Comics and Graphic Novels

Secret Service (Kingsman)

by Mark Millar, Dave Gibbons

Gary, the archetypal 'troubled' teen, lives with his mother and her abusive boyfriend in public housing, and spends his time getting in and out of trouble. Then his suave uncle Jack offers him an opportunity to be something of consequence... a super spy.

Sandcastle

by Pierre Oscar Levy, Frederick Peeters

A mysterious beach traps people and causes people to age very rapidly.

4 Kids Walk Into A Bank

by Tyler Boss, Thomas Mauer, Matthew Rosenberg

Paige has a choice; either let her dad get tangled up with a bunch of bumbling crooks, or do their heist for them.

2 Sisters: A Super-Spy Graphic Novel

by Matt Kindt

A tale of spying and skull-duggery involving two sisters, but spread across several eras in time and space.

Spinning

by Tillie Walden

A moving account of the author's coming of age years as a competitive figure skater, while negotiating rocky adolescent traumas, including coming out...

Underwire

by Jennifer Hayden

Hilarious collection of autobiographical slice-of-life shorts from a mother of two, making observations on modern life & parenthood

Here

by Richard McGuire

A unique and unusual comic, where every page in the entire book shows the exact same spot, but explores all the people, creatures, things and events that have ever passed that spot, from the pre-historic past, to the distant future.

Optic Nerve

by Adrian Tomine

A series of comics with realistic artwork and a wry tone

Fables

by Bill Willingham

An epic series, where characters from all the fairy-tales, legends, myths and stories of yore have to live in our modern world.

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel

Alison Bechdel writes a poignant story of life with her father growing up, of the fun(eral) home he owned, and the closet he never came out of...

Fell

by Warren Ellis, Ben Templesmith

Detective Richard Fell is transferred to Snowtown, an inner city which feels like a third world country in this short but brilliant neo-noir series.

We3

by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely

A military experiment goes awry, an experiment involving tactical pet animals...