Recommended Reading

Here is a list of some of my favourite comics!

Early Reader Graphic Novels

Non-Fiction

Narrative Non-Fiction

Rainbow the Koala by Remy Lai (Brisbane based creator)

Star the Elephant by Remy Lai (Brisbane based creator)

Fiction

The Adventures of Anders by Gregory Mackay (Melbourne based creator)

Hairy Holes by Brenton McKenna (Broome based creator)

Bug Boys Series by Laura Knetzger

Dewdrop by K. O’Neill

Expedition Backyard by Rosemary Mosco & Binglin Hu

The Flower Garden by Renee Kurilla

Frankie and the Creepy Cute Critters by Caitlin Rose Boyle

Frankie’s World by Aoife Dooley

Gustav & Henri series by Andy Matthews & Peader Thomas (Australian based creators)

Mr Wolf’s Class Series by Aron Nels Steinke

Over the Shop by JonArno Lawson & Qin Leng

Spring Cakes by Miranda Harmon

Wolfie Monster and the Big Bad Pizza Battle by Joey Ellis

Middle Grade Graphic Novels

Non-Fiction

Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani & Maris Wicks

Human Body Theater by Maris Wicks

Primates by Jim Ottaviani & Maris Wicks

Science Comics: Bats Learning to Fly by Falynn Koch

Tasty: A Yummy History of Experiments by Victoria Grace Elliott

Yummy: A History of Desserts by Victoria Grace Elliott

Memoir/Narrative Memoir

A First Time For Everything by Dan Santat

A Tale as Tall as Jacob by Samantha Edwards

A-Okay by Jarad Greene

Be Prepared by Vera Brosgol

Best Friends by Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham

Big Apple Diaries by Alyssa Bermudez (Tasmanian based creator)

Button Pusher by Tyler Page

El Deafo by Cece Bell

Doodles from the the Boogie Down by Stephanie Rodriguez

Friends Forever by Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham

Growing Pangs by Kathryn Ormsbee & Molly Brooks

Guts by Raina Telgemeier

Maybe an Artist by Liz Montague

Other Boys by Damian Alexander

Puzzled by Pan Cooke

Real Friends by Shannon Hale & LeUyen Pham

Sisters by Raina Telgemeier

Smile by Raina Telgemeier

Stargazing by Jen Wang

The Tryout by Christina Soontornvat & Joanna Cacao

When Stars Are Scattered by Victoria Jamieson & Omar Mohamed

Fiction

Allergic by Megan Wagner Lloyd

American Born Chinese by Gene Leun Yang

Apple Crush by Lucy Knisley

Brave by Svetlana Chmakova

Cat’s Cradle: The Golden Twine by Jo Rioux

Click by Kayla Miller

Delilah Dirk series by Tony Cliff

Dungeon Club: Roll Call by Molly Knox Ostertag & Xanthe Bouma

Freestyle by Gale Galligan

Go with the Flow by Lily Williams & Karen Schneemann

Invisible Emmie by Terri Libenson

Just Roll with It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie and Veronica Agarwal

Living with Viola by Rosena Fung

Lo and Behold by Wendy Mass and Gabby Mendez

Mabuhay! by Zachary Sterling

Match Point! by Maddie Gallegos

New Kid by Jerry Craft

Next Stop by Debbie Fong

One Year at Ellsmere by Faith Erin Hicks

Out There by Seaerra Miller

Parachute Kids by Betty C. Tang

Pawcasso by Remy Lai (Brisbane based creator)

Ride On by Faith Erin Hicks

Roller Girl by Victoria Jamieson

A Sky of Paper Stars by Susie Yi

Saving Sunshine by Saadia Faruqi & Sharlene Khan

Squished by Megan Wagner Lloyd

Twin Cities by Jose Pimienta

Twins by Varian Johnson & Shannon Wright

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Amulet series by Kazu Kibuishi

Anzu And the Realm of Darkness by Mai K. Nguyen

Cryptid Kids: The Bawk-ness Monster by Sara Goetter & Natalie Riess

Ember and the Island of Lost Creatures by Jason Pamment (Adelaide based creator)

The Girl and the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

Ghost Book by Remy Lai (Brisbane based creator)

Home Time by Campbell Whyte (Perth based creator)

In Real Life by Corey Doctorow & Jen Wang

Jukebox by Nidha Chanani

Ligthfall series by Tim Probert

The Lumberjanes Series by various creators

Making Friends series by Kristen Gudsnuk

The Mapmakers series by Cameron Chittock & Amanda Castillo

Mighty Jack series by Ben Hatke

The Nameless City series by Faith Erin Hicks

Nico Bravo series by Mike Cavallaro

The Okay Witch series by Emma Steinkellner

Pilu of the Woods by Mai K. Nguyen

Rune: The Tale of a Thousand Faces by Carlos Sánchez

Tales of a Seventh-Grade Lizard Boy by Jonathan Hill

Tea Dragon Society Series by K. O’Neill

Treasure in the Lake by Jason Pamment (Adelaide based creator)

Ubby’s Underdogs by Brenton E McKenna (Broome based creator)

