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This and That: Women in Comics! March 2022 |
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Are You My Mother? : a Comic Drama
by Alison Bechdel
A graphic novel follow-up to Fun Home depicts the author's mother as a voracious reader, music lover and passionate amateur actress who quietly suffers as the wife of a closeted gay artist and withdraws from
her young daughter.
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Can't We Talk about Something More
Pleasant?
by Roz Chast
Celebrates the final years of the author's aging parents' lives through cartoons, family photos, and documents that reflect the author's struggles with caregiver challenges
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Bitch Planet : President Bitch
by Kelly Sue DeConnick
A follow-up to Extraordinary Machine returns fans to the grim corridors
of Auxiliary Compliance Outpost #2 to reveal the historical origins of
the galaxy's most dire penal planet, in an anthology that collects Issues 6-10.
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My Favorite Thing is Monsters. Book One
by Emil Ferris
Filled with B-horror movie and pulp monster iconography, the diary of ten-year-old Karen Reyes records her investigation into the murder of
her upstairs neighbor Anka Silverberg, a Holocaust survivor
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The Story of My Tits
by Jennifer Hayden
Heartbreaking and riveting, Jennifer Hayden's caustic, sarcastic wit streams through her quirky drawings, unfolding a cancer survivor's tale and so much more.
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Not Funny Ha-Ha
by Leah Hayes
Demystifies the process of abortion by following the story of two women who have decided to have abortions, from their initial decision, choosing a clinic and method (surgical and medical), reaching out to loved ones, and the procedure itself
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The Nameless City
by Faith Erin Hicks
Every time it is invaded the City gets a new name, but to the natives it is the Nameless City, and they survive by not letting themselves get involved--but now the fate of the City rests in the hands of Rat, a native, and Kaidu, one of the Dao, the latest occupiers, and the two must somehow work together if the City is to survive
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Kid Gloves : Nine Months of Careful Chaos
by Lucy Knisley
The author describes her difficulty conceiving, multiple miscarriages,
and the complications of her eventual pregnancy, which resulted in a near-death experience while giving birth, and discusses the history of obstetrics
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Spell on Wheels : Just to Get to You
by Kate Leth
"The witches Andy, Claire, and Jolene find themselves back on the road traveling across the American Southwest when a mysterious dark force possesses Claire. Spells and confessions fly as the group confronts phantoms, cryptids, and personal drama. As they make their way along the I-10 toward the elusive presence possessing Claire, they discover you can't go home again, not really, and they're running out of time"
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Monstress. Book one
by Marjorie M Liu
A survivor of a cataclysmic war between humans and the Arcanics, teenager Maika Halfwolf seeks answers about her mysterious past and becomes linked to a powerful eldritch monster, as they try to evade dangerous humans and otherworldly forces
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Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contraditions between public and private life
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This One Summer
by Mariko Tamaki
The team behind Skim presents the sumptuous graphic tale of a young teen whose latest summer at a beach lake house is overshadowed by her parents' constant arguments, her younger friend's secret sorrows
and the dangerous activities of older teens.
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Spinning
by Tillie Walden
A graphic memoir recounts the years Walden spent competitively figure skating, before her developing love of art and first girlfriend causes her to question the insular world of figure skating
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The Prince and the Dressmaker
by Jen Wang
The best-selling cartoonist of In Real Life presents a graphically illustrated fairy tale set in Paris at the dawn of the modern age, where
a cross-dressing prince hides his identity as a popular fashion icon
and falls for a brilliant dressmaker who knows his secret at the same
time his royal parents begin searching for a traditional bride for him to marry.
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