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

December 19, 2021
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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.

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Most Dangerous Game Zach Weinersmith	4.67	3 reads
Bone, Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm Jeff Smith	4.12	100 reads
Action Comics Jerry Siegel Don Cameron Otto Binder Jerry Coleman	4	2 reads
El Deafo Cece Bell	4.07	35 reads
Carl Barks Walt Disney Company	0	0 reads
Vattu Vattu Evan Dahm	4	1 read
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal E.K. Weaver	4.5	2 reads
O Human Star, Volume One Blue Delliquanti	4.5	4 reads
Kill 6 Billion Demons Tom Parkinson-Morgan	4.13	8 reads
Gunnerkrigg Court, Volume 1: Orientation Thomas Siddell	3.67	8 reads
Stand Still, Stay Silent Stand Still, Stay Silent: Book 1 Minna Sundberg	4	2 reads
Oh Joy Sex Toy Erika Moen	0	1 read
As the Crow Flies Melanie Gillman	3.2	8 reads
Homestuck Andrew Hussie	4.5	8 reads
Wondermark, Vol. 1: Beards of Our Forefathers David Malki	0	0 reads
The Nib #1 The Nib #1	0	0 reads
The Case of the Team Spirit John Allison	3.5	5 reads
Thimble Theater, Introducing Popeye E.C. Segar	0	0 reads
Come Over, Come Over Lynda Barry	5	2 reads
Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage Volume 1 Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage Volume 1 Leonard Starr	0	0 reads
The Bloom County Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982 Berkeley Breathed	4.67	4 reads
Geo Herriman's Krazy Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Komics, 1916 George Herriman	0	0 reads
All-Star Superman, Vol. 1 Frank Quitely Grant Morrison	3.95	50 reads
X-Men Chris Claremont	0	1 read
The Incal, Vol. 1 Alejandro Jodorowsky Mœbius	4.18	20 reads
Shade, the Changing Man, Volume 1: The American Scream Peter Milligan	4	4 reads
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers Ben Passmore	4	2 reads
Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1 Inio Asano	4.24	36 reads
Whiteout Greg Rucka Steve Lieber	3.75	10 reads
The Mad Archives Wallace Wood Will Elder Harvey Kurtzman John Severin Jerry DeFuccio	0	1 read
Doom Patrol, Vol. 4: Musclebound Grant Morrison	3.7	10 reads
Planetary, Volume 1	3.77	30 reads
Twentieth Century Eightball Daniel Clowes	3.67	5 reads
Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 Gilbert Hernández Mario Hernández Jaime Hernández	0	2 reads
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth Isabel Greenberg	3.83	8 reads
Megahex Simon Hanselmann	3.78	11 reads
Here Richard McGuire	4.35	25 reads
Blacksad 1 Juanjo Guarnido Juan Díaz Canales Elif Gökteke (Translator)	4.32	28 reads
Daytripper Fábio Moon Gabriel Bá	4.31	58 reads
The Stonekeeper Kazu Kibuishi	3.67	71 reads
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl Ben Hatke	4.17	10 reads
American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang	3.86	87 reads
Castle Waiting Linda Medley	3.91	12 reads
Ghosts Raina Telgemeier	3.93	65 reads
Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey Ngozi Ukazu	4.21	45 reads
Hark! A Vagrant Kate Beaton	4.5	36 reads
Little Lulu, Volume 8: Late For School John Stanley Irving Tripp	0	0 reads
Peanuts Charles M. Schulz	0	0 reads
More Dykes to Watch Out For Alison Bechdel	4.5	2 reads
Pogo Walt Kelly	0	0 reads
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson	4.75	82 reads
Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon	4.33	76 reads
Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others Mike Mignola P. Craig Russell	3.6	11 reads
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power	4.33	41 reads
Gotham Central, Vol. 2: Half a Life Greg Rucka	4.33	7 reads
Swamp Thing, Vol. 6: Reunion Alan Moore	4.25	31 reads
Astro city life in the big city Kurt Busiek	3.5	2 reads
The Vision Tom King	4.4	33 reads
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal G. Willow Wilson	4.13	117 reads
Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book One Ta-Nehisi Coates Stan Lee Laura Martin	3.7	14 reads
The Absolute Sandman, Volume One	4.71	53 reads
Rogue's Curse Wendy Pini Richard Pini Bern Harkins	4.5	5 reads
Saga: Book One	4.43	60 reads
Hip hop family tree Ed Piskor	0	0 reads
Understanding Comics Scott McCloud	4.24	97 reads
March John Lewis Andrew Aydin Nate Powell	4.5	3 reads
Fun home Alison Bechdel	4.04	160 reads
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi Mattias Ripa (Translator)	4.36	194 reads
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 25 Hiromu Arakawa Akira Watanabe (Translator)	4.38	9 reads
One Piece, Vol. 6: The Oath Eiichiro Oda	4.11	44 reads
PLUTO Naoki Urasawa Takashi Nagasaki Jared Cook (Translator) Frederick L. Schodt (Translator)	4.31	29 reads
Akira, Vol. 1 Yoko Umezawa (Translator) Linda M. York (Translator) Jo Duffy (Translator) Katsuhiro Otomo	4.43	67 reads
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series David Lewis (Translator) Toren Smith (Translator)	4.83	10 reads
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road Kazuo Koike	3.54	14 reads
Finder: The Rescuers Carla Speed McNeil	0	1 read
Sex Criminals, Volume Three: Three the Hard Way Matt Fraction	3.57	17 reads
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 David Petersen	3.81	28 reads
Usagi Yojimbo Stan Sakai	0	0 reads
The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear Robert Kirkman	4.11	25 reads
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 0: Tales of Human Waste Warren Ellis	4.26	63 reads
Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega Joe Hill	4.55	62 reads
Bitch Planet Volume 2 Kelly Sue DeConnick Valentine De Landro	4.47	18 reads
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act Kieron Gillen	3.69	123 reads
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening Sana Takeda	3.88	87 reads
The color of heaven Kim dong hwa Tong-hwa Kim	0	0 reads
Contract with God Trilogy Will Eisner	4.5	5 reads
How To Be Happy Eleanor Davis	3.25	7 reads
The Acme Novelty Library #13 Chris Ware	4.05	25 reads
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Emil Ferris	4.2	24 reads
Blankets Craig Thompson	3.93	133 reads
Through the Woods Emily Carroll	4.01	109 reads
Sweet Tooth, Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods	3.86	45 reads
This One Summer Mariko Tamaki	3.53	96 reads
Maus: Un survivant raconte, tome 1: Mon père saigne l'histoire Art Spiegelman	4.53	218 reads
Watchmen Alan Moore	4.43	644 reads
Nimona Noelle Stevenson	4.31	216 reads

