The Comics Journal's Top 100 English-Language Comics of the 20th Century

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A definitive list of comics that isn’t 98% superheroes.

Most of these items are representative of complete series/runs.

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  1. 2.
    The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954 Box Set
    by Charles M. Schulz

  2. 4.
    The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
    by Art Spiegelman

  3. 5.
    The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. 1: 1905-1907
    by Winsor McCay

  4. 6.
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    Feiffer
    by Jules Feiffer

  5. 8.
    The Mad Archives, Vol. 1 (Issues 1-6) (DC Archive Editions.)
    by The Usual Gang of Idiots

  6. 9.
    Justin Green's Binky Brown Sampler
    by Justin Green

  7. 10.
    The Complete Crumb Comics, Vol. 15: Mode O'Day
    by Robert Crumb

  8. 11.
    Popeye, Vol. 1: I Yam What I Yam
    by E. C. Segar

  9. 13.
    Love & Rockets Vol. 11: Wigwam Bam
    by Jaime Hernandez

  10. 14.
    Love & Rockets Vol. 8: Blood of Palomar
    by Jaime Hernandez

  11. 15.
    The Spirit Archives, Vol. 1: June 2 - December 29, 1940
    by Will Eisner

  12. 16.
    RAW NO. 1: THE GRAPHIX MAGAZINE OF POSTPONED SUICIDES (VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1)
    by Art and Franciose Mouly, Editor/Publishers (RAW GRAPHIX MAGAZINE). Spiegelman

  13. 17.
    The Acme Novelty Library
    by Chris Ware

  14. 18.

  15. 19.
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    R. Crumb Sketchbook. November 1983 to April 1 1987
    by Robert Crumb

  16. 21.
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  17. 22.
    Love & Rockets Vol. 7: The Death of Speedy
    by Jaime Hernandez

  18. 23.
    The Complete Terry and the Pirates, Vol. 1: 1934-1936
    by Milton Caniff

  19. 24.
    Flies On the Ceiling (Love & Rockets, 9)
    by Los Bros Hernandez

  20. 25.
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    Roy Crane's Wash Tubbs- The First Adventure Comic Strip
    by Compiled by Gordon Campbell and Jim Ivey, Foreword by Charles M. Schulz Roy Crane

  21. 26.
    Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book
    by Harvey Kurtzman

  22. 27.
    Palestine
    by Joe Sacco

  23. 28.
    The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
    by Kim Deitch

  24. 29.
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    Gasoline Alley
    by Frank O King

  25. 30.

  26. 31.
    Love & Rockets Vol. 12: Poison River
    by Gilbert Hernandez

  27. 32.

  28. 33.
    Complete Chester Gould's Dick Tracy Volume 1
    by Chester Gould

  29. 35.
    Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1
    by Stan Lee

  30. 36.

  31. 38.
    YUMMY FUR #3
    by Chester Brown

  32. 39.
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  33. 40.
    The Kin-Der-Kids
    by Lyonel Feininger

  34. 41.
    From Hell
    by Alan Moore

  35. 42.
    Ghost World: The Special Edition
    by Daniel Clowes

  36. 43.
    Amphigorey: Fifteen Books

  37. 44.
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    The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in the Idiots Abroad (Part One)
    by Gilbert, Mavrides, Paul Shelton

  38. 45.
    City of Glass: The Graphic Novel (New York Trilogy)
    by Paul Auster

  39. 46.
    Cages
    by Dave McKean

  40. 48.
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    The cartoons of James Thurber

  41. 49.
    Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
    by Scott McCloud

  42. 50.
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    Tantrum

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