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Enthusiasms for the best in graphic literature.
Q&As with their makers.
And you can now read my debut graphic novel on Substack.
SHOULD WE BUY A GUN?
A graphic novel about a couple, their country, and the gun debate written by a politically left author and illustrated by a politically right artist aimed to help heal our polarized divide.
Enthusiasms Year 1
The first 52 included:
ALL YOUR RACIAL PROBLEMS WILL SOON END written and drawn by Charles Johnson, published by New York Review Comics
RADIUM GIRLS written and drawn by Cy, published by Glénat Editions & Iron Circus Comics
SMAHTGUY: The Life and Times of Barney Frank written and drawn by Eric Orner, published by Metropolitan, Henry Holt, and Macmillan
DUCKS: Two Years in the Oil Sands written and drawn by Kate Beaton, published by Drawn and Quarterly
IT'S LIFE AS I SEE IT: Black Cartoonists in Chicago, 1940 - 1980 compiled and edited by Dan Nadel, published by New York Review Comics & Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
EMBROIDERIES written and drawn by Marjane Satrapi, published by Pantheon Books, Penguin Random House, and L'Association
NUMB TO THIS: Memoir of a Mass Shooting written and drawn by Kindra Neely, published by Little, Brown and Hachette
LIFE ON EARTH Series written and drawn by MariNaomi, published by Graphic Universe and Lerner Publishing Group
IMPOSSIBLE PEOPLE: A Completely Average Recovery Story written and drawn by Julia Wertz, published by Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers and Hachette Book Group
THE INCAL and MADWOMAN OF THE SACRED HEART written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and drawn by Mœbius, published by Humanoids
THE BOY WHO LOVED BATMAN written by Michael E. Uslan, published by Chronicle Books
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES written and drawn and originally self-published by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, then published by IDW and Nickelodeon
THE SCULPTOR written and drawn by Scott McCloud, published by First Second and Macmillan
NIMONA written, drawn, and originally self-published by ND Stevenson, then published by Quill Tree Books and HarperCollins
THE PRINCE AND THE DRESSMAKER written and drawn by Jen Wang, published by First Second and Macmillan
PASSOVER HAGGADAH GRAPHIC NOVEL written by Jordan Gorfinkel and drawn by Erez Zadok, published by Koren
THE TALK written and drawn by Darrin Bell, published by Henry Holt and Macmillan
ONE! HUNDRED! DEMONS! written and drawn by Lynda Barry, published by Drawn and Quarterly
FEEDING GHOSTS written and drawn by Tessa Hulls, published by MCD and Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Now with a Q&A with Author Tessa Hulls)
ANNE FRANK: The Anne Frank House Authorized Graphic Biography written by Sid Jacobson, drawn by Ernie Colón, published by Hill and Wang + ANNE FRANK'S DIARY: The Graphic Adaptation written by Ari Folman, drawn by David Polonsky, and published by Pantheon
PALESTINE written and drawn by Joe Sacco, published by Fantagraphics
A CONTRACT WITH GOD written and drawn by Will Eisner, originally published by Baronet Books, now published by W.W. Norton & Company
LOGICOMIX written by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou, drawn by Alecos Papadatos and Annie Di Donna, published by Bloomsbury
CARTOONSHOW written and drawn by Derek M. Ballard, published by Oni Press
CANCER VIXEN written and drawn by Marisa Acocella Marchetto, published by Pantheon, Knopf, and Random House
NIX written by Susan Beneville, drawn by Brian Hess, published by Red5 Comics, Distributed by Simon & Schuster (plus a Q+A with Susan Beneville!)
