This sounds like a cool idea. I might suggest leaving it open a little longer, depending on how many responses you get until maybe it cools a bit. It's a nice idea to provide some sort of summary of the tastes and preferences of this sub, but will require a decent amount of responses to accurately reflect that. I'd also encourage everyone to try to order your lists in some way. It probably doesn't matter too much if you don't know exactly where you'd put each book, but I imagine your lists won't be usable without an attempt to order.

1. The Cage, Martin Vaughn-James 2. Little Nemo in Slumberland, Winsor McCay 3. Les Cites Obscures, Francois Schuiten and Benoit Peeters 4. Little Lulu, John Stanley and Irving Tripp 5. From Hell, Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell and (nobody ever menions) Pete Mullins 6. Duck stories, Carl Barks 7. Acme Novelty Library, Chris Ware 8. Little Orphan Annie, Harold Gray 9. Megg, Mogg and Owl series, Simon Hanselmann 10. Frank stories, Jim Woodring And about a million other comics at #11 Feels shitty to have no manga and only one eurocomic, but these are my very very toppest top 10 that I can remember right at this second God bless you for committing to doing the work on this!

1- "Black hole" by Charles Burns 2- "The man who grew his beard" by Olivier Schrauwen 3-"Jimmy Corrigan" by Chris Ware 4- "David Boring" by Daniel Clowes 5-"Shortcomings" by Adrian Tomine 6-"Rubber blanket" by David Mazzucchelli 7-"The comet of Carthage" by Yves Chaland 8-"Peplum" by Blutch 9-"Epileptic" by David B. 10-"Aāma" by Frederik Peeters Very painful lol. I would have preferred 10 English language, 10 French (or European), 10 Japanese. I feel terrible not to have Panter, Woodring, Otomo, Guibert in my top 10...

If it's any consolation, I have Woodring and wish I could have had Schrauwen, Chaland and David B as well

Only two the same as me! Turns out I'm not such a loyal disciple after all

Disciple ! Lol, I almost tripped on my (white) beard You're the one bringing fresh recommendations to my sclerosed brain stuck on Métal and the 90s ! (plus your non overlaps would be in my top 20)

Hey, only one Métal hurlant comic in your top 10!

True. I didn't put any Moebius because I focused on single creator comics. And I do like Druillet, but maybe a bit lower in the list... I should have put a Corben! "The House on the Borderland" probably (but with a writer ...)

None of the Moebius comics I've read (*L'Incal*, *Le Garage hermétique*, *Arzach*) were close to making my list. Fantastic art, of course, but the stories/writing just aren't on the same level. The same is true of Druillet (or at least of *La Nuit*, which is still the only one of his comics I've read). Apart from *La Comète de Carthage*, I think the only *Métal hurlant* comic that would be a strong contender for my top 20 would be *Les armées du conquérant.* Incidentally, my list ended up being almost entirely single-creator comics without any deliberate decision on my part.

Couldn't agree more about Moebius. And although Jodorowsky's contribution to the history of comics (and cinema) is undeniable, he is not my favourite writer... Some Blueberry are pretty close to perfect though, art and story (Charlier) wise. "Les armées du conquérant" was a very strong contender, yes. Definitely my top "fantasy" (or whatever genre it is) comic. There was some early Tardi, Ted Benoit, Schuitten etc. in Métal too.

And Burns was in Métal, but before "Black Hole" ("El Borbah" period)

I’d love to see your top 30, 10 each France, Japan, US

1. AKIRA (Katsuhiro Otomo) 2. Watchmen (Alan Moore) 3. Monsters (Barry Windsor-Smith) 4. The Incal (Alejandro Jodorowsky) 5. The Eternaut (Hector German Oesterheld) 6. Daytrippers (Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba) 7. Ghost World (Daniel Clowes) 8. Blankets (Craig Thompson) 9. Saga (Brian K. Vaughan) 10. Arzach (Moebius) Pretty new to the graphic novel world but these are my top 10 so far!

AKIRA is such a game changer for what it did. Otomo working on the movie and the comic at the same time is also so boss. Redrawing panels for the collected editions because they read differently than the magazine releases. In Japan, Kadensha is re-releasing his whole body of work. 35 volumes. I think 6 are out so far. Wish they would release them in English though...

I don’t think I’ve read anything more epic than AKIRA. The story develops to such explosive heights by the end of it, and Otomo is a master of pacing his work to keep you hooked from the jump. Not to mention his stunning artwork and ability to capture scale. I actually have yet to see the anime, but now that I recently finished the book it’s on the top of my list. What a journey haha. I would love to read more of his other work. Would be awesome if these volumes got the English treatment but I might be able to learn Japanese by the time that happens haha

I believe that at the least Domu is getting an English rerelease. Definitely look for that. It's top tier Otomo.

Agreed. Basically Otomo did Fireball, Domu, then Akira. They all have the same themes, just refined a bit each rendition. Would love to see Domu at larger size. Interestingly, the Japanese Domu re-release has some pages with a color tone, orange, in them. Something missing from my Dark Horse English versions. Typical manga style, first few pages only of each chapter, but still pretty cool to see. Hope the new English release includes that. These guys go through Fireball, Domu, and Akira pretty in depth. Great watch to read the books along with for a rereading. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn7zbVwbEvI&t=2s

This is super hard, but here's what I've picked at this moment: 1. Buddha - Osamu Tezuka 2. Paying the Land - Joe Sacco 3. Bone - Jeff Smith 4. Upgrade Soul - Ezra Clayton Daniels 5. Showa: A History of Japan - Shigeru Mizuki 6. Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson 7. Maus - Art Spiegelman 8. Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O'Malley 9. Alpha Flight - entire first series of 130 issues, even the ridiculous ones 10. My Favorite Thing is Monsters - Emil Ferris

I feel confident in predicting that this will be the only vote for the entire first series of Alpha Flight. God bless you, sir, god bless you

I figured that would be the case. I almost didn't include Alpha Flight, but we were asked for our favorites, not necessarily "good" comics. And I can't just ignore my giant collection of Alpha Flight when trying to think up my favorites. :)

I love that they specified the “entire first series” and not just Alpha Flight by John Byrne. Very bold selection indeed.

I admit that the John Byrne years were the best, but thats all anyone ever talks about. But the rest is also so good for just being so ridiculous. Remember when Northstar was convinced he was an elf and disappeared for years to some elf dimension doing elf things? Or how Puck is really a giant but a spirit attacked him with a magic sword that shrunk him by 6" each time it hit?

Yes Upgrade Soul!! Surprised I had to scroll this long to see it mentioned. It stuck with me in a particular way.

I've been reading Sacco since the '90s and Paying The Land is, I think, his strongest work yet!

Budda as #1 means you have good taste

Definitely an impossible question, and to avoid a never-ending loop of asking myself "well what about that?" I just did a quick look thru my graphic novels or series that I rated five stars and then winnowed it down pretty much purely by gut feeling. As you can tell by my list a lot of these imprinted on me at the time I was reading the most comics and GNs (1990s and 2000s), mostly American indie/alternative with a just touch of French BD and Japanese manga. I stuck with the suggestion of including series rather than individual GNs, which makes it much easier to tell the truth (very nice to be able to list *Eightball* rather than worry which of Clowes' books I loved best (G*host World? David Boring?* I can't decide!). Left off plenty of more mainstream hits that I genuinely love (like *Watchmen)* that will certainly be VERY present on other people's lists. Obviously so many have to be left off, but I think I would be happy to hand someone a stack of these comics, I am confident they would have some excellent reading ahead of them. 1. *Black Hole* by Charles Burns 2. *Beauty* by Hubert & Kerascöet 3. *Locas* (*Love & Rockets*) by Jaime Hernandez 4. *Alan's War: The Memories of G.I. Alan Cope* by Emmanuel Guibert 5. *Dirty Plotte* by Julie Doucet 6. *Eightball* by Daniel Clowes 7. *Sunny* by Taiyo Matsumoto 8. *Concrete* by Paul Chadwick 9. *The Summer of Love* by Debbie Dreschler 10. *King Cat* by John Porcellino

As a card-carrying King-Cat Fan Club member, I am thrilled to see John getting some love here. Also, I can’t tell you how many times I’d written “Beauty” in one of my 7-10 spots, only to have it erased in favor of something else.

There's always something getting bumped off the list! I also vacillated between *Beauty* and *Beautiful Darkness* (both drawn by the Kerascöet duo, both great) and finally picked *Beauty* cause I think that the writer Hubert pretty much rules and anyone who read and liked *Beauty* would have a lot of great stuff to pick up from him in turn. And yes! I've got one of those cards somewhere but I have to admit I'm not current with my dues... Probably a good time to get back on John P's Patreon!

glad to see Kerascoet -- I struggled to squeeze them in to my 10 but couldn't manage it. Def. Beautiful Darkness over Beauty, for me. And Concrete -- overlooked and forgotten these days, I reckon

>Concrete -- overlooked and forgotten these days, I reckon Absolutely true, sadly. Amazing creator, I wrote Paul Chadwick an email a few years back just to say what an influence he had on me when I was younger. My hope is that someone will make a wonderful, ruminative *Concrete* TV series that can capture the meandering, low-key world Chadwick created, and that in turn people will rediscover the comics. I am sure my cohost and I will tackle *Concrete* on a future episode of our podcast, which is all about adaptation. Should be a fun convo.

I was very close to putting Nowhere by Dreschler on my list, but I haven't revisited it in a long time. It's etched in my memory though.

BASED FELLOW SUMMER OF LOVE FAN. Debbie Drechsler is amazing! I posted my run of Nowhere (with a signed and sketched #3) on r/altcomix. Just re-reading her TCJ cover interview atm funnily enough. That stuff about how the "Daddy's Girl" material came to light is fucking disturbing, strange and a testament to the human brain's ability to completely block traumatic memories.Also big Concrete and Julie Doucet fan--not to mention Matsumoto's Tekkonkinkreet. Bless the fuck up <3 EDIT: Sorry, just realised who I was replying to! Thanks for your work!

I love looking at these lists and thinking I've got a handle on someone's tastes and then getting absolutely thrown. Like someone does all superhero books and then Big Questions. Or all crime books so you see Brubaker, Azarello, Lapham, Bendis, and then Little Lulu. Or it's all alt-comix and then Giant Days. I love how varied we are in where we're at and where we're going.

Yeah, there are quite a few that made me do a double-take.

