![]() | Barefoot Gen Vol.1: No. 1: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima by Keiji Nakazawa
Buy new: £7.20 / Used from: £5.45 Classic Manga about the Hiroshima bombing. Extremely moving, emotive and when the bomb hits.... it really knocks you back.
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![]() | The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Buy new: £10.16 / Used from: £9.02 On most people's lists but it truly is an astounding, effecting unforgettable book
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![]() | From Hell by Alan Moore
Buy new: £14.96 / Used from: £13.00 Again, an obvious choice, but the painstaking research has created an extrmely deep and layered account of the Whitechapel murders. Don't be put off by the film!
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![]() | Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
Buy new: £7.75 / Used from: £7.74 With complex layouts and structure this isn't the easiest read for a newcomer. But once you get into it, a true masterpiece!
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![]() | Richard Matheson's I Am Legend by Steve Niles
Buy used from: £29.19 Fantastic book superbly adapted into graphic novel form. A great vampire book for those cynics who don't care for the usual romantic, lusty vampiric fare.
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![]() | Adolf - A Tale of the Twentieth Century by Osamu Tezuka
Buy used from: £105.15 Tezuka is a legend of Manga, and for me this is his finest work.
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![]() | Caricature by Daniel Clowes
Buy new: £7.43 / Used from: £4.57 Clowes is the master of comic book characterisation. A collection of short stories that end leaving you desperate for more
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![]() | Palestine by Joe Sacco
Buy new: £8.95 / Used from: £8.42 Well and truly dismissing the myth that comics are for kids. Moving, unsentimental comic book journalism.
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![]() | Clumsy by Jeffrey Brown
Buy new: £4.51 / Used from: £1.50 A classic story of the life and death of a relationship. Give yourself time to read the whole thing because its unputdownable
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