Top Graphic Novels of 2010

It looks like those lists are going to start dropping (or already have.) They will almost certainly make me hang my head and shed bitter tears for many a talented cartoonist as well as other excellent publishers. Here's hoping that all the lists don't suffer from a botched even-handedness or lazy Amazon search. This has been an amazing year for comics.

Why, here is a handy list of all the books (twenty eight) that D+Q published this year. A quick count and I come up with ten original graphic novels, three gekiga reprints, seven classic strip reprints, and six translated works.


Dirty Dishes Amy Lockhart - January 5
The Box Man Imiri Sakabashira - January 19
Hicksville (new edition) Dylan Horrocks - March 2
Stooge Pile Seth Scriver - March 16
Market Day James Sturm - March 20
Melvin Monster Volume 2: The John Stanley Library John Stanley - March 30


Black Blizzard Yoshihiro Tatsumi - April 13
Walt & Skeezix Book 4: 1927-1928 Frank King - April 13
Wilson Daniel Clowes - April 27
Catland Empire Keith Jones - June 8
The Selves Sonja Ahlers - June 8
Moomin Book 5: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip Tove Jansson - July 20


Nancy Volume 2: The John Stanley Library John Stanley/Dan Gormley - August 3
Indoor Voice Jillian Tamaki - August 3
The Wild Kingdom Kevin Huizenga - August 31
Eden Pablo Holmberg - August 31
Tubby Volume 3: The John Stanley Library John Stanley/Lloyd White - September 28


Palookaville 20 Seth - October 12
Make Me a Woman Vanessa Davis - October 12
Nipper: 1963-1964 Doug Wright - October 12


Acme 20 Chris Ware - November 9
Who Will Comfort Toffle? Tove Jansson - November 9
Picture This Lynda Barry - November 9
Denys Wortman's New York Denys Wortman, edited by James Sturm and Brandon Elston - November 9
The Wrong Place Brecht Evens - November 9


Burma Chronicles paperback Guy Delisle - November 23
The Native Trees of Canada Leanne Shapton - November 23

A Single Match Oji Suzuki - TBA (should be by the end of the year.)

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