Diary Comix
There's a quiet movement out there of comics artists drawing their daily lives. Some draw daily, others weekly, others not on a particular schedule. The result is meditative, compelling, and has plenty of ups and downs without easy answers or pat narratives—like life itself. Here's a list of books and zines to whet your appetite for this small but mighty genre.
The Snake Pit Book: Daily Diary Comics 2001-2003
by Ben Snakepit Author and Aaron Cometbus Foreword
Ben Snakepit draws his life everyday in 3 comic panels. This was his first book, collecting quite a few various zines.…
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$70 Superpack: Snake Pit 2001-2018
by Ben Snakepit Author
Three panels, every day since 2001. TWENTY years of Snake Pit! Seven books! Snake Pit is nothing if not consistent in…
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Invincible Summer: An Anthology
by Nicole Georges Author
Comics memoirist Nicole J. Georges captures her adventures and thoughts in unique, heartfelt illustrations & stories.…
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View Details Quick ShopNicole's weekly diary comics capture a slice of queer, punk life in Portland of yore.
Invincible Summer: An Anthology II
by Nicole Georges Author
After years of over-caffeinated and restless free time, acclaimed artist and writer Nicole J Georges has amassed…
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Super Late Bloomer: My Early Days in Transition
by Julia Kaye Author
Throughout most of the year 2016, Julia Kaye created a comic strip a day surrounding the topic of her identity as a…
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Forever and Everything #2
by Kyle Bravo Author
Kyle Bravo is back in this second issue of Forever and Everything. You'll be chuckling along as Kyle battles with…
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Add to CartKyle documents scenes from his life, with themes of work, parenting, and depression
Forever and Everything #3
by Kyle Bravo Author
Kyle Bravo's diary comics describe the ups and downs and joys of everyday life. In this issue, it's 2017, his kid is 2…
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Forever and Everything #4
by Kyle Bravo Author
Kyle's story of fatherhood continues with the fourth volume of diary comics zine Forever and Everything. He recounts…
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Forever and Everything #5: The "Feeling Bad Then Feeling Better" Issue
by Kyle Bravo Author
Kyle's ongoing diary comics series shows him navigating life at 40, which is filled with many downs, but a few good…
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BFF: Brainfag Forever
by Nate Beaty Author
BFF: Brainfag Forever! collects nearly a decade of Nate Beaty's self-published comics. Brainfag is a medical term for…
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View Details Quick ShopFunny and self-deprecating scenes from Nate's life as a cartoonist and computer programmer
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by Nate Beaty Author
Nate's diary comics are funny, revealing, and drawn with flair. In this collection from 2015, he sticks to two major…
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Don't Cry Wolfman Chicago
by Nate Beaty Author
Diary comix ftw! Nate Beaty (Brainfag Forever) shares 120 pages of comics pages outlining scenes from his daily life…
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Diary of a Miscreant
by Isy Morgenmuffel Author
Fans of the zine Morgenmuffel will celebrate this anthology of some of Isy Morgenmuffel's best comics! Covering a decade…
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Year of Zines: In which Sarah Mirk (That's Me!) Somewhat Obsessively Tries to Make a Zine Every Day For a Year
by Shay Sarah Mirk Author
After spending a year making one zine every day, Sarah Mirk collected her favorite 100 of them into this bright yellow…
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Very much in the spirit of diary comics!
Dumb: Living Without a Voice
by Georgia Webber Author
Georgia was a chatty, singing-in-the-shower twentysomething working at a bike shop in Montreal, before losing her voice…
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Add to CartMore of a comics memoir—all the daily reality of diary comics but with more of a developed narrative if you're into that
I Thought YOU Hated ME
by MariNaomi Author
A comic about the twists and turns of a complex, lifelong friendship between two women, from childhood to adulthood,…
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Monsters by Ken Dahl
by Ken Dahl Author and Gabby Schulz Author
Monsters is the latest graphic novel by Ken Dahl, author of the Microcosm published title Welcome to the Dahlhouse.…
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Another comics memoir! All mapped out and written after the fact, but preserves all the painful emotional immediacy.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures
by Phoebe Gloeckner Author
While set in the libertine atmosphere of 1970s San Francisco, Minnie's journey to understand herself and her world is…
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Add to CartMore of a narrative comment structured around the format of a teen's diary, rather than a live-drawn account of daily life, but if you like diary comix this may keep you going.
The Art of the Graphic Memoir: Tell Your Story, Change Your Life
by Tom Hart Author
This comprehensive guide to writing a graphic memoir is both helpful and moving, and will tell you everything you need…
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If you want to check out diary comics, Snake Pit is your entry drug. Ben's been drawing a 3-panel copy every day for over 15 years. This is where it all began.