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Top 33 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: August 2023
Posted: June 17, 2023
There are plenty of classy, substantial offerings on the horizon this month, led by two graphic novels where ‘The Big Apple’ is more than merely their locale or backdrop. Jillian and Mariko Tamaki back together for a wide-eyed, 400+-page exploration of New York, while Julian Voloj and Andreas Gefe take us close to the ‘heart’ of their view of the city… You can find out more about these and 31 other recommended titles right here…
Top 21 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: July 2023
Posted: May 6, 2023
The Naked Tree, an acclaimed Korean literary masterpiece adapted by an acclaimed Korean manhwa-author, transcends ‘graphic novelisation’ to bring this contemporary novel to a new and wider readership. Learn more about this and my other recommended upcoming treats of sequential art here…
Top 36 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: June 2023
Posted: April 16, 2023
Beautiful, bravura books are a-blooming, plenty to look forward to, as spring arrives, starting with the last masterpiece by the sadly late writer Hubert. Reading about this and my other 35 PG Tips here… Which ones are you looking forward to?
Top 26 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: May 2023
Posted: March 4, 2023
Among my latest PG Tips, I want to single out the overdue English-language debut of Marcello Quintanilha, Brazilian and based in Barcelona, with his graphic novel which won the Best Book Award at last year’s Angoulême International Comics Festival. Read more about this and my other suggested comics-reading here:
Top 24 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: April 2023
Posted: February 6, 2023
There’s something special when my recommendations of graphic novels coming up this April or a bit later turn out to be frontier-crossing, and not only international but transnational. The countries alone range from the UK, US and Canada to China, Japan, Brazil, The Philippines, Croatia, Switzerland, France, Japan and even Tasmania. I’m especially happy to see Paul Peart-Smith’s graphic interpretation of W.E.B. Dubois’ history-making book arrive in print. I had a small part in this, by suggesting Paul to editor Paul Buhle, who was looking for an artist to work on this project. We Pauls stick together, you know! Take a look at these imminent releases and I hope one or more them pique your interest. Read about them all here…
Top 26 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: March 2023
Posted: January 1, 2023
A New Year begins and beckons. What new comics-reading experiences will you encounter and enjoy? For starters, here are a few to intrigue and maybe seduce you — from Korean American Deb JJ Lee’s account of her search for a sense of belonging. Read about this and 25 other PG Tips here…
Top 23 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: February 2023
Posted: December 10, 2022
Here are another two dozen-or-so upcoming graphic novels well worth your attention, which you can pre-order now ahead of their publication from February 2023 or thereabouts. Among my PG Tips, Swedish visual storyteller Erik Svetoft’s darkly troubling U.S. debut stands out. As I commented after reading it, “Spa is like Junji Ito, Charles Burns and Monty Python put into a blender!” Read about this and my other recommendations here…
Top 22 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: January 2023
Posted: October 30, 2022
One of the most significant developments in the 9th Art has been the growth in translations of comics from more and more different countries. This internationalisation of the medium blows open any confining perspectives which narrow down the scope and scale of this truly global medium. This month, my recommendations include tales of a lesbian cartoonist from Hong Kong finding her community when she can come out in Taiwan. Read about this and my other PG Tips here…
Top 15 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga - December 2022
Posted: October 7, 2022
Time to wrap up 2022, this last month’s slightly reduced offerings still include some exciting highlights well worth your attention. Top of my list is British graphic novelist Paul B. Rainey’s North American debut, collecting his serialised psychodrama, rightly hailed by Neil Gaiman as a ‘masterwork’. Discover all about this and my other PG Tips here…
Top 26 Graphic Novels, Comics & Manga: November 2022
Posted: August 30, 2022
What did you do on your birthday? Oscar Zarate completed his new graphic novel on his 80th, a labour of love nearly 400 pages long about the English watercolourist Thomas Girtin, whose work he so admires. Read more about this and my other PG Tips here…