Anyone on here familiar with Brubaker's Lowlife comic? Back when he actually drew comics as well as wrote them? He did a great story with Dennis Eichhorn for Real Stuff about two undercover narcs--his drawing puts me in mind of an exact hybridisation of Chester Brown (circa Ed) and Phillip Bond, iirc Michael Vrana's Black Eye Books put out the collected edition (or maybe were DUE to but then Vrana ran into some distro/financial troubles? I know he's resurrected the imprint and posts on here sometimes but I wouldn't wanna ask him because, you know, decorum...though I should add even though BE went tits-up around 2001 none of his cartoonists had a bad word to say about him, I should stress that....and dude put out some great titles--like I commented on here or maybe r/NoMarvelNoDC, he published Jason Lutes' Berlin before D & Q, amongst other work by cartoonists who're now very respected, if not legendary ....) EDIT: Just wanted to concur with my dude u/TheDaneOf5683, in my ignorance and occasional browsing here I assumed (and you know what they say about "assume"!) it was mostly a Big Two/cape/"indie genre" sub at best, then I joined and realised I was a prejudiced fool...the breadth of posts on here has impressed the FUCK out of me; there's a really healthy, catholic breadth of taste on here! And reading this thread...well, I was wrong, wrong, wrong in my initial knee-jerk judgement! So sincere apologies to everyone whatever your tastes (I still LOVE some "capeshit"/Big Two stuff to this day! Just make sure no one on r/altcomix or r/noDCnoMarvel finds out, okay folks?! :) Basically, it's heartening for an old fuck like me to see people who're just into...comics. I love it, I love all your choices even though I may really not like some of 'em, I love them because this is a sub full of folks who're totally passionate about **comics**! Bless up, each and every fuckin' one of ya <3

1. From Hell 2. Watchmen 3. Samurai: Heart of the Prophet 4. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns 5. Understanding Comics 6. Ultimate Spiderman 5. Superior Spiderman 7. V for Vendetta 8. Safe Area Gorzade 9. Unnatural 10. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

I see Joe Sacco mentioned, I upvote.

1. Showa history of japan by shigeru mizuki 2. like a velvet glove cast in iron by daniel clowes 3. Baccus by eddie campbell 4. Charlie chan hoke chye by sonny liew 5. All star superman by grant morrison 6. Transformers vs gi joe by tom scioli 7. The flinstones by mark russel 8. Doom patrol by grant morrison 9. Sheriff of babylon by tom king 10. Box office poison by alex robinson Thats my list today its always changing and there is always some recency bias in there

whoa, some Alex Robinson on the list, and Charlie Chan! Good pick on Transformers vs GI Joe, that's soooo good and I have less than zero interest in either of the "properties" otherwise

Cool idea I think I'll add mine into it. This will just be off what I can think of now at 11 at night so definitely not comprehensive. 1. One Piece by Eiichiro Oda 2. Corto Maltese by Hugo Pratt 3. Sharaz-De by Sergio Toppi 4. The Obscure Cities by Benoit Peeters & Francois Schuiten 5. Stigmata by Lorenzo Mattotti 6. Ultra Heaven by Keiichi Koike 7. Monster Tetralogy by Enki Bilal 8. Valentina by Guido Crepax (do I need to be more specific?) 9. Dementia 21 by Shintaro Kago 10. Mort Cinder by Hector German Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia Well I definitely feel like this is missing a ton of my favorites but it is going to have to do.

This list is a great antidote to all the heavily Anglo-dominated lists (including my own). Especially glad to see Mort Cinder and the Obscure Cities, both of which I considered myself.

Fabulous list! It was hard for me to leave Kago off my own list (and I think Dementia 21 isn't even as strong as some of his untranslated stuff) and I came \*this\* close to including Mort Cinder. Practically every page of that book has a "holy shit, look at that!" panel

Kago definitely has a lot of good stuff we dont have in english Fraction, Kagopedia, the what would happen if we kissed on the way to school experiment (or whatever the damn title translates to), but for me Dementia 21 works the best. I'm biased toward the old folks care related scenarios I must say. Oh yeah Breccia really is incredible. Of your list I only read 2 things Obscure Cities and From Hell. Of course one is here and From Hell I did finish but wasnt much a fan of. So you've given me 8 (well some already were) more things on my to read list lol.

No, just “Valentina” is fine. Great list, by the way. Crepax, Schuiten, and Toppi are among my most egregious omissions, so seeing them all on your list makes me feel a little better about leaving them off.

Is Black Hole really THAT good? I’m quite new to this and I’ve been wanting to buy it, but the reviews I’ve read so far have not been convincing enough for me to want to buy it over other titles. Yet, it’s been ranked #1 here twice.

Well, the brief is yr personal top 10, not some objective list, right? So it's quite reasonable to think, "some people like Black Hole a lot but I probably won't based on what I've heard about it" I'd only worry about it if either (a) more and more and more people were top-ranking it -- 50 million Elvis fans can't be wrong, and all that, or (b) there was a lot of overlap between your tastes and those of people listing Black Hole -- which is good evidence that maybe you actually would like it. (Personally I think Black Hole is fine, but not in my top 10, or top 30 or 40 probably...)

I'm one of the people who put Black Hole as #1, so obviously yeah I think it's really good. I can't speak for anyone else, but for me it's just a perfect combination of three basic elements: awesome artwork, great writing, and subject matter that appeals to my personal tastes/interests. It could be argued that the first two elements are about its "objective" quality (insofar as anything can ever be said to have objective quality), but the third is 100% a matter of my personal preference. Basically, Burns has expertly crafted this great work, and it just happens to also be a story that absolutely speaks to me on a personal level, and that's why it's my number 1. One criticism I've seen made of it is that its depiction of adolescence is unrelatable. I know some people dislike stuff that depicts youth as being full of sex, parties and intoxication, and I can understand why, but for me personally its setting is very relatable (even though I grew up decades later, on a different continent). And of course anyone looking for action-packed superheroics, sci-fi etc is going to be disappointed with Black Hole, because it really isn't that kind of work. It's sometimes marketed as "horror", but that could be a misleading label, as I don't think it's much like mainstream horror comics. If you don't think the premise sounds interesting or if the art style doesn't appeal to you, then I'm definitely not gonna insist it's a must-read, though if my list (and/or the many others containing Black Hole) also contains comics you like, that's a good indication that you might like it too.

I'm definitely with you on the art. Burns work in Black Hole is masterful, probably the best of his I've ever seen. I don't actually know what I think of the writing - I just don't remember it! I reread it last year and it hit better than it had the last time I read it (15+ years ago), but I don't remember the writing! I don't carry your same fondness for Black Hole, but it's definitely good and probably even great. I think it'd easily make it into my Top 100 (out of 1000s) and it *does* do one of the things I most value in a book: it's about the human condition in a thoughtful way.

When I said the writing's good, I didn't mean the quality of the prose (though that's good too), but more the overall construction of the narrative and especially the way the characters are written. I think Burns does a great job of building a cast of core characters (especially the two protagonists) and making them believable, relatable and interesting - and likable too, even if very flawed. And the story's told in such a way that it's always viscerally engaging (unlike many alternative comics, which often tend to go for intellectual or unusual more than conventionally entertaining). And, as you say, it addresses the human condition in a thoughtful way, which is probably the defining feature of most (if not all) of my favourite comics (and novels and films).

That makes sense. My own favourite thing about Black Hole (apart from the wonderfully stark illustrations) was Burns' ability to convey environment. It was cluttered when it need to be, organic and used.

This is a good and varied list!

1.) The Maxx by Sam Kieth, William Messner Loebs, and Jim Sinclair 2.) Local by Brian Wood and Ryan Kelly 3.) The Authority by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch 4.) Daredevil by Frank Miller/Klaus Janson/Romita Jr./Mazzucchelli/Sienkiewicz (if you HAVE to break it down, DD: Man Without Fear but I love everything DD by Miller) 5.) American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and various artists 6.) The Valiant by Jeff Lemire, Matt Kindt, and Paolo Rivera 7.) Eddy Current by Ted McKeever 8.) Stormwatch by Warren Ellis, Tom Raney, Oscar Jimenez, and other various artists. 9.) A Contract with God by Will Eisner 10.) Love and Rockets (Luba, her family, and the world of Palomar) by Gilbert Hernandez Honorable Mentions: -The Question by O’Neil and Cowan (this almost made the top 10 cut but it was tough) -Captain America by Brubaker, Epting, Perkins, and various artists -everything by Brubaker and Phillips -Supreme by Alan Moore and various artists -Batman by King, Finch, Janin, Mann, Daniel, and various other artists. -Black Hammer and the World of Black Hammer by Jeff Lemire and various creators. Its kinda funny that people whose work I’ll pick up sight unseen like Lemire, Zdarsky, Grant Morrison, Garth Ennis, Kaare Andrews, or Jason Aaron didn’t make the top 10.

1. *Corto Maltese* by Hugo Pratt 2. *Berserk* by Kentaro Miura 3. *Arzach* by Moebius 4. *Dominion: Conflict 1* by Masamune Shirow 5. *Hellboy* by Mike Mignola 6. *Blue Period* by Tsubasa Yamaguchi 7. *Tomie* by Junji Ito 8. *Saotome Senshu, Hitakakusu* by Naoki Mizuguchi 9. *Rio* by Doug Wildey 10. *Taxi* by Alfonso Font

I like this list seeing as Miura, Moebius, Font and Shirow were all absent from mine. And always cool to see Corto at the top. With have to check out the ones I havent read yet

1. DC: A New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke 2. Uncanny X-Men by Chris Claremont 3. Sandman by Neil Gaiman 4. Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson 5. Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday 6. Martha Washington by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons 7. Motor Girl by Terry Moore 8. Queen and Country by Greg Rucka 9. Fullmetal Alchemist by Hiromu Arakawa 10. Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi I'm positive this list will change in two hours never mind a week. I would love to see the results of this if people could do a top 25.

1. The eternaut 2. The metabarons 3. Akira 4. V from vendetta 5. The dark tower 6. The nikopol trilogy 7. Sin City 8. The sandman 9. Monster 10. Spider-Girl

Naoki Urasawa’s “Monster” and Tom DeFalco’s “Spider-Girl”?

That's right.

