Tozian’s 100+ BEST COMIX, GRAPHIC NOVELS, and MINI COMIX List
December 2009 (In the order they occur to me/I most enjoyed or related to them)
1. BLACK HOLE — Charles Burns / KING OF FLIES — Messo + Pirus
2. GHOST WORLD — Daniel Clowes (also CARICATURE; DAVID BORING)
3. BOX OFFICE POISON — Alex Robinson
4. NEW YORK DIARY — Julie Doucet
5. TEENAGERS FROM MARS — words by Rick Spears; pictures by Rob G
6. V FOR VENDETTA — Allen Moore, David Lloyd
7. CROSS COUNTRY — M.K. Reed
8. DAVID CHELSEA IN LOVE — David Chelsea
9. ASTERIOS POLYP — David Mazzucchelli
10. ABANDONED CARS — Tim Lane
11. FANTASTIC LIFE — Kevin Mutch
12. TRACK RABBIT — Geoff Vasile
13. MILLION YEAR BOOM — Tom Kaczynski
14. THE GREAT OUTDOOR FIGHT — Chris Onstad
15. SANCTUARY — Nate Neal (anything by him)
16. THE ALCOHOLIC — Jonathan Ames
17. A CHILD’S LIFE — Phoebe Gloeckner
18. MAD MOVIE SPOOFS — Mort Drucker, Larry Siegel
19. HEY, WAIT — Jason
20. SLEEPWALK AND OTHER STORIES — Adrian Tomine (HAWAIIAN GETAWAY; SHORTCOMINGS)
21. EDISON STEELHEAD’S LOST PORTFOLIO: Exploratory Studies of Girls and Rabbits — Renee French
22. FUTURE GHOST — Aaron Whitaker
23. CITY OF GLASS — Paul Auster (Adpatation by Paul Karasik & David Mazzucchelli)
24. THE LAGOON — Lilli Carre (THE THING ABOUT MADELINE)
25. STOP FORGETTING TO REMEMBER — Peter Kuper
26. THE BOTTOMLESS BELLYBUTTON — Dash Shaw
27. STRAY BULLETS — David Lapham
28. THE ADDAMS FAMILY — Charles Addams
29. SPANIEL RAGE — Vanessa Davis
30. GANGES — Kevin Huizenga
31. YOUNG LEDICKER — Kim Deitch
32. THE COMPLETE CRUMB (#1 THRU 16) — Robert Crumb
33. LE SOMMEIL DU MONSTRE — ENKI BILAL (LA FEMME PIEGE; LA TRILOGIE NIIKOPOL; TYKHO MOON)
34. I NEVER LIKED YOU — Chester Brown
35. LIFE SUCKS — Jessica Abel, Gabriel Soria, Warren Pieece
36. LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND — Winsor McKay
37. AROUND THE WORLD IN 45 YEARS: CHARLIE BROWN’S ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION — Charles Shulz
