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NPR's Let's Get Graphic: 100 Favorite Comics And Graphic Novels

Graphic novel picks include fan favorites from Marvel and DC alongside indie creators in this list of 100 great comics as collected by NPR's Glen Weldon and Petra Mayer.

Action Comics

Action Comics
ByJerry Siegel,Don Cameron,+2 more

2018 • 3 Readers • 392 pages 4

Akira, Vol. 1

Akira, Vol. 1
ByYoko Umezawa(Translator),Linda M. York(Translator),+2 more

1984 • 178 Readers • 359 pages 4.3

All-Star Superman, Vol. 1

All-Star Superman, Vol. 1
ByFrank Quitely,Grant Morrison

2006 • 75 Readers • 160 pages 4

American Born Chinese

American Born Chinese
ByGene Luen Yang

2006 • 180 Readers • 250 pages 3.9

As the Crow Flies

As the Crow Flies
ByMelanie Gillman

2017 • 26 Readers • 276 pages 3.4

Astro city life in the big city

2011 • 5 Readers • 208 pages 3.5

Bitch Planet Volume 2

Bitch Planet Volume 2
ByKelly Sue DeConnick,Valentine De Landro

2017 • 26 Readers • 144 pages 4.5

Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book One

2016 • 18 Readers • 144 pages 3.7

Blacksad

Blacksad
ByJuan Díaz Canales

2000 • 55 Readers • 184 pages 4.3

Blankets

Blankets
ByCraig Thompson

2003 • 327 Readers • 15 pages 4

Bone, Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm

187 Readers 4.1

Calvin and Hobbes

Calvin and Hobbes
ByBill Watterson

1987 • 129 Readers • 127 pages 4.8

Carl Barks

Carl Barks
ByWalt Disney Company

2002 • 1 Reader • 316 pages

Castle Waiting

Castle Waiting
ByLinda Medley

2006 • 26 Readers • 457 pages 3.9

Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey

2018 • 116 Readers • 288 pages 4.2

Come Over, Come Over

1990 • 3 Readers • 127 pages 5

Contract with God Trilogy

2005 • 8 Readers • 498 pages 4.5

Daytripper

Daytripper
ByFábio Moon,Gabriel Bá

2011 • 182 Readers • 245 pages 4.3

Doom Patrol, Vol. 4: Musclebound

2006 • 19 Readers • 256 pages 3.7

El Deafo

El Deafo
ByCece Bell

2014 • 84 Readers • 248 pages 4.1

Finder: The Rescuers

Finder: The Rescuers
ByCarla Speed McNeil

2005 • 1 Reader • 151 pages

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 25

Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 25
ByHiromu Arakawa,Akira Watanabe(Translator)

2010 • 23 Readers • 269 pages 4.5

Fun home

Fun home
ByAlison Bechdel

2018 • 379 Readers • 240 pages 4

Ghosts

Ghosts
ByRaina Telgemeier

2016 • 101 Readers • 256 pages 4

Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1

2016 • 117 Readers 4.3

Gotham Central, Vol. 2: Half a Life

2004 • 11 Readers • 168 pages 4.3

Gunnerkrigg Court, Volume 1: Orientation

2007 • 24 Readers • 296 pages 3.7

Hark! A Vagrant

Hark! A Vagrant
ByKate Beaton

2011 • 72 Readers • 160 pages 4.5

Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon

Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon
ByMatt Fraction(Writer),David Aja(Artist, #1-3)

2013 • 122 Readers • 136 pages 4.3

Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others

Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others
ByMike Mignola,P. Craig Russell

1994 • 14 Readers • 144 pages 3.6

Here

Here
ByRichard McGuire

2014 • 91 Readers • 304 pages 4.1

Hip hop family tree

2014 • 1 Reader • 112 pages

Homestuck

Homestuck
ByAndrew Hussie

2016 • 18 Readers • 8,124 pages 4.6

How To Be Happy

How To Be Happy
ByEleanor Davis

2014 • 23 Readers • 146 pages 3.8

Kill 6 Billion Demons

Kill 6 Billion Demons
ByTom Parkinson-Morgan

2016 • 17 Readers • 104 pages 3.9

Legends of Zita the Spacegirl

2012 • 13 Readers 4.2

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2006 • 1 Reader • 150 pages

Little Lulu, Volume 8: Late For School

Little Lulu, Volume 8: Late For School
ByJohn Stanley,Irving Tripp

2006 • 200 pages

Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega

2014 • 123 Readers • 192 pages 4.5

Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road

2000 • 39 Readers • 303 pages 3.5

Love and Rockets: New Stories #1

Love and Rockets: New Stories #1
ByGilbert Hernández,Mario Hernández,+1 more

2008 • 4 Readers • 112 pages

March

March
ByJohn Lewis,Andrew Aydin,+1 more

2018 • 3 Readers • 560 pages 4.5

Maus: Un survivant raconte, tome 1: Mon père saigne l'histoire

1980 • 484 Readers • 159 pages 4.5

Megahex

Megahex
BySimon Hanselmann

2014 • 14 Readers • 207 pages 3.8

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening

Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening
ByMarjorie M. Liu,Sana Takeda

2016 • 327 Readers • 192 pages 3.9

More Dykes to Watch Out For

1988 • 2 Readers • 108 pages 4.5

Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard, Vol. 1

2007 • 54 Readers • 189 pages 3.9

Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal

2014 • 210 Readers • 123 pages 4.1

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters, Vol. 1

2017 • 132 Readers • 386 pages 4.4

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series
ByDavid Lewis(Translator),Toren Smith(Translator)

