Mostly comics I once owned/borrowed that I really loved when I read them and that have meant a lot to me. I reread many of these.
I will probably continue to update this, and there’s many more I have to add!
Everything is Flammable by Gabrielle BellBeautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann & KerascoëtSusceptible by Geneviève CastréeDelphine by Richard SalaMy Favourite Thing is Monsters by Emil FerrisSomnabulance by Fiona SmythMeatcake by Dame DarcyIn-Between Days. (Teva Harrison)Stone Fruit by Lee LaiAlone by ChabouteEarthling by Aisha FranzSatania by by Fabien Vehlmann & KerascoëtThe End of Summer by Tillie WaldenAre You Listening by Tillie WaldonEden by Pablo HolmbergAlienation by Inés EstradaFluorescent Mud by Eli HoweyPicking Bones Zines by Keet GHeartless by Nina BunjevacYour Black Friend by Ben PassmoreThe Strange by Jerome RuillierRat Time by Keiler RobertsLook Straight Ahead by Elaine M. WillJane, the Fox, and Me by Fanny Britt and Isabelle ArsenaultTomboy by Liz PrinceThis One Summer by Jillian and Mariko TamakiAnna and Froga by Anouk RicardYour Turn, Adrian by Helena ÖbergThe Unsinkable Walker Bean series by Aaron RenierDrawing Power Back and Forth by Marta ChudolinskaPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiLong Red Hair by Meags FitzgeraldSkim by Jillian and Mariko TamakiDeath, Duck, and the Tulip by Wolf ErlbruchMoon Man by Tomi UngererElsa and the Night by Jöns MellgrenSummer Blonde by Adrian TomineOne! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda BarryHigh Socks New Jersey 1950 by Paula LawrieBoody RogersRomance Without Tears, a fascinating collection of 50s love comics. And i think the first graphic novel I ever owned?The Portable Frank by Jim WoodringBlack Hole by Charles BurnsMy New York Diary by Julie DoucetMy Most Secret Desire by Julie DoucetCecil and Jordan in New York: Stories by Gabrielle BellThe Weaver Festival Phenomenon by Ron Rege Jr.Follow The Doll (issue 1) by Daryl SeitchikBlack is the Color by Julia GfrörerAs You Wish by Jamiyla LoweNo Romance in Hell by Hyena HellOn Loving Women by Diane ObomsawinLittle Boxes by Emelie ÖstergrenWe Don’t Go Through the Angel Grass by Courtney LobergUpside Down by Tobias TakBTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan DanielsThe World of Edena by MoebiusBeneath the Dead Oak Tree by Emily CarrollDon’t Go Without Me by Rosemary Valero-O’connellSeasonal Shift by Lala AlbertBecoming Horses by Disa WallanderVirus Tropicale by PowerpaolaThe Tenderness of Stones by Marion FayolleUnterzakhn by Leela CormanCollected Don’t Fret by Jordan Reg. AelickThe Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole ClavelouxFunky Town by Mathilde Van GheluweDear Scarlet by Teresa WongThe Wayside by Julie MorstadThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiMarbles Mania Depression Michelangelo and Me by Ellen ForneyAmygdala (issue 1) by Rose BianchiniWeird Fishes by Jamaica DyerMoomin by Tove JanssonNine Ways to Disappear by Lilli CarréYoung Frances by Hartley LinWhen I’m Old and Other Stories by Gabrielle BellThe Night Life of TreesEpileptic by David BFrightful Fairytales by Dame Darcy(In a Sense) Lost and Found by Roman MuradovGood-bye Chunky RiceShoplifter by Michael ChoThe Underwater Welder by Jeff LemireDavid Boring by Daniel ClowesIt’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by SethBerlin by Jason LutesLeviathan by Peter Blegvad
Confetti by Ginette LapalmeTomi Ungerer TreasuryNothing Whatsoever All Out in the Open by Akino KondohBony Legs by Joanna Cole and Dirk Zimmer
