Comics & Graphic Fiction – Trigger Warning Database

True Colors by Lilah Sturges

Lumberjanes: True Colors by Lilah Sturges and illustrated by polterink

At Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqual Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Hardcore Lady-Types, being yourself has a long tradition of being celebrated, and no one knows that better than Ripley, who has spent a summer going where the wind takes her. But sometimes going against the grain is starting to feel like she’s going against her friends, and Ripley’s not sure if being unique is all it’s cracked up to be. So when she meets a Zebracorn with the ability to blend in anywhere, Ripley’s starts to think she should take on a new identity, one that looks more like everyone else.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Bullying
Fire

Truly Tyler by Terri Libenson

Truly Tyler by Terri Libenson

Cliques. Crushes. Comics. Middle school. Ever since Tyler started getting into art and hanging out with Emmie, his friends and teammates have been giving him a hard time. He wonders why can’t he nerd out on drawing and play ball? Emmie is psyched that she gets to work on a comics project with her crush, Tyler. But she gets the feeling that his friends don’t think she’s cool enough. Maybe it’s time for a total reinvention…

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Bullying
Cyberbullying

Die, Volume One by Kieron Gillen

Die, Vol. 1: Fantasy Heartbreaker by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Stephanie Hans

The Wicked + The Divine writer Kieron Gillen teams up with artist supernova Stephanie Hans (WicDiv, Journey Into Mystery) for her first ongoing comic. Die is a pitch-black fantasy where a group of forty-something adults have to deal with the returning, unearthly horror they only just survived as teenage role-players. If Kieron’s in a rush, he describes it as “Goth Jumanji”, but that’s only the tip of this obsidian iceberg. Collects issues #1-5 of Die.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Body & eye horror
Death of a parent

The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp

The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and illustrated by Manuel Preitano

After a gunshot leaves her paralyzed, Barbara Gordon enters the Arkham Center for Independence, where Gotham’s teens undergo physical and mental rehabilitation. Now using a wheelchair, Barbara must adapt to a new normal, but she cannot shake the feeling that something is dangerously amiss. Within these walls, strange sounds escape at night; patients go missing; and Barbara begins to put together pieces of what she believes to be a larger puzzle. But is this suspicion simply a result of her trauma? Fellow…Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism
Paralysis
Hospitalisation mentioned
Gun violence
House fire recounted

Invisible Emmie by Terri Libenson

Invisible Emmie by Terri Libenson

This is the story of two totally different girls—quiet, shy, artistic Emmie and popular, outgoing, athletic Katie—and how their lives unexpectedly intersect one day when an embarrassing note falls into the wrong hands.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Ableism & ableist language

Katie the Catsitter by Colleen Venable

Katie the Catsitter by Colleen A.F. Venable & illustrated by Stephanie Yue

Katie is dreading the boring summer ahead while her best friends are all away at camp–something that’s way out of Katie and her mom’s budget. Unless Katie can figure out a way to earn the money for camp herself. But when Katie gets a job catsitting for her mysterious upstairs neighbour, life gets interesting. First, Madeline has 217 cats (!) and they’re not exactly . . . normal cats. Also, why is Madeline always out EXACTLY when the city’s most notorious villain commits crimes?! Is it possible that Katie’s upstairs neighbour is really a supervillain?

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Animal mistreatment & abuse
Animal hunting mentioned
Dogfighting mentioned

Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez

Chef’s Kiss by Jarrett Melendez

Now that college is over, English graduate Ben Cook is on the job hunt looking for something…anything…related to his passion for reading and writing. But interview after interview, hiring committee after hiring committee, Ben soon learns getting the dream job won’t be as easy as he thought. Proofreading? Journalism? Copywriting? Not enough experience. It turns out he doesn’t even have enough experience to be a garbage collector! But when Ben stumbles upon a “Now Hiring—No Experience Necessary” sign outside a restaurant, he jumps at the chance to land his first job. Plus, he can keep looking for a writing job in the mean… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Alcohol consumption
Emesis

Outcast, Volume One by Robert Kirkman

Outcast, Vol. 1: A Darkness Surrounds Him by Robert Kirkman and illustrated by Paul Azaceta

Kyle Barnes has been plagued by demonic possession all his life and now he needs answers. Unfortunately, what he uncovers along the way could bring about the end of life on Earth as we know it. Collects Outcast #1-6.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Rape & sexual assault, implied
Child abuse
Domestic violence
Graphic blood & gore depiction

Something is Killing the Children, Volume One by James Tynion IV

Something is Killing the Children, Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV and illustrated by Werther Dell’Edera

When the children of Archer’s Peak—a sleepy town in the heart of America—begin to go missing, everything seems hopeless. Most children never return, but the ones that do have terrible stories—impossible details of terrifying creatures that live in the shadows. Their only hope of finding and eliminating the threat is the arrival of a mysterious stranger, one who believes the children and claims to be the only one who sees what they can see. Her name is Erica Slaughter. She kills monsters. That is all she does, and she bears the cost because it must be done.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Homomisia & homomisic slurs
Blood & gore depiction
Body horror
Murder
Death of a child

Weapon UwU Volume One by SJ Whitby

Weapon UwU Vol 1: Godkillers by S.J. Whitby

Weapon UwU – who’d expect us to be a team of deadly mutant assassins with a name like that? The Team: a trans boy ready for his glow-up into a leading man, an undead sweetheart with a bellyful of acid, a furious firebreathing girl, a hive mind of very polite spiders, an over-it aroace woman who knows how scared you are of her, and a group of increasingly unhinged clones. The Misson: To cross into a parallel universe and kill a mutant as powerful as a god, then clean up any mess. The Complications: Okay so yikes this has spiralled out of control and now there may be some… Read more.

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Trigger & Content Warnings

Blood depiction
Cannibalism
Emesis
Murder
Drowning
Loss of autonomy (mind control)