swap_horiz Lost Girls 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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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

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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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March (Trilogy)

March is a graphic novel trilogy by John Lewis, published from 2013 to 2016, detailing the civil rights leader's firstha...

History Nonfiction Civil Rights Shelf

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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Promethea

Promethea is a 1999 comic series by Alan Moore and J.H. Williams III that blends superhero tropes with deep explorations...

Superhero Mystical Female LED Alan Moore

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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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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Fables

Created by Bill Willingham in 2002, this DC/Vertigo comic series follows fairy tale characters living secretly in modern...

Fantasy Mature Fairy Tale DC Vertigo

8.4 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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Ice Haven

Ice Haven is a 2005 graphic novel by Daniel Clowes that interweaves multiple character perspectives to portray a darkly...

Experimental Crime Literary Pantheon

8.0 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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Logicomix

Logicomix is a 2009 graphic novel by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos Papadimitriou, exploring the foundations of mathema...

Mathematics Literary Greek Biography

7.8 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

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Rapunzel's Revenge

A 2008 graphic novel by Shannon and Dean Hale, illustrated by Nathan Hale, that reimagines the classic fairy tale as a f...

Fairy Tale Western Shannon Hale Bloomsbury

7.4 Good

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Mail Order Bride

Published in 2001 by Mark Kalesniko, this adult graphic novel examines a lonely man who orders a Russian bride, explorin...

Drama Immigrant Literary Fantagraphics

7.0 Good