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Favorite Comic Books

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People who added this item 58  Average listal rating (34 ratings) 8.6  
1. Akira: v. 1 (Akira (Dark Horse)) - Katsuhiro Otomo
Totally awesome, but I somehow haven't managed to finish all the volumes yet.
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People who added this item 10  Average listal rating (6 ratings) 7.8  
2. Antique Bakery, Volume 1 - Fumi Yoshinaga
I find most shoujo (girl's) manga trite, so it's nice when I can find one that's, well, nice.
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People who added this item 12  Average listal rating (8 ratings) 8.9  
3. Apollo's Song - Osamu Tezuka
Reviewed here.
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People who added this item 10  Average listal rating (7 ratings) 8.7  
4. Barefoot Gen, Vol. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hir... - Keiji Nakazawa
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People who added this item 200  Average listal rating (120 ratings) 8.5  
5. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns - Frank Miller_II
Miller's Batman is easily my favourite.
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People who added this item 157  Average listal rating (90 ratings) 8.8  
6. Batman: The Killing Joke - Alan Moore_III,Brian Bolland
By no means my favourite Moore, but Bolland's artwork is so fucking gorgeous.
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People who added this item 36  Average listal rating (19 ratings) 8.5  
7. Batman: Year One - David Mazzucchelli,Frank Miller_II
Miller's Gordon is also easily my favourite.
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People who added this item 8  Average listal rating (7 ratings) 9  
8. Black Jack, Vol. 1 - Osamu Tezuka
Reviewed here.
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People who added this item 73  Average listal rating (44 ratings) 8  
9. Blankets - Craig Thompson_XI
Like looking in a mirror, particularly in the religious aspect.
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People who added this item 6  Average listal rating (5 ratings) 8  
10. Detroit Metal City, vol 1 - Kiminori Wakasugi
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People who added this item 33  Average listal rating (15 ratings) 8.4  
11. Ex Machina, Vol. 1: The First Hundred Days - Brian K. Vaughan,Tony Harris
Brian K. Vaughan is one of the best dialogue writers I've had the opportunity to read. And seriously, superheroes and political drama? Count me in!

(Also I may or may not have the hugest crush ever on Mitchell Hundred)
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People who added this item 23  Average listal rating (11 ratings) 8.7  
12. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic - Alison Bechdel
Hilarious and heartbreaking. My favourite comic memoir.
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People who added this item 88  Average listal rating (56 ratings) 8.4  
13. The Complete MAUS - Art Spiegelman
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People who added this item 30  Average listal rating (19 ratings) 8.7  
14. Naoki Urasawa's Monster, Vol. 1 - Naoki Urasawa
The fact that it remains consistently suspenseful and well-written throughout its 18-volume span is amazing enough on its own, but what really makes it for me is Urasawa's unrelenting optimism in humanity. As lame as that sounds, there's this hopeful element present among all the bloodshed that warms my cynical heart.
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People who added this item 16  Average listal rating (8 ratings) 8.5  
15. Mushishi, Vol. 01 - Yuki Urushibara
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People who added this item 10  Average listal rating (9 ratings) 9.2  
16. MW - Osamu Tezuka
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People who added this item 4  Average listal rating (4 ratings) 9.5  
17. Never Learn Anything From History - Kate Beaton
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People who added this item 3  Average listal rating (3 ratings) 9.3  
18. No Touching At All (Yaoi) - Kou Yoneda
Yes, this is yaoi. But, thank god, it's actually well-written and realistic and all that super fun stuff.
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People who added this item 10  Average listal rating (6 ratings) 8.7  
19. Owly, Vol. 1: The Way Home & The Bittersweet... - Andy Runton
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People who added this item 93  Average listal rating (53 ratings) 8.4  
20. Scott Pilgrim Volume 1: Scott Pilgrim's Prec... - Bryan Lee O'Malley
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People who added this item 2  Average listal rating (2 ratings) 9.5  
21. Short Cuts, Vol. 1 - Usamaru Furuya
It's dark, it's absurd, and it's totally hilarious. Some knowledge of Japanese culture is recommended.
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People who added this item 436  Average listal rating (217 ratings) 8.5  
22. V for Vendetta - Alan Moore_III, David Lloyd_III
So much better than the movie.
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People who added this item 510  Average listal rating (312 ratings) 8.9  
23. Watchmen - Dave Gibbons,Alan Moore_III
My first foray into the world of non-manga comics (excluding the Archie comics I read when I was 10). Which was probably a bad idea in retrospect, since I read the best first :(
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People who added this item 99  Average listal rating (54 ratings) 8.4  
24. Y: The Last Man - Vol. 1: Unmanned - Brian K. Vaughan,Pia Guerra
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This is by no means a comprehensive list of all the comic books you should read, but it is a comprehensive list of all the comic books I think you should read.

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