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

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

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

(found at: http://www.tcj.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=48)

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1. Krazy & Ignatz 1925-1926: "There is a Heppy Land Furfur A-waay" (Krazy Kat)
by George Herriman
  
2. The Complete Peanuts 1950-1954 Boxed Set
by Charles M. Schulz
  
3. Pogo: The Complete Daily & Sunday Comic Strips Vol. 1: "Into the Wild Blue Wonder"
by Walt Kelly
  
4. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
by Art Spiegelman
  
5. The Complete Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. 1: 1905-1907
by Winsor McCay
  
6.
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 Feiffer
by Jules Feiffer
  
7. Walt Disneys Donald Duck Adventures (The Carl Barks Library of Donald Duck Adventures in Color, Volume 1)
by Carl Barks
  
8. The Mad Archives, Vol. 1 (Issues 1-6) (DC Archive Editions.)
by The Usual Gang of Idiots
  
9. Justin Green's Binky Brown Sampler
by Justin Green
  
10. The Complete Crumb Vol. 14: The Early '80s & Weirdo Magazine (Complete Crumb Comics)
by Robert Crumb
  
11. Popeye Vol. 1: "I Yam What I Yam" (Popeye)
by E. C. Segar
  
12. The EC Archives: Two-Fisted Tales Volume 2 (Two-Fisted Tales: War and Fighting Men)
by Harvey Kurtzman
  
13. Wigwam Bam (Complete Love and Rockets Book 11) Vol. 11
by Jaime Hernandez
  
14. Blood of Palomar (Love and Rockets (Graphic Novels))
by Gilbert Hernandez
  
15. The Spirit Archives, Vol. 1: June 2 - December 29, 1940
by Will Eisner
  
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
  
17. The Acme Novelty Library
by Chris Ware
  
18. Polly & Her Pals - (Series 1, The Surrealist Period - Volume 1)
by Cliff Sterrett
  
19.
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 R. Crumb Sketchbook. November 1983 to April 1 1987
by Robert Crumb
  
20. Uncle Scrooge Vs. Flintheart Glomgold : The Second Richest Duck (Gladstone Giant Album Comic Series, No. 4) (Gladstone Giant Comic Album Ser. : No. 4)
by Carl Barks
  
21.
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 The New Yorker cartoons of Peter Arno  
22. The Death of Speedy (Love and Rockets (Graphic Novels))
by Jaime Hernandez
  
23. The Complete Terry And The Pirates Volume 1: 1934 - 1936 A Library Of American Comics Original (Complete Terry & the Pirates)
by Milton Caniff
  
24. Flies On the Ceiling (Love & Rockets, 9)
by Los Bros Hernandez
  
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
  
26.
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 Harvey Kurtzman's Jungle Book
by Harvey Kurtzman
  
27. Palestine
by Joe Sacco
  
28. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams
by Kim Deitch
  
30.
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 Gasoline Alley
by Frank O King
  
31. Essential Fantastic Four, Vol. 1 (Marvel Essentials)
by Stan Lee
  
32. Poison River (Love and Rocket Series Volume 12)
by Gilbert Hernandez
  
33. The Plastic Man Archives, Vol. 1 (DC Archive Editions)
by Jack Cole
  
34. The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 1
by Chester Gould
  
35.
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 The theatrical caricatures of Al Hirschfeld  
36. Essential Spider-Man Vol. 1
by Stan Lee
  
37. The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
by Bill Watterson
  
38. Flashbacks: : Twenty-Five Years of Doonesbury (Trudeau, G. B., Doonesbury Book.)
by G. B. Trudeau
  
39. YUMMY FUR #3
by Chester Brown
  
40.
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 The editorial cartoons of Pat Oliphant  
41. The Kin-Der-Kids
by Lyonel Feininger
  
42. From Hell - New Cover Edition
by Alan Moore
  
43. Ghost World: The Special Edition
by Dan Clowes
  
44. Amphigorey
by Edward Gorey
  
45.
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 The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers in the Idiots Abroad (Part One)
by Gilbert, Mavrides, Paul Shelton
  
46. City of Glass: The Graphic Novel
by Paul Auster
  
47. Cages
by Dave McKean
  
48. Buddy Does Seattle (The Complete Buddy Bradley Stories from "Hate" Comics, Vol. I, 1990-94)
by Peter Bagge
  
49.
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 The cartoons of James Thurber  
50. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
by Scott McCloud
  
51.
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 Tantrum  
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