Top Comics of 2022: From Zerocalcare to Manuele Fior

Artribune's year-end list highlights ten notable graphic novels published in 2022. Manuele Fior's 'Hypericon' (Coconino Press) intertwines a love story in late-1990s Berlin with the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb by Howard Carter in 1922. Zerocalcare's 'No Sleep Till Shengal' (Bao Publishing) follows his 2016 'Kobane Calling,' documenting the Ezidi people's resistance in Kurdistan. Gero Arnone and Eliana Albertini's 'La vita della mia ex per come la immagino io' (Minimum Fax) is a tragicomic anthology about modern relationships. Edmond Baudoin's 'Il viaggio' (Comicon Edizioni), originally from 1996, is translated into Italian for the first time, following a man's initiatory journey. Yoshiharu Tsuge's 'Il libro dei sogni' (Canicola) collects his gekiga manga from the 1970s-80s, praised by Chris Ware. Tommi Parrish's 'All the love I can get' (Minimum Fax) explores contemporary emotional disconnection through two women, Sasha and Eliza. Simone Angelini's 'Storie zitte' (IFIX) is a wordless comic with bizarre narratives. Marino Neri's 'La Tempesta' (Oblomov Edizioni) is a thriller set in a Mies van der Rohe villa. Iris Biasio's debut 'Mia sorella è pazza' (Rizzoli Lizard) follows Rita Nocenti in a psychiatric clinic. Kikuo Johnson's 'Nessun Altro' (Coconino Press) portrays a Hawaiian family dealing with grief.