Top 10 Comics and Graphic Novels To Read Before They're Adapted

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  • Black Hole (Pantheon Graphic Library)

    • ASIN: 0375714723
    • ISBN: 0375714723
    • Brand: Pantheon Books
    • Manufacturer: Pantheon

    Winner of the Eisner, Harvey, and Ignatz AwardsThe setting: suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the outset that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) — but once you’ve g... [Read More]

  • The Outsiders

    • ASIN: B007ZUV4TO
    • Brand: Speak
    • Manufacturer: Speak

  • Redwall: the Graphic Novel

    • ASIN: 0399244816
    • ISBN: 0399244816
    • Brand: Philomel Books
    • Manufacturer: Philomel Books

    It was meant to be: The classic fantasy adventure that began the Redwall phenomenon is finally available in a cool graphic format. Illustrated by renowned comics artist Bret Blevins, Redwall: The Graphic Novel brings to life all the battles, all the heroes, and all the villains in a fun new format perfect for reluctant readers, those just entering ... [Read More]

  • Real Friends

    • ASIN: B06Y5HPK79
    • Manufacturer: First Second

    “Fresh and funny.” —New York Times Book ReviewNewbery Honor author Shannon Hale and New York Times bestselling illustrator LeUyen Pham join forces in this graphic memoir about how hard it is to find your real friends—and why it's worth the journey.When best friends are not forever . . . Shannon and Adrienne have been best friends ever since... [Read More]

  • Watchmen

    • ASIN: 1401245250
    • ISBN: 1401245250
    • Brand: DC Comics
    • Manufacturer: DC Comics

    A new TV series based on Watchmen will debut on HBO in 2019 by the creator of Lost, Damon Lindelof!A murder mystery-turned-nationwide conspiracy, Watchmen examines the lives of the eponymous superhero team as they seem to decay alongside the ever-darkening America around them. Rorschach, Nite Owl, the Silk Spectre, Dr. Manhattan and Ozymandias reun... [Read More]

  • Faro Comics - Book 1 - Graphic Novel

    • UPC: 691324662649
    • ASIN: B07DZ4GJ32
    • Brand: Faro's Lounge
    • Size: 6.625 x 10.25
    • Manufacturer: Faro's Lounge

    92 Pages - In the opening novel of this saga, Professor Francis Kane travels back in time to prevent the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. This begins a loop of chaos that will take him throughout the entire cycle of time, where he is being both hunted and recruited to join The Circle, a tribe of trillionaire time terrorists who cause chaos for the... [Read More]

  • Confidential Confessions, Book 1

    • ASIN: 1591823935
    • ISBN: 1591823935
    • Manufacturer: TokyoPop

    This is not your average Manga. The first volume of this controversial series has two short stories (one shots). The first deals with suicide, the second with prostitution. There's no glittery happy endings, but it's not all angst and sorrow either. Engaging, realistic stories with characters you'll care about.

  • Dogman 2: The Wrath of The Litter

    • ASIN: B01H4C8YEA

  • Anya's Ghost

    • ASIN: 1250040019
    • ISBN: 1250040019
    • Brand: Square Fish
    • Manufacturer: Square Fish

    Anya could really use a friend. But her new BFF isn't kidding about the "forever" part . . . Of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially not a new friend who's been dead for a century. Falling down a well is bad enough, but Anya's normal life might actually be worse. She's embar... [Read More]

  • Big Nate: I Can't Take It!

    • ASIN: B00CDKXFI4
    • Manufacturer: Andrews McMeel Publishing

    Life can be stressful for Nate Wright.  At school, Mrs. Godfrey makes every day a nightmare.  At home, he's stuck between Ellen, his incredibly annoying older sister, and Dad, perhaps the most clueless parent of all time.  And don't get him started on Gina, the ultimate teacher's pet, or Artur, the unassuming exchange student who bests him at e... [Read More]

  • Confidential Confessions Vol. 6

    • ASIN: 1595321659
    • ISBN: 1595321659
    • Manufacturer: TokyoPop

    Girls unite...and kick some butt! There's just no room for abusive boyfriends who also turn into stalkers. And when you're the new kid in school, someone has to stop bullies from harassing you! It's time to fight back and demand justice.

