Womanthology: Heroic
10 best books like Womanthology: Heroic (Bonnie Burton): The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One, Gender Queer, Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew, Black Magick, Vol. 1: Awakening, Part One, The Secret Loves of Geek Girls, Blacksad, Aquicorn Cove, Mooncakes, Afar, Man-Eaters, Vol. 1
The Mermaid's Voice Returns in This One
| Author | Amanda Lovelace |
| ISBN | 1524852317 |
Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet and USA TODAY bestselling author Amanda Lovelace presents the mermaid’s voice returns in this one — the third and final installment in her “women are some kind of magic” series, featuring a foreword from Lang Leav and 13 guest poems from leading voices...
| Author | Maia Kobabe |
| ISBN | 1549304003 |
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...
Moonstruck, Vol. 1: Magic to Brew
| Author | Grace Ellis |
| ISBN | 1534304770 |
This was soooo fun, and what it lacked in patchy storytelling made up for in its incredible art and lovable characters. The main character is latina, fat, and queer, the love interest is black and queer (yes, it's f/f romance!), and the prominent side character is non-binary, queer, and literally a mix...
Black Magick, Vol. 1: Awakening, Part One
Collecting the first five issues of the critically-acclaimed new series from creators GREG RUCKA (Lazarus, Star Wars: Shattered Empire) and NICOLA SCOTT (Secret Six, Earth-2). Rowan Black is a detective with the Portsmouth PD... and a witch, two aspects of her life she has struggled to keep separate....
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls
| Author | Hope Nicholson |
| ISBN | 1506700993 |
The Secret Loves of Geek Girls is a non-fiction anthology mixing prose, comics, and illustrated stories on the lives and loves of an amazing cast of female creators. Featuring work by Margaret Atwood (The Heart Goes Last), Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer), Trina Robbins (Wonder Woman), Marguerite...
Private investigator John Blacksad is up to his feline ears in mystery, digging into the backstories behind murders, child abductions, and nuclear secrets. Guarnido's sumptuously painted pages and rich cinematic style bring the world of 1950s America to vibrant life, with Canales weaving in fascinating...
| Author | Katie O'Neill |
| ISBN | 1620105292 |
When Lana and her father return to their seaside hometown to help clear the debris of a storm, the last thing she expects is to discover a colony of Aquicorns—magical seahorse-like residents of the coral reef. As she explores the damaged town and the fabled undersea palace, Lana learns that while she...
A story of love and demons, family and witchcraft.
Nova Huang knows more about magic than your average teen witch. She works at her grandmothers' bookshop, where she helps them loan out spell books and investigate any supernatural occurrences in their New England town.
One fateful...
Boetema suddenly develops the ability to astrally project to other worlds, unintentionally possessing the bodies of people light years away.
Inotu, her inquisitive brother with a penchant for trouble, finds himself on the run after he’s caught eavesdropping on an illegal business deal...
| Author | Chelsea Cain |
| ISBN | 1534311432 |
After the brilliant but short-lived run on Marvel's Mockingbird I was ready to read anything else by Chelsea Cain, so I was really happy when Man-Eaters by her and Kate Niemczyk was announced. This is a comic with an absolutely bonkers premise — what if a mutated version of Toxoplasmosis caused certain...
The Unstoppable Wasp: G.I.R.L. Power
| Author | Jeremy Whitley |
| ISBN | 1302916564 |
Nadia spent the entire first half of her life a captive of the Red Room, but now this teenage super scientist is spreading her wings! Hank Pym's daughter has a lot of time to make up for, and she's determined to change the world. With Jarvis at her side, she's on a mission to bring together the brightest girl...
Hawkeye: Kate Bishop, Vol. 1: Anchor Points
| Author | Kelly Thompson |
| ISBN | 1302905147 |
Remember Hawkeye? No, not that Hawkeye - your favorite Hawkeye, the former Young Avenger, the butt-kicking hero who had to save that other Hawkguy all the time and basically keep his life in some semblance of order. Yup, you know her, it's the dazzling Kate Bishop - making her solo comics debut! Kate is...
Nobody's ever really explained the Spill. Was it an angelic visitation? A nanotech accident? A porthole opening from another world? Whatever it was, no one's allowed in the Spill Zone these days except government scientists and hazmat teams. But a few intrepid explorers know how to sneak through the...
| Author | Archie Bongiovanni |
| ISBN | 1620104997 |
Archie, a snarky genderqueer artist, is tired of people not understanding gender neutral pronouns. Tristan, a cisgender dude, is looking for an easy way to introduce gender neutral pronouns to his increasingly diverse workplace. The longtime best friends team up in this short and fun comic guide...
| Author | Jeremy Whitley |
| ISBN | 1450768075 |
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A black princess who fights her own battles and flys on a dragon? Yes, please!
The graphics are very reminiscent of a Cartoon Network special with dialogue that's just as witty. These comics are a godsend for any woman of color who wants to see herself in the role of heroine...
| Author | Devin Grayson |
| ISBN | 1302912615 |
SQUIRREL GIRL meets MS. MARVEL - for the very first time! When Doreen Green (also known as the Unbeatable Squirrel Girl) volunteers as head counselor for an extracurricular computer programming class, little does she know that junior counselor Kamala Khan moonlights as crime fighting super hero...
| Author | Mariah Huehner |
| ISBN | 1613776071 |
Waiting for Mr. Roboto: by Bonnie Burton, Art by Jessica Hickman, Letters by Rachel Deering.
This is a cute and fun story about a little alien waitress named Trixie who is bored and "Where's my handsome scoundrel who's supposed to sweep me off my feet and take me out of this dump?"
Her robot...
Chainmail Bikini: The Anthology of Women Gamers
Chainmail Bikini is an anthology of comics by and about female gamers! 40 cartoonists have contributed comics about the games they’re passionate about—from video games to table-top role-playing to collectible card games. The comics in Chainmail Bikini explore the real-life impact of entering...
