The 16 Greatest Literary Graphic Novels
Pulitzer-winning memoirs, genre-shattering epics and intimate coming-of-age tales prove comics can be high literature. Which one stands tallest?
1WatchmenAlan Moore and Dave Gibbons' genre-deconstructing 1986 superhero epic.1000pts
2PersepolisMarjane Satrapi's black-and-white memoir of growing up during the Iranian Revolution.551pts
3DaytripperFabio Moon and Gabriel Ba's lyrical tale exploring the pivotal moments of one man's life.551pts
4Asterios PolypDavid Mazzucchelli's visually inventive novel about a fallen architect rebuilding his life.494pts
5Black HoleCharles Burns' surreal horror story of teenagers afflicted by a mutating sexually transmitted plague.494pts
6BlanketsCraig Thompson's tender autobiographical coming-of-age graphic novel about first love and faith.494pts
7Fun HomeAlison Bechdel's tragicomic memoir about her father and her own coming out.428pts
8Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on EarthChris Ware's formally innovative, melancholic story of a lonely man meeting his estranged father.428pts
9From HellAlan Moore and Eddie Campbell's dense Jack the Ripper investigation through Victorian London.428pts
10Ghost WorldDaniel Clowes' wry portrait of two disaffected teenage girls drifting after high school.257pts
11A Contract with GodWill Eisner's seminal 1978 work credited with popularizing the term graphic novel.257pts
12MausArt Spiegelman's Pulitzer-winning Holocaust memoir depicting Jews as mice and Nazis as cats.0pts
13The SandmanNeil Gaiman's mythic fantasy series following Dream of the Endless.0pts
14V for VendettaAlan Moore and David Lloyd's dystopian tale of an anarchist revolutionary in a fascist Britain.0pts
15PalestineJoe Sacco's pioneering work of comics journalism documenting life in the occupied territories.0pts
16EpilepticDavid B.'s harrowing autobiographical account of growing up with his epileptic brother.0pts
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