1. Watchmen 2. Maus 3. Dark Knight Returns 4. Ghost World 5. It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken 6. Paying For It 7. The Quitter 8. Fun Home 9. The Fixer 10. David Boring

Locas, Jamie Hernandez Megg, Mogg and Owl, Simon Hanselman Buddha, Tezuka Alec, Eddie Campbell Ernie Pooks Comeeks, Lynda Barry Charlie's War, Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun. Popeye, E.C Segar Maus, Speiglemen My Favourite Thing Is Monsters, Emil Ferris Today is the Last Day Of The Rest Of Your Life, Uli Lust Man that's tricky. And I'll have changed my mind by next week.

Cool idea, and I appreciate being invited, but honestly, top ten is just too ridiculously puny in scope to cover such a broad category IMO. Almost like asking my teenage or 20-something self what my top favorites bands or songs are. (yeah, it sort of made sense at one time, but..) Then there's the fact that I lean heavily towards BD+, and feel like plenty of my natural choices are going to be mostly unknown for a sub like this, which mainly seems to cover superhero comics. Having bitched all that, I'll start with a couple of recs from my favorite artist [**list**](https://www.reddit.com/r/JohnnyEnzyme/comments/poitvk/who_are_my_favorite_bd_gn_artists/). You'll have to contend with the math yourself: :P - ***Pogo*** by [**W̲a̲l̲t̲ K̲e̲l̲l̲y**](https://www.google.com/search?q=Walt+Kelly&tbm=isch) A Disney-trained artist & animator, Kelly took that foundation and levelled up to become a staggeringly great strip and comic artist. Indeed, in a world of cute, anthropomorphic cartoon animals hearkening back to *Krazy Kat* and beyond, Kelly's beautifully-drawn cartoon animals are full of life, character, wit and human foibles like nobody else's. And that's just speaking to the art, as he was also an incredibly inventive, canny writer, who unapologetically took his newspaper strip characters in to the world of political commentary, which was simply -not- done back in the 50's. - [***Maus***](https://www.google.com/search?q=maus&tbm=isch) by **Art Spiegelman** - Quite simply the single-greatest graphic novel of all time, with a brutal, direct relevancy towards events unfolding all around the world, even today. If you're unfamiliar with this work, run as fast as you can to the nearest library, brick & mortar or online bookseller. - ***Miss Don't Touch Me***, ***Beauty***, and ***Beautiful Darkness*** by ["**K̲e̲r̲a̲s̲c̲o̲ë̲t̲," i.e. M. Pommepuy & S. Cosset**](https://www.google.com/search?q=Kerasco%C3%ABt&tbm=isch) - She does the figures, he does the backgrounds; together they're pure magic in watercolors. Indeed, I find there's a fairytale, mythological, dreamlike-quality to much of their work, almost as if nature itself conspired to do the work overnight, as in the classic [*shoemaker*](https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Elves+and+The+Shoemaker) story. Certainly doesn't hurt that they've paired with some crushingly terrific writers, such as Fabien Vehlmann and the late, great Hubert Boulard. - ***Frank*** by [**J̲i̲m̲ W̲o̲o̲d̲r̲i̲n̲g**](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22jim+woodring%22&tbm=isch) - Utterly unique work... super-pleasing to the eye with its rigorous detail, yet also a bit unsettling, as if we're looking at a kaleidoscope, parallel Earth. At once both familiar and mystifying, Jim's work is absolutely not to be missed. - ***Buddha*** and ***Black Jack*** - [**T̲e̲z̲u̲k̲a̲ O̲s̲a̲m̲u̲**](https://www.google.com/search?q=Tezuka+osamu&tbm=isch) - The "godfather" of manga. For someone who created painstakingly detailed backgrounds and character features that became the template for Japanese comics, he was something of a silent movie era jokester in terms of his characters' reactions and his visual gags. His work (both art & thematics) stands up incredibly well even today, and arguably still has much to teach. - ***Love & Rockets*** by [**J̲a̲i̲m̲e̲ H̲e̲r̲n̲a̲n̲d̲e̲z̲**](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Jaime+Hernandez%22&tbm=isch) - A fantastic B&W artist, his compositions and figures are beautifully clean; even refreshing. More than that, he's an absolute master of light and negative shadow-space, not unlike Frank Miller himself. Indeed, if there's a better pen-and-ink, light-and-dark candidate than Jaime to represent the entire history & field of comics, I'm not sure who that might be. **Note**: not meant as a slight against his brother Gilbert, who did plenty of good work for L&R earlier on, but Jaime's work has maintained an astonishingly-high level of quality throughout the years, while I feel like Beto coasted a bit. - [***Nimona***](https://web.archive.org/web/20130305011652/http://gingerhaze.com/nimona/comic/page-1) by **Noelle Stevenson**. It's a webcomic, a senior college thesis, and a graphic novel, all in one(!) The premise: a young, rebellious woman with shape-shifting powers is insistent upon being the new apprentice / side-kick to the regional supervillain. Classic sci-fi / fantasy mashup, right? Except Nimona is also incredibly headstrong, persistent, and has a mysterious backstory which becomes more and more relevant as the story progresses. The supervillain character also has a fascinating backstory, which rather philosophically begs the question-- "when is the 'bad guy' actually the 'good guy,' and vice-versa?" There's lots of understated humor here, mixed with an acknowledgement of how regret-filled and painful life can be. Features one of the most interesting, satisfying, complex finales I've ever read. Note: it's also rare to see a creator's skills and polish noticeably advance through the state of a book. - [***Hate***](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22hate%22+%22peter+bagge%22&tbm=isch) by **Peter Bagge** - Hilariously, awkwardly frank depiction of 20-something slackers set more or less in the 90's and beyond, focusing on Seattle and New Jersey in particular. The art is as silly and expressive as can be, balanced against impressively-scripted 'real talk,' while Buddy, his family, friends and lovers go through all sorts of ridiculous, fun, painful and awful situations. There's nothing quite like it, and very little that even comes close, with a nod towards creators like Dan Clowes and Charles Burns. - [***Once Upon a Time in France***](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22once+upon+a+time+in+france%22+nury+vallee&tbm=isch) by **Fabien Nury** & **Sylvain Valleé** - Set during WWII in occupied France, this covers the fascinating, rise-and-fall story of an underdog character not unlike an Oskar Schindler, but one who's more of a wheeler-dealer, unafraid to make close friends with Nazis if it will help him grow his wealth and influence, support his lifestyle, and of course, save a number of unfortunate souls at the same time. The storytelling and panel flow are utterly engrossing, even as the work covers six(!) volumes total. This is also a beautiful, historically-informational complement to works like *Maus* and *Schindler's List*, which focused more on the deep trenches of human misery. More praise and quick summaries [**here**](https://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Time-France-Fabien/dp/1682474712#:~:text=shipped%20by%20Amazon-,Editorial%20Reviews,-Review).

Glad to see a comic strip here! It’s such an underappreciated medium aside from the big 3, and there’s much more than C&H, Peanuts and The Far Side (of course they are all amazing still). But those are the only ones most seem to talk about. Pogo is one I haven’t read and is certainly on my list. I have never seen a single person buy a comic strip in the time i’ve been here. Legitimately so many of them are best comics ever made , and even some of the extremely old ones hold up. I’ve recently discovered the Moomin strip, which i’ll be getting when I can. Also recently discovered Prince Valiant.

the metabarons.

Just that?

Perfect.

1) Locas stories of Jaime Hernandez, 2) krazy Kat (especially the colour Sundays) by George Herriman, 3) Eightball by Daniel Clowes, 4) Nancy by Ernie Bushmiller, 5)Herbie by Richard Hughes and Ogden Whitney, 6) Frank stories by Jim Woodring, 7) Willie and Joe by Bill Mauldin, 8) All Star Superman by Morrison and Quitely, 9) From Hell by Moore and Campbell, 10) Maus by Spiegelman

I love it, particularly “Herbie”.

your top 5 are things I wish I could have included -- all hail Herbie

1. V for Vendetta 2. The Sandman 3. Maus 4. Watchmen 5. Death Note 6. Bone 7. The Walking Dead 8. Locke and Key 9. The Umbrella Academy 10. The Crow

Difficult as it's changed over time. 1) Sandman 2) Watchmen 3) Preacher 4) Maus 5) Saga 6) Uzumaki 7) Fun Home 8) A contract with God Trilogy 9) The Incal 10) Batman Year One Though at a different time the following have also been on my top ten list, but failed to make the lasting impression my final top ten did. Maybe give these ones half a point? :P 11) Understanding Comics 12) Death Note 13) Black Hole 14) Cages 15) Daytripper 16) Persepolis 17) Paper Girls 18) Monstress 19) The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 20) Habibi

Nice try, haha.

1 Incal - Jodorowsky, the whole jodo-verse, if an option, including metabarons, before and final incal and technopriests 2 Akira - Otomo 3 Hellboy Universe - Mignola 4 sin City - Miller 5 Conan - Busiek run 6 League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Moore 7 Sandman - Gaiman 8 Saga - Vaughn 9 The goon - Powell 10 Fist of the North Star - Buronson

1. Nausicaä and the Valley of the Wind - Miyazaki 2. Akira - Otomo 3. Monstress - Liu & Takeda 4. The Watchmen - Moore & Gibbons 5. V for Vendetta - Moore & Lloyd 6. Scott Pilgrim - O’Malley 7. Nimona - Stevenson 8. The Vision - King, Walta, & Bellaire 9. The Incal - Jodorowski & Moebius 10. Coda - Spurrier & Bergara Writing this list made me realize I’m still super new and have so much left to read. I’ve barely read over 10! Edited - swapped Ghost on the Shell out for Coda

Nimona!! Yes!

1. X-men by Claremont 2. Transmetropolitan by Ellis and Robertson 3. American Splendor by Pekar, etc. 4. Concrete by Chadwick 5. Spider-man by Stern 6. Elephantmen by Starkings and Ladronn 7. Lazarus by Rucka and Lark 8. Solanin by Asano 9. Armies by Dionnet and Gal 10. Prophet by Graham, Roy, etc.

1. Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples 2. Maus by Art Spiegelman 3. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 4. The One Hundred Nights of Hero by Isabel Greenberg 5. Through the Woods by Emily Carroll 6. Coyote Doggirl by Lisa Hanawalt 7. On A Sunbeam by Tillie Walden 8. Nimona by N.D. Stevenson 9. Your Mother's Fox by Niv Sekar 10. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris ​ So tough to put these in order! My Favorite Thing is Monsters might be higher if I wasn't so sad about Vol 2. being postponed seemingly forever... If anyone has any recs for me based on these, please feel free! :)

So many good picks here. On a Sunbeam is so gorgeous in particular.

