New World by David Jesus Vignolli. Archaia, 2019. 9781684153985. 157pp. This mythological story of the “discovery” of the New World involves a warrior woman (Iracema) who wants to free mistreated slaves even though her elders would rather have her people […]
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Author: Gene Ambaum
Graphic Novel Review: Ionheart by Lukas Kummer
Ionheart by Lukas Kummer. Top Shelf, 2025. 9781603095587. 308pp. (Portions originally published in German, no translator listed.) This book is a wonderful combination of science fiction and fantasy. The inside front flap references Blade Runner, Tin Tin, and The Dark […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Milk Without Honey by Hanna Harms
Milk Without Honey by Hanna Harms. Translated from German by Ruth Ahmedzai Kemp. Street Noise, 2022. 9781951491369. 111pp. Foreword by Sarah Wyndham Lewis. Afterword by Professor Jürgen Tautz. This short graphic novel is as poetic as it is informative. It […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Body Factory: From The First Prosthetics To The Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois
The Body Factory: From The First Prosthetics To The Augmented Human by Héloïse Chochois. Translated by Kendra Boileau. Graphic Mundi, 2021. 9780271087061. 156pp. Chochois’s graphic novel opens with a wordless section in which a young man gets into a motorcycle […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Woodchipper: Stories by Joe Ollmann
The Woodchipper: Stories by Joe Ollmann. Drawn & Quarterly, 2026. 9781770468238. 216pp. Includes an introduction plus notes on each of the five stories in a short afterward. When I picked this book up, I flipped through it and immediately found […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Five Gears In Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips
Five Gears In Reverse: A Criminal Book by Ed Brubaker and Sean Philips. Image, 2026. 978-1534333208. 144pp. This new Criminal graphic novel from Brubaker and Philips is a story from the point of view of Ricky Lawless, who has appeared […]
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Even Further Reading
Born to Exile by Phyllis Eisenstein with illustrations by Stephen E Fabian. Arkham House, 1978. 0870540823. 202pp. The first four stories about the wandering teenage minstrel, Alaric, who has a secret ability. Completely enjoyable. Originally published as four stories in […]
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Three Graphic Novels For Young Folks
Story Spinners: A Sisterly Tale Of Danger, A Princess, And Her Crew of Lady Pirates by Cassandra Federman. Aladdin, 2025. 9781665918237. 198pp. Kennedy and her younger sister Devon have little in common. After their parents take away their phones and […]
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Graphic Novel Review: The Weight by Melissa Mendes
The Weight by Melissa Mendes. Drawn & Quarterly, 2025. 9781770467163. 574pp. Set in what feels like a timeless rural community, this is a story of family, bad relationships, and generational trauma with a side of domestic violence. It’s a story […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Into The Bewilderness by Gus Gordon
Into The Bewilderness by Gus Gordon. HarperAlley, 2025. 9780063246126. 184pp. Includes tutorials on how to draw Luis and Pablo. Luis (the big bear in a red hat) and Pablo (the small mole wearing glasses) are friends who live and hang […]
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