| Year
|
Title
|
Authors
|
Translators[note 1]
|
Ref.
|
| 1990s
|
| 1998
|
Gon Swimmin' (Paradox Press)
|
Masashi Tanaka
|
|
[1]
|
| Corto Maltese (NBM Publishing)
|
Hugo Pratt
|
|
| A Jew in Communist Prague (NBM Publishing)
|
Vittorio Giardino
|
|
| Nausica of the Valley of the Wind (Viz Media)
|
Hayao Miyazaki
|
|
| What's Michael? (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Makoto Kobayashi
|
|
| 1999
|
Star Wars: A New Hope--Manga (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Hisao Tamaki
|
|
[2]
|
| Blade of the Immortal (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Hiroaki Samura
|
|
| Intron Depot 2: Blades (Dark Horse Comics/Studio Proteus)
|
Masamune Shirow
|
|
| A Jew in Communist Prague, vol. 3: Rebellion (NBM Publishing)
|
Vittorio Giardino
|
|
| Strain, vol. 1 (Viz Media)
|
Buronson and Ryoichi Ikegami
|
|
| 2000s
|
| 2000
|
Blade of the Immortal (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Hiroaki Samura
|
|
[3]
|
| After the Rain (NBM Publishing)
|
André Juillard
|
|
| Comix 2000 (L'Association)
|
edited by Jean-Christophe Menu
|
|
| Jetlag (Actus Tragicus)
|
Etgar Keret, Mira Friedmann, Batia Kolton, Rutu Modan, Yirmi Pinkus, and Itzik Rennert
|
|
| The Nimrod (Fantagraphics)
|
Lewis Trondheim
|
|
| 2001
|
Lone Wolf and Cub (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Kazuo Koike and Goseki Kojima
|
|
[4]
|
| Akira, Book One (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Katsuhiro Otomo
|
|
| Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President (Viz Media)
|
Kaiji Kawaguchi
|
|
| The Extended Dream of Mr. D (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Max
|
|
| From Cloud 99: Memories, Part I (Humanoids Publishing)
|
Yslaire
|
|
| The Nimrod (Fantagraphics)
|
Lewis Trondheim
|
|
| 2002
|
Akira (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Katsuhiro Otomo
|
|
[5]
|
| Eagle: The Making of an Asian-American President (Viz Media)
|
Kaiji Kawaguchi
|
|
| Hey, Wait... (Fantagraphics)
|
Jason
|
|
| Nogegon (Humanoids Publishing)
|
Luc Schuiten and François Schuiten
|
|
| Uzumaki (Viz Media)
|
Junji Ito
|
|
| 2003
|
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (NBM Publishing)
|
Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Jerry Kramsky and Lorenzo Mattotti
|
|
[6]
|
| Dead End (Fantagraphics)
|
Thomas Ott
|
|
| Epileptic, vol. 1 (Fantagraphics)
|
David B.
|
|
| Invisible Frontier, vol. 1 (NBM Publishing)
|
Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten
|
|
| Sshhhh! (Fantagraphics)
|
Jason
|
|
| Uzumaki, vols. 2-3 (Viz Media)
|
Junji Ito
|
|
| 2004
|
Buddha, vols. 1 and 2 (Vertical)
|
Osamu Tezuka
|
|
[7]
|
| Blacksad (ibooks)
|
Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
|
|
| Chaland Anthology: Freddy Lombard, vols. 1 & 2 (Humanoids Publishing)
|
Yves Chaland
|
|
| Little Vampire Does Kung Fu! (Simon & Schuster)
|
Joann Sfar
|
|
| Persepolis (Pantheon Books)
|
Marjane Satrapi
|
|
| 2005
|
Buddha, vols. 3-4 (Vertical)
|
Osamu Tezuka
|
|
[8]
|
| Barefoot Gen: A Cartoon Story of Hiroshima, vols. 1-2 (Last Gasp)
|
Keiji Nakazawa
|
|
| Blacksad Book 2: Arctic Nation (iBooks)
|
Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
|
|
| Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return (Pantheon Books)
|
Marjane Satrapi
|
|
| Tokyo Tribes (Tokyopop)
|
Santa Inoue
|
|
| 2006
|
The Rabbi's Cat (Pantheon Books)
|
Joann Sfar
|
|
[9]
|
| Cromartie High School (ADV Manga)
|
Eiji Nonaka
|
|
| Dungeon: The Early Years, vol. 1 (NBM Publishing)
|
Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim, and Christophe Blain
|
|
| Ordinary Victories (NBM Publishing)
|
Manu Larcenet
|
|
| Six Hundred Seventy-Six Apparitions of Killoffer (Typocrat Press)
|
Killoffer
|
|
| 2007
|
The Left Bank Gang (Fantagraphics)
|
Jason
|
|
[10]
|
| A.L.I.E.E.E.N. (First Second Books)
|
Lewis Trondheim
|
|
| De:TALES (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá
|
|
| Hwy 115 (Fantagraphics)
|
Matthias Lehmann
|
|
