Top 10 of the Year (August 2026 Edition)

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*The idea:*

List your top 10 graphic novels that you've read so far *this year.*

Each month we will post a new thread where you can note what new book(s) you read that month that entered your top 10 and note what book(s) fell off your top 10 list as well if you'd like.

By the end of the year everyone that takes part should have a nice top 10 list of their 2026 reads.

If you haven't read 10 books yet just rank what you have read.

Feel free to jump in whenever. If you miss a month or start late it's not a big deal.

Do your list, your way. For example- I read *Hellboy* this month, but am going to rank the series as 1 slot, rather than split each individual paperback that I read. If you want to do it the other way go for it.

[u/oeinca]

1. Alison (2022) - Lizzy Stewart
   
2. The Nao of Brown (2012) - Glyn Dillon
   
3. The Once and Future Riot (2025) - Joe Sacco
   
4. Holy Lacrimony (2025) - Michael DeForge
   
5. Drome (2025) - Jesse Lonergan
   
6. A Guest in the House (2023) - Emily Carroll
   
7. Tongues (2025) - Anders Nilsen
   
8. Drinking at the Movies (2010) - Julia Wertz
   
9. Goblin Girl (2018) - Moa Romanova
   
10. It's Lonely at the Centre of the Earth (2022) - Zoe Thorogood
    

[u/BigAmuletBlog]

1. One Beautiful Spring Day by Jim Woodring (10/10)
2. Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli (10/10)
3. Kingdom (up to vol 9) by Yasuhisa Hara (9/10)
4. We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us by Matthew Rosenberg and Stefano Landini (9/10) 
5. Why Don’t You Love Me? by Paul B. Rainey (9/10)
6. Tokyo These Days (vols 1-3) by Taiyo Matsumoto (9/10)
7. Berserk (Deluxe vols 6-9) by Kentaro Miura (9/10) 
8. Ginseng Roots by Craig Thompson (9/10)
9. Bug Wars vol 1 by Jason Aaron and Mahmud Asrar (9/10)
10. Tower Dungeon (up to vol 5) by Tsutomu Nihei (8/10) 

Honourable mentions: Various by Jonathan Hickman (Fantastic Four Omnibus vol 1, East of West, Ultimate Spider-man), Precious Metal by Darcy Van Poelgeest and Ian Bertram (story 7/10, art 10/10), Pomegranate Flowers by Silvia Razakova, Wolvendaughter by Ver.

Asterios Polyp was the highlight of last month for me. It is surely one of the most sophisticated and literary comics I have come across. An immense piece of art that rewards patience and attention, and really showcases what can be achieved in this medium. 

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Honestly didn’t know David Mazzuchelli was still working or even alive. I was telling a friend how incredible his Batman Year One art was

[u/Lynch47]

1. Drome by Jesse Lonegran, 2025
2. Minor Arcana by Jeff Lemire, 2024-Present
3. The Boy Wonder by Juni Ba, 2024
4. Batgirl (Vol. 1) by Kelley Puckett, Scott Peterson, & Others, 2000-2006
5. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine, 2020
6. Justice by Alex Ross & Jim Krueger, 2005-2007
7. Superman Smashes the Klan by Gene Luen Yang, 2019-2020
8. Grommets by Brian Posehn & Rick Remender, 2024-2025
9. Detective Comics (Vol. 3) by Ram V (Issues 1062-1089), 2022-2024
10. Absolute Flash by Jeff Lemire, 2025-Present

The Boy Wonder, Justice, and Superman Smashes the Klan are new entries, but The Boy Wonder was one I forgot to add when I made my first comment last month.

Fell off:

• Dark Knights of Steel by Tom Taylor, 2021-2023
• Plastic Man No More! by Christopher Cantwell, 2024
• JSA by David Goyer, Geoff Johns, & Others, 1999-2006

This is harder than I remember it being for me in past years. I'm having a hard time balancing the superhero stuff I like with the indie stuff I enjoy. Books like Wrinkles by Paco Roca, or The Nao of Brown by Glynn Dillon were really good and the art is top notch in both, for example. I could see either being added next month if I'm in a different mood, but for now I feel like this is a fairly good representation of the type of books I'm generally drawn to.