1995 • 30 Readers • 1,104 pages 4.7

Nimona

Nimona
ByN.D. Stevenson

2015 • 531 Readers • 272 pages 4.3

Oh Joy Sex Toy

Oh Joy Sex Toy
ByErika Moen

2014 • 4 Readers • 268 pages

O Human Star, Volume One

O Human Star, Volume One
ByBlue Delliquanti

2015 • 8 Readers • 184 pages 4.5

One Piece, Vol. 6: The Oath

One Piece, Vol. 6: The Oath
ByEiichiro Oda,Naoko Amemiya(Translator)

1998 • 71 Readers • 200 pages 4.2

Peanuts

Peanuts
ByCharles M. Schulz

2015 • 1 Reader • 286 pages 4

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood

Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood
ByMarjane Satrapi,Mattias Ripa(Translator)

2000 • 501 Readers • 165 pages 4.3

Planetary, Volume 1

Planetary, Volume 1
ByWarren Ellis(Writer),John Cassaday(Artist)

2000 • 59 Readers • 160 pages 3.9

Pluto, 02

Pluto, 02
ByNaoki Urasawa,Takashi Nagasaki

2005 • 67 Readers • 208 pages 4.4

Pogo

Pogo
ByWalt Kelly

1972 • 2 Readers • 182 pages

Rogue's Curse

Rogue's Curse
ByWendy Pini,Richard Pini,+1 more

2000 • 7 Readers • 268 pages 4.5

Saga, Book One

Saga, Book One
ByBrian K. Vaughn(Writer),Fiona Staples(Illustrator)

2012 • 99 Readers • 504 pages 4.5

Sex Criminals, Volume Three: Three the Hard Way

2016 • 23 Readers • 132 pages 3.6

Shade, the Changing Man, Volume 1: The American Scream

2003 • 8 Readers • 168 pages 4

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2013 • 8 Readers • 323 pages 4

Swamp Thing, Vol. 6: Reunion

1987 • 52 Readers • 200 pages 4.3

Sweet Tooth, Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods

Sweet Tooth, Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods
ByJeff Lemire(Writer, Artist, Water Colourist),José Villarrubia(Colourist)

2010 • 62 Readers • 128 pages 3.8

The Absolute Sandman, Volume One

The Absolute Sandman, Volume One
ByNeil Gaiman(Writer),Mike Dringenberg(Artist)

1990 • 113 Readers • 612 pages 4.7

The Acme Novelty Library #13

1999 • 78 Readers • 84 pages 4

The Bloom County Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982

2009 • 7 Readers • 284 pages 4.7

The Case of the Team Spirit

1901 • 6 Readers • 140 pages 3.5

The color of heaven

The color of heaven
ByKim dong hwa,Tong-hwa Kim

2009 • 320 pages

The Encyclopedia of Early Earth

2013 • 40 Readers 3.9

The Incal, Vol. 1

The Incal, Vol. 1
ByAlejandro Jodorowsky,Mœbius

1981 • 64 Readers • 96 pages 4

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2009 • 5 Readers • 500 pages 4.5

The Mad Archives

The Mad Archives
ByWallace Wood,Will Elder,+3 more

1982 • 3 Readers • 224 pages

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game
ByZach Weinersmith

2011 • 4 Readers • 76 pages 4.7

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The Nib #1
ByMatt Bors(Editor),Eleri Harris(Deputy Editor)

1 Reader • 112 pages

The Stonekeeper

The Stonekeeper
ByKazu Kibuishi

2008 • 125 Readers • 192 pages 3.7

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power

The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power
ByErica Henderson(Artist),Maris Wicks(Trading card art)

2015 • 86 Readers • 128 pages 4.2

The Vision

The Vision
ByTom King

2018 • 54 Readers • 136 pages 4.3

The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear

2012 • 30 Readers • 132 pages 4.1

The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act

2014 • 220 Readers • 144 pages 3.7

Thimble Theater, Introducing Popeye

1977 • 1 Reader • 173 pages

This One Summer

This One Summer
ByMariko Tamaki

2014 • 221 Readers 3.5

Through the Woods

Through the Woods
ByEmily Carroll

2014 • 283 Readers • 208 pages 4

Transmetropolitan, Vol. 0: Tales of Human Waste

1998 • 130 Readers • 110 pages 4.2

Twentieth Century Eightball

2002 • 8 Readers • 100 pages 3.7

Understanding Comics

Understanding Comics
ByScott McCloud

1993 • 217 Readers • 215 pages 4.3

Usagi Yojimbo

Usagi Yojimbo
ByStan Sakai

2016 • 181 pages

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Vattu
ByEvan Dahm

2013 • 4 Readers • 280 pages 4

Watchmen

Watchmen
ByAlan Moore

1987 • 1,245 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

Whiteout

Whiteout
ByGreg Rucka,Steve Lieber

2000 • 21 Readers • 112 pages 3.8

Wondermark, Vol. 1: Beards of Our Forefathers

2008 • 1 Reader • 96 pages

X-Men

X-Men
ByChris Claremont

1982 • 1 Reader • 96 pages

Your Black Friend and Other Strangers

2018 • 6 Readers • 119 pages 4