Best of Year: 2022

Let’s face it: this past year was bloody awful for everybody. Nevertheless some very gifted people created some remarkable comics works and I’ll be damned if I don’t give you all one last chance to see that for yourselves.

Thus here’s our compilation of the best graphic novels of 2022. You should check them out…

Happy New Year from all of us to all of you.

Mature reading/General

No Surrender
By Constance Maud: adapted by Scarlett & Sophie Rickard (SelfMadeHero)
ISBN: 978-1-91422-406-5 (TPB/Digital edition)
© 2022 SelfMadeHero. Text © 2022 Sophie Rickard. Artwork © 2022 Scarlett Rickard. All rights reserved.

Algorithmic Reality
By Damian Bradfield & David Sánchez (NBM) ISBN: 978-1-68112-306-6 (PB) eISBN: 978-1-68112-307-3
Text and illustrations © 2021, 2022 Damian Bradfield and David Sánchez. All rights reserved. © 2022 NBM for the English translation.

Captain America – Truth
By Robert Morales, Kyle Baker & various (MARVEL)
ISBN: 978-1-3029-3427-9 (TPB/Digital Edition) 978-0785136668 (Premiere HB)
© 2022 MARVEL.

The Steel Claw: The Reign of the Brain
By Tom Tully, Jesús Blasco & various (Rebellion)
ISBN: 978-1-78108-681-2 (TPB/Digital Edition) © 1963, 1964 & 2022 Rebellion Publishing IP Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

White All Around
By Wilfrid Lupano & Stéphane Fert, translated by Montana Kane (Europe Comics)
No ISBN: digital only edition
© 2021 DARGAUD BENELUX, (Dargaud-Lombard s. a.) – LUPANO & FERT. All rights reserved. English translation © 2009 Cinebook Ltd.

Colored – The Unsung Life of Claudette Colvin
By Émilie Plateau, with Tania de Montaigne, translated by Montana Kane (Europe Comics)
No ISBN: digital only edition © 2019 – DARGAUD – Émilie Plateau. All rights reserved. This graphic novel is based on the book Noire, by Tania de Montaigne. © Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle, 2015.

Suzanne: The Jazz Age Goddess of Tennis
By Ted Humberstone (Avery Hill Publishing)
ISBN: 978-1-910395-69-1 (HB)
© 2022 Tom Humberstone.

Adam Eterno – A Hero for All Time
By Tom Tully, Tom Kerr, Colin Page Francisco Solano López, Eric Bradbury Ted Kearon, Rex Archer & various (Rebellion)
ISBN: 978-1-78108-869-2 (TPB/Digital edition) © 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, & 2021 Rebellion Publishing IP Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

One Beautiful Spring Day
By Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics Books)
ISBN: 978-1-68396-555-8 (TPB/Digital edition) 978-1-68396-588-6 (slipcased HB)
© 2022 Jim Woodring. This edition © 2022 Fantagraphics Books. All rights reserved.

Letters to Margaret
By Hayley Gold, with Andy Kravis, Mike Selinker & various (Lone Shark Games)
ISBN: 978-1-7356380-2-7 (TPB/Digital edition)
© 2021 Hayley Gold, Andrew Kravis and Mike Selinker on behalf of Lone Shark Games, Inc..

Hitchcock: Master of Suspense
By Noel Simsolo & Dominique Hé, translated by Matt Maden (NBM)
ISBN: 978-1-68112-296-0 (HB) eISBN: 978-168112-289-2
© 2018 Dargaud-Benelux. © 2020 NBM for the English Translation. All rights reserved. © DUPUIS 2020 by Rubio, Efa. All rights reserved.

Cyberman – An On-Screen Documentary
By Veronika Muchitsch AKA L.B. Jeffries (Myriad Editions)
ISBN: 978-1-8383860-2-3 (TPB) eISBN: 978-1-8383860-3-0
© Veronika Muchitsch 2021.

Georgia O’Keeffe
By Maria Herreros; translated by Lawrence Schimel (SelfMadeHero)
ISBN: 978-1-914224-05-8 (TPB/Digital edition)
Text and illustrations © 2021 by Maria Herreros. All rights reserved. English translation © 2021 SelfMadeHero.

The Boxer – The True Story of Holocaust Survivor Harry Haft
By Reinhardt Kleist; translated by Michael Waaler (SelfMadeHero)
ISBN: 978-1-906838-77-5 (TPB/Digital edition)
© Text and illustrations 2012 CARLSEN Verlag GmbH, Hamburg, Germany. © Appendix 2012 Martin Krau & CARLSEN Verlag. English translation © 2021 SelfMadeHero. All rights reserved.

Boot Black
By Mikael, translated by Matt Maden (NBM)
ISBN: 978-1-68112-296-0 (HB) eISBN: 978-1-68112-297-7
© 2019, 2020 Dargaud-Benelux (Dargaud-Lombard s.a.) – Mikael.

Welcome Home
By Clarrie & Blanche Pope (Minor Compositions)
ISBN: 978-1-57027-394-0 (PB) © Clarrie & Blanche Pope, 2022.