[u/BobbyBsBestie → u/Lynch47]

I just got caught up on Minor Arcana and it's excellent. I've been suggesting it to anyone who will listen.

[u/Lynch47 → u/BobbyBsBestie]

I love it! I wish it was a bigger hit. Originally he wanted it to be 60 issues, and then it got reduced to 30-something, and now it's ending at issue 24, Lemire recently announced. He said it was a combination of the story coming to a more natural conclusion than he had originally thought it would, over-commitment to too many series, and doing art on most of the issues as well (and covers). He did leave open the idea that he would return to it in mini-series format in the future though.

[u/Future-Assumption759]

Crossed the line to 100 books read this month. It will take another month to beat last years book count but I've already beaten last years page count, so I feel like that's a goal satisfied as I wanted to read meatier stories this year. New Additions as always are in bold.

1. Solanin by Inio Asano
2. Mushishi Collecter's Edition Vol 1 by Yuki Urushibara
3. Witch Hat Atelier Vol 14 by Kamome Shirahama
4. Dandadan Vol 15-19 by Yukinobu Tatsu
5. Rune Books 1&2 by Carlos Sanchez
6. Frontier by Guillaume Singelin
7. Shin Zero Book 1 by Mathieu Bablet
8. Freaks Squeele Vol 1 by Florent Maudoux
9. Carbon and Silicon by Mathieu Bablet
10. Bubble by Jordan Morris

Solanin by Inio Asano - Meiko is working a good paying job but isnt happy with herself being there. Her boyfriend lives with her but he only works part time, and he practices with his band regularly even though they havent done a gig since college. Throughout the story are themes of imagining the future and not wanting to be stuck which is incredibly relatable even if you aren't in the characters specific situation. Its a great book and im glad I read it.

Freaks Squeele by Florent Maudoux - Is a world where superheroes mix with the supernatural. Several students have started attending University with the goal of becoming full time super heroes. The first day is spent picking teams of three and Xiong Mao, Chance, and Shadow have been forced to group up as the lowest test application scorers as no one else wants them in their group. The art is amazing in black and white and even better in with one chapter being in color (an odd choice to me, why not color all chapters?) and I like the setting but am not crazy about the whole story revolving around a school. I do want to read more.

Carbon and Silicon by Mathieu Bablet - The first two androids have been built and are named Carbon and Silicon. The spend their early days being kept indoors due to their servers needing to be connected at all times at must deal with a company imposed expiration date looming over their existence. Along the way we cover philosophy of owning a body, society, the self, and the state of the world as things continue on their path. Its the single most beautiful graphic novel I've read this year and though the story is good the emotional resonance wasnt as strong with this one. Still I would highly recommend reading it.

Bubble by Jordan Morris - Jordan was born in the brush but raised in the bubble: a town that exists on another planet where wildlife classified as "Imps" are hostile towards humanity. She starts of in a desk job with a side hustle of hunting Imps and using their parts to make drugs when her boss tells her of the new Huntr app designed for gig work of hunting Imps. She joins reluctantly and teams up with a guy her best friend used to date who gets bitten by an imp and gains an ability called "The Sting" which lets him shoot friggin laser beams out of his hands. The story is interesting the monsters are unique and the book is genuinely funny which helped push it over the line and get it included on the top ten (so far). The whole story is an adaptation of a podcast which Ive not heard of previously to reading and the only complaint is that its one long story with no real chapters or downtime.

Honorable Mention:

• Eight Billion Genies by Charles Soule - It was going to make the list at time of reading but got pushed out by other new additions.

Lastly I have one request. If you are recommending a book please include a picture of least one page inside the book as well as posting the cover. It really helps when deciding what to read next.

