 | Sandman Presents, The: The Furies by Mike Carey
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $7.12 One of my favorite graphic novels. Mike Carey is an amazing writer, and conveys a remarkable amount of emotion through calculated silences.
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 | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 1910 by Alan Moore
Buy new: $9.91 / Used from: $8.00 Overall I'm not a fan of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but certain panels from this book are permanently burned into my brain. Most of the book is written as a creepy pirate ballad, with a particularly memorable scene concluding: "Kill 'em slow." Awesome.
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 | Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $9.03 I read this book while hiding in a coffee shop from 100 degree heat, and I'm glad I did. The narrator is a jerk, but a hilarious jerk.
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 | Watchmen by Alan Moore
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $4.95 Don't watch the movie. Read this book.
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 | The Invisibles Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution by Grant Morrison
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $7.99 This whole series made my brain erupt and leak out of my ear.
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 | Unwritten Vol. 1: Tommy Taylor and the Bogus Identity by Mike Carey
Buy new: $9.99 Mike Carey explores the line between reality and story-land by deciding it doesn't really exist. I've had the same suspicion for years. Now I'm paranoid.
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 | Lucifer Vol. 1: Devil in the Gateway by Mike Carey
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.00 It's a lot easier to think of Lucifer as some grumpy bum with a pitchfork than it is to think of him as a charismatic and intelligent manipulator. One is easy to ignore - the other might fool you. Mike Carey will freak you out.
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 | The Long Way Home (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Season 8, Vol. 1) by Joss Whedon
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.10 To this day I'm still not sure I agree with the decision to continue Buffy beyond her death in Season 5. But when Brian K. Vaughn crafts a storyline for Faith, things get more interesting.
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 | Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $5.00 My sister works in a bookstore. She tells these same stories of horrific customers. This book cracks me up.
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 | Northlanders Vol. 1: Sven The Returned by Brian Wood
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.00 I love that each collection is an entire story of some crazy viking action. If you can't get used to vikings talking like the LAPD, this might get on your nerves.
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 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 #8: No Future For You Part Three (Variant Cover, Dark Horse Comics) by Brian K. Vaughn
Buy used from: $3.00 See previous Buffy comments.
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 | Logan #2 (of 3) (Wolverine) Regular Color Edition by Brian K. Vaughn
For some reason I like when Brian K. Vaughn dips into established series.
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 | Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $4.00 this book endeared itself to me when Bechdel explored the complexities of feeling the urge to laugh at a funeral - without it sounding trite. Of all the nonfiction comics to emerge in the past five years, this is the best.
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 | Scalped Vol. 1: Indian Country by Jason Aaron
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.47 I didn't stick with this series, but the first book read like how I've always wanted cop shows to be.
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 | 100 Bullets Vol. 1: First Shot, Last Call by Brian Azzarello
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.57 the premise is creepy. And works.
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 | Joker by Brian Azzarello
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $9.94 This book freaked me out it was so good. there's a lot of craziness happening in Batman, but this made my eyes pop.
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 | The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $10.00 If you ever get a chance to see Marjane Satrapi speak - take it! She's hilarious, and draws simply but effectively and tells a wicked hilarious story that turns standard American impressions of Iranian life on its head.
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 | Embroideries by Marjane Satrapi
Buy new: $9.56 / Used from: $3.80 |
 | The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale (No 1) by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: $23.10 / Used from: $11.05 this is the only graphic novel, to this day, to win the Pulitzer Prize. There's a reason it took ten years to complete: it's perfect.
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