A personal and ongoing wish list started last year of comics that I would love to read and maybe own.
I have not read 95% of these, but I love a lot of these artists’ other work/ or they just seem like beautiful comics/picture books to me.
If you are in a generous position, you should check out Canada Comics Open Library’s wish list and help fill a volunteer-run community library in Toronto with beautiful comics!
In no particular order:
Wilderness by Lillie J. HarrisCavegirl Monologue by Heather BenjaminDebbie’s inferno by Anne EmondRecipe for Disaster by Penny Moran Van HornMap of My Heart by John PorcellinoÚlcera by Puiupo and Adonis PantazopolousRipples by Hagiwara ReiTummy Bugs by Leomi SadlerBébaak by Jasjyot Singh HansPress Enter To Continue by Ana GalvañOn Tour by Moa RomanovaBody world by Dash ShawDog Biscuits by Alex GrahamCrickets Sammy HarkhamThe Marchenoir Library by Alex Degen Nymph by Leila Marzocchi Translator: Jamie RichardsSnake Creek by Drew LermanAn Army Of Lovers Will Be Beaten vol. 1 by Bernie McGovernCry Wolf by Axe MarnieWinged Feet No. 1 by Catalina RufínFizzle by Whit TaylorDias De Consuelo No. 5: Dias De Guerra III by Dave The Fire Messenger No. 1 by Penina GalAlas by Cathy HannahAll About Flower Girl by Jen TongBurrow by Marnie GallowayAlmanac 2017 by Iona FoxThe Weight No. 9 by Melissa MendesHow to Pool: and other comics by Andrea TsurumiBilder 1998-2016 by Amelie von WulffenCrashpad by Gary PanterPortrait of a Drunk by Olivier SchrauwenTrapper Keeper 8 by Lala AlbertJ&K by John PhamFree S**t by charles burnsEartha by Cathy MalkasianThe Interview by Manuele Fior Translator: Jamie RichardsSophie Goldstein’s House Of WomenJim Broadbent and Dix’s Dull MargaretPoochytown by Jim WoodringThe Sea by by Rikke VilladsenEmpress Cixtisis by Anne SimonI Know What I Am: The Life and Times of Artemisia Gentileschi by Gina SicilianoWhat Parsifal Saw by Ron Regé, JrBlack River by Josh SimmonsThe Kurdles by Robert GoodinCelestia by Manuele Fior, Translator: Jamie RichardsLure by Lane MilburnWilliam Softkey and the Purple Spider by Christopher Forgues Afternoon at McBurger’s by Ana Galvan Let’s Not Talk Anymore by Weng PixinNot A Place to Visit by by T Edward Bak The Sleep of Reason: An Anthology of Horror edited by C. Spike TrotmanWeeding by Geneviève Lebleu The Sweetsburg Archives by Jonathan Reid SévignyThe Library by ChihoiShadowed By A Castle by Gabriel HowellHTML Flowers mini comicsEsapcios Cerrados by El MalGrip by Lale WestvindI Am Famous on CCTV by Cory FederPrayer to Saint Therese by Alabaster PizzoKugel Western by Mira SchlosbergFive Magic Rooms by Laura KnetzgerIridescence of Emotion by Yuvy and HellhiatusConditions On The Ground by Kevin HooymanBlind by Evan M. CohenBy Monday I’ll Be…by Laura LannesA Different Sky by Samuel BensonMeskin and Umezo by Austin EnglishKramer’s Ergot Murray Geister: Paranormal Investigator by Dakota McFadzeanEverly by Angela ChenLavender Scare by Arantza Peña PopoBlooolight by Maya DurhamRabbit Game by MiyoshiMagical Character Rabbit by Kinoko EvansHaunter by Sam AldenSummer Carnival by Jake TerrellIt Felt Like Nothing by Fifi MartinezHospital Train by by Daisuke IchibaOccult Presence by PaqaruThe Dairy Restaurant by Ben KatchorLate Bloomer by C. TylerWhen David Lost His Voice by Judith VanistendaelDockwood by Jon McNaught (donated this one)Mimi And The Wolves 1 Alabaster Pizzo (owned this at some point)Penny A Graphic Memoir by Karl StevensChristina and Charles by Austin EnglishFertility by Mikolaj Pasinski Gosia HerbaWet Moon 1 Feeble Wanderings by Sophie CampbellSiberian Haiku Jurga Vile Lina ItagakiPhantom by Aatmaja PandyaNearly Miss by Cristina PortolanoLittle Josephine Memory in Pieces by Valérie VillieuThe Rose of Versailles by Riyoko