Book Club – Monica

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