Brian Talbot: The Tale of One Bad Rat

Andi Watson: Breakfast After Noon

Terri (sp?) Moore: Strangers In Paradise series.

Jhonen Vasquez: JTHM: Director's Cut

Warren Ellis: Transmetropolitan series.

Neil Gaiman: Sandman series

Kyle Baker: Why I Hate Saturn

I'm certainly forgetting some, but that's the bulk of it.

- Iain http://www.darwinscomplex.com

I'm all about From Hell. Then again, that's probably because it's the most recent graphic novel I've read...and it kicked ass.

SIGNIFICANT COLLAGE NOVELS, COMIC STRIP CONTINUITIES AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: A CHRONOLOGY 1905-2001

N.B.: Dates in brackets indicate publication year (when known) of compilations.
1905-14. LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND [Strip Continuity].WINSOR MCKAY.
1911. WHAT A LIFE! E.V. LUCAS & G. MORROW. [Collage Novel]
1910s-1930s. KRAZY KAT [Strip Continuity]. GEORGE HERRIMAN.
1919 [1988]. PASSIONATE JOURNEY: A NOVEL TOLD IN 165 WOODCUTS. FRANK MASEREEL
1920s-1940s. L'IL ORPHAN ANNIE [Strip Continuity]. HAROLD GRAY.
1920S-1930s. CAPTAIN EASY & WASH TUBBS [Strip Continuity]. ROY CRANE.
1929. THE HUNDRED HEADLESS WOMEN. MAX ERNST. [Collage Novel]
1930. A YOUNG GIRL DREAMS OF TAKING THE VEIL. MAX ERNST. [Collage Novel] 1930 [1983]. HE DONE HER WRONG [aka HEARTS OF GOLD]. MILT GROSS.
1930S. THIMBLE THEATRE [Strip Continuity]. ELZIE SEGAR.
1930s-1950s. DICK TRACY [Strip Continuity]. CHESTER GOULD.
1932-1976. TINTIN [Series]. HERGE.
1933. A WEEK OF KINDNESS, OR THE SEVEN DEADLY ELEMENTS. MAX ERNST. [Collage Novel]
1930s-1940s. TERRY AND THE PIRATES [Strip Continuity]. MILT CANIFF.
1930s-1950s. L'IL ABNER [Strip Continuity]. AL CAPP.
1930s-1950s. ABBIE AN' SLATS [Strip Continuity]. AL CAPP/ ELIOT CAPLIN.
1944. BARNABY AND MR. O'MALLEY. CROCKETT JOHNSON.
1950-1960s. POGO [Strip Continuity]. WALT KELLY.
1951-52 [1983]. OUTER SPACE SPIRIT. [Strip Continuity]. EISNER/FEIFFER/WOOD.
1952-1956. MAD 1-29. KURTZMAN ET.AL.
1959. FUZZ AGAINST JUNK. AKBAR DEL PIOMBO. [Collage Novel]
1959. [1989] THE JUNGLE BOOK. HARVEY KURTZMAN.
1960. HORRIBLE: AN ACCOUNT OF THE SAD ACHIEVEMENTS OF PROGRESS. TOMI UNGERER. [Collage Novel]
1960-62. [1984.] GOODMAN BEAVER. KURTZMAN/ELDER.
1962-66. SPIDERMAN (Series). LEE & DITKO.
1965-72 [1993]. THE LIFE AND DEATH OF FRITZ THE CAT. ROBERT CRUMB.
1968. HIS NAME IS SAVAGE. GIL KANE.
1969. THE BEAUTIFUL ISLAND. MEG RUTHERFORD. [Collage Novel]
1971. BLACKMARK. GIL KANE.
1972. BINKY BROWN MEETS THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY. JUSTN GREEN.
1972-1973. BAREFOOT GEN: A CARTOON STORY OF HIROSHIMA. KENJI NAKAZAWA. 1974. [1978.] THE FIRST KINGDOM. JACK KATZ.
1975. THE VERY LARGE BOOK OF COMICAL FUNNIES. NATIONAL LAMPOON.
1978. A CONTRACT WITH GOD AND OTHER TENEMENT STORIES. EISNER.
1978-80 [1983]. LIFE ON ANOTHER PLANET [A SIGNAL FROM SPACE.] WILL EISNER. 1977-. CEREBUS (SERIES). DAVE SIM.
1978-- [1988]. ELFQUEST (SERIES). WENDY AND RICHARD PINI.
1979. NEW ADVENTURES OF JESUS. FOOLBERT STURGEON [FRANK STACK].
1979. NUTS. GAHAN WILSON.
1979-1995. OMAHA THE CAT DANCER. KATE WORLEY & REED WALLER.
1980-89. REID FLEMING, WORLD'S TOUGHEST MILKMAN [ROGUE TO RICHES]. DAVID BOSWELL.
1981-83 [1986]. NEW YORK: THE BIG CITY. WILL EISNER.
1981- CHRONICLES OF JUDGE DREDD (SERIES). BRIAN BOLLAND ET.AL.
1982-- LOVE AND ROCKETS (SERIES). GILBERT AND JAIME HERNANDEZ.
1982. MUTANT WORLD. RICHARD CORBEN AND JAN STRNAD.
1982. LOS TEJANOS. JACK JACKSON.
1982. MACBETH: THE FOLIO EDITION. VON.
1982. STEPHEN KING'S CREEPSHOW. BERNI WRIGHTSON.
1982-83 [1990]. V FOR VENDETTA. ALAN MOORE & DAVID LLOYD.
1982-85 [1988]. CAMELOT 3000. MIKE BARR.
1983-90. [1986--] GRENDEL. MATT WAGNER.
1983. OTHELLO COMPLETE AND UNABRIDGED. OSCAR ZARETE.
1983. "FRANKENSTEIN: MARVEL ILLUSTRATED NOVEL.BERNIE WRIGHTSON.
1983-85. [1988]. A LIFE FORCE. WILL EISNER.
1984-. SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING. VARIOUS.
