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The Great North Wood
» Graphic Novel » Non-Fiction
Modern
The magic that once filled the ancient forest can still be felt even when the trees are long gone. Memories of the Great North Wood are recorded in the place names – Forest Hill, Honor Oak, Norwood. Stories are told of the bandits, outlaws and gypsies that once roamed the forest, and their presence can sometimes be sensed when the hum of the city is quiet. Tim Bird’s longest work to date...
Untitled Ape's Epic Adventure
» Graphic Novel » Adventure
Anthropomorphic
Friendship
Magic
On this particular morning in this particular place, Untitled Ape has decided he needs to see his family. His friend Cat doesn’t think it’s a particularly good idea, but at this very moment a massive storm rolls in, and their epic adventure begins.
Without a map or a plan, they journey through flooded cities and stormy seas, across frozen plains and snowy mountains, and even up into the world...
Grey Area: Issues One to Three Collection
» Comic » Slice of Life
Family
Friendship
Love
Psychological
Collecting together the first three issues of Tim Bird's acclaimed series, this includes While The City Sleeps, The Old Straight Track and From the City to the Sea which won the Best Comic award at the British Comic Awards in 2015.
Psychogeography figures largely in Tim's work and sees him examining people's relationships with the space around them and how the space around them shapes people.
The Flood That Did Come
» Graphic Novel » Sci-Fi
Dystopian
Post-apocalyptic
Science
In the year 2036 the whole of Kingsby county has been flooded after several weeks of torrential rain. Only a few villages have escaped the flood. One of these is the village of Pennyworth, where Tom and Jenny live. When the inhabitants of nearby Brook Falls arrive and attempt to lay claim to Pennyworth, a struggle ensues that places the residents of each village against each other in a battle of...
What We Don't Talk About
» Graphic Novel » Psychological Fiction
Family
Love
Psychological
Farai has finally persuaded Adam to introduce her to his parents, but the visit to the in-laws turns out to be a horrible experience for her. She starts to feel uneasy and ostracised. When confronted about this experience Adam tries to play down the situation and does not show any understanding for his partner's concerns. Then things get a whole lot worse and Farai has to question if she can be...
Zebedee and the Valentines
» Graphic Novel » Abstract
Music
1982. A pub, somewhere in a small suburban town in the South of England. Zebedee and The Valentines have just played the gig of their lives. The seven people watching them agree. With a big battle of the bands approaching, lead singer Zebedee and his motley crew of punks seem ready to blow up. But when the Devil is booking your gigs and the competition is fierce, was it ever really going to be...
Lights, Planets, People!
» Graphic Novel » Slice of Life
Leading Ladies
LGBTQ+
Love
Science
Renowned astronomer, Maggie Hill, is due to deliver a lecture about her astonishing career to a group of science students. She’s also attending her first ever therapy session in order to overcome some debilitating anxiety. Plus, Maggie's heartbroken... but she doesn't know this yet. Through facing first herself and then a group of terrifyingly ambitious and canny young women, Maggie is forced...
Methods of Dyeing
» Graphic Novel » Fantasy
Friendship
Magic
Mythical
In Ismyre, on the eve of his lecture, the renowned botanist and master dyer Professor Detlef is found dead in the university gardens. As the local constabulary begin their search for the culprit, a strange detective arrives from outside the city to help solve the crime. In a place where things are never as they seem, will Mary the university custodian be able to help the mysterious investigator...
Suzanne
» Graphic Novel » Biographies
Leading Ladies
With stunning art and an astute eye, and featuring a foreword by founding co-secretary of the Women's Tennis Association and International Tennis Hall of Fame member Françoise Dürr, Suzanne explores how a figure both enormously influential and too-often overlooked battled her father's ambition, bias in sporting journalism, and her own divisive personality, to forge a new path - and to change...
Pet Peeves
» Graphic Novel » Horror
Antihero
Friendship
LGBTQ+
Monsters
In this horror graphic novel, the new dog that aspiring musician Bobbie has adopted is cute, but also stealing her life. This debut solo graphic novel from breakout author Nicole Goux explores the struggles of a young artist – haunted not only by debt and society, but by more sinister (though adorable) canine forces.
Big Ugly
» Graphic Novel » Slice of Life
Antihero
Family
Friendship
Love
Work, health, family -- Mel feels like her life is just circling endlessly as she begins to renew her relationship to her brother in this vibrant graphic novel. Renowned illustrator Ellice Weaver brings her crisp artwork to the graphic novel form in this powerful story of contemporary life.
Macbeth
» Graphic Novel » Drama
Antihero
Fighting
Leading Ladies
Mature
A vivid graphic novel adaptation of Macbeth, with Shakespeare's full, unabridged text. Influenced by the witches and magic of Macbeth, K. Briggs’s lush new graphic novel rendition of the classic provides a new interpretation of the Scottish play. Briggs, as a Shakespeare reader (and performer) from age twelve, brings their lifelong love of the Bard to this work.