Anyone like graphic novels? What are you reading?

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Many years ago, pre-children, i used to love graphic novels and read tons. I got into them with Sandman in my teens, and read loads over my 20s, from Preacher to The Invisibles, Hellblazer to Gloom Cookie. (I also have a degree and MA in English Lit for anyone worrying about my reading habits, i just really like the combo of art and story in graphic novels).

my kids are now old enough that i have occasional flashes of free time. in a fit of nostalgia went looking for a new graphic novel to read, but everything out there seems to be either

1. 2D superhero marvel/dc stuff which struggles to be interesting;
2. real life accounts of depression or abuse or similar struggles which are not my bag in graphic or standard novels; or
3. ULTRA violent, and to a certain extent misogynistic.

Vertigo publishing which used to do quite a bit i wanted to read has closed down, and no one else seems to be trying to market to the “intelligent, literate, adult, and women-friendly” market.

the only good graphic novels i’ve read recently are some of the “Phoenix Presents” ones my 9yr old DS gets from the Phoenix comic, and they are great but marketed at 9-12 yrs old.

what is everyone else enjoying at the moment?

The Rickard Sisters have also produced a graphic novel called No Surrender about the Suffragettes and another more general story book.
https://rickardsisters.com/

@Labradeedle @Toefingers both Neverlanders & Stick it to em sound great, both on the list. Thank you!

@KatBurglar I have read Fables, but I think they carried on after i last read, so should see where they got to - i thought it was a great concept, but after the first few i got the impression the writers weren't sure where to take it.

Seconds looks fab - definitely on the list! Thank you!

@Toefingers Oh yes, i bought Hilda <cough> for dd. Brilliant stuff. Love the cartoon more than a middle aged woman should as well.

Also enjoyed the Ragged Trousered Philantrooists, decades after reading the novel.
Alison is good
Still live Posy Simmonds
Persepolis and
Jerusalem - both taught me lots abut geopolitics.

Keeping my beady eye on this thread!

I like the biographical graphic novels by Bryan and Mary Talbot.

Also Runaways by Brian K Vaughan and Adrian Alphona with the gorgeous covers by Jo Chen. It lost its mojo when Vaughan left the series.

@CrossPurposes ooh, somehow i missed that series was based on comics - seems obvious now i’ve thought about it. Did you ever read Rising Stars by the guy who wrote Babylon Five? That was another good one about kids born with mysterious powers.

I've not heard of it but I'll look out for it.