38. KRAZY KAT — George Herriman
39. THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN — Hergé
40. EPILEPTIC — David B.
41. FLASH GORDON — Alex Raymond
42. COUCH TAG — Jesse Reklaw
43. THE BIRTHDAY RIOTS — Nabiel Kanan
44. BEYOND PAOLOMAR — Gilbert Hernandez (and GOLD DIGGERS OF 1969)
45. ALEC THE KING CANUTE CROWD — Eddie Campbell
46. JESSICA FARM — Josh Simmons
47. FURTHER NOTES ON MY UNFORTUNATE CONDITION — Comics by Nick St. John
48. MAYBE LATER — Dupuy & Berberian
49. TRAILERS — Mark Kneece and Julie Collins-Rouseau
50. KING KAT COMICS – John Porcellino
51. CRUPPLE — Dave Cooper
52. WHERE HATS GO — Kurt Wolfgang
53. GRAY HORSES — Hope Larson
54. CHROME FETUS — Hans Rickheit
55. MIDNIGHT SUN — Ben Towle
56. SUMMER STOCK — Alec Longstreth
57. BURDEN — Graham Annabel
58. TOO SMALL COMICS — Bobby Madness
59. Y: THE LAST MAN — Brian K. Vaughan (The Runaways)
60. LUCKY — Gabrielle Bell
61. BIG QUESTION 1-12 — Anders Nilsen
62. STRANGERS IN PARADISE: HIGH SCHOOL — Terry Moore
63. 100 BULLETS: HANG UP ON THE HANG LOW — Brian Azzarello, Eduardo Risso
64. SPEAK OF THE DEVIL — GILBERT HERNANDEZ
65. SUPER SPY — Matt Kindt
66. AMERICAN BORN CHINESE — Gene Luen Yang
67. IT’S A GOOD LIFE IF YOU DON’T WEAKEN — Seth
68. JULIUS KNIPL, REAL ESTATE PHOTOGRAPHER — Ben Katchor
69. JIMMY CORRIGAN — Chris Ware
70. DEFINITION — Ariel Schrag
71. DISOVERING AMERICA — David Mazzucchelli
72. THE POOR BASTARD — Joe Matt
73. THE TEACHER’S EDITION — John Meijas
74. THE SALON — Nick Bertozzi
75. LA PERDIDA — Jessica Abel
76. NIGHT FISHER — Kikuo Johnson
77. RECIDIVIST — Zak Sally
78. GRAVEYARD — Sarah Oleksyk
79. THREE DAYS IN EUROPE — Anthony Johnson, Mike Hawthorne
80. LYNDA BARRY — Ernie Pook’s Comeek
81. MISS DON’T TOUCH ME — Hubert & Kerascoet
82. VISITORS IN THE NIGHT — Debbie Drechsler
83. FLOOD — Eric Drooker
84. FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS — Gilbert Shelton
85. CAPACITY — Theo Ellsworth
86. WHITEOUT — Greg Rucka and Steve Lieber
87. CANVAS — Alex Fellows
88. QUEEN OF THE BLACK BLACK — Megan Kelso
89. THE WATCHMEN — Allan Moore, Dave Gibbons
90. FAMILY HISTORY — David Heatley
91. LAST EXIT BEFORE TOLL — Neal Shaffer, Christopher J. Mitten, Dawn Pietrusko
92. FOOD BOY — Carol Swain
93. BERLIN — Jason Lutes (also JAR OF FOOLS)
94. BRITTEN & BRULIGHTLY — Hannah Berry
95. HEY, BUDDY! — Peter Bagge (Volume 1 collection of Buddy Bradley)
96. BREAKFAST AFTER NOON — Andi Watson
97. TAMARA DREWE — Posy Simmons
98. THESE THINGS, THESE THINGS — Jeffrey Brown
99. EVENFALL — Pete Stathis
100. BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE — Allan Moore, Brian Bolland
101. FROM HELL — Allan Moore, Eddie Campbell
102. THE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS — Frank Miller, David Mazzucchelli
103. BLANKETS — Craig Thompson
104. THE SOUNDS OF YOUR NAME — Nate Powell
105. THE ARRIVAL — Shaun Tan
106. BAREFOOT GEN — Keiji Nakazawa
107. COMEDY LOVES MISERY — Ivan Brunetti
108. THE PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP — Nicholas Gurewitch
109. THE COLLECTED CHECKERED DEMON — S. Clay Wilson
110. IN THE NIGHT KITCHEN — Maurice Sendak
111. THE YELLOW KIDS — R.F. Outcault
112. GRAPHIC FICTION — Ivan Brunetti
113. BEST AMERICAN COMICS 2007 — Chris Ware
114. GRAPHIC NOVELS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW — Paul Gravett
115. MAKING COMICS — Scott McCloud

116. DRAWING WORDS & WRITING PICTURES — Jessica Abel & Matt Madden