We are pleased to announce that the latest edition of the Notable Graphic Novels Review (NGNR) is now available. With the help of ARLIS/NA members, a total of 21 graphic novels published in 2022 were nominated and the following 10 finalists were selected for review:
Dog Biscuits by Alex Graham
Reviewed by Frances Lilliston, Assistant Librarian, Cataloging, Museum of Modern Art
The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner
Reviewed by Ryan King, English Librarian, Vanderbilt University
Invisible Wounds: Graphic Journalism by Jess Ruliffson
Reviewed by Maggie Murphy, Art & Design Librarian, UNC Greensboro
Keeping Two by Jordan Crane
Reviewed by Jacob Lackner, Teaching and Learning Librarian, Oxford College of Emory University
Men I Trust by Tommi Parrish
Reviewed by Caroline Meyers, Research and Collections Specialist, VCU Special Collections and Archives
M is for Monster by Talia Dutton
Reviewed by Door Williams, Reference Librarian, Freeman Library/Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Other Ever Afters: New Queer Fairy Tales by Melanie Gillman
Reviewed by Steph Noell, Special Collections Librarian, University of Texas at San Antonio
Welcome to St. Hell: My Trans Teen Misadventure by Lewis Hancox
Reviewed by Erin Carney, Arts Librarian for Drama, Theatre, and Performance Studies, Yale University
Voices
That Count: A Comics Anthology by Women by Diana Lopez Varela, Maria
Hesse, Leticia Dolera, Lola Garcia and Sandra Sabates
Reviewed by June Bendich, Evening Access Services Coordinator, Pratt Institute Libraries
Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smith
Reviewed by Shandy Frey, Research and Instruction Librarian, Savannah College of Art and Design
Reviews for all 10 finalist titles can be found on the NGNR wordpress site along with the archive of past reviews back until 2016. Accessible PDF versions of the reviews are linked on each individual page as well as deposited in the ARLIS/NA Humanities Commons Core Repository. Additional 2022 nominations can be found here.
The primary objective of this NGNR is to acknowledge and celebrate the craft of sequential art from the last year by tapping into the experience and love of this medium from ARLIS/NA members. As a result, this annual publication can assist (art) library workers in improving their own institutional collections of graphic novels by providing summaries, critical evaluations, and informed recommendations.
Thank you to all of our nominators and authors! It has been a pleasure working on this year’s NGNR publication.
All the best,
Giana Ricci and Tara Spies-Smith
Co-Editors, NGNR
