These ten queer nonfiction comics cover a range of subjects, styles, and genres. Looking to learn more about queer history? There’s a comic for that! Interested in a comics anthology that explores one particular subject in depth, from a variety of perspectives? Got that. Looking for a memoir that’s not just a memoir, but also touches on history and philosophy? Check. Have you always been curious about queer theory but been too intimated to pick up a book about it? Never fear: comics to the rescue! These books have taught me so much about queer life and queer history. They also serve as wonderful jumping-off points. So often, nonfiction comics function like doors in my reading life. I pick up a comic about something I never would have picked up a non-comic about, and suddenly I’m fascinated, and find myself reading all sorts of other wonderful books I didn’t know I needed. Consider yourself warned. Looking for more queer nonfiction comics? Check out these 9 sapphic graphic memoirs! And if it’s nonfiction comics in general you’re after, why not check out these excellent graphic memoirs, or these fantastic nonfiction YA comics?
