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This entertaining whodunit with MacGuffins and double and triple crosses galore will have you page-turning to the very end to find out who's the real killer and what exactly are their mysterious motives.Ī manga-influenced comic set in a haunting environment under the guise of a children's ghost story or urban legend. Was he a comedic con man, trying to pull one over on us? Was he a method actor lost in his own world? Was he a perpetually innocent child living in the body of a middle-aged man? I'd say he was all of and none of these things, but that shouldn't get in the way of an entertaining yarn, which is exactly what this graphic novel delivers.Ĭlue written by Paul Allor illustrated by Nelson DanielĪ very meta and 4th-wall breaking take on the story of the board game Clue, even more-so than the movie. This time he sets out to tell the life story of the enigma that was Andy Kaufman. Is This Guy for Real?: The Unbelievable Andy Kaufman by Box Brownīox Brown has really found a niche in his graphic novel biographies-minimalistic color palettes, personalized storytelling, and candidly funny illustrations.

How could he not when this collection features Big Red investigating Kaiju monsters in the south pacific, battling giant turtles and winged creatures, and discovering a haunted flame in the swamps of Florida?! As long as Mike Mignola keeps cranking out these weird and wonderful stories and continues to get top talent artists to illustrate them, I'll be anxiously awaiting the next adventure to read! It's no surprise that a Hellboy graphic novel makes my 'best-of' list again this year. Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1955 written by Mike Mignola and Chris Roberson illustrated by Shawn Martinbrough, Brian Churilla, and Paolo Rivera

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While not necessarily a 'Top 10' (especially since I selected eighteen!) and definitely not in any order of greater or lesser importance, the following are just 18 really cool, fun, entertaining, and thought-provoking graphic novels I read and enjoyed in 2018-all available to check out from the Free Library's collections, in either physical or digital formats. As another year comes to a close, I'm looking back on one of my favorite hobbies: reading comic books! Whether they were new stand-alone stories, retro reissue collections, original children's series, or new adventures with familiar faces, there was no shortage of comic-related reading material in 2018.

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