Introducing Comics Plus!
Wellington City Libraries have added over 20,000 free, always available comics with our brand-new streaming service, Comics Plus!

All titles are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week— on computers, tablets, and phones.
Available comics include hundreds of Manga series like Delicious in Dungeon and The Summer Hikaru Died from major Manga publishers Yen Press, Tokyopop and Kodansha.
Try fan-Favourite adult series from major American publishers Dark Horse, Image and Fantagraphics like Saga, Cat + Gamer and Love & Rockets.
Or read unlimited amounts of popular children’s comics series like Big Nate, Phoebe and Her Unicorn and Geronimo Stilton.
(read further down for some lists of our suggested comics to get you started!)
Getting started with Comics Plus
Comics Plus has three collections to choose from:
- Visit Comics Plus
- Search for Wellington City Libraries NZ
- Choose between 'Childrens Library', 'Full Collection' or 'Teen Library'
- Enter your library card details.
(Note: Children can only access the 'Childrens Library' and the 'Teen Library')
You can also use the Comics Plus app on your mobile device:
- Download the free Comics Plus app (Google Play | App Store).
- Click the Get Started button.
- Search for ‘Wellington City Libraries NZ’ - there are options for the 'Childrens Library', 'Full Collection' or 'Teen Library'.
(Note: Children can only access the 'Childrens Library' and the 'Teen Library') - Enter your Library card number and your ‘PIN’, and click the ‘Log In’ button.
Whilst Comics Plus doesn’t feature all Manga publishers, or Marvel or DC (try Libby for more streaming Manga or Marvel and DC comics) here’s some lists of our favourite comic reads, available right now through Comics Plus!

Reading lists
Comics Plus Manga Picks
- Delicious in Dungeon by Ryoko Kui
- The Summer Hikaru Died by Mokumokuren
- Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa
- Magical Girl Incident by Zero Akabane
- She Loves to Cook, and She Loves to Eat by Sakaomi Yuzaki
- Cat + Gamer by Wataru Nadatani
- Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken by Sumito Oowara
- A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Oima
- The Guy She Was Interested In Wasn't a Guy at All by Sumiko Arai
- Minato's Laundromat by Yuzu Tsubaki
- Ace of the Diamond by Yuji Terajima
- Erased by Kei Sanbe
Comics Plus Young Adult Picks
- Sheets by Brenna Thummler
- Chef's Kiss Deluxe Edition by Jarrett Melendez
- Clementine by Tillie Walden
- Mooncakes by Suzanne Walker
- Invincible by Robert Kirkman
- Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan
- Four-Color Heroes by Richard Fairgray
- Tuahangata tae e whā by Richard Fairgray
- Stranger Things by Jody Houser
- On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
- The Legend of Korra by Michael Dante DiMartino
- Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Frasier

Comics Plus Kids Picks
- Detective Beans by Li Chen
- Adventure Time by Pendleton Ward
- Secrets of Camp Whatever by Chris Grine
- Big Nate by Lincoln Peirce
- Berrybrook Middle School by Svetlana Chmakova
- Wallace the Brave by Will Henry
- Sonic the Hedgehog by Ian Flynn
- Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz
- The Smurfs Tales by Peyo
- Geronimo Stilton Reporter by Geronimo Stilton
- Guinea PIG, Pet Shop Private Eye by Colleen AF Venable
- Surfside Girls by Kim Dwinell
Comics Plus Adult Series Picks
- B.P.R.D. by Mike Mignola
- Sarah's Scribbles by Sarah Andersen
- Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales
- Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura
- Love and Rockets by Gilbert Hernandez
- Department of Truth by James Tynion IV
- Ice Cream Man by W. Maxwell Prince
- Monstress by Marjorie Liu
- Saga by Brian K. Vaughan
- Parker by Darwyn Cooke
- Locke and Key by Joe Hill
- Beasts of Burden by Evan Dorkin
Comics Plus Adult Standalone Picks
- The Delicacy by James Albon
- They Called Us Enemy by George Takei
- How Could You by Ren Strapp
- My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris
- Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees by Patrick Horvath
- Palestine by Joe Sacco
- Us by Sara Soler
- Adrift on a Painted Sea by Tim Bird
- The Impending Blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe Thorogood
- Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
- As a Cartoonist by Noah Van Sciver
- Houses of the Unholy by Ed Brubaker