell their story: their fathers are all serving in Iraq, and each is struggling with being the "man" of their household in their fathers' absence. Ultimately, this violent and bleak graphic novel presents a powerful picture of the sons left behind, as each dreams of following in his father's footsteps and serving in the military.