 | Bone: The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume (Vol 1) by Jeff Smith
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $15.00 Someone once described this as Pogo meets Lord of the Rings. Fantastic stuff and a huge story for one low price
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 | Black Hole by Charles Burns
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $6.78 This disturbing horror /coming of age drama succeeds on every level. The art beautifully amplifies and evokes the horror of the story. Burns expertly blends the mundane terrors of sexual awakening and puberty with grotesque gothic horror to create a truly unique and compelling work.
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 | Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel
Buy new: $10.04 / Used from: $5.69 Bechdel's (Dykes to Watch Out For) autobiography about coming to terms with her sexual orientation and her father, who struggled with his own sexuality. A fantastic read.
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 | Mother, Come Home by Paul Hornschemeier
Buy used from: $4.44 A sadly evocative tale of loss.
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 | The Sandman Vol. 6: Fables and Reflections by Neil Gaiman
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $6.90 It's hard recommending just one Sandman collection, but this is a fav and is mostly stand-alone stories
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 | American Elf Volume 1: The Collected Sketchbook Diaries Of James Kochalka (v. 1) by James Kochalka
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $9.15 Biography the way it should be done - in small four panel chunks. Every day life made fascinating by small cartoons creating something amazing when assembled together
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 | Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction (v. 1) by Mike Mignola
Buy new: $12.21 / Used from: $3.45 If you liked the movie, you'l LOVE the comic - if you were less impressed with the film, this book executes the idea of a demon-fighting demon much better - more fun, more action, and fantastic art
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 | The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson
Buy new: $11.55 / Used from: $2.69 Somewhat of a cheat since these were strips, not comics. But I couldn't leave 'em out.
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 | The Three Paradoxes by Paul Hornschemeier
Buy new: $13.59 / Used from: $5.60 A fascinating and complex dissertation on progress or the illusion thereof illustrated through layers of stories and art-styles.
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 | True Story, Swear To God Archives Volume 1 (True Story, Swear to God (Graphic Novels)) (v. 1) by Tom Beland
Buy new: $15.59 / Used from: $9.49 Great autobiographical /romance comics.
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 | Good-Bye, Chunky Rice by Craig Thompson
Buy used from: $3.56 This is a two hankie book at least. Friendship and the heartache of change. Wonderful
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 | Blankets by Craig Thompson
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $14.68 Coming of age and teen romance and angst done very well
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 | Fables Vol. 1: Legends in Exile by Bill Willingham
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $4.15 The fairy tales we grew up with have been living among us all this time. This continuously great series begins here. Easily the best book published by DC/Vertigo since Sandman finished.
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 | Queen & Country: The Definitive Edition, Vol. 1 by Greg Rucka
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $8.00 Espionage and intrigue masterfully told - a must-buy.
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 | The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $9.45 A look into fundamental Islam
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 | Castle Waiting by Linda Medley
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $7.00 A fun, innocent fairy-tale-fantasy world suitable for all ages told with clean and beautiful artwork.
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 | We3 by Grant Morrison
Buy new: $9.35 / Used from: $6.95 Cyber-punk "Homeward Bound"; one of the simultaneously most violent and moving tales you will ever read.
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 | Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $5.65 A great story about every day kind of people with every day kind of problems
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 | Lio: Happiness Is a Squishy Cephalopod by Mark Tatulli
Buy new: $9.32 / Used from: $8.90 Edward Gorey meets Bill Watterson. Modern pantomine comic strips with a gothic and black humor style so refreshing for the modern comic strip reader.
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 | Torso by Marc Andreyko
Buy new: $18.21 / Used from: $6.99 Based on a true story, an interesting crime story with interesting photo images
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 | Fell Vol. 1: Feral City (v. 1) by Warren Ellis
Buy new: $10.19 / Used from: $6.36 Hard boiled detective stories based on real-life crime. A series of self-contained stories with some minor sub-plot continuations. Very good crime drama; fans of any CSI or similar shows should love this.
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 | Hawaiian Dick Volume 1: Byrd Of Paradise by B. Clay Moore
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $5.90 50's crime noir set in Hawaii -mystery pulp with a touch of the supernatural
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 | The Goon Volume 1: Nothin' But Misery (Goon (Graphic Novels)) (v. 1) by Eric Powell
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $5.55 Broad, often slapstick, sometimes gross, humor in the old EC vein. If you think you might like gangster mugs beating the crap out of zombies and other monsters, Goon is for you.
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 | The Compleat Moonshadow by John Marc DeMatteis
Buy new: $26.37 / Used from: $17.45 Weird, tender, crude, wonderful. Beautiful paintings and an entrancing story.
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 | Courtney Crumrin & The Night Things by Ted Naifeh
Buy new: $10.16 / Used from: $4.18 Hermoinie gone goth and with attitude - genuinely creepy moments in the encounters and adventures of a precocious little girl
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 | Pedro and Me by Judd Winick
Buy used from: $0.01 A story of life, friendship, and the continuation of life after a loved one dies. Done with sensitivity and humor.
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 | Sparks: An Urban Fairytale by Lawrence Marvit
Buy used from: $22.99 A truly touching romance/fairy tale/slice of life book about, well, a girl and her living junk robot.
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 | Will Eisner's The Spirit, Vol. 1 by Darwyn Cooke
Buy used from: $9.99 A bit of a cheat since The Spirit is kind of a super-hero, but moreso in the vein of the old detective pulps. Eisner's genius reinvented in these excellent new stories that provide an entertaining updating of the classic character.
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