



Here are SEQUENTIAL's Top Ten Graphic Novels of 2015. Many thanks to all the creators listed here for providing us with such great work to enjoy.by Fábio Moon & Gabriel BáDark Horse • 234 pagesAn immersive, magical work that takes you to strange Brazilian streets that you can almost taste, and introduces you to characters that live on long after you close the book. These complex characters and situations along with visceral sense of place and time help make this the graphic novel of the year.Twin brothers Omar and Yaqub may share the same features, but they could not be more different from one another. After a brutally violent exchange between the young boys, Yaqub is sent from his home in Brazil to live with relatives in Lebanon, only to return five years later as a virtual stranger to the parents who bore him…by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate PowellTop Shelf • 189 pagesCompelling, breathtaking, horrifying, sobering…and true. MARCH tells the story of the 1961 Freedom Rides and the 1963 march on Washington, and the role of John Lewis in the civil rights movement, intercut with the inauguration of President Obama.– Publishers Weeklyby Étienne DavodeauNBM • 158 pagesA languid, exploratory tale of a woman who decides to leave her husband and children on a whim. Unsentimental and real – not in agritty' way – but in its suggestion of the often ephemeral feelings that motivate us to do decidedly unusual things. A beautifully-paced classic by Étienne Davodeau, creator of. (This is even better than that.)by Ethan YoungDark Horse • 210 pagesThe book opens and Ethan Young throws you into 1938 and the barbarity of war – both physical and psychological. A rough, dirty, kinetic experience of a book that disgusts, and enlightens.– Pasteby Glenn HeadFantagraphics • 163 pagesAny autobio graphic novel with Robert Crumb, Playboy and Muhammed Ali in it had to be one of the year's best…This confessional has a love story at its heart that is convincing, and it entertainingly scrutinizes a 70s art school drop-out finding his identity in a United States long gone.– Robert Crumbby Liz SuburbiaFantagraphics • 311 pagesAfter a few pages you assume you're too old for it… then a few more and you're hooked. Read the rest in wonder and, finally, swear loudly at what the book has done to you, knowing you'll be reading it again very soon.– Graphic Policyby Carol TylerFantagraphics • 365 pagesAn epic exploration of the army life of Carol Tyler's father, her relationship with him, her errant husband and her daughter. Beautifully drawn, it's clearly a cathartic project for Tyler, but one that's a meticulously realised page-turner helping us to understand a generation that's mostly gone.by Noah Van SciverFantagraphics • 81 pagesA short, acidic piss-take of the delusional Fante Bukowski: aspiring artist but accomplished alcoholic. He's waiting for inspiration that if it came he wouldn't have the talent to execute. Knowing, funny – and sad. Van Sciver's cartooning is truly superb, and it's even better in colour. This is one of those books you will want to come back to read every year or so.by Tim BirdAvery Hill • 88 pagesThis winner of the 2015 British Comic Award reminds us more than anything we've read in a while of some of the vignettes of the photocopied 80s. Measured observation of things that don't usually get observed, delivered in a hypnotic progression of panels. A poetic journey through the streets, tunnels, overpasses and byways of London and its suburbs.– Richard Bruton, Forbidden Planetby Owen D. PomeryAvery Hill • 117 pagesA drolly delivered bit of slow-burn mania from Pomery, chronicling the happy alienation of protagonist Ebner who has built himself an apartment atop a building, between two billboards. The few warm social interactions amplify the hollowness of the rest.– Rob CloughAND JUST ONE MORE…by Gilbert SheltonKnockabout • 88 pagesSEQUENTIAL produced this, so *cof* there's a certain conflict of interest here, but if you love the Freak Brothers, or have always wanted to find out more about them, then look no further. This exclusive digital collection boasts close to 100 pages of Freak Brothers material including the first ever Freak Brothers strip and the complete Underground Classics #1 (published in the UK as Freak Brothers #0). It also includes a history of the Freak Brothers written by Gilbert Shelton himself, and a plethora of rare illustrations, photographs, cover galleries and strips including “Winter of ’59”, “Fat Freddy Gets the Clap”, and “The Unbearable Lightness of Being Fat Freddy”.