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Drawn Out: The 50 Best Non-Superhero Graphic Novels

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Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic

by Alison Bechdel

8,169 members

368 reviews

4.2

6 Members: timtom, guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

6,897 members

253 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: timtom, guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Hark! A Vagrant

1,639 members

78 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: timtom, guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History

by Art Spiegelman

10,685 members

255 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: hipdeep, guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Maus II: A Survivor's Tale: And Here My Troubles Began

by Art Spiegelman

7,344 members

139 reviews

½ 4.5

5 Members: hipdeep, guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Brian K. Vaughan

4,745 members

290 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

7

3,862 members

87 reviews

4.2

3 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76

8

by Brian K. Vaughan

3,068 members

146 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

9

by Charles Burns

2,743 members

87 reviews

3.8

3 Members: timtom, mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

10

by Brian K. Vaughan

2,571 members

114 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

11

by Brian K. Vaughan

2,247 members

95 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

12

by Fiona Staples

1,964 members

72 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

13

Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea

1,773 members

73 reviews

3.9

3 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76

14

by Brian K. Vaughan

1,606 members

61 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

15

Sex Criminals, Vol. 1: One Weird Trick

by Matt Fraction

1,329 members

78 reviews

3.8

3 Members: guyalice, mellowout124, racergirl76

16

947 members

28 reviews

4.2

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

17

Step Aside, Pops: A Hark! A Vagrant Collection

741 members

26 reviews

4.2

3 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Finder Library: Volume 1

by Carla Speed McNeil

210 members

6 reviews

4.1

3 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76, WomensSeqArtLibrary

19

by Daniel Clowes

3,622 members

78 reviews

3.8

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

20

The Invisibles, Vol. 1: Say You Want a Revolution

by Grant Morrison

1,214 members

27 reviews

3.8

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Tintin in America / Cigars of the Pharaoh / The Blue Lotus

954 members

8 reviews

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76

22

Berlin: City of Stones

790 members

35 reviews

3.9

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

23

by Alejandro Jodorowsky

780 members

28 reviews

3.9

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

24

The Invisibles, Vol. 4: Bloody Hell in America

by Grant Morrison

631 members

6 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Contract with God Trilogy

583 members

16 reviews

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76

26

The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures

by Phoebe Gloeckner

500 members

14 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

27

Maggie the Mechanic

by Jaime Hernandez

407 members

6 reviews

3.9

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

28

Berlin: City of Smoke

404 members

16 reviews

4

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

29

Heartbreak Soup: A Love and Rockets Book

by Gilbert Hernandez

394 members

5 reviews

4.2

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

30

Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths

by Shigeru Mizuki

270 members

5 reviews

4

2 Members: mellowout124, racergirl76

31

by Leela Corman

205 members

8 reviews

3.8

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

32

Only a Poor Old Man

184 members

1 review

½ 4.7

2 Members: hipdeep, mellowout124

33

The Cowboy Wally Show

167 members

2 reviews

3.9

2 Members: mellowout124, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Carla Speed McNeil

130 members

9 reviews

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

35

Finder Library: Volume 2

by Carla Speed McNeil

100 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

36

Twisted Sisters: A Collection of Bad Girl Art

by Diane Noomin

89 members

1 review

4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

37

You'll Never Know, Book One: A Good and Decent Man

83 members

2 reviews

3.9

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

38

Finder: Third World

by Carla Speed McNeil

57 members

3 reviews

3.9

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

39

You'll Never Know, Book Two: Collateral Damage

32 members

4 reviews

4.1

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

40

You'll Never Know, Book Three: Soldier's Heart

13 members

½ 4.4

2 Members: mellowout124, WomensSeqArtLibrary

41

Palookaville #9

6 members

4

2 Members: timtom, mellowout124

42

Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth

3,222 members

59 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

43

Preacher Vol. 1: Gone to Texas

2,504 members

57 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

44

Akira, Volume 1

by Katsuhiro Otomo

1,760 members

36 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

45

Preacher Vol. 2: Until the End of the World

1,689 members

26 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

46

Preacher Vol. 3: Proud Americans

1,482 members

21 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

47

Preacher Vol. 4: Ancient history

1,272 members

18 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

48

Preacher Vol. 5: Dixie Fried

1,261 members

15 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

49

1,238 members

23 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

50

Preacher Vol. 6: War in the Sun

1,199 members

16 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

51

Preacher Vol. 7: Salvation

1,130 members

10 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

52

100 Bullets, Vol. 01: First Shot, Last Call

by Brian Azzarello

1,114 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

53

Preacher Vol. 8: All Hell's A-Coming

1,109 members

14 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

54

Preacher Vol. 9: Alamo

1,104 members

16 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

55

Safe Area Goražde: The War in Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995

