The Lagoon
10 best books like The Lagoon (Lilli Carré): Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical, Heavy Vinyl, Vol. 1, Southern Bastards, Vol. 1: Here Was a Man, Delphine, Écumes, Escape from "Special", Feeble Wanderings, Sacred Heart, Cecil and Jordan in New York, Girl Town
Death Wins a Goldfish: Reflections from a Grim Reaper's Yearlong Sabbatical
| Author | Brian Rea |
| ISBN | 1452172552 |
Even Death cares about his work-life balance...
Death never takes a day off. Until he gets a letter from the HR department insisting he use up his accrued vacation time, that is. In this humorous and heartfelt book from beloved illustrator Brian Rea, readers take a peek at Death's journal entries...
| Author | Carly Usdin |
| ISBN | 1684151414 |
When Chris joins the staff at her local record store, she’s surprised to find out that her co-workers share a secret: they’re all members of a secret fight club that take on the patriarchy and fight crime!
Starry-eyed Chris has just started the dream job every outcast kid in town wants:...
Southern Bastards, Vol. 1: Here Was a Man
| Author | Jason Aaron |
| ISBN | 1632150166 |
Welcome to Craw County, Alabama, home of Boss BBQ, the state champion Runnin' Rebs football team...and more bastards than you've ever seen. When you're an angry old man like Earl Tubb, the only way to survive a place like this...is to carry a really big stick. From the acclaimed team of JASON AARON and...
| Author | Richard Sala |
| ISBN | 1606995901 |
A mysterious traveler gets off the train in a small village surrounded by a thick, sinister forest. He is searching for Delphine, who vanished with only a scrawled-out address on a scrap of paper as a trace. In his newest chiller, Richard Sala takes the tale of Snow White and stands it on its head, retelling...
| Author | Ingrid Chabbert |
| ISBN | 2368460039 |
‘’Sometimes we drown drinking in the sea. A sea as red as a heart that’s stopped beating. We look up from an underwater crossroads - return to the surface or let go.’’
A young woman is trying to have a baby. Things don’t go as she planned, her wife is her rock, her loyal supporter, her...
Fantagraphics Books is proud to follow up our launch of rising star R. Kikuo Johnson (author of the acclaimed Night Fisher) by showcasing Miss Lasko-Gross in her graphic- novel debut. Escape from "Special" is the coming-of-age story of Melissa, who we first meet as a small child and depart from at the...
| Author | Ross Campbell |
| ISBN | 1620103044 |
It felt like I was reading about middle school kids in college student bodies putting their dysfunctional notions about how things work on full display. The art is gorgeous. The characters are whiney, unlikable, and over-dramatic. I was a goth. This was not my world.
Campbell does have an interesting...
| Author | Liz Suburbia |
| ISBN | 1606998412 |
(Between 3 and 4 stars.)
Spoiler alert! This review reveals things that happen in the book.
Though "revealing" things in a review of this book is unlikely to diminish the pleasure of reading it.
Sometimes I like to read reviews before reading a book and I doubt that would have...
| Author | Gabrielle Bell |
| ISBN | 1897299575 |
Short stories, including the adapted-to-film original Cecil and Jordan in New York
Gabrielle Bell splits her cartooning time between creating wry sketchbook autobiographical comics, such as those included in her 2006 graphic novel, Lucky, and working on more detailed fictional short...
| Author | Carolyn Nowak |
| ISBN | 1603094385 |
Multi-award-winning cartoonist Carolyn Nowak (Lumberjanes) finds powerful truths in fantasy worlds. Her stunning solo debut collection celebrates the ascent of a rising star in comics.
Diana got hurt—a lot—and she's decided to deal with this fact by purchasing a life-sized robot...
| Author | Julia Gfrörer |
| ISBN | 1606999710 |
In a plague-ravaged medieval city, survival is a harsher fate than death. As corpses accumulate around her, Agnès, a young widow possessed of supernatural strength, must weigh her obligations to the dead and dying against her desire to protect what little remains. Laid Waste is a graphic novella...
| Author | Jillian Tamaki |
| ISBN | 1770462872 |
Jenny, post-breakup, becomes obsessed with the mirror Facebook of herself seeing a life that could be hers. An anonymous music file surfaces on the internet and a cult springs up in its wake. A group of city animals briefly open their minds to us. Helen finds her clothes growing baggy, her shoes looser,...
| Author | David Small |
| ISBN | 1631496271 |
Thirteen-year-old Russell Pruitt, abandoned by his mother, follows his father to sun-splashed California in search of a dream. Suddenly forced to fend for himself, Russell struggles to survive in Marshfield, a dilapidated town haunted by a sadistic animal killer and a ring of malicious boys who...
The Lie And How We Told It
Parrish’s emotionally loaded, painted graphic novel is is a visual tour de force, always in the service of the author’s themes: navigating queer desire, masculinity, fear, and the ever-in-flux state of friendships. .
En lågmäld men dramatisk skildring av de märkliga politiska sekter som tog över flera människors leverne i sjuttiotalets Sverige.
Den röda vintern är en kärlekshistoria som utspelar sig en smällkall vinter i senare hälften av 1970-talet, i en stad långt i norr. Socialdemokraterna...
This sophomore graphic novel from Noah Van Sciver may seem like a left turn from his critically acclaimed debut graphic novel biography of Abraham Lincoln (The Hypo), yet upon closer reflection, it showcases Van Sciver's preoccupation with pathos and the human condition. Saint Cole depicts four...
| Author | Joe Daly |
| ISBN | 0606999221 |
In Joe Daly's most ambitious stand-alone graphic novel, Palmer — wallflower, mystic seeker and paper mill worker — moves into a new apartment with his outwardly self-assured and womanizing friend. Events take a peculiar turn as Palmer befriends an iconoclastic co-worker, Billy Boy, and plunges...
| Author | Sophie Goldstein |
| ISBN | 1935233335 |
Nominated for the Cartoonist Studio’s Prize for Best Print Comic of the Year, The Oven is a wonderful example of character-driven science fiction. In what might take a typical reader less than one minute, author/illustrator Sophie Goldstein quickly, yet carefully, establishes both the setting...
