(#) = number of multiple recommendations
Note: Although I've placed a few titles in "all ages and young adult" and "mature" categories, many of the other categories contain comics suitable for varying ages or reading levels. The organization of this list is a work in progress, if you have any suggestions let me know (tangognat {at} tangognat . com).
Ursula by Fabio Moon and Gabriel Ba (AiT/Planet Lar)
Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley (Olio) (2)
Castle Waiting: The Lucky Road
Clan Apis (3) by Jay Hosler
The Sandwalk Adventures by Jay
Hosler (Active Synapse)
Simpsons Comics
Akiko by Mark Crilley (2)
Uncle Scrooge: His Life and Times
Usagi Yojimbo, by Stan Sakai (Fantagraphics and Dark Horse): (3)
Usagi Yojimbo: the Grasscutter Saga
The Complete Bone by Jeff Smith (7)
Dungeon, by Lewis Trondheim and Joann Sfar (NBM) [Note: This is currently only available as individual chapters in comics, but NBM will start releasing it as color GNs soon, starting with vol. 1: Duck Heart ISBN 1-56163-401-8.]
The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, adapted by P. Craig Russell (NBM)
Herobear & the Kid by Mike Kunkel (2)
Summer of Love Debbie Drechsler (3)
Amy Unbounded by Rachel Hartman (4)
Amy Unbounded: Belondweg Blossoming (Pug House Press)
Sock Monkey by Tony Millionaire (Dark Horse)
Dog & Pony Show by Pam Bliss (Paradise Valley Comics)
The Courageous Princess, Books 1-3, by Rod Espinoza
Finder: Talisman, by Carla Speed McNeil (Lightspeed Press) (2)
Scary Godmother by Jill Thompson
Amelia Rules
Adventures of Super Diaper Baby
Leave it to Chance by James Robinson (2)
Jetcat Clubhouse
Pinky and Stinky by James Kochalka
Starry Night by Michele Lemieux. (Kids Can Press)
The Monkeysuit Anthologies from Monkeysuit Press
The Smithsonian Book of Newspaper Comics (2)
The Smithsonian Book of Comic Books (2)
The Mad Archives, Volume One (DC)
Read Yourself Raw (Pantheon) Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly (2)
Flight (Image) (2)
McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #13 by Chris Ware et al (McSweeney's)
The Invisibles (6) by Grant Morrison
Alan Moore
Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons (6)
V For Vendetta (3)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (ABC): (3)
From Hell (5)
Flex Mentallo by Grant Morrison
Metabarons - Jodo and Gimenez (Humanoids publishing)
Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis/Darick Robertson (Vertigo)
Maus by Art Spiegelman (6)
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (Pantheon) (6)
True Story, Swear to God by Tom Beland (AiT/Planetlar) (3)
Jim Ottaviani
Dignifying Science by and various (G.T. Labs) (3)
Fallout
Suspended in Language by Jim Ottaviani and Leland Purvis (G.T. Labs) (2)
Still I Rise: A Cartoon History of African-Americans. by Roland and Taneisha Laird.
