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A Luminous Graphic Portrait of Genius, Desire, and the Cost of Feeling Too Deeply. ComiXology Original Virginia Woolf comes to print from Mad Cave

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Mad Cave Studios presents the first-ever print edition of Virginia Woolf, the acclaimed comiXology Original graphic novel by Liuba Gabriele. Adapted from the Italian release by Becco Giallo, this vivid portrait explores Woolf’s creative brilliance and her passionate, complicated relationship with Vita Sackville-West. 

As part of Mad Cave’s latest English print releases, Virginia Woolf offers an emotional LGBTQIA-focused retelling of their semi-secret love affair, drawing from Woolf’s novels and the pair’s letters to capture the intensity of her inner world. With expressive colorwork and intimate storytelling, Gabriele brings striking depth to a relationship that helped shape one of literature’s most influential voices.

An emotional and vibrant retelling of the famous author’s passions and torments, as well as her ardent relationship with Vita Sackville-West. 

Virginia Woolf ended her own life in March 1941, driven by the strength of her grief for the world entering another war. She was a woman full of turbulent emotions and desires, ones which brought her both great joy and suffering. Told through loose connections with some of Woolf’s most beloved novels and using quotations from letters written by Woolf and Sackville-West, this graphic novel brings color and texture to this semi-secret love affair and boldly renders the waves and lulls of Woolf’s extraordinary mind.

Perfect for admirers of literary biography, readers of Woolf’s work, educators, librarians, and anyone drawn to intimate, emotionally rich graphic storytelling.

Virginia Woolf is a 128-page paperback graphic novel that arrives May 26, 2026. 

Virginia Woolf

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Virginia Woolf

Written and drawn by Liuba Gabriele
Translated from Italian by Lucy Lenzi
Lettering and layout by Giulia Gabrielli
Edited by Stefano A. Cresti
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England, March 1941. Virginia Woolf walks along the banks of the river Ouse. She picks up a stone from the ground, weighs it in her hand, and watches the water flow. She thinks about the fierce war happening in the world and within herself. All that accompanied her up to that shore still lives in radiant images which represent the extreme strength of her emotions, such as the passion for her lover, Vita Sackville-West, the fondness for her fundamental husband, Leonard, and her grief for the tremendous family bereavements. Feelings poured into her writing, which revolutionized literature, and solidified her place in history as one of the world’s most important authors.

Virginia Woolf