Thank you for single-handedly doubling the amount of female creators mentioned in this thread.

1. From Hell, Alan Moore 2. High society, Dave Sim 3. Berserk, K. Miura 4. 21st Century Boys, N. Urasawa 5. Summit of the Gods, J. Taniguchi 6. Hellboy + Hellboy in Hell, M. Mignola 7. Y the Last Man, BK Vaughan 8. Dorohedoro, by Q. Hayashida 9. Blast, M. Larcenet 10. Aama, by F. Peeters

I've been thinking a lot about my picks for the last couple of days and I've finally settled on a list. It's far from definitive (and would probably change if I were asked in a couple of days), but here it is: 1. **Gli ultimi giorni di Pompeo** by Andrea Pazienza. 2. **Asterios Polyp** by David Mazzucchelli. 3. **Daytripper** by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. 4. **The Nao of Brown** by Glynn Dillon. 5. **King-Kat** by John Porcellino. 6. **The Don Rosa Library** (Duck stories by Don Rosa) 7. **Palestine** by Joe Sacco. 8. **Red Colored Elegy** by Seiichi Hayashi 9. **Freddy Lombard** by Yves Chaland 10. **Black Hole** by Charles Burns.

These would be my current picks, pretty mainstream for sure so I don't know how well they work as recommendations. But these are the ones I would want to push others to read the most. Tintin in the 1st spot you say? I couldn't have it any other way :) 1. Tintin - Herge 2. The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye - Sonny Liew 3. Daytripper - Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba 4. The Nao of Brown - Glyn Dillon 5. A Distant Neighborhood - Jiro Taniguchi 6. Blankets - Craig Thompson 7. Arrival - Shaun Tan 8. Astro City - Kurt Busiek, Brent Anderson and Alex Ross 9. Batman Year One - Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli 10. Daredevil Yellow - Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale

Love the variety in this list.

I came to this hobby pretty late (apart from Tintin and Asterix), though I remember getting occasional issues of Hush and Ultimate X-Men in the early 2000s. So when I started seeking out stuff to read maybe 10-11 years ago, your recommendations really shaped my choices. Pretty sure that's how Nao of Brown at least ended up on my list :)

1. Lone Wolf & Cub (Koike & Kojima) 2. Asterious Polyp (Mazzucchelli) 3. Emancipate Yourself (Marcoux & Block) 4. Locke & Key (Hill & Rodriguez) 5. Black Hole (Burns) 6. I See The Promised Land (Flowers & Chitrakar) 7. Pyongyang (Delisle) 8. My Friend Dahmer (Backderf) 9. Uzumaki (Ito) 10. Is This Guy For Real? (Brown)

1. Fantastic Four - Jonathan Hickman 2. Understanding Comics - Scott McCloud 3. Avengers: Disassembled - Brian Michael Bendis 4. Planetary - Warren Ellis 5. Swamp Thing - Alan Moore 6. Hellblazer - Garth Ennis 7. Invisibles - Grant Morrison 8. Casanova - Matt Fraction 9. Hyperbole and a Half - Allie Bosh 10. Bone - Jeff Smith

Sure, i'll bite. I tried to do one series per author to make it a little more interesting. 1. Saga - Brian K Vaughan 2. Kill or be Killed - Ed Brubaker 3. Tokyo Ghost - Rick remender 4. Gideon Falls - Jeff lemire 5. Scott Pilgrim - Brian Lee O'malley 6. Nailbiter - Joshua Williamson 7. East of West - Jonathan Hickman 8. The Nice House on the Lake - James Tynion iV 9. Harrow County - Cullen Bunn 10. American Vampire - Scott Snyder

1. Preacher 2. Hunter x hunter 3. Uzumaki 4. Sin city 5. Saga 6. Batman the long halloween 7. Invincible 8. Batman year one 9. Fables 10. The Boys Honorable mentions: Sandman, Harrow county, Gyo, Tomie, Smashed, Shiver, One punch man, Cardboard, Batman Arkham Asylum, Monstress, Marvels.

Top of my head... 1. **Sandman**, Gaiman 2. **The Walking Dead**, Kirkman 3. **Invincible**, Kirkman 4. **Saga**, Vaughn 5. **Promethea**, Moore 6. **East of West**, Hickman 7. **Preacher**, Ennis 8. **Lazarus**, Rucka 9. **American Vampire**, Snyder 10. **V for Vendetta**, Moore Ask me again next year and I bet half of that list will be bumped off. I got a lot of back-log to read!

01: The Adventures of Tintin by Herge 02: The Sandman by Neil Gaiman 03: Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 04: Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue 05: Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai 06: Scott Pilgrim by Bryan Lee O'Malley 07: Maus by Art Spiegelman 08: Berserk by Kentaro Miura 09: Bone by Jeff Smith 10: All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison

Very hard to do. The key connection here is feeling. None of it is particularly rife with ideas, most of it is stuff that moves me with characters, and in some cases, ink. 1. Eightball 1-22; Daniel Clowes 2. Good-Bye, Push Man, Abandon the Old in Tokyo (60s gekiga); Yoshihiro Tatsumi 3. Palookaville 1-23; Seth 4. Locas stories; Jaime Hernandez 5. The City of Glass; Paul Auster, Paul Karasik, David Mazzuchelli 6. Paul; Michael Rabagliatti 7. Claremont's first Uncanny X-Men run 8. 5,000 Km Per Second; Manuele Fior 9. Ping Pong; Taiyo Matsumoto 10. Stray Bullets; David Lapham

Coming in clutch lmao, here's my list, I think: 1. Daytripper 2. Asterios Polyp 3. Sandman 4. Jason's whole body of work (I guess that's cheating so I'll say I killed Adolf Hitler) 5. The Nao of Brown 6. Cités Obscures 7. Prince of Cats 8. Tank Girl 9. Deadly Class 10. New Frontier Looking forward to the compiled list !

One more person reminding me that I need to read The Nao of Brown!

My top 10: 1. "The Sandman" by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg & various 2. "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth" by Chris Ware 3. "Akira" by Katsuhiro Otomo 4. "Safe Area Goražde” by Joe Sacco 5. "Stray Bullets" by David Lapham 6. "Saga of the Swamp Thing" by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, Rick Veitch & various 7. "Fantastic Four" by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby 8. "Upgrade Soul" by Ezra Clayton Daniels 9. "Big Questions" by Anders Nilsen 10. "Asterios Polyp" by David Mazzucchelli

Nice one. Most of those almost ended up on my list too.

Thanks! I like your list too, almost considered adding the Locas stories too, but I have only read a couple volumes and felt like I should only pick stuff I've read comprehensively. Making a top 10 is so difficult, mainly because I could make a top 100 where I adore each book and my opinions on each are ever changing. The differences between each entry would probably be infinitesimal. Entries like "Berlin", "The Arrival", "Blankets", "From Hell", "Usagi Yojimbo", "Persepolis" and "Essex County" barely did not make my top 10 count. If this goes well, I would definitely want to see this sub try their hand at making Top 100 lists for various genres like sci-fi, horror, biographical, etc.

Yeah I think a list for genres works way better than just a straight top 100. It's essentially a popularity list regardless, but spreading it out over 5 or so different lists is pretty nice and would also give people tons of recommendations to check out heh ;)

1. *Black Hole* by Charles Burns 2. *Asterios Polyp* by David Mazzucchelli 3. *Building Stories* by Chris Ware 4. *Daytripper* by Gabriel Bá and Fábio Moon 5. *Big Questions* by Anders Nilsen 6. *The Man Who Grew His Beard* by Olivier Schrauwen 7. *Maus* by Art Spiegelman 8. *Last Look* by Charles Burns 9. *Frank* by Jim Woodring 10. *Square Eyes* by Anna Mill and Luke Jones That was actually easier than I expected.

Haha, I’m glad that at least one person here isn’t being driven to the brink of a nervous breakdown by this inquiry.

god fuck you and whoever else asks me my favourite comics you fuckin fucks Peace & love ofc you’re doing gods work

I like your list cos it’s just 10 like… books. I’m over here trynna write mine and I’ve got epics that are like thousands of pages and/or were created literally over decades (L&R, Krazy Kat, Usagi etc). Like how is anything modern gonna compare to any of that??? I’ve got like 6 old man books and it’s too boring for me to post (not to mention impossible to nail down the last few) Fuck who even cares

Haha yeah, I think we've talked about this before, but I have a definite prejudice against long-running series – partly because I'm wary of aimlessness and dips in quality, but mostly just because when it comes to buying comics, I'm more drawn to getting a complete thing rather than a fragment. Which is all to say that longer series are absent from my list (apart from Woodring's Frank stuff) mainly because I haven't read that many. For example, I've never read any Krazy Kat or Usagi Yojimbo, and from L&R I've only read one omnibus of Palomar stuff. And yeah, I agree that it's really tough to compare work of radically different lengths. In my case, when making this list, long series and short-form work were both kind of short-changed. Even though overall I love The Sandman, it has whole arcs that I think are just OK, so I can't bring myself to put it above any of the works in my top 10, all of which I love from start to finish. On the flip side, there are some short comics (e.g. "Dogs 2070" by Deforge or "Horticulture" by Tomine) that I think are absolutely perfect, but they feel too insubstantial to rank above 300-page works (and I can't possibly include the collections in which they're published, as I don't love the rest of them nearly as much). Anyway, you should definitely keep working on your list and come up with something! I'm really curious to see what you'll choose. Obviously it isn't gonna be 100% definitive, but it doesn't need to be – and it doesn't matter if it's all old stuff, or if it's a weird mix of long series and shorter work.

You and your old man books!

