Whether you call them comics or graphic novels, all names and terms are entirely valid and acceptable (manga included). In fact, on May 1st many stores around the world celebrate “Free Comic Book Day” designed to encourage a love for visual stories in everyone. The great news is that you too can read some comics for free, right here at SURLY!

It’s pretty clear by now that comics aren’t just for nerdy dudes. In recent years the industry has boomed with a HUGE variety of options for all readers and interests. So even if you haven’t taken to them in the past, it’s always a good idea to pop in and see if anything new piques your interest.

If you haven’t already discovered our comic shelves, be sure to come on down to Clayton campus and settle in on a bean bag. To show you the wide breadth and variety of titles in our collection, check out the list below for 33 recommended reads to start with, because everyone knows… when you start reading a graphic novel, you’re not just committing to the one! ?

• The Mortal Instruments: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 
• The Handmaid’s Tale 
• Vader’s little princess
• Lumberjanes: vol.1: Beware the Kitten Holy
• Soppy
• Paper Girls: Volume 1
• Everyone’s a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book
• The Wicked + The Divine Volume: 1 
• Persepolis 
• Heart and Brain: An Awkward Yeti Collection
• My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

• Tokyo Ghoul: Vol. 01 
• Deadpool kills the Marvel Universe
• AD After Death
• A game of thrones: the graphic novel, v1
• Batman Arkham Asylum
• One-Punch Man
• The Walking Dead Volume 1: Days gone bye
• Brandon Sanderson’s White Sand: Volume 1
• Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 01: The Day of Departure
• Outcast Volume 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him
• Injection: Volume 1 

• Umbrella Academy Volume: 1 
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
• Kindred: A Graphic Novel Adaptation
• Trees: Volume 1                
• The Best of Archie Comics
• Cyanide and Happiness: I’m Giving You the Finger 
• Angel Catbird: Volume 1 
• DC Comics Bombshells Vol. 1
•  Jim Henson’s Labyrinth 2016 30th Anniversary Special 
• Monstress: Awakening
• The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir