2009 Challenge: Graphic Novels in June-August

I love graphic novels and want to read more. Starting in June (a month after Free Comic Book Day) and ending in July (Comic-Con International is at the end of the month), I’ll read as many graphic novels, illustrated books, and comic books as I can. One of my goals is to read all the graphic novels that I own, which are amongst those listed below.

Completed. This reading challenge was a huge success! In fact, I extended it an extra month so I could read more. It was a great opportunity for me to check out many series and standalones that’d been on my reading list for a while. Now I have some new favourite graphic novels!

Completed:

  • Shaun Tan, Tales From Outer Suburbia
  • Kazu Kibuishi (editor), Flight, Volumes One & Four
  • Kazu Kibuishi, Daisy Kutter: The Last Train
  • Douglas TenNapel, Iron West
  • Christian Gossett et al., The Red Star
  • Nick Bantock, Griffin & Sabine series
  • Nick Bantock, The Museum at Purgatory
  • Nick Bantock, The Forgetting Room
  • Alan Moore, V For Vendetta
  • Gene Luen Yang, American Born Chinese
  • Bill Willingham, Fables
  • Katsuhiro Otomo, Akira, Volume One
  • Max Allan Collins, On the Road to Perdition: Oasis (Vol. 1)
  • Bill Willingham et al., Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall
  • Brian K. Vaughan & Pia Guerra, Y: The Last Man
  • Brian K. Vaughan, Pride of Baghdad
  • Gareth Hinds, Beowulf visualization
  • Frank Miller, 300
  • Stan Sakai, Usagi Yojimbo, Vol 2: Samurai!
  • Lewis Trondheim & Joann Sfar, Dungeon Parade, Vol 1: A Dungeon Too Many
  • Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis
  • Frank Miller, Sin City, Vol 1: The Hard Goodbye
  • Jeff Smith, Bone
  • Kazuo Koike & Goseki Kojima, Lone Wolf and Cub

Goals:

  • Karl Kofoed, Galactic Geographic: Annual 3003
  • Archaia Studio Press, Artesia
  • Neil Gaiman, The Sandman (finish the series)
  • Hergé, Tintin series
  • Bill Willingham et al., Jack of Fables: The (Nearly) Great Escape
  • Alan Moore, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Gareth Hinds, King Lear visualization
  • Eric Shanower, Age of Bronze (Trojan war retelling)
  • Warren Ellis, Transmetropolitan, FreakAngels, Ignition City
  • Paul Chadwick, Concrete
  • Craig Thompson, Blankets
  • J. O’Barr, The Crow
  • Alan Moore, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
  • Kean Soo, Jellaby (children/YA)
  • Andy Runton, Owly (children/YA)
  • Hannah Berry, Britten and Brulightly
  • Lewis Trondheim, Little Nothings: The Prisoner Syndrome
  • Enrico Casarosa, The Venice Chronicles
  • Danica Novgorodoff, Slow Storm
  • Tove Jansson, Moomin
  • Susan Schade & Jon Buller, Fog Mound (children/YA)
  • Tom Corwin & Craig Frazier, Mr Fooster: Travelling on a Whim
  • Joann Sfar, Little Vampire