Best of
Graphic-Novels

1986

Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History


Art Spiegelman - 1986
    It is an unforgettable story of survival and a disarming look at the legacy of trauma.

Daredevil: Born Again


Frank Miller - 1986
    At stake - one man's immortal, indestructible soul.

Watchmen #1: At Midnight, All The Agents....


Alan Moore - 1986
    Watchmen Chapter 1 of 12: At Midnight, All The Agents...

Daredevil: Born Again


Frank Miller - 1986
    "And I -- I have shown him... that a man without hope is a man without fear." The definitive Daredevil tale! Karen Page, Matt Murdock's former lover, has traded away the Man Without Fear's secret identity for a drug fix. Now, Daredevil must find strength as the Kingpin of Crime wastes no time taking him down as low as a human can get.

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns


Frank Miller - 1986
    Together with inker Klaus Janson and colorist Lynn Varley, writer/artist Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight's retirement. Crime runs rampant in the streets, and the man who was Batman is still tortured by the memories of his parents' murders. As civil society crumbles around him, Bruce Wayne's long-suppressed vigilante side finally breaks free of its self-imposed shackles. The Dark Knight returns in a blaze of fury, taking on a whole new generation of criminals and matching their level of violence. He is soon joined by this generation's Robin—a girl named Carrie Kelley, who proves to be just as invaluable as her predecessors.But can Batman and Robin deal with the threat posed by their deadliest enemies, after years of incarceration have made them into perfect psychopaths? And more important, can anyone survive the coming fallout of an undeclared war between the superpowers—or a clash of what were once the world's greatest superheroes?Over fifteen years after its debut, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns remains an undisputed classic and one of the most influential stories ever told in the comics medium.Collecting Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1-4

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1


Frank Miller - 1986
    Frank Miller completely reinvents the legend of Batman in his saga of a near-future Gotham City gone to rot, ten years after the Dark Knight’s retirement.

Dykes to Watch Out For


Alison Bechdel - 1986
    Grin, giggle, and guffaw your way through this celebrated cartoonist's graphic commentary of contemporary lesbian life.

Myth Adventures Two


Robert Lynn Asprin - 1986
    Skeeve and Aahz return in the hilarious (and visually fantastic) Myth Adventures Two—the conclusion to the graphic novel adaptation of Robert Asprin's Another Fine Myth.

New York: The Big City


Will Eisner - 1986
    Before the Lower East Side was cool, there was the grit and grime of Avenue C, a world filled with street musicians, overflowing sewers, and peeping toms, all recalled in Eisner’s unforgettable style.

Grendel: Devil by the Deed


Matt Wagner - 1986
    This collection brings to life one of the most popular alternative comic characters.

Zippy: Pindemonium


Bill Griffith - 1986
    Zippy is a work of GENIUS in a way which is hard to describe because he is unlike any other cartoon character, beautifully drawn, and the dialogue is brilliant.

The Man Without Talent


Yoshiharu Tsuge - 1986
    The Man Without Talent, his first book ever to be translated into English, is an unforgiving self-portrait of frustration. Swearing off cartooning as a profession, Tsuge takes on a series of unconventional jobs—used camera salesman, ferryman, and stone collector—hoping to find success among the hucksters, speculators, and deadbeats he does business with.Instead, he fails again and again, unable to provide for his family, earning only their contempt and his own. The result is a dryly funny look at the pitfalls of the creative life, and an off-kilter portrait of modern Japan. Accompanied by an essay from translator Ryan Holmberg that discusses Tsuge’s importance in comics and Japanese literature, The Man Without Talent is one of the great works of comics literature.

Children of the Night Tide


Jan Strnad - 1986
    In "Goblin Child," illustrated by Tim Solliday in the manner of the nineteenth-century fantasy illustrators, a mother and father go to rescue their changeling child from the land of the goblins. These two stories were published in one volume under the blanket title Children of the Night-Tide. With Strnad's subtle and witty scripting matching Fujitake's elegant storytelling and characterization panel for panel, this is an authentic masterpiece of mood.

Another Helping Of Chips


Shirley Hughes - 1986
    Two episodes are presented in comic strip format and two as a combination of text and comics.

Hägar The Horrible, Hägar Has A Go


Dik Browne - 1986
    

Early Days of the Southern Knights 2


Henry Vogel - 1986
    

The Cat's Got Your Teeth Again, Herman


Jim Unger - 1986
    

The World According To Hagar The Horrible (Hagar's Swordid History #2)


Dik Browne - 1986
    

Southern Knights: The Graphic Novel


Henry Vogel - 1986
    

Border Worlds, Volume 1


Donald Simpson - 1986
    The story of a young woman space-taxi driver in and around a domed space station, and the mysterious death of a billionaire.