[u/Jonesjonesboy]

1. Little Orphan Annie v16 Harold Gray
2. Life Drawing Jaime Hernandez
3. Gamma...Visions Jens Harder
4. Time for Lights Out Raymond Briggs
5. La Chenille Suehiro Maruo
6. Petra Cherie Attilio Micheluzzi
7. Curses George Wylesol
8. Boy Maximortal and True-Man #1-3 Roarin Rick Veitch
9. Blade of the Immortal Hiroaki Samura
10. Scrapbook of Life and Death J. Webster Sharp

The final volume of IDW's reprint of Little Orphan Annie rockets straight to #1. I'm so bummed out that the remainder of Gray's strips don't ever seem to have been reprinted, and are certainly not currently available. I am the world's biggest booster for that strip, an all-time top 10 comic for me.

Amazingly, Veitch has still got it. What "it" is, is hard to explain, but he's still got it

Killing and Dying, and Legend of Kamui v1 slip off the list -- the latter would probably get back on if I ever got around to reading subsequent volumes

Very honourable mentions to:

Monsieur Chouette by David B., which (a) contains one of the most terrifying sequences he's ever drawn, and (b) features one of his most striking character designs and (c) is practically the platonic ideal of a David B. premise (a woman journeys through the shadowy realm of the dead, and ultimately gets embroiled in a crime plot with the underworld's underworld)

Les romans noir et blanc 1987-2006 by Didier Comes, which contains such a substantial chunk of work that I'm torn whether to put it on the list or not

[u/BluWacky → u/Jonesjonesboy]

I'm so glad to see someone's read Monsieur Chouette in the Anglosphere - I read a French recommendation of it and it sounded fantastic, but I haven't yet justified buying it (no digital version!). Glad to hear it's good! Love the design of Monsieur Chouette himself on the cover...

[u/ellieamavika]

Non fiction top 10:

• Banned book club
  

Informative! I was at a very politically active school in nyc and it was interesting to see the parallels

- Drowned City, 83 days in Mariupol, and In The Shadows Of the Fallen Towers (don brown)
I would never have guessed that a 9/11 graphic novel would be so good at explaining the events in a child friendly way without being graphic. Great accounts of Ukraine, and the aftermath of Katrina. (3 books but they’re shorter and in the same historical frame so almost like a volume if you read them back to back)

-Ducks
I knew nothing about the oil sands, and I’m glad I know nothing about the oil sands first hand

-Visitations
Very engaging

- It rhymes with Takei and They Called Us Enemy
Especially they called us enemy, I learned so much about George Takei and his experiences

- Hostage, Jerusalem
Hostage is about a doctor w/o borders worker who is held hostage for a long period. Jerusalem is Delises experience living in Jerusalem while his wife works for Doctors Without Borders in Palestine

Fiction top 10:

• Seconds
  

Very fun, quick read

-I KILL GIANTS
Maybe my fav graphic novel this year!!! Was very into it and was a great time to read. Definitely buying it and putting it on a book shelf when I have a book shelf lol

Giant Days

• I’m a student and liked the art

- Alone in space, are you listening, on a sunbeam
I really like Walden’s art style, and the almost subliminal nature of her stories

- strong female protagonist
A webcomic that was translated into a comic, I’m not sure if I really liked it or if I just desperately need to know what happens after it ended on a cliffhanger and hasn’t been updated for years. The characters are cool

- Sentient
Lemire and Wada write this cool story about a ship taking care of kids on its years long mission after all adults are killed

- Witch hat atelier
Broke my normal “preference/rule” (already extremely weakly enforced) to try to read completed or works with significant backlog bc the plot to this was so nice!! The style is amazing and I’m super pleased with how the characters (young girls) aren’t sexualized and actually look and act their age

- Frieren
Following how I liked witch hat atelier, gave another manga in the same genre a shot and like it!! Currently reading and I’m not caught up so won’t write anymore just yet

Tbh I normally read non graphic works but this year/month I’ve been gravitating to them, probably bc I read wayyy too much non fiction in my school course. I’d also scream and cry if there ever was a murderbot graphic novel adaptation

[u/ConstantVarious2082]