  • Jessica Jones: Alias Vol. 1 (Alias (2001-2003))

    • ASIN: B013TXA1N0
    • Manufacturer: MAX

    Collects Alias #1-9. Meet Jessica Jones. Once upon a time, she was a costumed super hero — but not a very good one. Her powers were unremarkable compared to the amazing abilities of the costumed icons that populate the Marvel Universe. In a city of Marvels, she never found her niche. The self-destructive would-be Avenger is now the owner and sole... [Read More]

  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

    • ASIN: 0316013692
    • ISBN: 9780316013697
    • Brand: Little Brown Young Readers
    • Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

    Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot.Heartbreaking, funny, and beautif... [Read More]

  • Utawarerumono: Mask of Truth - PlayStation 4

    • UPC: 730865020140
    • ASIN: B01N4PIA32
    • Brand: Atlus
    • Manufacturer: Atlus

    The epic story of Utawarerumono comes to an end in Mask of Truth, as the fate of the world will be determined by warring nations. The game features exciting SRPG battles, a colorful cast of new/familiar faces that will determine the fate of their world, a rousing original soundtrack, and the dramatic conclusion to the story. After the events of Ma... [Read More]

  • Monster

    • ASIN: 0064407314
    • ISBN: 9780064407311
    • Brand: Amistad Press
    • Manufacturer: Amistad

    Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me. MONSTER.FADE IN: INTERIOR COURT. A guard sits at a desk behind Steve. Kathy O'Brien, Steve's lawyer, is all busines... [Read More]

  • The Deed of Paksenarrion (Paksenarrion Series combo volumes Book 1)

    • ASIN: B00APA1E96
    • Manufacturer: Baen Books

  • Dorian Gray

    • UPC: 652405002594
    • ASIN: B003M987PQ
    • Brand: E1 ENTERTAINMENT
    • Manufacturer: National Entertainment Media

    Forever young. Forever cursed. Based on the acclaimed novel by Oscar Wilde. Upon arriving in London, the young and powerful Dorian Gray (Ben Barnes) becomes drawn into a world of debauchery and decadence by Lord Henry Wotton (Colin Firth). Desperate to preserve the beauty captured in his exquisite portrait, Dorian trades his soul for eternal youth ... [Read More]

  • Faro Comics - Book 2 - Graphic Novel

    • UPC: 691324662656
    • ASIN: B07DZ44P9B
    • Brand: Faro's Lounge
    • Size: 6.625 x 10.25
    • Manufacturer: Faro's Lounge

    132 Pages - In the second book of this series, the stakes are raised even higher when President Lincoln, who now having survived the attempt on his life at Ford's Theater steers the course of a New United America. He is immediately put to the test when he is captured in a raid on the White House and taken to Mexico as a hostage of French Emperor Na... [Read More]

  • Bear Volume 1: Immortal (Slave Labor Graphics Series) (v. 1)

    • ASIN: 1593620012
    • ISBN: 1593620012
    • Manufacturer: SLG Publishing

    Bear is a comic of doe-eyed hi-jinx, crazed slaughter, and expanding heads, all wrapped up with a fuzzy bow. See Bear suffer undignified ickiness, barely escape serious injury, and flee the deranged whims of his tormentor, Looshkin. It's a sweet crunchy bun of horrible joy.

  • Batman Vol. 5: Zero Year - Dark City (The New 52) (Batman Graphic Novel)

    • ASIN: B00MV1NYEK
    • Brand: DC Comics
    • Manufacturer: DC Comics

    Before the Batcave and Robin, the Joker and the Batmobile ... there was ZERO YEAR.The Riddler has plunged Gotham City into darkness. How will a young Dark Knight bring his beloved hometown from the brink of chaos and madness and back into the light? From the critically acclaimed, New York Times #1 best-selling creative team of Scott Snyder and Greg... [Read More]

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