Storyville

Cosmic Comics

A quartet of graphic novels explore song craft, soldiers and a sinister future

1 C. Tyler

YOU'LL NEVER KNOW, BOOK THREE: SOLDIER'S HEART

Soldier's heart is what people used to call PTSD, and the final volume of Tyler's exquisitely painted trilogy explores how her father's World War II experiences have reverberated in her family. The book is as much about empty spaces--in history and on the page--as it is about the details she can fill in.

2 Chris Ware

BUILDING STORIES

This is more than a book; it's a profusion of printed paper: a box full of pamphlets, comic...