Drawn & Quarterly has released their Spring 2026 catalog, headlined by Tillie Walden‘s next graphic novel, Charity & Silvia. Due out May 26, the book tells the true story of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, a married lesbian couple who lived in early 19th century Vermont.
Being openly gay in 19th century New England is not an easy row to hoe. But Charity can only be herself, and she immediately catches—and holds—the eye of none other than Sylvia Drake. From this point on, for 44 years, the two would be inseparable, building a life together despite all odds and living as a lesbian couple in small town Vermont.
The book marks Walden’s first at Drawn & Quarterly, and her first personal graphic novel since 2019’s Are You Listening?, having spent the interim working on books like Skybound‘s Clementine trilogy, or Tegan and Sara‘s Junior High and Crush. She began working on the book in 2024, after being pitched the premise by Vermont Humanities, who provided her with a residency — funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities — to produce it.
You can read a PDF preview of the book here. Also scheduled by D&Q for Spring 2026 were:
- Mary Pain by Lola Lorente (May 5), the English-language debut of a Spanish cartoonist, that tells the story of a young woman figuring out her life after moving back to her hometown to care for her grandfather.
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Opioids & Organs by Arizona O’Neill (May 19), a memoir by the cartoonist about the aftermath of her father’s death from a fentanyl overdose.
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Narrow Rooms by Choi Sungmin (”), a romantic thriller that tells the story of a South Korean woman studying in Seoul, whose life spirals out of control after her teacher harasses her. It was originally serialized on Webtoon.
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Appleguy & Beefwood by Cedar Van Tassel (June 9), a surreal comic strip themed around rural agriculture.
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Dogs on Dates by Luke Healy (June 16), a gay rom com about two anthropomorphic dogs.
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Moomin Adventures: Book Three by Lars and Tove Jansson (June 23), the publisher’s latest rerelease of the classic comic strip starring Jansson’s beloved trolls.
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Declaration Illustrated by R. Sikoryak (June 30), a depiction of the seminal document in the “styles of over 60 different American comics, cartoons, and graphic novels,” arriving just in time for the 250th anniversary of its signing.
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The Legend of Kamui: Volume Four by Shirato Sanpei (July 7), the next installment of the English-language release of the classic manga.
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Moominsummer Madness by Tove Jansson (”), a hardcover reprint of the illustrated 1954 book.
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Beware Her Fury by Mirion Malle (August 11), the story of a queer woman from Montreal, who joins a support group for sexual assault survivors like her.
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A Nobody Artist by Yoshiharu Tsuge (”), a collection of semiautobiographical vignettes from the manga creator, originally published from 1981 and 1985.
For more on each book, click the links; you can also scroll the PDF version of D&Q’s Spring 2026 catalog here.
