swap_horiz Roughneck Alternatives

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From Hell Master Edition

Written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Eddie Campbell, From Hell builds a fictional account around the Jack the Ripper...

Crime Victorian Annotated Shelf

9.18 Excellent

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Palomar (Heartbreak Soup)

Gilbert Hernandez's Palomar stories, associated with Heartbreak Soup and originally appearing in Love and Rockets, build...

Magical Realism Literary Fantagraphics Latinx

9.01 Excellent

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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

8.60 Great

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Scalped

Scalped is a graphic novel series created by Jason Aaron that presents a dark and complex narrative centered around an O...

Crime Native American Noir DC Vertigo

8.49 Great

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The Spirit (Will Eisner)

The Spirit is a classic graphic novel series created by Will Eisner beginning in 1940. It features Denny Colt, a newspap...

Classic Crime DC Comics Golden Age

8.49 Great

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Ennis' Punisher MAX

Punisher MAX is a mature-readers comic book series published by Marvel Comics under their MAX imprint from 2004 to 2008,...

Marvel Mature Crime War

8.48 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

8.42 Great

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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

8.37 Great

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Blacksad

Blacksad is a graphic novel series created by Juanjo Guarnido that presents a compelling noir mystery set in 1950s Ameri...

Crime Anthropomorphic Noir 1950S

8.37 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

8.37 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

8.37 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

8.37 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

8.32 Great

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The Fade Out

The Fade Out is a 12-issue crime noir comic book series published by Image Comics from 2014 to 2016, created by writer E...

Crime Noir Hollywood Image

8.23 Great

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The Sheriff of Babylon

The Sheriff of Babylon is a comic book series published from 2015 to 2016 by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint, written by Tom...

Drama Crime War DC Vertigo

8.18 Great

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Building Stories

Chris Ware’s *Building Stories* presents an intricate narrative through a collection of interconnected documents includi...

Experimental Literary Pantheon Chris Ware

8.13 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

7.96 Good

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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

7.83 Good

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Essex County

Essex County is a Canadian graphic novel by Jeff Lemire, published by Top Shelf Productions in 2008. The book collects t...

Canada Literary Rural Shelf

7.56 Good

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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

7.28 Good