10 best-selling comics books like Black Hole by Charles Burns

Cover of Black Hole by Charles Burns

Black Hole

By: Charles Burns

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon…

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Cover of Watchmen by Alan             Moore, John    Higgins, Dave Gibbons

1. Watchmen

By: Alan Moore , John Higgins , Dave Gibbons

4.38

Format: 416 pages, Paperback

This Hugo Award-winning graphic novel chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes pla… read more

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  • graphic novels comics
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"Never despair. Never surrender."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"It doesn’t matter how “successful"

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"The superman exists and he's American."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

Cover of David Boring by Daniel Clowes

2. David Boring

By: Daniel Clowes

3.82

Format: 136 pages, Paperback

Meet David Boring: a nineteen-year-old security guard with a tortured innner life and an obsessive … read more

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"You can never really trust someone who remembers every embarrassing detail of your adolescence."

-Daniel Clowes, David Boring

Cover of Daytripper by None, Fábio Moon, Gabriel Bá, Craig Thompson, Sean Konot

3. Daytripper

By: None , Fábio Moon , Gabriel Bá , Craig Thompson , Sean Konot

4.33

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

What are the most important days of your life? Meet Brás de Oliva Domingos. The miracle child of… read more

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"And sometimes we die to prove that we lived."

-None, Daytripper

"It's strange being famous. People think they know you."

-None, Daytripper

"He feels safer just knowing that even if he's away there is a home waiting for him to return."

-None, Daytripper

"She was the most beautiful creature on Earth - her hair said so in that language only hair can speak."

-None, Daytripper

Cover of Black Hole by Charles Burns

4. Black Hole

By: Charles Burns

2.83

Format: 124 pages, Hardcover

Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon… read more

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Cover of Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

5. Ghost World

By: Daniel Clowes

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ghost Worldhas become a cultural and generational touchstone, and continues to enthrall and inspire… read more

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  • graphic novels
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Cover of From Hell by Alan             Moore, Eddie Campbell, Pete Mullins

6. From Hell

By: Alan Moore , Eddie Campbell , Pete Mullins

4.19

Format: 576 pages, Paperback

"I shall tell you where we are. We're in the most extreme and utter region of the human mind. A dim… read more

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"It would seem we are to suffer an apocalypse of cockatoos - William Gull"

-Alan Moore, From Hell

"I am not man so much as syndrome; as a voice that bellows in the human heart. I am rain. I cannot be contained"

-Alan Moore, From Hell

"Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate."

-Alan Moore, From Hell

"Where comes this dullness in your eyes? How has your century numbed you so? Shall man be given marvels only when he is beyond all wonder?"

-Alan Moore, From Hell

Cover of Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes

7. Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron

By: Daniel Clowes

4.00

Format: 412 pages, Paperback

Like a Velvet Glove...collects all 10 chapters of the serialized story Eightball. As Clay Loudermil… read more

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Cover of Blankets by Craig Thompson

8. Blankets

By: Craig Thompson

None

Format: 582 pages, Paperback

Blankets is the story of a young man coming of age and finding the confidence to express his creati… read more

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9. Habibi

By: Craig Thompson

4.06

Format: None pages, Hardcover

From the internationally acclaimed author of Blankets ("A triumph for the genre."--Library Journal)… read more

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Cover of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

10. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

By: Alison Bechdel

4.08

Format: 232 pages, Paperback

In this graphic memoir, Alison Bechdel charts her fraught relationship with her late father.Distant… read more

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"Who embalms the Undertaker when he dies?"

-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

"Feminism is the theory. Lesbianism is the practice."

-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

"Mom, how come you never go outside?" "I told you, I'm a vampire."

-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

"It was not a triumphal return. Home, as I had known it, was gone."

-Alison Bechdel, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

11. Patience

By: Daniel Clowes

3.81

Format: 263 pages, Hardcover

Patienceis a psychedelic science-fiction love story, veering with uncanny precision from violent de… read more

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12. Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth

By: Chris Ware

4.60

Format: 645 pages, Paperback

Jimmy Corriganhas rightly been hailed as the greatest graphic novel ever to be published. It won th… read more

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13. Wilson

By: Daniel Clowes

3.67

Format: 499 pages, Hardcover

AN ORIGINAL GRAPHIC NOVEL FROM THE OSCAR-NOMINATED SCREENWRITER AND AWARD-WINNING CARTOONIST Meet W… read more

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14. Asterios Polyp

By: David Mazzucchelli

4.35

Format: 255 pages, Hardcover

The triumphant return of one of comics' greatest talents, with an engrossing story of one man's sea… read more

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15. Beverly

By: Nick Drnaso

3.88

Format: None pages, Paperback

Nick Drnaso's comics mercilessly reveal the sterile sameness of the suburbs. Connected by a series … read more

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16. Epileptic

By: David B.

3.95

Format: 253 pages, Paperback

Hailed by The Comics Journal as one of Europe's most important and innovative comics artists, David… read more

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17. Mister Wonderful: A Love Story

By: Daniel Clowes

4.14

Format: 438 pages, Hardcover

The fan-favorite Eisner Award-winning story, originally serialized in The New York Times Magazine, … read more

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18. The Death-Ray

By: Daniel Clowes

4.15

Format: 447 pages, Hardcover

ON TIME, NPR AND USA TODAY'S BEST-OF 2011 LISTS! WINNER OF THE EISNER, HARVEY AND IGNATZ AWARDS Tee… read more

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19. Ice Haven

By: Daniel Clowes

3.46

Format: 272 pages,

Welcome to Ice Haven! "It's not as cold here as it sounds," declares Random Wilder, our reluctant g… read more

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20. Monica

By: Daniel Clowes

3.95

Format: 106 pages, Hardcover

Monica is a series of interconnected narratives that collectively tell the life story — actually, s… read more

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Cover of Sabrina by Nick Drnaso

21. Sabrina

By: Nick Drnaso

3.83

Format: 204 pages, Hardcover

How many hours of sleep did you get last night? Rate your overall mood from 1 to 5, 1 being poor. R… read more

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"There you are."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"Just remember that crisis leads to opportunity."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"A lot of people are able to turn their grief into something positive. Maybe you’re destined for some kind of job in law enforcement."

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

"What if an American citizen needs to disappear, for reasons that might never be revealed to you, and you are involved, even peripherally, in the plot? Are you willing to participate in a crime like t…"

-Nick Drnaso, Sabrina

10 must-read fiction books like Black Hole by Charles Burns

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Watchmen

Alan Moore , John Higgins , Dave Gibbons

4.38

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David Boring

Daniel Clowes

3.82

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Daytripper

None , Fábio Moon , Gabriel Bá , Craig Thompson , Sean Konot

4.33

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Black Hole

Charles Burns

2.83

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David Boring

Daniel Clowes

3.82

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Megahex

Simon Hanselmann

3.80

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Black Hole

Charles Burns

2.83

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Ghost World

Daniel Clowes

3.82

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