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New Graphic Novels September 2026 |
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Orlando: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
by Virginia Woolf
The graphic novel adaptation of Virginia Woolf's feminist classic, which tells the story of a passionate young nobleman traveling through time in the body of a woman. Virginia Woolf's Orlando has long stood as a dazzling landmark in feminist and queer literature. In this vivid adaptation by Susanne Kuhlendahl, Woolf's fantastical biography comes to life anew: the tale of a passionate young nobleman who defies time and convention. Orlando begins his journey in the Elizabethan court and lives for over three centuries--transitioning along the way from a man into a woman, and from a restless youth into a self-assured figure of modernity. As eras shift and empires rise and fall, Orlando remains, navigating identity, desire, and the elusive nature of love.
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Good as Dead
by David Lapham
Eisner Award-winning Stray Bullets team of David and Maria Lapham present the haunting story of a small town rocked by tragedy...and the residents who will do anything to protect the dark secrets behind it. The Emissary Bridge has always connected the citizens of Port Lindon to hope and opportunity. But when one man shockingly sets himself on fire, the bridge now brings something else to the town: CERTAIN DEATH. Now, Sheriff David Calhoun must dig up the town's--and his family's--most rotten secrets, before he runs out of time...
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That's Not Love 1
by Peko Watanabe
Two female friends from middle school reunite as adults in this hard-hitting and personal drama manga. What begins as idle reminiscing leads to painful revelations as they heal the reopened wounds of their past in this highly-anticipated first print release from the creator of 1122: For a Happy Marriage. Drawing on real events and the Japanese #MeToo movement and Watanabe's own reflections on friendship and womanhood, That's Not Love won a place on the industry insider poll Kono Manga ga Sugoi! as one of the best manga of the year. Forty-year-old Akane attends the opening of a new art exhibit by her former cram school teacher, Mr. Imai, who has now become a sculptor. Akane notices that Mr. Imai's new sculpture bears a striking resemblance to her middle school best friend, Yukari, who she remembers suddenly transferred out of the school. It even has a distinct scar that Yukari shared with Akane privately. Wondering what this could mean, Akane reaches out to her old friend, and learns that there was something else going on when they were children that she only partly understood. Was Yukari just a muse? Or something with more upsetting implications? I began thinking about situations where violence might not be recognized as violence, where it might be permitted for the sake of art or because of someone's talent, and about the hierarchies that exist between people in small, tightly-bound businesses.
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Exquisite Corpses Volume 3
by James Tynion IV
The first season of the comics event like no other concludes in this third volume As the sun begins to rise on the unlucky town chosen as this year's arena, the last remaining killers gather to determine the winner. But the civilians of Oak Valley have been pushed to their limits, and with nothing left to lose, they're not going to let the powers-that-be play the game by their rules any longer... James Tynion IV (The Department of Truth) and Michael Walsh (The Silver Coin) are joined by Tyler Boss (You'll Do Bad Things), Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), Che Grayson (Dark Spaces: Good Deeds), Valentine De Landro (Bitch Planet), Marianna Ignazzi (Catwoman), and Gavin Fullerton (The Closet) as they conclude the blood-soaked first season of the groundbreaking horror epic Collects issues #9-13.
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Like Swimmers
by Dash Shaw
A murder mystery set in pandemic-era Virginia, where a young web designer attempts to uncover who shot and killed her brother--and why the murderer decided to use a silver bullet, from the author of Blurry and Discipline. Like Swimmers opens during the Covid summer of 2020, when Richmond-based web designer Mackenzie wakes up to find her younger brother Howie dead in their apartment. An autopsy reveals a startling cause: Howie was killed by a silver bullet. With no help from a police force overwhelmed by protest and plague, Mackenzie turns sleuth and goes on the hunt for an answer to what she believes is a simple question: who murdered Howie? But what seems straightforward to her isn't to anyone else. Howie's deadbeat friends aren't even sure Howie was murdered: what if he just killed himself? Undeterred, Mackenzie suspects the cryptic Isa, who Howie was running errands for before his death. Was she Howie's lover? Or just the focus of Howie's unrelenting obsession? Mackenzie will follow all the threads--from Howie's time as a courier during the worst of Covid to the sleazy machinations of Isa's professor husband--all the way to a startling and brutal conclusion. Dash Shaw, fresh off the acclaimed Blurry, delivers a fast-paced mystery in lush painted color that delves into loss, calamity, and whether we ever really know the people we love.
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The Book of Genocides
by Dana Mashoian Walrath
The Book of Genocides is a haunting, captivating interactive graphic narrative delving into five centuries of extermination and atrocity. More than a lament, this unique work from award-winning writer and artist Dana Mashoian Walrath dramatizes the mechanisms of dehumanization enabling genocides past and present, insisting that we not look away.
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In the Time of the Butterflies: The Graphic Novel
by Julia Alvarez
The very first graphic edition of the internationally bestselling modern-day classic about three brave sisters fighting against dictatorship, illustrated by award-winning artist Krystal Quiles. Set during the waning days of Trujillo's rule in the Dominican Republic, In the Time of the Butterflies was inspired by the true story of the three Mirabal sisters, known as Las Mariposas, or the Butterflies, who were murdered on November 25, 1960, for their part in an underground plot to overthrow the government. First published in 1994, the historical novel went on to receive wide acclaim, being nominated for the 1994 National Book Critical Circle Award, adapted into a feature film in 2001 starring Salma Hayek, and selected for the National Endowment for the Arts' reading program, The Big Read. Today, In the Time of the Butterflies has sold over a million copies in all formats and is known as a modern classic. This magnificently illustrated edition of the 1994 novel reintroduces readers to the Mirabal sisters and renders these historical figures as they've never been seen before. A longtime reader of Alvarez, illustrator Krystal Quiles has honored the literary icon's portrayal of the sisters' teenage years, their resistance against Trujillo's rule, and their terror as their involvement in the revolution is revealed. This is a stunning rendition of a beloved classic, sure to captivate a new generation of readers.
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