Recommended Graphic Novels

by David Lasky

There are lots of great graphic novels out there. Here are just a few of my favorites...

Memoir

Maus by Art Spiegelman

Blankets by Craig Thompson

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

You'll Never Know by Carol Tyler

One Hundred Demons by Lynda Barry

King-Cat Classix by John Porcellino

Humor

Wimbeldon Green by Seth

Disillusioned Illusions by Greg Stump

Passport by Saul Stienberg

Surrealism / Fantasy

Weathercraft by Jim Woodring

Artichoke Tales by Megan Kelso

The Bone series by Jeff Smith

Swamp Thing by Alan Moore and various artists

Reportage

Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco

A.D. New Orleans After the Deluge by Josh Neufeld

Understanding Kafka by Robert Crumb

Superheroics

Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons

Classic Comic Strips

The Comic Strip Century by Bill Blackbeard and Dale Crain

Walt and Skeezix by Frank King (reprinting Gasoline Alley)

Krazy and Ignatz by George Herriman (reprinting Krazy Kat)

The Complete Peanuts by Charles Schulz

Books on how to make comics:

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud

Making Comics by Scott McCloud

Drawing Words and Writing Pictures by Matt Madden and Jessica Abel

What It Is by Lynda Barry



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