1. Elric (Volumes 1-4) by Julien Blondel / Robin Recht / Didier Poli / Jean-Luc Cano / Julien Telo 
2. Don’t Go Without Me by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell
3. Terre ou Lune Volume 1 by Jade Khoo
4. Wolvendaughter by Ver
5. Dungeon - Zenith (English Volumes 1-5) by Joann Sfar / Lewis Trondheim / Boulet
6. Satanie by Fabien Vehlmann / Kerascoët
7. Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann / Kerascoët
8. The Golden Age by Roxanne Mureil / Cyril Pedrosa - NEW
9. East of West by Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta - NEW
10. Book of Murmurs by Candice Purwin

The Golden Age is absolutely stunningly illustrated and an excellently tied-up medieval fantasy. Spots 5-8 are probably the closest and this could slide up or down depending on my mood. East of West is rip-roaring sci-fi Western fun with a splash of horror and a sprawling, imaginative post-America. Thorgal is out, but maybe a few more volumes get it back on the list, as well as Assorted Crisis Events.

[u/godel-bach]

In reverse reading order — most recently read first:

• The Long Halloween
• Box Office Poison
• Ghost World
• Weapon X
• Echo
• The Old Geezers
• Animal Man
• Monsters
• Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
• Sin City

[u/BenBoozer]

1 exiles 2 scalped 3 irredeemable 4 velvet 5 a sea of love 6 saucer county 7 the fade out 8 orphan and the 5 beasts 9 junkyard joe 10 old head

A few more read but the top and top 3 especially really separated themselves from the pack

[u/bachwerk]

Top Ten new reads

• Sandman Mystery Theatre Compendium 2, Seagle/Wagner/Davis, DC, 1999/2026 10/10
• The Magicians, Blexbolex, Enchanted Lion Books, 2023 10/10
• He Rolled Me Up Like A Grilled Squid, Yoshiharu Tsuge, D&Q, 1970s/2026 9/10
• Maison Ikkoku 1, Rumiko Takahashi, Viz, 1980/2020 9/10
• Search And Destroy 3, Atsushi Kaneko, Fantagraphics, 2020/2025 9/10
• Asadora! 9, Urasawa, Viz, 2026, 9/10
• Black Blizzard, Tatsumi, Drawn & Quarterly, 1956/2009 9/10
• Nocturnos, Laura Perez, Fantagraphics, 2019/2025 9/10
• Palookaville 25, Seth, Drawn & Quarterly, 2026, 8/10
• Assorted Crisis Events 1, Camp/Zawadski, Image, 2025 8/10

The Magicians is a strong new entry. I’m going to give the story of this, which is aimed at youngsters, an 8/10, but the art for this: 12/10. Blexbolex (if that is their real name) is mainly influenced by non-comic illustration and uses traditional print techniques. The result is a massive book of magical images. No question, even if there weren’t a coherent narrative, it would still make my top ten. It was a delight to experience.

Nocturnos won the Eisner shortly after I read it and I get that. I bought this based on the cover, and the art on the inside is up to that standard. It’s beautiful. Thing is, by the time I put it on the bookshelf, I couldn’t remember nearly anything that happened in it. A month later, all I remember are some nice illustrations of houses. It’s a good-looking book, but not a strong contender in my top ten.

I’ll mention, I’m reading lots of X-Men this year. I read John Byrne’s Elsewhen. It’s, quite frankly, the lowest scored thing on list this year, a 6/10, which would be the bare minimum competency. It could be the number of janky faces, the compulsion he has to insist on the sexuality of underage characters (13-year old Kitty, adult Jean with a 5-year old’s mind; the last thing I read of his, Doom Patrol, did this too, and the stuff I read before that, Byrne does that), the whole notion that this is starting in X-Men 144 because he’s been nursing a 40 year-grudge against Claremont… but it’s really just the bland plots. Someone has taken over the Savage Land, someone has restarted the Sentinels. The X-Men I like is about the interpersonal, and he’s not good at that. To be fair to him, he wrote these for fun, not planning for them to get a deluxe printing. But they’ve been given a deluxe printing. I wasn’t expecting to be blown away, but I wasn’t expecting to be so let down by it. It’s there for those who want it, and I know others have liked it more so power to them.

