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Non-Traditional Families Non-traditional Families Adult Rat Queens - Kurtis J Wiebe Saga - Brian K. Vaughn Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo Sandman - Neil Gaiman Animosity - Marguerite Bennett Secret Weapons - Eric Heisserer Archival Quality - Ivy Noelle Weir Sex Criminals - Matt Fraction Ask Me About Polyamory - Tikva Wolf Super Indian - Arigon Starr Batman & Robin - various authors Sword Art Online - Reki Kawahara Beasts of Burden - Evan Dorkin Tank Girl - Alan C. Martin Bingo Love - Tee Franklin Tekkon Kin Kreet - Taiyo Matsumoto Bloom - Kevin Panetta The Best We Could Do - Thi Bui Building Stories - Chris Ware Unnatural - Mirka Andolfo Deadly Class - Rick Remender Wolf Children - Mamoru Hosoda Dykes to Watch out For - Alison Bechdel Woman World - Aminder Dhaliwal Firefly - various authors X-Men - various artists Fun Home - Alison Bechdel Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughn Gender Queer: A Memoir - Maia Kobabe Yes, Roya - C. Spike Trotman Gravity Falls - various authors Grease Bats - Archie Bongiovanni Youth If this Be Sin - Hazel Newlevant Jimmy Corrigan - Chris Ware Adventure Time - various authors Joyride - Jackson Lanzing All’s Faire in Middle School - Victoria Jamieson LaGuardia - Nnedi Okorafor Amulet - Kazu Kibuishi Letters for Lucardo - Noora Heikkilä Anya’s Ghost - Vera Brosgol Lone Wolf and Cub - Kazuo Koike Aquicorn Cove - Katie O’Neill Love Letters to Jane’s World - Paige Braddock As the Crow Flies - Melanie Gillman My Boyfriend is a Bear - Pamela Ribon Avatar: The Last Airbender - various authors O Human Star - Blue Delliquanti Be Prepared - Vera Brosgol Open Earth - Sarah Mirk Bone & Rose - Jeff Smith Paper Girls - Brian K. Vaughn Buffy the Vampire Slayer - various authors Pregnant Butch - A.K. Summers Check Please - Ngozi Ukazu Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table @libcomix / [email protected] / ala.org/rt/GNCRT FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ALAGNMIG/ Cucumber Quest - Gigi D.G. Percy Jackson - Rickk Riordan Dragonball-Akira Toriyama Pokémon - various authors Estranged - Ethan M. Aldridge Ponyo-Hayao Miyazaki Five Worlds - Mark Siegel Power Up - Kate Leth Four Kids Walk into a Bank - Matthew Princess Mononoke-Hayao Miyazaki Rosenberg Punky Brewster - Joelle Sellner Fruits Basket - Natsuki Takaya Runaways - Rainbow Rowell Gunnerkrigg Court - Thomas Siddell Sailor Moon - Naoko Takeuchi Hereville - Barry Deutsch Saturn Apartments-Hisae Iwaoka Hey Kiddo - Jarrett Krosocka Saturn Apartments-Hisae Iwaoka Hilda - Luke Pearson Sci-fu - Yehudi Mercado Hotel Dare - Terry Blas Scooby Doo - various authors Illegal - Eoin Colfer Shadoweyes - Sophie Campbell Jem & the Holograms - Kelly Thompson Sheets - Brenna Thummler Kiki’s Delivery Service- Hayao Miyazaki Sidekicks - Dan Santat Kim & Kim - Magdalene Visaggio , Spill Zone - Scott Westerfeld Kiss Number 8 - Colleen AF Venable Spinning - Tillie Walden Laura Dean Keeps Breaking up Steven Universe - various artists with Me - Mariko Tamaki Sweetness & Lightning - Gido Amagakure Locke & Key - Joe Hill Tea Dragon Society - Katie O’Neill Loki: Agent of Asgard - Al Ewing The Adventure Zone - Clint McElroy et al Lumberjanes - Noelle Stevenson The Babysitters Club - Raina Telgemeier, Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy - Rey Terciero Gale Galligan MFK - Nilah Magruder The Backstagers - James Tynion IV Monstress - Marie Lu The Boondocks - Aaron McGruder Mooncakes - Suzanne Walker and Wendy The Creepy Case Files of Margo Maloo - Xu Drew Weing Moonstruck - Grace Ellis The Girl from the Other Side - Nagabe My Brother’s Husband - Gengoroh The Prince & the Dressmaker - Jen Wang Tagame The Promised Neverland - Kaiu Shirai My Hero Academia-Kohei Horikoshi The Witch Boy - Molly Ostertag One Trick Pony - Nathan Hale Umbrella Academy - Gerard Way Nausicaa - Hayao Miyazaki Valley of the Silk Sky - Dylan Edwards Newsprints Ru Xu Wrinkle in Time - Madeleine L'Engle and Nimona - Noelle Stevenson Hope Larson On a Sunbeam - Tillie Walden Yotsuba-Kiyohiko Azuma Pashmina - Nidhi Chanani Young Avengers - various authors This list was created at ALA Annual 2019 at the “So Many Comics, So Little Time” session by librarians and creators. These titles were brainstormed to use as discussion starters for a particular social justice issue. They have not been vetted, nor are they recommended as “best of” titles for this topic..
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