It’s 2024, and while the year has ended, it’s impossible to have read everything from 2023. Here’s a quick list of 5 graphic novels published in 2023 that might be worth your reading time. These are all standalone works and not comic-book series. Click on the pictures for detailed reviews.
1. Sunshine by Jarrett J. Krosoczka – this is a graphic novel memoir that follows the author’s experience as a teen volunteering at a camp for kids with cancer or other serious terminal illnesses.
2. Monica by Daniel Clowes – a genre-bending graphic novel that spans decades, following the story of a woman even before her birth! It’s a meandering yet exhilarating book that blends horror, sci-fi, mystery, and the supernatural together.
3. Hungry Ghost by Victoria Ying – follows a teen girl’s complicated relationship with her body, food and her domineering mother. It’s gorgeous artwork is the highlight of this graphic novel.
4. Mariko Between Worlds by Matthew Erman and illustrator Liana Kangas – an inter-galactic sci-fi romance which tells the story of a couple spending their last day together before breaking up.
5. Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas by Paco Roca – an often funny graphic novel memoir about the famous cartoonist’s life and adventures as an artist who works from home and is a serial people-pleaser.