Displacement #[nn]

Kiku Hughes's Displacement arrives from First Second in 2020 with a cover that quietly commands attention — a young woman in the foreground looks back with an unsettled expression, while a figure carrying luggage walks toward a barbed-wire fence and guard tower stretching across a pale, arid landscape. The imagery speaks to dislocation and resilience without raising its voice, and John Jennings's cover blurb ("poignant and powerful… a work of art that is both timely and timeless") sets the tone perfectly. A thoughtful, visually arresting graphic novel that earns its place on any shelf.