The Magic Fish

A tender, wordless graphic novel from Trung Le Nguyen, The Magic Fish (2020–present, Penguin Random House) weaves together a young boy’s struggle to come out to his Vietnamese immigrant parents with the fairy tales he shares with his mother as a bridge between their worlds. This single-issue comic uses lush, fairy-tale-inspired art to explore identity, language, and the stories we tell to connect across generations. It stands as a poignant, visually stunning debut that reimagines the coming-out narrative through the lens of cultural and familial love.