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This month, I dig into my thoughts on the Eisner-Winning Assorted Crisis Events, try to become a Trekkie, and find at least two new graphic novels worthy of the annual list (including one frontrunner!).
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To see the full year’s list, check out the best comics of 2026 (updated monthly!). [Read more…] about My Favorite Graphic Novels of September 2026
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This month Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees returns, Tillie Walden and James Stokoe have new graphic novels, and Dogs on Dates makes a run at becoming my new favorite graphic novel of the year.
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To see the full year’s list, check out the best comics of 2026 (updated monthly!). [Read more…] about My Favorite Graphic Novels of July 2026
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This month’s new graphic novels features 2 DC superhero titles, 3 2020s Manga runs among my favorites of the decade, and one written by a musician whose concert I very drunkenly attended in 2011!
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This month’s new graphic novels features 6 that make it inside my 20 favorite books of the entire year, including a new #1! Sign up for the newsletter version to also see how I voted in this year’s Eisner awards!
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To see the full year’s list, check out the best comics of 2026 (updated monthly!). [Read more…] about My Favorite Graphic Novels of May 2026
The annual exercise of keeping up with all the best new graphic novels and comics collections is perhaps one of humanity’s greatest feats, impossible for all but the most dedicated and classically handsome, but have no fear, I’m still here! As I’ve done every year of the decade, I’ll be updating Comic Book Herald’s best graphic novels of 2026 every month throughout the year, culminating in a final unimpeachable year-end version of the best comics have to offer this year.
I cut off last year’s list at my 50 favorite comics, and will target that same number here as the year progresses. Picks are confined to completed graphic novels or full trade comics collections. This means good runs that have only been released in single issues are not yet eligible until they are collected, unless I turn into one wild and crazy guy and break my own rules. As always, the list is also limited to works that have been written or translated into English, and somehow found their way into my hands. And yes, they’re ranked in descending order ending with my very favorite favorite #1 best comic at the end!
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Last Updated: 9/24/26
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Without further ado… the best comics of 2026! [Read more…] about The Best Comics of 2026! (So Far!)