Essential Reading - Comic Books (Ongoing List)
Explore our ongoing list of essential comic books for every reader. Discover must-read titles and timeless classics in the world of comics, updated regularly for the best reading recommendations.
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The Sandman: The Doll's House. Originally published in single magazine form as The Sandman 9-16
by Neil Gaiman
An occultist attempting to capture Death to bargain for eternal life traps her younger brother, Dream, instead. After his 70 year imprisonment and eventual escape, …
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City of Glass
by Paul Auster
A late-night phone call from a stranger involves Quinn, a mystery writer, in a baffling murder case stranger than his novels, in a new edition …
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Nil
by James Turner
Read the travails and tribulations of Proun Nul, citizen of Nil, where the only thing to believe in is Nothing. Nul keeps Nil's great bureaucratic …
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Akira
by Katsuhiro ĹŚtomo
Science fiction tale of 2019 Tokyo after it's destruction in World War III, following the lives of two teenagers, Tetsuo and Kaneda, who must deal …
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V for Vendetta
by Alan Moore
In an alternate future in which Germany wins World War II and Britain becomes a fascist state, a vigilante named "V" tries to free England …
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Frank Miller’s Sin City Volume 1: The Hard Goodbye 3rd Edition
by Frank Miller
The first volume of the crime-comic megahit that introduced the now-infamous Marv and spawned a blockbuster film returns in a newly redesigned edition, with a …
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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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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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Batman
by Alan Moore
A graphic novel that tells the story of how and why the Joker turned to a life of crime.
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Batman: Year One
by Frank Miller
In 1986, Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli produced this groundbreaking reinterpretation of the origin of Batman—who he is, and how he came to be. Sometimes …
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Epileptic
by David B.
Hailed by The Comics Journal as one of Europe’s most important and innovative comics artists, David B. has created a masterpiece in Epileptic, his stunning …
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