The Witchboy series by Molly Knox Ostertag

YA Graphic Novels

Fiction

Bad Machinery series by John Allison

Bloom by Kevin Panetta & Savanna Ganucheay

Blue by Pat Grant (Wollongong based creator)

Cheer up! Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier, Val Wise & Oscar O. Jupiter

Firebird by Sunmi

Garbage Night by Jen Lee

the greatest thing by Sarah Winifred Searle (Perth based creator)

The Grot by Pat Grant (Wollongong based creator)

Heartstopper by Alice Oseman

Hockey Girl loves Drama Boy by Faith Erin Hicks

Just Friends by Ana Oncina

Kiss Number 8 by Colleen AF Venable & Ellen T. Crenshaw

Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me by Mariko Tamaki & Rosemary Valero-O’Connell

Lunar New Year Love Story by Gene Luen Yang & LeUyen Pham

Matchmaker by Cam Marshall

The Phantom Twin by Lisa Brown

The Princess & the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz

Punk Rock Karaoke by Bianca Xunise

Scott Pilgrim Series by Bryan Lee O’Malley

Squire by Sara Alfageeh & Nadia Shammas

This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki & Mariko Tamaki

Tiger, Tiger by Petra Erika Nordlund

Wrassle Castle Series by Colleen Coover & Paul Tobin

Fantasy/Sci-fi

ApocalyptiGirl: An Aria for the End of Times by Andrew MacLean

Blokkan by Rohan Fraser (Adelaide based creator)

Daughter of Snow and Cinders by Nuria Tamarit

Girl Haven by Lilac Sturges, Meaghan Carter & Joamette Gil

The Glass Scientists by S.H. Cutugno

Homunculus by Joe Sparrow

Knee Deep Book one by Joe Flood

Legend of Brightblade by Ethan M. Aldridge

Nimona by N.D. Stevenson

Red Scare by Liam Francis Walsh

Spaceboy series by Stephen McCranie

Super Mutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki

Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries (Melbourne based creator)

Non-Fiction

Tetris by Box Brown

Memoir/Narrative Memoir

¡Ay, Mija! by Christine Suggs

Button Pusher by Tyler Page

Displacement by Kiku Hughes

Hey, Kiddo by Jarrett J. Krosoczka

Homebody by Theo Parish

It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth by Zoe Thorogood

It Won’t Always Be Like This by Malaka Gharib

Messy Roots: A Graphic Memoir of a Wuhanese American by Laura Gao

Monstrous: A Transracial Adoption Story by Sarah Myer

the fire never goes out: a memoir in pictures by N.D. Stevenson

Spinning by Tillie Walden

The Times I Knew I was Gay by Eleanor Crewes

Tomboy by Liz Prince

Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox

Adult Graphic Novels

Fiction

a GUEST in the HOUSE by Emily Carroll

Blacksad series by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido

Building Stories by Chris Ware

The Delicacy by James Albon

Flake by Matthew Dooley

Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Hark! a Vagrant by Kate Beaton

Hot Dog Taste Test by Lisa Hanawalt

Ice Haven by Daniel Clowes

Oishinbo Series by Test Kariya & Akira Hanasaki

Self-esteem and the End of the World by Luke Healy

Stone Fruit by Lee Lai

Susceptible by Geneviève Castrée

Under-Earth by Chris Gooch (Melbourne based creator)

Fantasy/Sci-Fi

Pluto Series by Naomi Urasawa & Osamu Tezuka

Papergirls Series by Brian K. Vaughan & Cliff Chiang

Time before Time by Declan Shalvey, Rory McConville & Joe Palmer

Non-Fiction

Andre the Giant: Life and Legend by Brain “Box” Brown

Eventually Everything Connects by Sarah Firth (Melbourne based creator)

Fine: A comic about Gender by Rhea Ewing

The He-Man Effect by Brian “Box” Brown

How to Survive the North by Luke Healy

Is This Guy For Real? The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brown

Still Alive: Notes from Australia’s Immigration Detention System by Safdar Ahmed (Sydney based creator)

Memoir/Narrative Memoir

The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui

Dancing at the Pity Party: A Dead Mom graphic memoir by Tyler Feder

Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands by Kate Beaton

Everything is OK by Debbie Tung

Feelings by Manjit Thapp

Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

Genderqueer by Maia Kobabe

Improve by Alex Graudins

Jerusalem by Guy Delisle

Layers by Pénélope Bagieu

Maus by Art Spiegelman

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

Relish by Lucy Knisley

Sensitive Creatures by Mandy Ord (Melbourne based creator)

When One Person Dies the World is Over by Mandy Ord (Melbourne based creator)

How to Books

Drawing characters

Fundamentals of Character Design by Randy Bishop, Sweeny Boo, Maybes Ruiz Cruz, Luis Gadea

How to Draw Almost everything by Chika Miyata

Creative Writing

Unleash your Creative Monster by Andy Jones, Illustrated by Olaf Falafel

Making Comics

Drawing Comics Lab by Robyn Chapman

Let’s Make Comics! by Jess Smart Smiley

Making Comics by Scott McCloud

Syllabus by Lynda Barry

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud