Comics publishers released a dizzying array of work in 2023, from heartfelt memoirs and inventive biographies to fictional reflections on identity and family. These 10 exceptional titles represent a small slice of the best graphic novels available today, but they collectively speak to the range and richness of the medium.
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‘Monica,’ by Daniel Clowes
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Daniel Clowes counts among the greatest living cartoonists, and in “Monica,” his first book in more than seven years, he continues to prove why. The story follows a woman’s lifelong struggles to reconnect with her lost family members, a narrative that slips in and out of reality as it goes. Playfully reworking the visual history of the comics medium itself, “Monica” offers a trenchant and unnerving reflection on what we owe the past. (Read our review.)