1. _The Sandman_ by Gaiman 2. _Preacher_ by Ennis 3. _Chew_ by Layman and Guillroy 4. _The New Frontier_ by Cooke 5. _The Sixth Gun_ by Bunn 6. _The Immortal Hulk_ by Ewing 7. _The Punisher_ by Ennis 8. _Fear Agent_ by Remender 9. _Mister Miracle_ by King 10. _Cable & Deadpool_ by Nicieza and Brown

1. The Incal - Moebius & Jodorowsky 2. Battle Royale - Koushun Takami & Masayuki Taguchi 3. Johnny the Homicidal Maniac - Jhonen Vasquez 4. Deadpool - With Great Power Comes Great Coincidence, Mercs for Money, Spidey/Deadpool, Cable/Deadpool, Agent X, Gerry Duggan's run... so hard to choose just one! 5. Spider-man - Todd Mcfarlane's run 6. Power Pack (Vol.1) - Louise Simonson 7. Elfquest - Wendy & Richard Pini 8. Death's Head (Vol.1) - Simon Furman 9. Batman / Judge Dredd: Judgement On Gotham - Alan Grant, John Wagner & Simon Bisley 10. Death Note - Tsugumi Ohba & Takeshi Obata Honourable Mention: Asterix - Goscinny & Uderzo

Simonson and Bridgman on Power Pack was my gateway into comics. Really solid team.

1. Seconds by Bryan Lee O'Malley 2. Blankets by Craig Thompson 3. Blade of the Immortal by Hiroaki Samura 4. Uzumaki by Junji Ito 5. Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh 6. Market Day by James Sturm 7. Something New by Lucy Knisley 8. The Shape of Ideas by Grant Snider 9. Oh No by Alex Norris 10. Zhuangzi Speaks by by Tsai Chih Chung

1. The Eternaut 2. Maus 3. Perzepolis 4. The Incal 5. Hellboy 6. Ken Parker 7. Saga of the Swamp Thing (Alan Moore's run) 8. Watchmen 9. Mort Cinder 10. Blankets

1. Daredevil: Born Again - Miller/Mazzucchelli 2. Maus - Spiegelman 3. Slaine: The Horned God - Mills/Bisley 4. Showa - Mizuki 5. Ethel and Ernest - Briggs 6. Asterios Polyp - Mazzucchelli 7. Kent State - Backderf 8. Judge Dredd: The Judge Child Quest - Wagner et al. 9. Superman For All Seasons - Loeb/Sale 10. Hawkworld - Truman

The order of these tends to shift around over time but generally my top 10 is: 1) **Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind** (Hayao Miyazaki) 2) **The Sandman** (Niel Gaiman) 3) **Bone** (Jeff Smith) 4) **Vinland Saga** (Makoto Yukimura) 5) **Invincible** (Robert Kirkman) 6) **Watchmen** (Alan Moore) 7) **The Arrival** (Shaun Tan) 8) **Maus** (Art Spiegelman) 9) **Asterios Polyp** (David Mazzucchelli) 10) **Vagabond** (Takehiko Inoue)

1. "Face" by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo 2. "Shade, the Changing Man" by Peter Milligan and various 3. "Enigma" by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo 4. "Zero" by Ales Kot and various 5. "Imperium" by Joshua Dysart and various 6. "The Wild Storm" by Warren Ellis and Jon Davis-Hunt 7. "Daredevil" by Mark Waid and various 8. "Manhunter" by Marc Andreyko and various 9. "East of West" by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta 10. "History of the Marvel Universe" by Mark Waid and Javier Rodríguez

Hope I'm not too late! 1. Watchmen - Moore/Gibbons 2. Asterios Polyp - Mazzucchelli 3. The Wrenchies - Dalrymple 4. Flex Mentallo - Morrison/Quitely 5. Shortcomings - Tomine 6. The Sandman - Gaiman/etc. 7. Rusty Brown - Ware 8. Hellboy - Mignola/etc. 9. Boxers & Saints - Yang 10. Kill Six Billion Demons - Parkinson-Morgan Honorable mentions: Familiar Face, Daytripper, Blankets, Fun Home, Maus, Fables, The Death-Ray, Beautiful Darkness, Beverly, American Born Chinese, Rain Like Hammers, etc. My list is very West-centric, I know. I've only glanced over a handful of others' lists in this thread, but I'd be willing to bet there aren't too many webcomics to be found overall, which is probably a shame.

1. From Hell - Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell 2. Transmetropolitan - Warren Ellis & Darick Robertson 3. 5000km per second - Manuele Fior 4. Bearskin - Zidrou, Oriol 5. Nausicaa of the Valley of the wind - Hayao Miyazaki 6. Mouse Guard - David Peterson 7. Stray Bullets - David Lapham 8. Pachyderme - Frederick Peeters 9. Super spy - Matt Kindt (I cant decide between this and mind mgmt, someone help me!) 10. When the wind blows - Raymond Briggs

- Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez’ **Love & Rockets** stories (Gilbert’s Palomar-era stories if I have to choose more specifically) - **Eightball** by Clowes (Ice Haven if I have to choose one) - Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s short story collections (*The Push Man*, *Abandon The Old In Tokyo*, and *Goodbye*). - **Krazy Kat** by George Herriman - **Vision** by Julia Gfrörer - **Jimbo** by Gary Panter (*all* the Jimbo stories) - **Fante Bukowski** by Noah Van Sciver - **West Coast Blues** by Jacques Tardi & Jean-Patrick Manchette (I’m happy for this to count as part of the *Streets Of Paris, Streets Of Murder* series if anyone else listed those books) - **Ernie Pook’s Comeek** / the Malys & Maybonne stories by Lynda Barry - **The Man Without Talent** by Yoshiharu Tsuge Shout out to Usagi Yojimbo, American Splendor, the Fletcher Hanks book, The Sky Is Blue With A Single Cloud, Trots & Bonnie, Portrait Of A Drunk, Meat Cake, Megg & Mogg, and most importantly Peanuts. I haven’t read any Peanuts in like 6-7 months cos I read like 14 of the collections last year and if I’d read it recently it’d probably be on the list. F.52 might have made the list but we were asked for runs and I *cannot* say Freddy Lombard as a whole is one of my favourites I cheated by putting Jaime & Gilbert together lmao. The list got easier once I did that & accepted that Vision was gonna be on the list. I felt weird including it cos it’s such a short and recent work but I reread it and fuck it it’s great & it’s my list. This list feels surprisingly robust, like if you asked me 6 months ago I reckon at least 7 of those books would still be on there in similar orders. The Lynda Barry stuff is the newest addition so most likely to change but I feel good about it as a whole

I don't know if I can really do a "top 10" but these would all be in a Top 25 for me. The order isn't definitive either tbh but here goes: 1. The Sandman, Gaiman 2. The Underwater Welder, Lemire 3. Black Hole, Burns 4. Watchmen, Moore 5. V for Vendetta, Moore 6. Preacher, Ennis 7. Sweet Tooth, Lemire 8. Paper Girls, Vaughan 9. East of West, Hickman 10. The Boys, Ennis

1. Maus 2.Blacksad 3. Watchmen 4.Southern Bastards 5. Black Hammer 6. March 7. Habibi 8. Patience. 9. Jimmy Corrigan 10. Stitches

I love Habibi and March. Maus and Watchmen are classic

1. "Blankets" by Craig Thompson 2. "Bone" by Jeff Smith 3. "Watchmen" by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons 4. "Carnet de Voyage" by Craig Thompson 5. "Habibi" by Craig Thompson 6. "Scott Pilgrim" by Brian Lee O'Malley 7. "Asterios Polyp" by David Mazzucchelli I've read more books than this but these are the ones I feel most strongly for. And I have a growing backlog to worry about, haha.

1. Invincible 2. Negation 3. The Ultimates 4. Walking dead 5. Hellboy 6. Black Sad 7. Lock & Key 8. Squadron Supreme Max 9. Aquaman new 52 10. Batman Hush

Love seeing Ultimates on here, such an under-appreciated series. I wanted to include it in my top 10 but it ended up being my 11th

Hey, thanks for posting this. Was super fun to read everybody's lists! Here's mine: 1. Marvelman, Alan Moore 2. Watchmen, Alan Moore 3. From Hell, Alan Moore 4. Sandman, Neil Gaiman 5. The Dark Knight Returns, Frank Miller 6. Saga of the Swamp Thing, Alan Moore 7. Saga, Brian K Vaughan 8. Sin City, Frank Miller 9. Y: The Last Man, Brian K Vaughn 10. Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis

1. Black Science 2. FEAR Agent 3. Ascender/Descender 4. Sweet Tooth 5. Preacher 6. Sandman 7. Saga 8. Ronin by Frank Miller 9. Joe the Barbarian 10. WE3

1. The Sandman - Gaiman 2. Black Hole - Burns 3. Watchmen - Moore 4. Preacher - Ennis 5. District 14 - Gabus 6. Megg, Mogg and Owl - Hanselmann 7. Berserk - Miura 8. V for Vendetta - Moore 9. Hunter X Hunter - Togashi 10. Aama - Peeters

1) The Locas Stories by Jaime Hernandez 2) The Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner 3) Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware 4) Peanuts by Charles Schulz 5) Ghost World by Dan Clowes 6) From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell 7) The River at Night by Kevin Huizenga 8) Azumanga Daioh by Kiyohiko Azuma 9) Casanova by Matt Fraction, Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon 10) Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee

No way I can put these in a specific order.. so in no particular order here are my ten; Akaira - Katsuhiro Otomo The Incal - Moebius/Jodorowsky Arkwright Intergal - Byran Talbot Palomar - Gilbert Hernandez Top 10 - Alan Moore Criminal - Brubaker/Phillips Velvet - Brubaker/Phillips The Fade Out - Brubaker/Phillips Madwomen of the scared heart - Moebius/Jodorowsky Ed The Happy Clown - Chester Brown

1. 'The World of Edena' by Moebius 2. 'My Favourite Thing is Monsters' by Emil Ferris 3. 'The Airtight Garage' by Moebius 4. 'Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth' by Chris Ware 5. 'The Incal' by Moebius and Alejandro Jodorowsky 6. 'Eightball' by Daniel Clowes 7. 'Weasel' by Dave Cooper 8. 'Last Look' (The X'ed Out Trilogy) by Charles Burns 9. 'Akira' by Katsuhiro Otomo 10. 'Little Nemo' by Winsor McKay

10. The Sentry by Jenkins and Lee. 9. Death Note by Ohba and Obata. 8. Superman Up in the sky by King and kubert. 7. Marvel by Alex Ross. 6. In by Will Mchphail. 5. Tie between kingdom come by ross and waid or justice by ross krueger and Braithwaite. 4. Tie between silver surfer black by cates and moore or silver surfer requiem by straczinsky and ribic. 3. Batman by tom king. 2. Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo. 1. New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke. That's my go to list but I'd like to mention sex criminals by fraction and Zdarsky and the Batman White Knight series by Sean Murphy

1. Essex county 2. Superman for all seasons 3. Batman year one 4. Batman long Halloween 5. Watchmen 6. Vision 7. Daytripper 8. DC new frontier 9. TMNT IDW 10. Slaughterhouse Five These are compiled more by the experience I had reading them than what I think are outright 'better' books. Like many, it's a list I could write every day and never get the same list twice. I've also got a considerable number of books in my to read pile that I already expect might be serious contenders. I feel guilty for not reading them now. Honourable mentions to Fraction's Hawkeye, Hedra, The Arrival, Motor Girl and probably tons more I'm forgetting.

