CBR Includes 5 D+Q in Holiday Shopping Guide

Like Fantagraphics, Drawn & Quarterly tends to specialize in more sophisticated comics for people who are not traditionally fans of the medium (or for people who just like their comics a little different from the usual superhero fights). Nick Drnaso's Sabrina deals with online conspiracies, military service, depression, and social media in an emotionally resonant and timely way. Guy Delisle's Pyongyang document the two months he spent living in North Korea, while his works Hostage and Jerusalem are equally impactful pieces of nonfiction.

The League of Super Feminists is a fun educational book marketed to tweens and younger teens. Japan's legendary manga artist, the late great Shigeru Mizuki, licensed the English translations of many of his works through Drawn & Quarterly. At the same time, the classic character Moomin is also licensed through them. Craig Thompson's Blankets explores his struggles with identity growing up in a repressive Midwestern household of Christian fundamentalists and is considered a modern classic.