Best Books of 2008

Top 10 Books: Comics & Graphic Novels

Best of 2008
Welcome to our Best of 2008 top 10 lists for Comics & Graphic Novels. This year we've put our editors' picks and our year-end bestsellers for each category on the same page together, so you can easily compare. Click on "Editors' Picks" below to see our editors' list of the best comics and graphic novels of 2008, including our top pick, The Umbrella Academy, the over-the-top superhero series that marks the comics debut of My Chemical Romance frontman Gerard Way. And click on "Customers' Favorites" to find the bestselling comics and graphic novels at Amazon.com during 2008. (Ranked according to customer orders through October. Only books published for the first time in 2008 are eligible.) See more editors' picks and customers' favorites in our Best of 2008 Store.


Editors' Picks |Customer Favorites
1. Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 2)
Rodrick Rules (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Book 2)
by Jeff Kinney
4.6 out of 5 stars (413 customer reviews)
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Amulet Books
February 1, 2008
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From Booklist
Greg Heffley is back, and with him the trappings that made his first outing, Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2007), such a popular triumph. Once again diarist Greg chronicles a hilarious litany of problems, alternating between home and school, focusing this time... Read more

2. In Odd We Trust (Graphic Novel)
In Odd We Trust (Graphic Novel)
by Dean Koontz
2.8 out of 5 stars (132 customer reviews)
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Del Rey
June 24, 2008
Paperback

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From School Library Journal
Grade 10 Up—Koontz moves into the medium of comics with this prequel to his massively popular supernatural thriller series "Odd Thomas" (Bantam). Nineteen-year-old Odd's day job is working as a fry cook and serving up the best pancakes in Pico Mundi, CA. But he also holds supernatural powers that ... Read more

3. No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)
No Future For You (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight, Volume 2)
by Joss Whedon
4.4 out of 5 stars (42 customer reviews)
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Dark Horse Comics
June 11, 2008
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Eisner award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina) tackles Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight with "No Future for You." When a rogue debutant Slayer begins to use her power for evil, Giles is forced to recruit the r... Read more

4. The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle
The Dresden Files: Welcome to the Jungle
by Jim Butcher
4.0 out of 5 stars (120 customer reviews)
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Del Rey/Dabel Brothers
October 14, 2008
Hardcover

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From Publishers Weekly
Author Butcher is the creator of the Dresden Files series of novels (the basis for the short-lived Sci-Fi channel series), and this fun graphic novel is the prequel to his first Dresden book, ... Read more

5. Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores
Y: The Last Man, Vol. 10: Whys and Wherefores
by Brian K. Vaughan
4.2 out of 5 stars (47 customer reviews)
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Vertigo
July 1, 2008
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From Booklist
Even the best things come to an end, it’s said; for example, with this book, the outstanding serial graphic novel Y: The Last Man. Five years after the sudden death of all male animals except callow but not stupid 21-year-old Yorick Brown and his pet monkey, Ampersand, Yorick is ... Read more

6. Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince
Fables Vol. 10: The Good Prince
by Bill Willingham
4.5 out of 5 stars (37 customer reviews)
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Vertigo
June 17, 2008
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From Booklist
This long arc of the epical Fables continuum unfolds the story of how Fabletown janitor Flycatcher, who was a frog for a while, returns to the kingdom of which he was prince and sets up a haven within the Homelands for fables seeking refuge from the oppres... Read more

7. The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America
by David Hajdu
4.3 out of 5 stars (57 customer reviews)
Out of Print--Limited Availability
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
March 18, 2008
Hardcover

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Amazon.com Review
Amazon Significant Seven, March 2008: I may be alone here, but when I read Michael Chabon's The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, a whole strata of American artists came to life for me. Ever since then I've been waiting for a book like David Hajdu's The Ten-Cent Plague ... Read more

8. What It Is
What It Is
by Lynda Barry
4.5 out of 5 stars (52 customer reviews)
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Drawn and Quarterly
May 13, 2008
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From School Library Journal
Starred Review. Grade 9 Up–Every so often a book comes along that surpasses expectations, taking readers on an inspirational voyage that they don't want to leave. This is one such book. Each page is a feast for the eyes with beautiful full-page collages of photographs, watercolors, ink drawings, and ... Read more

9. The Crass Menagerie: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury
The Crass Menagerie: A Pearls Before Swine Treasury
by Stephan Pastis
5.0 out of 5 stars (30 customer reviews)
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Andrews McMeel Publishing
April 1, 2008
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Pearls is the hottest comic in the newspaper business these days." -Raleigh News and Observer Named Best Comic Strip of the Year by the National Cartoonists Society in 2004 and 2007, Pearls Before Swine is regarded by fans and critics alike as a thoughtful commentary on humanity's pitiable plight.More ... Read more

10. Angel: After The Fall Volume 1
Angel: After The Fall Volume 1
by Joss Whedon
4.0 out of 5 stars (56 customer reviews)
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IDW Publishing
August 4, 2008
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In Angel's final television season, his world ended... but his story didn't. Picking up where Season Five of the fan-favorite TV show left off, this first collection looks at who lived and died after the climactic battle. Why did the team go their separate... Read more