Mostly comics I once owned/borrowed that I really loved when I read them and that have meant a lot to me throughout my life.
Whenever I feel disheartened about starting an organization within comics, I go back to these, and I think of everyone I’ve met through comics who has cared.
I will probably continue to update this
Everything is Flammable by Gabrielle Bell 
Beautiful Darkness by Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët 
Susceptible
by Geneviève Castrée
Delphine by Richard Sala 
My Favourite Thing is Monsters by Emil Ferris 
Somnabulance by Fiona Smyth 
Meatcake by Dame Darcy 
In-Between Days. (Teva Harrison) 
Stone Fruit by Lee Lai 
Alone by Chaboute 
Earthling by Aisha Franz 
Satania by by Fabien Vehlmann & Kerascoët 
The End of Summer by Tillie Walden 
Are You Listening by Tillie Waldon 
Eden by Pablo Holmberg 
Alienation
by Inés Estrada
Fluorescent Mud by Eli Howey 
Picking Bones Zines by Keet G 
Heartless by Nina Bunjevac 
Your Black Friend by Ben Passmore 
The Strange by Jerome Ruillier 
Rat Time by Keiler Roberts 
Look Straight Ahead by Elaine M. Will 
Jane, the Fox, and Me
by Fanny Britt and Isabelle Arsenault
Tomboy by Liz Prince 
This One Summer by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki 
Anna and Froga by Anouk Ricard 
Your Turn, Adrian
by Helena Öberg
The Unsinkable Walker Bean series by Aaron Renier 
Drawing Power 
Back and Forth by Marta Chudolinska 
Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi 
Long Red Hair by Meags Fitzgerald 
Skim by Jillian and Mariko Tamaki 
Death, Duck, and the Tulip by Wolf Erlbruch 
Moon Man by Tomi Ungerer 
Elsa and the Night
by Jöns Mellgren
Summer Blonde by Adrian Tomine 
One! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry 
High Socks New Jersey 1950 by Paula Lawrie 
Boody Rogers 
Romance Without Tears, a fascinating collection of 50s love comics. And i think the first graphic novel I ever owned? 
The Portable Frank by Jim Woodring 
Black Hole by Charles Burns 
My New York Diary by Julie Doucet 
My Most Secret Desire by Julie Doucet 
Cecil and Jordan in New York: Stories by Gabrielle Bell 
The Weaver Festival Phenomenon by Ron Rege Jr. 
Follow The Doll (issue 1) by Daryl Seitchik 
Black is the Color by Julia Gfrörer 
As You Wish by Jamiyla Lowe 
No Romance in Hell by Hyena Hell 
On Loving Women
by Diane Obomsawin
Little Boxes by Emelie Östergren 
We Don’t Go Through the Angel Grass by Courtney Loberg 
Upside Down by Tobias Tak 
BTTM FDRS by Ezra Claytan Daniels 
The World of Edena by Moebius 
Beneath the Dead Oak Tree by Emily Carroll 
Don’t Go Without Me by Rosemary Valero-O’connell 
Seasonal Shift by Lala Albert 
Becoming Horses by Disa Wallander 
Virus Tropicale by Powerpaola 
The Tenderness of Stones by Marion Fayolle 
Unterzakhn by Leela Corman 
Collected Don’t Fret by Jordan Reg. Aelick 
The Green Hand and Other Stories by Nicole Claveloux 
Funky Town by Mathilde Van Gheluwe 
Dear Scarlet by Teresa Wong 
The Wayside by Julie Morstad 
The Best We Could Do by Thi Bui 
Marbles Mania Depression Michelangelo and Me by Ellen Forney 
Amygdala (issue 1) by Rose Bianchini 
Weird Fishes by Jamaica Dyer 
Moomin by Tove Jansson 
Nine Ways to Disappear by Lilli Carré 
Young Frances by Hartley Lin 
When I’m Old and Other Stories by Gabrielle Bell 
The Night Life of Trees 
Epileptic by David B 
Frightful Fairytales by Dame Darcy 
(In a Sense) Lost and Found
by Roman Muradov
Good-bye Chunky Rice 
Shoplifter by Michael Cho 
The Underwater Welder by Jeff Lemire 
David Boring by Daniel Clowes 
