The Best Graphic Novels of 2025
New York Times | Sam Thielman |
Cannon and Do Admit named New York Times Best Graphic Novels 2025!
Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me by Mimi Pond
If Pond’s family biography dazzles with its narrative ambition and brio — and it does — it is also a delight to look at, each page a feast of eccentric typography, clever visual puns and historical trivia. Pond juggles a huge cast of down-at-heel aristocrats and scheming literary types as they attend debutante balls, join the Communist Party and try to date Hitler.
Cannon by Lee Lai
For Cannon, a young cook at an upscale Montreal restaurant, the pressures of kitchen work and family obligation allow her a comfortable remove from herself, until she inevitably explodes. Her love of detail is emphasized by the perfection of Lai’s drawings, which burst into color at all the best times.
If Pond’s family biography dazzles with its narrative ambition and brio — and it does — it is also a delight to look at, each page a feast of eccentric typography, clever visual puns and historical trivia. Pond juggles a huge cast of down-at-heel aristocrats and scheming literary types as they attend debutante balls, join the Communist Party and try to date Hitler.
Cannon by Lee Lai
For Cannon, a young cook at an upscale Montreal restaurant, the pressures of kitchen work and family obligation allow her a comfortable remove from herself, until she inevitably explodes. Her love of detail is emphasized by the perfection of Lai’s drawings, which burst into color at all the best times.