Each month we select a notable graphic novel for the book club. It is 25% Off to everyone all month. At the end of the month we meet to discuss.
This month’s selection is
Monica
By Daniel Clowes
Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story ― actually, stories ― of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists, Monica is a multilayered masterpiece in comics form that alludes to many of the genres that have defined the medium ― war, romance, horror, crime, the supernatural, etc. ― but in a mysterious, uncategorizable, and quintessentially Clowesian way that rewards multiple readings.
Five years in the making, Monica marks the apex of creativity from one of the defining voices of the graphic novel boom over the past quarter-century. A new book from Clowes is always a huge event in comics and literary circles; Monica will be the biggest literary event of 2023.
PAST SELECTIONS:
6/4/11 Morning Glories
7/9/11 Irredeemable
8/6/11 Chew
9/10/11 Batwoman: Elegy
10/8/11 Fables 1 Legends in Exile
11/5/11 Marvel Zombies 1
12/3/11 Green Hornet: Sins of our Fathers 1
2/11/12 Sandman 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
3/3/12 The New Teen Titans: Games
4/12/12 Return of the Dapper Men
6/2/12 Asterios Polyp
8/22/12 Watchmen
10/12/12 Locke & Key 1
12/12/12 Christmas Carole
2/13/13 Invincible
4/13/13 Building Stories
6/18/13 Prophet
8/3/13 Young Inhumans
9/16/13 Midnight Nation
10/13/13 Hawkeye: 1 My life as a weapon
12/28/13 Blacksad
2/12/14 Porcelain
3/29/14 Saga 1
5/17/14 Fatale 1
6/25/14 The Property
8/2/14 Good Dog
9/3/14 Trillium
10/1/14 Rat Queens
11/8/14 WinterWorld
12/5/14 Black Widow 1
1/10/15 Astro City: Life in the Big City
2/28/15 Beautiful Darkness
3/28/15 Seconds
4/25/15 The Wake
5/24/15 Here
6/27/15 This One Summer
7/25/15 Gigantic Beard That Was Evil
9/5/15 The Wicked and the Divine
10/3/15 Black Science: 1
11/7/15 Wytches
12/5/15 Nimona
1/30/16 Jessica Jones: AKA Alias
3/5/16 Supermutant Magic Academy
4/19/16 Private Eye
5/14/16 Southern Bastard
6/11/16 Lady Killer
7/16/16 Long Walk to Valhalla
8/13/16 Monstress
9/10/16 Paper Girls
10/15/16 Panther
11/12/16 Afterlife with Archie
12/10/16 Ruins
1/7/17 Klaus
2/17/17 Mooncop
4/1/17 Sheriff of Babylon
5/13/17 Vision: 1
6/27/17 Eartha
7/29/17 Lennon
8/26/17 Wonder Woman: A True Amazon
9/30/17 Patience
10/28/17 Halloween Tales
11/25/17 My Favorite Things is Monsters
1/6/18 Daytripper
2/10/18 Snotgirl: Green Hair Don’t Care
3/17/18 Black Panther
4/7/18 Niourk
5/12/18 Killing & Dying
6/9/18 Infinity Gauntlet
7/14/18 Black Hammer
8/11/18 Boundless
9/8/18 I Kill Giants
10/20/18 Rome West
12/1/18 Dark Nights Metal
12/29/18 Skyward
2/2/19 Roughneck
3/2/19 Upgrade Soul
4/6/19 WaterSnakes
5/11/19 The Lie and How We Told It
6/8/19 Mister Miracle
7/13/19 Immortal Hulk
8/10/19 Come Again
9/14/19 My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies
10/5/19 Batman White Knight
11/2/19 Bone Parish 1 & 2
12/14/19 Exit Stage Left
1/4/20 Heroes in Crisis
2/1/20 Sabrina
3/7/20 Green Lantern: Intergalactic Lawman
4/18/20 Star Trek Next Generation Mirror Broken
6/13/20 DIE
7/11/20 Something is Killing the Children
8/8/20 Once & Future
9/12/20 Freedom Fighters
10/10/20 Are you Listening?
11/14/20 Uzamaki
12/12/20 Cats of the Louvre
1/4/21 4 Kids Walk Into a Bank
2/13/21 The House
3/13/21 Dracula MotherF**cker
4/10/21 Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen
5/8/21 Dead Day
6/18/21 Rogue Planet
7/10/21 We Only Find Them When They Are Dead
8/7/21 Eight-Lane Runaways
9/11/21 Resistance
10/9/21 Pulp
11/13/21 Basketful of Heads
12/11/21 Department of Truth
1/8/22 Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
2/19/22 Stray Dogs
3/12/22 Graveneye
4/9/22 Oksi
5/14 Carthago
6/11/22 I want to eat your pancreas
7/9/22 Bubble
8/13/22 Ballad of Sophie
9-10 In.
10/8/22 Destroy All Monsters
11/12/22 You Died an Anthology of the Afterlife
12/10/22 Monsters
1/14/23 Goblin Girl
2/11/23 Fantastic Four Full Circle
3/11/23 Ducks
4/8/23 Radiant Black
5/13/23 Nice House on the Lake
6/10/23 TMNT – Last Ronin
7/8/23 Catwoman Lonely City
8/12/23 Rain
9/9/23 Chivalry
10/14 /23 Always Never
11/11/23 Swamp Thing Green Hell
12/9/23 Monica