Flung Out of Space #[nn]

A young woman with dark hair pauses to smoke beside a window overlooking a hazy urban rooftop, a tuxedo cat perched nearby as swirling imagery of typewriters and locomotives drifts through the background — it's an evocative, moody cover for this 2022 graphic novel inspired by the "indecent adventures" of novelist Patricia Highsmith. Writer Grace Ellis and artist Hannah Templer bring a smoky mid-century atmosphere to life, with Templer's linework and colors giving the whole scene a warm, slightly dreamlike glow. If you're drawn to literary biography told through expressive comics art, this one announces itself with quiet confidence.