Details	Rating	Readers Count
The Most Dangerous Game Zach Weinersmith	4.67	3 reads
Bone, Vol. 3: Eyes of the Storm Jeff Smith	4.12	100 reads
Action Comics Jerry Siegel Don Cameron Otto Binder Jerry Coleman	4	2 reads
El Deafo Cece Bell	4.07	35 reads
Carl Barks Walt Disney Company	0	0 reads
Vattu Vattu Evan Dahm	4	1 read
The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal E.K. Weaver	4.5	2 reads
O Human Star, Volume One Blue Delliquanti	4.5	4 reads
Kill 6 Billion Demons Tom Parkinson-Morgan	4.13	8 reads
Gunnerkrigg Court, Volume 1: Orientation Thomas Siddell	3.67	8 reads
Stand Still, Stay Silent Stand Still, Stay Silent: Book 1 Minna Sundberg	4	2 reads
Oh Joy Sex Toy Erika Moen	0	1 read
As the Crow Flies Melanie Gillman	3.2	8 reads
Homestuck Andrew Hussie	4.5	8 reads
Wondermark, Vol. 1: Beards of Our Forefathers David Malki	0	0 reads
The Nib #1 The Nib #1	0	0 reads
The Case of the Team Spirit John Allison	3.5	5 reads
Thimble Theater, Introducing Popeye E.C. Segar	0	0 reads
Come Over, Come Over Lynda Barry	5	2 reads
Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage Volume 1 Leonard Starr's Mary Perkins On Stage Volume 1 Leonard Starr	0	0 reads
The Bloom County Library, Vol. 1: 1980-1982 Berkeley Breathed	4.67	4 reads
Geo Herriman's Krazy Ignatz: The Komplete Kat Komics, 1916 George Herriman	0	0 reads
All-Star Superman, Vol. 1 Frank Quitely Grant Morrison	3.95	50 reads
X-Men Chris Claremont	0	1 read
The Incal, Vol. 1 Alejandro Jodorowsky Mœbius	4.18	20 reads
Shade, the Changing Man, Volume 1: The American Scream Peter Milligan	4	4 reads
Your Black Friend and Other Strangers Ben Passmore	4	2 reads
Goodnight Punpun Omnibus, Vol. 1 Inio Asano	4.24	36 reads
Whiteout Greg Rucka Steve Lieber	3.75	10 reads
The Mad Archives Wallace Wood Will Elder Harvey Kurtzman John Severin Jerry DeFuccio	0	1 read
Doom Patrol, Vol. 4: Musclebound Grant Morrison	3.7	10 reads
Planetary, Volume 1	3.77	30 reads
Twentieth Century Eightball Daniel Clowes	3.67	5 reads
Love and Rockets: New Stories #1 Gilbert Hernández Mario Hernández Jaime Hernández	0	2 reads
The Encyclopedia of Early Earth Isabel Greenberg	3.83	8 reads
Megahex Simon Hanselmann	3.78	11 reads
Here Richard McGuire	4.35	25 reads
Blacksad 1 Juanjo Guarnido Juan Díaz Canales Elif Gökteke (Translator)	4.32	28 reads
Daytripper Fábio Moon Gabriel Bá	4.31	58 reads
The Stonekeeper Kazu Kibuishi	3.67	71 reads
Legends of Zita the Spacegirl Ben Hatke	4.17	10 reads
American Born Chinese Gene Luen Yang	3.86	87 reads
Castle Waiting Linda Medley	3.91	12 reads
Ghosts Raina Telgemeier	3.93	65 reads
Check, Please! Book 1: #Hockey Ngozi Ukazu	4.21	45 reads
Hark! A Vagrant Kate Beaton	4.5	36 reads
Little Lulu, Volume 8: Late For School John Stanley Irving Tripp	0	0 reads
Peanuts Charles M. Schulz	0	0 reads
More Dykes to Watch Out For Alison Bechdel	4.5	2 reads
Pogo Walt Kelly	0	0 reads
Calvin and Hobbes Bill Watterson	4.75	82 reads
Hawkeye, Volume 1: My Life as a Weapon	4.33	76 reads
Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others Mike Mignola P. Craig Russell	3.6	11 reads
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol. 1: Squirrel Power	4.33	41 reads
Gotham Central, Vol. 2: Half a Life Greg Rucka	4.33	7 reads
Swamp Thing, Vol. 6: Reunion Alan Moore	4.25	31 reads
Astro city life in the big city Kurt Busiek	3.5	2 reads
The Vision Tom King	4.4	33 reads
Ms. Marvel, Vol. 1: No Normal G. Willow Wilson	4.13	117 reads
Black Panther, Vol. 1: A Nation Under Our Feet, Book One Ta-Nehisi Coates Stan Lee Laura Martin	3.7	14 reads
The Absolute Sandman, Volume One	4.71	53 reads
Rogue's Curse Wendy Pini Richard Pini Bern Harkins	4.5	5 reads
Saga: Book One	4.43	60 reads
Hip hop family tree Ed Piskor	0	0 reads
Understanding Comics Scott McCloud	4.24	97 reads
March John Lewis Andrew Aydin Nate Powell	4.5	3 reads
Fun home Alison Bechdel	4.04	160 reads
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood Marjane Satrapi Mattias Ripa (Translator)	4.36	194 reads
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 25 Hiromu Arakawa Akira Watanabe (Translator)	4.38	9 reads
One Piece, Vol. 6: The Oath Eiichiro Oda	4.11	44 reads
PLUTO Naoki Urasawa Takashi Nagasaki Jared Cook (Translator) Frederick L. Schodt (Translator)	4.31	29 reads
Akira, Vol. 1 Yoko Umezawa (Translator) Linda M. York (Translator) Jo Duffy (Translator) Katsuhiro Otomo	4.43	67 reads
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind: The Complete Series David Lewis (Translator) Toren Smith (Translator)	4.83	10 reads
Lone Wolf and Cub, Vol. 1: The Assassin's Road Kazuo Koike	3.54	14 reads
Finder: The Rescuers Carla Speed McNeil	0	1 read
Sex Criminals, Volume Three: Three the Hard Way Matt Fraction	3.57	17 reads
Mouse Guard: Fall 1152 David Petersen	3.81	28 reads
Usagi Yojimbo Stan Sakai	0	0 reads
The Walking Dead, Vol. 17: Something to Fear Robert Kirkman	4.11	25 reads
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 0: Tales of Human Waste Warren Ellis	4.26	63 reads
Locke & Key, Vol. 6: Alpha & Omega Joe Hill	4.55	62 reads
Bitch Planet Volume 2 Kelly Sue DeConnick Valentine De Landro	4.47	18 reads
The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act Kieron Gillen	3.69	123 reads
Monstress, Vol. 1: Awakening Sana Takeda	3.88	87 reads
The color of heaven Kim dong hwa Tong-hwa Kim	0	0 reads
Contract with God Trilogy Will Eisner	4.5	5 reads
How To Be Happy Eleanor Davis	3.25	7 reads
The Acme Novelty Library #13 Chris Ware	4.05	25 reads
My Favorite Thing Is Monsters Emil Ferris	4.2	24 reads
Blankets Craig Thompson	3.93	133 reads
Through the Woods Emily Carroll	4.01	109 reads
Sweet Tooth, Volume 1: Out of the Deep Woods	3.86	45 reads
This One Summer Mariko Tamaki	3.53	96 reads
Maus: Un survivant raconte, tome 1: Mon père saigne l'histoire Art Spiegelman	4.53	218 reads
Watchmen Alan Moore	4.43	644 reads
Nimona Noelle Stevenson	4.31	216 reads

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

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