Your absolute favorite Graphic Novel?

[Trallis]

As the title mentioned, what's your favorite Graphic Novel of all time? If someone else takes yours, you have to put a second one. I have free 2 day shipping on google so I don't want to let it run out with me doing some serious book buying

[capuga]

Invincible volume 12: Still Standing. Has the Invincible War and my all time favorite comic arc - the fight with Conquest.

[Movieartman]

1.) Watchmen
2.) Secret War (from 2004 not the 80s series of the same title)
3.) Batwoman Elegy
4.) Lex Luther: Man of Steel / Luther
5.) Joker

[PsychoGoatee]

My favorite one from the future is Savage Dragon Ultimate Collection 1 from July. My favorite one presently, probably Rurouni Kenshin (any of the VizBig editions).

[Greg Anderson]

Strange Embrace.

[Dark-Flux]

I would have gone Watchmen, but since its taken; Dark Knight Returns.

[Deviancy]

The Killing Joke..

Nuff said..

[JonQCitizen]

Depending on your likes/dislikes I would say:

-- Elephantmen: Wounded Animals. If you like the pulp-sci-fi stuff....like Bladerunner with human-animal hybrids. Awesome series from Richard Starkings.
-- The Walking Dead, Volume 1. If you like zombies, or comic books not too "super-hero-y"
-- Planet Hulk. The Hulk on a far-off world with new characters. You don't have to know any continuity of the Hulk to love this!
-- Green Lantern: Rebirth. You do have to have at least a little knowledge of this character, but still awesome.
-- Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. An out-of-continuity series by the Loeb/McGuinness team, great stuff!

Hope this helps....good luck!

[dupersuper]

So...many...books... Can't...decide! *head explodes*

Superman/Batman: Public Enemies. An out-of-continuity series by the Loeb/McGuinness team, great stuff!

Out of continuity post-Flashpoint, maybe. It was certainly in continuity at the time: it served as the prelude to the introduction of the Supergirl of the time.

[Johnny P. Sartre]

I'll have to do a top 10, no order.

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
Dororo
The Incal
The Metabaron
Mort Cinder
Pluto
The Nikopol Trilogy
Tekkonkinreet
Enigma
Alec

[yungducketz]

I'll have to do a top 10, no order.

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
Dororo
The Incal
The Metabaron
Mort Cinder
Pluto
The Nikopol Trilogy
Tekkonkinreet
Enigma
Alec

Whoa, I only recognize Pluto and Enigma from that list..got some reading to do. SO.MANY.GOOD.COMICS! It's quite daunting honestly..

[Danish]

I'll have to do a top 10, no order.

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea
Dororo
The Incal
The Metabaron
Mort Cinder
Pluto
The Nikopol Trilogy
Tekkonkinreet
Enigma
Alec

I love everything I've read here but Dororo? I feel that is one of Tezuka's weakest titles. Maybe I just like his epic stories that are on grand scales. Dororo felt like Gegege no Kitaro -- a fun episodic yokai manga.
I've been intrigued by Metabarons for the longest time. I love The Incal but Metabarons seems like a real commitment.

[Johnny P. Sartre]

Metabarons is worth the commitment; one of the finest adventure/action FB albums I've ever read.

I just love Dororo probably because of the reason you said, it's a great, fun yokai manga (also love GeGeGe no Kitaro), it's a personal choice. If I were to actually pick on skill and technique Black Jack, Swallowing the Earth, Astro Boy, Phoenix, and Buddha would be in that list. IMHO, Tezuka just has a lot of classic manga works from Next World, Lost World to Ayako to MW to Ode to Kirihito to Metropolis.

[wiski]

Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. Ultimate Collection

[matt levin]

seconding Corto Maltese and Next Wave, adding Ronin, Cerebus, Lone Wolf and Cub (among oh a hundred others!)(oh and see below, ANY collections of ANY of these!)