Comic Recommendation List

Key:

+ Series

@ Adult Content (violent or dark themes or overt sexuality)
! Kid Friendly (no cursing, little to no physical romance, little to no bloodshed/gore)

# Non-graphic

Fantasy

!+ Amulet – Kazu Kibuishi

! The Complete Tellos – Todd Dezago

+@ Fables – Bill Willingham

! The Arrival – Shaun Tan

!+ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz – Eric Shanover and Skottie Young

Stardust – Neil Gaiman

!+ Bone – Jeff Smith

!+ Mouse Guard – David Peterson

Dark/Horror

+@ 30 Days of Night – Steve Niles

+@The Walking Dead – Robert Kirkman

Midnight Nation – J. Michael Straczynski

+@Sandman and associated titles – Neil Gaiman

+@Locke and Key – Joe Hill

+Crimson – Brian Augustyn

! Anya’s Ghost – Vera Brosgol

+ Chew – John Layman
@Johnny the Homicidal Maniac – Jhonen Vasquez
@Ball Peen Hammer - Adam Rapp
@ Black Hole - Charles Burns
American Vampire - Scott Snyder and Stephen King
Feeding Ground - Swifty Lang
Severed - Scott Snyder

Slice of Life

Pedro and Me: friendship, Loss, and What I Learned – Judd Winick

Stitches – David Small

Skim – Mariko Tamaki

@Blue Pills: A Positive Love Story – Frederik Peeters

A Contract with God – Will Eisner

! Level Up – Gene Luen Yang
American Born Chinese - Gene Luen Yang

@Fun Home: A family Tragicomic – Alison Bechdel

La Perdida – Jessica Abel

! Mercury – Hope Larson

Orange - Benjamin

Blankets – Craig Thompson
Habibi - Craig Thompson

! Smile – Raina Telgemeier

Asterios Polyp – David Mazzucchelli

The Tale of One Bad Rat – Bryan Talbot

Isadora Duncan: A Graphic Biography – Sabrina Jones

Ghost World – Daniel Clowes

! I Kill Giants – Joe Kelly
Daytripper - Gabriel Ba and Fabio Moon
! Page by Paige - Laura Lee Gulledge
Stuck Rubber Baby - Howard Cruse
@ A+E4ever - Ilike Merey
Americus - MK Reed
The Alcoholic - Jonathan Ames

War/Political

The Complete Persepolis – Marjane Satrapi

Shooting War – Anthony Lappé

The Complete Maus – Art Spiegelman

Pride of Baghdad – Brian K. Vaughn

When the Wind Blows – Raymond Briggs

+@Y: The Last Man – Brian K. Vaughn
Barefoot Gen - Keiji Nakazawa
BB Wolf and the 3 LPs - J.D. Arnold
Laika - Nick Abadzis
Uncle Sam - Steve Darnall

Superhero

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth – Grant Morrison

Kingdom Come – Mark Waid

Batman: The Killing Joke – Alan Moore

The Watchmen – Alan Moore

Superman: Red Son – Mark Millar

Silver Surfer: Requiem – J. Michael Straczynski

1602 – Neil Gaiman

Wolverine: Origin – Bill Jemas, Joe Quesada, Paul Jenkins

All Star Superman – Grant Morrison

The Truth: Red, White, and Black – Robert Morales

Daredevil: Yellow – Tim Sale

Spiderman: Blue – Tim Sale

Batman: The Long Halloween – Tim Sale

Batman: What Ever Happened to the Caped Crusader? – Neil Gaiman

Secret Identities: the Asian American Superhero Anthology

+Welcome to Tranquility – Gail Simone
+ The Umbrella Academy - Gerard Way
Batman: Hush - Jeph Loeb
+Irredeemable/Incorruptible - Mark Waid
The Sentry - Paul Jenkins
Superman: Secret Identity
Shadoweyes

Action/Adventure

+@Preacher – Garth Ennis
+@ The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - Alan Moore
Zero Girl - Sam Kieth
Midnight Nation - J. Michael Straczynski
+@ 100 Bullets - Brian Azzarello


Comedy

+ Scott Pilgrim – Bryan Lee O’Malley
!+ Calvin and Hobbes - Bill Watterson
The Big Book of Barry Ween: Boy Genius - Judd Winick


Mystery
+ 20^th Century Boys – Naoki Urasawa
Shutterbug Follies - Jason Little


Sci-fi


Rapture – Taki Soma

We3 – Grant Morrison


Web Comics (with links!)


Lackadaisy - Tracy J. Butler


Hyperbole and a Half - Allie Brosh


Hark! A Vagrant - Kate Beaton


Queen of Wands - Aeire


Girls with Slingshots - Danielle Corsetto


A Softer World  - Emily Horne and Joey Comeau


Perry Bible Fellowship - Nicholas Gurewitch


Wondermark - David Malki


Garfield Minus Garfield - Dan Walsh


Scandinavia and the World - Humon
Meaty Yogurt - Rosalarian
Yu + Me Dream - Rosalarian
JL8 - Yale Stewart
Romantically Apocalyptic - Vitaly S Alexius

Anthology

!+ Flight

Comic Book Tattoo

Stuck in the Middle

Popgun

Nonfiction

Scott McCloud series: Understanding Comics, Making Comics, Reinventing Comics

# The Super Girls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy, and the History of Comic Book Heroines – Mike Madrid

# Our Gods Wear Spandex: The Secret History of Comic Book Heroes – Chris Knowles

#Graphic Novels: Everything You Need To Know - Paul Gravett

#Drawing Words and Writing Pictures: Making Comics: Manga, Graphic Novels, and Beyond - Jessica Abel and Matt Madden

#DC Comics Cover Girls - Louise Simonson