Sequential art is a very flexible storytelling medium. Styles range from serialized or one-shot stories, published as individual comics issues and larger graphic novels, to very short comic strips and political cartoons. A favorite comics type of mine is the thematic comics anthology.
Anthologies tend to highlight stories from up-and-coming creators, creators from under-represented groups (including #ownvoices stories), and often feature supposedly “less marketable” subject matter. They are generally short stories of a few pages each, not the typical 22-page or longer comics story. They are sometimes financed outright by traditional publishers, but nowadays the trend seems to be moving towards crowdfunding.
Check out these Comics Anthologies in The Seattle Public Library collection:
Chainmail Bikini – An anthology by and about female gamers.
Explorer: The Lost Islands – A collection of stories about hidden places.
Fresh Romance – A collection of romance comics.
Gwan Anthology – A collection of short comics stories exploring the immigrant experience worldwide.
Love Is Love – A collection of stories concerning the tragic events of the Pulse Nightclub massacre.
Moonshot – An anthology of stories of identity and culture from North American Ingenious creators.
New World Anthology – An anthology of science fiction and fantasy stories focusing on the “culture clash” of civilizations, worlds, and species.
Power and Magic – An anthology with comics about queer witches of color.
Secret Identities – An anthology of Asian American Superheroes by Asian American creators.
The Sleep of Reason – An anthology of monster stories that doesn’t include the familiar zombies, vampires, and werewolves…
Smut Peddler Presents My Monster Boyfriend – An anthology of erotic fantasy stories.
Womanthology: Space – An anthology of science fiction stories by women creators.
Check out the all the above titles in this list in the catalog.
~posted by Mychal L.
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