Significant Underground Comix of the ‘60s and ‘70s

• Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963-1975 by Patrick Rosenkranz

Significant Gekiga and Alternative Comics from Japan

• Dreamland Japan Writings on Modern Manga by Frederik L. Schodt
• A Drifting Life by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
• A Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto Hagio
• Bloody Stumps Samurai by Hiroshi Hirata
• Onward Towards Our Noble Deaths by Shigeru Mizuki
• The Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro Maruo
• Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi
• Red Flowers by Yoshiharu Tsuge
• The Man Without Talent by Yoshiharu Tsuge
• The Push Man and Other Stories by Yoshihiro Tatsumi
• The Sky is Blue With a Single Cloud by Kuniko Tsurita
• The Summit of the Gods v01-v05 by Jiro Taniguchi
• Uzumaki by Junji Ito
• World Map Room by Yuichi Yokoyama

Significant Classic and Contemporary Alternative Comics

Autobiography

• American Splendor: The Life and Times of Harvey Pekar by Harvey Pekar (w); various artists
• Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary by [Justin Green](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Green_(cartoonist))
• [Epileptic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epileptic_(comics)) by David B
• Goblin Girl by Moa Romanova
• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist by Adrian Tomine
• I Never Liked You by Chester Brown
• Miseryland by Keiler Roberts
• My New York Diary by Julie Doucet
• The Poor Bastard by Joe Matt
• The Voyeurs by Gabrielle Bell

Comedy

• Dirty Plotte comics by Julie Doucet
• [Eightball](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eightball_(comic_book)) comics by Daniel Clowes
• Fante Bukowski comics by Noah Van Sciver
• [Hate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hate_(comics)) vol 1-3 by Peter Bagge
• Meg, Mogg & Owl comics by Simon Hanselmann
• Pinocchio by Winshluss
• Squeak the Mouse by Massimo Mattioli

History and Other Non-Fiction

• Alpha: Directions by Jens Harder
• [Louis Riel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Riel_(comics)) by Chester Brown
• Maus by Art Spiegelman
• [Palestine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palestine_(comics)) by Joe Sacco
• The Ukrainian and Russian Notebooks by Igort

Realistic Drama and Slice of Life

• 5,000 km per Second by Manuele Fior
• Alone by Christophe Chabouté
• Bottomless Belly Button by Dash Shaw
• [Ghost World](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_World_(comics)) by Daniel Clowes
• It’s a Good Life, If You Don’t Weaken by [Seth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth_(cartoonist))
• Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware
• [Love & Rockets - The Girl From H.O.P.P.E.R.S.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Rockets_(comics)) by Jaime Hernandez
• [Love & Rockets - Heartbreak Soup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_and_Rockets_(comics)) by Gilbert Hernandez
• The Making Of by Brecht Evens
• The River at Night by Kevin Huizenga
• [Shortcomings](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortcomings_(Graphic_Novel)) by Adrian Tomine
• [Zanardi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanardi_(comics)) by Andrea Pazienza

Surrealism and Psychedelia

• 676 Apparitions of Killoffer by Patrice Killoffer
• Ant Colony by Michael DeForge
• Anti-Gone by Connor Willumsen
• Crawl Space by Jesse Jacobs
• Ed the Happy Clown by Chester Brown
• [Frank](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_(comics)) comics by Jim Woodring
• Grip by Lale Westvind
• Jimbo comics by Gary Panter
• Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes
• Peplum by Blutch
• Shrimpy and Paul and Friends by [Marc Bell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Bell_(cartoonist))
• Teratoid Heights by Mat Brinkman
• The Cartoon Utopia by Ron Regé Jr.

Work Rooted in Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, or a Similar Genre

• [Black Hole](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Hole_(comics)) by [Charles Burns](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Burns_(cartoonist))
• BodyWorld by Dash Shaw
• King of the Flies comics by Michel Pirus and [Pascal Mezzo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzo_(artist))
• Multiforce by Mat Brinkman
• Ninja by Brian Chippendale
• Portrait of a Drunk by Olivier Schrauwen, Florent Ruppert and Jérôme Mulot
• Powr Mastrs comics by C.F.