Amazon's Best of 2008: Best Comics & Graphic Novels

a list by Peter, the avid reader who runs Flashlight Worthy

While Amazon's whittled down the number of categories in which their Editors choose the 10 best books -- from 33 last year to 19 this year (farewell 'Home & Garden', so long 'Debut Fiction') -- happily, Graphic Novels survived the cut.

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Umbrella_Academy_Volume_1');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1593079788'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Umbrella_Academy_Volume_1');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1593079788'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Umbrella Academy: Volume 1

by Gerard Way, illustrated by Gabriel Ba

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Umbrella_Academy_Volume_1');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Umbrella_Academy_Volume_1');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1593079788'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 192 page paperback |$12.21 |10 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/What_It_Is');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1897299354'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/What_It_Is');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1897299354'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">What It Is

by Lynda Barry

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/What_It_Is');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/What_It_Is');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1897299354'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 209 page hardcover |$16.47 |17 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/An_Anthology_of_Graphic_Fiction_Cartoons_and_True_Stories_Volume_2');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0300126719'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/An_Anthology_of_Graphic_Fiction_Cartoons_and_True_Stories_Volume_2');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0300126719'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">An Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories: Volume 2

edited by Ivan Brunetti

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/An_Anthology_of_Graphic_Fiction_Cartoons_and_True_Stories_Volume_2');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/An_Anthology_of_Graphic_Fiction_Cartoons_and_True_Stories_Volume_2');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0300126719'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 400 page hardcover |$18.48 |1 review

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Bottomless_Belly_Button');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1560979151'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Bottomless_Belly_Button');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1560979151'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Bottomless Belly Button

by Dash Shaw

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Bottomless_Belly_Button');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Bottomless_Belly_Button');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1560979151'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 720 page paperback |$19.79 |2 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Alcoholic');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1401210562'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Alcoholic');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1401210562'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Alcoholic

by Jonathan Ames, illustrated by Dean Haspiel

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Alcoholic');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Alcoholic');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1401210562'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 136 page hardcover |$13.59 |82 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Omega_The_Unknown');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0785130527'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Omega_The_Unknown');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0785130527'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Omega: The Unknown

by Jonathan Lethem, illustrated by Farel Dalrymple

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Omega_The_Unknown');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Omega_The_Unknown');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0785130527'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 240 page hardcover |$19.79 |29 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Too_Cool_To_Be_Forgotten');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1891830988'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Too_Cool_To_Be_Forgotten');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1891830988'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Too Cool To Be Forgotten

by Alex Robinson

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Too_Cool_To_Be_Forgotten');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Too_Cool_To_Be_Forgotten');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1891830988'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 128 page hardcover |$10.17 |7 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Dilbert_20_20_Years_of_Dilbert');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0740777351'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Dilbert_20_20_Years_of_Dilbert');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0740777351'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert

by Scott Adams

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Dilbert_20_20_Years_of_Dilbert');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Dilbert_20_20_Years_of_Dilbert');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0740777351'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 576 page hardcover |$53.55 |2 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Zot_The_Complete_Black_and_White_Collection_19871991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061537276'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Zot_The_Complete_Black_and_White_Collection_19871991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061537276'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">Zot!: The Complete Black and White Collection: 1987-1991

by Scott Mccloud

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Zot_The_Complete_Black_and_White_Collection_19871991');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/Zot_The_Complete_Black_and_White_Collection_19871991');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/0061537276'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 576 page paperback |$17.72 |8 reviews

 
 
onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Amazing_Remarkable_Monsieur_Leotard');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1596433019'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Amazing_Remarkable_Monsieur_Leotard');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1596433019'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;">The Amazing Remarkable Monsieur Leotard

by Eddie Campbell, Dan Best

onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Amazing_Remarkable_Monsieur_Leotard');" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> onClick="javascript: pageTracker._trackPageview('/to_amazon/Amazons_Best_of_2008_Best_Comics__Graphic_Novels/The_Amazing_Remarkable_Monsieur_Leotard');" onMouseOver="window.status='http://amazon.com/dp/1596433019'; return true;" onMouseOut="window.status=''; return true;"> 128 page paperback |$11.53

 

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