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A brutally honest, visually explosive plunge into the mind of an artist trying to draw her way out of the dark. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth.
- claustrophobic
- chaotic
- intensely intimate
- melancholic
- 01
Epileptic
David B.
A sprawling, heavily inked descent into the labyrinth of family trauma, where childhood illness takes the shape of literal monsters.
- 02
How to Be Ace
Rebecca Burgess
A candid, deeply validating graphic memoir about the messy, anxious, and ultimately joyful journey of figuring out who you aren't, so you can embrace who you are.
- 03
Displacement
Lucy Knisley
A tender, watercolor-washed journey through the choppy waters of caregiving, memory, and generational love.
- 04
Tomboy
Liz Prince
A funny, heartfelt exploration of the messy middle ground between boyhood and girlhood, fueled by punk rock and adolescent angst.
- 05
Everyone's a aliebn when ur a aliebn too
Jomny Sun
A gentle, illustrated meditation on the universal feeling of not quite belonging, and the quiet comfort of finding others who feel the same way.
- 06
One! Hundred! Demons!
Lynda Barry
A chaotic, collage-filled exorcism of childhood memories that blurs the line between truth and fiction to get at the messy heart of growing up.
- 07
Times I Knew I Was Gay
Eleanor Crewes
A gentle, funny, and deeply relatable exploration of the messy, non-linear journey to figuring out you're queer.
- 08
Rosalie Lightning
Tom Hart
A heart-breaking yet beautiful graphic journey through the depths of parental grief toward a fragile, hard-won hope.
- 09
Marbles
Ellen Forney
A kinetic, deeply vulnerable exploration of the terrifying intersection between mental illness and creative identity.
- 10
Adulthood Is A Myth
Sarah C. Andersen
A hilarious, deeply relatable hug for anyone who feels like three toddlers stacked in a trench coat pretending to be a grown-up.
- 11
Heart in a box
Kelly Thompson
A surreal, bittersweet road trip to reclaim the painful but necessary pieces of a shattered soul.
- 12
You're all just jealous of my jetpack
Tom Gauld
A deadpan, delightfully nerdy collision of high literature and sci-fi tropes that feels like sharing an inside joke with your favorite librarian.
