210 Favorite Graphic Novels of 2019

What graphic novels in 2019 stood out as the most significant, most soul-stirring, most thought-provoking, most artistically innovative? Co-hosts Paul and Johnny are excited to share the Comics Syllabus Podcast’s favorite graphic novels of 2019. Listen as they chatter about the comics works and collections that they loved most this year. Johnny’s List: 10:  The Adventure Zone:  Murder on the Rockport Limited Carey Pietsch/Clint,Griffin,Justin,Travis McElroy – 1st Second Books9:  GUTS Raina Telgemeier – Scholastic8:  Hot Comb Ebony Flowers – Drawn & Quarterly7:  Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me W: Mariko Tamaki     A: Rosemary Valero-O’Connell – 1st Second Books6:  Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction Vol. 4-7 Inio Asano – Viz Media5:  Rusty Brown Chris Ware – Pantheon Graphic Library4:  Pittsburgh/River at Night Frank Santoro – New York Review of Comics   Kevin Huizenga – Drawn & Quarterly3:  BTTM FDRS W: Ezra Clayton Daniels   A:  Ben Passmore – Fantagraphics Books2:  The Hard Tomorrow Eleanor Davis – Drawn & Quarterly1:  Are You Listening? Tillie Walden – 1st Second BooksPaul’s List: 10: MIghty Jack and Zita the Spacegirl Ben Hatke — First Second9: New Kid Jerry Craft — HarperAlley8: Angola Janga: The Kingdom of Runaway Slaves Marcelo D’Salete — Fantagraphics7: Making Comics Lynda Barry — Drawn and Quarterly6: The House Paco Roca — Fantagraphics5: BTTM FDRS W: Ezra Claytan Daniel (w) and A; Ben Passmore — Fantagraphics4: Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me W: Mariko Tamaki   A: Rosemary Valero-O’Connell – First Second Books3: In Waves AJ Dungo — NoBrow2: Hot Comb Ebony Flowers — Drawn and Quarterly1: The Hard Tomorrow Eleanor Davis — Drawn and QuarterlyFind the Comics Syllabus at its home at Multiversitycomics.com: http://www.multiversitycomics.com/tag/comics-syllabus/Subscribe and follow the Comics Syllabus podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you find podcasts, or copy this RSS feed to your podcatcher: https://paulflai.com/feed/podcast/comicssyllabusJoin the discussion on the Comics Syllabus Facebook page: http://faceboo This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit comicssyllabus.substack.com