Days of Sand
By Aimee De Jongh, translated by Christopher Bradley (SelfMadeHero)
ISBN: 978-1-914224-04-1 (HB) Jours de sable © DARGAUD-BENELUX (DARGAUD-LOMBARD S.A.) 2021, by Aimee De Jongh. All rights reserved.

Alice Guy: First Lady of Film
By Catel & Bocquet, translated by Eward Gauvin (SelfMadeHero) ISBN: 978-1-914224-03-4 (TPB/Digital edition)
© Casterman 2021. All rights reserved.

Big Scoop of Ice Cream
By Conxita Herrero Delfa: translated by Jeff Whitman (NBM)
ISBN: 978-1-68112-294-6 (PB) eISBN: 978-1-68112-295-3
© 2016 Conxita Herrero Delfa and apa apa comics. © 2022 NBM for the English translation. All rights reserved.

Dungeon: Twilight Vols. 1-2 – Cemetery of the Dragon
By Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim & Kerascoet, translated by Joe Johnson (NBM)
ISBN: 978-1-68112-293-9, (TPB/Digital)
© Editions Delcourt 1999-2005. (Donjon Crepescule #101-104, by J. Sfar, L.Trondheim & Kerascoet). © 2006 NBM for the English translation.

The Con Artists
By Luke Healy (Faber)
ISBN: 978-1-91274-008-6 (HB)
© Luke Healy, 2022. All rights reserved.

The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
By Robert Tressell; adapted by Scarlett & Sophie Rickard (SelfMadeHero)
ISBN: 978-1-910593-92-9 (TPB/Digital edition)
© 2020 SelfMadeHero. Text © 2020 Sophie Rickard. Artwork © 2020 Scarlett Rickard. All rights reserved.

Kid Friendly Classics
I don’t suppose kids ever rush to the comics racks and shelves these days, but if they did, This Baker’s Dozen is what we think they might like: a purely random number of potent picture books made with you and me in mind. Enjoy and don’t be snobbish… check out the kids’ stuff too…

Bunny vs Monkey: Machine Mayhem!
By Jamie Smart, with Sammy Borras (David Fickling Books)
ISBN: 978-1-78845-285-4 (Digest HB)
Text and illustrations © Jamie Smart 2022. All rights reserved.

Mega Robo Bros: Meltdown
By Neill Cameron with Abby Bulmer & Lisa Murphy (David Fickling Books)
ISBN: 978-1-78845-281-6 (TPB)
Text and illustrations © Neill Cameron 2022. All rights reserved.

Mighty Marvel Masterworks Thor volume 1
By Stan Lee & Jack Kirby with Larry Lieber, Robert Bernstein, Joe Sinnott, Al Hartley, Don Heck & various (MARVEL)
ISBN: 978-1-302931681 (PB)
© 2021 MARVEL

Bunny vs. Monkey: Rise of the Maniacal Badger
By Jaimie Smart, with Sammy Borras (David Fickling Books)
ISBN: 978-1-78845-280-9 (TPB) 978-1-78845-118-5 (Waterstones Exclusive Edition)
Text and illustrations © Jamie Smart 2022. All rights reserved.

Tails of the Super-Pets
By Jerry Siegel, Robert Bernstein, Otto Binder, Leo Dorfman, Bill Finger, Edmond Hamilton, William Moulton Marston, Jim Shooter, Curt Swan, Jim Mooney, Pete Costanza, John Forte, Ramona Fradon, Sheldon Moldoff, George Papp, Harry G. Peter, Sy Barry, Stan Kaye, George Klein, Charles Paris & various (DC Comics)
ISBN: 978-1779513397 (TPB/Digital edition)
© 1947, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 2022 DC Comics. All Rights Reserved.

Ken Reid’s Football Funnies – The First Half
By Ken Reid (Rebellion Studios)
ISBN: 978-1-78108-883-8 (HB/Digital edition)
© 1970, 1971, 1972, & 2021 Rebellion Publishing Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

Cedric vol. 7: Isn’t It Past Your Bedtime?
By Laudec & Cauvin; colours by Leonardo, translated by Jerome Saincantin (Cinebook)
ISBN: 978-1-80044-025-8 (PB Album/Digital edition)
© Dupuis 1995 by Cauvin & Laudec. All rights reserved. English translation © 2021 Cinebook Ltd.

Popeye volume 1: Olive Oyl and Her Sweety
By Elzie Crisler Segar with Sergio Ponchione, Cathy Malkasian & various(Fantagraphics Books)
ISBN: 978-1- 68396-462-9 (PB/digital edition)
© 2021 Fantagraphics Books Inc. All Segar comics and drawings © 2021 King Features Syndicate. Inc./ Hearst Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved.

Young Hellboy – The Hidden Land
By Mike Mignola, Thomas Sniegoski, Craig Rousseau, Dave Stewart & Clem Robins (Dark Horse Books)
ISBN: 978-1506723983 (HB) eISBN: 978-1-50672-399-0
Young Hellboy ™ and © 2021 Mike Mignola. All rights reserved.

Mighty Marvel Masterworks The Incredible Hulk volume 1
By Stan Lee & Jack Kirby, with Steve Ditko & various (MARVEL)
ISBN: 978-1-3029-3180-3 (TPB)
© 2021 MARVEL

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