the Public Library Albuquerque Bernalillo County: Graphic Novels: November 2025

"If we do not learn from history..."

Black Genius: Essays on an American Legacy
by Tre Johnson

An insightful exploration of Black ingenuity, resilience and cultural influence, weaving historical analysis, personal narratives and pop culture to challenge traditional definitions of genius and highlight the everyday brilliance that has shaped American innovation and identity. Illustrations.

The Once and Future Riot
by Joe Sacco

A graphic novel about the 2013 Muzaffargnar Riot in Uttar Pradesh, India, that expands to investigate the mechanics, dynamics, mythologies, and uses of riots writ large.

Simplicity: a novel
by Mattie Lubchansky

Lucius Pasternak, a timid academic is sent out from the walled dystopian security territory of New York City to investigate a cult in the wilds of the Catskill Mountains, and shortly after, members of the cult start disappearing it what may a sinister plot to exterminate them.

War on Gaza
by Joe Sacco

Published in installments on The Comics Journal's website, War on Gaza is a series of comics and single-panel illustrations that lay bare the naked immorality of the "war" itself and its dire and tragic consequences. Employing his trademark combination of honesty, compassion, and dark humor, Sacco's War on Gaza is an uncompromising critique of Israeli's genocide and the complicity of President Joe Biden and the United States.

Escape to another Universe

Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
by Charlie Mackesy

In a moving companion to the author's best-selling novel about friendship, kindness and resilience, four unlikely friends journey through life's wilds once more, discovering love, strength and the quiet courage it takes to weather the storm.

Lore Olympus: Volume Nine
by Rachel Smythe

"Persephone and Hades are finally reunited when the banished goddess of spring returns to the Underworld to claim her rightful place as queen. Now that Hades and Persephone have defeated and imprisoned the power-hungry Kronos once more, nothing can keep them apart, and years of being separated have only made their desire for each other grow. But the other Olympians can't help but meddle, pushing the pair to make things official with a coronation--and a wedding...To save the realms, Persephone must figure out her fertility goddess powers and embrace her role as Queen of the Underworld--even as it takes her further from her mother's expectations and her former place in the Mortal Realm"

The Marvel book / : Expand Your Knowledge of the a Vast Comics Universe by Stephen Wiacek

The Marvel book : Expand Your Knowledge of the Vast Comics Universe
by Stephen Wiacek

The Marvel Book is an exhilarating journey through the endlessly fascinating, ever-dynamic, and awe-inspiring Marvel Comics universe. Meticulously researched and expertly written, The Marvel Book is packed with vivid, carefully sourced artwork, illuminating infographics, and incisive, specially curated essays that shed new light on the myriad wonders of the Marvel Comics universe, from the microverse to the multiverse, and beyond. The Marvel Book is a revealing and invaluable roadmap to a boundless comics universe that no Marvel fan will want to miss!