swap_horiz Ice Haven Alternatives

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Palomar (Heartbreak Soup)

Palomar is a fictional Central American town created by Gilbert Hernandez in the 1980s, serving as the influential setti...

Magical Realism Literary Fantagraphics Latinx

9.2 Excellent

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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

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Blacksad

Blacksad is a noir comic series by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido featuring anthropomorphic characters solving cr...

Crime Anthropomorphic Noir 1950S

8.8 Great

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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

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Clyde Fans

Created by Canadian cartoonist Seth, this literary graphic novel details the decades-long decline of a fictional oscilla...

Family Melancholy Literary Drawn And Quarterly

8.8 Great

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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

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Building Stories

Building Stories is a 2012 graphic novel by American cartoonist Chris Ware, uniquely published as a boxed set of various...

Experimental Literary Pantheon Chris Ware

8.6 Great

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

Published in 1996 by Canadian cartoonist Seth, this graphic novel follows a man's obsessive search for an obscure mid-ce...

Nostalgia Literary Memoir Drawn And Quarterly

8.6 Great

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Southern Bastards

Created by Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, this comic explores the violent, football-obsessed culture of Craw County, a fi...

Crime Football Southern Image Comics

8.5 Great

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Black Hammer

A superhero comic series created by Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston in 2016, exploring a group of trapped heroes in a myste...

Literary Superhero Deconstruction Jeff Lemire

8.5 Great

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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

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MW (Osamu Tezuka)

A psychological thriller manga by Osamu Tezuka about a priest and a sociopathic killer linked by a cover-up involving ch...

Vertical Psychological Manga Crime

8.5 Great

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The Underwater Welder

A 2012 graphic novel by Jeff Lemire about a deep-sea diver facing supernatural occurrences and personal ghosts while wor...

Psychological Literary Fatherhood Shelf

8.4 Great

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Essex County

Essex County is a 2008 Canadian graphic novel by Jeff Lemire, collecting three interconnected stories that explore rural...

Canada Literary Rural Shelf

8.2 Great

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Chew

An Image Comics series created by John Layman and Rob Guillory in 2009, following a cibopath detective who gets psychic...

Sci Fi Crime Image Comics John Layman

8.2 Great

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In the Shadow of No Towers

A 2004 comic strip collection by Art Spiegelman reflecting his personal trauma and political anxiety following the Septe...

Political Memoir Pantheon Art Spiegelman

8.1 Great

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George Sprott

Created by Canadian cartoonist Seth, this 2009 graphic novel pieces together the fragmented memories of an aging, fading...

Melancholy Literary Biography Drawn And Quarterly

8.0 Great

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Habibi

Habibi is a 2011 graphic novel by American cartoonist Craig Thompson, noted for its intricate artwork and exploration of...

Epic Literary Middle Eastern Pantheon

7.9 Good

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Alice in Sunderland

A 2007 graphic novel by Bryan Talbot that explores the local history of Sunderland, England, and its potential connectio...

Experimental British Literary Dark Horse

7.9 Good

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Boundless

Published in 2017 by Jillian Tamaki, this anthology graphic novel collects short stories exploring modern anxieties, rel...

Experimental Literary Anthology Drawn And Quarterly

7.5 Good