Hello Sunshine is a 2025 graphic novel by Keezy Young. It follows four teens searching for their missing friend and facing supernatural threats. It was nominated for both an Eisner Award and a Harvey Award.

Plot After coming back from summer Bible camp, Noah discovers that his boyfriend Alex has disappeared. Along with Alex's twin brother Jamie and their friends Izzy and Skylar and dog Cass, the group attempt to find Alex, facing supernatural threats and coming to terms with Alex's developing schizoaffective disorder along the way.

Reception The book was reviewed by the School Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and Comics Beat. Kirkus Reviews noted how the author "carefully avoids using magic as a metaphor for psychosis, nor does psychosis become a source of cheap scares", while School Library Journal concluded it was a "compassionate look at schizoaffective disorder, and how love can help those living with it".

Sean Dillon of The Beat described it as a "comic about taking the seemingly flat archetypes we place onto people and finding the depths therein", and later included it on The Beat's Best Comics of 2025.

Andy Oliver of Broken Frontier stated that a book was "intriguing mix of slice-of-life character study and claustrophobic horror story," and "Young’s use of lettering to express ideas of intrusive voices and psychosis is simply some of the finest and most effective I have ever seen in twenty years of reviewing at Broken Frontier." + Awards and nominationYearAward/HonorResultRef.2026Eisner Award for Best Publication for TeensNominatedHarvey Award for Best Young Adult BookTBAGraphic Novels & Comics Round Table - Outstanding Comics Award for Young AdultsHonor2025Broken Frontier Awards - Best ArtistWonNew York Public Library Best Books for TeensIncluded

See also

Taproot: A Story About a Gardener and a Ghost - graphic novel also by Young

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