Recs if you like Black Hammer, Vol. 1: Secret Origins...

LGBT*+ graphic novels / comics / manga +

Fluff to smut, including 18+ etc aka not exclusive to anything specific other than being queer content (queer & queer-rep inclusive stories). I have read a good handful of the ones now at the bottom of the list. Includes intended middle-grade-ish-level youth content to adult audience content.

In progress / updated over time

(recs highly welcome) Attempting a highly exhaustive list.

Image, Valiant, Dark Horse, IDW.. it’s not Marvel or DC (at least not directly), but the best of the rest!

First issues/arcs may stand in for entire volumes/series’.

A list of comics to jump into if you're starting out and want some recommendations! Comics include Sci-fi, superhero, fantasy, space operas, drama, etc as general mixed bag across genres.

A posthuman(ish) syllabus - books on or related to posthumanism, transhumanism, cybernetics, autopoiesis, tech, & the (non?)human.

Grimdark is about the dirt, the blood, and the crushing weight of reality in a world where "might is right." The genre takes its name from the tagline of 'Warhammer 40,000': "In the grim darkness of the far future, there is only war." Here is a list of 100 essential Grimdark works including standalone novels, series starters, and graphic novels.