The Best New Graphic Novels Out in October 2026

Get 15% off annual All Access memberships for a limited time in celebration of Book Riot’s 15th anniversary! Savings amount to more than 3 months of free unlimited access to our entire content archive, plus features like Collections and the New Release Index. Claim your savings and start leveling up your reading life. The Stack Sign up to The Stack to receive Book Riot Comic’s best posts, picked for you. Legends & Lattes: The Graphic Novel by Travis Baldree, Samuel Sattin I just finished reading an early review copy of this, and it’s my favorite release of 2026 so far! I love the original sapphic cozy fantasy novel Legends & Lattes, but I think it’s even better in comics form. The illustrations perfectly capture the cozy atmosphere, and the slowburn F/F romance complements the story of found family and community building. Check out this excerpt from the Book Riot Newsletter for a few pages from the graphic novel as well as Travis Baldree’s reflections on how the cozy fantasy subgenre has evolved since Legends & Lattes was first published. —Danika Ellis Wandering by Jonathan Djob NkondoNkondo’s involvement with Scavenger’s Reign was enough for me to recommend Wandering, ...