swap_horiz Fables Alternatives

1

Sandman

The Sandman is a critically acclaimed graphic novel series by Neil Gaiman and Sam Kieth published by Vertigo Comics. It...

Fantasy Mythology DC Comics Neil Gaiman

9.5 Brilliant

2

Swamp Thing (Alan Moore)

A defining 1980s horror comic run by Alan Moore that redefined the titular character as an elemental entity, introducing...

Horror Environment 1980S DC Vertigo

9.2 Excellent

3

Brief Lives (Sandman Vol. 7)

The seventh volume of Neil Gaiman's Sandman series, following Dream and Delirium's search for their missing brother Dest...

Fantasy Mythology Road Trip Neil Gaiman

9.0 Excellent

4

Transmetropolitan

Transmetropolitan is a cyberpunk comic series by Warren Ellis and Darick Robertson featuring Gonzo journalist Spider Jer...

Satire Journalism Cyberpunk Warren Ellis

8.9 Great

5

Scalped

Scalped is a gritty, noir-infused crime series by Jason Aaron set on a fictional Native American reservation in South Da...

Crime Native American Noir DC Vertigo

8.9 Great

6

Daytripper

Daytripper is a 2010 graphic novel by Brazilian twin brothers Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá that explores mortality through...

Literary DC Vertigo Fabio Moon Gabriel Ba

8.8 Great

7

Bone: Out from Boneville

The first volume of Jeff Smith's epic fantasy comic series following the Bone cousins' exile from Boneville into a myste...

Fantasy Classic Scholastic All Ages

8.8 Great

8

Flex Mentallo

A four-issue 1996 DC Comics miniseries by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, it serves as a surreal deconstruction of sup...

Meta Experimental Superhero Grant Morrison

8.7 Great

9

We3

We3 is a poignant 2004 graphic novel by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely about three kidnapped pets weaponized as cyborg...

Sci Fi Emotional Animals Grant Morrison

8.6 Great

10

100 Bullets

A noir crime comic published by DC's Vertigo imprint from 1999 to 2009, created by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso, fo...

Crime Noir Conspiracy DC Vertigo

8.5 Great

11

Sex Criminals

This award-winning Image Comics series by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky follows a couple who can stop time after climax...

Mature Comedy Romance Image Comics

8.4 Great

12

The Invisibles

Created by Grant Morrison for DC's Vertigo imprint in 1994, this surreal comic series follows a secret organization figh...

Psychedelic Counterculture Occult Grant Morrison

8.3 Great

13

Stuck Rubber Baby

Stuck Rubber Baby is a 1995 graphic novel by Howard Cruse exploring the intersecting struggles of homophobia and racism...

Lgbtq+ Memoir Civil Rights DC Vertigo

8.3 Great

14

The Book of Magic

Published by DC Comics in 1990, this supernatural comic series by Neil Gaiman follows a young boy destined to become the...

Fantasy Coming Of Age Magic Neil Gaiman

8.3 Great

15

Pride of Baghdad

This 2006 graphic novel by Brian K. Vaughan and Niko Henrichon follows a pride of lions escaping the Baghdad Zoo during...

War Iraq Animals DC Vertigo

8.2 Great

16

Incognegro

Published in 2008 by Vertigo, this mystery graphic novel by Mat Johnson follows a Black reporter passing as white to inv...

Historical Noir Race DC Vertigo

8.1 Great

17

Seconds (Bryan Lee O'Malley)

Created by Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2014, this fantasy graphic novel follows a young chef who discovers a magical way to re...

Fantasy Time Loop Romance Bryan Lee Omalley

8.0 Great

18

Lost Girls

Lost Girls is a controversial 2006 erotic graphic novel by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie that reimagines the adult lives...

Fairy Tale Literary Erotic Shelf

7.7 Good

19

Demo

A 2003 standalone comic series by Brian Wood and Becky Cloonan, focusing on young people with extraordinary abilities li...

Anthology Teen Superpowers DC Vertigo

7.7 Good

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Pretty Deadly

Pretty Deadly is a mythic Western comic series by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Emma Ríos that blends folklore with violent, s...

Fantasy Western Mythic Image Comics

7.5 Good