{"id":23754,"date":"2025-01-02T10:35:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/?p=23754"},"modified":"2025-01-02T10:35:36","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T15:35:36","slug":"comic-books-graphic-novels-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/comic-books-graphic-novels-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Comic books &#038; graphic novels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/comic-books-graphic-novels-7\/\">this<\/a> list.<\/p>\n<p>Best of the best<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/el-deafo\/\"><strong>El Deafo<\/strong><\/a> by Cece Bell<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Best of Star Trek<\/strong> by Mike W. Barr, Diane Duane &amp; Peter David<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/hyperbole-and-a-half\/\"><strong>Hyperbole and a Half<\/strong><\/a> by Allie Brosh<\/li>\n<li><strong>Star Trek: Debt of Honor<\/strong> by Chris Claremont<\/li>\n<li><strong>Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk?<\/strong> by Peter David<\/li>\n<li><strong>Batman: The Dark Knight Returns<\/strong> by Frank Miller<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/battlestar-galactica-complete-omnibus-v-1\/\">Battlestar Galactica: Complete Omnibus V.1<\/a><\/strong> by Greg Pak<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/11\/serenity-no-power-in-the-verse\/\"><strong>Serenity: No Power in the \u2018Verse<\/strong><\/a> by Chris Roberson<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/wonder-woman-by-greg-rucka-volume-3\/\"><strong>Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 3<\/strong><\/a> by Greg Rucka<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Amazing Spider-man<\/strong> (starting with Coming Home) by J. Michael Straczynski<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/superman-grounded\/\"><strong>Superman: Grounded<\/strong><\/a> by J. Michael Straczynski &amp; Chris Roberson<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/star-trek-harlan-ellisons-city-on-the-edge\/\">Star Trek: Harlan Ellison\u2019s City on the Edge of Forever<\/a><\/strong> by Scott Tipton &amp; David Tipton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angel season 8<\/strong> (starting with After the Fall) by Joss Whedon et al<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 8<\/strong> (starting with The Long Way Home) by Joss Whedon et al<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Runner ups<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Star Trek: Countdown<\/strong> by J.J. Abrams et al<\/li>\n<li><strong>Star Trek: The Mirror Universe Saga<\/strong> by Mike W. Barr<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/betrayal-of-the-planet-of-the-apes-2\/\"><strong>Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm<\/strong><\/a> by Corinna Bechko<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/star-trek-snw-the-illyrian-enigma\/\"><strong>Star Trek: SNW \u2014 The Illyrian Enigma<\/strong><\/a> by Kirsten Beyer, Mike Johnson et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2024\/08\/dollhouse-epitaphs\/\"><strong>Dollhouse: Epitaphs<\/strong><\/a> by Andrew Chambliss, Jed Whedon &amp; Maurissa Tancharoen<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/angel-and-faith-willow-wonderland\/\"><strong>Angel &amp; Faith season 9<\/strong><\/a> (starting with Live Through This) by Christos Gage et al<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/09\/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-season-10\/\">Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 10<\/a><\/strong> (starting with New Rules) by Christos Gage &amp; Nicholas Brendon<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/angel-faith-season-10\/\"><strong>Angel &amp; Faith season 10<\/strong><\/a> (starting with Where the River Meets the Sea) by Victor Gischler &amp; Will Conrad<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/01\/planet-of-the-apes-the-utopians\/\"><strong>Planet of the Apes<\/strong><\/a> (starting with The Long War) by Daryl Gregory et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/star-trek-year-five-odysseys-end\/\"><strong>Star Trek: Year Five \u2014 Odyssey\u2019s End<\/strong><\/a> by Jackson Landing &amp; Collin Kelly, Brandon Easton, and Jody Holiser<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angel Omnibus 1<\/strong> by Jeff Mariotte et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/identity-crisis\/\"><strong>Identity Crisis<\/strong><\/a> by Brad Meltzer<\/li>\n<li><strong>Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again<\/strong> by Frank Miller<\/li>\n<li><strong>Watchmen<\/strong> by Alan Moore<\/li>\n<li><strong>The Man Who Grew Young<\/strong> by Daniel Quinn<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/wonder-woman-volume-1\/\"><strong>Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 1<\/strong><\/a> by Greg Rucka<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/07\/wonder-woman-by-greg-rucka-volume-2\/\"><strong>Wonder Woman by Greg Rucka Volume 2<\/strong><\/a> by Greg Rucka<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/superman-earth-one-2\/\"><strong>Superman: Earth One<\/strong><\/a> by J. Michael Straczynski &amp; Shane Davis<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/supreme-power\/\"><strong>Supreme Power<\/strong><\/a> by J. Michael Straczynski<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/star-trek-alien-spotlight\/\"><strong>Star Trek: Alien Spotlight<\/strong><\/a> by Scott &amp; David Tipton, John Byrne &amp; others<\/li>\n<li><strong>Star Trek: Burden of Knowledge<\/strong> by David Tipton &amp; Scott Tipton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/star-trek-pota-the-primate-directive\/\"><strong>Star Trek \/ Planet of the Apes: The Primate Directive<\/strong><\/a> by Scott Tipton &amp; David Tipton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Star Trek: Spock \u2013 Reflections<\/strong> by Scott Tipton &amp; David Tipton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/star-trek-tng-mirror-broken\/\"><strong>Star Trek: TNG \u2014 Mirror Broken<\/strong><\/a> by David Tipton &amp; Scott Tipton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/buffy-the-vampire-slayer-1-freefall\/\"><strong>Buffy the Vampire Slayer season 9<\/strong><\/a> (starting with Freefall) by Joss Whedon et al<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fray<\/strong> by Joss Whedon<\/li>\n<li><strong>Serenity: Better Days<\/strong> by Joss Whedon et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/serenity-leaves-on-the-wind\/\"><strong>Serenity: Leaves on the Wind<\/strong><\/a> by Zack Whedon et al<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Honourable mentions<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/star-trek-tng-hive\/\"><strong>Star Trek: TNG \u2014 Hive<\/strong><\/a> by Brannon Braga<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2019\/04\/star-trek-new-visions\/\"><strong>Star Trek: New Visions<\/strong><\/a> by John Byrne<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 7<\/strong> by Tom Fassbender et al<\/li>\n<li><strong>Buffy the Vampire Slayer Omnibus 6<\/strong> by Christopher Golden et al<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2013\/09\/all-star-superman\/\"><strong>All-Star Superman<\/strong><\/a> by Grant Morrison<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/batman-cacophony\/\"><strong>Batman: Cacophony<\/strong><\/a> by Kevin Smith<\/li>\n<li><strong>Angel: Illyria &#8212; Haunted<\/strong> by Scott Tipton<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/2020\/02\/star-trek-tng-intelligence-gathering\/\"><strong>Star Trek: TNG \u2014 Intelligence Gathering<\/strong><\/a> by Scott &amp; David Tipton<\/li>\n<li><strong>Star Trek: The Original Series Omnibus<\/strong> by David Tischman et al<\/li>\n<li><strong>Serenity: The Shepherd&#8217;s Tale<\/strong> by Zack Whedon et al<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s an update to this list. Best of the best El Deafo by Cece Bell The Best of Star Trek by Mike W. Barr, Diane Duane &amp; Peter David Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh Star Trek: Debt of Honor by Chris Claremont Star Trek: Who Killed Captain Kirk? by Peter David Batman: The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[7,56,42],"class_list":["post-23754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-thoughts","tag-book","tag-graphic-novels","tag-lists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23754"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23757,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23754\/revisions\/23757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davidmswitzer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}