SILVER SPROCKET
SLEEPWALKING GN
(W) Lauren Monger (A) Lauren Monger (CA) Lauren Monger
This long-awaited reprint of Lauren Monger's 2015 Sleepwalking is incisively relateable, following Clementine and her gritty punk friends as they navigate the perils of ex-partner drama, too-loud house shows, and the overwhelming ennui that is their twenties. Clem's a possum. Her friends are raccoons, badgers, and squirrels. More importantly, they're trying.
YOUR BLACK FRIEND ONE SHOT MINI
(W) Ben Passmore (A) Ben Passmore (CA) Ben Passmore
Passmore masterfully constructs comics about race, gentrification, the prison system, online dating, gross punks, bad street art, kung fu movie references, beating up God, and lots of other grown-up stuff with refreshing doses of humor and lived relatability, earning an Eisner nomination, Ignatz Award for "Outstanding Comic," and praise from NPR.