The re-read list got a big new entry:

• Street of Paris, Streets of Murder, Manchette/Tardi, Fantagraphics, 2020 10/10
• A Drifting Life, Tatsumi, Drawn & Quarterly, 2009 10/10
• How To Be Happy, Eleanor Davis, Fantagraphics, 2018 10/10
• The interview, Manuele Fior, Fantagraphics, 2017 10/10
• Treasure of the Black Pearl, Paco Roca, 2018/2022 9/10
• Good-Bye and Other Stories, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Catalan, 1960/1987 10/10
• Mutant Massacre omnibus, Claremont/Simonson, Marvel, 1986 9/10
• New X-Men 1-5, Morrison/Quitely, Marvel, 2001 9/10
• Bad Gateway, Simon Hanselmann, Fantagraphics, 2019 9/10
• Y the Last Man 1-8, Vaughn/Guerra, DC, 2003 8/10

I reread all four stories in the Manchette/Tardi Fantagraphics box set and just adore them. I’ve bought a lot of other Tardi, and none of it hits like those stories. Manchette writes some truly gritty, winding pulp stories, and Tardi brings them to life. They make Brubaker/Philips seem stiff in their storytelling! Actions roll into actions roll into actions. There’s something thrilling and unpredictable in every story. These stories are in my top comics of all time.

I’m also rereading a lot of X-Men, around M-Day stuff, which I’ve never read as a sequence. But seriously, Deadly Genesis isn’t going to make my top ten. It’s all reliably pleasant reading though.

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I think it's fair to say that nothing actually does happen in Nocturnos, and it is basically a selection of beautiful still images of houses and a lot of darkness (also the occasional odd forest!). I liked it, but coherent plot even within its own little vignettes was not a strongpoint...

[u/joaoguila]

1. Absolute Martian Manhunter Vol. 1 - Martian Vision (10.0)
2. Absolute Batman Vol. 1 - The Zoo (8,8)
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Collection Vol. 1 (8,5)
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Ultimate Collection Vol. 2 (7) (The arc that starts in #Leonardo issue is actually fire [> 8,5], but the first issues in this collection are filler stories that are fun but just okay [6,0]).

I've just picked up the hobbie last month, in my late 20's, after 10 years away from comics. I've been having a blast 'til now!

[u/grave-walker13]

In no particular order
Kill or be killed by ed brubaker
Swamp thing by Alan Moore
Spider-man 2099 by Peter David
The impending blindness of Billie Scott by Zoe thorogood
The nice house in the lake by James tynion IV
Animal man by grant morrison
Power Fantasy by Kieran Gillen
Hyde street by Geoff John’s
Monstress by Marjorie Liu
Royal City by Jeff Lemire

[u/ThisHumbleVisitant]

First post!

Silver Surfer by Dan Slott and Mike Allred - I was getting sick of superhero comics and this renewed my interest in them.

Past Tense by Sacha Mardou - A book about finding yourself in therapy. A deeply personal and gutsy book.

Traveling to Mars by Mark Russell and Roberto Meli - I've had a Mark Russell year, and I'd say this stands out among the pack. All heart.

Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel - The best kinds of biographies can reflect some life experience back at the reader, and that was definitely some of why I loved this book.

Come Home, Indio by Jim Terry - Another personal autobio that digs into some rough places, especially concerning difficult youths and alcoholism. An incredibly rewarding read despite the brutality.

Russian Olive to Red King by Kathryn and Stuart Immonen - I could see a lot of people hating the ending, but i thought it was one of the ballsier endings I've read this year. A tremendous missing person story.

Everyone Sux But You by K. Wroten - I am hooked on this cartoonist. Everything they've done to this point really works for me. Any other recovering emo kids should seek this one out right away.