1984. JAN POLLOCK'S ILLUSTRATED KING LEAR. JAN POLLOCK.
1984. HEARTBURST. RICK VIETCH.
1984-- [1987-89]. JOURNEY (SERIES). WILLIAM MESSNER-LOEBS.
1984--. FLAMING CARROT (SERIES). BOB BURDEN.
1984-85. MR. X. (SERIES). JAIME HERNANDEZ.
1984-86 [1998-99]. MAGE: THE HERO DISCOVERED. MATT WAGNER.
1985-1989. [1989] THE BRADLEYS (SERIES). PETER BAGGE.
1985. THE ORIGINAL NEXUS. MIKE BARON.
1985. RONIN. FRANK MILLER.
1985-. AMERICAN FLAGG! (SERIES) .HOWARD CHAYKIN.
1986. THE DREAMER. WILL EISNER.
1986. THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS. FRANK MILLER.
1987. THE BUILDING. WILL EISNER.
1987. THE WATCHMEN. ALAN MOORE.
1988. LONE WOLF AND CUB, BOOK ONE. KAZUO KOIKE.
1988. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE. ALAN MOORE AND BRIAN BOLLAND.
1989-1991. MAUS: A SURVIVOR'S TALE. ART SPIEGELMAN.
1990. WHY I HATE SATURN. KYLE BAKER.
1990. MY NEW YORK DIARY. JULIE DOUCET.
1990-1994. THE CARTOON HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE. LARRY GONICK.
1990-1998 [1993-2001]. HATE (SERIES). [VOL. 1-6.] PETER BAGGE.
1991. PEEP SHOW. JOE MATT.
1991. TO THE HEART OF THE STORM. WILL EISNER.
1992. FLOOD! A NOVEL IN PICTURES. ERIC DROOKER.
1992-97. THE SANDMAN (SERIES). GAIMAN.
1992. MY PERFECT LIFE. LYNDA BARRY.
1993. INVISIBLE PEOPLE. WILL EISNER.
1993. LIKE A VELVET GLOVE CAST IN IRON. DANIEL CLOWES.
1993. UNDERSTANDING COMICS. SCOTT MCCLOUD.
1993-98. [2000.] JIMMY CORRIGAN, THE SMARTEST KID ON EARTH (SERIES). CHRIS WARE.
1993-94. THE COMPLETE BONE ADVENTURES. JEFF SMITH.
1994. OUR CANCER YEAR. HARVEY PEKAR & JOYCE BRABNER.
1994. I NEVER LIKED YOU. CHESTER BROWN.
1995. DYKES TO WATCH OUT FOR. ALISON BECHDEL.
1995. DROPSIE AVENUE: THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WILL EISNER.
1995. THE TALE OF ONE BAD RAT. BRYAN TALBOT.
1995. MAI THE PSYCHIC GIRL.KAZUKA KUDO.
1996. KINGDOM COME.MARK WAID AND ALEX ROSS.
1996. JULIUS KNIPL: REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER. BEN KATCHOR.
1996. IT'S A GOOD LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN. SETH.
1997-1999. MAGE: THE HERO DEFINED. MATT WAGNER.
1997. JAR OF FOOLS. JASON LUTES.
1997. GHOSTWORLD. DANIEL CLOWES.
1998. JACK KIRBY'S NEW GODS. JACK KIRBY.
1998. FAMILY MATTER. WILL EISNER.
1999. YOU ARE HERE. KYLE BAKER.
2000. THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN. ALAN MOORE & KEVIN O'NEIL.
2000. LAST DAY IN VIETNAM. WILL EISNER.
2000. 300. FRANK MILLER.
2000. FROM HELL. ALAN MOORE.
2000. MINOR MIRACLES. WILL EISNER.
2000. REINVENTING COMICS. SCOTT MCCLOUD.
2001. DAVID BORING. DANIEL CLOWES.

http://www.dreamwater.net/mpc/lemon138.htm

without a doubt, Cages.

close seconds:
Elektra Assassin
Bone
Watchmen
Swamp Thing (the Alan Moore run)
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
David Boring
Caricature
Salade Nicoise (French comic)
anything Lapinot (aka McConey by Fantagraphics)

and so many others.....


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Sean
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The Chester Brown TPBs
the playboy
I never liked you
the little man and other stories

Dan and Larry by Dave Cooper

it's a good life if you don't weaken by Seth.

any collection of little nemo and any of Crumbs stuff except the sketchbooks.

1) The complete BONE collection.
2) The complete USAGI YOJIMBO collection.
3) MAUS

i think the best graphic novels come from eurpoe.
tintin is the best comic ever made!(art and story)
and asterix is great,to!

I think most people have said these, but ah well, I feel like adding my list anyway:

Maus
From Hell
I Never Liked You
Ed the Happy Clown
Jimmy Corrigan
Ghost World
Chester Square
Poison River
Flies on the Ceiling
Jaka's Story
Hicksville
Jar of Fools
It's a Good Life If You Don't Weaken

Oh man! How can I forget Herge's work?!? Add Tintin at the top of my list!

Sanctuary.