The Artists & Titles that Saved American Comics of the '90s from Suffocating in Stapled Shit

1.
Blade of the Immortal, Volume 1: Blood of a Thousand
Blade of the Immortal, Volume 1: Blood of a Thousand 4.12 avg rating β€” 4,542 ratings
2.
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken: A Picture Novella
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken: A Picture Novella
by: Seth
3.77 avg rating β€” 6,965 ratings
3.
Preacher, Book 1
Preacher, Book 1 4.37 avg rating β€” 10,317 ratings
4.
Black Hole
Black Hole 3.85 avg rating β€” 52,072 ratings
4.
Marvels
Marvels 4.29 avg rating β€” 39,707 ratings
6.
The Complete Eightball
The Complete Eightball 4.46 avg rating β€” 841 ratings
6.
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art 4.01 avg rating β€” 129,152 ratings
8.
Suckle: The Status of Basil
Suckle: The Status of Basil 3.74 avg rating β€” 120 ratings
8.
The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln
The New Adventures of Abraham Lincoln 3.92 avg rating β€” 246 ratings
10.
Arkwright Integral
Arkwright Integral 4.49 avg rating β€” 78 ratings
10.
Big Numbers 1
Big Numbers 1 4.01 avg rating β€” 150 ratings
12.
The Frank Book
The Frank Book 4.35 avg rating β€” 2,302 ratings
12.
Taboo #1
Taboo #1 4.16 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
14.
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth 4.08 avg rating β€” 24,518 ratings
14.
S.R. Bissette's Tyrant Volume 1
S.R. Bissette's Tyrant Volume 1 4.12 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
16.
Epileptic
Epileptic
by: David B.
3.89 avg rating β€” 13,738 ratings
16.
The Maximortal
The Maximortal 3.95 avg rating β€” 280 ratings
18.
Locas
Locas 4.40 avg rating β€” 2,885 ratings
18.
Brat Pack
Brat Pack 3.70 avg rating β€” 559 ratings
20.
Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories
Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories 4.33 avg rating β€” 2,104 ratings
20.
Melmoth (Cerebus, #6)
Melmoth (Cerebus, #6)
by: Dave Sim
3.60 avg rating β€” 849 ratings
22.
Hard Boiled
Hard Boiled 3.74 avg rating β€” 3,587 ratings
22.
Come Over, Come Over
Come Over, Come Over 4.47 avg rating β€” 671 ratings
24.
Big Damn Sin City
Big Damn Sin City 4.40 avg rating β€” 2,154 ratings
24.
Art & Beauty Magazine
Art & Beauty Magazine 3.94 avg rating β€” 77 ratings
26.
Stray Bullets: Über Alles Edition
Stray Bullets: Über Alles Edition 4.51 avg rating β€” 567 ratings
26.
Optimism of Youth: The Underground Work
Optimism of Youth: The Underground Work 4.50 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
28.
Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil
Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction and Wake the Devil 4.43 avg rating β€” 4,306 ratings
28.
Lost Cause: John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor Sutton Feud, and Reconstruction Texas
Lost Cause: John Wesley Hardin, the Taylor Sutton Feud, and Reconstruction Texas 3.89 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
30.
Berlin, Vol. 1: City of Stones
Berlin, Vol. 1: City of Stones 3.94 avg rating β€” 6,361 ratings
30.
God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips
God's Bosom and Other Stories: The Historical Strips 4.09 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
32.
The Invisibles
The Invisibles 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,828 ratings
32.
Indian Lover: Sam Houston and the Cherokees
Indian Lover: Sam Houston and the Cherokees 4.22 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
34.
For a Few Troubles More
For a Few Troubles More 3.21 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
35.
Dan & Larry: Don't Do That
Dan & Larry: Don't Do That 3.98 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
35.
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas
Preacher, Volume 1: Gone to Texas 4.16 avg rating β€” 78,802 ratings
37.
The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1
The Sandman Omnibus Vol. 1 4.65 avg rating β€” 3,745 ratings
37.
Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits
Hellblazer: Dangerous Habits 4.30 avg rating β€” 10,677 ratings
39.
David Boring
David Boring 3.82 avg rating β€” 9,014 ratings
39.
Hitman, Vol. 1: A Rage in Arkham
Hitman, Vol. 1: A Rage in Arkham 3.77 avg rating β€” 1,468 ratings
41.
Caricature
Caricature 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,444 ratings
41.
