Pénis de table, Mécanique générale 2018 - Fair use

Sexological Cultural Suggestions • Comic Books and Graphic Novels

10 April 2020
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Here is a selection, picked from the recommendations of our team, of the best comic book and graphic novel collections with a sexological kick for you to (re)discover

If you are looking for more recommendations, you can consult the entire culture section here.

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La fille dans l'écran (2019)

Author
Manon Desveaux et Lou Lubie

Publisher
Station T

Language
French

Themes
Lesbianism/Technologies/Long-distance relationships

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦]

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Pénis de table (2018)

Author
Cookie Kalkair

Publisher
Mécanique générale

Language
French

Themes
Sexual health/Sexual pleasure/Sexual orientation/Masculinity

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦]

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Saga (2012-2020)

Author
Brian K. Vaughan et Fiona Staples

Publisher
Image Comic/Urban Comic

Language
English

Themes
Sexuality/Interracial relationships/Parenthood/Racism

Available on many platforms listed here 

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Bitch Planet (2014-2017)

Author
Kelly Sue Deconnick et Valentine De Landro

Publisher
GLENAT

Language
English

Themes
Feminism/Women's Land

Available on many platforms listed here 

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Hshouma : corps et sexualité au Maroc (2019)

Author
Zinab Fasiki

Publisher
Massot Editions

Language
French

Themes
Bodies/Sexuality/Homosexuality/Morocco

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦]

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Fun Home : A Family Tragicomic (2014)

Author
Alison Bechdel

Publisher
Points

Language
French

Themes
Lesbianism/Homosexuality/Conservatism

Available on many platforms listed here 

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Blankets (2003)

Author
Craig Thompson

Publisher
Top Shelf Productions

Language
English

Themes
Religion/Sexuality/Love relationships

Available on many platforms listed here
BAnQ paper version [➦]

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Not Funny Ha-Ha: A Handbook for Something Hard (2015)

Author
Leah Hayes

Publisher
Fantagraphics

Language
English

Themes
Termination of pregnancy/Social classes

Available on many platforms listed here  
BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦]

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Yes, Roya (2016)

Author
C. Spike Trotman

Publisher
Iron Circus Comics

Language
English

Themes
Polyamory/BDSM/Bisexuality/Love relationships

Available on many platforms listed here

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Une soeur (2017)

Author
Bastien Vivès

Publisher
Casterman Editions

Language
French

Themes
Youth/Discovery of sexuality

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦] 

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L'amour (2012)

Author
Bastien Vivès

Publisher
Delcourt

Language
French

Themes
Love relationships/Break up

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦]

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La rose la plus rouge s'épanouit (2019)

Author
Liv Strömquist

Publisher
RACKHAM

Language
French (translated from Swedish by Kirsi Kinnunen)

Theme
Love relationships

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦]

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Fruit of Knowledge (2016)

Author
Liv Strömquist

Publisher
Virago 

Language
English (translated from Swedish by Melissa Bowers)

Themes
Sexuality/Women

Available on many platforms listed here 

Our cultural critique [➦] 
(Only in French)

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My Favorite Things Is Monsters (2017)

Author
Emil Ferris

Publisher
Fantagraphics

Language
English

Themes
Polyamory/STIs/Masturbation

Available on many platforms listed here 

Our cultural critique [➦] 

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Familiar Face (2020)

Author
Michael Deforge

Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly

Language
English

Themes
Love Relationships/Technologies/Queer/Gender expression

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper edition [➦]

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Moi aussi je voulais l'emporter (2017)

Author
Julie Delporte

Publisher
Pow Pow

Language
French

Themes
Féminism/Sexual abuse/Identity quest

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦]

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J'aime les filles (2014)

Author
Diane Obomsawin

Publisher
Oie de Cravan

Language
French

Themes
Lesbianism/Coming-out/Sexuality/First love

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦]

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Oh Joy Sex Toy (2014-2017)

Author
Erika Moen et Mathew Nolan

Publisher
Erika Mioen Comics & Illustrations

Language
English

Themes
Sex toys/Sexuality/Sex work

Available on many platforms listed here

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Les trois carrés de chocolat (2016)

Author
Mélodie Vachon-Boucher

Publisher
Mécanique générale

Language
French

Themes
Rape/Intimacy/Re-construction of the self

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦]

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Heartstopper - volumes 1 to 3 (2019-2020)

Author
Alice Oseman

Publisher
Hachette

Language
English

Themes
LGBTQ+ relationships/Sexual orientation

Available on many platforms listed here 

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The Essential Dykes to Watch Out (2016)

Author
Alison Bechdel

Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 

Language
English

Themes
Lesbianism/Coming-out/Parenthood/Sexuality

Available on many platforms listed here

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Spinning (2017)

Author
Tillie Walden

Maison d'édition
First Second

Language
English

Themes
Lesbianism/First love/Sexual abuse

Available on many platforms listed here

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Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life (2009)

Author
Ulli Lust

Publisher
Fantagraphics

Language
English (translated from German by Kim Thompson)

Themes
Sex work/Sexual abuse/Rape/Sexism

Available on many platforms listed here 

Our cultural critique [➦]
(Only in French)

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Becoming Uncoming (2015)

Author
Una

Publisher
Myriad Editions

Language
English

Themes
Feminism/Sexual assault/Slut shaming

Available on many platforms listed here 

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A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer & Trans Identities (2019)

Author
Mady G. and J.R. Zuckerberg

Publisher
Limerence Press

Language
English

Themes
Queer and trans identities/Sexuality

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦] 

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Queer: A Graphic History (2016)

Author
Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele

Publisher
Icon Books

Language
English

Themes
Queer identities/Queer theories/LGBTQ+

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦] 

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Take It as a Compliment (2015)

Author
Maria Stoian

Publisher
Singing Dragon

Language
English

Themes
Consent/Sexism/Sexual assault

Link « Les libraires » [➦]

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The Story of Sex: A Graphic History Through the Ages (2017)

Author
Philippe Brenot and Laëtitia Coryn

Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal

Language
English

Themes
Sexual culture/Religion/History/Sexism

Available on many platforms listed here 
BAnQ paper version [➦] 

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Ni bon ni mauvais ni tout à fait le contraire (2019)

Author
Marie Boiseau

Publisher
Lapin

Language
French

Themes
Féminism/Physicality/Anxiety

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦]

Our cultural critique [➦] 
(Only in French)

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Extases (2017)

Author
Jean-Louis Tripp

Publisher
Casterman Editions

Language
French

Themes
Sexuality/Intimacy/Masculinity

Link « Les libraires » [➦]
BAnQ paper version [➦] / e-version [➦]

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