They’re here! They’re queer! They’re graphic novels! The publisher Abrams is beginning a graphic novel imprint dedicated to expanding the presence in the medium of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex and asexual creators and stories.

The line, Surely Books, will premiere in spring 2021, and will be curated by Mariko Tamaki, an author whose work includes the graphic novels “Skim,” illustrated by her cousin Jillian Tamaki, about a Catholic school student who falls for her female English teacher, and “Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up With Me,” illustrated by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell, about the on-again, off-again relationship between two high school girls.

Image Mariko Tamaki, who will be curating a new line of graphic novels called Surely Books. Credit... Shawnee Custalow

The graphic novels from Surely will be a mix of fiction and nonfiction, and will highlight the activism, achievements and struggles of the L.G.B.T.Q.I.A. community. The first books scheduled for release include two biographies: one of the novelist Patricia Highsmith, by Grace Ellis, and another of the Revolutionary War hero Baron von Steuben, by Josh Trujillo and Levi Hastings. On the fiction side, Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre will publish a novel about friends who make a surprise discovery one summer.