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10 best non-superhero comics of all time (www.cbr.com)

submitted 18 hours ago by [email protected] to c/comicbooks

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Superheroes dominated the comic industry for decades, and while DC and Marvel remain the two biggest comic publishers in the world, reader interests have shifted. Creators are branching off to tell their own kinds of stories beyond heroes and villains in capes. Fans need only look past DC and Marvel to comic publishers such as Image and BOOM! Studios.

Fans of the Walking Dead TV series should check out the comic it was based on. DC's Vertigo imprint may publish Sandman, but it's closer to mythology than superheroes. Comics like Black Science, Saga and Descender are all sci-fi epics. Comic books are so much more than superheroes and superpowers; these comics prove that good sequential stories exist in any genre.

They are:

Saga
Something is Killing the Children
Descender
East of West
The Wicked + The Divine
Black Science
Criminal
Once & Future
Sandman (vol. 2)
The Walking Dead

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

RIP my ability to appreciate Sandman as a comic 🫠

[–] [email protected] 4 points 17 hours ago

Yes, that seemed a "bold" pick.

[–] catalyst 3 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Interesting to see Black Science on the list. I always felt like this one flew under the radar and wasn’t talked about much.

I actually read it as individual issues as it was coming out. I liked it quite a bit, but had serious mixed feelings by the end. To be fair I have not revisited it since it ended, so I wonder how I’d see things on a reread.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 18 hours ago

"Of all time" but the bulk are from the last 20 years (apart from Sandman, TWD is the oldest and started 22 years ago), most the last decade.

[–] Carrolade 2 points 17 hours ago

No Lone Wolf and Cub? That series was absolutely superb.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I read Descender recently and I absolutely loved the artwork.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

How is the story? The artwork already had me close to buying yet, but never heard anyone about it before, so I held off for now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 16 hours ago

I really enjoyed the story. I checked it out digitally through my library and read it on my iPad.