I was recently asked to share a list of my Top 20 Comic Books. It’s been a loooooooong time since I did any list like this so I started mulling things over in my head and decided to put something together.
I feel as though I’m missing a million things and this list is in no particular order whatsoever. I just wanted to share some of my favourite comics of all-time and hopefully they might give you incentive to check them out, if you haven’t already.
- Runaways by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona (Marvel)
- Locke & Key by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez (IDW)
- Batwoman: Elegy by Greg Rucka and JH Williams III (DC Comics)
- Fantasy Sports by Sam Bosma (Nobrow Press)
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl by Ryan North and Erica Henderson (Marvel)
- Velvet by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting (Image)
- Love, the Tiger by Frederic Brremaud and Federico Bertolucci (Magnetic Press)
- Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez (Nobrow Press)
- Captain Marvel by Kelly Sue DeConnick (Marvel Comics)
- Hellboy: The Midnight Circus by Mike Mignola and Duncan Fegredo (Dark Horse Comics)
- Giant Days by John Allison, Lissa Treiman, and Whitney Cogar (Boom! Studios)
- Fearless Defenders by Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney (Marvel Comics)
- Lady Killer by Jamie S. Rich, Joelle Jones and Laura Allred (Dark Horse Comics)
- Bandette by Paul Tobin and Colleen Coover (Monkeybrain)
- Through the Woods by Emily Carroll (Margaret K. McElderry Books)
- Gotham Academy by Brenden Fletcher, Karl Kerschl, and Becky Cloonan (DC Comics)
- Anya’s Ghost by Vera Brosgol (Square Fish)
- Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton (Drawn & Quarterly)
- The Adventures of Superhero Girl by Faith Erin Hicks (Dark Horse Comics)
- Lumberjanes by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn Allen, and Shannon Watters (Boom! Studios)
You maaaaaay notice that a lot of these books featuring female characters. That was not intentional when compiling the list but here we are. I guess that maybe we gravitate towards the things that we see ourselves in.
What are some of your favourite comic books?