swap_horiz 2000 AD Alternatives

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Thimble Theatre

Thimble Theatre is a classic American comic strip created in 1924. It features the humorous interactions between Popeye...

Classic Humor Newspaper Strip Segar

9.35 Excellent

2

Asterios Polyp

A fire in his New York apartment forces an architect and teacher to leave behind the life he has built around intellectu...

Philosophical Literary Graphic Novel Art

9.25 Excellent

3

Calvin and Hobbes

Bill Watterson's Calvin and Hobbes follows an inquisitive six-year-old boy and Hobbes, his stuffed tiger, who appears as...

Adventure Classic 1980S Newspaper Strip

8.79 Great

4

Krazy Kat

George Herriman's Krazy Kat ran as an American newspaper comic strip from 1913 to 1944. Its recurring comic situation in...

Classic Surreal 1913 Newspaper Strip

8.65 Great

5

Acme Novelty Library

Chris Ware's Acme Novelty Library treats the comic book itself as part of the storytelling. Its publications use tightly...

Comic Book Alternative 1993 Fantagraphics

8.56 Great

6

Little Nemo in Slumberland

First published in 1905, Winsor McCay's Little Nemo in Slumberland follows a boy through elaborate dream adventures that...

Classic Dream Mccay 1905

8.56 Great

7

Tintin

Belgian artist Hergé began Tintin in 1929, following a young reporter whose investigations lead into international myste...

Adventure 1929 Comic Album Casterman

8.46 Great

8

The Far Side

Gary Larson's The Far Side uses a single-panel format to turn familiar situations into strange, often darkly funny encou...

1980S Surreal Newspaper Strip Larson

8.42 Great

9

Love and Rockets

Created chiefly by Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez, Love and Rockets brings together distinct strands of alternative comics...

Comic Book Alternative 1981 Fantagraphics

8.37 Great

10

Eightball

Eightball is an independent comic anthology published by Fantagraphics since 1989. Created by Daniel Clowes, it showcase...

Comic Book Alternative 1989 Fantagraphics

8.37 Great

11

Metabarons

"The Metabarons" is a French space opera comic series first published in 1992, written by Alejandro Jodorowsky and illus...

Sci Fi Jodorowsky 1992 Comic Album

7.91 Good

12

Cerebus

Cerebus is an independent comic book series created, written, and primarily illustrated by Canadian cartoonist Dave Sim,...

INDIE Comic Book Sim 1977

7.64 Good

13

Nexus

Nexus is a science fiction comic series created by writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude, first published in 1981. Its...

Sci Fi Comic Book 1981 First Dark Horse

7.45 Good

14

Prophet

Prophet is a comic book series originally created by Rob Liefeld in 1992 for Image Comics as part of the Extreme Studios...

Sci Fi Comic Book 1992 Image

7.18 Good

15

Thorgal

Thorgal is a Belgian fantasy adventure comic series created by writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Grzegorz Rosiński, with...

Fantasy 1977 Comic Album Le Lombard

6.99 Fair

16

Heavy Metal Magazine

Heavy Metal is an American comics magazine first published in 1977 as an English-language counterpart to the French maga...

Sci Fi Anthology Adult 1977

6.81 Fair

17

Dresden Codak

Dresden Codak is a science fiction webcomic created by American cartoonist Aaron Diaz and launched in 2005. It combines...

Sci Fi 2005 Art Webcomic

6.53 Fair

18

Buck Rogers

Buck Rogers is an American science-fiction comic strip that began in 1929, created by writer Philip Francis Nowlan and a...

Sci Fi Classic Newspaper Strip 1929

6.44 Fair

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Sluggy Freelance

Sluggy Freelance is a webcomic created by Pete Abrams and launched in 1997. It follows a recurring cast through comedy,...

Adventure Sci Fi 1997 Abrams

6.07 Fair

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Andy Capp

Andy Capp is a British newspaper comic strip created by Reg Smythe and first published in 1957. Its central character is...

British Working Class 1957 Newspaper Strip

5.24 Mediocre