Pedro and Me (4) by Judd Winick
Scott McCloud
Understanding Comics (13)
Re-Inventing Comics (2) by (Perennial)
Buddha for Beginners by Stephen T. Asma
Jack Jackson, Los Tejanos (Fantagraphics)
SAFE AREA GORAZDE: The War In Eastern Bosnia 1992-1995 (2)
Notes from A Defeatist (Fantagraphics)
Palestine (Fantagraphics) (2)
300 by Frank Miller (2)
David B. Epileptic 1 (L'Association)
Alec by Eddie Campbell
Abe: Wrong for All the Right Reasons by Glenn Dakin
The Fatal Bullet by Rick Geary (NBM)
American Splendor by Harvey Pekar
Imagination Rocket by Brian Clopper et al. (Behemoth Books)
The Cartoon Guide to Sex by Larry Gonick & Christine DeVault (Harper Collins)
Testament by Jim Kreuger et al. (Metron Press)
Graphic Storytelling by Will Eisner
Dc Archives and Marvel Masterworks
Aquaman Archives 1
The Essential Silver Surfer
X-Men
Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1
Superman from the '30s to the '70s
Origins of Marvel Comics
Fantastic Four Legends: Unstable Molecules by James Sturm
Batman: The Killing Joke (DC)
Batman: Year One (DC)
The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told. (DC)
The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller (DC): (4)
The Punisher: Welcome Back Frank (Marvel)
Ultimate Spider-Man (3)
Ultimate Spider-Man: Power and Responsibility (Marvel)
Superman For All Seasons (DC) (2)
Marvels by Kurt Busiek and Alex Ross (Marvel) (5)
Planetary by Warren Ellis and John Cassaday (2)
Zot! by Scott McCloud (Kitchen Sink Press)
Elektra: Assassin by Frank Miller
Inhumans - Jenkins and Lee (Marvel)
Justice League Adventures by Dan Slott and John Delaney
Ultimate Spider-man vol 1 by Brian Bendis and Mark Bagley
Daredevil:Man without fear by Miller/Romita jr.
Batman:Shadow of the Bat N.40 + 41 ANARKY: The Anarkist Manifesto by Grant/Leon/McCarthy
Batman: War on Crime by Paul Dini and Alex Ross
Stormwatch by Warren Ellis
Superman: Red Son by Mark Millar (DC)
New X-Men by Grant Morrison (2)
Powers: Who Killed Retro Girl? by Brian Michael Bendis (Image)
Kingdom Come (DC)
Top Ten Book 1 (WildStorm)
Swamp Thing by Alan Moore (DC)
Fathom by Michael Turner, Bill O'Neil (Image)
Crisis on Infinite Earths (DC)
The Complete Far Side
Krazy Kat by Patrick McDonell
"That Big-Ass Krazy Kat Hardcover" (?)
Sick Sick Sick by Jules Feiffer
Up Front by Bill Mauldin
Walt Kelly, Ten Ever-Lovin' Blue-Eyed Years With Pogo (Simon and Shuster) (2)
Peter Arno
Wendel All Together by Howard Cruse
Bruno (web comic) (2)
Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson (Andrews McMeel Publishing)
One! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry. (Sasquatch Books)
Hellboy by Mike Mignola (3) (Dark Horse)
Hellboy: The Chained Coffin
Hellboy: The Conqueror Worm
Hellboy: Seed of Destruction
SANDMAN (Vertigo): (8)
Book 3: Dream Country
Book 4: Season of Mists (2)
Lucifer (Vertigo)
Strangehaven by Gary Spencer Millidge (Abiogenesis)
The Replacement God by Zander Cannon (Amaze Ink) (2)
Courtney Crumrin and the Coven of Mystics by Ted Naifeh
Promethea - Alan Moore and J H Williams III (ABC)
Goon by Eric Powell (2)
Dylan Dog Zed by Tiziano Sclavi, Bruno Brindisi
The Crow by James O'Barr (Pocket Books)
Battle Pope by Robert Kirkman/Terry Moore
Meridian by Barbara Kesel (Crossgen)
Whiteout by Greg Rucka & Steve Lieber (Oni)
100 Bullets - Azzarello and Risso (DC/Vertigo) (2) mature readers
Stray Bullets by David Lapham
Torso by Brian Michael Bendis & Marc Andreyko mature readers
Queen & Country by Greg Ruka
Ruse by Mark Waid (Crossgen)
Barefoot Gen by Keiji Nakazawa (Last Gasp)
