swap_horiz Eightball Alternatives

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Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes is a beloved newspaper comic created by Bill Watterson. The strip follows the imaginative friendship b...

Adventure Classic 1980S Newspaper Strip

9.6 Brilliant

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Krazy Kat

George Herriman’s Krazy Kat is a classic American newspaper comic strip running from 1913 to 1927. The work showcases su...

Classic Surreal 1913 Newspaper Strip

9.4 Excellent

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Acme Novelty Library

The Acme Novelty Library is a long-running comic book series by Chris Ware. It’s notable for its innovative use of archi...

Comic Book Alternative 1993 Fantagraphics

9.3 Excellent

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Little Nemo in Slumberland

Winsor McCay’s Little Nemo in Slumberland is a celebrated early American comic strip first published in 1905. The series...

Classic Dream Mccay 1905

9.3 Excellent

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Tintin

Tintin is a long-running comic series developed by Belgian artist Hergé beginning in 1929. The stories follow the exploi...

Adventure 1929 Comic Album Casterman

9.2 Excellent

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Love and Rockets

Love and Rockets presents ongoing stories about Ricky and Guido Sprague, brothers navigating life in California’s East L...

Comic Book Alternative 1981 Fantagraphics

9.1 Excellent

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Peanuts

Peanuts is a daily comic strip created by Charles M. Schulz beginning in 1950. It centers on the everyday lives of Charl...

Classic Family 1950S Newspaper Strip

9.0 Excellent

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Pogo

Pogo is a classic newspaper comic strip created by Walt Kelly. Running from 1948 to 1975, it depicts the lives of Possum...

Classic Political Satire Kelly Newspaper Strip

8.9 Great

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Corto Maltese

Corto Maltese is a long-running comic series created by Hugo Pratt. The narrative centers on a solitary, enigmatic sea c...

Adventure 1967 Comic Album Casterman

8.9 Great

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Detective Comics

Detective Comics is a foundational American anthology series published by DC Comics starting in 1937, most historically...

Superhero Comic Book 1937 Batman

8.8 Great

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Hellblazer

Hellblazer is a highly acclaimed DC/Vertigo horror comic series launched in 1988, notable for popularizing the cynical w...

Horror Comic Book 1988 Occult

8.8 Great

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Lackadaisy

Lackadaisy is a historical webcomic created by Tracy Butler in 2006, notable for its highly detailed art style and 1920s...

Anthropomorphic 1920S 2006 Webcomic

8.8 Great

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The New Gods

The New Gods is a DC Comics superhero series created by Jack Kirby in 1971, introducing an epic cosmic mythology and ico...

1971 Comic Book DC Cosmic

8.8 Great

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Thimble Theatre (Popeye)

E.C. Segar's American comic strip, originally launched in 1919, which introduced the iconic, spinach-eating sailor Popey...

Classic 1919 Newspaper Strip Segar

8.7 Great

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Action Comics

Action Comics is a seminal American comic book anthology series launched by DC Comics in 1938, historically notable for...

Superhero Comic Book DC 1938

8.7 Great

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Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man is a flagship Marvel Comics series launched in 1963 by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, notable for chro...

Marvel Superhero Comic Book 1963

8.7 Great

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Usagi Yojimbo

Usagi Yojimbo is an acclaimed American comic book created by Stan Sakai in 1984, notable for its historical fiction sett...

Samurai 1984 Comic Book Fantagraphics Dark Horse

8.6 Great

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Cerebus

Cerebus is a landmark independent comic series created by Dave Sim in 1977, notable for its unprecedented 300-issue run...

INDIE Comic Book Sim 1977

8.3 Great

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Global Frequency

Global Frequency is a comic book series created by writer Warren Ellis and artist Garry Leach in 2002, depicting a globa...

Thriller Comic Book 2002 DC Wildstorm

8.2 Great

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Nexus

Nexus is a science fiction comic book series created by writer Mike Baron and artist Steve Rude in 1981, following an in...

Sci Fi Comic Book 1981 First Dark Horse

8.1 Great