15 must-read graphic novels comics books like Mr. Colostomy by Matthew Thurber

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Mr. Colostomy

By: Matthew Thurber

3.23

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Are we not all criminals―eating our take-out, foraging for mushrooms, lapping at puddles? What hap…

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Cover of Swallow Me Whole by Nate Powell

1. Swallow Me Whole

By: Nate Powell

3.63

Format: 216 pages, Hardcover

Swallow Me Whole is an award-winning love story carried by rolling fog, terminal illness, hallucina… read more

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2. Megahex

By: Simon Hanselmann

3.80

Format: 184 pages, Hardcover

Megg is a depressed, drug-addicted witch. Mogg is her black cat. Their friend, Owl, is an anthropom… read more

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3. Ghost World

By: Daniel Clowes

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ghost Worldhas become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire… read more

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4. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

By: Emil Ferris

4.56

Format: 200 pages, Paperback

Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late '60s Chicago, My Favorite Thing Is Monstersis… read more

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5. The Savage Detectives

By: Roberto Bolaño , Natasha Wimmer

4.48

Format: 334 pages,

New Year's Eve, 1975: Arturo Belano and Ulises Lima, founders of the visceral realist movement in p… read more

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6. The Moomins and the Great Flood (The Moomins, #1)

By: Tove Jansson , David McDuff

3.77

Format: 230 pages, Hardcover

The Moomins and the Great Flood is the first book about the Moomins, originally published in 1945. … read more

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7. The Customer Is Always Wrong

By: Mimi Pond

4.04

Format: 538 pages, Hardcover

A young woman's art career begins to lift off as those around her succumb to addiction and alcoholi… read more

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8. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

By: Zoe Thorogood

4.21

Format: 196 pages, Paperback

Cartoonist Zoe Thorogood records 6 months of her own life as it falls apart in a desperate attempt … read more

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"And maybe that 'something' is a piece of my stupid little soul trapped in a book with very divisive reviews on Goodreads!"

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

"You're going to spend infinitely more time being dead than alive, so it's probably best to make peace with it while you can."

-Zoe Thorogood, It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth

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9. Worry

By: Alexandra Tanner

3.36

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

Frances Ha meets No One Is Talking About This in a debut that follows two twenty-something siblings… read more

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  • humor
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10. Acting Class

By: Nick Drnaso

4.19

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

A brilliant and suspenseful follow-up to the Booker-nominated graphic novel Sabrina."Every single p… read more

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11. A Guest in the House

By: Emily Carroll

4.06

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In this graphic novel by Emily Carroll, a young woman marries a kind dentist only to discover a dar… read more

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"I don’t sleep for days after seeing her. And when I finally do, my dreams are tangled, dripping things."

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"I used to dream of dragons. I would find them, panting, pacing. Sung inside damp caverns. When I lived through them they would release their riches in a stinking swell of gore and glittering jewels…a…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"At night, every noise could be her. I know she’s here now, right now, even though she won’t show herself to me. (I tried to find her the other night, down by the front door like before, but nothing c…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

"David tells me the first week they lived here, Crystal had nightmares about the attic, about things dripping down from it at night. She would stop crying until he put a lock on it. There’d been anima…"

-Emily Carroll, A Guest in the House

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12. Sabrina

By: Nick Drnaso

3.83

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Rate your overall mood from 1 to 5, 1 being poor. R… read more

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"There you are."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"Just remember that crisis leads to opportunity."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"What if an American citizen needs to disappear, for reasons that might never be revealed to you, and you are involved, even peripherally, in the plot? Are you willing to participate in a crime like t…"

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

Cover of Écoute, jolie Márcia by Marcello Quintanilha

13. Écoute, jolie Márcia

By: Marcello Quintanilha

4.07

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Márcia est infirmière dans un hôpital à proximité de Rio et vit dans une favela avec son petit ami … read more

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14. The Manningtree Witches

By: A.K. Blakemore

3.65

Format: 320 pages, Hardcover

Wolf Hall meets The Favourite in this beguiling debut novel that brilliantly brings to life the res… read more

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-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"I wish freely to embrace the deliciousness of sin.To sin with abandon is, after all, the only prerogative of the damned."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"I wish freely to embrace the deliciousness of sin. To sin with abandon is, after all, the only prerogative of the damned."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

"My imps need no doors, sir. They go where I tell them. Through any crack, be it as narrow as a nun's or wide as your wife's."

-A.K. Blakemore, The Manningtree Witches

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15. Men I Trust

By: Tommi Parrish

3.75

Format: 208 pages, Hardcover

Eliza is a thirtysomething struggling single mother and poet. Sasha, a twentysomething yearning for… read more

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16. Rave

By: Jessica Campbell

3.65

Format: 168 pages, Hardcover

A queer coming-of-age story, complete with secret cigarettes, gross gym teachers, and a lot of chur… read more

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Cover of Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection by Yao Xiao

17. Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection

By: Yao Xiao

3.71

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid perfectly captures the feelings of a young sojourner in… read more

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18. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

By: Emil Ferris

4.25

Format: 304 pages, Hardcover

The most anticipated graphic novel of 2024, concluding the story of young Karen Reyes, the most ins… read more

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"Courage isn't about not being scared... It's about carrying your fear into battle."

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"No, I do not want any kind of censorship. Anka always said, "The minute they tell you that you should not see something, that is the minute you should make it your business to see or read it or whate…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

"All my life I have seen pictures that show women as being what you call 'sexy' when they are being hurt. That sends send me a message and I think that the message is, women are at their best when the…"

-Emil Ferris, My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 2 (My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, #2)

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19. Artist

By: Yeong-shin Ma

3.74

Format: 636 pages, Paperback

The satirical saga of three artists seeking recognition. But there can be only one Artist.A novelis… read more

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Cover of Fungirl: You Are Revolting by Elizabeth Pich

20. Fungirl: You Are Revolting

By: Elizabeth Pich

3.79

Format: 32 pages, Paperback

Fungirl is back in this sensational, sopping wet one-shot! With Becky away at college, Fungirl a… read more

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21. Mr. Colostomy

By: Matthew Thurber

3.23

Format: 224 pages, Paperback

Are we not all criminals―eating our take-out, foraging for mushrooms, lapping at puddles? What hap… read more

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16 best-selling graphic novels books like Mr. Colostomy by Matthew Thurber

Transform Your Habits

Swallow Me Whole

Nate Powell

3.63

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Megahex

Simon Hanselmann

3.80

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Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

3.82

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My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

Emil Ferris

4.56

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Keeping Two

Jordan Crane

3.61

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Acting Class

Nick Drnaso

4.19

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Roaming

Jillian Tamaki

3.77

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Girl Juice

Benji Nate

3.95

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