swap_horiz New Kid Alternatives

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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is a seminal collection of comic strips created by Bill Watterson. It presents the imagin...

Classic All Ages Bill Watterson Andrews Mcmeel

9.7 Brilliant

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Maus

Maus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts the Holocaust through the poignant metapho...

Holocaust Memoir Pulitzer Spiegelman

9.5 Brilliant

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Sandman

The Sandman is a critically acclaimed graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth published by Vertigo Comics. It...

Fantasy Mythology DC Comics Neil Gaiman

9.5 Brilliant

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The Incal

The Incal is a complex science fiction graphic novel created by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius. It presents a surreal n...

Sci Fi French Jodorowsky Surreal

9.3 Excellent

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Phoenix (Hi no Tori)

Osamu Tezuka’s Phoenix (Hi no Tori) is a sprawling epic manga series beginning in 1954. It centers around a group of ind...

Epic Japan Manga Reincarnation

9.3 Excellent

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The Dark Knight Returns

Frank Miller’s *The Dark Knight Returns* reimagines Batman as a battle-worn veteran returning to Gotham City in 1986. Th...

Dystopian 1980S DC Comics Batman

9.2 Excellent

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Palomar (Heartbreak Soup)

Gilbert Hernandez’s Palomar is a graphic novel series presenting a richly detailed fictional town within Central America...

Magical Realism Literary Fantagraphics Latinx

9.2 Excellent

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Lone Wolf and Cub

Lone Wolf and Cub is a celebrated Japanese graphic novel series exploring themes of violence, family, and redemption wit...

Classic Japan Manga Samurai

9.2 Excellent

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El Deafo

El Deafo is an autobiographical graphic novel written and illustrated by Cece Bell, published in 2014. The memoir detail...

Hearing Loss Memoir Middle Grade Cece Bell

8.3 Great

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Hey Kiddo

"Hey, Kiddo" is an autobiographical graphic novel created by author and illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka, published by G...

Family Memoir Middle Grade Jarrett J Krosoczka

8.3 Great

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Smile

Smile is an autobiographical graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier, published by Scholastic's Graphix imprint. The book reco...

Memoir Scholastic Raina Telgemeier Middle Grade

8.2 Great

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Incognegro

Published in 2008 by DC's Vertigo imprint, Incognegro is a historical mystery graphic novel written by Mat Johnson and i...

Historical Noir Race DC Vertigo

8.1 Great

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When Stars Are Scattered

"When Stars Are Scattered" is a graphic novel published in 2020, co-authored by Victoria Jamieson and Omar Mohamed, with...

Refugee Middle Grade Victoria Jamieson Dial Books

8.0 Great

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Drama

Drama is a middle-grade graphic novel written and illustrated by Raina Telgemeier, published by Scholastic in 2012. Call...

Theater Lgbtq+ Scholastic Raina Telgemeier

7.7 Good

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Roller Girl

Roller Girl is a middle-grade graphic novel written and illustrated by Victoria Jamieson, published by Dial Books in 201...

Friendship Derby Middle Grade Victoria Jamieson

7.7 Good

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SuperMutant Magic Academy

SuperMutant Magic Academy is a graphic novel by Canadian cartoonist Jillian Tamaki, published by Drawn & Quarterly in 20...

School Slice Of Life Teen Drawn And Quarterly

7.7 Good

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Almost American Girl

Almost American Girl is a graphic memoir by Korean American cartoonist Robin Ha. It recounts Ha's unexpected move from S...

Japan Manga Memoir Harpercollins

7.7 Good

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Wolverine and the X-Men (Aaron)

Wolverine and the X-Men is a Marvel Comics superhero series written by Jason Aaron that debuted in 2011 following the "S...

Marvel Comedy School X Men

7.6 Good

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Guts

Guts is a 2019 autobiographical graphic novel by Raina Telgemeier, published by Scholastic. It recounts Telgemeier's chi...

Anxiety Memoir Scholastic Raina Telgemeier

7.5 Good

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Amulet

Amulet is a middle-grade fantasy graphic novel series created by Kazu Kibuishi and begun in 2008, with the books publish...

Fantasy Adventure Scholastic Middle Grade

7.5 Good