Panel Mania: ‘Weathering with You’

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Acclaimed director Makoto Shinkai not only directed the Weathering with You anime released in 2019—he also wrote the novelization published in the U.S. and the forthcoming manga adaptation.
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Panel Mania: ‘Cuisine Chinoise’

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Zao Dao’s drawings offer great variety, alternating between lively comic caricatures, richly illustrated street scenes, and moody vignettes full of magic and fantasy.
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Panel Mania: ‘Giant’ by Mikaël

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In this 10-page excerpt, Mikaël renders the vibrant rough streets, colorful characters, and desperate poverty of 1930s New York City.
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Panel Mania: ‘Poems to See By’

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Published to mark the celebration of National Poetry Month, Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry by Julian Peters offers a series of delightful, often moving visual recreations of classic poems using a variety of visual styles.
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Panel Mania: ‘The Oracle Code’

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In The Oracle Code, Marieke Nijkamp, an autistic YA author and advocate for the people with disabilities, reimagines the Batman story of Barbara Gordon.
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Panel Mania: ‘Everything Is Beautiful, and I’m Not Afraid’

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In this excerpt from her graphic memoir, illustrator and cartoonist Yao Xiao offers readers a series of thoughtful moments—sometimes comic, often poignant and inspirational—that visually distill the power of empathetic human connection.
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Panel Mania: ‘Banned Book Club’

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Kim Hyun Sook’s irresistible memoir conveys her political and social awakening with equal measures of hilarity and terror.
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Panel Mania: ‘Big Black: Stand at Attica’

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The events at Attica have come to represent the legacy of mass incarceration, a scourge that has devastated communities of color.
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Panel Mania: ‘The PLAIN Janes’

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Originally published in 2007, The PLAIN Janes was rereleased this month with a previously unpublished third volume. Here's an excerpt from the new volume.
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Panel Mania: ‘The Drops of God’

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An international manga bestseller, The Drops of God is often credited with spurring wine sales in the regions it has been published.
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Panel Mania: ‘The Illuminati Ball’

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The Illuminati Ball introduces readers to a world of secret societies, sensuality, power, and the hunger for freedom.
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Panel Mania: ‘Glenn Ganges in: The River at Night’

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Kevin Huizenga’s new graphic novel is a return to the loopy hall of mirrors inside the head of Glenn Ganges, the irresistibly ordinary fictional dude.
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Panel Mania: ‘Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass’

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Eisner Award- and Caldecott Honor-winner Mariko Tamaki and artist Steve Pugh collaborate on a new graphic novel about the teen years of Harleen Quinzel.
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Panel Mania: ‘Pittsburgh’ by Frank Santoro

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Beautifully illustrated in a style all its own, Santoro's memoir is an irresistible and vivid tribute to Pittsburgh, its people, and its neighborhoods.
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Panel Mania: ‘The Forbidden Harbor’

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This beautifully illustrated graphic novel combines high adventure, betrayal, and mystery on the open sea with a deeply moving love story.
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Panel Mania: ‘Drawing Power: Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival’

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Featuring a foreword by Roxane Gay, the comic anthology is a powerful and instructive collection of short stories by 60 female artists.
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Panel Mania: ‘Me, Mikko, and Annikki’ by Tiitu Takalo

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In this deeply researched work of graphic nonfiction, Finnish comics artist Tiitu Takalo has created an inspiring history as well as a love story.
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Panel Mania: ‘Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction’ by Inio Asano

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Set in Tokyo three years after a mammoth alien spaceship arrives to hover menacingly over the city, Dededede is a charming take on traditional manga.
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