In the mood for comics about love leading up to Valentine’ Day? Check out some recommended reading for romance, found family, friends, and more!
For the Romance Readers
Barnstormers
A high-flying, post WWI-era historical fiction graphic novel thats an intimate portrait of love and war–and a meditation on the dangerous level of trust required in both romance and aviation.
Oh My Goddess!
When the goddess, Belldandy, offers college student Keiichi Morisato a single wish, he wishes that Belldandy stay with him forever, beginning a complicated, cosmic saga of comedy and romance.
The Guy in the Chair
In the blood-soaked world of assassins and spies love has no place. Unfortunately for Abhi, a tactical analyst at a private military company, love is all he can think about. Against his employer’s strict policy, he’s fallen head over heels for Merlin, the field operative whose missions he supports as her “Guy in the Chair.”
Hellboy in Love
Love blooms between Hellboy and archaeologist Anastasia Bransfield–when they aren’t busy chasing goblins through the UK, fighting shadow ghosts in Turkey, and investigating archeological dig sites in India, that is!
For the Found Family Fiends
Stranger Things and Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Hellfire
This D&D crossover delves into Eddie Munson’s past and his rise to de facto leader of the Hellfire Club, and explores his recruitment of Lucas, Dustin, and Mike. Throughout, there are brilliant glimpses into the fantasy world of Dungeons & Dragons that they explore together.
The Oddly Pedestrian Life of Christopher Chaos
As teenage mad scientist Christopher Chaos discovers the history of Monsterkind, he learns isn’t so alone in the world after all. As he makes friends and enemies, he uncovers secrets that lead him deeper into his own unknown past… secrets that keep the mad scientist inside of him questioning everything around him!
Cat + Gamer
One day, a stray cat is found in the office parking lot, and before Riko knows it, the cat has moved in with her! Having no experience with pets, Riko uses lessons drawn from video games to guide her in cat care, while her cute companion tries to understand her behavior through a cat’s worldview.
The Lonesome Hunters
An old and out-of-practice monster hunter in hiding crosses paths with a young girl that forces him to confront these chaotic creatures. As the beasts invade their tenement, they set off on a supernatural road trip to stop these ancient evils in a story that explores the ways that youth informs adulthood and how early traumas can haunt us in old age.
For Sci-Fi and Fantasy Fans
Canto
A tiny clockwork hero on a quest for a heart for the one he loves, fights for freedom and hope, facing tyrannical forces in a fantastical modern fairytale.
ElfQuest
Follow the Wolfriders as they forge new alliances, take on hidden enemies, and discover truths about themselves and their origins they never imagined.
Cyberpunk 2077: XOXO
Its gang on gang violence as the Maelstroms plan an ambush on the Moxes. The target: corpo cargo worth a heavy sum of cash. But loyalty only goes as far to ones deepest desires, and one member of the Maelstroms has found something worth sacrificing for. Jaw dropping, eyes popping, pulse racing—he’s never known anyone like her . . .
For Younger Readers
Minecraft: Heart of Cobblestone
When a stranger shows up on Farmer Cobb’s new sky island and reveals a whole town full of people who desired peace and quiet just like Cobb, he accepts an invitation to join the town of like-minded hermits and moves onto a plot they so generously give him. But he learns that his neighbors in the sky might be even more disruptive than those on the ground. As tensions rise sky high, he is reminded that he didn’t just have neighbors down below, but caring friends. Friends he may need to protect.
Takio
Taki and Olivia are sisters in an adoptive family–and they’re driving each other crazy! Every day, their overprotective mother makes them walk to school together, eat lunch together and play together–they can’t get away from each other!
But when a secret experiment goes catastrophically wrong, the squabbling siblings suddenly find that they have superpowers. They’re the first actual superheroes in the entire world–and it is awesome!
Ghostbusters: Dead Man’s Chest
While Trevor tries to plan a “friendiversary” celebration for him and Lucky, Phoebe struggles to genuinely connect with her classmates. Things seem to be looking up when she meets Sammy, a fellow outsider who might be a real friend instead of just a social media follower. But friendships new and old have to take a back seat to more immediate concerns when Phoebe’s new friend uses a cursed saber and accidentally summons the ghost of Captain Kidd, who threatens to transform NYC into a ghostly pirate town!
Goblin: The Wolf and the Well
One dark and stormy night, Rikt meets a mysterious fortune teller in the woods. When she foresees his best friend, a wolf named Fish-breath, in mortal danger, he is overcome with a fear of losing her. When an opportunity to protect her presents itself, Rikt trades the freedom of the wild for the protection of Underwood—an orphanage for monster children and a sanctuary for wolves.
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