Tillie Walden. Avery Hill , $18 trade paper (108p) ISBN 978-1-910395-26-4
It’s hard to discuss this graphic novel without bringing up the youth of its creator, who was only 19 when she drew it as a side project during her schooling at the Center for Cartoon Studies, but this dreamy, luminous fantasy would be impressive...
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Tillie Walden. First Second, $32.99 (544p) ISBN 978-1-250-17813-8
In this sprawling, wonderfully original space jaunt by Walden (Spinning), the depicted characters are all female or gender nonbinary, and the diverse protagonists inhabit cluttered and homey quarters aboard a fish-shaped starship. Teenage Mia joins...
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Tillie Walden. Image, $14.99 paper (256p) ISBN 978-1-5343-2128-1
Set in Robert Kirkman’s The Walking Dead comic universe, in which zombies have overrun society, 17-year-old Clementine travels Pennsylvania alone. While this story targets existing franchise fans, the character-focused volume, set amid a sparsely...
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Tillie Walden. First Second, $17.99 (400p) ISBN 978-1-62672-940-7
In an elegant, contemplative, and somber graphic memoir, Walden (The End of Summer) immerses readers in an adolescence dominated by competitive figure skating. The story stretches over several years, during which time Walden vacillates between...
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Tillie Walden. First Second, $17.99 (320) ISBN 978-1-250-20756-2
Running from her home in small-town Texas, 18-year-old Bea meets Lou, who is taking a road trip to escape her grief after losing her mother. A short lift turns into a longer journey when they find a lost cat and decide to return it to its home. As...
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Emma Hunsinger and Tillie Walden. Roaring Brook, $18.99 (40p) ISBN 978-1-250-80027-5
Molly Zurowski, this picture book’s pink-skinned kid narrator, is eager for a family outing to the park with little brother Seth, who has brown skin, and their two moms (one brown-skinned and one white). And then it happens: the parents are...
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