Graphic Novel & Comics - Recommended by Chillicothe Comics Center

Updated December 10, 2025
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America Chavez : made in the USA
Vazquez, Kalinda
Paper Book
America Chavez, the teleporting, butt-kicking breakout star of YOUNG AVENGERS and AMERICA, is back! But who is America, really? She's tenacious, intrepid, strong, resilient - everything a hero should be. With her shattering star-shaped portals, she can go anywhere. In short, she's incredible! But...
Can't we talk about something more pleasant?
Chast, Roz
Paper Book
#1 New York Times Bestseller 2014 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST In her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents. Spanning the last several years of their lives and told through four...
The Count of Monte Cristo
Nudds, R. Jay
Paper Book
When Edmond Dantès is imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, he vows to escape and destroy those who betrayed him. With his former life a distant memory, revenge drives him forward. Using the fortune left to him by Abbé Faria, he transforms himself into the powerful and enigmatic...
The dark tower. The gunslinger born
David, Peter
Paper Book
Enter the world of Roland Deschain--and the world of the Dark Tower...now presented in a stunning graphic novel form that will unlock the doorways to terrifying secrets and bold storytelling as part of the dark fantasy masterwork and magnum opus from #1 New York Times bestselling author...
Frankenstein
Bampton, Claire
Paper Book
The California edition of the Pennyroyal Press "Frankenstein" unites the dark side of Barry Moser's art with the classic 1818 text of Mary Shelley's tale of moral transfiguration. In a vivid sequence of woodcuts, the reader witnesses the birth of the "monster" as Moser shapes him from darkness and...
Ginseng roots : a memoir
Thompson, Craig
Paper Book
From the celebrated author of Blankets and Habibi comes a new graphic memoir exploring the class divide, childhood labor, family, and our globalized world--all centered on Wisconsin's ginseng farming industry "Ginseng Roots is Thompson's most visually arresting...
I hate Fairyland. Volume 1, Madly ever after
Young, Skottie
Paper Book
From superstar writer and artist Skottie Young (Rocket Raccoon, Wizard ofOZ, Fortunately, The Milk), comes the first volume of an all-new series ofadventure and mayhem. An Adventure Time/Alice in Wonderland-style epicthat smashes it's cute little face against grown-up, Tank Girl...
The hedge knight : the graphic novel
Martin, George R. R.
Paper Book
In this comic book/graphic novel adaptation set one hundred years before the events in George R.R. Martin's epic fantasy series, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Hedge Knight chronicles a young squire as he travels the cruel and complex path to knighthood in the Seven Kingdoms. ...
The last of us : American dreams
Druckmann, Neil.
Paper Book
Naughty Dog creative director Neil Druckmann and rising comics star Faith Erin Hicks team up for the comics-exclusive first chapter of the wildly anticipated new game, The Last of Us! Nineteen years ago, a parasitic fungal outbreak killed the majority of the world's population, forcing survivors...
Parable of the Sower A Graphic Novel Adaptation
Butler, Octavia E.
Paper Book
The acclaimed graphic novel adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's groundbreaking dystopian novel, Parable of the Sower, is a don't-miss classic that resonates today more than ever. As The Washington Post noted: "A 1993 dystopian novel imagined the world in 2024. It's...
Persepolis
Satrapi, Marjane
Paper Book
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. "A wholly original achievement.... Satrapi evokes herself and her schoolmates coming of age in a...
They called us enemy
Takei, George
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller! A stunning graphic memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei's childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon -- and America itself -- in this gripping tale...

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