Adult Graphic Novels

These adult graphic novels are new to our shelves in the last 30 days (most recent on top).

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List

Buddha jumps over the wall, : and other curiously named classic Chinese dishes / Ying Chang Compestine ; illustrations by Vivian Truong.
"Explore the unique nomenclature of traditional Chinese dishes through folklore, personal storytelling, and 26 easy-to-cook recipes in this entertaining graphic novel cookbook, perfect for lovers of comics and food"--Provided by publisher.
I want to love you till your dying day / Nachi Aono ; translator, Irene Nakano
"Death lurks behind a mysterious orphanage where children train to become magical weapons of war. Among them is Sheena, who longs to stop the fighting and end the conflict. On one gruesome night, Sheena meets a strange girl covered in blood, with a smile …
The Banks / Roxane Gay, writer ; Ming Doyle, art ; Jordie Bellaire, color art ; Ariana Maher, letterer.
"Steal smart. Right a wrong. Chicago. Southside. For fifty years the women of the Banks family have been the most successful thieves in the city by following one simple rule: Get in. Get away. Get paid. Never get greedy. But when the youngest Banks, who…
Baby blue / Bim Eriksson ; translated by Melissa Bowers.
"In the not-so-distant future, twenty-something Betty lives in a fascistic society that polices feelings. When her depression causes her to have an emotional episode in public, she is taken to an Orwellian health facility to 'fix' her mental illness. Ther…
Paul Auster's The New York trilogy / by Paul Auster ; adaptation by Paul Karasik, David Mazzucchelli, Lorenzo Mattotti.
"The New York Trilogy is post-modern literature disguised as Noir fiction where language is the prime suspect. An interpretation of detective and mystery fiction, each book explores various philosophical themes. In City of Glass, an author of detective fi…
Mansect / by Koga Shinichi ; translated and edited by Ryan Holmberg.
"Humans grow and age. They change. But always we are the same person, the same creature. Not so with insects, whose powers of metamorphosis alter not only their shape and size, but also their very beings. And now, because of one young man's unhealthy obse…
Beat it, Rufus / Noah Van Sciver.
"Rufus Baxter is an aging, professionally unemployed loser, desperately — delusionally — hanging on to his 1980s hair metal fantasies of headlining arenas, despite so much evidence to the contrary (like audience members ducking when he tosses promo t-shir…
Akogun : brutalizer of gods / writer, Murewa Ayodele ; artist, Dotun Akande ; colorist, Dee Cunniffe ; letterer, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou.
"In an age thought forgotten . . . when man, monster, and the divine all strode the Earth . . . a lone warrior emerges to test the immortality of the cruel gods who would deal destruction with impunity. He is a one-man reckoning that stands in defiance of…
Kosher mafia / writer, David Hazan ; artist, Sami Kivelä ; colorist, Ellie Wright ; cover colorist, Jason Wordie ; letterers, Simon Bowland, Chas! Pangburn.
"In Cleveland, Ohio, in 1936, Howard Berkowicz, the bookkeeper for the Jewish Mob finds himself on the wrong end of an enforcer’s gun when he tries to spur the Kosher Mafia into action against the rising tide of domestic Nazism in the German American Bund…
The domain / Chip Zdarsky, writer ; Rachael Stott, artist ; Eren Angiloini, colourist ; Jeff Powell, letterer/logo.
"When three best friends discover a crashed UFO, they also discover technology that gives them incredible abilities! But there's a catch: only one of them can use the powers at a time! Can their friendship survive the power's temptation?" --back cover
Goes like this : Jordan Crane handbook 2002 to 2022 / Jordan Crane
Featuring over a dozen short stories (spanning multiple genres) published over the past 25 years, Goes Like This is a[n]...anthology (including varying paper stocks and exposed spine) from master cartoonist Jordan Crane. 'The Hand of Gold' is a short but …
Surrounded : America's first school for Black girls, 1832 / writer, Wilfrid Lupano ; artist and colorist, Stéphane Fert ; translation, Montana Kane ; lettering: Cromatik ltd.
"In 1832, in Canterbury, Connecticut, a "charming and picturesque" little school for young girls opens to accommodate around twenty residents. Educating girls is a bit ridiculous and useless, they think in the area, but harmless enough. Until the day, whe…
Precious rubbish / Kayla E.
"Kayla E.’s Precious Rubbish is an experimental graphic memoir drawn in a style that references the aesthetics of mid-century children’s comics and tells the story of a childhood shaped by maternal emotional dysregulation, rural poverty, and incest. The a…
Cyberpunk 2077 : kickdown / writer, Tomasz Marchewka ; art, Jake Elphick, Tommaso Bennato ; colors, Jason Wordie ; letters, Frank Cvetkovic.
"Fire up the engines, it’s a street takeover! With her foot on the pedal of the hottest ride in Night City, the daughter of a famed carjacker is out to set her record straight. Mint is the sole survivor of her former crew. Buzz on the street is she sold t…
