12 Top comics books like Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

Cover of Ghost World by Daniel Clowes

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…

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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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"Never despair. Never surrender."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"It doesn’t matter how “successful"

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"I did it thirty-five minutes ago."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

"The superman exists and he's American."

-Alan Moore, Watchmen

Cover of The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman

2. The Complete Maus

By: Art Spiegelman

4.57

Format: 296 pages, Paperback

On the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its first publication, here is the definitive ed… read more

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"Ingen är normal."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"Es bueno ser simpatico si quieres vivir."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"He’s more attached to things than people."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

"If you want to live, it's good to be friendly."

-Art Spiegelman, The Complete Maus

Cover of The Poor Bastard by Joe Matt

3. The Poor Bastard

By: Joe Matt

3.82

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

This aptly-titled collects for the first time Joe Matt`s compelling and often hilarious storyline c… read more

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Cover of The Hard Goodbye (Sin City #1) by Frank Miller

4. The Hard Goodbye (Sin City #1)

By: Frank Miller

3.97

Format: 352 pages, Paperback

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found  The first volume of the crime-comic megahit that intro… read more

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5. 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

6. 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 comics
  • coming of age
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Cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Anjali Singh, Mattias Ripa, Blake Ferris

7. The Complete Persepolis

By: Marjane Satrapi , Anjali Singh , Mattias Ripa , Blake Ferris

4.16

Format: 331 pages,

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Cover of V for Vendetta by Alan             Moore, David   Lloyd

8. V for Vendetta

By: Alan Moore , David Lloyd

3.50

Format: 92 pages, Hardcover

"Remember, remember the fifth of November..." A frightening and powerful tale of the loss of freedo… read more

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Cover of Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction (Hellboy, #1) by Mike Mignola, John Byrne

9. Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction (Hellboy, #1)

By: Mike Mignola , John Byrne

3.64

Format: 264 pages,

Hellboyis one of the most celebrated comics series in recent years. The ultimate artists' artist an… read more

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Cover of Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine

10. Shortcomings

By: Adrian Tomine

3.20

Format: 144 pages, Hardcover

FROM THE PREEMINENT CARTOONIST OF HIS GENERATION, THE MOST ANTICIPATED GRAPHIC NOVEL OF 2007 Shortc… read more

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Cover of I Never Liked You by Chester Brown

11. I Never Liked You

By: Chester Brown

3.68

Format: 191 pages, Paperback

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Cover of Blankets by Craig Thompson

12. 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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13. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns (The Dark Knight Saga, #1)

By: Frank Miller , Klaus Janson , Lynn Varley

4.32

Format: 650 pages, Hardcover

This masterpiece of modern comics storytelling brings to vivid life a dark world and an even darker… read more

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Cover of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic by Alison Bechdel

14. 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

15. 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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16. It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken: A Picture Novella

By: Chester Brown , Seth , None

5.00

Format: 299 pages, Paperback

An Acknowledged Classic returns gorgeously re-designed. In his first graphic novel, It's a Good Lif… read more

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17. 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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18. 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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19. Summer Blonde

By: Adrian Tomine

3.98

Format: 304 pages,

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20. X'ed Out

By: Charles Burns

3.71

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Doug is having a strange night. A weird buzzing noise on the other side of the wall has woken him u… read more

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Cover of Nothing's Mat by Erna Brodber

21. Nothing's Mat

By: Erna Brodber

4.15

Format: 128 pages, Paperback

Nothing’s Mat is told by a black British teenager – “every black girl” – for she has no name until … read more

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Watchmen

Alan Moore , John Higgins , Dave Gibbons

4.38

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Frank Miller

3.97

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2.83

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