It’s A Good Life If You Don’t Weaken by Seth 
Berlin by Jason Lutes 
Leviathan by Peter Blegvad 
Confetti by Ginette Lapalme
Tomi Ungerer Treasury 
Nothing Whatsoever All Out in the Open by Akino Kondoh 
Bony Legs by Joanna Cole and Dirk Zimmer 
The art of Maurice Sendak
by Selma Lanes
Retomber by Xiaoxiao Li 
Ikebana by Yumi Sakugawa 
SuperMutant Magic Academy by Jillian Tamaki 
The Weeknight Casserole Collection by Kelly Froh 
Kingston is for Lesbians by Cleo 
Our Wretched Town Hall
by Eric Kostiuk Williams
Your Mother’s Fox by Niv Sekar
Water by Mandy Ord 
Henry Darger 
The Contradictions by Sophie Yanow 
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen 
Bug Boys by Laura Knetzger 
Anya’s Ghost
by Vera Brosgol
The Girl From the Other Side- Siúil, a Rún Manga series by Nagabe 
Woman World by Aminder Dhaliwal 
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden 
Naming Monsters by Hannah Eaton 
The Greatest of Marlys by Lynda Barry 
Uzumaki by Junji Ito 
Pachyderme by Frederik Peeters 
The Case of the Missing Men by Kris Bertin Alexander Forbes 
Gentleman Jim by Raymond Briggs 
Red Colored Elegy
Book by Seiichi Hayashi
Apsara Engine by Bishakh Som 
The Sky is Blue with a Single Cloud by Kuniko Tsurita 
The Swamp by Yoshiharu Tsuge 
The Man Without Talent
by Yoshiharu Tsuge
Nineteen by Ancco 
Moms by Ma Young-sin 
To Know You’re Alive
by Dakota McFadzean
Sleepwalk
by Adrian Tomine
Killing and Dying by Adrian Tomine 
A Contract with God by Will Eisner 
Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks 
Rutu Modan, Jamilti 
Come Home, Indio by Jim Terry 
Maus by Art Spiegelman 
Farm 54
by Galit Seliktar,
Gilad Seliktar
Kimiko Does Cancer- A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu and Keet Geniza 
Dancing After TEN by Vivian Chong and Georgia Webber 
Dumb by Georgia Webber 
Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
by Daniel Clowes (haven’t read this one in years!)
The End of Summer by Tillie Walden 
Red Rock Baby Candy by Shira Spector 
Amphigorey by Edward Gorey 
Cages by Dave Mckean 
The Best of Aubrey Beardsley 
Remedios Varo: The Mexican Years 
Leonora Carrington surrealism alchemy and art 
My Name is Arnaktauyok: the life and art of germaine arnaktauyok 
The Graphic Works of Odilon Redon 
The Arthur Rackham Treasury 
Kay Nielsen Art Book edited by David Larkin 
Dulac edited by David Larkin 
The Artful Dodger by Nick Bantock 
Leonor Fini, edited by Constantin Jelenski 
Sowa’s Ark by Michael Sowa 
Sky in Stereo
by Mardou
After School Special by Dave Kiersh 
Everywhere Antennas by Julie Delporte 
Witness My Shame by Shary Boyle 
The Rabbi’s Cat by Joann Sfar 
Nori by Rumi Hara 
The Backstage of a Dishwashing Webshow
by Keren Katz
A Gift For a Ghost by Borja González 
Shadow Life by Hiromi Goto and Ann Xu 
Blame This on the Boogie
by Rina Ayuyang
Houses of the Holy
by Caitlin Skaalrud
Sprawling Heart
by Sab Meynert
Soft Float by Valentine Gallardo 
The Tea Dragon Society
by Kay O’Neill
Becoming Unbecoming
by Una
Baddawi
by Leila Abdelrazaq
Debbie’s inferno by Anne Emond 
The Song of Aglaia
by Anne Simon
Christina and Charles by Austin English 
The Hospital Suite by John Porcellino 
Petty Theft by Pascal Girard 
Evil Dress by Emilie Ostergren 
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman 
Percy Gloom
by Cathy Malkasian
Ojitos Borrosos
by Inés Estrada
Lapsos (CBA vol 25) 
Peculia and the Groon Grove Vampires by Richard Sala 
Secret Spirits by Anya Davidson 
Interiorae by Gabriella Giandelli 
Pinky & Pepper Forever
by Ivy Atoms
Ebb Tide by Elliott G. 
