Top 10 Graphic Novels of 2024: From Zerocalcare to Ai Weiwei

The Italian Publishers Association (AIE) presented its 2024 bestseller report at Più Libri Più Liberi, highlighting the new Zerocalcare book among top sellers. Artribune's annual roundup features ten notable graphic novels: Laura Pérez's silent, dreamlike 'Nocturnos' (Oblomov), hailed as a masterpiece in Spain; Zerocalcare's 'Quando muori resta a me' (Bao), a dense autobiographical work focusing on his father 'Genitore 2'; Gianluca Costantini and Elettra Stamboulis's 'Zodiac' (Oblomov), an illustrated biography of Ai Weiwei structured around Chinese zodiac signs; Juan Díaz Canales and Rubén Pellejero's 'Corto Maltese. La linea della vita' (Rizzoli Lizard), set amid Mexico's Cristero War of the mid-1920s; Mia Oberländer's debut 'Anna' (Rulez), a surreal family saga about three generations of tall women; Daniele Kong's debut 'Bestie in fuga' (Coconino Press), a choral tale set in the late 1950s on the fictional island of Dieci; Francesco Cattani's 'Favola' (Feltrinelli Comics), exploring his relationship with a trans woman; Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and Michele Petrucci's 'Tanno', the first illustrated biography of the CCCP frontman; Manu Larcenet's graphic adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 'The Road' (Coconino Press); and 'Diventare Moebius', an anthology of Moebius's early work from 1956 to 1979, including previously unpublished material in Italy.