Essential Graphic Novels

A list by Akira

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: entertainment books comics comic graphics illustrations graphic novels

• Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
• Arkham Asylum by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean
• Batman: The Killing Joke by Alan Moore, artwork by Brian Bolland
• Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucelli
• Billi 99 by Sarah Byam and Tim Sale
• Black Hole by Charles Burns
• Cages by Dave McKean
• Cerebus the Aardvark by Dave Sim
• Creature Tech by Doug TenNapel
• David Boring by Dan Clowes
• The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley
• Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown
• From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
• Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow
• Ghost World by Dan Clowes
• Give Me Liberty by Frank Miller and Dave Gibbons
• I Never Liked You by Chester Brown
• It's a Good Life, if You Don't Weaken by Seth
• Jaka's Story by Dave Sim and Gerhard
• Jimmy Corrigan by Chris Ware
• The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
• Louis Riel by Chester Brown
• Maus by Art Spiegelman
• Nausicaä of the Valley of Wind by Miyazaki Hayao
• I Never Liked You by Chester Brown
• Oddjob by Ian and Ty Smith
• Palestine by Joe Sacco
• Poison River by Gilbert Hernandez
• Preacher by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
• Safe Area Gorazde by Joe Sacco
• Sandman by Neil Gaiman
• The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman
• Underwater by Chester Brown
• V for Vendetta by Alan Moore
• Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons
• The Man Who Grew Young by Daniel Quinn