The greatest graphic novels of all time
The top 3 according to 37 votes from people: Batman: The Killing Joke · Persepolis · Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. (Updated Jul 19, 2020.)
The comics that show up at the top of every best graphic novel list, from Watchmen and Maus to Persepolis and Saga.
Top 20
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1
Batman: The Killing Joke
Alan Moore and Brian Bolland, 1988. The Joker's possible origin.
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2
Persepolis
Marjane Satrapi, 2000-2003. Growing up in Iran after the revolution.
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Batman: The Dark Knight Returns
Frank Miller, 1986. An old, angry Batman comes back.
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Watchmen
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, 1986-1987. The superhero taken apart.
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The Sandman
Neil Gaiman and others, 1989-1996. The Lord of Dreams and his family.
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All-Star Superman
Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, 2005-2008. Superman's last labours.
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Y: The Last Man
Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra, 2002-2008. Every male mammal dies except one.
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Maus
Art Spiegelman, 1980-1991. The Holocaust told with mice and cats; first comic to win a Pulitzer.
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The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill, from 1999. Victorian fiction's heroes team up.
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10
V for Vendetta
Alan Moore and David Lloyd, 1982-1989. A masked anarchist against a fascist Britain.
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Fun Home
Alison Bechdel, 2006. A memoir about her father and herself.
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12
Black Hole
Charles Burns, 1995-2005. A teenage plague in 1970s Seattle.
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March
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell, 2013-2016. The civil rights movement from the inside.
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14
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
Mike Mignola, 1994. The demon who works for the good guys.
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15
Saga
Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples, since 2012. Space opera about a family on the run.
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From Hell
Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, 1989-1998. Jack the Ripper and Victorian London.
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The Incal
Alejandro Jodorowsky and Moebius, 1980-1988. Cosmic sci-fi that inspired a generation.
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18
Through the Woods
Emily Carroll, 2014. Five eerie fairy-tale horror stories.
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Blacksad
Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido, since 2000. Noir detective stories with animals.
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Nimona
ND Stevenson, 2015. A shapeshifter and a villain who isn't one.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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