Nausicaa, by Hayao Miyazaki (Viz): (4)
Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo
Maison Ikkoku by Rumiko Takahashi
Lone Wolf and Cub by Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima (4) mature readers
Princess Mermaid by Junko Mizuno mature readers
Osamu Tezuka (2)
Rumble Girls, by Lea Hernandez
Clockwork Angels, by Lea Hernandez
Vagabond - Takehiko Inoue (Viz) mature readers
Blade of the Immortal - Hiroaki Samura (Dark Horse) mature readers
One Piece by Eiichiro Oda (Viz) all ages
Passionate Journey: A Novel in 165 Woodcuts by Frans Masereel
Les Passagers du Vent
by François Bourgeon
Astérix Legionnaire by René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo
Blueberry by Charlier & Moebius,
Khru Baan Nok "Teacher in the Country" by Khammaan Khonkhai
Blood Sword Dynasty by Mike Baron (us) and Ma Wing Shing (hk)
Broussaille 1 by Frank/Bom
Mort Cinder by Alberto Breccia
Onkel Dagobert: Sein Leben, Seine Milliarden by Don Rosa
Approximate Continuum Comics by Lewis Trondheim
Held by Flix
Die Augen der Angst by LGX Lillian Mousli. (JOCHEN Enterprises)
Isaac the Pirate by Christophe Blain
Will Eisner (4)
Breakdowns by Art
Spiegelman (Nostalgia)
out of print 1977: isbn 0914646141
Jimmy Corrigan: Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (2)
Craig Thompson (5)
Blankets (2)
Good-bye, Chunky Rice (3)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl by Phoebe Gloeckner
R. Crumb
Complete Crumb Comics, Volumes 3, 4 & 15 (Fantagraphics)
Jar of Fools (Drawn and Quarterly)
Berlin: City of Stone (Drawn and Quarterly)
Cerebus by Dave Sim (2)
(no online presence. fan site at
http://www.cerebusfangirl.com/)
High Society
Church and State
Age of Bronze by Eric Shanower (Image): (3)
Madman by Mike Allred
Eightball #22: "Ice Haven"
Like A Velvet Glove In Iron
Love and Rockets
Palomar (2)
Locas
Poison River by Gilbert Hernandez
The Lost Women, by Jamie Hernandez
Creature Tech by Doug TenNapel
Hicksville (2)
Pickle
Kabuki by David Mack (Image) (4)
Kabuki: Circle of Blood (2)
Beyond the Pale by Kim Deitch (Fantagraphics)
The Tale of One Bad Rat by Brian Talbot
Kane, by Paul Grist (Dancing Elephant and Image)
fan site: http://www.weisshahn.de/kane/
The Interman by Jeff Parker (Octopus) (2)
The Golem's Mighty Swing by James Sturm (Drawn and Quarterly)
Dumped by Andi Watson (Oni Press)
The Indelible Alison Bechdel by Alison Bechdel (Firebrand Books)
Same Difference by Derek Kirk Kim
Through the Habitrails by Jeff Nicholson
Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse (DC Comics/Paradox Press) (2)
Baker Street by Guy Davis and Gary Reed (Caliber Press/I Books)
Hopeless Savages: Ground Zero, by Jen van Meter, Bryan O'Malley, Andi Watson, Chynna Clugston Major, Xtine Norrie (Oni Press)
Hate by Peter Bagge
Channel Zero - Brian Wood (AIT Planetlar) (2)
Shi: Senryaku - Billy Tucci (Crusade Comics)
Box Office Poison by Alex Robinson
Liberty Meadows WEDDING ALBUM by Frank Cho
SUMMER BLONDE by Adrian Tomine
Why I Hate Saturn (DC) by Kyle Baker
Louis Riel by Chester Brown
The Frank Book by Jim Woodring (Fantagraphics)
Dear Julia by Brian Biggs. (Top Shelf)
Ethel & Ernest by Raymond Briggs
Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds. (Jonathan Cape)
Secret Language by Molly Barker. (City Lights)
Can of Worms by Catherine Doherty. (Fantagraphics)
A Chance of Sunshine by Jimmy Liao. (Creative Editions)
The Adventures of Luther Arkwright by Bryan Talbot
Hey Buddy! by Peter Bagge
Lists of Eleven Compiled From:
If I left your List of Eleven off this list, e-mail me: tangognat at tangognat.com