'Dentist Robs Women of Teeth' - 'Death Chair for Nice Old Man' - 'Mother Feeds Son Like Bird' The British newspaper clipping collection of egalitarian George Ives, collected between 1892 and 1949, ranged from murder and theories of crime to cricket scores. He was fascinated by the unusual, the gothic, the sexual, and the melodramatic. In this graphic novel, acclaimed cartoonist J. Webster Sharp shares some of the most bizarre stories from his archives in silent comics form. With often shocking, visceral black and white artwork, the strangeness and eccentricity of the Edwardian era provides a backdrop for Sharp's own struggles with mental health. The Scrapbook of Life and Death is a fascinating, personal window into forgotten historical views of eccentric and socially transcendent and disturbing behaviours - and their resonance in life today.

Sue Bird was always painting: botanical art, landscapes, still lifes, and especially the sea. She took classes, kept countless sketchbooks, and filled the house with art. From their neighbourhood to their family trips, all the moments of her life were memorialised in her artwork. Throughout her life, she never sold a piece - she gave art to family and friends, and shared her work online, but never received wider recognition for her work. This graphic novel by her son, Tim Bird, explores their family life and her creative explorations through a mix of her paintings and Tim's comics, depicting their relationship and her life from teenagehood to her struggle with cancer at the height of the covid pandemic. After her death, this graphic novel at last showcases her work. At its heart a book about creativity and family relationships, Adrift on a Painted Sea tells a story about the things we overlook in the people closest to us.

Merging the personal and the political, observation and contemplation, the author examines what her life is and wonders what it should be; what is expected of a thirty year old woman by society, by family and friends and by herself. She walks the streets of her London, creating it and herself-gaining agency by being in control of her own direction speed and momentum. Walking is both an internal and external experience. It's a time for self-reflection, for observing others and for imagining how we appear to them. What is expected of a person of our age, sex, and race, and how should that influence what we do and how we feel about ourselves? A poignant and contemporary meditation on gender politics, social commentary, and eighties movies, all interlaced with shards of autobiography and illustrated with a beautiful series of sequential and non-sequential watercolour images.

When the Prime Minister announces a new rail line in Ismyre, there are protests: from the wizards, who are concerned about the country's magic, from the naturalists, who fear the damage to the soil, plants, and animals, and from the Sisters of Our Lady Who Slumbers Under the Earth, who would prefer their giant serpent deity to rest peacefully. As the railway proceeds, the worries of the wizards and the naturalists come to pass... and the earth has begun to shake... A new book in the creative, fantastical Ismyre series drawn in pencil and watercolour by Nottingham-based creator B. Mure who continues to expand the Ismyre universe, this time with a story of industry and ecology.

Experience a universe-spanning sci-fi adventure in Infinite Wheatpaste. Relationships... androids... car repair... time travel... gods - these interconnected stories set on the edges of human experience share the moments of the little bits of life that feel less than real. Abby and Lilah are a couple drifting apart. Jeff is a flaming star. Soe is a perpetually late college student and the goddess next door. Casimir is a man with a past, and Abe is his future, maybe everyone's future. Otis is a grief-stricken robot on a road to enlightenment. Groob is fun-loving and the salt of the earth. Some are slowly making their way to each other, but some are breaking apart.

Loopy . . cuckoo . stark raving. When the depression and grief Alix feels over the death of her friend overwhelm her, she''s institutionalised. But inside a psychiatric ward, things don''t get better for her - now she has nowhere to get away from her rapidly-spiraling thoughts. As Alix navigates disinterested attendants, group therapy, and isolation, she must build herself a new equilibrium and tame the black dog of her depression. Inspired by her own struggles with mental health, Lucy Sullivan tells a powerful, emotional story about the problems that sometimes overwhelm us all - and the failures in the mental health system we depend on.

A vivid graphic novel adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Faithful to the original text while providing a new lavish rendition. When three witches prophecy to Macbeth that he will one day become the King of Scotland, an epic of unhappiness, treachery, and blood begins. Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's ambitions lead to an ever-growing path of murder as Macbeth grows ever-closer to the throne. But where will it all end? Only with death - and with madness. 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.

Work, health, family -- Mel's life is going nowhere as she renews her relationship to her brother in this graphic novel.

You're Wade, a schlubby middle-aged computer repairman, sent to fix a computer in a vacant, nondescript office. Once inside, the door locks behind you and you can't get out. Now the adventure begins! Explore this huge, sprawling building and find your way home. Your only hope is to uncover clues in the many empty rooms and try to work out the mystery this whole experience hangs on. Presented as a blend of classic 'choose your own adventure' stories and point and click escape games, 2120 offers readers the chance to explore these liminal spaces and take an existential journey of discovery.

Pickles Yin is a final year student at a prestigious art school struggling to live up to her own expectations of how to navigate the transition from education to career. Surrounded by nepotism and wealthy peers, her friend Radish suggests an alternative method to achieve success that results in crumbling teeth and deteriorating mental health. A semi-autobiographical comic about being struggling to finish the final year at a prestigious art school, Clio Isadora's debut full length work is a worthy successor to her acclaimed self-published zine, Is It Vague in Other Dimensions?

Renowned astronomer Maggie Hill is giving a lecture about her career, to inspire young women to work in science. She's also attending her first ever therapy session, in order to overcome some debilitating anxiety. Both events force Maggie to examine her greatest achievements and biggest regrets. A new comic about legacy, loss, human curiosity and the economics of failure - adapted by illustrator Lizzy Stewart and writer Molly Naylor from Naylor's play of the same name.

Down on the Riviera a famous sculpture has been stolen and the local police force are out of their depth - can a vast cast of local heroes, such as 'King Gianthead Fighter Policeman O.X.' or Danny Kildare the Space Priest', help solve the crime or will the thieves get away with their prize? Told through the twisted creative lens of Hurk, Jinx Freeze is a heist story unlike any you've read before!

Adam and Farai are an interracial couple that have been together for two years. Farai has persuaded Adam to introduce her to his parents, but the visit turns out to be a horrible experience for Farai. Several situations during the dinner make her feel uneasy and ostracised. When confronted about this, Adam tries to play down the situation and shows no understanding for his partner's concern. Farai starts to wonder if she can be with a man whose family does not accept her and who is not willing to face the difficulties of an interracial relationship.

B. Mure returns to the world of Ismyre for another quiet and fantastical mystery tale, set in an old world of ordinary magic.