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A raw, heavily inked plunge into the chaotic, anxiety-ridden reality of being a young artist making bad decisions in 1990s New York. These 12 books are the closest matches in mood, pace and themes, with what each one shares with My New York Diary.
- gritty
- claustrophobic
- chaotic
- restless
- 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
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.
- 03
Sex Criminals
Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
A laugh-out-loud, neon-drenched romp that uses a wildly explicit premise as a Trojan horse for a tender story about intimacy and mental health.
- 04
Memoirs of a Beatnik
Diane di Prima
A smoky, unapologetic plunge into the bohemian underground, fueled by female desire and artistic rebellion.
- 05
Marbles
Ellen Forney
A kinetic, deeply vulnerable exploration of the terrifying intersection between mental illness and creative identity.
- 06
Henry and June
Anais Nin · 1986
An uncensored, deeply intimate plunge into a year of bohemian passion, sexual awakening, and tangled desires.
- 07
The pervert
Michelle Perez
A raw, touching graphic memoir that finds profound honesty in the gritty realities of survival.
- 08
The chronology of water
Lidia Yuknavitch
A raw, untraditional plunge into grief, fluid sexuality, and the fierce current of survival.
- 09
Rolling Blackouts
Sarah Glidden
A quietly devastating, watercolor-washed exploration of the ethics of journalism and the human echoes of war.
- 10
Ghost World
Daniel Clowes
A sharp, melancholy portrait of the exact moment a childhood friendship begins to dissolve into the ether of adulthood.
- 11
Black Hole
Charles Burns
A hypnotic, high-contrast descent into the grotesque anxieties of adolescence, where teenage alienation takes terrifying physical form.
- 12
Tomboy
Liz Prince
A funny, heartfelt exploration of the messy middle ground between boyhood and girlhood, fueled by punk rock and adolescent angst.
