Here's some favorites.

THE AIRTIGHT GARAGE by Moebius.
SANDMAN by Gaiman and various artists.
ADOLF by Osamu Tezuka. The God of manga's masterpiece.
RONIN by Miller.
CHURCH AND STATE by Sim and Gerhard
A CONTRACT WITH GOD by Eisner.
THE JUNGLE BOOK by Kurtzman. From 1959, perhaps the first original graphic novel published in USA.
SIN CITY by Miller. The original serial.
V FOR VENDETTA by Moore.
HIGH SOCIETY by SIM.
DARK KNIGHT RETURNS by Miller.
and finally . . . WATCHMEN by Moore and Gibbens.

Definitely Watchmen and V For Vendetta. And Marvel Masterworks, especially FF and the Ditko stuff.

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All three of the Rio gn's, by Doug Wildey, Moving Fortress by Ricardo Barreiro and Enrique Alcatena, the first three Starman trades, and Marvel's X-men;God Loves, Man Kills. Classics, all.

Hard to put these in order as what I prefer to read depends on my mood but right now it's:

From Hell, Maus, Miracle Man, V for Vendetta, Barry Ween, Watchmen, Sandman, Lone Wolf and Cub, Legion Archives Vol. 1 & 2, Stuck Rubber Baby, Pedro and Me.

I'll probably remember a few others that should be on the list after I post this, but that's a nice little collection for now.



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Daredevil:Born Again by Frank Miller

I actually read the original in the regular series but I also bought the TPB to have it in 1 volume. I go back to it a lot.

Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks

From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell

Berlin vol. 1 by Jason Lutes

Age of Bronze vol. 1 by Eric Shanower

Any/all of the Bone books by Jeff Smith

Monkey vs. Robot by James Kochalka

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Mr. Blank is my absolute favorite TPB. It's just beautifully done.

Nausicaa of the Valley of Wind - by Hayao Miyzaki!

Daredevil: Born Again - by Frank Miller and David Mazzuchelli

MiracleMan - written by Alan Moore, err.. forgot who drew it... ;___;

Battle Angel Alita (japanese title is Gunnm) - by Yukito Kishiro

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Just going off the shelf above my desk where I put some of my favorite GN's (and art books).

In no particular order (other than left to right):
MR. PUNCH
SIGNAL TO NOISE
VIOLENT CASES
LUBA CONQUERS THE WORLD
CHESTER SQUARE
DRAWN & QUARTERLY VOLS. 3&4
SAFE AREA GORADZE
GOLEM'S MIGHTY SWING
HEY, WAIT...
BOX OFFICE POISON
A COMPLETE LOWLIFE
EXPO'S 99, 00, & 01
THE KING OF PERSIA
GOOD-BYE, CHUNKY RICE (oh yeah!)
HICKSVILLE
IT'S A GOOD LIFE IF YOU DON'T WEAKEN
I NEVER LIKED YOU
THE COMPLETE HUTCH OWEN
HOW TO BE AN ARTIST (have re-read this about 6 times so far!)
PISTOLWHIP
BIZARRO (spent weeks pouring over this one)
BIG CLAY POT
LA MOUCHE
CITY OF GLASS
SUCKLE
CRUMPLE
LAZARUS CHURCHYARD:THE FINAL CUT
COUSCOUS EXPRESS
THE LAND OF NOD ROCKABYE BOOK
VOLCANIC REVOLVER

Whew! And I didn't even include the magazines (RUBBER BLANKET, CAGES) or the artbooks (BATMAN: ANIMATED, the Alex Toth books, etc.)
Come to think of it, the next time anyone asks me for a good primer list of great comics, I think I'll just refer them to this shelf! ;-)

Starman: Sins of the Father and
Dark Knight Returns.