Hot Comb by Ebony Flowers 
The Hard Tomorrow by Eleanor Davis 
The Airy Tales by Olga Volozova 
The Ghosts We Know by Sean Karemaker 
Girl Town by Carolyn Novak 
Dear Julia by Brian Biggs 
Sloth by Gilbert Hernández (high school favourite) 
Big Baby by Charles Burns 
Skin Deep by Charles Burns 
This Was Our Pact by Ryan Andrews 
Agnes, Murderess by
Sarah Leavitt
In the Sounds and Seas
by Marnie Galloway
All the Sad Songs by Summer Pierre 
Paper Pencil Life by Summer Pierre 
Exit Wounds by Rutu Modan 
Rotten by MS Harkness 
My Favourite Girl That I Never See by Courtney Loberg 
W the Whore
by Anke Feuchtenberger and Katrin de Vries
Did You See Me? by Sophia Foster-Domino 
Ghost World by Daniel Clowes 
Goblin Girl by Moa Romanova 
The Milk of Dreams by Leonora Carrington 
Ghost Water Kiss
by Jessica Bromley Bartram
Clyde Fans by Seth 
Rusty Brown by Chris Ware 
Heaven No Hell by Michael Deforge 
A Western World by Michael Deforge 
First Year Healthy by Michael Deforge 
Fütchi Perf by Kevin Czap 
The River at Night by Kevin Huizenga 
Gleem by Freddy Carrasco 
The Bun Thief by Amanda Vähämäki 
Out of Hollow Water
by Archie Bongiovanni
A Period of Madness by Luc Leplae 
Ice Haven
by Daniel Clowes
John Vasquez Mejias- The Puerto Rican War 
Red: A Haida Manga Book by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas 
Victor Martins, Hey, I don’t mean to be condescending or anything, but we’re friends, you don’t have to be afraid of me 
Jenn Woodall, Magical Beatdown 
The Never Weres by Fiona Smyth 
Bezimena by Nina Bunjevac 
Fatherland by Nina Bunjevac 
Creation by Sylvia Nickerson 
Koreangry comics 
Dakwäkãda Warriors
by Cole Pauls
Frog and Toad are Queer Zine – Nina Slykhuis Landry
Castle of The Beast by Ariel Cooper 
Cosmic Being 2 by Alex Graham 
Face Man by Clara Bessijelle 
DISPLACEMENT (Wang Xulin) and NATURALLY (Saul Freedman-Lawson) (Old Growth Press 2021 titles) 
5 Minutes in Karachi – Misbah Ahmed 
From Yesterday – Natalie Mark 麥月明 
What They Don’t Know – Riley J. Piñeros 
New Growth by Cleopatria Peterson 
Before You Go by Natalie Mark 
This Will All End in Tears
by Joe Ollmann
Litterpig 1 by Evin Collis 
The Lady Who Used to Feed Her Moved Away: And More Unberarably Sad Dog Cartoons by Bruce Simon 
Anti-Gone
by Connor Willumsen
Prince of Cats
by Ronald Wimberly
Wavering Line 4 by Wavering Line Collective 
Architecture of An Arom by Juliacks 
The Complete Wimmen’s Comix
Cat and Bag by Vivan Schwarz 
Chicken Rising by D. Boyd 
Dark Adaptation by Lorenz Peter 
From Lone Mountain by John Porcellino 
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel 
I Never Liked You by Chester Brown 
Kiss and Tell: a romantic resume by MariNaomi 
Lucky by Gabrielle Bell 
My Lesbian Experience with loneliness by Nagata Kabi 
Over Easy by Mimi Pond 
Perfect Example by John Porcellino 
Rosalie Lightning by Tom Hart 
See Me by E. Jackson. 
