Graphic Memoir Archives

Breadcrumbs is a new YA graphic memoir by Kasia Babis about growing up in Poland after it transitioned from communism to capitalism in 1989, and how she became involved in progressive politics as her country took a turn toward the hard right And before she drew My Little Pony comics, New Yorker cartoons and The[...]

How Do I Draw These Memories? is the debut YA graphic memoir from author-illustrator Jonell Joshua In both prose and illustrations this book traces Joshua's childhood and her family's journey—the joys and the struggles—from Brooklyn to Savannah to New Jersey. Jonell Joshua's Graphic Memoir, How Do I Draw These Memories? "Jonell Joshua spent her childhood shuttling back and[...]

Lily Kim Qian, an illustrator and design assistant at Penguin Random House for Penguin Young Readers, has had the world rights to her debut graphic memoir Until We Meet Again, formerly titled Pareidolia, picked up by Robyn Chapman of publisher First Second which "tells the story of a young girl growing up in a loving[...]

Fairy Hunter is a new upcoming graphic memoir written by Laurel Snyder and drawn by Trung Le Nguyen The graphic novel memoir about Snyder's life between age eight and ten, when she believed in fairies and hunted for them constantly, though everyone told her they weren't real At eight, Laurel wasn't sure what "real" was anymore—not her[...]

She posted to Instagram, Noor Rasoul Sells Graphic Memoir, My January Heart So I'm really excited to let you all know that my comics are coming to you in a new way! MY JANUARY HEART, my debut graphic novel is coming out in Fall 2024 It is honestly the YA passion project of my dreams It'll be[...]

Yellow Singing Sail is a middle-grade graphic novel memoir by Yinfan Huang, that has just been picked up by Yasemin Uçar at the publisher Kids Can Pres.

The middle-grade graphic memoirs will be about Yehudi Mercado's 'lifelong struggle with weight and trying to meet the expectations of his sporty dad while growing up in a lower middle-class Mexican-Jewish family in Houston in the 1980s Will Hudi's imaginary mascot, Chunky, be able to cheer him in the right direction of pursuing theatre? (Hint:[...]