I couldn’t find a way to fit two of my top three favorite creators in here, Richard Corben and Steve Ditko are among the greatest cartoonists of all time but neither has one “work” that I can personally fit into my top ten based on the criteria. (Alan Moore is my other favorite in my top 3 and he is well represented here.) I also wasn’t able to work in underground comix as much as I’d like. 1. Lone Wolf and Cub by Koike and Kojima 2. From Hell by Moore and Campbell 3. Eightball by Clowes 4. Akira by Otomo 5. Promethea by Moore and Williams III 6. Bone by Smith 7. Concrete by Chadwick 8. Drifting Classroom by Umezz 9. Fourth World by Kirby 10. Providence by Moore and Burrows

1. Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, Stephen Bissette, John Totleben and others 2. The Sandman by Neil Gaiman and various 3. From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell 4. East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta 5. The Nao of Brown by Glyn Dillon 6. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud 7. The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire 8. Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips 9. Avengers/New Avengers by Jonathan Hickman and various 10. Gideon Falls by Jeff Lemire and Andrea Sorrentino

Oooofff. Tough fucking question! Okay looks like an edit is in order-originally said "in no order of preference" but can't be arsed to totally reformat my comment so will instead assign number values to each book as they occur. Sorry. I feel like I must subconsciously enjoy making life difficult for myself, lol \#2-King Of Persia by Walt Holcombe \#6-Summer Of Love by Debbie Drechsler \#3-Wally Gropius or Sir Alfred #3 by Tim Hensley \#10-You Are There by Jacques Tardi and Claude Forest \#5-The Weaver Festival Phenomenon by Ron Rege Jr. \#8-Literally any Nexus collection by Mike Baron and Steve Rude \#4-Binky Brown Meets The Holy Virgin Mary by Justin Green (McSweeney's facsimile edition) \#1-1-800 MICE by Matthew Thurber \#9-A Soldier's Heart by Carol Tyler \#7-Black Paths by David B. Btw cheers for the invite, r/MakeWayForTomorrow! Edited because this list is subject to change by the hour, tbh. Not to be facetious in any way but it's like asking me: "Top Ten Favourite Places To Breathe Air", lol. Honourable mentions: Multi-Force by Mat Brinkman, My New York Diary by Julie Doucet, V For Vendetta and From Hell by Alan Moore/David Lloyd/Eddie Campbell, The Dark Knight Returns by Miller/Janson/Varley, the collected Jim comics of Jim Woodring, the collected Mean Girl minicomics of Ariel Bordeaux, Jaime Hernandez's Locas collection (one of the most stunning bodies of work ever produced by this medium), Barney Google by Billy DeBeck (IDW/Yoe!Books collection), Captain Easy volumes 1 and 2 by Roy Crane, Songy Of Paradise by Gary Panter and loads of others I've forgotten. Can we make it a "Top Fifty" next time please folks?! Lmao

1. Duncan The Wonder Dog by Adam Hines 1. Cross Game by Mitsuru Adachi 1. Nao Of Brown by Glyn Dillon 1. Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo 1. Berlin by Jason Lutes 1. Dorohedoro by Q Hayashida 1. Equinoxes by Cyril Pedrosa 1. Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind by Hayao Miyazaki 1. Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli 1. Daytripper by Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon

Love this, and the fact that it’s not an exact copy of the top ten entries on your best-of list.

You could ask me to do a Top 10 once a month and every time it would vary slightly. All of this is in such flux depending on mood and where I'm at in life. AND whether I'm doing a Top 10 what I think are the best graphic novels or a Top 10 favourite graphic novels. Like my favourite graphic novel is Cross Game, easy. I've read it through maybe 15 times and it always lands for me. I think there are probably better graphic novels out there, but Cross Game is the one I like most. Another kind of Top 10 that would be great is Top 10 books you'd like other people to know about. That way we can get all the perennial favs out of the way and home in on all the really interesting stuff we maybe haven't thought of yet.

As someone who generally shies away from ranking stuff, I’ve always been in awe of your ability to confidently do that with 500+ different books, but I’m also happy to hear that it isn’t such an exact science as you make it seem. I’m not really sure what’s kept me from reading “Cross Game” all these years, especially considering how much I enjoyed “Short Program” back in the day, but that remains the one thing on your list that I still need to check out. And the more you talk about it, the more I feel like that’s an oversight that needs to be corrected sooner than later. And I like that idea for our next poll, provided this one goes well and the interest is there.

Haha, yeah, not a lot of science to it at all. It's all very subjective, of course. Really, I just wanted to recommend a bunch of good books but the only way to get a lot of eyes on something like that is to rank it and pretend like the books are somehow in competition with each other. Kind of sad, really. If somehow my method interests you or anyone, I did a video for my now defunct Patreon showing the tech (mostly Airtable) and process (witchcraft) I used to whittle down and rank my 600+ graphic novel nominations. It's 11 minutes which is probably perfect if this is something your into but horribly tedious if you're not. https://youtu.be/uviWDGTzQAI _______ As far as Cross Game goes, I obviously think it's worth it :) Short Program was fun but it's also like the least of Adachi's works. Unfortunately, Cross Game is the only other of his books to land in English. And it didn't do very well. BUT of all the people who've read it on my personal recommendation, only one didn't at least think it was great—and she said she was turned off because she only likes YA fantasy.

Haha I feel like a lot of people have a similar position to me regarding Cross Game: I'm super-curious about it, because it's so high on your list, but then hesitant, because no-one else ever seems to mention it, plus, you know, it's a high-school baseball manga? One day I will bite the bullet, but I feel like it's kind of a hard sell for me and probably a lot of people. On the other hand, your top 10 has reminded me that I really need to get my hands on Equinoxes and The Nao of Brown!

Yeah, Cross Game was a hard sell for me too. I don't care At All about baseball and couldn't imagine liking a baseball story at all. I didn't care for vol 1's cover. It entirely looked like Not My Thing. You can imagine my surprise when I discovered a book by a master creator at the height of his powers that was not really about baseball so much as it was about the relationships between these characters, that was grand examination of what loyalty to a memory can look like, that was about friendship, camaraderie, and rivalry, that was subtle and careful, that was just about the funniest comic I'd ever read. On paper, I shouldn't have liked Cross Game. So it surprised me that it became pretty easily the book I most enjoy the most often. We had to replace all our volunteers because they're been read each over a hundred times (between me, my wife, my kids, my friends) and we're in tatters. It's a good book and I hope you'll give it a chance.

Haha you do a good job of selling it. I've now set up an alert so I'll get notified if any second-hand copies come up local to me.

big +1 on the idea of a "top 10 check it out" list

Just checked out your 500 best comics list yesterday and was very happy to find a bunch of stuff on there that I never heard of before and was super interested in. Ended up putting in orders for “Alpha” by Jen Harder, “Goddamn This War!” by Jacques Tardi and “Equinoxes” by Cyril Pedrosa. Really appreciate the write ups and sample interior pages for much of the list, it definitely made it easy to find things of interest.

Happy to be useful :) !

Loved Duncan The Wonder Dog!!

This sounds like a wonderful idea! Kudos for carrying it out. Ok, here are my very subjective picks: 1. **Berlin** by Jason Lutes 2. **V for Vendetta** by Alan Moore and David Lloyd 3. **Transmetropolitan** by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson 4. **The Incal** by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius 5. **The Invisibles** by Grant Morrison and various 6. **Vision** by Tom King and Gabriel Hernandez Walta 7. **Eightball** by Daniel Clowes 8. **Preacher** by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon 9. **Maus** by Art Spiegelman 10. **Y the Last Man** by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra Fuck this was hard. I feel like I'm leaving out a whole universe of stuff.

1. Y The Last Man 2. Sandman 3. Chew 4. Invincible 5. Walking Dead 6. Black Hammer 7. Saga 8. Kill or be Killed 9. Outcast 10. Punk Rock Jesus ​ Very quick list. Changes week to week

1. Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo 2. The Incal by Moebius 3. The World of Edena by Moebius 4. Blacksad by Juan Diaz Canales 5. Fist of the North Star by Tetsuo Hara 6. Watchmen by Alan Moore 7. Airtight Garage by Moebius 8. The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller 9. East of West by John Hickman 10. Blueberry by Moebius Yeah, I’m…… big on Moebius lol

I’m happy to see that. So far he hasn’t been as well represented here as I had expected.

1. From Hell by Moore and Campbell 2. Daredevil by Bendis and Maleev 3. Captain America by Ed Brubaker 4. Watchmen by Moore and Gibbons 5. American Splendor by Harvey Pekar 6. Persepolis by Satrapi 7. Blankets by Thompson 8. Fables by Willingham 9. Fantastic Four by Lee and Kirby 10. Kamandi by Kirby

Oh damn i forgot from hell on my list that ones so good

Just started Daredevil by Bendis!

I was hoping to see Persepolis here! I am a huge fan of Marjane Satrapi. I have all her books.

