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Graphic Novels by Canadian Authors

This list will give you a taste of the astounding diversity of Canadian graphic novels! You will find hilarious autobiographies, empathetic portrayals of real-life struggles in Canadian settings and imagined worlds featuring underwater creatures and devilish monsters. There is something for everyone!

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  • Wendy is an aspiring artist just trying to get her ducks in a row. Follow her on her hilarious adventures in fictional Canadian cities as she seeks creative inspiration, fends off backstabbing frenemies and finds new friends along the way.
    Graphic Novel, 2021Montréal, Québec : Drawn & Quarterly, 2021. — WEND 1
  • Graphic novelist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas skillfully combines Haida art and Japanese manga to tell the story of Carpe, who saves his village from starvation after undergoing a mystical journey under the sea.
    Graphic Novel, 2019Madeira Park, British Columbia : Douglas and McIntyre, 2019. — YAHA
  • Louis Riel

    a Comic-strip Biography

    Brown, Chester
    This historical biography won the Harvey Awards for Best Graphic Novel for its riveting retelling of the life of charismatic 19th-century Metis leader, Louis Riel.
    Book, 2006Montreal : Drawn and Quarterly, 2006. — 971.051 BRO 2006
  • Inspired by his hometown, Essex County in Ontario, Jeff Lemire follows an imaginary farming community over the years as they grapple with destructive secrets and embark on a journey towards healing.
    Graphic Novel, 2010Atlanta, GA : Top Shelf Productions, 2010. — LEMI
  • In this powerful story, two Indigenous men embroiled in gang violence and drug addiction find ways to overcome their historic trauma through traditional Indigenous healing circles and ceremonies.
    Graphic Novel, 2015Toronto, Ontario : House of Anansi Press, 2015. — LABO
  • In this compassionate and quirky account of growing old, Kumiko, who has run away from her long-term care home, must find ways to thwart Death's shadow with the help of a second-hand vacuum cleaner.
    Graphic Novel, 2021New York, NY : First Second, 2021, c2021. — GOTO
  • The hilarious Instagram comic is now in book form! In a world where men have been wiped out, the remaining women have to rebuild their society in new and irreverent ways.
    Graphic Novel, 2018Montreal, Quebec : Drawn & Quarterly, 2018 — GNA DHAL
  • Saga is an epic space opera/fantasy mash-up by that follows an extraterrestrial couple trying to bring up their child in the middle of an inter-galactic war. This series is by Brian K. Vaughan, a graphic novelist from Calgary who has also worked for…
    Graphic Novel, 2012Berkeley, Calif. : Image Comics, 2012. — SAGA 1
  • Ducks :

    Two Years in the Oil Sands

    Beaton, Kate, 1983-
    Kate Beaton chronicles her experiences working in the Albertan oil sands at the age of twenty-one and details how she toiled under the shadows of capitalism, exploitation (both of humans and the environment) and misogyny, all in the hopes of a good…
    Graphic Novel, 2022[Montréal, Québec] : Drawn and Quarterly, 2022 — BEAT