Happy Pride Month! This year has been a big one for LGBTQIA+ releases so far – and we’re only half way through. We’ve already shared our top queer fiction and poetry for 2024, but we’re back to give the graphic novel fans what they need — more! More! More! So far this year we’ve seen the return of Emil Ferris’ industry-shaking My Favourite Thing Is Monsters, a new wave of great new manga releases, and a bunch of stand-out stand-alone graphic novels from our favourite indie presses. So read on to find out what you missed and get a peak at what new titles are in store for this pride month.

Come out? Check. Get a fresh start at an all-boys, boarding high school? Check. Snag a hot, third-year boyfriend?! Check! Now all Shion Yoshino has to do is take his new boo, third-year Rei Inaba, from a piece of doo-doo and mold him into the model manga boyfriend! The fourth volume in this sweet yaoi manga series provides readers with plenty of romance, drama, and a healthy dose of will-they-wont-they.

I Think Our Son Is Gay is the heartwarming and hilarious family comedy you didn’t know you needed in your life! This sitcom-esque series tells the story of a doting mother and her two beloved sons, one of whom she suspects is probably gay. You follow the family as they go through their daily lives, and the dramas of high school and family life. This volume is set to be the last, so make sure to grab the whole series.

A sapphic YA graphic novel with sword fighting, political intrigue and magic where the princess needs a marriage alliance for the welfare of her kingdom, but she unknowingly accepts a proposal from a mysterious country, having come not from the prince, but his sister. Nimona meets heartfelt sapphic romance in the gorgeously illustrated The Marble Queen.

Since her parents split up, Ruby Reid has been having a tough time at Crestwood High. But everything changes the day Ella Mooney moves to town. Ella isn’t like most teens: she’s never been on a Ferris wheel, never had an ice cream cone, and sometimes she grows fangs and a tail! It’s not just Ruby who takes an interest in the new girl, and the pair find themselves on the run from a mysterious group that wants to capture Ella and her whole family! A whirlwind adventure exploring love, gender, and big emotions, Monster Crush is the perfect read for anyone who’s ever felt like an outsider.

The classic 90’s cartoon returns! What if the knights of the round table were actually a modern American football team transported back in time? A new take on the classic 90s cartoon — King Arthur & The Knights of Justice! Quarterback Arthur King and his football team have been transported back to the time of Arthurian legend in order to free the real King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table from the evil Morgana!

A wholesome Boys Love rom-com between a handsome but oblivious mob boss and his young, simplehearted but moody second-in-command! Akihiro Kashima is the right-hand man of the Sawatari mob, and he has a secret. He’s been hopelessly in love for years — with his boss! As a trusted subordinate, he’s subject to the head honcho’s unintended acts of seduction. But with Akihiro’s position in the group at stake, he couldn’t possibly reveal the infatuation that plagues him. Stuck between duty and his feelings, something’s gotta give!

Elliot Green has had a rough year. His dad died, he had to move across the country, and now he’s about to start high school in one of LA’s most prestigious private schools, where his mom has accepted the position of Vice Principal. He’s quickly taken in by the school’s outcasts: the scholarship kids; the queer kids; and the ones who just don’t really fit in with the glossy trust fund babies of SJTBA. They quickly let him in on their little secret… they are witches.

‘My name is Lucille, and me and my body have broken up.’ Lucille and his body are constantly at odds. Lucille is too cold and too resentful for his body, and his body is too warm and too loud for Lucille. It’s time to ask God for a divorce. A minicomic by the author of Prokaryote Season and Boy Island, My Body Unspooling explores the push and pull between body and mind, and what ties them together.

What Did You Eat Yesterday is best described as part comic, part cookbook — it depicts the romance between two 40-year-old men and the many meals they share together. In the narrative, a hard-working middle-aged gay couple in Tokyo come to enjoy the finer moments of life through food. After long days at work, either in the law firm or the hair salon, Shiro and Kenji will always have down time together by the dinner table, where they can discuss their troubles, thrash out their feelings and enjoy delicately prepared home cooked meals!

