Katia Vecchio isn’t holding back for her first Image Comics graphic novel, Memories of Giselle. The new coming-of-age tale deals with abuse, loss, and much more.
“Memories of Giselle is the story I needed to tell in order to give shape to experiences that often remain unspoken,” said Vecchio via press release. “My hope is that readers will find, in Giselle’s journey, the courage to look at their own pain with compassion, and to understand that acceptance begins with acknowledging what we’ve had to carry.”
Image plugs that the “haunting, deeply compassionate” graphic novel will be good for readers of Zoe Thorogood’s It’s Lonely at the Centre of the Earth, Allie Brosh’s Solutions and Other Problems, and Kate Beaton’s Ducks, so three out of three on the interest scale for me, personally.
Here’s the synopsis, if you’re curious what the book is actually about:
As Memories of Giselle unfolds with quiet inevitability, a brother and sister move through the fragile terrain of a childhood marked by hidden abuse, silence, and loss. Giselle is pursued by the memory of her late grandmother and by a single, recurring image—an empty boat—an emblem of the truth she has spent years repressing. As adolescence draws her into the bewildering realms of desire, vulnerability, and trust, the fractured pieces of her past begin to align, revealing a story long buried and the shadow it has cast over her and her brother’s present-day lives.
Memories of Giselle will hit comic book stores on June 17, 2026, followed by traditional book stores on July 14, 2026.
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