For the long-time graphic novel reader and the reader dipping into the format for the first time, here are 10 upcoming graphic novels to keep on your radar for the year ahead.
Spent by Alison Bechdel (May)
Funny, sometimes despairing and urgently hopeful… In Spent, the bestselling author of the modern classic Fun Home presents a laugh-out-loud and passionately political work of autofiction, and once again proves that ‘nobody does it better’ (New York Times) than the real Alison Bechdel.
How to Make Life Better When it Feels Like it's Getting Worse by Simone Lia (September)
Fluffy Pulcino is nearly all grown up. But life in your early twenties can be complicated enough without the added quirk of being a two-foot-tall bunny. After nearly two decades, Fluffy is back in Simone Lia’s utterly disarming graphic novel on growing into adulthood, finding purpose and what it means to be human.
Do Admit by Mimi Pond (October)
Meet Nancy, Pamela, Diana, Unity, Jessica and Deborah Mitford. Outrageous, passionate and glamorous, the Mitford sisters beguiled their peers, the press and then the rest of the world for decades to come – celebrated cartoonist Mimi Pond brings to them to life in this sparkling graphic biography.