LibGuides: Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels: Sexual Orientation

Comic at Marist with Diverse Sexual Orientations

America. Vol. 1, The Life and Times of America Chavez by Joe Quinones (Illustrator); Gabby Rivera (Text by)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6728.A47 R43 2017 v. 1
Publication Date: 2017
At last! Everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse, America Chavez, gets her own series! Critically acclaimed young-adult novelist Gabby Rivera and all-star artist Joe Quinones unite to shine a solo spotlight on America's high-octane and hard-hitting adventures! She was a Young Avenger. She leads the Ultimates. And now she officially claims her place as the preeminent butt-kicker of the entire Marvel Universe! But what's a super-powered teenager to do when she's looking for a little personal fulfi llment? She goes to college! America just has to stop an interdimensional monster or two first and shut down a pesky alien cult that's begun worshipping her exploits before work can begin. Then she can get on with her first assignment: a field trip to the front lines of World War II - with Captain America as her wingman!
America. Vol. 2, Fast and Fuertona by Gabby Rivera (Text by); Joe Quinones (Illustrator); Annie Wu (Illustrator); Jen Bartel (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6728.A47 R43 2017 v.2
Publication Date: 2018
It begins with the story you've been waiting for: the origin of America Chavez! But everyone's favorite no-nonsense powerhouse soon meets her match -- in the form of the deadly and exotic Exterminatrix! Can America stand against this vile villainess, backed by the full power of the ominous Midas Corporation? America gains all-new but untested abilities -- and she'll need them against the oncoming horde! But what does Exterminatrix want with Sotomayor University? With America in lockup, it's up to Prodigy to find out -- and that won't be easy when campus queen X'Andria is working for the enemy! As the Midas Corporation reignites a decades-old danger, America's newly discovered home comes under threat -- but they're about to learn that you don't mess with a Fuertona. And you definitely don't mess with a Chavez!
Are you my mother? : a comic drama by Alison Bechdel
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.B3757 Z46 2013
ISBN: 9780544002234
Publication Date: 2013
Alison Bechdel's Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader, music lover, passionate amateur actor. Also a woman, unhappily married to a closeted gay man, whose artistic aspirations simmered under the surface of Bechdel's childhood ... and who stopped touching or kissing her daughter good night, forever, when she was seven. Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. It's a richly layered search that leads readers from the fascinating life and work of the iconic twentieth-century psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, to one explosively illuminating Dr. Seuss illustration, to Bechdel's own (serially monogamous) adult love life. And, finally, back to Mother--to a truce, fragile and real-time, that will move and astonish all adult children of gifted mothers.
Ask Me about Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles by Tikva Wolf; Sophie Labelle (Foreword by)
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ980 .W65 2016
ISBN: 9780996460118
Publication Date: 2016
A collection of comics taken from the website, kimchicuddles.com ; a comic about polyamory, queer, and genderqueer issues.
At 30 I Realized I had No Gender: Life Lessons From a 50-Year-Old After Two Decades of Self-Discovery by Shou Arai
Call Number: Graphic HQ78.2.J3 A73 2023
ISBN: 9781427873453
Publication Date: 2023
At age 30, transgender intersex mangaka Shou Arai (he/him) came to a realization; he had no gender. Now he was faced with a question he'd never really considered: how to age in a society where everything is so strongly segregated between two genders? This autobiographical manga explores Japanese culture surrounding gender, transgender issues, and the day to day obstacles faced by gender minorities and members of the LGBTQIA+ community with a lighthearted, comedic attitude.
Be gay, do comics! : queer history, memoir, and satire from The Nib by Sarah Mirk (Editor); Eleri Harris (Editor); The The Nib (Compiled by); Matt Bors (Editor); Matt Lubchansky (Editor)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6726 .B34 2020
ISBN: 9781684057771
Publication Date: 2020
The dream of a queer separatist town. The life of a gay and Jewish Nazi-fighter. A gender reveal party that tears apart reality. These are the just some of the comics you'll find in this massive queer comics anthology from The Nib. Be Gay, Do Comics is filled with dozens of comics about LGBTQIA experiences, ranging from personal stories to queer history to cutting satire about pronoun panic and brands desperate to co-opt pride. Brimming with resilience, inspiration, and humor, an incredible lineup of top indie cartoonists takes you from the American Revolution through Stonewall to today's fights for equality and representation. Featuring more than 30 cartoonists including Hazel Newlevant, Joey Alison Sayers, Maia Kobabe, Mattie Lubchansky, Breena Nuñez, Sasha Velour, Shing Yin Khor, Levi Hastings, Mady G, Bianca Xunise, Kazimir Lee, and many, many more!
