The A Word is explicitly, urgently feminist, but class analysis and intersectionality factor in, too.
By Emily Raine
Graphic Novels
Cornelius is a dog languishing under the full weight of a human psyche.
By Maya Burns
What does a cup of tea have to do with contemporary migration patterns?
By Jasper Sattentau
Emanuelle Dufour’s revelatory, multi-layered, multi-genre correction of colonial history.
By Ian McGillis
Guy Delisle's graphic biography of a photographic pioneer is an ambitious and highly successful undertaking.
By Heather Leighton
Tsunami is a book whose modest fame deserves to spread far beyond New Zealand.
By Ian McGillis
What would make a person interesting enough to be abducted by aliens?
By Billie Gagné-LeBel
Trembles’ tale of his personal housing woes, told in graphic memoir fashion.
By Jack Ruttan
Awkwardness and indecisiveness radiate from the page, reminding the reader of their own mistake-filled first love experiences.
By Julie Jacques
Land of Mirrors is a profound, philosophical, and sensory experience.
By Esinam Beckley
Cole Degenstein's graphic novel is an honest reflection on isolation, seasonal depression, the poetry in daily life.
By Sasha Khalimonova
Call it emotional realism; for Tara Booth, her outsized feelings are the only story that really matters.
By Emily Raine