Reckless series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips - Lovable characters in hateable circumstances. Ethan Reckless and the rest of the recurring cast really won me over.

BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore - Made me want to read more horror comics. As a bonus, this is a terrific rendition of Chicago, gentrification, race dynamics... it has a bit of everything.

Dawnrunner by Ram V. and Evan Cagle - A novel take on the giant robot genre. I didn't know what to expect going in and I left delighted.

[u/FriarFanatic7]

Top 10 in no order, grouping volumes of the same series together. I’ve read about 60 different series or standalone books so far this year, and these are all above a 4/5 for me:

- Mind MGMT vol. 1-2 by Matt Kindt

• To the Heart of the Storm by Will Eisner
  
• The Human Target vol. 1 by Tom King
  
• My Favorite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris (my #1)
  
• Mary Tyler Moorehawk by Dave Baker
  
• The Fade Out by Ed Brubaker
  
• DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke
  
• The Truth Department vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
  
• Astro City vol.1 by Kurt Busiek
  
• The Saga of the Swamp Thing vol. 1-4 by Alan Moore

[u/superman853]

My top ten have not changed much since I posted in March. But I was surprised by how well I liked Battleworld. I have assorted crisis events volume 2 to read and if it close to volume 1, it will definitely be in my top ten

1. ⁠Batman: Dark Patterns by Watter and Sherman
   
2. ⁠Chew volume 10 by Layman and guillory
   
3. ⁠Where the body was by Brubaker and Phillips
   
4. ⁠Chew volume 7
   
5. ⁠Chew volume 8
   
6. ⁠Chew volume 9
   
7. ⁠Power Fantasy volume 3 by Gillen and Wungaard
   
8. ⁠Batman/Superman:world finest volume 7 by Waid and various artist
   
9. ⁠The peril of the brutal dark: an Ezra Cain mystery by Condon and Philips
   
10. ⁠ Battleworld by Gage and To

[u/comic1728]

I read X-men for the first time really enjoyed what I’ve read of it so far, astonishing x-men and messiah trilogy omnibus have now been added

1. The Sleeper (by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips)
   
2. Helen of Wnydhorn (by Tom King & Bilquis Evely)
   
3. Batman (by Paul Dini)
   
4. Watchmen (Alan Moore)
   
5. Daredevil (by Chip Zdarsky)
   
6. Daredevil (Brian Michael Bendis)
   
7. Batman: Dark Patterns (by Dan Watters)
   
8. Astonishing X-Men (Joss Whedon)
   
9. X-Men: The Messiah Trilogy Omnibus
   
10. We’re Taking Everyone Down With Us (by Matthew Rosenberg)

[u/FriarFanatic7 → u/comic1728]

How did you read The Sleeper? Seems like a tough one to get hands on aside from paying an arm and a leg on eBay.

[u/comic1728 → u/FriarFanatic7]

Pure luck found the omnibus on eBay for £52 couldn’t believe. It’s genuinely one of the best things I’ve read, it’s a shame DC don’t keep it in print

[u/DaiKaiju_GhostDog]

In no particular order:

• Batman by Tom King, Book 2
• House of X / Powers of X
• Chew Nomnibus
• Godzilla: Skate or Die
• Where the Body Was
• Zatanna: Bringing Down the House
• Grommets
• The Many Deaths of Laila Starr
• Batman: The Dark Age
• Aliens vs. Avengers

[u/FriarFanatic7 → u/DaiKaiju_GhostDog]

I read a few of these for the first time this year as well. Really enjoyed Grommets and Where the Body Was, both would make my top 20 of the year so far.

Thought The Many Deaths of Laila Starr was good, not great.

Tried House of X/Powers of X and had no idea what was going on. DNF’d because I assumed I needed context beyond what I got just jumping into that celebrated collection.

[u/DaiKaiju_GhostDog → u/FriarFanatic7]

I thought the Death of Laila Starr was such an effortless read for how heavy the subject was. I found myself using the word "elegant" to describe it. I liked Rare Flavours a little less, but that's a writer/artist combo that I'll always be on the lookout for now.

