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February 26, 2010


Go, Look: Ed Howard Releases A List Of Top 60 Comics From The '00s

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Noted film blogger Ed Howard has released a list of top 60 works of the decade, with commentary on each member starting here, moving through here, and ending here. It's a fine list, and worth your time to read every entry if you're a big ol' comics geek like I am.

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60. Cerebus, Dave Sim & Gerhard, 1998-2004
59. Sleeper, Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, 2003-2005
58. Popeye and Olive/P+O, Richard McGuire, 2002
57. The Ticking, Renee French, 2007
56. Planetes, Makoto Yukimura, 2001-2004
55. Incanto, Frank Santoro, 2006
54. Lumakick, Richard Hahn, 2002-2004
53. Masterpiece Comics, R. Sikoryak, 2000-2009
52. Tales Designed To Thrizzle, Michael Kupperman, 2005-ongoing
51. The Beast Mother/Mome Stories, Eleanor Davis, 2006/2007-2008

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50. Automatic Kafka, Joe Casey & Ashley Wood, 2002-2003
49. Elvis Road, Elvis Studio, 2007
48. 100 Bullets, Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso, 1999-2009
47. Eightball #23: The Death Ray, Daniel Clowes, 2004
46. What It Is, Lynda Barry, 2008
45. Yotsuba&!, Kiyohiko Azuma, 2003-ongoin
44. Skyscrapers Of The Midwest, Joshua Cotter, 2005-2008
43. Powr Mastrs, C.F., 2007-ongoing
42. Abstract Comics: The Anthology, Andrei Molotiu (editor) & various, 2009
41. Asterios Poly, David Mazzucchelli, 2009

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40. Y: The Last Man, Brian K. Vaughan, Pia Guerra, Goran Sudzuka, etc., 2002-2008
39. Sexy Voice and Robo, Iou Kuroda, 2000-2003
38. Likewise, Ariel Schrag, 2009
37. Lost Girls, Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie, 2006
36. Black HOle, Charles Burns, 1993-2004
35. Alias, Brian Michael Bendis & Michael Gaydos, 2001-2005
34. Pluto, Naoki Urasawa, 2003-2009
33. Louis Riel, Chester Brown, 1999-2003
32. A Drifting Life, Yoshihiro Tatsumi, 2009
31. Madman Atomic Comics, Mike Allred, 2007-2009

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30. Epileptic/Babel, David B., 1996-2003/2004-2006
29. Chimera #1, Lorenzo Mattotti, 2006
28. Dogs and Water, Anders Nilsen, 2004
27. The Dark Knight Strikes Again, Frank Miller & Lynn Varley, 2001-2002
26. The Squirrel Mother, Megan Kelso, 2001-2006
25. Gyo, Junji Ito, 2001-2002
24. Multiforce, Mat Brinkman, 2000-2005
23. Gogo Monster, Taiyo Matsumoto, 2000
22. How To Be Everywhere, Warren Craghead III, 2007
21. Omega The Unknown, Jonathan Lethem & Farel Dalrymple, 2007

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20. The Filth/Seaguy, Grant Morrison, Chris Weston & Gary Erskine, 2002-2003; Grant Morrison & Cameron Stewart, 2004
19. The Blot, Tom Neely, 2007
18. Finder: Dream Sequence, Carla Speed McNeil, 2003
17. Ninja, Brian Chippendale, 2006
16. The Lute String, Jim Woodring, 2005
15. Achewood, Chris Onstad, 2001-ongoing
14. Promethea, Alan Moore, J.H. Williams III, Mick Gray et al, 1999-2005
13. Alias The Cat, Kim Deitch, 2002-2005
12. Bottomless Belly Button/MOME Short Stories, Dash Shaw, 2008-2009
11. Alec/The Fate Of The Artist , Eddie Campbell, 2000-2002/2006

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10. Mary-Land, Mary Fleener, 2002-ongoing
9. X-Force/X-Statix, Peter Milligan & Mike Allred, 2001-2004
8. ACME Novelty Library #18-19, Chris Ware, 2007-2008
7. Safe Area Gorazde, Joe Sacco, 2000
6. Asthma, John Hankiewicz, 2002-2006
5. Kramers Ergot, Sammy Harkham (editor) & various, 2003-2008
4. Ganges/Curses/Or Else, Kevin Huizenga, 2007-ongoing/2002-2004/2004-2008
3. New Engineering/Travel, Yuichi Yokoyama, 2004
2. Jimbo In Purgatory, Gary Panter, 2000
1. Love and Rockets Vol. II, Jaime Hernandez, 2000-2008

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