The ongoing success of AMC's 'The Walking Dead' (which just wrapped up its third season on Sunday) is definitive, popular proof that not every comic-based property has to be about superheroes. While Marvel and Disney plot out the next ten years and DC and Warner Bros. struggle to get a Justice League movie going, tons of incredible creator-owned comics are being overlooked, despite their amazing cinematic potential.

'The Walking Dead' may be the first massively successful TV series to emerge from the world of non-superhero comic publishing, but it certainly won't be the last. Hey, Hollywood: these ten are on us. Pick up the rights and thank us later after they transform into critically acclaimed smash hits for you.

Just a note: the one restriction for this list was that we stick to current or recent comics, series that haven't been sitting around and gathering dust for too long. Many of these comics are only a year or two old...so if you like what you hear, you should give them a shot. There's plenty of time to dive in.