Minneapolis, 2021. Curtis is newly out, single, and ready to take his life in a different direction. Anton is an enigmatic young man who recognizes Curtis from their pre-pandemic lives. One casual drink leads to a charged relationship layered with unspeakable needs. A graphic novella about connection and failure, grief and responsibility, and the effect of world-changing events on the soul of the individual.

Have you ever wished The Walking Dead was more gay? Well, we’ve got just the book for you. Two years ago, the apocalypse started for the seventh time. As the number of zombies rise, so do the ranks of influencas: professional zombie hunters who post their lives online. When Dodie and Beatriz, the accidental founders of the movement, are trapped in their bunker by a persistent horde, what else is there to do but take a romantic vacation? Told through the lens of interviews, social media posts, and nostalgic reminiscing, Influenca is a glimpse into a day at the end of the world, past and present, and what life looks like when the apocalypse becomes predictable.

A slipcased edition of the best-selling 2-volume series collecting the work of the ‘Tom of Finland of Japan’ and modern master of bara manga. The often violent, visceral, and always provocative style of Japanese manga legend Gengoroh Tagame, one of the originators of Japanese bear culture, comes to life like never before in Fantagraphic’s two volume The Passion of Gengoroh Tagame series — the only English-language collections of Tagame’s erotic work, celebrated around the world for its groundbreaking subject matter, masterfully crafted imagery, and unbridled exploration of bondage, lust, passion, and romance.

Follow transgender parapsychologist Joy as she deals with her personal ghosts past and present. While navigating the mysteries of the afterlife, Joy Ravenna — a transgender parapsychologist, must also deal with the very real challenges of her past and present. Her first post-transition relationship, a hostile ex-wife, and clues to murder long forgotten will test her at every twist and turn. For Joy, working with ghosts is way easier than dealing with the living.

The Galaxy’s sassiest (and GLAAD-nominated!) assassins are back in the new volume of Killer Queens! During a day of questionable choices at Space Pride, Max & Alex bump into their old boss, Bieti and his new-and-improved hench bears. The grumpy little simian tries to get them back on his team to chase down a runaway heir to the throne of Sarelia, an alien planet ruled by a brutal patriarchy. Little does he know that the heir in question happens to be Alex’s younger sibling. And they have… wings. But on a planet that lives by the motto ‘Kings, not wings’, those born with wings are required to have them cut off. As Alex and Max race to save Alex’s sibling from Bieti, the king’s guard, and a galaxy-wide bounty hunt, they’ll dredge up Alex’s past and confront her planet’s misogynist present. If that means burning the patriarchy to the ground, well, get out the torches.

Introducing an all-new LGBTQ+ horror hero, the teenage mad scientist Christopher Chaos! From the mind of GLAAD and multi-Eisner award winning writer James Tynion IV, and Eisner nominated Tate Brombal, comes a high concept series with an LGBTQ+ coming-of-age at its core. When the cute boy at high school turns out to be a deadly creature, Christopher finds himself in a world of monsters, heroes, and a cult of hunters out to kill them all. Get on board and behind this exciting new series, out now from Dark Horse!

From the GLAAD Media Award-nominated writer of the bestselling queer historical graphic novel LIEBESTRASSE comes this LGBTQA+ fantasy tale of a washed-up rodeo star heading home to visit his father in the hospital. While on the road he confronts the mistakes of his past and the monsters of his present. A beautiful story that blends together themes of second chances, magical realism, queer romance, and fantasy.

In the small town of Holden, sixteen-year-old Brie Page has been struggling with a tremendous bout of writer’s block. And that’s a problem. Until an unexpected encounter with a mischievous bookseller, Ambrose Chance, gives Brie the extraordinary ability to go beyond her problems in life and bury them deep into three new stories. Too bad the whole town of Holden had to get caught up in it too when her stories come to life. Now, when the most important people in her life are stuck in fantastical tales, Brie needs to save them by diving into her worlds and facing her worries head-on. Which would be fine… if only she was better at writing endings.

From the acclaimed author of Samurai Grandpa, comes a stunning new character-driven epic fantasy combining action, romance and horror. High up in the windy mountains, the guardian of a sacred tomb faces the burden of responsibility in the fact of a war that threatens to save the world. But can guardian Aylward bear the heavy weight of the realms collapse?