Graphic Novels

Graphic Novel Depicts Five Profound, Deeply Personal Stories of Humanity and Existence

When people think of graphic novels, they often associate the genre with flashy superhero comics or children’s stories. And while these types of titles also have their place in the world of graphic novels, they’re not the only ones. Oftentimes, graphic novels are far more profound than the public gives…

BookTribApril 16, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Viking Sagas, Crime Noir and Sci-Fi Collide in One Genre-Defying Graphic Novel

Graphic Novels. Comic books. Manga. These mediums that blur the lines between art and literature have long been bound by stigma. While being a pillar of pop culture, many have felt that these books are not to be taken seriously and pale in comparison to traditional novels when it comes…

Wyatt SemenukJuly 7, 2023

Children's Books Recommended

Join a Young Explorer — And Four Pairs of Wellies — On the Adventure of a Lifetime

Batten down the hatches! The Yellow Wellie Gang is going on an adventure! River and the Amazing Yellow Wellie Adventure (Rising River Press LLC), written by Emily Dreeling and illustrated by Misha Javanovic, take us on a moonlight trek where four pairs of boots will have to take a significant…

BookTribFebruary 10, 2023

Miscellany

9 Reading Recommendations From Bookish Staff

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. Do you wonder what the Bookish team is reading? Do you want to take a peek at our bookshelves? You’ve come to the right place. Here are the Bookish staff’s personal weekend reading recommendations. A Duke By Default (Avon)by Alyssa Cole. They say not…

BookishAugust 1, 2018

Nonfiction

BookTrib Q & A with Marcelino Truong, Author-Illustrator of Graphic Novel ‘Saigon Calling’

BookTrib: You’re a self-taught illustrator, and the images you have in both graphic novels are very particular, and sometimes deal with very heavy subject matter, which is reminiscent of MAUS. Did your artistic abilities grow organically in the media of drawing for graphic novels, or did you start off drawing,…

Marcelino TruongDecember 21, 2017

Nonfiction

Allie Brosh Making Solutions Problematic Once Again

As someone who can only barely remember a time before the internet, I tend to give the online world a whole lot of legitimacy. So when popular online figures extend their reach into the world of traditional publishing, I usually meet the announcement with a less than enthusiastic, “Meh.” But…

Joel HigginsJuly 8, 2015

Nonfiction

50 years after the Warren Commission Report, a graphic novel sheds fresh light

Fifty years ago this week, the President’s Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy—better known as the Warren Commission—released its official finding: an 889-page report asserting that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in assassinating President John F. Kennedy, and that Jack Ruby similarly acted alone in killing Oswald, who was…

Michael RuscoeSeptember 27, 2014

Nonfiction

Liz Prince’s Tomboy looks at growing up outside of gender norms

Liz Prince's graphic memoir Tomboy opens with the cartoonish 4-year-old Liz screaming and crying as her parents huddle around her. "I'm just trying to get her to wear this dress," her exasperated mother reports about the garment sent by her grandmother. Two pages later, after unsuccessful coaxing, her mother turns…

Tahneer OksmanSeptember 21, 2014

Nonfiction

Gabrielle Bell shares the pros and cons of personal diary as graphic novel

Sometimes, we look, but we don't see. It takes a patient, trenchant observer to map out the seemingly insignificant moments of everyday life in a way that resonates, that feels true. With her delicate, unmistakable line and her sharp wit, Gabrielle Bell is one of the most compelling cartoonists around.…

Tahneer OksmanJuly 21, 2014

Fiction Miscellany Pop Culture

Alice, Dorothy and Wendy Collide in “Cheshire Crossing”

In an exhilarating convergence of literature’s best female heroines, Cheshire Crossing (Ten Speed Press) is not your mother’s storybook. Sure, it includes romps through Wonderland, Oz and Neverland, but the characters are older and scrappier than ever. Now teenagers, Alice, Dorothy and Wendy have been carted off to asylum after…

Lee PelletierAugust 1, 2019

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

When One Kid’s Dream of Being a Superhero Actually Comes True

Every comic book-obsessed kid fantasizes about becoming a superhero: they hope they’ll be wealthy enough to light up their own bat signal or smart enough to construct their own iron suit. They hope the spider that bit them while playing outdoors was radioactive. Sure, the superpowers are the initial draw,…

BookTribMay 13, 2022

Children's Books

Lincoln Peirce’s Big Nate is Back with New Misadventures

New York Times best-selling author, Lincoln Peirce, is back with everyone's favorite troublemaker, Big Nate, in Big Nate: Payback Time! (Andrews McMeel) Lincoln’s unique comic-styled writing allows readers to follow Nate’s adventures from frame to frame with all his mayhem illustrated. Like many energetic sixth grade boys, Big Nate and…

Rachael SuhieMarch 28, 2019

Fiction

Comic Book for Owners of Cats AND Babies

It's quite a statement, but one that us cat-lovers have come to accept. It is also a fact that The Oatmeal (Matthew Inman) delightfully exploited for us in How to Tell If Your Cat Is Plotting to Kill You and has continued it for us in his latest, Why My Cat…

Meagan FoyJune 5, 2019

Fiction

Picture This: Graphic Novels We Love from Every Genre

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. There’s something special about graphic novels. Maybe it’s the combination of art forms. Maybe it’s the unusual formatting. Maybe it’s the pops of color. Whatever it is, here at Bookish, we can’t get enough of it. That’s why we’re encouraging readers to pick up…

BookishNovember 8, 2017

Fiction

Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock Discuss ‘Knife’s Edge’ Graphic Novel

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content, including this Q&A with Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock, author of Knife's Edge. Author Hope Larson and illustrator Rebecca Mock are bringing their Four Points graphic novel duology to a close this summer. In the first book, Compass South, a pair of twins took off to hunt for…

BookishJuly 5, 2017

Fiction

Exclusive Interview and Excerpt: Jen Wang’s ‘The Prince and the Dressmaker’

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content. Jen Wang’s latest graphic novel, The Prince and the Dressmaker, is an inspiring story about the blossoming connection between a young seamstress with dreams of becoming a fashion designer and a prince who wears dresses by night and longs for parental acceptance by day. This…

BookTribMarch 7, 2018

Graphic Novel Depicts Five Profound, Deeply Personal Stories of Humanity and Existence

Viking Sagas, Crime Noir and Sci-Fi Collide in One Genre-Defying Graphic Novel

Join a Young Explorer — And Four Pairs of Wellies — On the Adventure of a Lifetime

9 Reading Recommendations From Bookish Staff

BookTrib Q & A with Marcelino Truong, Author-Illustrator of Graphic Novel ‘Saigon Calling’

Allie Brosh Making Solutions Problematic Once Again

50 years after the Warren Commission Report, a graphic novel sheds fresh light

Liz Prince’s Tomboy looks at growing up outside of gender norms

Gabrielle Bell shares the pros and cons of personal diary as graphic novel

Alice, Dorothy and Wendy Collide in “Cheshire Crossing”

When One Kid’s Dream of Being a Superhero Actually Comes True

Lincoln Peirce’s Big Nate is Back with New Misadventures

Comic Book for Owners of Cats AND Babies

Picture This: Graphic Novels We Love from Every Genre

Hope Larson and Rebecca Mock Discuss ‘Knife’s Edge’ Graphic Novel

Exclusive Interview and Excerpt: Jen Wang’s ‘The Prince and the Dressmaker’

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