Title List

100 Year-Old Wisdom

100 Year-Old Wisdom

Canada
2019

 

Author:
Rebecca Roher
Artist:
Rebecca Roher

 

Online
Webcomics
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Nonagenarians; Centenarians
Plot descriptors:
Interviews; Everyday Living; Biographies; Life Observations; Remembering

 

25 Years of Pickles: A Pickles Collection

25 Years of Pickles: A Pickles Collection

USA
Baobab Press
2015

 

Author:
Brian Crane
Artist:
Brian Crane

 

Print
Newspaper Strip Anthology
Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Retirees; Grandparents; Married; Pet Owners
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Vignettes; Humour; Family

 

Awards:
2001 – Best Newspaper Comic Strip – The National Cartoonist Society

 

Agrippina and the Ancestor

Agrippina and the Ancestor

France
Europe Comics
2016

 

Author:
Claire Bretécher
Artists:
Claire Bretécher; Calix Ltd (Lettering)

 

Translator:
Edward Gauvin

 

Digital
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Great-Grandmother; Grandmother
Plot descriptors:
Humour; Intergenerational Relationships; Plastic Surgery; Long Term Care; Everyday Living; Family; Vignettes

 

Bingo Love

Bingo Love

United States
Image
2018

 

Author:
Tee Franklin
Artists:
Jenn St-Onge; Joy San (colorist); Cardinal Rae (Letterer)

 

Print
Graphic novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
LGBTQI; BIPOC; Mother; Married
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Romance; Coming Out; Family

 

Awards:
2018 – Graphic Novel Diversity Award (Virginia Library Association)

 

Bird in a Cage

Bird in a Cage

Canada
Conundrum Press
2016

 

Author:
Rebecca Roher
Artist:
Rebecca Roher

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Grandmother
Plot descriptors:
Memoir; Intergenerational Relationships; Long Term Care; Dementia; Family Caregiving; Death

 

Awards:
2014 – Winner, Best English Comic, Expozine; 2017 – Winner of the Doug Wright Award for Best Book

 

BL Metamophosis

BL Metamophosis

Japan
Seven Seas
2020 –

 

Author:
Kaori Tsurutani
Artist:
Kaori Tsurutani

 

Translator:
Jocelyne Allen

 

Digital; Print
Series
Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Widow; Reader; Calligraphy Tutor
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Friendship; Intergenerational Relationships

 

Blossoms in Autumn

Blossoms in Autumn

France
SelfMadeHero; Europe Comics
2019

 

Author:
Zidrou
Artist:
Aimée de Jongh

 

Translator:
Matt Madden

 

Digital; Print
Graphic novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Unemployed; Cheesemaker; Former Model
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Romance; Magical Realism; Sex; Family

 

Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

Can’t We Talk about Something More Pleasant?

USA
Bloomsbury
2014

 

Author:
Roz Chast
Artist:
Roz Chast

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Former Elementary School Assistant Principal; Mother; Father; Married; Hoarders
Plot descriptors:
Graphic Medicine; Memoirs; Humour; Dementia; Death; End of Life Care; Family Caregiving; Intergenerational Relationships; Aging at Home; Assisted Living

 

Awards:
2014 – #1 New York Times Bestseller; 2014 – National Book Award Finalist for Nonfiction

 

Cassandra Darke

Cassandra Darke

Great Britain
Jonathan Cape
2018

 

Author:
Posy Simmonds
Artist:
Posy Simmonds

 

Print
Graphic novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Art Dealer; Antiheroine
Plot descriptors:
Tragicomedy; Mystery; Intergenerational Relationships;

 

Awards:
2020 – Longlisted For The Comedy Women In Print Prize

 

Dad’s Not All There Any More: A Comic About Dementia

Dad’s Not All There Any More: A Comic About Dementia

UK
Singing Dragon
2016

 

Author:
Alex Demetris
Artist:
Alex Demetris

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Married; Father; Former Teacher
Plot descriptors:
Memoir; Graphic Medicine; Lewy Body Dementia; Family Caregiving; Parkinson’s Disease; Tragicomedy; Long Term Care

 

Displacement

Displacement

USA
Fantagraphics Books
2015

 

Author:
Lucy Knisley
Artist:
Lucy Knisley

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Grandparents; Former Soldier; Married
Plot descriptors:
Memoir; Travel; Intergenerational Relationships; Family Caregiving; Humour

 

George Sprott: 1894-1975

George Sprott: 1894-1975

Canada
Drawn & Quarterly
2009

 

