Essential Archives: Most Important Comics Ever Published

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Maus

by Art Spiegelman

The author-illustrator traces his father's imprisonment in a Nazi concentration camp through a series of disarming and unusual cartoons arranged to tell the story as …
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Batman

by Frank Miller

Batman comes out of retirement in a dark future.
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Understanding Comics

by Scott McCloud

Praised throughout the cartoon industry by such luminaries as Art Spiegelman, Matt Groening, and Will Eisner, this innovative comic book provides a detailed look at …
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Watchmen

by Alan Moore

Imagine a future where Nixon is still President, America won the Vietnam War, and the nuclear clock stands at five minutes to midnight.
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Innocence of Nihilism

by David Lapham

These are their stories. Follow the lost lives of people who are savagely torn apart by events beyond their control. As the innocent world of …
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Kingdom Come

 

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Box Office Poison

 

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Starman

 

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The Essential Howard the Duck 1

by Steve Gerber

"Born on a planet populated by talking waterfowl, Howard the Duck found himself trapped in a world he never made: ours! Howard was the archetypal …
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