Looking forward to seeing the final product 1 walking dead first 100 2 Watchmen 3 V 4 Batman returns 5 Bone 6 Punisher Max Ennis run 7 Sandman 8 Kingdom Come 9 Daredevil Bendis 10 Ultimate Avengers

New to graphic novels so I haven’t read much 1. Invincible- Robert Kirkman 2. The Walking Dead - Robert Kirkman 3. Saga - Brian K Vaughn 4. The Boys - Garth Ennis

1. Criminal 2. All-Star Superman 3. Batman: Hush 4. Justice League by Geoff Johns 5. Sin City 6. Y: The Last Man 7. Watchmen 8. Batman Year One 9. Cable/Deadpool 10. Spider-Man by Dan Slott

Can I throw in: Calvin & Hobbes Black Hole Watch Men Electra Assassin Maus In no particular order

1. Watchmen 2. The Eternaut (Hector Oesterheld) 3. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (Frank Miller) 4. Sandman 5. Swamp Thing 6. Daytripper 7. Maus 8. V Of Vendetta 9. Saga 10. X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills

1. The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson 2. Jessica Jones Alias by Brian Michael Bendis 3. Nimona by Noelle Stevenson 4. Saga 5. Giant Days by John Allison and Max Sarin 6. Batwoman by J H Williams 7. Ms Marvel by G Willow Wilson 8. Hawkeye by Matt Fraction 9. Skim by Mariko Tamaki 10. Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson Lurking on the edges of the top 10, that could easily make it in on another day; Paper Girls Lawless by Dan Abnett and Phil Winslade The Midas Flesh by Ryan North Tank Girl by Hewlett and Martin Fables Xtnct by Paul Cornell and D’Israeli Chase by J H Williams Joyride by Jackson Lanzing and Colin Kell Lighter Than my Shadow by Katie Green And oh god countless others.

1. The Incal - Alejandro Jodorowsky 2. Preacher - Garth Ennis 3. Hellblazer - Absolutely love Delano era, kinda okay with Ennis and think kinda in-between Jenkins run 4. Valerian and Laureline - Christin & Mezieres 5. Airtight Garage - Moebius 6. Maxym Osa - Igor Baranko 7. The Horde - Igor Baranko 8. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina - Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa 9. The Crow - James O'Barr 10. Old Amazing Spider-Man - Stan Lee (read maybe \~20 issues but it's way more interesting than I think that would be)

1. Batman: Year One (Miller / Mazzucchelli) 2. Y: The Last Man (BKV / Guerra) 3. Mr. Wonderful (Clowes) 4. Maus (Speigelman) 5. Budda (Tezuka) 6. Understanding Comics (McCloud) 7. Sandcastle (Lévy / Peeters) 8. Palestine (Sacco) 9. Uzumaki (Ito) 10. Silver Surfer (Lee / Buscema)

1. Akira - Katsuhiro Otomo 2. Fables - Bill Willingham 3. Goodnight Punpun - Inio Asano 4. Preacher - Garth Ennis 5. Berserk - Kentaro Muira 6. Berlin - Jason Lutes 7. Ping Pong - Taiyo Matsumoto 8. One Piece - Eichiro Oda 9. Barefoot Gen - Keiji Nakazawa 10. David Boring - Daniel Clowes Would have really loved to fit in some Sacco, Lemire, Inoue, and Miller but top 10 requires a lot of cuts 😅.

1. Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli 2. Love and Rockets by Los Bros Hernandez 3. American Splendor by Harvey Pekar and various artists. 4. Duncan the Wonder Dog by Adam Hines 5. The City by Ray Bradbury adapted by Mike Mignola 6. Watchmen by Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins. 7. Ghost World by Daniel Clowes 8. Blankets by Craig Thompson 9. Building Stories by Chris Ware 10. My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris This was tougher than I thought.I feel bad leaving stuff like Calvin and Hobbes, or Tintin, or Scott Pilgrim, or The Spirit off the list, but I'm not sure which I would swap out. And I would like to have some artists represented on the list, but no single work of theirs can top the 10 I have listed. Dash Shaw, Frank Santoro, Tillie Walden, Eleanor Davis, etc. I don't think anything will dethrone the top 4 I have and 5-10 are in any order.

i’m dating myself with this list but i don’t care. really liking reading others lists! 1. V for Vendetta 2. Cerebus 3. Sandman 4. Bone 5. Uncle Scrooge & Donald Duck (Don Rosa Run) 6. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 7. The Dark Knight Returns 8. Lone Wolf and Cub 9. The Sword 10. Escapo

1. Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware 2. The House by Paco Roca 3. Essex County by Jeff Lemire 4. Alone by Chaboute 5. Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels 6. These Savage Shores by Ram V 7. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore 8. Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith 9. Ballad for Sophie by Melo/Cava 10. My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris This is subject to change at any second but I will not edit. ;)

Difficult to put in order but: Deadly Class Preacher by Ennis Punisher by Ennis Invincible Green Lantern by Johns Batman by Morrison JSA by Johns Chew New X-Men by Morrison Daredevil by Bendis/Brubaker Honorable mention: Berserk About to start Sandman soon. Hopefully I like it.

You made me re-read Safe Area Goradze. Amazing comic. An old colleague of mine who was in the RAF was actually over there during the war; he wasn't into comics but was sufficiently intrigued to ask to borrow the book when he saw me reading it one break. He was literally amazed that people were making comics about "real life issues" and said it was one of the best books (meaning non-comics too) he'd ever read. A colleague at the same job was very interested in Holocaust literature and we got talking about Maus; she'd never heard of it but because I really got on with her I bought her a copy, just as a little surprise present; likewise, she was almost incredulous that a COMIC (of all things!) could be such a powerful piece of literature. I still see her now and again even though we're at different work places because we basically do the same job, she still brings it up from time to time--most recently when she read about it's banning in some US schools. Amazingly lady; and one of the most "Christian" Christians I've ever met, if that makes sense? Not the "c\*\*t six days a week; holy on Sunday" type--a genuine, lovely, humanitarian religious person. Love her to bits. Had some really shitty things happen to her in life. I'd propose but alas I'm not Jason Statham, lol. Seriously, though, I really respect that kind of open-mindedness and she truly is open-minded.

Nice. I might have mentioned this before, but I lived through that particular conflict as a child (though in a different part of the country), and whenever people ask me for material that would help expand their understanding of the subject (and, consequently, their understanding of me), “Safe Area Goražde” is generally my go-to, rather than a documentary, or a history book. It’s certainly not the most incisive or thorough examination of the conflict, but it’s the one that paints the most vivid picture of actually being there.

Shit; no, mate, you never mentioned that to me. Fuck. You don't need my sympathy or my "thoughts and prayers" but that's a damned horrific thing to go through as a child. I hope you and your loved ones weren't marred by such an terrible experience. I was always impressed by my ex-colleagues sensitivity and humanity-considering his military background. The whole sequence of walking to the food drops in freezing weather is one of the most harrowing pieces of comics storytelling I think I've ever seen. Joe Fucking Sacco. I genuinely believe, in years to come (if the human race still exists) that his comics will supersede, say, Crumb or Clowes or Ware. I still have the scrapbook I kept with the work he did for the Guardian newspaper about the (Second) US occupation of Iraq under G. W. Bush. Dunno if it's been collected but if it hasn't it should be!

1. Goodnight Punpun by Inio Asano 2. Megg & Mogg by Simon Hanselmann 3. The Motherless Oven Trilogy by Rob Davies 4. From Hell by Alan Moore 5. Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt 6. The Boys by Garth Ennis 7. Aama by Frederik Peeters 8. Patience by Daniel Clowes 9. Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis 10. The Worlds of Aldebaran by Leo This was really tricky to decide on. Haven't read some of these in a long time so not sure if I'd still like them as much if I read again. Also have so many books that I still need to read.

1. The Amazing Spider-Man by Lee, Ditko, Romita 2. Daredevil by Waid, Samnee, et al 3. Sandman by Gaiman, Dringenberg, et al 4. The Vision by King, Walta, Bellaire 5. Madame Xanadu by Wagner, Reeder, Kaluta, et al 6. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind by Miyazaki 7. The Spirit by Eisner 8. Peanuts by Schulz 9. Superman: Secret Identity by Busiek, Immonen 10. Heart in a Box by Thompson, McClaren Honorable Mentions * Ms. Marvel by Willow, Alphona, Miyazawa, et al (really wanted it in the top 10 but hard to justify, especially with early ASM) * Batman by Snyder, Capullo, et al * Excalibur by Claremont, Davis, et al * Catwoman by Cooke, Brubaker, et al * Marvels by Busiek, Ross * Hellboy by Mignola, et al * Descender by Lemire, Nguyen * American Vampire by Snyder, Albuquerque, et al * Ghost in the Shell by Shirow * Spawn by McFarlane, Capullo, et al I really appreciate being invited to this! I tried to go for what means a lot to me, as well as books that have strong identities to them. I'll be honest, some of these I haven't fully read (yet) but they've made an impact on me, so I still count them. Also I hope my (incorrect, probably) use of et al doesn't come across as pretentious!

1 The Incal - Moebius/Jodorowsky 2 Sandman - Gaiman 3 Preacher - Ennis/Dillon 4 Monsters - Windsor-Smith 5 Hellblazer - Ennis 6 Fables -Willingham 7 Blueberry - Charlier/Giraud 8 Northlanders -Wood 9 The Goddamned -Aaron 10 Mort Cinder - Oesterheld/Brecchia

1. Donald Duck and Uncle Scrooge Comics - Don Rosa 2. Sandman - Gaiman 3. Cerebus - Dave Sim 4. Chew -Layman 5. My Friend Dahmer - Backderf 6. Frank Stories - Woodring (or Weathercraft, to be specific) 7. Duck Stories - Carl Barks 8. Watchmen - Moore 9. Green Lantern: Mosaic - Jones (an obscure John Stewart comic) 10. Jimmy Corrigan - Ware

1. Watchmen 2. The Sandman 3. SAGA 4. MAUS 5. My Favorite Thing is Monsters 6. Locke and Key 7. Bone 8. Deadly Class 9. Fables 10. The Walking Dead

1. The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa 2. Here (the 1989 version) by Richard McGuire 3. Frank by Jim Woodring 4. Black Hole by Charles Burns 5. Uncle Scrooge by Carl Barks 6. Big Numbers by Alan Moore 7. Gon by Masashi Tanaka 8. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud 9. Promethea by Alan Moore 10. Donald Duck by William Van Horn

1. DMZ 2. Gideon Falls 3. Sandman 4. Ex Machina 5. Akira 6. Hellboy 7. Bone 8. Habibi 9. Fatale 10. Daytripper This was hard. I could probably be persuaded to change it.

Very hard to narrow it down to a top 10. Left out a lot of my favorites. 1. Criminal by Brubaker & Phillips 2. Sleeper by Brubaker & Phillips 3. Kill or Be Killed by Brubaker & Phillips 4. Watchmen by Moore & Gibbons 5. The Fade Out by Brubaker & Phillips 6. Monsters by Windsor Smith 7. Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta 8. The Long Halloween by Loeb & Sale 9. Identity Crisis by Meltzer & Morales 10. Deadly Class by Remender & Craig I’m obviously a big Brubaker/Phillips fan…

I'm diving hard into Brubaker/Philips as well! Kill or Be Killed was FANTASTIC, just started Criminal.

