On Our Bookshelves: Graphic Novels

Ask any two people to define the term graphic novel, and you will -likely get two different answers. Some will dismiss them as comics, while others will herald them as art forms. What’s widely agreed on, however, is that they are not in fact a genre—they’re a format. And a spectacular one at that. From fiction to non-
fiction, history to fantasy, horror to erotica—graphic novels leave no genre or topic unturned. Here are a few that might inspire. Happy reading.

La Perdida, by Jessica Abel, Pantheon Books

Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City,
by Guy Delisle, Drawn & Quarterly

Pyongyang: A Journey to North Korea,
by Guy Delisle, Drawn & Quarterly

Letting It Go, by Miriam Katin,
Drawn & Quarterly

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and -Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer, by Sydney Padua, Pantheon Books

Stitches, by David Small,
McClelland -& Stewart

The Property, by Rutu Modan (translation by Jessica Cohen), Drawn & Quarterly

The Complete Maus: A Survivor’s Tale
(25th Anniversary Edition), by Art Spiegelman, Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Shortcomings, by Adrian Tomine,
Drawn & Quarterly   t8n