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Comics That Challenged Me in 2018: The Complete List


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  • Ley Lines #14: Skin to Skin – Jia Sung (Czap Books & Grindstone Comics, 2018)
  • Cry – Yang Cong (Paradise Systems, 2018)
  • We Come From A Desert – Gloria Rivera (self-published, 2017)
  • Fluorescent Mud – Eli Howey (2dcloud, 2018)
  • Bad Friends – Ancco (Drawn & Quarterly, 2018)
  • Alright – Max Baitinger (self-published, 2018)
  • Prism Stalker v. 1 – Sloane Leong (Image Comics, 2018)
  • Grip – Lale Westvind (Perfectly Acceptable, 2018)
  • 7songs – Haejin Park (Perfectly Acceptable, 2018)
  • Qoberius v.1 – DRT (self-published, 2018)
  • Eternal Friendship – Anouck Durand (Siglio Press, 2018)
  • Frontier#17: Mother’s Walk – Lauren Weinstein (Youth in Decline, 2018)
  • Hand in Glove – Justin Skarhus (Entropy Editions, 2018)
  • mini kuš! #68: Weekend – Erlend Peder Kvam ( kuš! komikss, 2018)
  • The Weaver Festival Phenomenon – Ron Regé, Jr. (self-published, 2018)
  • The Mouse Glass – Anna Haifisch (Perfectly Acceptable, 2018)
  • The Lie and How We Told It – Tommi Parrish (Fantagraphics, 2018)
  • Dognurse – Margot Ferrick (Perfectly Acceptable, 2018)
  • Extract – Walker Tate (self-published, 2015)
  • Summer Carnage: a Belair Story – Jake Terrell (self-published, 2018)

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