Bingo Love by Tee Franklin; Jenn St. Onge (Artist); Joy San (Artist); Genevieve FT (Artist)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.F74 B56 2018
ISBN: 9781534307506
Publication Date: 2018
When Hazel Johnson and Mari McCray met at church bingo in 1963, it was love at first sight. Forced apart by their families and society, Hazel and Mari both married young men and had families. Decades later, now in their mid-'60s, Hazel and Marire unite again at a church bingo hall. Realizing their love for each other is still alive, what these grandmothers do next takes absolute strength and courage.
Black Panther: World of Wakanda by Alitha Martinez (Illustrator); Afua Richardson (Illustrator); Ta-Nehisi Coates (Text by); Roxane Gay (Text by); Yona Harvey (Text by)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6728.B52 G39 2017
ISBN: 9781302906504
Publication Date: 2017
You know them as the Midnight Angels, the breakout characters from Ta-Nehisi Coates' best-selling Black Panther. But before they became rebel leaders, they were just Ayo and Aneka - young women recruited into the Dora Milaje, an elite task force sworn to protect Wakanda's crown. But what if their burgeoning love for each other interferes with that oath? And when the crown fails to protect Wakanda's people, are Ayo and Aneka ready to step up - even at the cost of their own lives? COLLECTING: BLACK PANTHER: WORLD OF WAKANDA 1-6.
Bloom by Kevin Panetta; Savanna Ganucheau (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.P36 B56 2019
ISBN: 9781626726413
Publication Date: 2019
Baked with love! Now that high school is over, Ari is dying to move to the big city with his ultra-hip band -- if he can just persuade his dad to let him quit his job at their struggling family bakery. Though he loved working there as a kid, Ari cannot fathom a life wasting away over rising dough and hot ovens. But while interviewing candidates for his replacement, Ari meets Hector, an easygoing guy who loves baking as much as Ari wants to escape it. As they become closer over batches of bread, love is ready to bloom ... that is, if Ari doesn't ruin everything.
Body Music by Julie Maroh; David Homel (Translator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6733.M36 C67 2017
ISBN: 9781551526928
Publication Date: 2017
Set in the languid, European-like neighborhoods of Montreal, Body Music is a beautiful and moving meditation on love and desire as expressed in many different forms--between women, between men, between women and men and gender non-conformists alike, all varying in age and race. In twenty-one separate vignettes, Maroh explores the drama inherent in relationships at different stages: the electricity of initial attraction, the elation of falling in love, the trauma of breaking up, the sweet comfort of a long-standing romance. Anyone who's ever been in a relationship will see themselves in these intimate stories tinged with raw emotion. Body Music is an exhilarating and passionate graphic novel about what it means to fall in love, and what it means to be alive.
Bury the Lede by Gaby Dunn; Claire Roe (Illustrator); Miquel Muerto (Colorist (comics))
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; PN6727.D8885 B87 2019
ISBN: 9781684154272
Publication Date: 2019
Cub reporter Madison Jackson is young, scrappy, and hungry to prove that she deserves her coveted college internship at the premiere newspaper in town, The Boston Lede, where she fetches coffee for the night crew and dreams of her own byline. So when her police scanner mentions a brutal murder tied to a prominent Boston family, Madison races to the crime scene, looking for the scoop of the century. What she finds instead is the woman who'll change her life forever: Dahlia Kennedy, celebrity socialite, now widow, covered in gore and the prime suspect in the murder of her husband and child. When Dahlia refuses to talk to anyone but Madison, they begin a dangerous game of cat and mouse that leads the young journalist down a twisted path.
Check, please! Book 1, #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6728.C54 U53 2018 v.1
ISBN: 9781250177957
Publication Date: 2018
Eric Bittle is a former Georgia junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and amateur pâtissier. But as accomplished as he is, nothing could prepare him for his freshman year of playing hockey at the prestigious Samwell University in Samwell, Massachusetts. It's nothing like co-ed club hockey back in the South! For one? There's checking. Second, there is Jack--his very attractive but moody captain. A collection of the first half of the mega-popular webcomic series of the same name, Check, Please!: #Hockey is the first in a hilarious and stirring two-volume coming-of-age story about hockey, bros, and trying to find yourself during the best four years of your life.
Check, Please! Book 2: Sticks and Scones by Ngozi Ukazu (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; PN6728.C54 U53 2018 v.2
ISBN: 9781250179500
Publication Date: 2020
Eric Bittle is heading into his junior year at Samwell University, and not only does he have new teammates -- he has a brand new boyfriend! Bitty and Jack must navigate their new, secret, long-distance relationship, and decide how to reveal their relationship to friends and teammates. And on top of that, Bitty's time at Samwell is quickly coming to an end. It's two full hockey seasons packed with big wins and high stakes!
