@bookstodon In 2023 there's been a huge expansion in the number of graphic novels, graphic memoirs, and graphic nonfiction published. They deserve a 2023 "Best of" list of their own. Here's mine; add yours. I always want to hear about great graphic books!
Best Graphic Books published in 2023:
THE LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ, Salva Rubio, Antonio Iturbe
YAZIDI! Aurélien Ducoudray, Mini Ludvin
SUNSHINE, Jarrett J. Krosoczka (author of HEY, KIDDO)
DICTATORSHIP: IT'S EASIER THAN YOU THINK! Sarah Kendzior, Andrea Chalupa, Kasia Babis
THE INFINITY HEART, Wendy Xu
FUNNY THINGS: A COMIC BIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES M. SCHULTZ, Luca Debus, Francesco Matteuzzi
EIGHT BILLION GENIES: DELUXE EDITION, BOOK ONE, Charles Soule, Ryan Browne
GENDER IS REALLY STRANGE, Teddy Goetz, Sophie Standing
MONICA, Daniel Clowes (author of GHOST WORLD)
COURAGE TO DREAM: TALES OF HOPE IN THE HOLOCAUST, Neal Shusterman, Andrés Vera Martínez
ARTIFICIAL: A LOVE STORY, Amy Kurzweil
WASHINGTON'S GAY GENERAL, Josh Trujillo, Levi Hastings
@lakelaur and I were just talking about some of the people close to my family this morning in the context of these novels and how people rub up against history.
Jack Fainman was a family friend (delivered me, in fact) and was shot in his Winnipeg living room by an anti-abortion sniper in 1996. His wife has been leading causes with the energy of a dynamo for the last fifty years. I'm gonna drop his book too cause why not.
(not mentioning his wife's name is not so much an act of erasure as, she's still with us, she's easy enough to find her name in those links, and she's already on enough USGov lists. She's been calling bullshit on their friendly dictators the whole time.)