| Pizzeria Kamikaze (Alternative Comics)
|
Etgar Keret and Asaf Hanuka
|
|
| 2008
|
I Killed Adolf Hitler (Fantagraphics)
|
Jason
|
|
[11]
|
| The Arrival (Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Corporation)
|
Shaun Tan
|
|
| Aya (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie
|
|
| Garage Band (First Second Books)
|
Gipi
|
|
| The Killer (Archaia Entertainment)
|
Matz and Luc Jacamon
|
|
| 2009
|
The Last Musketeer (Fantagraphics)
|
Jason
|
|
[12][13]
|
| Alan’s War (First Second Books)
|
Emmanuel Guibert
|
|
| Gus & His Gang (First Second Books)
|
Christophe Blain
|
|
| The Rabbi’s Cat 2 (Pantheon Books)
|
Joann Sfar
|
|
| Tamara Drewe (Mariner Books/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
|
Posy Simmonds
|
|
| 2010s
|
| 2010
|
The Photographer (First Second Books)
|
Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, and Frédéric Lemercier
|
|
[14][15]
|
| My mommy is in America and she met Buffalo Bill (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
|
Jean Regnaud and Émile Bravo
|
|
| Tiny Tyrant vol. 1: The Ethelbertosaurus (First Second Books)
|
Lewis Trondheim and Fabrice Parme
|
|
| West Coast Blues (Fantagraphics)
|
Jean-Patrick Manchette, adapted by Jacques Tardi
|
|
| Years of the Elephant (Fanfare/Ponent Mon)
|
Willy Linthout
|
|
| 2011
|
It Was the War of the Trenches (Fantagraphics)
|
Jacques Tardi
|
|
[16][17]
|
| The Killer: Modus Vivendi (Archaia Entertainment)
|
Matz and Luc Jacamon
|
|
| King of the Flies, Book One: Hallorave (Fantagraphics)
|
Mezzo and Pirus
|
|
| The Littlest Pirate King (Fantagraphics)
|
David B. and Pierre Mac Orlan
|
|
| Salvatore (NBM Publishing)
|
Nicolas de Crécy
|
|
| 2012
|
The Manara Library, vol. 1: Indian Summer and Other Stories (Dark Horse Books)
|
Milo Manara with Hugo Pratt
|
|
[18][17]
|
| Bubbles & Gondola (NBM Publishing)
|
Renaud Dillies
|
|
| Isle of 100,000 Graves (Fantagraphics)
|
Fabien Vehlmann and Jason
|
|
| Like a Sniper Lining Up His Shot (Fantagraphics)
|
Jacques Tardi and Jean-Patrick Manchette
|
|
| Night Animals: A Diptych About What Rushes Through the Bushes (Top Shelf Productions)
|
Brecht Evens
|
|
| 2013
|
Blacksad: Silent Hell (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
|
|
[19][17]
|
| Abelard (NBM Publishing)
|
Régis Hautière and Renaud Dillies
|
|
| Athos in America (Fantagraphics)
|
Jason
|
|
| The Making of (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Brecht Evens
|
|
| Monsieur Jean: The Singles Theory (Humanoids Publishing)
|
Philippe Dupuy and Charles Berberian
|
|
| New York Mon Amour (Fantagraphics)
|
Benjamin Legrand, Dominique Grange, and Jacques Tardi
|
|
| 2014
|
Goddam This War! (Fantagraphics)
|
Jacques Tardi and Jean-Pierre Verney
|
|
[20][17]
|
| Adventures of a Japanese Businessman (Nobrow Press)
|
José Domingo
|
|
| Incidents in the Night, Book One (Uncivilized Books)
|
David B.
|
|
| Today Is the Last Day of the Rest of Your Life (Fantagraphics)
|
Ulli Lust
|
|
| When David Lost His Voice (SelfMadeHero)
|
Judith Vanistendael
|
|
| 2015
|
Blacksad: Amarillo (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido
|
|
[21][17]
|
| Beautiful Darkness (Drawn & Quarterly)
|
Fabien Vehlmann and Kerascoët
|
|
| Corto Maltese: Under the Sign of Capricorn (IDW Publishing/EuroComics)
|
Hugo Pratt
|
|
| Jaybird (Dark Horse Comics/Strip Art Features)
|
Lauri Ahonen and Jaakko Ahonen
|
|
| The Leaning Girl (Alaxis Press)
|
Benoît Peeters and François Schuiten
|
|
| 2016
|
The Realist (Boom! Studios/Archaia Entertainment)
|
Asaf Hanuka
|
|
[22][17]
|
| Alpha...Directions (Knockabout Comics/Fanfare)
|
Jens Harder
|
|
| The Eternaut (Fantagraphics)
|
Héctor Germán Oesterheld and Francisco Solano López
|
|
| A Glance Backward (Magnetic Press)
|
Pierre Paquet and Tony Sandoval
|
|
| The March of the Crabs (Boom! Studios/Archaia Entertainment)
|
Arthur de Pins
|
|
| 2017
|
Moebius Library: The World of Edena (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Jean “Moebius” Giraud, et al.