Author:
Seth
Artist:
Seth

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
TV Personality; Retiree; Father; Former Arctic Explorer
Plot descriptors:
Death; Remembering; Nostalgia; Vignettes

 

Awards:
2010 – Winner of the Doug Wright Award for Best Book; 2010 – Nominated for Best Cartoonist (for George Sprott: 1894-1975), Best Original Graphic Album, and Special Award for Excellence in Presentation (Harvey Awards)

 

Hey, Kiddo

Hey, Kiddo

USA
Scholastic
2019

 

Author:
Jarrett Krosoczka
Artist:
Jarrett Krosoczka

 

Digital; Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Grandparents; Married; Caregivers; Factory Worker; Smokers
Plot descriptors:
Memoir; Tragicomedy; Family; Intergenerational Relationships

 

Awards:
2018 – Finalist, National Book Award for Young People’s Literature; 2019 – Book of the Year (Harvey Awards); 2019 – Golden Kite Award for Non-Fiction for Older Readers

 

Macaroni!

Macaroni!

Belgium
Europe Comics
2017

 

Author:
Thomas Campi
Artists:
Vincent Zabus; Calix Ltd (Lettering)

 

Translator:
Philippe Ghielmetti

 

Digital
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Grandfather; Immigrant; Vegetable Gardener; Pig Owner; Former Coal Miner; Sick
Plot descriptors:
Biography; Intergenerational Relationship; Aging at Home; Remembering

 

Memories of a Crappy Pooch

Memories of a Crappy Pooch

Spain
Europe Comics
2017

 

Author:
Marta Alonso Berná
Artist:
Natalia Velarde (Lettering)

 

Translator:
Fiona Marshall

 

Digital
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Dog Owner; Widow
Plot descriptors:
Tragicomedy; Friendship; Everyday Living; Remembering; Magical Realism

 

Mort Cinder

Mort Cinder

Argentina
Fantagraphics
2018

 

Author:
Héctor Oesterheld
Artist:
Alberto Breccia

 

Translator:
Erica Mena

 

Digital; Print
Newspaper Strip Anthology
Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Antique Dealer; Sidekick
Plot descriptors:
Immortality; Adventure; Mystery; Horror

 

Nonnonba

Nonnonba

Japan
Drawn & Quarterly
2012

 

Author:
Shigeru Mizuki
Artist:
Shigeru Mizuki

 

Translator:
Jocelyne Allen

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Storyteller; Mentor
Plot descriptors:
Memoir; Yokai; Japanese Folklore; Intergenerational Relationships; Everyday Living; Humour

 

Awards:
2013 – Nominated for Eisner Award (U.S. Edition of International Material – Asia)

 

Old Farts

Old Farts

Great Britain
Centrala
2017

 

Author:
Sorina Vazelina
Artist:
Sorina Vazelina

 

Print
Graphic novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
 
Plot descriptors:
Life Observations; Humour; Romania; Vignettes

 

Old Geezers

Old Geezers

France
Ablaze; Europe Comics
2019; 2017

 

Author:
Wilfrid Lupano
Artist:
Paul Cauuet

 

Translator:
Montana Kane

 

Digital; Print
Series
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Activists; Former Sailor; Widower
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Humour; Friendship; Intergenerational Relationships; Remembering

 

Sea of Love

Sea of Love

France
Magnetic Press
2018

 

Author:
Wilfrid Lupano
Artist:
Gregory Panaccione

 

Translator:
Mike Kennedy (Localization and layout)

 

Digital; Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Fisherman; Married
Plot descriptors:
Wordless; Humour; Magical Realism; Romance; Travel

 

Awards:
2019 – Nominated for 2019 Eisner Awards: Best Painter/Multimedia Artist, Best Publication Design, and Best U.S. Edition of International Material

 

Seniors' Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection

Seniors’ Discount: A For Better or For Worse Collection

USA
Andrews McMeel
2007

 

Author:
Lynn Franks Johnston
Artist:
Lynn Franks Johnston

 

Print
Newspaper Strip Anthology
Colour; Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Grandfather; Married
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Vignettes; Humour; Family

 

Special Exits

Special Exits

USA
Fantagraphics Books
2010

 

Author:
Joyce Farmer
Artist:
Joyce Farmer

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Father; Stepmother; Blind; Cat Owners; Married
Plot descriptors:
Graphic Medicine; Memoir; Family Caregiving; Intergenerational Relationships; Aging at Home; End of Life Care; Death; Tragicomedy

 

Awards:
2010 – Nominated for the 2010 National Cartoonists Society Division Award for Graphic Novels

 

Sunny Side Up

Sunny Side Up

USA
Scholastic
2015

 