The Complete Wimmen's Comix by Trina Robbins
Call Number: Graphic PN6726 .W56 2016
ISBN: 9781606998984
Publication Date: 2016
In the late '60s, underground comix changed the way comics readers saw the medium -- but there was an important pronoun missing from the revolution. In 1972, ten women cartoonists got together in San Francisco to rectify the situation and produce the first and longest-lasting all-woman comics anthology, Wimmen's Comix. Within two years the Wimmen's Comix Collective had introduced cartoonists like Roberta Gregory and Melinda Gebbie to the comics-reading public, and would go on to publish some of the most talented women cartoonists in America -- Carol Tyler, Mary Fleener, Dori Seda, Phoebe Gloeckner, and many others. In its twenty year run, the women of Wimmen's tackled subjects the guys wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole: abortion, menstruation, masturbation, castration, lesbians, witches, murderesses, and feminists. Most issues of Wimmen's Comix have been long out of print, so it's about time these pioneering cartoonists' work received their due.
Dear Sophie, Love Sophie: : A Graphic Memoir in Diaries, Letters, & Lists by Sophie Lucido Johnson
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.J646 D43 2022
ISBN: 9780063040700
Publication Date: 2022
Inspired by the journals she kept growing up, Sophie Lucido Johnson began an interactive conversation between her younger self and her current self. When she began the exercise, Sophie envisioned sharing important lessons on what it means to love your body, navigate relationships, and discover what fulfills you, no matter where life takes you. But as these "exchanges" deepened, adult Sophie discovered she had much to learn about life from young Sophie as well.
Drawing Power by Diane Noomin (Editor); Roxane Gay (Foreword by)
Call Number: Graphic Novels HV6556 .D73 2019
ISBN: 9781419736193
Publication Date: 2019-09-17
More than 60 female comics creators share their personal experiences with sexual violence and harassment through new and original comics Inspired by the global #MeToo Movement, Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival is a collection of original, nonfiction comics drawn by more than 60 female cartoonists from around the world. Featuring such noted creators as Emil Ferris, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, MariNaomi, Liana Finck, and Ebony Flowers the anthology's contributors comprise a diverse group of many ages, gender and sexual orientations, and races--and their personal stories convey the wide spectrum of sexual harassment and abuse that is still all too commonplace.
Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.B3757 D94 1986
ISBN: 9780932379177
Publication Date: 1986
A collection of cartoons recounting the lives and loves of Mo and Harriet and their diverse group of lesbian friends is accompanied by an autobiographical account of the difficulty of finding a permanent relationship.
Eileen Gray: a House under the Sun by Zosia Dzierzawska (Illustrator); Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
Call Number: Graphic Novels NA1053.G73 M35 2019
ISBN: 9781910620434
Publication Date: 2019
Meet Eileen Gray, the female architect behind the world-renowned E-1027 house and a pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture. In 1924, her work began in earnest on a small villa by the sea in the south of France. Nearly a century later, this structure is a design milestone. But like so many gifted female artists and designers of her time, Eileen Gray's story has been eclipsed by the men with whom she collaborated. Dzierawska's exquisite visuals illuminate the previously overlooked struggles and triumphs of a young queer Irish designer whose work and life came to bloom during the 'Années Folles' of early 20th century Paris.
The Essential Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.B3757 D94 2008
ISBN: 9780618968800
Publication Date: 2008
In honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the ground-breaking comic strip series, Dykes to Watch Out For brings together a new collection of cartoons recounting the lives and loves of a diverse group of lesbian friends, in a volume that features selections from eleven previous volumes, as well as sixty strips never before published in book form.
Exit Stage Left : the Snagglepuss Chronicles by Mark Russell
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.R87 S63 2018
ISBN: 9781401275211
Publication Date: 2018
It's 1953. While the United States is locked in a nuclear arms race with the Soviet Union, the gay Southern playwright known as Snagglepuss is the toast of Broadway. But success has made him a target. As he plans for his next hit play, Snagglepuss becomes the focus of the House Committee on Un-American Activities. And when powerful forces align to purge show business of its most subversive voices, no one is safe!
Far Sector by N. K. Jemisin; Jamal Campbell (Illustrator); N. K. Jemisin; Jamal Campbell (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; PN6728.G74 J46 2021
ISBN: 9781779512055
Publication Date: 2021
The first murder in 500 years. Twenty billion suspects. One Hope. The City Enduring, a booming metropolis at the edge of the universe, hasn't experienced a violent crime in generation. The Emotion Exploit has erased its citizens' full range of feelings, allowing three resident races to overlook their turbulent history and coexist peacefully-until now. Rookie Green Lantern Sojourner "Jo" Mullein is still adjusting to her assignment to protect this strange world when a brutal crime rattles its social order, threatening to undo centuries of controversial progress. As the populace rises up against the legacy of the Emotion Exploit and leaders grapple for power under threat of a new war, Jo must rely on her unique instincts--as a Green Lantern and the only human in this sector--to solve the crime and guide the City Enduring toward a more promising future.
