Arnold Arre

Oct 1, 2024 | honolulumagazine.com | Arnold Arre |Marianne Chan |Erin Kelly |Mia Manansala

Celebrate Filipino American History Month with some of our favorite books penned by Filipino authors. Hawai‘i boasts a thunderously mighty community of Filipino Americans, many of whom first immigrated to the islands in the early 20th century to work the agricultural sectors. Today, Filipino Americans make up about a quarter of Hawai‘i’s population, while their culture, history, and stories contribute to the rich diversity that makes our islands so special.

Apr 13, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Benji Nate |Darrin Bell |Arnold Arre |Briana Loewinsohn

Woshibai, trans. from the Mandarin by Megan Tan and Francine Yulo. Drawn & Quarterly, $29.95 (376p) ISBN 978-1-77046-669-2Drawn with clean, geometric lines and deadpan humor, Woshibai’s wordless gag comics surprise at every turn. A wagon is pulled by butterflies hopped up on nectar, a man makes audio recordings of rocks and flowers, a blindfolded woman searches for something safe to touch, and snowflakes morph into stars.

Apr 13, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Shungiku Uchida |Benji Nate |Darrin Bell |Arnold Arre

Chuck D. Enemy, $39.95 trade paper (720p) ISBN 978-1-63614-100-8With audacious style, Chuck D—activist and cofounder of Public Enemy—chronicles his personal life and American history as it unfolded during 2020 and early 2022 in this set of three thought-provoking illustrated diary volumes. Each drawn and hand-lettered scene presents a topic underscored by pithy and pertinent criticism.

Mar 16, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Darrin Bell |Arnold Arre |Briana Loewinsohn |Ayize Jama-Everett

Ray Nadine. Dark Horse, $19.99 (264p) ISBN 978-1-5067-2637-3Indie scenester Nadine debuts with a sweet yet gritty queer supernatural romance set in modern-day Chicago. Leon, a young Black veteran of the Afghanistan War who is getting by on disability and occasional photography gigs, accidentally unleashes the spirit of Cody—a queer punk rocker who died in 1977—from a vintage camera that once belonged to Cody.

Mar 9, 2023 | publishersweekly.com | Arnold Arre |Briana Loewinsohn |Ayize Jama-Everett |Julia Wertz

Darrin Bell. Holt, $29.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-250-80514-0Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Bell, known for his syndicated strip Candorville, delivers an unflinching debut graphic memoir that balances gravity, vulnerability, and humor in relaying his life as a Black man and parent. When he was a child in 1981, a terrifying standoff with a pair of Dobermans left an indelible imprint that became a metaphor for future racist interactions.