Trending Graphic Novels

This is the article for trending Graphic novels. (NOT comic books)

(updated monthly)

Top 5
Nimona

By Noelle Stevenson

Nimona is a fantasy comic by the American comics writer and artist Noelle Stevenson. Stevenson started Nimona while a student at Maryland Institute College of Art. The comic began publication in June 2012 and doubled as Stevenson's senior thesis. Nimona was published as a graphic novel by HarperCollins in 2015. The comic has won an Eisner Award, a Cybils Award, and a Cartoonist Studio Prize. It was adapted into an audiobook in 2016.

1yardofoutingflannel rating: 9/10

(Almost a 10 the artwork just needs a tiny tweak)

#2
Finger Guns

by Justin Richards

"Two troubled teenagers discover they can manipulate emotions by firing Finger Guns. There will be laughs. There will be tears. There will be uncomfortable teen feelings and angst. Oh yeah... and chaos. So much chaos."

1yardofoutingflannel rating: 9/10

(The angst is a little poorly potrayed)

#3
The Daughters of Ys

By M.T. Anderson

Ys, city of wealth and wonder, has a history of dark secrets. Queen Malgven used magic to raise the great walls that keep Ys safe from the tumultuous sea. But after the queen's inexplicable death, her daughters drift apart. Rozenn, the heir to the throne, spends her time on the moors communing with wild animals, while Dahut, the youngest, enjoys the splendors of royal life and is eager to take part in palace intrigue.

When Rozenn and Dahut's bond is irrevocably changed, the fate of Ys is sealed, exposing the monsters that lurk in plain view. M. T. Anderson and Jo Rioux reimagine this classic Breton folktale of love, loss, and rebirth, revealing the secrets that lie beneath the surface.

1yardofoutingflannel rating: 7/10

(to cliche)

#4
Two Dead

by Van Jensen and Nate Powell

After World War II, tensions rise in a Southern city ruled by organized crime, touching countless residents as they struggle to make sense of the new world. A sudden act of violence sets off a series of bloody events between the police and mafia as they lash out against one another. As the violence worsens, desperation grows to stop it, by any means necessary.

Told in multiple perspectives—from a seemingly untouchable mafia don, to a gun-happy seasoned detective succumbing to the depths of his schizophrenia, to a newly minted police lieutenant haunted by his recent service in the war, and two African-American brothers, one mired in corruption and the other leading a local militia in an effort to see that justice is served—Two Dead is at once a white-knuckled and unputdownable thriller, a roman à clef inspired by true events, and a book about post-traumatic stress disorder and the underlying social traumas of how war and segregation affect their survivors on all fronts.

1yardofoutingflannel rating: 8/10

(A little disappointing speaking it came from Nate Powell)

#5
Titan

by François Vigneault

When MNGR João da Silva is sent to Homestead Station on the moon of Titan he finds himself caught in the simmering tensions between the genetically-engineered Titan workers and the Terran management. Will the union representative Mackintosh be an ally, an enemy, or something else? Armed with only his intellect and the aid of his powerful "i" device, João must must work against the clock to discover what is going on, before it tears apart the station and ignites a conflict that could change the face of the solar system.

1yardofoutingflannel rating: 10/10

(The artwork is stunning and so is the plot especially because of the fantasy craze this past year)