Flamer by Mike Curato (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic PN6727.C87 F53 2020
ISBN: 9781627796415
Publication Date: 2020
I know I'm not gay. Gay boys like other boys. I hate boys. They're mean, and scary, and they're always destroying something or saying something dumb or both. I hate that word. Gay. It makes me feel . . . unsafe. It's the summer between middle school and high school, and Filipino American teen Aiden Navarro is away at camp. Everyone's going through changes--but for Aiden, the stakes feel higher. As he navigates friendships, deals with bullies, and spends time with Elias (a boy he can't stop thinking about), he finds himself on a path of self-discovery and acceptance.
Fun home : a family tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.B3757 Z46 2006
ISBN: 9780618477944
Publication Date: 2006
A fresh and brilliantly told memoir from a cult favorite comic artist, marked by gothic twists, a family funeral home, sexual angst, and great books. Meet Alison's father, a historic preservation expert and obsessive restorer of the family's Victorian home, a third-generation funeral home director, a high school English teacher, an icily distant parent, and a closeted homosexual who, as it turns out, is involved with his male students and a family babysitter. Through narrative that is alternately heartbreaking and fiercely funny, we are drawn into a daughter's complex yearning for her father. And yet, apart from assigned stints dusting caskets at the family-owned "fun home," as Alison and her brothers call it, the relationship achieves its most intimate expression through the shared code of books. When Alison comes out as homosexual herself in late adolescence, the denouement is swift, graphic -- and redemptive.
Gaytheist: Coming Out of My Orthodox Childhood by Lonnie Mann; Ryan Gatts (Artist)
Call Number: Graphic Novels BM729.H65 M36 2024
ISBN: 9781951491277
Publication Date: 2024
A coming-of-age graphic novel memoir about a young man who, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community, realizes he's gay and struggles to reconcile his faith with who he is.
Gender Queer: a Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ18.55 .K62 2019
ISBN: 9781549304002
Publication Date: 2019
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ77.8.K625 A3 2022
ISBN: 9781637150726
Publication Date: 2022
In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the last autobiographical comic e would ever write. At the time, it was the only thing e felt comfortable with strangers knowing about em. Now, Gender Queer is here. Maia's intensely cathartic autobiography charts eir journey of self-identity, which includes the mortification and confusion of adolescent crushes, grappling with how to come out to family and society, bonding with friends over erotic gay fanfiction, and facing the trauma and fundamental violation of pap smears. Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity--what it means and how to think about it--for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere.
The Girl That Can't Get a Girlfriend by Mieri Hiranishi (Created by)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; PN6790.J34 G57 2023
ISBN: 9781974736591
Publication Date: 2023
Mieri is an awkward, nerdy college student with no dating experience, and her previous crushes on fellow butch women have all ended in disaster. That all changes when she meets Ash and has her feelings returned for the first time. But when first love turns to first heartbreak, Mieri will do everything possible to win Ash back.
Gotham Central 2, Half a Life by Greg Rucka; Michael Lark (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor PN6728.B36 R38 2004 v.2
ISBN: 1401204384
Publication Date: 2005
When Renee Montoya is implicated in a murder and her deepest secret is revealed, her colleagues in the GCPD start treating her differently. The only one who reaches out to her is the one person whose freedom is a threat to Montoya and all of Gotham. Includes two bonus stories about Montoya's past.

Comic at Marist with Diverse Sexual Orientations

Heartstopper. Volume 1 by Alice Oseman
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6737.O84 H43 2019 v.1
ISBN: 9781444951387
Publication Date: 2019
Charlie Spring is in Year 10 at Truham Grammar School for Boys. The past year hasn't been too great, but at least he's not being bullied anymore, and he's sort of got a boyfriend, even if he's kind of mean and only wants to meet up in secret. Nick Nelson is in Year 11 and on the school rugby team. He's heard a little about Charlie--the kid who was outed last year and bullied for a few months--but he's never had the opportunity to talk to him. That is, until the start of January, in which Nick and Charlie are placed in the same form group and made to sit together. They quickly become friends, and soon Charlie is falling hard for Nick, even though he doesn't think he has a chance. But love works in surprising ways, and sometimes good things are waiting just around the corner...
Heartstopper. Volume 2 by Alice Oseman
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6737.O84 H43 2019 v.2
ISBN: 9781338617498
Publication Date: 2020
Nick and Charlie are best friends, but one kiss has changed everything. In the aftermath, Charlie is sure that Nick isn't interested, but Nick is more confused than ever. Love works in surprising ways, and Nick comes to see the world from a new perspective. He discovers all sorts of things about his friends, his family ... and himself.
Heartstopper. Volume 3 by Alice Oseman
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6737.O84 H43 2019 v.3
ISBN: 9781338617535
Publication Date: 2021
Charlie didn't think Nick could ever like him back, but now they're officially boyfriends. Nick has even found the courage to come out to his mom. But coming out isn't something that happens just once, and Nick and Charlie try to figure out when to tell their friends that they're dating. Not being out to their classmates gets even harder during a school trip to Paris. As Nick and Charlie's feelings get more serious, they'll need each other more than ever.
