Graphic Novels/Manga
September-October 2025
The latest graphic novels and manga titles for teens and adults that are forthcoming or new to the library’s collection.
 
Cover of Butterfly by Arash Amel
Butterfly
by Arash Amel

Butterfly is one of Project Delta's deep cover agents: no birth certificate, no social security number, an identity malleable to what is necessary for the mission. When she is set up for a murder she did not commit, she is unknowingly led to her father's doorstep, a man she thought died twenty years ago. Codenamed Nightingale, her father was once a member of the very same Project Delta, a spy in the violent aftermath of the Cold War who believes the Project is behind her set-up. Butterfly must decide whether to seek answers with the Project, or believe the man who betrayed her years ago.

Teen Graphic Novel
Cover of This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki
This Place Kills Me
by Mariko Tamaki

Transfer student Abby Kita was one of the last people to see Elizabeth alive, and when local authorities deem the it-girl's death a suicide, Abby's not convinced. She's sure there's more to Wilburton and the WTS than meets the eye. As she gets tangled in prep school intrigues, Abby quickly realizes that Elizabeth was keeping secrets. Was one of those secrets worth killing for?

Teen Graphic Novel
Cover of Soul Machine by Jordana Globerman
Soul Machine
by Jordana Globerman

Chloe and her older sister make souls by hand in an empty old house in the countryside. When their supply of breth--the raw material needed to make souls--runs dry, the evil McCorp tries to force them to franchise and make synthetic souls instead. Chloesets out to the big city in hopes of finding a new source...On a journey to find a real breth crop, untouched by MCorp's greedy hands, Chloe uncovers long-buried family secrets--and starts to question whom to trust and what reality even is.

Teen Graphic Novel
Cover of Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent 1 by Naruki
Glasses With a Chance of Delinquent 1
by Naruki

Momose has always longed for a peaceful high school life. She wants nothing to do with hoodlums, delinquents, or troublemakers. When she meets Ichikura, an inconspicuous black-haired boy with glasses, he looks like a normal, nice guy. But it turns out that back in junior high he was a nefarious delinquent! He keeps assuring her that he's changed his ways, but he's still pretty quick to pick fights! Has Ichikura really turned over a new leaf? And will Momose keep quiet about his rowdy past?

Teen Manga
Cover of The 13th Footprint 1 by Kei Sanbe
The 13th Footprint 1
by Kei Sanbe

After Touya and Haru's son, Ao, was released from the hospital, the Togawa family was ready for a fresh start in their picturesque new home. But the life Touya envisioned for his family is turned upside down when mysterious postcards begin to appear. No sender, no return address--just a note describing an event that will happen in the future!

Teen Manga
Cover of Tripping over You 1 by Suzana Harcum
Tripping Over You 1
by Suzana Harcum

The infamous theater kid Milo and wallflower Liam are unlikely friends connected by a mutual feeling of being misfits in their boarding school, and as their friendship and bond develops, unspoken romantic feelings start to bubble up and complicate everything. Simultaneous. 50,000 first printing.

Teen Manga
Cover of Astro Royale 1 by Ken Wakui
Astro Royale 1
by Ken Wakui

The chaos of the disaster splits the city into rival factions. Now Hibaru must use his newly granted Astro powers to protect his community from enemies--except some of those enemies are his own siblings, and they have their own plans to take over the Yotsurugi family!

Teen Manga
Cover of H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space by Gou Tanabe
H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Cut of Space
by Gou Tanabe

Gou Tanabe's manga adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft's The Colour Out of Space, drawn in traditional Japanese comics style. In 1927, a surveyor in the backwoods hills beyond Arkham talks with a man he was warned not to believe-old Ammi Pierce. Ammi alone now remembers the full story behind the horrible events of decades ago...when a strange meteorite fell from space and warped and twisted the land with its unearthly radiance.

Adult Manga
Cover of Last Samurai Standing 1 by Shogo Imamura
Last Samurai Standing 1
by Shogo Imamura

The year 1878--the 11th year of the Meiji era in Japan, and more than a decade since the samurai were stripped of their privileges and swords outlawed on public streets. A mysterious flyer appears in all corners of the land, luring those skilled in martial arts to Kyoto with the promise of riches beyond common imagination. As warriors deprived of purpose flock to the appointed place at the appointed time, what awaits them is no ordinary task, but an all-out war--against each other!

Adult Manga
Cover of Kaya-chan Isn't Scary 1 by Yuritaro
Kaya-chan Isn't Scary 1
by Yuritaro

Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret--till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan's hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she's only trying to help?

Adult Manga
Cover of Absolute Wonder Woman 1: The Last Amazon by Kelly Thompson
Absolute Wonder Woman 1: The Last Amazon
by Kelly Thompson

In a different, darker world, Diana of Themyscira was not raised in paradise, but instead was exiled to the underworld as a baby and raised by an enemy. Darkness and exile did not destroy her; instead, they made her all the stronger-honed into an even greater weapon by tragedy, danger, and magic. Long denied her Amazonian heritage, Diana has finally reached the time for her to rejoin the surface world. Armed with new weapons forged in Hell, and a mission that looks a bit more like justice than peace, Diana will not be stopped on her quest to save the world and discover her place in it, even if that means carving it herself!

Adult Graphic Novel
Cover of Zatanna: Bring Down the House by Mariko Tamaki
Zatanna: Bring Down the House
by Mariko Tamaki

After a deadly mistake left her terrified of her own abilities, Zatanna found a home for herself in Las Vegas performing a free show full of sleight-of-hand and cheap card tricks at the crappiest casino on the strip. It's not exactly glamourous-or heroic-but it sure beats the risk of dabbling in real magic! That is, until a mysterious stranger plunges Zatanna's world into chaos, dredging up old wounds and cracking open an inter-dimensional rift in the process! Now, Zatanna will have to face her fears and embrace her powers whether she wants to or not! But will the magic words do the trick, or will it all collapse around her like a house of cards?

Adult Graphic Novel
Cover of Time Waits by Chip Zdarsky
Time Waits
by Chip Zdarsky

Meet Blue, a man trapped in the past, which is our present. Sent back in time for a mission he could not bring himself to complete, the former soldier Blue builds a life with Grace, the Sheriff of a small rural town. The pair build a foundation of happiness on a history of bloodshed, as far away from the trigger-happy corporate overlords that used Blue as a human gun. After ten years together, Blue and Grace are on the cusp of taking the next step in their relationship: adoption. Before Grace can fully convince Blue to expand their family, the future comes calling. The overlords want their first deserter and to complete the mission Blue could not. They have one simple rule: kill anyone who stands in their way.

Adult Graphic Novel
Cover of To Broadway by Maurane Mazars
To Broadway
by Maurane Mazars

Germany, April 1957. Uli is a modern dance student at the prestigious Folkwang University of the Arts who will do anything to pursue his dream of becoming a famous Broadway dancer. But Uli's dream and his energetic, outgoing personality hardly fit the melancholy culture of postwar Europe.

Adult Graphic Novel
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