I think not having any clue what's going on is just a symptom of reading a Hickman book. Sometimes it doesn't pay off for me (GODS) but this one was excellent. If you made it to the Wolverine/Nightcrawler scene and still didn't think it was for you, then fair, but those might be the most impactful pages I've turned this year.

[u/FriarFanatic7 → u/DaiKaiju_GhostDog]

I definitely did not get that far into House/Powers. All the storyline/time switching made it difficult to get my bearings. Maybe that’s just how it goes with that book, but I couldn’t help feeling lost. It felt like the culmination of something I wasn’t present for the lead-up to.

And elegant is an apt way to describe Laila Starr. I appreciated how much it let the art drive the storytelling, it just didn’t hit me as emotionally as I think it or I would have wanted.

[u/Tight-Boat-8605]

Hawkman by venditti
Bug wars
Astonishing x-men
Rogue sun
Dceased trilogy
Absolute Batman
Gieger
Old man Hawkeye
Moon knight by Huston
The kill lock Duology

[u/FriarFanatic7 → u/Tight-Boat-8605]

Just got the first 2 volumes of Geiger to try!

[u/NeapolitanWhitmore]

Ultimate X-Men and Beneath the Trees’ sequel joined my top ten. Ultimate X-Men may not stay so high on the list, as it is competing with Ultimates on which will end higher.

1) Hedra (By Jesse Lonergan)

2) Everything Dead & Dying (By Tate Brombal, Jacob Phillips, and Aditya Bidikar)

3) Absolute Wonder Woman (By Kelly Thompson, Hayden Sherman, Jordie Bellaire, and Becca Carey)

4) Ultimate X-Men (By Peach Momoko)

5) Absolute Batman (By Scott Snyder, Nick Dragotta, Frank Martin, and Clayton Clowes)

6) The Ultimates (By Deniz Camp, Juan Frigeri, Federico Blee, and Travis Lanham)

7) Batman & Robin: Year One (By Mark Waid, Chris Samnee, Matheus Lopes, and Clayton Cowles)

8) I Am Their Silence (By By Jordi Lafebre)

9) Secret Wars (By Jonathan Hickman, Esad Ribic, Ive Svorcina, Chris Elipoulos, and Clayton Cowles)

10) Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring (By Patrick Horvath and Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou)

[u/FriarFanatic7 → u/NeapolitanWhitmore]

Seen some Hedra posts, art looks awesome. Probably time to think about pulling the trigger.

[u/dajimpy → u/NeapolitanWhitmore]

I’m about to jump into the “new” ultimate universe myself. Keep hearing such great things. Glad to see it ranking so high. I’m caught up with Absolute, feels funny to make the jump to Ultimate.

[u/drown_like_its_1999]

New entries since my last list back in June highlighted in bold, with some rearranging as well:

1. "Scalped" Omnibus 1-2 by Jason Aaron, R.M. Guera
2. "Don't Go Without Me" by Rosemary Valero-O'Connell
3. "Duncan the Wonder Dog" by Adam Hines
4. "Dungeon: The Early Years 1-3" by Lewis Trondheim, Joann Sfar, Christophe Blain
5. "Three Shadows" by Cyril Pedrosa
6. "The Collected Toppi 1-11" by Sergio Toppi (my favorite entry being vol 10 "Future Perfect")
7. "Garden of Spheres" volume 1 by Linnea Sterte
8. "Usagi Yojimbo" Special Edition 1-2 by Stan Sakai
9. "Cornelius" by Marc Torices
10. "Cursed Pirate Girl" by Jeremy Bastian

Knocking these two off the list, joining so many other great works just past the brink:

• "East of West" Compendium by Jonathan Hickman, Nick Dragotta
• "Beauty" by Hubert, Karascoet

And with that I finally have a list that are all 5/5 reads for me.

[u/dajimpy → u/drown_like_its_1999]

I also read Scalped earlier this year. Just loved the characters and their flaws in all its glory! Can’t help rooting for all the characters, even the ones you’re supposed to hate.