Heavy vinyl. Riot on the radio by Carly Usdin; Nina Vakueva (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.U83 H43 2018
ISBN: 9781684151417
Publication Date: 2018
Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants: working at Vinyl Mayhem. It's as rad as she imagined; her boss is BOSS, her co-workers spend their time arguing over music, pushing against the patriarchy, and endlessly trying to form a band. When Rosie Riot, the staff's favorite singer, mysteriously vanishes the night before her band's show, Chris discovers her co-workers are doing more than just sorting vinyl ... Her local indie record store is also a front for a teen girl vigilante fight club!
How to be ace: a memoir of growing up asexual by Rebecca Burgess
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ73.3.G7 B87 2020
ISBN: 9781787752153
Publication Date: 2020
Brave, witty and empowering, this graphic memoir follows Rebecca as they navigate their asexual identity and mental health in a world obsessed with sex. From school to work to relationships, this book offers an unparalleled insight into asexuality. Trigger warning: this book mentions bullying, anxiety, OCD, rape, sex and alcohol.
I'm a Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor HQ75.4.D45 I43 2021
ISBN: 9781951491055
Publication Date: 2021
In this delightfully compelling full-color graphic memoir, the author shares her process of undoing the effects of a patriarchal, colonial society on her self-image, her sexuality, and her concept of freedom. Reflecting on the ways in which oppression was the cause for her late bloom into queerness, we are invited to discover people and things in the author's life that helped shape and inform her LGBTQ identity. And we come to an understanding of her holistic definition of queerness.
I Hear the Sunspot by Yuki Fumino (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6790.J34 I33 2017
ISBN: 9781944937300
Publication Date: 2017
Because of a hearing disability, Kohei is often misunderstood and has trouble integrating into life on campus, so he learns to keep his distance. That is until he meets the outspoken and cheerful Taichi. He tells Kohei that his hearing loss is not his fault. Taichi's words cut through Kohei's usual defense mechanisms and open his heart. More than friends, less than lovers, their relationship changes Kohei forever.
I Hear the Sunspot. Theory of Happiness by Yuki Fumino
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6790.J34 I33 2018
ISBN: 9781944937416
Publication Date: 2018
Due to the overwhelming success of I Hear the Sunspot, the sequel has finally arrived, I Hear the Sunspot: Theory of Happiness! How will this 'more than friends, less than lovers' relationship evolve? Because of a hearing disability Kohei is often alone. Taichi is outspoken and cheerful. At first, Kohei keeps himself well guarded, but after he meets Taichi he slowly learns to open up.
Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism by Jess Ruliffson
Call Number: Graphic Novels U52 .R85 2022
ISBN: 9781683961901
Publication Date: 2022
Shares the stories of veterans from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, with diverse gender identities and sexual orientations, who struggle to reconcile their wartime experiences with their postwar lives, revealing how America's endless entanglement in wars has affected the psyches of the people who wage them.
Kimiko Does Cancer by Kimiko Tobimatsu (Text by); Keet Geniza (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels RC280.B8 T63 2020
ISBN: 9781551528199
Publication Date: 2020
A moving and honest graphic memoir about the unexpected cancer journey of a young, queer, mixed-race woman. At the age of twenty-five, Kimiko Tobimatsu was a young, queer, mixed-race woman with no history of health problems whose world was turned upside down when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In an instant, she became immersed in a new and complicated life of endless appointments, evaluations, and treatments, and difficult conversations with her partner and parents. Kimiko knew that this wasn't what being twenty-five was supposed to be like ... but then, she didn't have a choice. With tender illustrations by Keet Geniza, Kimiko Does Cancer is a graphic memoir that upends the traditional cancer narrative from a young woman's perspective, confronting issues such as dating while in menopause, navigating work and treatment, and talking to well-meaning friends, health care professionals, and other cancer survivors with viewpoints different from her own. Not one for pink ribbons or runs for the cure, Kimiko seeks connection within the cancer community while also critiquing the mainstream cancer experience. Honest and poignant, Kimiko Does Cancer is about finding one's own way out of a health crisis.
Kiss Number 8 by Colleen Af Venable; Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.V46 K57 2019
ISBN: 9781596437098
Publication Date: 2019
Mads is pretty happy with her life. She goes to church with her family, and minor league baseball games with her dad. She goofs off with her best friend Cat, and has thus far managed to avoid getting kissed by Adam, the boy next door. It's everything she hoped high school would be... until all of a sudden, it's not. Her dad is hiding something big--so big it could tear her family apart. And that's just the beginning of her problems: Mads is starting to figure out that she doesn't want to kiss Adam... because the only person she wants to kiss is Cat. Just like that, Mads's tidy little life has gotten epically messy--and epically heartbreaking. And when your heart is broken, it takes more than an awkward, uncomfortable, tooth-clashing, friendship-ending kiss to put things right again. It takes a whole bunch of them.
