


On Free Comic Books Day, the comic industry celebrates and attracts readers by offering (shock!) free comics at local comic book shops. We can’t offer any comics for free, but we CAN offer our favorite graphic novels starring queer characters (explicitly queer or otherwise!). The contributors to the list are: Tryan A Bex, Sebastian Marie, Nina Waters, Cedar, Puck, JD Rivers, Alessa Riel, Linnea Peterson, Mikki Madison, CarCrash, E. C., Rascal Hartley.
Can’t get enough queer graphic novels? There are over 150 titles we’ve recommended now and in the past, and you can find them all on our Goodreads Shelf, our Pagebound.co list, and – for those currently in print – in our Bookshop.org affiliate shop!
- The Girl from the Sea by Lee Knox Ostertag
- I Think Our Son Is Gay by Okura
- The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen
- The Witch Boy by Lee Knox Ostertag
- Our Sunny Days by Jeong Seokchan
- Murderous Lewellyn’s Candlelit Dinner by Sumnagi & Mukbu
- The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang
- Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi
- Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
- Strange Bedfellows by Ariel Slamet Ries
- Lullaby of the Dawn by Ichika Yuno
- The Princess and the Grilled Cheese Sandwich by Deya Muniz
- The Deep Dark by Lee Knox Ostertag
- Wish by CLAMP
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker & Wendy Xu
- On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
- The Crimson Spell by Ayano Yamane
- Watson’s Sketchbook by Lee Knox Ostertag
- Our Dining Table by Mita Ori
- Hello Sunshine by Keezy Young
- Daybreak by Moosopp
- The Deep & Dark Blue by Niki Smith
- The Wicked + The Divine by Kieron Gillen & Jamie McKelvie
- Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu
- Don’t Call Me Daddy by Gorou Kanbe
- The Tea Dragon Society by K. O’Neill
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