Sports & Games (YA comics)

Goals! Points! Dice! Roller skates!

All these comics, graphic novels, and manga titles in this list are guaranteed to contain at least one of the above. Some may also contain swords, basketball, online gaming, the-sport-I-am-consciously-calling-soccer-to-rile-up-all-you-football-fans, and volleyball.

Updated August 2, 2024
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Doctorow, Cory
Paper Book
From acclaimed teen author Cory Doctorow and rising star cartoonist Jen Wang comes a New York Times-bestselling graphic novel that takes a sensitive, thoughtful look at adolescence, gaming, poverty, and culture-clash. "A lovely graphic novel for gamer girls of all...
Blue Lock. 1
Kaneshiro, Muneyuki
Paper Book
A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game-meets-World Cup manga, now available in print!

First in series

Check, please!. Book 1, #Hockey!
Ukazu, Ngozi
Paper Book
New York Public Library's Best Books - Top Ten Books for Teens The Boston Globe - Best YA of the Year Ignatz Award - Outstanding Comic William C Morris Award - Finalist Eric Bittle may be a former junior figure skating champion, vlogger extraordinaire, and...

First in series

The Avant-Guards. Volume one
Usdin, Carly
Paper Book
As a transfer student to the Georgia O'Keeffe College for Arts and Subtle Dramatics, former sports star Charlie is struggling to find her classes, her dorm, and her place amongst a student body full of artists who seem to know exactly where they're going. When the school's barely-a-basketball-team...

First in series


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