Excelsior! – Read a graphic novel
December 31, 2020
Chew by John Layman and Rob Guillory Tony Chu is a detective with the Special Crimes Division of the FDA. Tony is also a cibopath who can psychically pick up information from what he eats—by necessity this may be a corpse, but it’s never chicken. Book eBook | |
East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta This alternate history poses a no-longer-United States, in which the Civil War hasn’t ended and instead has split into seven different nations. A compelling revenge story featuring the apocalyptic horseman Death and his half-human son. Book eBook | |
Fables by Bill Willingham and Lan Medina If you like the TV show Once Upon a Time, try this series in which fairy tale and folklore characters are forced by mysterious circumstances into current-day New York City and must adapt to their new surroundings. Book eBook | |
Head Lopper by Andrew MacLean Norgal is a Viking warrior-for-hire and is known for good reason as “Head Lopper.” His companion on these expressively-illustrated quests is the severed—but still vocal—head of Agatha, the Blue Witch. Book eBook | |
Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross This mini-series provides a broad overview of the entire historical span of the Marvel comic universe and its characters, but told from the point of view of regular, everyday people who witness their exploits. Book eBook | |
Monstress by Majorie Liu and Sana Takeda Steampunk. Manga. Monsters. Magic. All come together in the story of a brutally violent world and a young woman who struggles to rise above it. Book eBook | |
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman Gaiman uses mythology, folklore, and fairy tales to tell a tale of fantasy and horror in which the entity known as The Sandman rebuilds his kingdom after a 70-year absence. Book eBook | |
Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar What if baby Kal-El had landed behind the Iron Curtain in the Soviet Union instead of Smallville, Kansas? Explore how different Superman—and Batman and Lex Luthor—would be in this alternate Cold War universe. Book eBook | |
The Umbrella Academy by Gerard Way and Gabriel Ba Seven children with extraordinary powers are adopted by a millionaire inventor to form The Umbrella Academy, which he intends to save the world, again and again. Book eBook | |
Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan A worldwide plague kills every male mammal except Yorick Brown and his pet monkey Ampersand, who must look for hope and love in a drastically different world. Book eBook |