[u/ark50000 → u/drown_like_its_1999]

I devoured scalped earlier this year. So good.

[u/Charlie-Bell]

*No change this month. It's been a quiet one. *

The Casebook of Stamford Hawksmoor - Bryan Talbot (Feb)

Batman: Dark Patterns - Dan Watters and Hayden Sherman (Apr)

Final Space - Olan Rogers (Jun)

Shin Zero - Matthieu Bablet and Guillaume Singelin (Apr)

Power Fantasy vol 3 - Kieron Gillen and Caspar Wijngaard (Apr)

Trail of the Catwoman - Ed Brubaker and Darwyn Cooke (Jul)

Precious Metal - Darcy Van Poelgeest, Ian Bertram (Jan)

Bot 9 - Derek Laufman (Feb)

Mabel and Francine - Pierre Lloga (Jan)

Lost Property - Andy Poyadgi (Feb)

[u/NMVPCP → u/Charlie-Bell]

I haven’t had the chance to get my hands on The Casebook of… How did you like it? I loved Grandville and Luther Arkwright.

[u/Charlie-Bell → u/NMVPCP]

It's my number one so far this year. I haven't read Grandville yet so I was surprised at how good it was.

[u/NMVPCP → u/Charlie-Bell]

Grandville is super solid.

[u/Siccar_Point]

Drome enters, Bea Wolf leaves.

- The Book of Murmurs (Purwin)

• The Flowers of Evil (Oshimi)
  
• Inside Mari (Oshimi)
  
• All The Living (Muradov)
  
• Stop!! Hibari-kun! (Eguchi)
  
• Prisoner of Dozmary Craig (Sterte)
  
• Drome (Lonergan)
  
• Beauty (Kerascoet/Hubert)
  
• The Power Fantasy (Gillen et al)
  
• Howl (Kwitney/Mauricet)

[u/Titus_Bird]

I didn’t post in last month’s thread, as I didn’t have any new entries from July, but in August I read some excellent comics, the best of which I’ve added to my list in bold:

1. “Baby Boom” by Yuichi Yokoyama (2008–2009)
2. “The Desert of the Tartars” by Michele Medda and Pasquale Frisenda, adapting Dino Buzzati (2024)
3. “A Taste of Chlorine” by Bastien Vivès (2008)
4. “Garden” by Yuichi Yokoyama (2007)
5. “The Wrong Place” by Brecht Evens (2009)
6. “Reincarnation Stories” by Kim Deitch (2019)
7. “Gardens of Glass” by Lando (2009–2014)
8. “Holy Lacrimony” by Michael DeForge (2025)
9. “Dogs & Water” by Anders Nilsen (2004/2007)
10. “Caravan for a Queen” by Joe Kessler (2026)

In August I also finished a bunch of other good comics that didn’t crack my top 10. In rough order of how much I liked them, they were:

• “Cecil and Jordan in New York” by Gabrielle Bell (2004–2009)
• “Le Processus” by Marc-Antoine Mathieu (1993)
• “KÂK” by Eric Haven (2026)
• “How I Make Comics” by Kim Deitch (2026)
• “Akira” by Katsuhiro Otomo (1982–1990)
• “Them-Shaped Clouds” by Max Huffman (2025)
• “Gentrivacation” by Apolo Cacho (2025)

[u/MakeWayForTomorrow → u/Titus_Bird]

Damn, I had a feeling you would like “The Desert of the Tartars”, but I had no idea it would place this high on your list of favorite reads.

And while we’ve privately talked about that particular book a bit, I have to admit I’m more than a little bummed you’re no longer a regular participant in the weekly reading threads, because there’s a lot of other stuff here I would love to hear your thoughts on. Are you still active on Goodreads?

[u/Titus_Bird → u/MakeWayForTomorrow]

Yeah, I really liked it a lot!

I’m still reviewing everything on Goodreads, but I'm quite behind with that, so feel free to ask about any comics you want to hear my thoughts on.