Some of My Favorite Comics

Alexia Mandeville
2 min readJul 11, 2023

A short and very light list about some of my favorite comics. If you have any recommendations based on my curation, please comment!

Leaving Richard’s Valley

https://www.instagram.com/p/B5qRUrsA1Pe/

Leaving Richard’s Valley is an Instagram comic about a group of animals that have to leave the valley and discover the outside world. It’s black and white. There’s a quirky charm about the character design. The spider looks like a hand and the characters sometimes make fun of the spider because of that.

Kingly Comic

https://www.instagram.com/nickedwods/

Do I just like black and white comics? Maybe. Another Instagram comic!

I enjoy that there aren’t a ton of characters in this comic, focusing on the immature main character and the characters that cater to him.

The Far Side by Gary Larson

I will always remember this book as the bathroom book. It belongs on the tank of the toilet. Gary Larson can pack a ton of world building into one panel. For instance, cow tools.

Death Wins a Gold Fish

Oh good, this one has color. A short book about burnout and finding joy again.

https://www.amazon.com/Death-Wins-Goldfish-Reflections-Sabbatical/dp/1452172552

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Alexia Mandeville

game designer | writing about game design & building products | www.bodeville.com | prev: Niantic, Oculus | twitter: @flexmandeville