The 100 Best Graphic Novels of All Time, Ranked

I've compiled, what I genuinely believe, to be the BEST of the best when it comes to our favorite medium: Graphic novels! What did I miss? let me know in the comments and don't forget to subscribe!

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[brentG]

100 runs in less than 3 minutes? Man I wish this video was a lot longer! As someone who has not read nearly any of these, I would have liked if you could have given a short description of each one or why you liked it so much and added it to your top 100. You could have broken this into several videos worth counting down your top 100!

[KozysGhost]

I would have absolutely added Frank Miller’s 😊“300”. Maybe a near bottom of the list nod to “Ronin” and/or “Tokyo Ghost” for dystopian future reads.

[cherrygrove.]

I love when you do this kind of video! My favorite content you make.

[Δημήτρης-λδ]

Nice list. I would add "Murder Falcon" here, not only in the top 100 but top 10. Another great DC book is "Superman secret identity".

[TheDukeofMadness]

Would suggest "100 best comic runs" as a title to avoid confusion.

[nl]

My favorites, more or less:
1. Watchmen (Moore & Gibbons)
2. Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth (C. Ware)
3. Black Hole (C. Burnes)
4. From Hell (Moore & Campbell)
5. My Friend Dahmer (Derf)
6. Berlin (J. Lutes)
7. Sabrina (N. Drnaso)
8. Multiple Warheads (B. Graham)
9. Uzamaki (J. Ito)
10. Acting Class (N. Drnaso)

[aliveman]

I was surprised by seeing Maus in the list and at such a high placing. It really is a special novel, i read it at a young age, so it have a bit of nostalgia, but i really want to read it again with a more mature insight.

[charliedogg]

So glad you included Ennis and McCrea's Hitman, Morrison's JLA, the Ellis/Cassaday Planetary and the Ennis Punisher. So many great titles and I've read maybe 15 of them; much to my shame, I've only read a couple of Will Eisner works (so far). I'd have to include David Mack's Kabuki in the list near the top as a superior example of sustained artistic and writing brilliance.

[BilbyMan]

I’d need to add in Kabuki and I know you had Frank Miller’s DD run in there, but specifically I’d include his DD Man Without Fear limited series.
Great video as always, would like to see hear some more detail on these as not come across quite a few before!

[emilianorangel]

If you put manga you should have added some Junji Ito's work, also Akira and Evangelion which are peak stayed out. And hell no, Injustice doesn't deseve to be on the list

[MaxCruiseable]

Superman Red Son is one of the top 10 of all-time i think, as is Daredevil Born Again, and Sheriff of Babylon by Tom King/ Mitch Gerads

[brianking]

Top 5 runs I've read SO FAR (and that I can think of recently):
5. Clean Room: Simone
4. Plastic: Wagner
3. The Lone Ranger: Russell
2. Starman: Robinson
1. Hawkman: Venditti (biased, lol)

[johncribbs]

Pleasant surprise to see PERSEPOLIS so high on the list, marvellous book.

[rugeorge]

Props for including Contract with God; I'd add Concrete and (likely many others) Dark Phoenix Saga

[thequietrevolution]

Haven't read many of the novels listed. Guess I've got a lot of reading ahead of me. In the meanwhile, in no particular order, listed below are the novels not mentioned.
*American Flagg* by Howard Chaykin
*Batman Strange Apparitions* by Steve Engelhart & Marshall Rogers
*Green Lantern/Green Arrow* by Dennis O'Neil & Neal Adams
*Mister X* by Dean Motter
*Batman/Grendel* by Matt Wagner
*Captain America: White, Daredevil: Yellow, Spider-Man: Blue, Hulk: Gray* by Jeph Loeb & Tim Sale
*Grendel: Red White & Black, Grendel: Black, White & Red* by Matt Wagner

[jimbomba]

Besides what has already been mentioned in the video, here are a few of my favorite original graphic novels

Superhero OGNs
Silver Surfer: The Ultimate Cosmic Experience by Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
The Death of Captain Marvel by Jim Starlin
Batman: Son of the Demon by Mike W. Barr & Jerry Bingham
God Loves, Man Kills by Chris Claremont & Brent Anderson
Emperor Doom by Dave Michelinie & Bob Hall
Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth by Charles Vess
The Power of Shazam by Jerry Ordway
Superman: Peace on Earth by Paul Dini & Alex Ross
Wonder Woman: The True Amazon by Jill Thompson
Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross

Non-Superhero OGNs
Chandler: Red Tide by Jim Steranko
Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner, & Frank Stack
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
Fax from Sajevo by Joe Kubert
Pride of Baghdad by Brian K Vaughan & Nico Henrichon
Scary Godmother by Jill Thompson
My Friend Dahmer by Derf Backderf
Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer
Smile by Raina Telgemeier
Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith

[acbitmugs]

Personally I would’ve added Lone Wolf and Cub and Iron Man Demon in a Bottle. Great list!

[knightknight]

Serious house on serious earth is probably my next novel

[otnielcamacho]

Thanks for this video. Very straightforward. Keep up the good work. 😁

[PunguinYoga]

I loved "The Invisibles." (Grant Morrison) I'm sure many do not. But I did.

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