ASTERIOS POLYP written and drawn by David Mazzucchelli, published by Pantheon
MARBLES: Michelangelo, Mania, Depression and Me written and drawn by Ellen Forney, published by Gotham and Avery
INCOGNEGRO written by Mat Johnson, drawn by Warren Pleece, published by Vertigo
INVINCIBLE: Vol. 1 written by Robert Kirkman, drawn by Cory Walker, published by Image and Skybound
THE IMPOSTOR'S DAUGHTER written and drawn by Laurie Sandell, published by Little, Brown
BLOOD OF THE VIRGIN written and drawn by Sammy Harkham, published by Pantheon
SUPERMAN from ACTION COMICS No. 1 written by Jerry Siegel, drawn by Joe Shuster, published by Detective Comics, later National Comics Publications & National Periodical Publications, now DC Comics
THERE IS NO RIGHT WAY TO MEDITATE written and drawn by Yumi Sakugawa, published by Abrams Media then Andrews McMeel and Simon & Schuster
FUN HOME written and drawn by Alison Bechdel, published by Houghton Mifflin then Mariner Books
CALVIN AND HOBBES written and drawn by Bill Watterson, published by Andrews McMeel
THE COMPLETELY UNFABULOUS SOCIAL LIFE OF ETHAN GREEN written and drawn by Eric Orner, published by Northwest Press + THE DIRTY LITTLE SECRET ORIGIN OF COMIC BOOKS written and drawn by Shannon Wheeler, published by The New Yorker
DOÑA QUIXOTE written by Rey Terciero (Rex Ogle) and drawn by Monica M. Magaña, published by Henry Holt and Macmillan (plus a Q&A with the Author Rex Ogle!)
THE PRINCE OF TENNIS: Volume 1 written and drawn by Takeshi Konomi, originally published in Japanese by Shueisha, then licensed for English by VIZ Media
HOGBOOK AND LAZER EYES by Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy, published by Fantagraphics
UNFILTERED: A Cancer Year Diary written and drawn by Amaris Feland Ketcham, published by Casa Urraca Press (plus a Q&A with the Author Amaris Ketcham!)
STAMPED: From The Beginning written by Ibram X. Kendi, adapted and illustrated by Joel Christian Gill, published by Ten Speed Graphic and Penguin Random House
MONICA written and drawn by Daniel Clowes, published by Fantagraphics
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE written and drawn by Gene Luen Yang, published by First Second and Macmillan
THE MISSING PIECE Collection written and drawn by Shel Silverstein, published by Harper & Row then Harper
COME HOME, INDIO written and drawn by Jim Terry, published by Street Noise Books
BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE written by Alan Moore, drawn by Brian Bolland, published by DC Comics
DJUNA: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes written and drawn by Jon Macy, published by Street Noise Books (plus a Q&A with the Author Jon Macy)
BLANCAFLOR written by Nadja Spiegelman, drawn by Sergio García Sánchez, published by TOON Books
HERE written and drawn by Richard McGuire, originally published in RAW, vol. 2 #1, then published by Pantheon
MAUS written and drawn by Art Spiegelman, originally self-published by RAW Magazine then published by Pantheon and Random House
PERSEPOLIS written and drawn by Marjane Satrapi, originally published by L'Association and then by Pantheon and Penguin Random House
Enthusiasms Year 2
The next year began with…
SHOULD WE BUY A GUN? written by Dave Cowen, drawn by Gabriel Wexler, and published by SerioComics
SHOULD WE BUY A GUN?
A graphic novel about a couple, their country, and the gun debate written by a politically left author and illustrated by a politically right artist aimed to help heal our polarized divide.
