Drome by Jesse Lonergan. 23rd St., 2025. 978-1250386939. 320pp. Lonergan (Hedra, All-Star, Arca, Man’s Best, Planet Paradise) creates an epic, mythic graphic novel about gods, heroes, elementals, the desire for power, and the dawn of civilization. Blue is strong, tough, […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Cannon by Lee Lai
Cannon by Lee Lai. Drawn & Quarterly, 2025. 9781770468023. 304pp. Cannon is everyone’s rock. She works in a kitchen that’s insane (her boss is truly the worst), and she’s taking care of her ailing Gung Gung, whose caregiver just resigned. […]
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Three Picture Books from Transit
These picture books published by Transit were all translated from Spanish, and each defied my expectations. Ashimpa: The Mysterious Word by Catarina Sobral. Translated by Juliana Barbassa. Transit Children’s Editions, 2025. 9798893380026. I’m sure that any book that opens with […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Masters of the Nefarious: Mollusk Rampage by Pierre La Police
Masters of the Nefarious: Mollusk Rampage by Pierre La Police. Translated by Luke Burns. New York Review Comics, 2024. 9781681378343. 176pp. An absurd, surreal graphic novel made of one-panel comics, one on each page. It begins with a tidal wave […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Dear Jackie by Jessixa Bagley, illustrated by Aaron Bagley
Dear Jackie by Jessixa Bagley, illustrated by Aaron Bagley. Simon & Schuster Books for Young People, 2025. 978-1534496576. 288pp. Jackie and Milo are nervous about starting middle school, and they’re so close that Jackie’s mother calls Milo Jackie’s “replacement brother.” […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Cat People: A Comic Collection by Hanna Hillam
Cat People: A Comic Collection by Hanna Hillam. Running Press, 2024. 9780762486033. 100pp. A human woman falls through a portal to a world where cats rule and humans are pets. And she arrives on Halloween. My favorite parts: visiting the […]
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Book Review: North Continent Ribbon: Stories by Ursula Whitcher
North Continent Ribbon: Stories by Ursula Whitcher. Neon Hemlock, 2024. 9781952086847. 172pp. This book contains short stories that stand together as a novella. It was shortlisted for the 2025 Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction, and my friend Gina […]
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Graphic Novel Review: Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen
Angelica and the Bear Prince by Trung Le Nguyen. RH Graphic, 2025. 978059312472. 218pp. Includes sketches and an author’s note. Angelica (aka Jelly or Jellybean) was just accepted as a tech intern at the Log House Theater, and she’s super […]
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Graphic Novel Review: This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux
This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux. Abrams Fanfare, 2025. 9781419768460. 270pp. Abby Kita is something of an outsider at Wilberton Academy, a transfer student who is pissed off. But at the afterparty for the Wilbergin Theatrical […]
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Two More Graphic Novels by James Albon
The Delicacy by James Albon. Top Shelf, 2021. 9781603094924. 320pp. Two brothers get a surprise inheritance and move away from their small island town (and their mother). One (Tulip) opens a restaurant in the outskirts of London; the other (Rowan) […]
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