The art of Maurice Sendak by Selma LanesRetomber by Xiaoxiao LiIkebana by Yumi SakugawaSuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian TamakiThe Weeknight Casserole Collection by Kelly FrohKingston is for Lesbians by CleoOur Wretched Town Hall by Eric Kostiuk Williams
Your Mother’s Fox by Niv SekarWater by Mandy OrdHenry DargerThe Contradictions by Sophie YanowThe Magic Fish by Trung Le NguyenBug Boys by Laura KnetzgerAnya’s Ghost by Vera BrosgolThe Girl From the Other Side- Siúil, a Rún Manga series by NagabeWoman World by Aminder DhaliwalOn a Sunbeam by Tillie WaldenNaming Monsters by Hannah EatonThe Greatest of Marlys by Lynda BarryUzumaki by Junji ItoPachyderme by Frederik PeetersThe Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin Alexander ForbesGentleman Jim by Raymond Briggs
Red Colored Elegy Book by Seiichi HayashiApsara Engine by Bishakh SomThe Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud by Kuniko TsuritaThe Swamp by Yoshiharu TsugeThe Man Without Talent by Yoshiharu TsugeNineteen by AnccoMoms by Ma Young-sinTo Know You’re Alive by Dakota McFadzean
Sleepwalk by Adrian TomineKilling and Dying by Adrian TomineA Contract with God by Will EisnerHicksville by Dylan HorrocksRutu Modan, JamiltiCome Home, Indio by Jim TerryMaus by Art SpiegelmanFarm 54 by Galit Seliktar, Gilad SeliktarKimiko Does Cancer- A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet GenizaDancing After TEN by Vivian Chong and Georgia WebberDumb by Georgia WebberLike a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes (haven’t read this one in years!)The End of Summer by Tillie WaldenRed Rock Baby Candy by Shira SpectorAmphigorey by Edward GoreyCages by Dave MckeanThe Best of Aubrey BeardsleyRemedios Varo: The Mexican YearsLeonora Carrington surrealism alchemy and artMy Name is Arnaktauyok: the life and art of germaine arnaktauyokThe Graphic Works of Odilon RedonThe Arthur Rackham TreasuryKay Nielsen Art Book edited by David LarkinDulac edited by David LarkinThe Artful Dodger by Nick BantockLeonor Fini, edited by Constantin JelenskiSowa’s Ark by Michael SowaSky in Stereo by MardouAfter School Special by Dave KiershEverywhere Antennas by Julie DelporteWitness My Shame by Shary BoyleThe Rabbi’s Cat by Joann SfarNori by Rumi HaraThe Backstage of a Dishwashing Webshow by Keren KatzA Gift For a Ghost by Borja GonzálezShadow Life by Hiromi Goto and Ann XuBlame This on the Boogie by Rina AyuyangHouses of the Holy by Caitlin Skaalrud
Sprawling Heart by Sab MeynertSoft Float by Valentine GallardoThe Tea Dragon Society by Kay O’NeillBecoming Unbecoming by UnaBaddawi by Leila AbdelrazaqDebbie’s inferno by Anne EmondThe Song of Aglaia by Anne SimonChristina and Charles by Austin EnglishThe Hospital Suite by John PorcellinoPetty Theft by Pascal GirardEvil Dress by Emilie OstergrenThe Sandman by Neil GaimanPercy Gloom by Cathy MalkasianOjitos Borrosos
by Inés EstradaLapsos (CBA vol 25)Peculia and the Groon Grove Vampires by Richard SalaSecret Spirits by Anya DavidsonInteriorae by Gabriella GiandelliPinky & Pepper Forever by Ivy AtomsEbb Tide by Elliott G.Hot Comb by Ebony FlowersThe Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor DavisThe Airy Tales by Olga VolozovaThe Ghosts We Know by Sean KaremakerGirl Town by Carolyn NovakDear Julia by Brian BiggsSloth by Gilbert Hernández (high school favourite)Big Baby by Charles BurnsSkin Deep by Charles BurnsThis Was Our Pact by Ryan AndrewsAgnes, Murderess by Sarah LeavittIn the Sounds and Seas by Marnie GallowayAll the Sad Songs by Summer PierrePaper Pencil Life by Summer PierreExit