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Cuckoos Three by Cassandra Jean, Mosskat

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emotional hopeful fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

2.0

Sappy to a fault while handling a controversial psychiatric phenomenon with simplicity, the artwork is at least a pleasure.  
Confetti Realms by Nadia Shammas

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adventurous emotional lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

The book tackles many important social issues and has pleasing art, but unfortunately those are tethered to a disengaged story.
Blackward by Lawrence Lindell

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funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

The story and art are equally sweet, wholesome, and fluffy, belying the important social commentary at its core.
Daughters of Snow and Cinders by Núria Tamarit

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adventurous emotional tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Gripping, earnest, and packed page-to-page with beautiful art, this is the ne plus ultra of graphic novels.
Bonding by Matthew Erman

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challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

Lovely art and an instantly fascinating premise are unfortunately undermined by baffling and bizarre narrative choices.
Constellations by Kate Glasheen

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emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A story of identity, addiction, and overcoming, any reader will find a little part of themselves in the panels.
Incredible Hulk Vol. 1: Age of Monsters by Phillip Kennedy Johnson

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adventurous dark fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? N/A
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

Leaning heavy into the horror, this atmospheric, grotesque, genre-busting Hulk story will likely go down as one of the best.
The Question Omnibus by Dennis O'Neil and Denys Cowan Vol. 1 by Denny O'Neil

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adventurous dark fast-paced

4.0

Riddled with as much philosophy as grim and grit, this series is a triumph of dark, late ‘80s comics.
H Is for Hawk by Helen Macdonald

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emotional informative reflective relaxing medium-paced

5.0

Like a balm for the soul in these troubled times, this soothing, multidimensional memoir succeeds by every conceivable measure. 
Nimona by ND Stevenson

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adventurous emotional funny fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

As puckish and subversive as its title character, NIMONA has much richness in character and in world to offer.