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal by E. K. Weaver
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.W43 L47 2017
ISBN: 9780983875550
Publication Date: 2015
In the span of a single tumultuous evening, Amal calls off his arranged marriage, comes out to his conservative parents, gets disowned, goes on a bender-- and wakes up next morning to find a lanky, dreadlocked vagrant named TJ in his kitchen. TJ claims that the two have made a drunken pact to travel from Berkeley, California to Providence, Rhode Island. As it happens, Amal promised his sister he'd be in Providence for her graduation the following week. As for TJ-- well, he's got his own reasons. The agreement is simple: Amal does the driving, TJ pays the way-- but a 3500 mile journey leaves plenty of time for things to get complicated.
Liberated: The Radical Art and Life of Claude Cahun by Kaz Rowe
Call Number: Graphic Novels N6853.C34 R69 2023
ISBN: 9781947440074
Publication Date: 2023
This graphic biography chronicles the life of Surrealist artist Claude Cahun, from their childhood and experiences of antisemitism in France, through the development of their artistic practice in Paris, to their resistance against the Nazis in Jersey, and includes photographs by Cahun and artistic and romantic partner Marcel Moore.
Maggie the Mechanic by Jaime Hernandez
Call Number: Graphic PN6727.H47 M34 2022
ISBN: 9781560977841
Publication Date: 2007
The 25th anniversary Love and Rockets celebration continues with the first of three volumes collecting the adventures of the spunky Maggie, her annoying best friend and sometime lover Hopey, and their circle of friends. Maggie the Mechanic collects the earliest, punkiest, most heavily sci-fi Maggie stories, and you can see the artist (who drew like an angel from the very first panel) refine his approach: despite these strong shifts in tone, the stunning art and razor sharp characterisations keep this collection consistent and enthralling throughout.
Meanwhile... : Graphic Short Stories About Everyday Queer Life in Southern and East Africa by Qintu Collab
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ76.25 .Q56 2019
ISBN: 9780620852630
Publication Date: 2019
The lived realities of young queer people in African contexts are not well documented. On the one hand, homophobic political discourse tends to portray queer people as 'deviant' and 'unAfrican', and on the other, public health research and advocacy often portrays them as victims of violence and HIV. Of course, young queer lives are far more diverse, rich and complex. For this reason, the Qintu Collab was formed to allow young queer people from a few African countries to come together, share experiences and create context-specific, queer-positive media that documents relatable stories about and for queer African youth. We see this as a necessary step in developing a complex archive of queer African life, whilst also personalising queer experiences and challenging prejudicial stereotypes. The Collab is made up of eighteen queer youth from Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe, two academics, three artists and a journalist. We first worked in small groups in each country through a range of creative participatory methods that focused on personal reflection and story-telling. Young people created personal timelines, and made visual maps of their bodies, relationships, and spaces. We then had group discussions about themes that emerged to help decide what to include in the comic works. At the end of 2018, we all came together in Nairobi, Kenya, for a week to collaborate on this comic book, and a set of podcasts on similar topics. We worked through various ways of telling stories, and developed significant themes, including family, religion and spirituality, social and online queer spaces, sex, and romantic relationships. Each young person created a script and laid out the scenes for a comic that told a short story from their lives. They then worked one-on-one with an artist to finesse those ideas into a workable comic, and the artists thereafter developed each story through multiple rounds of feedback from the story's creator and the rest of the group.
Messy Roots: a Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; F395.C5 G365 2022
ISBN: 9780063067776
Publication Date: 2022
After spending her early years in Wuhan, China, riding water buffalos and devouring stinky tofu, Laura immigrates to Texas, where their hometown is as foreign as Mars--at least until 2020, when COVID-19 makes Wuhan a household name. In Messy Roots, Laura illustrates their coming-of-age as the kid who simply wants to make the basketball team, escape Chinese school, and figure out why girls make their heart flutter. Insightful, original, and hilarious, toggling seamlessly between past and present, China and America, Gao's debut is a tour de force of graphic storytelling.
Motor Crush. Volume 1 by Brenden Fletcher; Cameron Stewart (Artist); Babs Tarr (Artist)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6728.M656 F54 2017 v.1
ISBN: 9781534301894
Publication Date: 2017
Welcome to beautiful Nova Honda, the racing capital of the world. It is the home of the prestigious World Grand Prix, the illegal street race The Cannonball, and the racer caught between both of them, Domino Swift. Domino is one of the best racers on any circuit. By day, she competes for fame and fortune in the WGP. By night, she cracks heads of rival gangs in brutal bike wars to gain possession of a rare, valuable contraband: an engine-boosting machine stimulant known as Crush. Collects issues 1 through 5.
