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Graphic Novels August 2025 |
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30 Seconds from Gaza : Diary of Genocide
by Mohammad Sabaaneh
Mohammad Sabaaneh is an acclaimed Palestinian political cartoonist who has gained worldwide attention for his insightful and provocative linocut artwork, which sheds light on the reality of Palestinian life under occupation. His striking black-white-and-gray cartoons bring attention to the horrors of the Israeli assaults and atrocities in Gaza and open people’s eyes to the suffering Palestinians endure under Israel’s brutal settler colonialism and its system of apartheid.
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El fuego
by David Rubâin
From visionary storyteller David Rubâin (Cosmic Detective, The Hero), El Fuego is a psychological, philosophical, and geographical odyssey through the last remaining days of planet Earth. It is the story of one particular inhabitant, who must decide howmuch more of himself to give to the greater good before truly finding peace within. 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 whichwould ensure the survival of humanity, is diagnosed with a terminal illness. Thrust into an existential crisis, Alexander begins to question the validity of his successes, having colluded with the world's elite to spare only the wealthiest members of society, and grapples with what it means to be a decent person in a decaying world. His spiritual and moral journey will take him from the Moon to Madrid, by way of New York, Helsinki, Amsterdam, and Rome, where he will have to confront his past choices withthose who were his greatest influences, in hopes of finding his way . . . before the end comes.
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Gilt frame
by Margie Kraft Kindt
Sam, who is in his early twenties, is an orphan, taken in when he was younger by his well-off Aunt Merry who has an eccentric taste for antiques and travel. Together, Sam and Merry have solved some of the most notorious murders in the world. And true toform, their Parisian vacation is cut short when they stumble upon a murder scene so bizarre that only a raging psychopath could have produced it. But to solve the crime, they have to wrestle with jewel thieves, art forgers, gun-runners, a lost puppy, anda master French detective who may just solve the crime before they do.
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Helen of Wyndhorn
by Tom King
Following the tragic death of her late father C.K. Cole, the esteemed pulp writer and creator of the popular warrior character Othan; Helen Cole is called back to her Grandfather's enormous and illustrious estate: Wyndhorn House. Scarred by Cole's untimely passing and lost in a new, strange world, Helen wreaks drunken havoc upon her arrival; however, her chaotic ways begin to soften as she discovers a lifetime of secrets hiding within the myriad rooms and hallways of the expansive manor. For outside itswalls, within the woods, dwell the legendary adventures that once were locked away within her father's stories.
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Minor Arcana 1 : The Fool
by Jeff Lemire
New York Times bestselling and award-winning cartoonist Jeff Lemire brings his first solo longform project since Sweet Tooth to BOOM! Studios, bringing with him an iconic protagonist rooted in the Tarot!
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Kayla E.'s Precious rubbish.
by Kayla E.
A landmark graphic novel debut and groundbreaking work of trauma recollection told in the style of post-war children's comics.
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