Good gay graphic novels
Happy Pride Month! This year has been a big one for LGBTQIA+ releases so far – and we’re only half way through. We’ve already mutual our top lgbtq+ fiction and poetry for 2024, but we’re back to give the graphic novel fans what they need — more! More! More! So far this year we’ve seen the return of Emil Ferris’ industry-shaking My Favourite Thing Is Monsters, a new wave of great unused manga releases, and a bunch of stand-out stand-alone graphic novels from our favourite indie presses. So read on to find out what you missed and get a summit at what novel titles are in store for this pride month.
Twilight Out of Focus 4: The Evening Monologues
By Jyanome
Vertical | 9781647292362 | PB | £12.99
Come out? Inspect. Get a fresh start at an all-boys, boarding lofty school? Check. Snag a hot, third-year boyfriend?! Check! Now all Shion Yoshino has to act is take his new boo, third-year Rei Inaba, from a piece of doo-doo and mold him into the model manga boyfriend! The fourth volume in this lovely yaoi manga series provides readers with plenty of love affair, drama, and a healthy dose of will-they-wont-they.
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When I first published this post in 2014, I had room for most of my fave Diverse graphic novels and comics in one post. Now ten years later, they cannot be contained!
So, after a set of recommendations that only appear here, this post is an index of queer graphic novels recommended across my blog. It’s organized by blog post, with a link to the share where you can locate more info about the titles listed. Or just look them up on your book research site of choice.
Let’s get started, because I know you’re going to find something here to love. (Disclosure: Amazon links are affiliate links.)
My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame (Amazon / Goodreads)
Fascinating, heartstring-yanking duology about a Japanese single father, Yaichi, whose estranged male lover twin brother Ryoji moved to Canada and married a Canadian man named Mike. After Ryoji passes away, Mike comes to see Ryoji’s Japan for the first time and get to know his lost husband’s family. Yaichi has never confronted his own homophobia until Mike arrives. His daughter Kana bonds with Mike immediately, but Yaichi has a more difficult time though he works at questioning his own assumptions.
Supporting Queer Comics & Creators
In the early days of Comic Book Herald, I’d occasionally get promotional Kickstarter emails teasing a “queer sci-fi saga” (or some such), and I’ll fully admit, I did not understand what sexuality had to do with the promotion. What did the “queerness” of this function have to do with selling me on the story and artistic vision of the comic book?
I’m not a part of the community, and there’s a lot I still don’t understand, but I see now that there’s inherent value in marginalized perspectives in story, and there’s worth in supporting the voices that aim to tell them. So many of my favorite comic books are either directly or indirectly about queer people, relationships, and community, and vast amounts of my favorite comic book creators identify as gay, lesbian, trans, bi-curious or other identifiers in the LGBTQIA+ range. The simple reality is that the more queer stories and creators at the forefront of comics, the better variety of fresh, exciting works we acquire to enjoy.
It’s a perilous time to be lgbtq+ in America. We don’t get to simply solve that by supporting qu
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Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
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20 Necessary Queer Comics from the Past Five Years
MariNaomi is an Eisner Award–nominated and SPACE Award–winning cartoonist and the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases. Their graphic novelLosing the Teen was among those banned in the Katy, Tex., college district in 2022. In May, Fieldmouse Press will publish their ninth manual, the graphic memoirI Thought You Loved Me.
These books contain a variety of subjects, themes, moods, and styles, all queer books by queer authors. I’ve mixed it up in request to give an idea of how diverse queer comics can be, through my particular lens—my tastes skew toward mature personal narratives and indie artwork. It is in no way a complete list, just a taste.
1. 1001 Black Men by Ajuan Mance (Stacked Deck)
Mance’s book is a love letter to the Inky men she deems as often overlooked by traditional media. Sometimes stories or poems accompany the portraits, sometimes the images speak for themselves.
2. Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second)
This dreamlike graphic novel, set in a magic
When I first published this post in 2014, I had room for most of my fave Diverse graphic novels and comics in one post. Now ten years later, they cannot be contained!
So, after a set of recommendations that only appear here, this post is an index of queer graphic novels recommended across my blog. It’s organized by blog post, with a link to the share where you can locate more info about the titles listed. Or just look them up on your book research site of choice.
Let’s get started, because I know you’re going to find something here to love. (Disclosure: Amazon links are affiliate links.)
My Brother’s Husband by Gengoroh Tagame (Amazon / Goodreads)
Fascinating, heartstring-yanking duology about a Japanese single father, Yaichi, whose estranged male lover twin brother Ryoji moved to Canada and married a Canadian man named Mike. After Ryoji passes away, Mike comes to see Ryoji’s Japan for the first time and get to know his lost husband’s family. Yaichi has never confronted his own homophobia until Mike arrives. His daughter Kana bonds with Mike immediately, but Yaichi has a more difficult time though he works at questioning his own assumptions.
Supporting Queer Comics & Creators
In the early days of Comic Book Herald, I’d occasionally get promotional Kickstarter emails teasing a “queer sci-fi saga” (or some such), and I’ll fully admit, I did not understand what sexuality had to do with the promotion. What did the “queerness” of this function have to do with selling me on the story and artistic vision of the comic book?
I’m not a part of the community, and there’s a lot I still don’t understand, but I see now that there’s inherent value in marginalized perspectives in story, and there’s worth in supporting the voices that aim to tell them. So many of my favorite comic books are either directly or indirectly about queer people, relationships, and community, and vast amounts of my favorite comic book creators identify as gay, lesbian, trans, bi-curious or other identifiers in the LGBTQIA+ range. The simple reality is that the more queer stories and creators at the forefront of comics, the better variety of fresh, exciting works we acquire to enjoy.
It’s a perilous time to be lgbtq+ in America. We don’t get to simply solve that by supporting qu
32 items
Also available as an ebook or eaudiobook! Review out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
Also ready as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Examine out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
Also free as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Test out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or eaudiobook! Review out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our virtual library.
Also available as an ebook or downloadable graphic novel! Check out our v
20 Necessary Queer Comics from the Past Five Years
MariNaomi is an Eisner Award–nominated and SPACE Award–winning cartoonist and the founder and administrator of the Cartoonists of Color, Queer Cartoonists, and Disabled Cartoonists databases. Their graphic novelLosing the Teen was among those banned in the Katy, Tex., college district in 2022. In May, Fieldmouse Press will publish their ninth manual, the graphic memoirI Thought You Loved Me.
These books contain a variety of subjects, themes, moods, and styles, all queer books by queer authors. I’ve mixed it up in request to give an idea of how diverse queer comics can be, through my particular lens—my tastes skew toward mature personal narratives and indie artwork. It is in no way a complete list, just a taste.
1. 1001 Black Men by Ajuan Mance (Stacked Deck)
Mance’s book is a love letter to the Inky men she deems as often overlooked by traditional media. Sometimes stories or poems accompany the portraits, sometimes the images speak for themselves.
2. Are You Listening? by Tillie Walden (First Second)
This dreamlike graphic novel, set in a magic