It’s Tuesday again already! I just picked up a copy of Margaret Atwood’s new graphic novel Angel Catbird and it inspired me to share some of my favourite graphic novels.
- Woman Rebel by Peter Bagge – a visual retelling of the Margaret Sanger story, the woman who founded Planned Parenthood.
- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel – a memoir about Alison’s childhood and her complex relationship with her father.
- Black Hole by Charles Burns – a sci-fi set in 1970’a Seattle during a plague outbreak.
- Maus Vol 1 and 2 by Art Spiegelman – a retelling of Art’s father’s life during the Holocaust where the Jews are mice and the Nazis are Cats.
- Blue is the Warmest Colour by Julie Maroh – made famous by the movie, this is the graphic novel that started it all. A teen girl forms a deep emotional and physical relationship with an older art student she meets in a lesbian bar.
- The Big Feminist But edited by Shannon O’Leary and Joan Reilly – a collection of comics about, you guessed it, feminism.
- Calling Dr. Laura by Nicole J Georges – a memoir in which at the age of 2 Laura is told her father is dead, and at age 23 a psychic tells her he is actually alive.
- Maggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez – Love and Rockets is an excellent series of comics by Jaime Hernandez about Maggie and her friend Esperanza (Hopey).
- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson – a fantasy comic strip that began as a web comic and evolved into this collection.
- The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi – a memoir about Marjane’s early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution. Also made into a fantastic animated movie.
So many awesome books. I’ve read most of those and loved them all.
Aren’t graphic novels the best?? 😊
I’ve not read many graphic novels so this is super useful for me, thank you! I loved Blue is the Warmest Colour 🙂
Blue is a great title, so many other great ones out there too! Thanks for checking out my list
Awesome list with many fascinating books that I will have to check out! Persepolis and Maus are already on my to-read list 🙂
Persepolis and Maus are really amazing! Must read 🙂
Nice list, my happy pixels!! I’ve read Maus, Fun home and Persepolis. They are great. Maybe I should read the others, too!!
Thanks for sharing.
Love, thp
Persepolis and Maus are great, I recommend them to everyone ha 😊
Usuallly I don’t read graphic novels, but both are amazing!!
I’ve always wanted to read Maus: my friend is doing her thesis on the use of graphic novels in the classroom!
That’s so cool! It’s a great piece to really examine and unpack.