Fiction
Comics That Count
Graphic novels that prove the form belongs on any serious shelf.
14 books · ranked
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Watchmen
Flawed, ageing superheroes in an alternate Cold War; the graphic novel that proved comics could be literature.
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Persepolis
A girl grows up during and after the Iranian revolution; a witty, moving graphic memoir.
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Fun Home
A literary graphic memoir about a father, a funeral home and coming out; intricate and deeply felt.
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The Sandman
The Lord of Dreams across myth, history and the modern world; the comic that expanded what the medium could do.
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The Dark Knight Returns
An older, harder Batman returns to a broken city; the book that darkened the superhero forever.
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Blankets
First love and a religious upbringing in snowy Wisconsin; a tender, beautifully drawn coming-of-age memoir.
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4th of July
A young girl is killed in the crossfire after a routine arrest goes terribly wrong, and Lt. Lindsay Boxer has to defend herself against a charge of police brutality. In a landmark trial that transfixe
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Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques
Gaul became a province of the Roman Empire after their conquest in the Gallic Wars of the 50s BC. After this, the Gauls were culturally assimilated into a Gallo-Roman culture until they eventually los
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Astérix chez les Bretons
Asterix and Obelix, warriors of the last village in Gaul still free after the Roman invasion, set out on a mission to deliver a barrel of their druid's famous magic potion to help Asterix's cousin in
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Astérix en Corse
Asterix, Obelix, and Dogmatix go to Corsica with a Corsician who was taken prisoner. The reason for the trip to Corsica is to see how they deal with the Romans.
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Astérix en Hispanie
Pepe, a young and spoiled child, is taken from the Romans. He turns out to be Spanish, and held hostage in an attempt to get them to surrender. Astérix and Obélix escort the child back to Spain.
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Astérix le Gaulois
El primer álbum de la serie de comics más popular del mundo. Las aventuras del galo han vendido hasta el momento 350 millones de ejemplares. Con este título nace Astérix, el mítico héroe galo creado p
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Bleach
Ichigo realizes a Hollow is involved when Chad checks into a hospital with a mysterious scar on his back and disappears along with a talking parakeet imbued with the soul of a boy named Yuichi. Ichigo
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Cabin Fever
Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he’s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a