Monica

2024 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction – Longlist

2024 Mark Twain American Voice in Literature Award – Longlist

2024 Fauve D’Or WINNER Angoulême Comics Festival

New York Times Best Graphic Novels of 2023

Forbes Top Ten Best Graphic Novels of 2023

Washington Post Best Graphic Novels of 2023

Library Journal Best Graphic Novels of 2023

Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction of 2023

The Guardian Best Graphic Novels of 2023

New York Public Library Best Comics for Adults 2023

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, stories — of its title character. Clowes calls upon a lifetime of inspiration to create the most complex and personal graphic novel of his distinguished career. Rich with visual detail, an impeccable ear for language and dialogue, and thrilling twists, Monica is a multilayered masterpiece in comics form that alludes to many of the genres that have defined the medium — war, romance, horror, crime, the supernatural, etc. — but in a mysterious, uncategorizable, and quintessentially Clowesian way that rewards multiple readings.

Five years in the making, Monica marks the apex of creativity from one of the defining voices of the graphic novel boom over the past quarter-century.