Best of
Graphic-Novels-Comics
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.
Bloom County Babylon: Five Years of Basic Naughtiness
Berkeley Breathed - 1986
An anthology of cartoons from the syndicated comic strip, "Bloom County" encompasses highlights from the five-year span of the strip.
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.
Everything in the World
Lynda Barry - 1986
The outrageous humor of cult favorite and syndicated cartoonist Lynda Barry--one of the world's "shrewdest chroniclers of sex, love and romance" (Mother Jones).
Love and Rockets #17
Jaime Hernández - 1986
Locos" by Jaime"The Way Things're Going" starring Jesusby Gilbert"Rocket Rhodes" starring Rocky and Fumbleby Jaime"Duck Feet" Part OneA Heartbreak Soup Storyby Gilbert
Labyrinth (Marvel Super Special #40)
Sid Jacobson - 1986
Adaptation by Sid Jacobson, John Buscema, and Romeo Tanghal of the Henson Associates/Lucasfilm/TriStar Pictures film directed by Jim Henson.
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.