IkedaBishakh Som’s SpellboundMongrel by Sayra BegumCruising Diaries by Brontez PurnellA Sister by Bastien Vivès Onion Skin by Edgar CamachoHeart Shaped Tears by Abby Jame Rebecca Dart, Rabbit HeadRebecca Kraatz, House of Sugar (Tulip Tree Press)Tin Can Forest (Marek Colek and Pat Shewchuk), Baba Yaga and the Wolf Catland Empire by Keith JonesGeorge Walker’s The Mysterious Death of Tom ThomsonAfter Land by Chris TaylorThe Noiseless Din by Scott CarruthersKimberly Edgar, The Space In BetweenAdam de Souza A GleamingLonely Boys by S. BédardPretending Is Lying by Dominique Goblet, translated by Sophie YanowFlash Marks by Carol MoiseiwitschMy Dead Mother Clara JetsmarkSouvenirs by Summer PierreIceland by Yuichi YokoyamaDalston Monsterzz by Dilraj MannWe Ate Wonder Bread by Nicole HollanderThe Unsinkable Walker Bean and the Knights of the Waxing Moon by Aaron Renier (once owned this lovely comic)Little Gods by Leda ZawackiYearly 2019 by Andrew WhiteThe Strange Tale of Panorama Island by Suehiro MaruoDementia 21 by Shintaro KagoPersephone’s Garden by Glynnis FawkesStuck Rubber Baby: 25th Anniversary Edition by Howard CruseLoop of the Sun by Daria TesslerMotel Universe 2: Faschion Empire by Joakim DrescheCopy Kitty by Kyung MeDesperate Pleasures by M.S. HarknessThe Will o’ the Wisp by JMKEPalace No. 1 by Antoine CosseBig Questions by Anders NilsenMy Begging Chart by Keiler RobertsThe Pleasure of the Text by Sami AlwaniDon’t Come in Here by Patrick KyleInternet Comics #2 by Maré OdomoStarcrusherIn the Up Part of the Wave by Lala AlbertIf This Be Sin by Hazel NewlevantImpatience by Inés EstradaMumu and the Silky Road by Brie MorenoCigarette Girl by Masahiko MatsumotoBy This You Shall You Know Him by Jesse JacobsWorld Map Room by Yuichi YokoyamaOld Ground and Spine by Noel FreibertDragon’s Breath and Other True Stories by MariNaomiRed Rosa: A Graphic Biography of Rosa Luxemburg by Kate EvansQ by Aidan KochFluorescent Mud by Eli Howey (donated this beautiful comic)The Mouse Glass by Anna HaifischWindowpane by Joe KesslerUntitled by Miranda TacchiaSlum Wolf by Tadao TsugeStages of Rot by Linnea SterteMalarkey 4 by November Garcia Umma’s Table by Yeon-sik HongSweet Time by Weng PixinWYD by Lis XuRemina by Junji ItoMirror Mirror 2 by Julia Gfrörer and Sean T. CollinsGoodnight Punpun by Inio Asano, multiple volumesTono Monogatari by Shigeru MizukiThings Men Say to Me at Work by Eva DominelliHow does it feel in my arms? by Eric Kostiuk WilliamsWhat is a Glacier? by Sophie YanowBand for Life by Anya DavidsonThe Tenderness of Stones by Marion Fayolle (owned this beautiful book once)Everyone is Sorry by Sage ClemmonsSacred Heart by Liz SuburbiaDuke and his Army by Emelie OstergrenSunny (multiple volumes) by Taiyo MatsumotoStar Fruit by Gretta JohnsonNurture the Devil issues by Jess JohnsonBore Issues by Jason BradshawDeep Girl by Ariel BordeauxDiaspora Boy: Comics on Crisis In America and Israel by Eli ValleyPurgatory by Casanova FrankensteinTulpa By Grace KrollWhen Molly Drew Dogs by Deborah Kerbel and Lis XuJeremy by Lauren HindsDognurse by Margot FerrickAccursed by Daria TesslerTippy and the Night Parade by Lilli CarréMirror Mirror 3 by Plum PressNeil the Horse by Katherine CollinsAnna and Froga: Completely Bubu by Anouk RicardPenny Davenport, Silent AncestorsBoody Rogers (donated my copy but miss these strange old cartoons)Walking the Dog by David HughesCages by Dave McKeanLittle Nemo in Slumberland: Many More Splendid SundaysI Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!: The Comics of Fletcher Hanks Fletcher HanksThe Grave Robber’s Daughter Richard Sala (I donated all my Sala comics to CCOL, aside from Delphine, and miss them!)The Squirrel Mother Stories by Megan KelsoNavel Gazing by Gyimah GaribaThe