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Maus

Maus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts the Holocaust through the poignant metapho...

Holocaust Memoir Pulitzer Spiegelman

9.5 Brilliant

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Palomar (Heartbreak Soup)

Gilbert Hernandez’s Palomar is a graphic novel series presenting a richly detailed fictional town within Central America...

Magical Realism Literary Fantagraphics Latinx

9.2 Excellent

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The Complete Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi’s *The Complete Persepolis* offers a powerful visual memoir detailing her childhood and adolescence in I...

Marjane Satrapi Memoir Iran Pantheon

9.2 Excellent

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Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

Chris Ware’s *Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth* presents a profoundly unsettling narrative through meticulously...

Experimental Literary Pantheon Chris Ware

8.8 Great

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Daytripper

Daytripper is a visually arresting graphic novel by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá. It presents a compelling narrative center...

Literary DC Vertigo Fabio Moon Gabriel Ba

8.8 Great

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Clyde Fans

Clyde Fans is a graphic novel by Seth exploring the slow unraveling of a family business—the manufacture of an oscillati...

Family Melancholy Literary Drawn And Quarterly

8.8 Great

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Alec: The Years Have Pants

Alec: The Years Have Pants is a graphic novel memoir by Eddie Campbell. It presents a sprawling, intensely personal acco...

Literary Memoir Autobiographical Shelf

8.8 Great

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Flex Mentallo

Flex Mentallo is a 1996 DC Vertigo graphic novel series created by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely. The story explores...

Meta Experimental Superhero Grant Morrison

8.7 Great

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It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken

Seth’s *It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken* is a profoundly introspective graphic memoir. The book details the artist'...

Nostalgia Literary Memoir Drawn And Quarterly

8.6 Great

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Mister Miracle

2017–2018 twelve-issue DC Black Label series by Tom King and Mitch Gerads reimagining Jack Kirby's New Gods escape artis...

Drama Literary Superhero DC

8.6 Great

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Black Hammer

"Black Hammer" is a superhero comic book series created by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dean Ormston, first published b...

Literary Superhero Deconstruction Jeff Lemire

8.5 Great

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The Underwater Welder

The Underwater Welder is a 2012 graphic novel written and illustrated by Jeff Lemire. It centers on Jack Joseph, an unde...

Psychological Literary Fatherhood Shelf

8.4 Great

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Thor by Jason Aaron

Thor by Jason Aaron is a multi-year run on the Marvel Comics character Thor, which began in 2012. The narrative arc is n...

Action Mythology Marvel Literary

8.4 Great

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Superman: For All Seasons

Superman: For All Seasons is a four-issue DC Comics miniseries published in 1998, created by writer Jeph Loeb and artist...

Origin Literary DC Jeph Loeb

8.3 Great

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The Complete Alice in Sunderland

Alice in Sunderland is a 2007 graphic novel by British artist and writer Bryan Talbot, published by Dark Horse Comics. T...

Experimental British Literary Dark Horse

8.1 Great

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Ice Haven

Ice Haven is a 2005 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes, originally serialized in his comic book series Eightball and later p...

Experimental Crime Literary Pantheon

8.0 Great

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Habibi

"Habibi" is a 672-page graphic novel by American cartoonist Craig Thompson, published in 2011 by Pantheon Books. The nar...

Epic Literary Middle Eastern Pantheon

7.9 Good

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Alice in Sunderland

"Alice in Sunderland" is a 2007 graphic novel by British cartoonist Bryan Talbot. The work explores the local history, g...

Experimental British Literary Dark Horse

7.9 Good

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Signal to Noise

Signal to Noise is a graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean, published in book form by Dark...

Experimental Literary Death Neil Gaiman

7.7 Good

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Boundless

Boundless is a 2017 anthology graphic novel by Jillian Tamaki, published by Drawn & Quarterly. Instead of following one...

Experimental Literary Anthology Drawn And Quarterly

7.5 Good