Top Five Underrated Graphic Novels

by Say Anything

SAY ANYTHING

Anya’s Ghost (First Second)

A great coming-of-age tale with bonus spookiness and excitement.

Sleeper (Wildstorm)

An early work by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips who later took the comics world by storm with

Criminal

. Oddly enough, it may be my favorite work by them.

Channel Zero (Dark Horse)

Brian Wood's subversive classic about a fight against Big Brother. About to be reissued by Dark Horse.

No Hero (Avatar Press)

This, like all of Warren Ellis' creator-owned stuff at Avatar Press, is gory and intellectually intense. Ellis is a genius.

Flex Mentallo (DC Comics)
A lost gem from Vertigo Comics by Grant Morrison, spinning out of his Doom Patrol run. Seriously trippy stuff. New color reprint coming soon.

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