Anytime, Anywhere: Comics & Graphic Novels 24/7

Published March 14, 2022
Updated March 16, 2022

Librarian III

12 Posts

There are many ways of enjoying great stories and beautiful, engaging artwork—one of these ways is through reading graphic novels and comics. Both express a story with art—but while comics tend to extend the story over a series of issues, graphic novels tell an engaging story in a single book. Fortunately, comics & graphic novels can be enjoyed anytime you want from your electronic device. With OverDrive on the Libby app and hoopla digital, you can download graphic novels and comics to a smartphone, tablet or computer for easy reading. Downloading is free when you log on with your library card number and PIN. Below are some recommended graphic novels and comics for adults, young adults, and kids. Enjoy and happy reading.

Don't forget to sign up for our Graphic Novel Reading Challenge which runs from March 7 through April 9, 2022!

Recommended Reading

Graphic Novels for Kids

Chibi-Usagi: Attack of the Heebie Chibis

Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales: One Dead Spy

Abigail and the Snowman

Chunky

El Deafo

Mighty Jack

New Kid

It's never easy being the new kid in school, but when 12-year-old Jordan Banks transfers to a mostly white prep school instead of the art school he wanted to attend, he encounters a whole host of problems he never experienced in his neighborhood of Washington Heights. New Kid won the John Newberry Medal for children's literature and a Coretta Scott King Award, too, but it has appeal to all ages. Jordan is an engaging, observant, and artistic protagonist. The series is punctuated with gentle humor from his drawings and cartoons. Teens and grown-ups, if you were ever "the only" or one of a few Black kids in your school, I promise, you will feel seen and heard. Jordan Banks is all of us.