Goddess
Goddess 3.14 avg rating β€” 358 ratings
43.
It Was the War of the Trenches
It Was the War of the Trenches 4.23 avg rating β€” 2,545 ratings
43.
Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones, Vol. 1
Batman by Doug Moench & Kelley Jones, Vol. 1 3.70 avg rating β€” 192 ratings
45.
Drinky Crows Maakies Treasury
Drinky Crows Maakies Treasury 4.29 avg rating β€” 582 ratings
45.
Batman: Prey
Batman: Prey 3.96 avg rating β€” 1,953 ratings
47.
Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood
Underworld: From Hoboken to Hollywood
by: Kaz
4.44 avg rating β€” 62 ratings
47.
Martian Manhunter: Rings of Saturn
Martian Manhunter: Rings of Saturn 3.67 avg rating β€” 116 ratings
49.
My New York Diary
My New York Diary 3.83 avg rating β€” 3,019 ratings
49.
Martian Manhunter: Son of Mars
Martian Manhunter: Son of Mars 3.74 avg rating β€” 198 ratings
51.
R.I.P: Best of 1985-2004
R.I.P: Best of 1985-2004 4.01 avg rating β€” 384 ratings
51.
The Spectre, Volume 2: Wrath of God
The Spectre, Volume 2: Wrath of God 4.01 avg rating β€” 208 ratings
53.
Absolute Transmetropolitan Vol. 1
Absolute Transmetropolitan Vol. 1 4.57 avg rating β€” 502 ratings
53.
Batman: Seduction of the Gun
Batman: Seduction of the Gun 3.39 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
55.
Le Monde d'Edena
Le Monde d'Edena
by: MΕ“bius
4.19 avg rating β€” 3,084 ratings
55.
Batman: Death of Innocents
Batman: Death of Innocents 3.69 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
57.
Batman: Gordon of Gotham
Batman: Gordon of Gotham 3.56 avg rating β€” 303 ratings
58.
The Ring of the Nibelung, Vol. 1
The Ring of the Nibelung, Vol. 1 4.17 avg rating β€” 293 ratings
59.
The Ring of the Nibelung
The Ring of the Nibelung 3.70 avg rating β€” 112 ratings
60.
The Ring of the Nibelung
The Ring of the Nibelung 4.22 avg rating β€” 846 ratings
61.
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Selfish Giant/The Star Child (Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, #1)
Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde: The Selfish Giant/The Star Child (Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 309 ratings
62.
Raw Volume 2 Number 2: Required Reading for the Post-Literate
Raw Volume 2 Number 2: Required Reading for the Post-Literate 4.34 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
63.
Raw Volume 2 Number 3: High Culture for Lowbrows
Raw Volume 2 Number 3: High Culture for Lowbrows 4.40 avg rating β€” 99 ratings
64.
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2)
Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began (Maus, #2) 4.42 avg rating β€” 156,044 ratings
65.
The Complete Concrete
The Complete Concrete 4.02 avg rating β€” 649 ratings
66.
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street
Transmetropolitan, Vol. 1: Back on the Street 4.20 avg rating β€” 46,961 ratings
67.
Invisible People
Invisible People 4.01 avg rating β€” 507 ratings
68.
Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood (The Contract With God Trilogy #3)
Dropsie Avenue: The Neighborhood (The Contract With God Trilogy #3) 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,191 ratings
69.
Palestine
Palestine
by: Joe Sacco
4.25 avg rating β€” 20,959 ratings
70.
War Junkie
War Junkie
by: Joe Sacco
3.75 avg rating β€” 56 ratings
71.
The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book
The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book 4.33 avg rating β€” 615 ratings
72.
Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville (Bone, #1)
Bone, Vol. 1: Out from Boneville (Bone, #1) 4.19 avg rating β€” 90,343 ratings
73.
Bone: The Complete Edition
Bone: The Complete Edition 4.46 avg rating β€” 38,170 ratings
74.
Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet
Dirty Plotte: The Complete Julie Doucet 4.12 avg rating β€” 164 ratings
75.
Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary
Peepshow: The Cartoon Diary
by: Joe Matt
3.92 avg rating β€” 603 ratings
76.
Palooka-Ville #1
Palooka-Ville #1
by: Seth
3.76 avg rating β€” 68 ratings
77.
A Thousand Ships (Age of Bronze, #1)
A Thousand Ships (Age of Bronze, #1) 3.92 avg rating β€” 1,533 ratings