Wounds by Rutu ModanRotten by MS HarknessMy Favourite Girl That I Never See by Courtney LobergW the Whore by Anke Feuchtenberger and Katrin de VriesDid You See Me? by Sophia Foster-DominoGhost World by Daniel ClowesGoblin Girl by Moa RomanovaThe Milk of Dreams by Leonora CarringtonGhost Water Kiss by Jessica Bromley BartramClyde Fans by SethRusty Brown by Chris WareHeaven No Hell by Michael DeforgeA Western World by Michael DeforgeFirst Year Healthy by Michael DeforgeFütchi Perf by Kevin CzapThe River at Night by Kevin HuizengaGleem by Freddy CarrascoThe Bun Thief by Amanda VähämäkiOut of Hollow Water by Archie BongiovanniA Period of Madness by Luc LeplaeIce Haven by Daniel ClowesJohn Vasquez Mejias- The Puerto Rican WarRed: A Haida Manga Book by Michael Nicoll YahgulanaasVictor Martins, Hey, I don’t mean to be condescending or anything, but we’re friends, you don’t have to be afraid of meJenn Woodall, Magical BeatdownThe Never Weres by Fiona SmythBezimena by Nina BunjevacFatherland by Nina BunjevacCreation by Sylvia NickersonKoreangry comicsDakwäkãda Warriors by Cole Pauls
Frog and Toad are Queer Zine – Nina Slykhuis LandryCastle of The Beast by Ariel CooperCosmic Being 2 by Alex GrahamFace Man by Clara BessijelleDISPLACEMENT (Wang Xulin) and NATURALLY (Saul Freedman-Lawson) (Old Growth Press 2021 titles)5 Minutes in Karachi – Misbah AhmedFrom Yesterday – Natalie Mark 麥月明What They Don’t Know – Riley J. PiñerosNew Growth by Cleopatria PetersonBefore You Go by Natalie MarkThis Will All End in Tears by Joe OllmannLitterpig 1 by Evin CollisThe Lady Who Used to Feed Her Moved Away: And More Unberarably Sad Dog Cartoons by Bruce SimonAnti-Gone by Connor WillumsenPrince of Cats by Ronald WimberlyWavering Line 4 by Wavering Line CollectiveArchitecture of An Arom by Juliacks The Complete Wimmen’s ComixCat and Bag by Vivan SchwarzChicken Rising by D. BoydDark Adaptation by Lorenz PeterFrom Lone Mountain by John PorcellinoFun Home by Alison BechdelI Never Liked You by Chester BrownKiss and Tell: a romantic resume by MariNaomiLucky by Gabrielle BellMy Lesbian Experience with loneliness by Nagata KabiOver Easy by Mimi PondPerfect Example by John PorcellinoRosalie Lightning by Tom HartSee Me by E. Jackson.Stitches by David SmallSunday in the Park with Boys by Jane MaiSunburning by Keiler RobertsSuper Late Bloomer by Julia KayeThe Arab of the Future A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 by Riad SattoufTaxi Stories from the Back Seat by Aimee de JonghThe Hookah Girl and Other True Stories by Marguerite DabaieThe Pervert by Michelle Perez and Remy BoydelThe Song of Roland by Michel RabagliatiThis Womans Work by Julie Delporte and translated by Helge Dascher and Aleshia JensenToday is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli LustTransposes by Dylan EdwardsYou & a Bike and a Road by Eleanor Davis100 Days in Uranium City by Ariane Denomme5,000 Kilometers Per Second by Manuele FiorAlien Beings by Laura KeninsAsterios Polyp by David MazzucchelliAya Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clement OubrerieChewing On Tinfoil by Joe OllmannConstantly by ggDrawing Thinking of You Dancing by Jason Kieffer and Mairi GreigFish Person by Meagan BerlinFlem by Rebecca RosenFor As Long As It Rains by ZvianeFrederick and Eloise- A Love Story by Brian BiggsGilded Lilies by Jillian TamakiMarie and Worrywart Comics About Anxiety by Jenn WoodallMeat and Bone by Kat VerhoevenMiss Dont Touch Me Volume 1 and 2 by Hubert and KerascoetOff Season by James SturmShortcomings by Adrian TomineSound of Snow Falling