swap_horiz Scalped Alternatives

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The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes is a seminal collection of comic strips created by Bill Watterson. It presents the imagin...

Classic All Ages Bill Watterson Andrews Mcmeel

9.7 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

Batman: Year One

Batman: Year One is a 1987 graphic novel by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli that redefined the superhero's origin wi...

Origin Noir DC Comics Batman

9.1 Excellent

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

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

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

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

11

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

12

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

13

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

14

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

15

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

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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

17

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

18

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

19

The Private Eye

A pay-what-you-want digital comic by Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin, set in a futuristic world where the internet ha...

Privacy Future Noir Brian K Vaughan

8.0 Great

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MPD-Psycho

Created by Eiji Otsuka and Shou Tajima, this Japanese psychological horror manga follows a detective with multiple perso...

Horror Manga Crime Dark Horse

7.4 Good