Jean-Marc Lofficier's
Top 100 European Comics

Jean-Marc says: "(Note: My definition of "European" includes South American artists for obvious artistic & business reasons, but not British stuff; I don't know enough about mangas & other Far Eastern comics to make up a good list.)

To avoid the "Hernandez Bros." quandary, I've purposefully tried to avoid duplications of names, otherwise some folks (like Moebius) would show up in too many spots.

I've listed the works by Series, followed by the name(s) of the creator(s), then my favorite book in the series when applicable, followed by the country of the book (and artists, if different than where the book was published)."

1. Tintin (Herge) ("Tintin in Tibet") (Belgium)
   
2. Moebius (Moebius) ("The Airtight Garage") (France)
   
3. Spirou (Franquin/Jidehem/Greg) ("QRN sur Bretzelburg") (Belgium)
   
4. Corto Maltese (Pratt) ("Fable of Venice">) (Italy)
   
5. Blake & Mortimer (Jacobs) ("The Time Trap") (Belgium)
   
6. Blueberry (Giraud/Charlier) ("The Lost Dutchman's Mine") (France)
   
7. Gaston (Franquin) (vol. 6) (Belgium)
   
8. Asterix (Uderzo/Goscinny) ("Asterix in Britain") (France)
   
9. Adèle Blanc-Sec (Jacques Tardi) ("Mummies on Parade") (France)
   
10. Comes (Comes) ("Silence") (France/the author is Belgian)
    
11. Lone Sloane (Druillet) ("The 6 Voyages") (France)
    
12. Les Passengers du Vent (Bourgeon) ("L'Heure du Serpent") (France)
    
13. Nikopol (Bilal) ("Gods in Chaos") (France/the author is Yugoslav)
14. Jerry Spring (Jije) ("Les Broncos du Montana") (France)
    