Book of Leviathan Book by Peter Blegvad (donated my copy and miss flipping through)MR. and MRS. – 1937 Sunday Comic Strips by Clare BriggsIn Winter by Rita FürstenauEbb Tide by Elliott G.Hello, Me Pretty by Line GamacheHot Comb by Ebony Flowers (this was gifted to me, and I donated it, and now I would love to own another copy)Gilded Lilies (would love to own a copy again)Hungry Heart zine by Cleopatria Peterson and Amrit BrarBeauty by Kerascoët (Illustrator) and Hubert (author). HubertThe Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor DavisAasiya (Insubordinate) by Rawand IssaHeads or Tails
by Lilli CarréThe Airy Tales by Olga VolozovaFeast of Fields by Sean KaremakerWatch Yourself by Chaddy Ann NewtonTaiyo Matsumoto No. 5Tension by Pearl LowRed Red Rock by Hayashi SeiichiOur Little Kitchen by Jillian TamakiChirri & Chirra Written and illustrated by Kaya Doi Translated from Japanese by Yuki KanekoMelody by Sylvie RancourtMacanudo by LiniersDark Garbage by Jon-Michael FrankM. Sabine Rear, InteriorsAnatomical Triangles Of The Neck: A Selection of Love Stories Kriota WillbergBird Girl and Fox Girl by Yumi SakugawaAlabaster Pizzo, Complete TalamarooCollected Four Years by Kevin CzapDad’s Weekend by Pete TomsImmovable Objects by James HindleIn The Future, We Are Dead by Eva MüllerInteriors, Anuj ShresthaLaughter Birth, Meghan TurbittLeft Empty #1 by Jamie VaydaMonkey Chef A Love Story by Mike FreiheitOld Man WinterSecret Prison #7SemiSolid, Sophia WiedemanSky In Stereo, vol. 2 by Sacha MardouTaking Up Space Adam MeuseColin Lidston, The Age Of ElvesThe Cats of Ostia Antica by Julian BrierThe Lettuce Girl #1 by Sophia GlockThe Lighthouse In the City by Karl Christian KrumpholzThe Prince by Liam CobbThe Seeker by Liz ValascoThe Winner by Karl StevensMontana Diary by Whit TaylorOne Million Tiny Fires by Ashley Robin FranklinWorld Without End by Hyena HellJjimjilbang: A Walkthrough by Kaylynn KimCeremonial Knowledge by Trinidad EscobarSee Me by E. JacksonLuisa Now & Then by Carole Maurel (Adapted by Mariko Tamaki)Pipette and Dudley Charming Dog Adventure Comic by Charlotte MeiKitaro by Shigeru MizukiTender by ChooGirl Town by Carolyn Novak (donated my copy and now want to reread!)Outside with the cuties Mariana PitaLiving Room by Chris KohlerMiss Hennipin by by Andy Douglas DayWet Earth by by Lala AlbertKeeping Two by Jordan CraneJordan Crane The Clouds AboveMy Dog Jojo by Gabrielle BellGet Over It by Corinne MuchaVorpal Sword by Will SweeneyMorgan Criger, DaydreamingRobert Zant, Ballast (image from: https://www.wigshopwebshop.com/collection/robert-zant-ballast)Evan Salazar, Rodeo (image from: https://www.wigshopwebshop.com/collection/evan-salazar-rodeo-issue-one)Josh Pettinger, Goiter #5Cam Del Rosario, StaycationJordyn Jackson, Moth Among Butterfly12 House by Paige MehrerThe Academic Hour by Keren KatzRave by Jessica CampbellFowl WeatherNo Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics, edited by Justin HallIt’s Not What You Thought It Would Be by Lizzy StewartPalestine by Joe SaccoHomesick by Jason WalzSleeper Train by Ann XuSecret Neighbors by Christopher GreenTradition by Duachaka HerEscape Route by Daniel ZenderDo Not Disturb My Waking Dream 4 by Laura Parkhold the abyss close zine by Whess Harmanndn hair zine by Whess HarmanGast by Carol SwainS! The Baltic Comics Magazine #8 Amanda Vahamakimini kuš! #31 ‘It’s Tuesday Amanda Vahamaki (I love this artist since finding their work in Drawn & Quarterly Showcase #5). I wish for more English translation of their other comics.Distract by Erin ReiLiving with Viola by Rosena Fung‘THE FLAMINGO DIAMOND’ (Flamingo Diamond #1) by Marc PearsonSleep’s Corridor by Michael HawkinsLita’s hair minicomic by catalina rufin (image from artist’s