Over the weekend, I started getting into #graphicnovels and #comics and got a few of the top suggestions from Reddit and Co. (IN., Limbo, Saga, Daytripper, The Boys).
Do you have any other suggestions that are not your typical Marvel & DC superhero stuff?
I am thinking about pitching a book group, like 4-5 titles, at a group of over-60s I know. “Graphic Novels You Should Have Read.”
And I realized that I’m weak on the topic now, since I don’t go to comic book stores anymore & I didn’t keep up in the general interest bookstore where I worked.
So tell me what you think the best graphic novels up to this very minute are, please and thankudrivethru.
Le Monde Sans Fin: the Institut Francais D'Ecosse on the Royal Mile, #Edinburgh , has a free exhibition (until May 10th) around the bestselling graphic novel collaboration between environmental scientist Jean-Marc Janovici and Angouleme winning creator Christophe Blain. I have a short review up on Down the Tubes https://downthetubes.net/in-review-le-monde-sans-fin-exhibition-edinburgh/
In 2012 I self-published a 30-page #comic, DELILAH DIRK AND THE SEEDS OF GOOD FORTUNE.
11 years later, in 2023, despite the default pay-what-you-want price being $0.00 and only being available in (DRM-free) PDF format from one obscure store, it made up 5% of my #book "royalties."
It's not the complete picture, but take from that what you will.
Marni Stanley, a former #arts and #humanities dean, has collected rare and unusual comic books for decades and has published extensive research on the subject.