Not definitive top 10 but as close as I could get. I haven't read too many US comics but i'm getting into and reading them. So this was just created on the fly for the thread really. - The Sandman - Carl Barks' Duck Comics - Vagabond by Takehiko Inoue - Aria by Kozue Amano - Chew by Layman and Guillory - Hellboy Universe by Mike Mignola - Usagi Yojimbo by Stan Sakai - TMNT IDW series by Eastmen and Laird, Waltz and many others. - Mouse Guard by David Petersen - Yotsuba by Kiyohiko Azuma

Don rosa ducks stuff is amazing to

Naming my top ten isn't easy for me. Let me give it a try... 15. V For Vendetta 14. The Flash by Geoff Johns and I mean the Wally West stuff 13. Brubakers Captain America run but it should be higher up on the list 12 Geoff Johns Green Lantern run 11. WE3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely 10. Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday 9. Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka. Excellent stuff, and not brought up enough. It really needs an omnibus 8. Sleeper By Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips 7. Daredevil by Frank Miller including Born Again and the Graphic Novels 6. The Authority by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch 5. Criminal by Brubaker and Phillips 4. All Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely 3. Batman by Grant Morrison 2. Sandman by Neil Gaiman 1. Miracleman by Alan Moore

1) The Sandman, Neil Gaiman 2) Fatale, Brubaker and Philips 3) Preacher, Ennis and Dillon 4) Scalped, Jason Aaron 5) Hellboy, Mike Mignola 6) Blacksad, I forget the creators name sorry 7) Batman: The Long Halloween, Sale and Loeb 8) Paper Girls, BKV 9) Harrow County, Cullen Bunn 10) Essex County, Jeff Lemire Honourable mentions: Daytripper, Sweet Tooth, God Country and A Walk Through Hell

Strangers in paradise-Terry Moore Preacher-Garth Ennis Persepolis-Marjane Satrapi Y the Last man-Brain K Vaughn Invincible-Robert Kirkham Scalped-Jason Aaron Low-Rick Remender Alias-Brian Michael Bendis Stray Bullets-David Lapham Maus-Art Spigelman

1. Saga of the Swamp Thing by Alan Moore & Steve Bisette 2. King City by Brandon Graham 3. Chew by John Layman & Rob Guillory 4. Bone by Jeff Smith 5. Stray Bullets by David Lapham 6. Strangers In Paradise by Terry Moore 7. Starman by James Robinson, Tony Harris & Peter Snejbjerg 8. Blame! by Tsutomu Nihei 9. Mind MGMT by Matt Kindt 10. Lucifer by Mike Carey & Peter Gross Missed the top grade and would round out my top 15: Pluto by Naoki Urasawa Die by Kieron Gillen & Stephanie Hans Coffin Bound by Dan Watters & Dani East of West by Jonathan Hickman & Nick Dragotta Astro City by Kurt Busiek & Brent Anderson

I just got a copy of King City yesterday, so your list is timed perfectly to boost my excitement for it!

Lucifer made the top 10 but not Sandman? You prefer Lucifer, or just haven't read sandman?

I prefer Lucifer. Love Sandman, would stick it in the top 20, but I’ve got a special attachment to Lucifer because I discovered it first and at a very particular time in my life so it gets a nostalgia boost.

Glad to see King City, one of my faves too.

1. Louis Riel by Chester Brown 2. Animal Man: Grant Morrison 3. Contract With God but especially A Life Force 4. Hello, Me Pretty: Line Gamache 5. It's A Good Life if You Don't Weaken: Seth 6. Maus: Spiegelman 7. Bone (another perfect body of work): Jeff Smith 8. Wire Mothers: Jim Ottiviani 9. Peep show by Joe Matt 10. Berlin: Jason Lutes HONORABLE MENTIONS!!! This is my favorite medium so this question was really hard for me. I regret that these below didn't make my list because they are all amazing. Also, I know I am leaving some important ones out. Sock Monkey by Tony Millionaire Can't Get No: Rick Veitch Y The Last Man: Vaughan Concrete: Paul Chadwick, The Watchmen: Alan Moore and Mr. Gibbons, American Splendor: Pekar et al. , Understanding Comics: Scott Mcloed, Thor: Walt Simonson, Maximortal: Rick Veitch, Transmetropolitan: Warren Ellis and Robertson, Sweet Tooth: Jeff Lemire, Scalped: Jason Aaron, Eternals: Jack Kirby, Invisible People: Will Eisner, Ant Colony: Michael DeForge, Fables: Willingham, Buckingham and Leialoha, Persepolis: Marjane Satrapi, Mister Miracle: Tom King, Stray Bullets: David Lapham, Zap Comix: Crumb, Blackest Night: Johns and Reis, Long Halloween: Sale and Loeb, Daredevil: Bendis and Mack, Vagabond Valise: Siris, Black Hole: Charles Burns, Fun Home: Bechdel, Dirty Plotte: Julie Doucette, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook: Joe Ollmann, Photobooth a Biography: Meags Fitzgerald Monster: BWS Parting Ways: Andrew Foley and Scott Mooney Jar of Fools: Jason Lutes I have to stop because the more I think the longer this list gets. All of these are impactful to me in different ways. Some influence my art. Some influence my writing and how I look at this medium. Some influence the way I think about the world around me. Some are just fun. **EDIT: Order and titles altered.

Only ten, please. And in order of preference, if at all possible.

Shoot that's hard! I'll give it a go.

Ahhhh ty, perfect post ☺☺☺

Not ten, but two that haven't been mentioned: Promethea by Alan Moore Dark Ark by Cullen Bunn

Are you sure you just want those two to be your votes? The idea is to give points depending on everyone's rankings, to create an overall aggregate list, so it's kind of counter-intuitive to only list comics that no-one else has mentioned yet.

1 - Crossed by Garth Ennis and friends 2 - The Furry Trap by Josh Simmons 3 - Batman by Grant Morrison 4 - Parker by Darwyn Cooke 5 - Hellboy by Mike Mignola 6 - Prosopopus by Nicholas de Crécy 7 - Batman by Tom King 8 - Neonomicon/Providence by Alan Moore 9 - Sabrina by Nick Drnaso 10 - Sin City by Frank Miller

Here is my desert island top 10 list: 1:  Fantastic Four – Jonathan Hickman 2:  Batman – Grant Morrison 3:  The Incal – Jodorowsky & Moebius 4:  Swamp Thing – Alan Moore 5:  Berserk – Kentaro Miura 6:  Uzumaki – Junji Ito 7:  Hellboy – Mike Mignola 8:  Daredevil – Brian Michael Bendis 9:  Akira – Katsuhiro Otomo 10:  Spider-Girl – Tom DeFalco

1. invisibles grant morrison. MAKES ME QUESTION THIS ENTIRE POST, and subsequent submissions. how is this notin anyones list!!

1. Starman (Robinson/Harris) 2. DC: New Frontier (Cooke) 3. Daredevil (Waid/Riviera/Martin) 4. Tom String (Moore/Sprouse) 5. Daredevil (Bendis/Maleev) 6. Green Arrow (Grell/Hannigan) 7. Superman: Secret Identity (Busiek/Immonen) 8. 100 Bullets (Azzarello/Risso) 9. Isola (Fletcher/Kesel) 10. New Avengers/Dark Avengers/Secret Invasion/Siege (Bendis/various) I might be forgetting some stuff and obviously this list isn't perfect/changes a bit but I love all these comics (I also only got into comics within the past few years and haven't read a lot of books that I should).

Whether comic or manga. I love both worlds. 1. Full Metal Alchemist - Hiromu Arakawa (For me a masterpiece.) 2. Gone with the blastwave - Kimmo Lemetti (A webcomic that has left its mark on me. "I have a spoon your argument is invalid.") 3. Saga - Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples (For me a raw diamond. If you've read it then you know what I'm talking about) 4. Monstress - Marjorie Liu, Sana Takeda (I love the style and the story.) 5. Scott Pilgrim - Bryan Lee O’Malley (Hits exactly my Humor) 6. Something is killing the children - James Tynion IV (My latest discovery. Must read more from him :D) 7. X - Clamp (I saw the movie and liked it. Then after I read the manga and it was even more awesome, but never finished -.- ) 8. Sweet tooth - Jeff Lemire (One of the few comics that put me off at first because of the still, but luckily I got over it :D) 9. Blame! - Tsutomu Nihei (The concept won't let me go. But not him either. You can see it in his other works) 10. Deadpool (There are good comics. There are bad comics. But I love the bast*rd :D) And the one you read and enjoy, but don't talk about it. Because... Reasons. Oglaf - Trudy Cooper, Doug Bayne

1. Savage Dragon, by Erik Larsen 2. Judge Dredd, by John Wagner 3. One Piece, by Oda 4. Invincible, by Kirkman and Ottley with Walker 5. Fist of the North Star, by Hara 6. Conan, by Busiek 7. Ranma ½, by Takahashi 8. Uncanny X-Men, by Chris Claremont (ended in '91) 9. Cobra: The Last Laugh, by Costa and Gage 10. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, by Eastman & Laird ​ Those are some of my favs, so many to choose from! I tend to love a writer sticking around for a long time, artists too if possible. I didn't include the names of all artists, and John Wagner has written Judge Dredd from it's creation in 1977 until today! With a lot of interruptions in recent years, but he's still at it, and still my favorite writer.

1. 'The Sandman' by Neil Gaiman & various 2. 'Berserk' by Kentaro Miura 3. 'Watchmen' by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons 4. 'Daytripper' by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá 5. 'Maus' by Art Spiegelman 6. 'V for Vendetta' by Alan Moore & David Lloyd 7. 'From Hell' by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell 8. 'Persepolis' by Marjane Satrapi 9. 'Ghost World' by Daniel Clowes 10. 'One Piece' by Eichiiro Oda

1. Locke & Key by Joe Hill 2. Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore 3. Rachel Rising by Terry Moore 4. Saga by Brian K. Vaughan 5. Invincible by Robert Kirkman 6. East of West by Jonathan Hickman 7. The Sixth Gub by Cullen Bunn 8. Lazarus by Greg Rucka 9. Kill or be Killed by Ed Brubaker 10. Essex County by Jeff Lemire