15. Goossens (Goossens) ("Route vers l'Enfer") (France)
    
16. Alack Sinner (José Muñoz/Carlos Sampayo) ("Viet Blues") (Spain/Argentina)
    
17. Freddy Lombard (Chaland) ("F-52") (France)
    
18. Rocco Vargas (Torres) ("Triton") (Spain)
    
19. The Incal (Moebius/Jodorowsky) (vol. 1) (France
20. Valentina (Crepax) ("Valentina") (Italy)
    
21. Barbarella (Forest) ("Barbarella") (France)
    
22. Philemon (Fred) ("Le Piano Sauvage") (France)
    
23. Gotlib (Gotlib) ("Rubique a Brac")(France)
    
24. Tours de Bois-Maury (Hermann) ("Babette")(Belgium)
    
25. Valerian (Mezieres/Christin) ("Metro Chatelet") (France)
    
26. Les Innommables (Conrad/Yann) ("Aventure en Jaune") (France)
    
27. Les Eaux de Mortelune (Adamov/Cothias) ("Le Cafe du Port") (France)
    
28. La Femme du Magicien (Boucq/Charyn)(France/Charyn is American)
    
29. Mort Cinder (Breccia) (Argentina)
    
30. Les Pionniers de l'Esperance (Poivet/Lecureux) (period 45-50) (France)
    
31. Le Concombre Masque (Mandryka) ("La Vie Quotidienne") (France)
    
32. Ranxerox (Liberatore/Tamburini) (Italy) ("Ranxerox")
    
33. Cabanes (Cabanes) ("Les Annees Patres d'Eph")(France)
    
34. Les Frustres (Bretecher) (France)
    
35. Fires (Mattoti) (Italy)
    
36. Idees Noires (Franquin) (Belgium)
    
37. Zig et Puce (Saint-Ogan) ("Zig et Puce au XXI siecle") (Belgium)
    
38. Corentin (Cuvelier) ("Le Prince des Sables") (Belgium)
    
39. Achille Talon (Greg) ("Les Insolences d'Achille Talon") (France)
    
40. Gil Jourdan (Tilleux) ("Le Gant a Trois Doigts") (Belgium)
    
41. Les Naufrages du Temps (Gillon/Forest) ("Labyrinthes") (France)
    
42. Blanche-Epiphanie (Pichard/Lob)(France) ("Blanche-Epiphanie")
    
43. Iznogoud (Tabary/Goscinny) ("Le Grand Vizir Iznogoud") (France)
    
44. Reiser (Reiser) (France)
    
45. Saturno vs. la Terra (Scolari/Pedrocchi) (Italy)
    
46. Docteur Poche (Wasterlain) ("L'Ile des Hommes Papillons") (Belgium)
    
47. Torpedo 1946 (Bernet/Abuli) ("Tuer c'est vivre") (Spain)
    
48. Alix (Martin) ("Le Dernier Spartiate") (Belgium)
    
49. Orion le Laveur de Planetes (Gigi/Moliterni) (France)
    
50. Les Pieds Nickeles (Forton) (France)
    
51. Lucky Luke (Morris/Goscinny) ("Billy the Kid") (Belgium)
    
52. Les Cités Obscures (Schuiten/Peeters) ("La Tour")(Belgium)
    
53. Neige (Gine/Convard) ("Intermezzo") (France)
    
54. La Quête de l'Oiseau du Temps (Loisel/Letendre) ("Le Rige") (France)
    
55. L'An 01 (Gebe) (France)
    
56. Bernard Prince (Hermann/Greg) ("L'Oasis en Flammes") (France/Belgium)
    
57. Necron (Magnus) (Italy)
    
58. Le Transperceneige (Rochette/Lob) (France)
    
59. Blitz (Floc'h) (France)
    
60. Le Genie des Alpages (F'murr) (France)
    
61. Cocco Bill (Jacovitti) (Italy)
    
62. Foerster (Foerster) ("L'Appel du Fossoyeur") (Belgium)
    
63. Carmen Cru (Lelong) (France)
    
64. La Bete est Morte (Calvo/Dancette) (France)
65. Johan & Pirlouit (Peyo) ("L'Anneau des Castellac")(Belgium)
    
66. L'Ile Grande (Lauzier) (France)
    
67. Squeak the Mouse (Mattioli) (Italy)
    
68. Bloody Mary (Teule) (
69. Ici Meme (Tardi/Forest) (
70. Mafalda (Quino) (Argentina)
    
71. Edmond le Cochon (Rochette/Veyron) (France)
    
72. Max Friedman (Giardino) ("Orient Gateway") (Italy)
    
73. Comanche (Hermann/Greg) ("Les Sheriffs") (Belgium)
    
74. Tif & Tondu (Will/Rosy) ("Le Grand Combat") (Belgium)
    
75. Paracuellos (Carlos Gimenez) (Spain)
    
76. Chaminou (Macherot) (Belgium)
    
77. XIII (Vance/Van Hamme) ("Rouge Total") (Belgium)
    
78. Rork (Andreas) ("Capricorne") (Belgium/the author is German)
    
79. Edika (Edika) ("Yeah") (France)
    
80. Phil Perfect (Clerc) ("Le Mystere du Phare")(France)
    
81. Scenes de la Vie de Banlieue (Caza) ("L'HLM que j'aime") (France)
    
82. Le Dieu Jaloux (Cadelo/Jodorowsky) (Italy/France)
    
83. Mademoiselle Sunnymoon (Blutch) (France)
    
84. Sambre (Yslaire/Balac) ("Je sais que tu viendras") (France)
    
85. Canardo (Sokal) ("La Marque de Raspoutine") (France)
    
86. Peter Pan (Loisel) ("Mains Rouges") (France)
    
87. Cinemastocks (Alexis/Gotlib) (France)
    
88. Click (Manara) (Italy)
    
89. Cinco per Infinito (Maroto) (Spain)
    
90. Barcelonight (Goetzinger) (France)
    
91. Bell's Theorem (Schulteiss) (Germany)
    
92. Franka (Kuijpers) ("Le Musee du Crime") (Holland)
    
93. Olivier Rameau (Dany/Greg) ("La Bulle de Si c'etait vrai") (Belgium)
    
94. La Saga des Meta-Barons (Juan Gimenez/Jodorowsky) ("Honorata") (Spain/France)
    
95. Little Kevin (Coyote) (France)
    
96. Anita Bomba (Cromwell/Gratien) (France)
    
97. Myrtil Fauvette (Riff Reb's) (France)
    
98. Arn (Gal/Dionnet) (France)
    
99. Jean Cyriaque (Sole/Dionnet) (France)
    
100. Dans les Villages (Cabanes) ("La Jole") (France)

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