The Comic Journal's
Top 100 English-Language Comics of the Century

1. Krazy Kat by George Herriman
2. Peanuts by Charles Schulz
3. Pogo by Walt Kelly
4. Maus by Art Spiegelman
5. Little Nemo in Slumberland by Winsor McCay
6. Feiffer by Jules Feiffer
7. Donald Duck by Carl Barks
8. Mad by Harvey Kurtzman & various
9. Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary by Justin Green
10. The Weirdo stories of R. Crumb
    
11. Thimble Theatre by E.C. Segar
    
12. EC's "New Trend" war comics by Harvey Kurtzman & various
    
13. Wigwam Bam by Jaime Hernandez
14. Blood of Palomar by Gilbert Hernandez
15. The Spirit by Will Eisner
16. RAW, edited by Art Spiegelman & Francoise Mouly
17. The ACME Novelty Library by Chris Ware
18. Polly & Her Pals by Cliff Sterret
    
19. The sketchbooks of R. Crumb
    
20. Uncle Scrooge by Carl Barks
    
21. The New Yorker cartoons of Peter Arno
    
22. The Death of Speedy Ortíz by Jaime Hernandez
23. Terry and the Pirates by Milton Caniff
    
24. Flies on the Ceiling by Jaime Hernandez
    
25. Wash Tubbs by Roy Crane
    
26. The Jungle Book by Harvey Kurtzman
27. Palestine by Joe Sacco
28. The "Mishkin" saga by Kim Deitch
    
29. Gasoline Alley by Frank King
    
    Some reprinted in
    • Drawn & Quarterly vol. 3
    • Drawn & Quarterly vol. 4
30. Fantastic Four by Jack Kirby & Stan Lee
    • The Essential Fantastic Four vol. 1
    • The Essential Fantastic Four vol. 2
    • The Essential Fantastic Four vol. 3
31. Poison River by Gilbert Hernandez
32. Plastic Man by Jack Cole
33. Dick Tracy by Chester Gould
    
34. The theatrical caricatures of Al Hirschfeld
    
35. The Amazing Spider-Man by Steve Ditko & Stan Lee
    
    • The Essential Spider-Man vol. 1
    • The Essential Spider-Man vol. 2
36. Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
37. Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau
    
38. The autobiographical comics from Yummy Fur by Chester Brown
    
    • I Never Liked You
    • The Playboy
39. The editorial cartoons of Pat Oliphant
    
40. The Kinder-Kids by Lyonel Feininger
    
41. From Hell by Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell
42. Ghost World by Daniel Clowes
43. Amphigorey by Edward Gorey
    
44. Idiots Abroad by Gilbert Shelton & Paul Mavrides
    
45. Paul Auster's City of Glass by Paul Karasik & David Mazzacchelli
    
46. Cages by Dave McKean
    
47. The "Buddy Bradley" saga by Peter Bagge
    
48. The cartoons of James Thurber
    
49. Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud
50. Tantrum by Jules Feiffer
51. The "Alec" stories of Eddie Campbell
52. It's a Good Life if You Don't Weaken by Seth
53. The editorial cartoons of Herblock
    
54. EC's "New Trend" horror comics by Al Feldstein & various
    
55. The "Frank" stories by Jim Woodring
56. Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer by Ben Katchor
57. A Contract with God by Will Eisner
58. The New Yorker cartoons of Charles Addams
    
59. Little Lulu by John Stanley
    
60. Alley Oop by V.T. Hamlin
    
61. American Splendor #1-10 by Harvey Pekar with various
    
62. Little Orphan Annie by Harold Gray
    
63. Hey Look! by Harvey Kurtzman
    
64. Goodman Beaver by Harvey Kurtzman & Bill Elder
    
65. Bringing Up Father by George McManus
    
66. Zippy the Pinhead by Bill Griffith
    
67. The Passport by Saul Steinberg
    
68. Barnaby by Crockett Johnson
    
69. God's Man by Lynd Ward
    
70. Jimbo by Gary Panter
    
71. The Book of Jim by Jim Woodring
72. The short stories in Rubber Blanket by David Mazzucchelli
    
73. The Cartoon History of the Universe by Larry Gonick
74. Ernie Pook's Comeek by Lynda Barry
    
75. Black Hole by Charles Burns
76. "Master Race" by Bernie Krigstein & Al Feldstein
    
77. Li'l Abner by Al Capp
    
78. Sugar and Spike by Sheldon Mayer
    
79. Captain Marvel by C.C. Beck
    
80. Zap by Crumb & various
    
81. The "Lily" stories by Debbie Drechsler
82. Caricature by Daniel Clowes
83. V for Vendetta by Alan Moore & David Lloyd
84. Why I Hate Saturn by Kyle Baker
85. The "Willie and Joe" cartoons of Bill Mauldin
    
86. Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
87. The New Yorker cartoons of George Price
    
88. Jack Kirby's "Fourth World" comics
89. The autobiographical comics of Spain Rodriguez
    
90. Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman & Dave McKean
91. Watchmen by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
    
92. "Pictopia" by Alan Moore & Don Simpson
    
93. Dennis the Menace by Hank Ketcham
    
94. Space Hawk by Basil Wolverton
    
95. Los Tejanos by Jack Jackson
    
96. Dirty Plotte by Julie Doucet
    
97. The Hannah Story by Carol Tyler
    
98. Barney Google by Billy De Beck
    
99. The Bungle Family by George Tuthill
    
100. Prince Valiant by Hal Foster
     

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