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I have so many favorites! My tastes tend to run to the light-hearted and the kids' books, more than the traditional superhero or the popular horror comics.

El Deafo

by Cece Bell

Viminy Crowe's Comic Book

by Marthe Jocelyn, Richard Scrimger, & Claudia Davila
This one's actually a hybrid: half comic book, half novel. And it's amazing.

Paul Tobin & Colleen Coover's Bandette series
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Lee Nordling's Three-Story Books series
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These are wordless comics that tell the same story from 3 different points of view at the same time.

Frédéric Brrémaud & Federico Bertolucci's Love series
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These are wordless comics; the artwork is so realistic.

Nina in That Makes Me Mad!: TOON Level 2

by Hilary Knight & Steven Kroll
This is a kids' easy-reader graphic novel, but it's a hilarious read, even for grown-ups.

Monster on the Hill

by Rob Harrell

Awkward

by Svetlana Chmakova

Soppy: A Love Story

by Philippa Rice

Dana Simpson's Heavenly Nostrils series
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Roller Girl

by Victoria Jamieson

Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum's Unshelved series
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Aki Alliance

by Ryan Estrada

Susan Schade & Jon Buller's Fog Mound series
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Another hybrid of comics and novel, though this series is done differently than Viminy Crowe's Comic Book.

The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage: The (Mostly) True Story of the First Computer

by Sydney Padua

I hate to pick "favorites" because my tastes change from time to time. I tend to like sci-fi and fantasy, and I almost never read superhero books or books for kids. (Books for young adults, yes.). Recently I've been enjoying some non-fiction comics as well. I tend to prefer self-contained stories, unlike super-hero things that run on for years and years. A long-running series can be fine, as long as each story can stand alone.

Just a few of my recent reads that really grabbed me:
Criminal, Vol. 1: Coward: While I don't normally read detective or crime stories, this was picked for a book group that I'm part of. It had a really compelling story and we all enjoyed it.

I Hate Fairyland, Volume 1: Madly Ever After is really up my alley. Screwball crazy fantasy parodying kid's fantasy lit. Very violent, but cartoon violence.

Blacksad. Again a detective story, but with a cat as detective. Don't let the cat fool you; this is very much an adult story.

O Human Star, Volume One: a sci-fi story dealing with a relationship between a guy and a clone of his dead lover. In the first volume, we still don't know who created the clone, or why.

And I'll quickly mention a few more recent reads: Finder: Voice, Aama, Vol. 1: The Smell of Warm Dust, Grandville, Postal, Volume 1, The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act, Sex Criminals, Volume One: One Weird Trick

My unnumbered favorites, which I try to collect in oversized hardcover (OHC) editions, include:

Fear Agent by Rick Remender (Library Ed.)
Deadly Class by Rick Remender (Library Ed.)
Tokyo Ghost by Rick Remender (DLX)
Doom Patrol by Grant Morrison (Omnibus)
Manhattan Projects by Jonathan Hickman (DLX)
Batman by Grant Morrison (Paperback, soon to be replaced by omnibuses)
Batman by Scott Snyder (Paperback)
Batman and Robin by Peter J. Tomasi (Omnibus)
Batman by Jeph Loeb (Not owned, soon to be omnibuses)
Crisis on Infinite Earths (Not owned)
Watchmen (HC)
Paper Girls by Brian K. Vaughan (DLX)

That’s off the top of my head : )

I love the wide variety of favorites we have in the group! Just goes to show that comics / sequential art has something for everyone!

My favorites tend to change with my mood or what topic I am currently obsessing over.
Some honorary mentions and ones I have in my personal collection:

Big Hard Sex Criminals: Volume One
Bitch Planet, Vol. 1: Extraordinary Machine
D4VE
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened
Bingo Love Volume 1: Jackpot Edition
Ask Me About Polyamory: The Best of Kimchi Cuddles

Just to name a few!

Russell wrote: "My favorites tend to change with my mood or what topic I am currently obsessing over.
Some honorary mentions and ones I have in my personal collection..."

Great variety, Russell! I really need to get reading again and catch up on all these books being recommended.

Has anyone read this yet?

I have read the webcomic version but keep meaning to get the graphic novels for my collection. Is there anything different in the paper version that is not on Webtoons?

I've read the graphic novel but not the webtoon, so I'm afraid I cannot compare the two. I think if you enjoy the story it may be worth having the physical copy. I personally have trouble getting into webtoons because I don't enjoy reading comics on my phone.

SuperKimbit wrote: "I personally have trouble getting into webtoons because I don't enjoy reading comics on my phone."

I have trouble getting into webtoons (or single issues) because I don't enjoy reading in little bits. I much prefer trade paperbacks / collected volumes!

Some of my favorites so far

Days of Sand
Giant Days, Vol. 1 (all of it)
The Complete Maus
The Arrival

Evy wrote: "Some of my favorites so far

Days of Sand
Giant Days, Vol. 1 (all of it)
The Complete Maus
The Arrival"

I've read both The Complete Maus (I am lucky my library system has several copies as I know it's widely banned) and The Arrival. Enjoyed both.

Days of Sand and Giant Days both look good. I'll add them to my list.

Days of Sand is an absolute stunner. Story and art are so beautiful.

I forgot to mention Rebecca Dautremer with her adaptations of Silk and Of Mice and Men