website)First Sight by Jade ZhangAll my friends are beautiful people by Dalbert VSlow Heal by StellanFrontier 2 by Hellen JoThe Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town Comic Book by Robyn SmithThe Girl From the Other Side- Silul, A Run by Nagabe (vo. 4-10)Dear Julia by Brian BiggsThe Soap Lady by Renee FrenchSailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi Swan Song by Sonja AhlersThis is How I Disappear by Mirion Malle, translated by Aleshia Jensen & Bronwyn HaslamAfter Nothing Comes by Aidan KochA Drunken Dream and Other Stories by Moto HagioHelem by Stanley WanyGrass by Keum Suk Gendry-KimAsthma by John Hankiewicz Sloth
by Gilbert Hernández (I was in love with this comic as a teenager, and later donated it)Swimming In Darkness by Lucas HarariWhistle by Louka ButzbachAgnes, Murderess by Sarah Leavitt (another favourite that i donated before i moved, but want back!)Piero Edmond Baudoin, translated by Matt MaddenOur Mother by Luke HowardGodhead, Volume 1 by Ho Che AndersonEverywhere Disappeared Patrick KyleThe Black Hood: An Anthology of Depression and AnxietyExits by Daryl SeitchikCometbus 57 by Aaron ComentbusForgotten Fantasy: Sunday Comics, 1900-1915Mis(h)adra Iasmin Omar AtaHow to Be Happy by Eleanor DavisTibonom by Billy MavreasFresca Zizis
by Melinda GebbieRaw Power by Josh Bayertwice shy by Joel OrffAngel by Bishakh Somfrom now on by Malachi WardThe Necrophilic LandscapeSpecial Exits by Joyce FarmerElisha Lim, 100 CrushesFlesh and Bone by Julia GfrörerThe Golem of Gabirol by Olga VolozovaThe Temple of Silence: Forgotten Works & Worlds of Herbert CrowleyNeptune by by Aron Nels SteinkeSmoke by Gregory Benton Undocumented by Tings ChakSociety is Nix: Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic StripMichael DeForge, Leaving Richard’s ValleyLa vie intelligente by aurélie william levauxThe Water Lover By Patrick AllabyFictional Father by Joe OllmannHamilton Sketchbook by David CollierLe verre à moitié vide by Aurélie William LevauxAlberto Breccia’s Dracula
Crisis Zone by Simon HanselmannThe Domesticated Afterlife by Scott FinchBed Zine 1 and 2 (image from Bed Zine website)“You’ll Distract the Boys!”: A Choose-Your-Own Compendium of Female Existence (Illustrated book)Motel Universe 2: Faschion Empire Joakim DrescherMotel Universe by Joakim DrescherThe Understanding Monster by Theo EllsworthMeer als het Klikt by Dominique Goblet and Kai PfeifferLate Bloomer by Mare OdomoA.B.O. Comix- A Queer Prisoner’s Anthology Volume 4anke feuchtenberger la fessuraBarry Windsor-Smith’s MonstersBurg Land 1 – Sleemore Gank By Alexander LairdCemetery Flowers by Edmond BaudoinChildren of Mu-Town by Masumura Jūshichi,Dear Sara, 1997, SummerDiscipline By Dash ShawEpoxy #6 By John PhamFarewell, Snow White by Beatrice AlemagnaGeniacs! by Liby HaysA Cockeyed Menagerie – The Drawings Of T.S. SullivantGod Bless The Machine By Connor McCannI Never Promised You a Rose Garden Book by Mannie MurphyIl viaggio. Marco CoronaJoe Frank- Ascent (Fantagraphics), adapted by Jason Novak.Lipstick Traces by Trevor AlixopulosMamo by Sas MilledgeMax Baitinger’s SibyllaMelissa Mendes’ Freddy ComicsNadine Redlich’s StonesNaoki Urasawa’s Asadora!Oksi by Mari AhokoivuPetrozavodsk by Alison McCreeshQueen City By Karl Christian KrumpholzRaptor- A Sokól Graphic Novel by Dave McKeanRust Belt Review, Edited By Sean KnickerbockerSimon Moreton’s WHERE?The Complete Crepax 6- Dangerous Liaisons by Guido CrepaxThe Hand of Black (And Other Stories) by Martin CendredaThe Living by Simon Roussin, Louise Moaty and Raphaël MetzThe Twelve Sisters of the Never-Ending Castle by Shintarō KagoThe White People by Ibrahim R. InekeThe Young Woman and the Sea Book by Catherine MeurisseThirsty Mermaids by Kat LeyhTunnels by Rutu