And it continues with enthusiasms now always with Q&As…
A FIRE STORY written and drawn by Brian Fies, published by Abrams ComicArts (Now with a Q&A with the Author Brian Fies)
LIGHT IT, SHOOT IT written and drawn by Graham Chaffee, published by Fantagraphics (plus a Q&A with the Author Graham Chaffee)
WE BELONG: The All-Black, All-LGBTQ+ Sci-Fi and Fantasy Comics Anthology, edited by Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler, published by Stacked Deck Press in association with Prism Comics (plus a Q&A with the Editors Viktor T. Kerney and William O. Tyler)
YOUTH GROUP written by Jordan Morris, drawn by Bowen McCurdy, published by First Second (plus a Q&A with the Writer Jordan Morris)
MURDER BOOK: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession written and drawn by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell, published by Andrews McMeel (plus a Q&A with the Author Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell)
IN REAL LIFE written by Cory Doctorow, drawn by Jen Wang, published by First Second (plus a Q&A with the Writer Cory Doctorow)
MY FATHER written and drawn by Shannon Wheeler, serializing on his Subsack (plus a Q&A with the Author Shannon Wheeler)
5500 MILES OF COMICS written and drawn by Betje Ton, published by Betje Ton (plus a Q&A with the Author Betje Ton)
BLOODY MARY written and drawn by Nick Winn, published by Silver Sprocket (plus a Q&A with the Author Nick Winn)
PASHMINA written and drawn by Nidhi Chanani, published by First Second (plus a Q&A with the Author Nidhi Chanani)
WHEN TO PICK A POMEGRANATE written and drawn by Yasmeen Abedifard, published by Silver Sprocket (plus a Q&A with the Author Yasmeen Abedifard)
TEDWARD written and drawn by Josh Pettinger, published by Fantagraphics (Plus a Q&A with the Author Josh Pettinger)
A SHADOW CALLED DANGER! written by Mike Wellman, drawn by Brad Rader, self-published (Plus a Q&A with Artist Brad Rader also about HARRY & DICKless TOM written and drawn by Brad Rader and published by Flaming Artist Press).
YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION written by Melissa Chan, drawn by Badiucao, published by Street Noise Books (Plus a Q&A with Authors Melissa Chan and Badiucao)
WEST HOLLYWOOD MONSTER SQUAD written by Sina Grace, drawn by Bradley Clayton and published by Surely and Abrams (Plus a Q&A with Writer Sina Grace)
MATCH POINT! written and drawn by Maddie Gallegos, published by First Second (Plus a Q&A with Author Maddie Gallegos)
SECOND COMING written by Mark Russell, art by Richard Price, Leonard Kirk, published by Ahoy Comics (Plus a Q&A with Writer Mark Russell)
BRAZIL COMICS CATALOGUE edited by Érico Assis (Plus a Q&A with Editor/Translator Érico Assis)
UPGRADE SOUL written and drawn by Ezra Claytan Daniels, self-published, then published by Oni Press (Plus a Q&A with Author Ezra Claytan Daniels)
SPIRIT WEEK written and drawn by Ira Marcks, color by Addison Dukes, published by Little, Brown (Plus a Q&A with Author Ira Marcks)
A.D.: New Orleans After The Deluge written and drawn by Josh Neufeld, self-published, then serialized in SMITH magazine, then published by Pantheon (Plus a Q&A with Author Josh Neufeld)
DOÑA QUIXOTE: Flight of the Witch written by Rey Terciero (Rex Ogle), drawn by Monica M. Magaña, published by Henry Holt (Plus a Q&A with Illustrator Monica M. Magaña)
THE RED HOOK: A Meta-Mem-Noir written and drawn and self-published by Dean Haspiel (Plus a Q&A with Author Dean Haspiel)
CHARTWELL MANOR written and drawn by Glenn Head, published by Fantagraphics (Plus a Q&A with Author Glenn Head)
WEDDING JUICE written and drawn and self-published by Sanika Phawde (Plus a Q&A with Author Sanika Phawde)
THE PLAYBOY and PAYING FOR IT written and drawn by Chester Brown (Plus a Q&A with Author Chester Brown)
QUEEN OF COSMOS COMIX TRILOGY written and drawn by Barbara “Willy” Mendes (Plus a Video Q&A with Author Barbara “Willy” Mendes)
THE ROAD TO MANGAKA written and drawn by Eddie Second (Plus a Q&A with Author Eddie Second)
THE ENGLISH GI written by Jonathan Sandler and drawn by Brian Bicknell (Plus a Q&A with Writer Jonathan Sandler)
Monthly Gun Debate Update
There is also a monthly gun debate update for those interested.
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SerioComics is produced by Dave Cowen.
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