My Brother's Husband, Volumes 1 And 2 by Gengoroh Tagame; Anne Ishii (Translator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6790.J34 M93 2020
ISBN: 9780375715181
Publication Date: 2020
Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo, married to wife Natsuki, father to young daughter Kana. Their lives are suddenly upended with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented, revelatory look at and journey into the largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation has the chance to change the preconceptions of and prejudices against it.
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness by Nagata Kabi
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6790.J34 M95 2023
ISBN: 9798888432099
Publication Date: 2023
My Lesbian Experience with Loneliness is an honest and heartfelt look at one young woman's exploration of her sexuality, mental well-being, and growing up in our modern age. Told using expressive artwork that invokes both laughter and tears, this moving and highly entertaining single volume depicts not only the artist's burgeoning sexuality, but many other personal aspects of her life that will resonate with readers.
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6727.W26 O5 2018
ISBN: 9781250178145
Publication Date: 2018
A ragtag crew travels to the deepest reaches of space, rebuilding beautiful, broken structures to piece the past together. Two girls meet in boarding school and fall deeply in love--only to learn the pain of loss.
Pardalita by Joana Estrela; Lyn Miller-Lachmann (Translator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6790.P83 E88 2023
ISBN: 9781646142552
Publication Date: 2023
16-year-old Raquel lives in a small town in Portugal, the kind of place where everyone knows everyone else's business. Her parents are divorced and she's just been suspended for cursing out a school aide asking about her father's new marriage. She has two best friends, Luísa and Fred, but wants something more. Then, from afar, she sees Pardalita, a senior and a gifted artist who's moving to Lisbon to study in the fall. The two girls get to know each other while working on a play. And Raquel falls in love. Using a gorgeous blend of prose poems, illustrations, and graphic novel format, Estrela captures the feeling of being a teenager in a way that feels gentle, joyful, and real.
Pregnant butch : nine long months spent in drag by A. K. Summers
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ75.53 .S86 2014
ISBN: 9781593765408
Publication Date: 2014
First pregnancy can be a fraught, uncomfortable experience for any woman, but for resolutely butch lesbian Teek Thomasson, it is exceptionally challenging: Teek identifies as a masculine woman in a world bent on associating pregnancy with a cult of uber-femininity. Teek wonders, "Can butches even get pregnant?" Of course, as she and her pragmatic femme girlfriend Vee discover, they can. But what happens when they do? Written and illustrated by A.K. Summers, and based on her own pregnancy, Pregnant Butch strives to depict this increasingly common, but still underrepresented experience of queer pregnancy with humor and complexity--from the question of whether suspenders count as legitimate maternity wear to the strains created by different views of pregnancy within a couple and finally to a culturally critical and compassionate interrogation of gender in pregnancy. Offering smart, ambitious art, this graphic memoir is a must-read for would-be pregnant butches and anyone interested in the intersection of birth and gender, as well as a perfect queer baby shower gift and conversation starter for those who always assumed they "got" being pregnant.
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker; Jules Scheele
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ76.25 .B37 2016
ISBN: 9781785780721
Publication Date: 2016
Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele illuminate the histories of queer thought and LGBTQ+ action in this groundbreaking non-fiction graphic novel. From identity politics and gender roles to privilege and exclusion, Queer explores how we came to view sex, gender and sexuality in the ways that we do; how these ideas get tangled up with our culture and our understanding of biology, psychology and sexology; and how these views have been disputed and challenged. Along the way we look at key landmarks which shift our perspective of what's 'normal'--Alfred Kinsey's view of sexuality as a spectrum, Judith Butler's view of gendered behaviour as a performance, the play Wicked, or moments in Casino Royale when we're invited to view James Bond with the kind of desiring gaze usually directed at female bodies in mainstream media.
A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities by Mady G.; J. R. Zuckerberg
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ18.55 .G5 2019
ISBN: 9781620105863
Publication Date: 2019
Covering essential topics like sexuality, gender identity, coming out, and navigating relationships, this guide explains the spectrum of human experience through informative comics, interviews, worksheets, and imaginative examples. A great starting point for anyone curious about queer and trans life, and helpful for those already on their own journeys!
The Secret to Superhuman Strength by Alison Bechdel (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor PN6727.B3757 Z46 2021
ISBN: 9780544387652
Publication Date: 2021
From the author of Fun Home, a profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times. Comics and cultural superstar Alison Bechdel delivers a deeply layered story of her fascination, from childhood to adulthood, with every fitness craze to come down the pike: from Jack LaLanne in the 60s ("Outlandish jumpsuit! Cantaloupe-sized guns!") to the existential oddness of present-day spin class. Readers will see their athletic or semi-active pasts flash before their eyes through an ever-evolving panoply of running shoes, bicycles, skis, and sundry other gear. But the more Bechdel tries to improve herself, the more her self appears to be the thing in her way. She turns for enlightenment to Eastern philosophers and literary figures, including Beat writer Jack Kerouac, whose search for self-transcendence in the great outdoors appears in moving conversation with the author's own. This gifted artist and not-getting-any-younger exerciser comes to a soulful conclusion. The secret to superhuman strength lies not in six-pack abs, but in something much less clearly defined: facing her own non-transcendent but all-important interdependence with others.