Stitches by David Small 
Sunday in the Park with Boys by Jane Mai 
Sunburning by Keiler Roberts 
Super Late Bloomer by Julia Kaye 
The Arab of the Future A Childhood in the Middle East, 1978-1984 by Riad Sattouf 
Taxi Stories from the Back Seat by Aimee de Jongh 
The Hookah Girl and Other True Stories by Marguerite Dabaie 
The Pervert by Michelle Perez and Remy Boydel 
The Song of Roland by Michel Rabagliati 
This Womans Work by Julie Delporte and translated by Helge Dascher and Aleshia Jensen 
Today is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life by Ulli Lust 
Transposes by Dylan Edwards 
You & a Bike and a Road by Eleanor Davis 
100 Days in Uranium City by Ariane Denomme 
5,000 Kilometers Per Second by Manuele Fior 
Alien Beings by Laura Kenins 
Asterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli 
Aya Life in Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clement Oubrerie 
Chewing On Tinfoil by Joe Ollmann 
Constantly by gg 
Drawing Thinking of You Dancing by Jason Kieffer and Mairi Greig 
Fish Person by Meagan Berlin 
Flem by Rebecca Rosen 
For As Long As It Rains by Zviane 
Frederick and Eloise- A Love Story by Brian Biggs 
Gilded Lilies by Jillian Tamaki 
Marie and Worrywart Comics About Anxiety by Jenn Woodall 
Meat and Bone by Kat Verhoeven 
Miss Dont Touch Me Volume 1 and 2 by Hubert and Kerascoet 
Off Season by James Sturm 
Shortcomings by Adrian Tomine 
Sound of Snow Falling by Maggie Umber 
St. Trinians by Ronald Searle 
Sufficently Remarkable Memory Maki Naro 
Indispensible Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson 
The Lie and How We Told It by Tommi Parrish 
The Pineapples of Wrath by Cathon (pure joy from mysteries like this) 
Two Sisters by Laura K Watson 
Udon Noodle Soup by Yani Hu 
Unspent Love by Shannon Gerard 
Yellow Negroes and Other Imaginary Creatures by Yvan Alagbe 
Za Oknem Swieci Slonce by Anja Wicki 
Strange Embrace by David Hine 
The Box Man by Imiri Sakabashira 
Through the Woods by Emily Carroll 
So Pretty Very Rotten Comics and Essays on Lolita Fashion and Cute Culture by Jane Mai and An Nguyen 
Agony by Mark Beyer 
Condo Heartbreak Disco by Eric Kostiuk Williams 
House of Strays by Gillian Blekkenhorst 
Inkweed by Chris Wright 
Jetlag by Etgar Keret 
Krazy and Ignatz Volume 1 1941-1942- Ragout of Raspberries by George Herriman 
Milk Teeth by Julie Morstad 
Three Sisters by Ingrida Picukane 
Only Skin by Sean Ford 
Pop Gun War by Farel Dalrymple 
Prelude to a Million Years and Song Without Words by Lynd Ward 
Shrimpy and Paul and Friends by Marc Bell 
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle 
Streak of Chalk by Miguelanxo Prado 
The Arrival by Shaun Tan 
The Doe by Cassandra Witteman 
The Extraordinary Adventures of Adéle Blanc-Sec Vol. 1- Pterror Over Paris The Eiffel Tower Demon by Jacques Tardi 
Theth by Josh Bayer 
Upgrade Soul by Ezra Claytan Daniels 
Surviving the City Volume 1 by Tasha Spillett and Natasha Donovan 
The Prince and the Dressmaker by Jen Wang 
The Summer of Love by Debbie Drechsler 
Kitaro by Shigeru Mizuki 
A Wrinkle in Time- The Graphic Novel by Madeleine LEngle and Hope Larson 
Archival Quality by Ivy Noelle Weir and Steenz 
Mimi and the Wolves by Alabaster 
Will I See by David Alexander Robertson 
Witchy by Ariel Slamet Ries 
A Year Without Mom by Dasha Tolstikova 
Grandfather and the Moon by Stephanie Lapointe and Roge 
Wee Pals Right On! by Morrie Turner (favourite as a kid) 
August Moon by Diana Thung 
Nightlights by Lorena Alvarez 
Spiral-Bound by Aaron Renier 
The Little Gardener by Emily Hughes 
The Only Child by Guojing 
Blue Angel by Sokal 
Abelard by Renaud Dillies and Régis Hautière 
Bubbles & Gondola by Renaud Dillies
