Free Comic Book Day - Adults

In celebration of Free Comic Book Day (annually on the 1st Saturday of May), GVPL asked staff what their favorite graphic novels are. Here are some of the ones we love and think you might love too.


Updated April 28, 2026
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Free Comic Book Day - Adults

In celebration of Free Comic Book Day (annually on the 1st Saturday of May), GVPL asked staff what their favorite graphic novels are. Here are some of the ones we love and think you might love too.


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Knisley, Lucy
Paper Book
In the latest volume of her graphic travelogue series, New York Times-best selling cartoonist Lucy Knisley must care for her grandparents on a cruise. In her graphic memoirs, New York Times-best selling cartoonist Lucy Knisley paints a warts-and-all portrait of...
Ducks : two years in the oil sands
Beaton, Kate
Paper Book
A New York Times Notable book! One of Barack Obama's favorite books of 2022! Winner of Canada Reads 2023! "An exceptionally beautiful book about loneliness, labor, and survival."--Carmen Maria Machado Before there was Kate Beaton, New York Times...
Hyperbole and a half : unfortunate situations, flawed coping mechanisms, mayhem, and other things that happened
Brosh, Allie.
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times bestselling illustrated memoir, this "funny and smart as hell" (Bill Gates) collection captures everyday life, mental health, and human absurdity through deceptively simple drawings and razor-sharp wit. Every time Allie Brosh posted a new piece on her...
March. Book 1
Lewis, John
Paper Book
#1New York TimesBestseller Congressman John Lewis (GA-5) is an American icon and key figure of the civil rights movement. His commitment to justice and nonviolence has taken him from an Alabama sharecropper's farm to the halls of Congress, from a segregated schoolroom to...
Of swamp & sea. Volume 1
Boulton, Mia Jay
Paper Book
Lore Olympus meets The Witcher in the first volume of this supernatural graphic novel series! Of Swamp & Sea is a stirring and binge-worthy tale of monsters, magic, and romance. Mercy Gray Harding's troubles all started in the swampland on the outskirts of...
We stand on guard
Vaughan, Brian K.
Paper Book
SAGA writer BRIAN K. VAUGHAN teams with artistic legend and Hollywoodstoryboard artist STEVE SKROCE for a subversive, action-packed militarythriller. Set 100 years in our future, WE STAND ON GUARD follows a heroic bandof Canadian civilians turned freedom fighters who must defend their...
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