Sensible Footwear: A Girl's Guide by Kate Charlesworth
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ75.4.C53 A3 2019
ISBN: 9780993563348
Publication Date: 2019
The curtains of lesbian history from the 1950s to the present day are opened by celebrated cartoonist Kate Charlesworth, with a little help from Gilbert and Sullivan and a side of Nancy Spain. Sensible Footwear is a glorious political and personal history that gives Pride a run for its money; but, like Pride, it wears its heart at the centre, making the invisible visible, and celebrating lesbian lives from the domestic to the diva.
Stuck Rubber Baby 25th Anniversary Edition by Howard Cruse; Alison Bechdel (Introduction by)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; PN6727.C74 S86 2020
ISBN: 9781250249487
Publication Date: 2020
As a young gay man leading a closeted life in the 1960s American South, Toland Polk tries his best to keep a low profile. He's aware of the racial injustice all around him - the segregationist politicians, the corrupt cops, the violent Klan members - but he feels powerless to make a difference. That all changes when he crosses paths with an impassioned coed named Ginger Raines. Ginger introduces him to a lively and diverse group of civil rights activists, folk singers, and night club performers - men and women who live authentically despite the conformist values of their hometown. Emboldened by this new community, Toland joins the local protests and even finds the courage to venture into a gay bar. No longer content to stay on the sidelines, Toland joins his friends as they fight against bigoty. But in Clayfield, Alabama, that can be dangerous - even deadly. Painstakingly researched and exquisitely illustrated, Stuck Rubber Baby is a groundbreaking graphic novel that draws on Howard Cruse's experience coming of age and coming out in 1960s Birmingham, Alabama.
Surviving the City. Vol. 2, From the Roots Up by Tasha Spillett-Sumner; Natasha Donovan (Illustrator); Donovan Yaciuk (Illustrator)
Call Number: Graphic Novels PN6733.S65 S87 2018 v.2
ISBN: 9781553798989
Publication Date: 2020
Dez and Miikwan's stories continue in this sequel to Surviving the City. Dez's grandmother has passed away. Grieving, and with nowhere else to go, she's living in a group home. On top of everything else, Dez is navigating a new relationship and coming into her identity as a Two-Spirit person. Miikwan is crushing on the school's new kid Riel, but doesn't really understand what Dez is going through. Will she learn how to be a supportive ally to her best friend? Elder Linda is doing her best to be supportive, but she doesn't know how to respond when the gendered protocols she's grown up with that are being thrown into question. Will Dez be comfortable expressing her full identity? And will her community relearn the teachings and overcome prejudice to celebrate her for who she is?
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser; Robyn Smith
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; PN6727.R69 W37 2022
ISBN: 9781797205458
Publication Date: 2022
In expanding the story of Kim and her friends, the authors pay tribute to Black sisterhood through portraits of shared, yet deeply personal experiences of Black hair care. From self-care to spilling the tea at an hours-long salon appointment to healing family rifts, the stories are brought to life through beautifully drawn characters and different color palettes reflecting the mood in each story.
The Woman in the Woods and Other North American Stories by Kate Ashwin (Editor); Elijah Forbes (Contribution by); Rhael McGregor (Contribution by); Maija Ambrose Plamondon (Contribution by); Alice RL (Contribution by); Izzy Roberts (Contribution by); Kel McDonald (Editor); Alina Pete (Editor); Milo Applejohn (Contribution by); Mercedes Acosta (Contribution by); Jordaan Arledge (Contribution by)
Call Number: Graphic Novels - 2nd Floor ; PN6790.N72 W66 2022
ISBN: 9781945820977
Publication Date: 2022
Loup Garrou, trickster rabbits, and spirits with names that can't be spoken--the plains and forests of North America are alive with characters like these, all waiting to meet you in this collection of folklore retold in comics! This fifth volume of the "Cautionary Fables and Fairytales" anthology series features updated takes on ancient stories from tribes spanning the continent, bursting with bedside tales that are thrilling, chilling, and most of all inspiring.
X-Gender Vol. 1 by Asuka Miyazaki
Call Number: Graphic Novels HQ18.55 .M59 2022 v.1
ISBN: 9781638583998
Publication Date: 2022
Living life and finding love as an X-gender person in Japan. At 33 years old, Asuka Miyazaki realizes that they like women! Asuka, however, is neither a woman nor a man--instead, they're X-gender, (a non-binary identity). Follow Asuka through the pages of this autobiographical manga as they record the ins and outs of their journey to finding love with a woman.