Garsh, how in the world did I manage to leave Jimmy Corrigan off the list? Whoops.

My favorite graphic novels are:

PICTURES THAT TICK, Dave McKean
JAKA'S STORY, Dave Sim
CAGES, Dave McKean
SEASON OF MISTS, Neil Gaiman and many others
THE ROCKETEER, Dave Stevens
ENEMY ACE, George Pratt
SW/HEIR TO THE EMPIRE, Baron,Vatine, Blanchard
BLUEBERRY, CHIHUAHUA PEARL, Charlier, Giraud

The Preacher Library
The Sandman Library
Like a Velvet Glove cast in Iron
Harlon Ellison's Dream Corridor (If you never read this you OWE it to yourself to find it!)
JTHM
SQUEE
Gaimen's STARDUST (technically an "Illustrated Novel, but great nontheless)
Tale of one bad rat

A few of my faves

Big Baby by Charles Burns
Suckle by Dave Cooper
League of Extraordingary Gentleman by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neil
David Boring by Daniel Clowes
Hellblazer-Hard Time by Brian Azzarello and Richard Corben
Invisibles Say You Want A Revolution by Grant Morrison & Various

That's just a few of many off the top of my head.

My favorite Graphic Novel is Goodbye Chunky Rice, by Craig Thompson. Since that every graphic novel I read is measured by it.

A close second is Minimum Wage, by Bob Fingerman.

Dark Knight Returns. Also liked Marvels.

I'll have to agree with the Planetary opinion. Now if only Ellis and Cassaday would get around to actually producing another issue. That would be nice. And, oh yeah...God Loves, Man Kills...I'd almost forgotten about that one...one of the all time great Xmen stories.

Aw crap...I forgot about "Available Light"...that was a damn nice book.

The killing joke

The big city (or city people,something like that,it's brilliant}-will eisner.

a graphic novel is a big-ass comic book.

remember kids; back in the olden days, NOVELS were serialized as well!

stop splitting hairs