Remember us to life : a graphic memoir / Joanna Rubin Dranger ; translated by Maura Tavares.
"Told through a genre-defying blend of illustrations, photography, and found objects, Remember Us to Life chronicles Joanna Rubin Dranger’s investigation into her Jewish family’s history, spanning time, space, and three continents in search of her lost re…
The liminal zone. 2 / story & Junji Ito ; translation & adaptation: Jocelyne Allen ; touch-up art & lettering, Eric Erbes.
"Welcome to the liminal zone, where things beyond your wildest imagination await. What fate awaits when death is not the end? A group of four university students stumbles upon a deserted, decaying village deep in the mountains only to find an enormous per…
Season of the roses / Chloé Wary ; translated by Jenna Allen.
"Barbara has big goals. As the fiery captain of her U19 soccer team, the Rosigny Roses, she’s determined to win a championship before graduating high school and leaving the grungy Parisian suburbs in the dust. So when her club threatens to divert their fu…
William of Newbury / created by Michael Avon Oeming, script, art, and letters.
"Loosely based on real events in 12th century England during what was known as 'The Anarchy.' A time where the country was beset with plague, civil war, and demons. William of Newbury is a neurotic monk, fearful of the earthly world, but confident and unw…
A sign of affection. Omnibus 2 / suu Morishita ; translator: Christine Dashiell ; print edition lettering: Lys Blakeslee.
"Yuki, a deaf college student who’s led a relatively sheltered life, has just taken a huge step: She’s got a boyfriend! And he seems like a keeper: Itsuomi is a multilingual globetrotter who works hard, and he’s a knockout, to boot. Yuki can still scarcel…
Cry when the baby cries / Becky Barnicoat.
"With the wit of a comedian and the observational skills of a sociologist surveying a new subculture, Becky Barnicoat writes about her first few years of parenthood with warmth, sharp insight, and uproarious humor in her debut graphic memoir Cry When the …
Life drawing / Jaime Hernandez.
"Life Drawing darts primarily between the youthful Tonta and the venerable Maggie. Tonta has a crush on her art teacher, Ray, as well as an axe to grind with an older woman in the neighborhood. When Tonta finds that the woman, Maggie, is married to Ray, t…
El fuego / David Rubín ; translation by Andrea Rosenberg ; letters by Comicraft's Tyler Smith & Jimmy Betancourt.
"A mass-extinction event is imminent as a giant meteorite is hurtling toward the Earth. Renowned architect Alexander Yorba, entrusted to design a citadel on the Moon which would ensure the survival of humanity, is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Thrust…
Fishflies / Jeff Lemire ; Shawn Kuruneru ; Steven Wands, lettering and design.
"A small-town crime sets off a chain of events that will permanently alter the lives of several residents of bucolic Belle River, Ontario. As the manhunt heats up, a lonely girl named Franny Fox forms an unlikely friendship with a fugitive that leads them…
Black Science. Volume 1, How to fall forever / Rick Remender, writer ; Matteo Scalera, artist ; Dean White, painted art ; Rus Wooton, lettering + logo design.
"Grant McKay, former member of The Anarchistic Order of Scientists, has finally done the impossible: he has deciphered Black Science and punched through the barriers of reality with his creation, the Pillar. But something went wrong, and now Grant and his…
Somali and the forest spirit. 1 / Yako Gureishi ; translation Motoko Tamamuro & Jonathan Clements ; lettering Ayoub Bensidi.
"The world ruled by goblins, spirits, golems, and all types of strange creatures… but not humans, who were nearly persecuted to extinction for their reckless disregard of the natural world. When a golem, a guardian of the forest chances across a young gi…
RUR / original drama by Karel Čapek ; comic book adaptation by Kateřina Čupová, ; translated by Julie Nováková  ; lettering by Damian Duffy.
"The R.U.R. Factory, far from humanity on its own island, has produced the perfect product: Robots! Devoid of pain, love, and all human emotion, never tiring, never bored, unfazed by death they are the ideal worker for modern-day society! All of this is a…
The way of the househusband. 13 / Kousuke Oono ; translation: Amanda Haley ; English adaptation: Jennifer LeBlanc ; touch-up art & lettering: Bianca Pistillo.
"These days, car camping is all the rage! And Tatsu’s father-in-law isn’t immune to its appeal. It’s always been his dream to spend the night in his car, and he’s roped Tatsu into his overnight adventure. But when a kind old man comes a-knockin’, things s…
Gatchaman : Galactor / Steve Orland, writer ; Kath Lobo, artist/colorist (issues 0-2) ; Pasquale Qualano, artist (issues 3-4) ; Rebecca Nalty, colorist (issues 3-4) ; Frank Cvetkovic, letterer.
"Galactor is under siege by a threat from within! After a secret attempt on his life, Berg Katse sets about to uncover a conspiracy within Galactor, born of their earliest days. Galactor’s leader goes undercover to hunt, identify, and ruthlessly dispense …