by Maggie UmberSt. Trinians by Ronald SearleSufficently Remarkable Memory Maki NaroIndispensible Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Lie and How We Told It by Tommi ParrishThe Pineapples of Wrath by Cathon (pure joy from mysteries like this)Two Sisters by Laura K WatsonUdon Noodle Soup by Yani HuUnspent Love by Shannon GerardYellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures by Yvan AlagbeZa Oknem Swieci Slonce by Anja WickiStrange Embrace by David HineThe Box Man by Imiri SakabashiraThrough the Woods by Emily CarrollSo Pretty Very Rotten Comics and Essays on Lolita Fashion and Cute Culture by Jane Mai and An NguyenAgony by Mark BeyerCondo Heartbreak Disco by Eric Kostiuk WilliamsHouse of Strays by Gillian BlekkenhorstPretending is Lying by Dominique GobletInkweed by Chris WrightJetlag by Etgar KeretKrazy and Ignatz Volume 1 1941-1942- Ragout of Raspberries by George HerrimanMilk Teeth by Julie MorstadThree Sisters by Ingrida PicukaneOnly Skin by Sean FordPop Gun War by Farel DalrymplePrelude to a Million Years and Song Without Words by Lynd WardShrimpy and Paul and Friends by Marc BellThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleStreak of Chalk by Miguelanxo PradoThe Arrival by Shaun TanThe Doe by Cassandra WittemanThe Extraordinary Adventures of Adéle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1- Pterror Over Paris The Eiffel Tower Demon by Jacques TardiTheth by Josh BayerUpgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan DanielsSurviving the City Volume 1 by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen WangThe Summer of Love by Debbie DrechslerKitaro by Shigeru MizukiA Wrinkle in Time- The Graphic Novel by Madeleine LEngle and Hope LarsonArchival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir and SteenzMimi and the Wolves by AlabasterWill I See by David Alexander RobertsonWitchy by Ariel Slamet RiesA Year Without Mom by Dasha TolstikovaGrandfather and the Moon by Stephanie Lapointe and RogeWee Pals Right On! by Morrie Turner (favourite as a kid)August Moon by Diana ThungNightlights by Lorena AlvarezSpiral-Bound by Aaron RenierThe Little Gardener by Emily HughesThe Only Child by GuojingBlue Angel by SokalAbelard by Renaud Dillies and Régis HautièreBubbles & Gondola by Renaud DilliesNight Bus by Zuo MaHeads Or Tails Book by Lilli CarréSchool Spirits by Anya DavidsonThe Will o’ the Wisp by JMKEMacanudo by LiniersThe Domesticated Afterlife by Scott FinchHow to Be Happy by Eleanor DavisILLMANNERED Chapter 1 by Colburn PaluckfDear Mother and Other Stories by Bhanu PratapThe Puerto Rican War by John Vasquez MejiasCherry by Ines EstradaFrancis Bacon by E.A. BetheaDifficult Loves by Molly Colleen O’ConnellThe Audra Show by Audra StangMeskin and Umezo by Austin EnglishFrankenstein Now and Forever by BaladiHEARSAY- FROM THE CITY OF TINY LIGHTS by Lea HeinrichBlooolight by Maya DurhamDO NOT DISTURB MY WAKING DREAM #5 by Laura Parkforward looking statement by jess johnsonWe All Wish for Deadly Force by Leela Cormanlimp wrist by penina gal and scout wolfcaveRabid by Muriel BelliniI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Annie MurphyDriven by Lemons by Joshua W. CotterCaptivity by Xiang YataWhat Are You Thinking About by Anatola HowardChirri & Chirra book series Kaya Doi, Yuki KanekoSports Is Hell by Ben PassmoreCry Wolf Girl by Ariel RiesGlass TownThe Imaginary World of the BrontesGhost Stories by Whit TaylorWitchlight(A Graphic Novel) by Jessi ZabarskyVision by Julia GfrorerThe Peanutbutter Sisters by Rumi HaraTime Zone J by Julie Doucet