Pride, Illustrated: 6 Comics and Graphic Novels to Read This June
Pride is celebrated in June, but comic books and graphic novels featuring characters who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender aren’t confined to one month.
Check out these recent, new and upcoming books, which offer adventure stories, personal recollections, a riff on a famous novel and more. ‘The Dog Knight’ Frankie Jude Bryant is a nonbinary middle school student who is dealing with identity, the usual academic challenges and, oh yes, trying to become the Dog Knight, a champion for humans and canines.
Despite the presence of magical talking pooches, this journey of heroism and self-discovery feels grounded thanks to captions that get into the head of Frankie, who prefers they/them pronouns.
On the first page, they think, “Do you ever feel like you don’t make sense?” Later, Frankie muses about their frenemy Dallas, who misgenders them: “She gets it wrong on purpose just to make a big deal about correcting it.” And when Frankie finds their tribe, “For the first time in a long time, I look in the mirror and I don’t feel a pain in the pit of my stomach.” Written by Jeremy Whitley, drawn by Bre Indigo and colored by Melissa Capriglione. (Feiwel & Friends.
