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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

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Maus

Maus is a Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel by Art Spiegelman that depicts the Holocaust through the poignant metapho...

Holocaust Memoir Pulitzer Spiegelman

9.5 Brilliant

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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

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Love & Rockets

Love & Rockets presents a richly detailed world of interconnected stories centered on the lives of Ricky and Guido Sprag...

INDIE Slice Of Life Fantagraphics Los Bros Hernandez

9.1 Excellent

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Blankets

Blankets is a 2003 autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, chronicling his coming-of-age experiences, first lo...

Romance Coming Of Age Memoir Craig Thompson

8.8 Great

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Alec: The Years Have Pants

A comprehensive collection of Eddie Campbell's autobiographical comics spanning decades, following his life and alter eg...

Literary Memoir Autobiographical Shelf

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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American Splendor

American Splendor is an autobiographical comic series created by Harvey Pekar in 1976, celebrated for its mundane yet pr...

Slice Of Life Memoir Working Class Dark Horse

8.6 Great

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is an independent comic series by Bryan Lee O’Malley. It follows a young musician who must b...

Independent Retro Comedy Comics And Graphic Novel

8.4 Great

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Solanin

Solanin is a 2005 coming-of-age manga by Inio Asano that portrays the aimlessness and struggles of recent college gradua...

Music Manga Slice Of Life Viz Media

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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King City

Created by Brandon Graham, this 2007 sci-fi graphic novel follows a slacker thief and his genetically altered cat naviga...

Adventure Sci Fi INDIE Image Comics

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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Strangers in Paradise

Strangers in Paradise is a long-running independent comic series by Terry Moore, published from 1993 to 2007, focusing o...

Drama INDIE Romance Terry Moore

8.1 Great

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Box Office Poison

Box Office Poison is a 1996 slice-of-life graphic novel by Alex Robinson chronicling the intertwined lives and careers o...

INDIE Romance Slice Of Life Shelf

8.0 Great

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What a Wonderful World!

A collection of interconnected slice-of-life manga short stories by Inio Asano, exploring the everyday struggles of youn...

Manga Slice Of Life Anthology Viz Media

8.0 Great

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Phonogram

Created by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, this urban fantasy comic explores the magical and cultural impact of pop mu...

Music INDIE Magic Image Comics

7.9 Good

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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

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SuperMutant Magic Academy

Created by Jillian Tamaki and published in 2015, this satirical graphic novel explores mutant and magical teenagers navi...

School Slice Of Life Teen Drawn And Quarterly

7.7 Good

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Multiple Warheads

Created by Brandon Graham, this fantasy comic series published by Oni Press follows an organ smuggler and a wolf-girl tr...

Sci Fi INDIE Quirky Image Comics

7.5 Good