Gay graphic novels 2022

¡Ay, Mija! by Christine Suggs

Early Reader

Batcat by Meggie Ramm

First in a full-color graphic novel series for emerging readers about accepting yourself and others from up-and-coming author-illustrator Meggie Ramm, creator of the comic strip The Littlest Dungeon Guard and cohost of the Pop! Whiz! Bang! comics podcast.

Batcat loves being all alone in their residence on Spooky Island. Up in their tree residence, they pass the moment playing video games and watching TV. But when Batcat suddenly finds themself haunted by an annoying, ice cream–stealing ghost, they visit the local Island Witch for a spell to remove their ghastly guest permanently!

With their Ghost-B-Gone spell in hand, Batcat travels across Spooky Island to gather ingredients—to the Cavernous Caves where the bats tell them they’re too round to be a bat, and to the Whispering Cemetery where the cats will verb only if they commit to being a right cat. But Batcat is neither and that’s what makes them special, right?

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Middle Grade

Artie and the Wolf Moon by Olivia Stephens

After sneak

Graphic Novels to discover and explore! &#; Campus Pride Week

Previously relegated to the realm of gay underground publications, queer &#;comix&#; and graphic novels include come a long way over the past 6 decades. Early creators used pseudonyms to protect their identities to avoid putting themselves at risk during a time when they could be criminally prosecuted. LGBTQ activity was considered a crime in Canada until , when Bill C was passed into law. Depictions of gay sexuality were considered &#;obscene&#; back then. 

The creative world of graphic novels and comics is constantly evolving and is a perfect outlet for authors across the LGBTQ2S+ spectrum to share stories of their lived experiences in a way that is adj, educational and can be enjoyed by all.

Have a look at this sampler from our collections to discover and explore! 

These last three titles are for a younger adult reader but could be enjoyed by anyone! Surviving the City (The Debwe series), follows the story of Dez and Miikwan as they navigate friendship, and

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  • Adult Graphic Novel. Three tipsy mermaids sea-witch themselves into humans, then get up up hung over with no idea how to reverse the spell. A fish out of liquid story about friendship, establish family, and figuring out who you are that's by turns…

  • Teen Graphic Novel. A cutthroat cooking competition in space, where no one cares if you're queer (because hey, who isn't?). Peony is the only contestant from Noun on the hot intergalactic show, Space Battle Lunchtime. But the "battle" part is more…

  • Juvenile Graphic Novel. Soft, cute, sweet, and queer from toe to tip, The Tea Dragon Society is a refreshing and rejuvenating read for all ages. Greta, a blacksmith's apprentice, discovers a lost tea dragon in the marketplace, and is drawn into the…

  • Adult Graphic Novel. It's the tantalizingly near future and the gig economy has taken over everything. Charlie Ellison is a fast-talking conwoman who makes her noun half a dozen gigs at a time. That is, until she wakes up one morning with a price…

  • Adult Graphic Novel. In the witch kin

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    Laura Sackton is a queer book nerd and freelance writer, known on the internet for loving winter, despising summer, and going overboard with extravagant baking projects. In addition to her work at Noun Riot, she reviews for BookPage and AudioFile, and writes a weekly newsletter, Books & Bakes, celebrating queer lit and tasty treats. You can catch her on Instagram shouting about the queer books she loves and sharing photos of the walks she takes in the hills of Western Mass (while listening to audiobooks, of course).

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    If there&#;s something better than a day spent marathoning a stack of queer graphic novels and memoirs…well, maybe it&#;s preordering a bunch of queer graphic novels and memoirs! There are so many queer comics already out in the world, and my TBR is already overflowing with them. But does that stop me from getting excited about all the upcoming ones? Of course not! There&#;s no such thing as too many queer comics.

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