ModanVacuum Decay, Edited By Harry NordlingerWhen I Was Me- Moments of Gender Euphoria, Eve Greenwood and Alex AssanZara Slattery’s ComaILLMANNERED Chapter 1ILLMANNERED Chapter 2Clutter by Ariel BordeauxKeeping Two by Jordan CraneCorpse Star CycleTime Zone by Julie DoucetOld Ground By Noel FreibertShelterbelts by Jonathan DyckTogether by Melek ZertalJewels by Saskia GullstrandNew Engineering by Yuichi YokoyamaMycelium WassoniiW the Whore Makes Her Tracks by Anke FeuchtenbergerThe Palace of Champions by Henriette ValiumLes Jumeaux by Jung Hyoun-LeeBig Gorgeous Jazz Machine by Nick Francis PotterDear Mother and Other Stories by Bhanu PratapHalf Blood by Ibrahim R. InekeBookhunter by Jason ShigaEloise by Ibrahim R. InekeCahier Noir by Ibrahim R. InekePretty Flavours by J Webster SharpEducation by John HankiewiczMe & Night by Angela FancheLily by Martha VerschaffelDepartment of Art #1 by Dunja JankovićBicycle Day by Brian BlomerthThe Adventures of Nib and Borba by Chaia StartzBottomless Belly Button by Dash ShawDriven by Lemons by Joshua W. CotterSkyscrapers Of The Midwest by Joshua CotterWho Will Make the Pancakes by Megan KelsoBoris the Potato Child by Anne SimonOne Beautiful Spring DayAs a Cartoonist by Noah Van SciverSchappi by Anna HaifischHalcyon by Ron Rege JrStray by Molly MendozaMen I Trust by Tommi ParrishHeadland by Kate SchneiderArtichoke Tales by Megan KelsoThe Complete Carl Barks Disney Library Vol. 25Man Made Lake by Aidan KochLa Mort du Roi by Frédéric CochéJack Brougham – The LibrarianXiang Yata – CaptivityLost Things by Fenta, R. Orion Martin (Translator)Yan Cong – UNIQLO Superman CryPassages by Martha VerschaffelDiane Zhou – Ellipsisgoodnight seattle by Julia GfrorerVector Hugo- The Epicene from the Epicenter by Matthew ThurberCharlotte Salomon. Life? Or Theatre?ilo Baumgärtel- Senza ParoleEmma Rendel – Pentti & Deathgirl The Vicar WomanHaunted House by Jan Pieńkowski, Tor Lokvig (Paper engineer)Art of Nancy Ekholm BurkertThe Heart of Thomas Moto HagioPixie Lice by Amanda VahamakiGreen Almonds Letters from Palestine by Anaele Hermans and Delphine HermansMoebius Library- The Art of EdenaJustin Green’s Binky Brown SamplerComics and Critical Librarianship Reframing the Narrative in Academic Libraries Editors- Olivia Piepmeier and Stephanie GrimmWinsor McCay. The Complete Little Nemo 1905–1909Winsor McCay. The Complete Little Nemo 1910–1927Skookum’s North- The “PAWS” Collection by Doug UrquhartCartoon Girl by Heather McAdamsNo Straight Lines Book by Justin Hall Eel Mansions is a comics series started by Derek Van GiesonStandstill by Olivia M FredricksGet Over It by Mary ShyneThe City Was Never Going to Let Go by Karl Christian KrumpholzCrickets 7 by Sammy HarkhamHubert & Zanzim – A Man’s SkinHideout Visual Stories by HumdrumLe Gull Yettin by Joe KesslerKwandur by Cole PaulsBrush Paradise by Mathilde KittehThe Lover of Everyone in the World by Beatrix UrkowitzJenn Woodall Space Trash volume 1Bark Bark Girl by Michael FurlerBlind Alley by Adam de SouzaWeird Fishes by Jamaica DyerAmygdala by Rose BianchiniSasha Strong by Kim EdgarUltrasound by Conor StechschulteMetax by Antoine CosséForget Me Not by Gabriel Mason HowellForget Me Not by Gabriel Mason HowellNonNonBa by Shigeru Mizukithe nutcracker and the mouse king by natalie andrewsonCicatrix by ElleTalk to My Back Yamada MurasakiClementine by Tillie WaldenRumi Hara The Peanutbutter Sisters and Other American StoriesTravis Dandro Hummingbird HeartMovements & MomentsGeneviève Castrée- Complete Works 1981-2016Dan Nott’s Hidden Systems- A Graphic History of Water, Wires, Waste, and the Web,Wash Day Diaries by Jamila Rowser and Robyn Smithwhere have you been by Ivana FilipovichFrog In the Fall by Linnea SterteRock collector by beccateeth