All-Star Superman, by Grant Morrison, illustrated by Frank Quitely
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, by Frank Miller, illustrated by Klaus Janson and Lynn Varley
Daredevil: The Man Without Fear, the run of Brian Michael Bendis, illustrated by Alex Maleev
Kingdom Come, by Mark Waid and Alex Ross
Planetary, by Warren Ellis, illustrated by John Cassaday
Spider-Man: Blue, by Jeph Loeb, illustrated by Tim Sale
Superman: Red Son, by Mark Millar, pencilled by Dave Johnson and Kilian Plunkett
The Uncanny X-Men, and run of Chris Claremont, illustrated by John Byrne
Watchmen, by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons
The Adventures of Tintin: The Black Island and other books, by Hergé
Airtight Garage, by Moebius
Akira, by Katsuhiro Otomo
Fables: Legends in Exile and other collections, by Bill Willingham, illustrated by various artists
The Invisibles, by Grant Morrison, illustrated by various artists
Lone Wolf and Cub, by Kazuo Koike, illustrated by Goseki Kojima.
Preacher, by Garth Ennis, illustrated by Steve Dillon
The Sandman series, by Neil Gaiman, art by various artists, covers by Dave McKean
The Walking Dead, by Robert Kirkman, illustrated by Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard
Y: The Last Man, by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Pia Guerra and others
Calvin and Hobbes, by Bill Watterson
The Far Side, by Gary Larson
Krazy Kat, by George Herriman
Moomin, by Tove Jansson & Lars Jansson
Peanuts, by Charles M. Schulz
Life Is Hell by Matt Groening
21: The Story of Roberto Clemente, by Wilfred Santiago
From Hell, by Alan Moore, illustrated by Eddie Campbell
Louis Riel, by Chester Brown
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, by Scott McCloud
American Elf, by James Kochalka
American Splendor, by Harvey Pekar
Blankets, by Craig Thompson
Fun Home, by Alison Bechdel
My Trouble with Women, by Robert Crumb
One! Hundred! Demons!, by Lynda Barry
Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi
Stitches: A Memoir, by David Small
Aya of Yop City, by Marguerite Abouet, illustrated by Clément Oubrerie
Black Hole, by Charles Burns
Bottomless Belly Button, by Dash Shaw
Box Office Poison, by Alex Robinson
The Contract with God Trilogy, by Will Eisner
The Collected Essex County, by Jeff Lemire
Ghost World, by Daniel Clowes
It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken, by Seth
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth, by Chris Ware
Love & Rockets, by Gilbert & Jaime Hernandez
Mother Come Home, by Paul Hornschemeier
The Push Man and Other Stories, by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
Summer Blonde, by Adrian Tomine
What a Wonderful World, by Inio Asano
Why Are You Doing This?, by Jason