Graphic Novels About Nature and the Environment
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It’s almost Earth Day! If you’re like me, you live on Earth and have a vested interest in keeping it good. The graphic novels listed below feature characters who share that conviction—and who take the risk of doing something about it.
I know we’re all under a little stress these days, so I’ve divided this list into two parts. The first part focuses on more light-hearted stories about the beauty of nature and the importance of maintaining balance. The second part features deeper stories about the urgency and consequences of climate change and environmental destruction.
Whatever category you choose, I hope it will make your Earth Day more meaningful.
Gentle graphic novel about nature
Equicorn Cove Of. by o’neil
After a storm damages her hometown, Lana nurses an injured Aquicorn – a magical sea animal – and nurses it back to health. But to keep all the Aquicorns and their community safe long term, Lana must get to the source of the devastating storms that threaten them.
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little emperor by jonathan case
In this vibrant post-apocalyptic story, Elvi is one of two humans who can still tolerate sunlight. The rest of humanity is forced to hide underground during the day. Can she and her guardians use science and their love of the beautiful Monarch butterfly to develop a cure for their fellow survivors?
the ghost and the gardener By Rei Abrego and Joe Whitt
Before humans created their own walled gardens, sprites did all the work of lighting flowers. Today, no ghosts haunt the garden. That is, until Wisteria, a curious young sprite, decides to give it a chance, with unexpected results.
Serious graphic novel about the environment
crude By Pablo Fajardo, Sophie Tardy-Joubert and Damien Raudo, translated by Hannah Chute
This graphic memoir deals with the David and Goliath battle between indigenous Ecuadorians, led by oil worker-turned-lawyer Fajardo, and the giant American oil company Texaco, which is destroying the land on which indigenous people and others have long depended.
parable of the sower by Octavia E. Butler, adapted by Damien Duffy and John Jennings
The award-winning graphic adaptation of Butler’s dystopian classic depicts a world devastated by environmental disaster. Lauren is the first to be shielded from the harsh realities of life. But when she is forced to confront the dire plight of humanity, she comes up with a shocking idea to get them out of this quagmire.
rebel By Devin Grayson and Yana Adamovic
Humanity has brought the planet to the brink of destruction, and the extraterrestrial beings with whom we share Earth have had enough. Can Demand, a normal human, satisfy the angry creatures as per the command, or is it already too late?
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