|
|
[23][17]
|
| Equinoxes (NBM Publishing)
|
Cyril Pedrosa
|
Joe Johnson
|
| Irmina (SelfMadeHero)
|
Barbara Yelin
|
Michael Waaler
|
| Love: The Lion (Magnetic Press)
|
Frédéric Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci
|
|
| Wrinkles (Fantagraphics)
|
Paco Roca
|
Erica Mena
|
| 2018
|
Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for the Freedom (Fantagraphics)
|
Marcelo D’Salete
|
Andrea Rosenberg
|
[24][17]
|
| Audubon: On the Wings of the World (Nobrow Press)
|
Fabien Grolleau and Jerémie Royer
|
Etienne Gilfillan
|
| Flight of the Raven (EuroComics/IDW Publishing)
|
Jean-Pierre Gibrat
|
Diana Schutz and Brandon Kander
|
| FUN (SelfMadeHero)
|
Paolo Bacilieri
|
Jamie Richards
|
| Ghost of Gaudi (Lion Forge Comics/Magnetic Press)
|
El Torres and Jesús Alonso Iglesias
|
Esther Villardón Grande
|
| The Ladies-in-Waiting (Fantagraphics)
|
Santiago García and Javier Olivares
|
|
| 2019
|
Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked the World (First Second Books)
|
Pénélope Bagieu
|
Montana Kane
|
[25][26]
|
| About Betty's Boob (Archaia Entertainment/Boom! Studios)
|
Vero Cazot and Julie Rocheleau
|
Edward Gauvin
|
| Herakles, Book 1 (Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics)
|
Édouard Cour
|
Jeremy Melloul
|
| Niourk (Dark Horse Comics)
|
Stefan Wul and Olivier Vatine
|
Brandon Kander and Diana Schutz
|
| A Sea of Love (Magnetic Press/Lion Forge Comics)
|
Wilfrid Lupano and Grégory Panaccione
|
|
| 2020s
|
| 2020
|
The House (Fantagraphics)
|
Paco Roca
|
Andrea Rosenberg
|
[27][28]
|
| Diabolical Summer (IDW Publishing)
|
Thierry Smolderen and Alexandre Clérisse
|
Edward Gauvin
|
| Gramercy Park (EuroComics/IDW Publishing)
|
Timothée de Fombelle and Christian Cailleaux
|
Edward Gauvin
|
| Maggy Garrisson (SelfMadeHero)
|
Lewis Trondheim and Stéphane Oiry
|
Emma Wilson
|
| Stay (Magnetic Press)
|
Lewis Trondheim and Hubert Chevillard
|
Mike Kennedy
|
| Wrath of Fantômas (Titan Comics)
|
Olivier Bouquet and Julie Rocheleau
|
|
| 2021
|
Goblin Girl (Fantagraphics)
|
Moa Romanova
|
Melissa Bowers
|
[29][30]
|
| Altitude (SelfMadeHero)
|
Olivier Bocquet and Jean-Marc Rochette
|
Edward Gauvin
|
| Gamayun Tales I: An Anthology of Modern Russian Folk Tales (Nobrow)
|
Alexander Utkin
|
Lada Morozova
|
| Irena Books 2-3 (Magnetic Press)
|
Jean-David Morvan, Severine Tréfouël, and David Evrard
|
Dan Christensen
|
| When You Look Up (Enchanted Lion Books)
|
Decur
|
Chloe Garcia Roberts
|
| The Winter of the Cartoonist (Fantagraphics)
|
Paco Roca
|
Andrea Rosenberg
|
| 2022
|
Ballad For Sophie (Top Shelf Productions)
|
Filipe Melo, Juan Cavia
|
Gabriela Soares
|
[31]
|
| Between Snow and Wolf (Magnetic Press)
|
Agnes Domergue, Helene Canac
|
Maria Vahrenhorst
|
| Love: The Mastiff (Magnetic Press)
|
Frederic Brrémaud, Federico Bertolucci
|
|
| The Parakeet (Penn State University Press)
|
Espé
|
Hannah Chute
|
| The Shadow of a Man (IDW Publishing)
|
Benoît Peeters, François Schuiten
|
Stephen D. Smith
|
