Sunday, 31 July 2022

ALIA Graphic July Roundup

It's the last day of July and this month's Roundup is packed with news and interviews on diverse topics from graphic medicine to climate change; American middle school tales to whodunnit mysteries. There is so much that can be found in the comic form and a testament to their growth and popularity is new sales information courtesy of ICv2, as well as the news of Penguin Classics curating a line of graphic novels.

You can listen to our July Roundup podcast on Apple Podcasts here where we discuss the Eisner Awards, the Graphic Medicine Award, and some of our favourite reads from this month. San Diego Comic Con has just been and gone and you can listen to PW's More to Come podcast for a great wrap up here.

We are also excited to read three new releases by Australian creators that have come out this month - a fantastic achievement by these creators and an example of the talent and tenacity grown here at home.

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NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS

Junior & YA

  • Cat’s Cradle: The Golden Twine by Jo Rioux (First Second)

  • Elusive Samurai by Yusei Matsui (Viz Media) - series debut

  • Fence Volume 5: Rise by C.S. Pacat, Johanna the Mad (Boom! Studios) [Australian creator]

  • The Girl and the Glim by India Swift, Michael Doig (IDW)

  • Lore Olympus volume 2 by Rachel Smythe (Del Rey Books)

  • Mimi and the Cutie Catastrophe by Shauna J. Grant (Scholastic - Graphix)

  • Nightwing: Fear State by Tom Taylor, Bruno Redondo (DC Comics) [Australian creator]

  • Teen Titans Go! Undead!? by Michael Northrop, Eric Owen, and more (DC Comics)

  • Welcome to St Hell: My Teen Trans Misadventure by Lewis Hancox (Scholastic - Graphix)

  • Zatanna The Jewel of Gravesend by Alys Arden, Jacquelin De Leon (DC Comics)

Adult

  • Akkad Book 1 and Book 2 by Clarke (Cinebook)

  • As a Cartoonist by Noah Van Sciver (Fantagraphics)

  • Blacksad: They All Fall Down by Juan Diaz Canales, Juanjo Guarnido (Dark Horse)

  • BREAK: RUN by Nima Afshar (Three Fold Comics) [Australian creator]

  • Crush & Lobo by Mariko Tamaki, Amancay Nahuelpan, Tamra Bonvillain (DC Comics)

  • Dune: Tales From Arrakeen by Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, Adam Gorham (Boom! Studios)

  • Eat the Rich by Sarah Gailey, Pius Bak (Boom! Studios)

  • House of Slaughter Vol 1 by James Tynion, Tate Brombal, Chris Shehan (Boom! Studios)

  • My Perfect Life by Lynda Barry (Drawn & Quarterly)

  • One Beautiful Spring Day by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)

  • The Realist: Last Days on Earth by Asaf Hanuka (Boom! Studios)

  • Talk To My Back by Yamada Murasaki (Drawn & Quarterly)