I Read Comic Books discussion

For this month's Book of the Month, we'll be choosing from the 2025 list of Eisner nominees! We typically have a BotM for the winners, but there are so many wonderful nominees who don't end up getting the big prize that we wanted to highlight all of them this month!

You can check out the list here: https://www.comic-con.org/awards/eisn...

What did you end up reading? Are you rooting for it to win its category?

The list is so good this year!! I can't recommend enough Return to Eden

Larcenet's adaptation of The Road: A Graphic Novel Adaptation is good IF you enjoyed the original (or the movie). I'm personnally not a huge fan because i find the story too slow but I still read it because i love Larcenet's drawings.

I'll start by reading All Princesses Die Before Dawn because it's been highly recommended to me and probably War on Gaza next.

Evilblacksheep wrote: "The list is so good this year!! I can't recommend enough Return to Eden ..."

I will certainly read that eventually. Paco Roca is always good.

Joe Sacco's "War on Gaza" is good too, though far from comfortable to read.

From the Eisner list, I'm currently reading Young Hag and the Witches’ Quest. I hadn't realized it was for kids. Whatever!

I also read and liked A Pillbug Story from the humor category. (Actually, its hard to know what category really fits.)

I may also try Djuna: The Extraordinary Life of Djuna Barnes from the biography category, though I'd expect it will have a hard time winning against The Mythmakers: The Remarkable Fellowship of C.S. Lewis & J.R.R. Tolkien.

I've read both Djuna and Mythmakers and thought Mythmakers was better. Mythmakers is not a straight up comic. There are large sections of prose interspersed throughout it.

I did not like Return to Eden at all even though I typically like Paco Roca.

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Honestly I always end up really liking the kids/middle grade books - Bog Myrtle was great and I'll be getting a copy for my young relatives for sure!

I've got 18 Eisner nominee books to pick up from the library today.

I read both books i mentioned earlier this month, and then some.

War on Gaza was a good read and a sort of "palate cleanser" since I just finished Footnotes in Gaza (unrelated to the group, this one took me like a year and a half to read).

All Princesses Die Before Dawn was a really sweet read, definitely recommended.

Then I read Rare Flavours, which I liked the story without loving it, but the art was just amazing.

And finally now i just started The Beauty Salon which i just realized adding it here that it's the same author than All Princesses Die Before Dawn. For a non american I was surprised to see 2 separated books from him in the nominations list. I hope it's as good as the other one.

Oh and I almost forgot, also read Animal Pound, which was ok, but i guess i was expecting more about an animal farm adaptation/twist.

I read "The Field" by Dave Lapp, a memoir about his 1970s youth. Despite his being a boy growing up in Canada, my girlhood in Illinois was eerily similar, as Gen X youth had a freedom that kids today don't. The casual cruelty of children was evident in his vignettes, bringing back uncomfortable memories of when I was sometimes cruel, and when others were unkind to me. This graphic novel is an excellent and unsentimental look at childhood that will stay with you long after you finish it.

Looks like I will once again be using this as an excuse to read Birds of Prey, as the current series has been nominated again this year in several categories. So, I'll be catching up with Birds of Prey, Vol. 2: Worlds Without End followed by Birds of Prey Vol. 3: Bird Undercover (Birds of Prey to cover all the issues through 2024.

Just joined the grou, but gonna join in…

I’m gonna read Pee Pee Poo Poo…. Just joking…

I read several of these but will use Helen of Wyndhorn to talk about… before I started reading comics I read a ton of fantasy novels, so this book was right up my alley… I freaking loved the story, and the art was killer! Led me to go pick up Supergirl Woman of Tomorrow since it’s by the same duo… but Helen had me super sentimental since it’s a story of a girl and her grandfather…. Don’t really want to spoil it for anyone but Tom King really wrote this great, and Bilquis art and colors were all so enthralling…. I thought it was great and highly recommend it!

Machiavelli wrote: "... I’m gonna read Pee Pee Poo Poo…. Just joking ..."

With a name like that, I'm really curious.

BTW: Hoopla has a page highlighting the available nominees, though it doesn't say anything about the categories of the nominations.

https://www.hoopladigital.com/collect...

I've enjoyed "Adulthood is a myth", and "The Santos Sisters", and "The Road".

I just finished Animal Pound and found many of the political parallels to be uncomfortably spot on!

Just picked up Lunar New Year Love Story since it won…

Lunar New Year Love Story was just flat-out delightful. I picked it up expecting a light teen romance—and it absolutely delivers on the cute, charming front—but what really stood out was how smart, grounded, and full of heart it is. Val’s no-nonsense attitude, the lion dancing, the ghostly matchmaking twist—it all worked way better than I expected. The art pops with energy, and the story balances humor, culture, and emotional depth without ever feeling heavy. Just a genuinely fun, well-crafted read that left me smiling cover to cover. Definitely a bit of a YA lean but a cute, happy read if you’re in the mood for it.