Best New Comics of 2025 for Adults
New York Public Library | NYPL Comics Committee |
Eight D+Q Books Named Best New Comics for Adults by The New York Public Library!
Cannon By Lee Lai
Balancing a stressful job and the declining health of her aging grandfather, Cannon is in desperate need of support. When the relationship with her best friend and only confidant begins to crumble, will Cannon be able to keep it together?
Checked Out By Katie Fricas
Louise, a newly hired library worker, reexamines her relationship to history as she embarks on completing an artistic passion project. A love letter to New York City, with scrappy, expressive art, freewheeling humor, and lots of pigeons.
Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog By Marc Torices
Translated by Andrea Rosenberg | If you think The Big Lebowski’s Dude is the worst possible man to have on a kidnapping case, may we introduce you to Cornelius? Torices's faux-archival illumination of his incompetent character challenges expectations of the form.
Holy Lacrimony By Michael DeForge
After evaluating all life on earth, aliens have determined Jackie to be "the saddest living person in the entire world." Forced to perform his sadness on repeat, Jackie begins to embrace life after abduction. It's only once he returns to earth that he struggles to acclimate.
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Land of Mirrors By Maria Medem
Translated by Aleshia Jensen | Antonia chooses to leave her deserted town in search of a way to save a precious flower. Upon following a friendly traveller, they journey to the land of mirrors. Readers are sure to delightfully lose themselves in the hallucinatory experience Medem has to offer.
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The Legend of Kamui, Vol. 1 By Shirato Sanpei
Translated by Richard Rubinger | A sprawling epic set in feudal Japan, intertwining dozens of characters and factions. The author’s chilly and spare narration bridges the gap between present and past, balancing hints of the fantastic with a clear-eyed fatalism.
Wake Up, Pixoto! By Weng Pixin
A young, vulnerable artist gets taken under the wing of her professor, and getting pulled into his orbit affects her life forever. A true story that takes heartbreaking events and pairs them with gentle, childlike illustration to devastating effect.
We All Got Something By Lawrence Lindell
Lawrence has all the makings of a wimp: single, broke, and living with his mom. Recently he's been feeling off, and no one seems to be able to give him a break. This profoundly relatable yet also funny graphic memoir is a must read—because we all got something.
Balancing a stressful job and the declining health of her aging grandfather, Cannon is in desperate need of support. When the relationship with her best friend and only confidant begins to crumble, will Cannon be able to keep it together?
Checked Out By Katie Fricas
Louise, a newly hired library worker, reexamines her relationship to history as she embarks on completing an artistic passion project. A love letter to New York City, with scrappy, expressive art, freewheeling humor, and lots of pigeons.
Cornelius: The Merry Life of a Wretched Dog By Marc Torices
Translated by Andrea Rosenberg | If you think The Big Lebowski’s Dude is the worst possible man to have on a kidnapping case, may we introduce you to Cornelius? Torices's faux-archival illumination of his incompetent character challenges expectations of the form.
Holy Lacrimony By Michael DeForge
After evaluating all life on earth, aliens have determined Jackie to be "the saddest living person in the entire world." Forced to perform his sadness on repeat, Jackie begins to embrace life after abduction. It's only once he returns to earth that he struggles to acclimate.
form.
Land of Mirrors By Maria Medem
Translated by Aleshia Jensen | Antonia chooses to leave her deserted town in search of a way to save a precious flower. Upon following a friendly traveller, they journey to the land of mirrors. Readers are sure to delightfully lose themselves in the hallucinatory experience Medem has to offer.
form.
The Legend of Kamui, Vol. 1 By Shirato Sanpei
Translated by Richard Rubinger | A sprawling epic set in feudal Japan, intertwining dozens of characters and factions. The author’s chilly and spare narration bridges the gap between present and past, balancing hints of the fantastic with a clear-eyed fatalism.
Wake Up, Pixoto! By Weng Pixin
A young, vulnerable artist gets taken under the wing of her professor, and getting pulled into his orbit affects her life forever. A true story that takes heartbreaking events and pairs them with gentle, childlike illustration to devastating effect.
We All Got Something By Lawrence Lindell
Lawrence has all the makings of a wimp: single, broke, and living with his mom. Recently he's been feeling off, and no one seems to be able to give him a break. This profoundly relatable yet also funny graphic memoir is a must read—because we all got something.