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Latest comics and graphic novels

Latest comics and graphic novels Instituto Cervantes

Discover different worlds, history and new adventures with comics!

Dive into our comic and graphic novel corner (all published between 2024 and 2025) where each book is a window into a unique story:

  • Travel to cities that hold memories and emotions: A House in the City, is a graphic novel where memory and identity intertwine in every panel.
  • Explore historical memory and resistance, with moving stories like The Weight of Heroes, which bring the past closer in a visual and powerful way.
  • Venture into noir and detective universes with Blacksad, where beautifully illustrated anthropomorphic animals tell stories of justice, corruption, and mystery.
  • Learn about the history of books and libraries through the graphic adaptation of The Infinity in a Reed.
  • Immerse yourself in myths and legends with Under a Starry Sky, or travel to magical Japan while enjoying illustrations that awaken the imagination.
  • Discover Spain’s recent history in The Weight of Heroes, an autobiographical graphic novel that combines the memories of the author’s Spanish grandfathers - one imprisoned in the Mauthausen concentration camp and the other fighting as a maquis after fleeing Argelès-sur-Mer - with themes of trauma, exile, and family reconstruction across generations.
  • Discover the lives of artists and their works with The Venus in the Mirror, a historical graphic novel that combines history with visual storytelling.
  • Learn about the creativity of filmmakers and fantastic worlds with Guillermo del Toro in The Boy Who Made a Pact with Monsters, an illustrated album that sparks the imagination of both young and old.

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