Recs if you like Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book One...

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.

africanfuturism & afrofuturism see african and african-diasporic writers (respectively) explore Black culture, history, mythology and power through new futures, technologies, and speculative imaginings. these books offer a glimpse into afrofuturist & africanfuturist worlds.

Let's break through the fog of the capitalist, racist, colonial system that is holding all of us down. For a new world, we need new perspectives. (this list is from a white european girl, so PLEASE also seek out recommendations from BIPOC creators!!)

This is still a work in progress.

A lot of people ask me where to start with reading comics. This list will feature plenty of standalone series and one-offs. But anything from a serialized series will feature a good jumping on point.

I'm going to try and not have any repetition with creators, just to keep things broad.

No matter if you start with an issue or a volume, these are some of my favorite stories and voices leading the way in the comic book industry today.