1,070 members

30 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

56

Akira, Volume 2

by Katsuhiro Otomo

1,035 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

57

Akira, Volume 3

by Katsuhiro Otomo

909 members

16 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

58

Akira, Volume 4

by Katsuhiro Otomo

822 members

13 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

59

Akira, Volume 5

by Katsuhiro Otomo

757 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

60

Akira, Volume 6

by Katsuhiro Otomo

735 members

11 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

61

Cerebus, Volume 1

721 members

12 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

62

The Invisibles, Vol. 2: Apocalipstick

by Grant Morrison

719 members

8 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

63

The Broken Ear / The Black Island / King Ottokar's Sceptre

701 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

64

100 Bullets, Vol. 02: Split Second Chance

by Brian Azzarello

656 members

11 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

65

The Crab with the Golden Claws / The Shooting Star / The Secret of the Unicorn

637 members

11 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

66

Sex Criminals, Vol. 2: Two Worlds, One Cop

by Matt Fraction

633 members

21 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

67

The Invisibles, Vol. 3: Entropy in the UK

by Grant Morrison

608 members

10 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

68

High Society (Cerebus, Volume 2)

599 members

6 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

69

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 1

by Naoki Urasawa

590 members

10 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

70

The Invisibles, Vol. 5: Counting to None

by Grant Morrison

589 members

4 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

71

Red Rackham's Treasure / The Seven Crystal Balls / Prisoners of the Sun

547 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

72

Land of Black Gold / Destination Moon / Explorers on the Moon

543 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

73

The Calculus Affair / The Red Sea Sharks / Tintin in Tibet

543 members

4 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

74

The Invisibles, Vol. 6: Kissing Mister Quimper

by Grant Morrison

533 members

3 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

75

100 Bullets, Vol. 03: Hang Up on the Hang Low

by Brian Azzarello

529 members

10 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

76

The Invisibles, Vol. 7: The Invisible Kingdom

by Grant Morrison

522 members

7 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

77

100 Bullets, Vol. 04: A Foregone Tomorrow

by Brian Azzarello

487 members

9 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

78

Church & State I (Cerebus, Volume 3)

478 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

79

100 Bullets, Vol. 05: The Counterfifth Detective

by Brian Azzarello

456 members

8 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

80

100 Bullets, Vol. 06: Six Feet Under the Gun

by Brian Azzarello

434 members

7 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

81

Church & State II (Cerebus, Volume 4)

421 members

1 review

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

82

Paying for It: A Comic-Strip Memoir about Being a John

by Chester Brown

420 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

83

The Castafiore Emerald / Flight 714 / Tintin and the Picaros

410 members

2 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

84

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 2

by Naoki Urasawa

397 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

85

100 Bullets, Vol. 07: Samurai

by Brian Azzarello

381 members

6 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

86

100 Bullets, Vol. 08: The Hard Way

by Brian Azzarello

379 members

5 reviews

4.2

Member: mellowout124

87

Freakangels, Volume 1

by Warren Ellis

379 members

12 reviews

4.1

Member: mellowout124

88

Sex Criminals, Vol. 3: Three the Hard Way

by Matt Fraction

367 members

15 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

89

Jaka's Story (Cerebus, Volume 5)

365 members

4 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

90

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 3

by Naoki Urasawa

344 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: mellowout124

91

Melmoth (Cerebus, Volume 6)

331 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: mellowout124

92

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 4

by Naoki Urasawa

328 members

5 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

93

100 Bullets, Vol. 09: Strychnine Lives

by Brian Azzarello

318 members

6 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

94

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 6

by Naoki Urasawa

305 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

95

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 5

by Naoki Urasawa

304 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

96

by Dylan Horrocks

304 members

16 reviews

3.9

Member: mellowout124

97

Flight (Cerebus, Volume 7)

300 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: mellowout124

98

100 Bullets, Vol. 10: Decayed

by Brian Azzarello

298 members

4 reviews

4

Member: mellowout124

99

Our Cancer Year

by Harvey Pekar

294 members

10 reviews

3.8

Member: mellowout124

100

Pluto: Urasawa x Tezuka, Volume 7

by Naoki Urasawa

290 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: mellowout124

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