Author:
Jennifer L. Holm
Artist:
Matthew Holm

 

Digital; Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Grandfather; Retiree; Smoker
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Humour; Retirement Community; Intergenerational Relationships; Florida

 

T!m G!nger

T!m G!nger

United States
Top Shelf
2015

 

Author:
Julian Hanshaw
Artist:
Julian Hanshaw

 

Print
Graphic novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Widower; Former Pilot; Writer;
Plot descriptors:
Childlessness; Magical Realism; Travel; Romance

 

Awards:
2015 – British Comic Award (Finalist); 2016 LA Times Book Prize (Finalist)

 

Tangles: A Story about Alzheimer’s, my Mother, and Me

Tangles: A Story about Alzheimer’s, my Mother, and Me

Canada
Broadview Press
2010

 

Author:
Sarah Leavitt
Artist:
Sarah Leavitt

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Mother
Plot descriptors:
Graphic Medicine; Memoir; Alzheimer’s Disease; Family Caregiving; Intergenerational Relationships; Death; Long-Term Care

 

Awards:
2010 – Finalist for the Writers’ Trust of Canada Non-fiction Prize; 2011 – Winner, CBC Bookie award for Best Comic or Graphic Novel

 

The Property

The Property

Israel
Drawn & Quarterly
2013

 

Author:
Rutu Modan
Artist:
Rutu Modan

 

Translator:
Jessica Cohen

 

Digital; Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Grandmother; Jewish;
Plot descriptors:
Tragicomedy; Travel; Remembering; Family; Poland; World War Two; Romance

 

Awards:
2013 – Outstanding Graphic Novel (Ignatz Award); 2014 – Nominated for Eisner Award (Best Album: New)

 

The Song of Roland

The Song of Roland

Canada
Conundrum Press
2012

 

Author:
Michel Rabagliati
Artist:
Michel Rabagliati

 

Translator:
Helge Dascher

 

Print
Graphic novel
Black & White

 

Character descriptors:
Father-in-law; Sick
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Family; Intergenerational Relationships;

 

Awards:
2013 – Winner of the Doug Wright Award for Best Book

 

Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park … When You're 29 and Unemployed

Things to Do in a Retirement Home Trailer Park … When You’re 29 and Unemployed

United Kingdom
Myriad Editions
2012

 

Author:
Aneurin Wright
Artist:
Aneurin Wright

 

Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Anthropomorphized Rhinocerous; Father; Former Smoker; Divorcé
Plot descriptors:
Graphic Medicine; End of Life Care; Family Caregiving; Emphysema; Memoir

 

Upgrade Soul

Upgrade Soul

USA
Lion Forge Comics
2018

 

Author:
Ezra Claytan Daniels
Artists:
Ezra Claytan Daniels; Joy San (colorist); Deron Bennett (Letterer)

 

Digital; Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Geneticist; Writer; Married; BIPOC
Plot descriptors:
Science Fiction; Thriller; Death; Transhumanism; Medical Experiments; Family; Ethics

 

Awards:
2017 – Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics

 

When David Lost His Voice

When David Lost His Voice

Netherlands
SelfMadeHero
2012

 

Author:
Judith Vanistendael
Artist:
Judith Vanistendael

 

Translator:
Nora Mahony

 

Digital; Print
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Married; Grandfather; Bookseller
Plot descriptors:
Graphic Medicine; Family; Terminal Cancer; Death; Intergenerational Relationships

 

Awards:
2014 – Nominated for an Eisner Award (Best Writer/Artist; Best Painter/Multimedia Artist; Best US Edition of International Material)

 

While the King of Prussia was Waging War, Who Do You Think Was Darning His Socks?

While the King of Prussia was Waging War, Who Do You Think Was Darning His Socks?

France
Europe Comics
2017

 

Author:
Zidrou
Artists:
Roger ; Sylvain Dumas (Letterer)

 

Translator:
Joseph Laredo

 

Digital
Graphic Novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Widow; Caregiver; Mother;
Plot descriptors:
Everyday Living; Drama; Family Caregiving; Intergenerational Relationship; Vignettes

 

Wrinkles

Wrinkles

Spain
Fantagraphics Books
2016

 

Author:
Paco Roca
Artist:
Paco Roca

 

Translator:
Erica Mena

 

Print
Graphic novel
Colour

 

Character descriptors:
Former Bank Manager; Trickster
Plot descriptors:
Tragicomedy; Friendship; Graphic Medicine; Assisted Living; Alzheimer’s Disease

 

Awards:
2008 – National Comic Award (Spain); 2017 – Nominated for Eisner Award (Best US Edition of International Material)