Every year, instead of a “Best Comics of 20XX” I think about the comics that challenged me as a reader. Below, you will find 2016’s list of comics.
- Carpet Sweeper Tales – Julie Doucet, Drawn and Quarterly @drawnandquarterly
- End of a Fence – Roman Muradov, kuš! @bluebed, @kushkomikss
- She’s Done It All – Beatrix Urkowitz, Hazlit @bmfu, @hazlittmag
- The Train – Chihoi / Hung Hung, Conundrum Press @conundrumpresscanada
- Canopy – Karine Bernadou, Retrofit Comics @retrofitcomics
- Libby’s Dad – Eleanor Davis, Retrofit Comics @beouija, @retrofitcomics
- Weakly XL Annual – Various, Weakly Gang, @weaklycomics
- Breaking is Opening – Sab Maynert, self-published @sabmeynert
- A Girl By the Shore – Inio Asano, Vertical Comics @vertical-inc
- In the Sounds and Seas – Marnie Galloway, One Peace Books @monkeyropepress, @onepeacebooks-blog
- Test of Loyalty – Sam Alden, Hazlitt @gingerlandcomics, @hazlittmag
- Dôme – Various, Breakdown Press & Lagon @breakdownpress,
- Late Bloomer – Mare Odomo, Retrofit Comics @mareodomo, @retrofitcomics
- Gift Shop 3D – Brie Moreno, self-published @boogerbrie
- Sec – Sarah Ferrick, 2dcloud @butterstory, @2dcloud
- No Visitors 2 – Grant Groenwold, self-published @htmlflowers
- Frontier #11-14 – Eleanor Davis, Kelly Kwang, Richie Pope, Rebecca Sugar; Youth In Decline @beouija, @hairhands, @richiepope, @rebeccasugar, @youthindecline
- Ding Dong Circus – Sasaki Maki, Breakdown Press @breakdownpress
- Palace No. 0 – Antoine Cosse, Breakdown Press @antoinecosse@breakdownpress
- Sirio – Martin Lopez Lam, Fulgencio Pimentel @dogontv
- Cigarette Girl – Masahiko Matsumoto, Top Shelf @idwcomics
- Laid Waste – Julia Grforer, Fantagraphics @doopliss, @fantagraphics
- Handbook & Epilogue – Kevin Budnik, self-published/One Percent Press @kevin-budnik, @onepercentpress
- The Letting Go – Kevin Czap, Czap Books/Grindstone Comics @czapbooks, @wormulus
- Black Box / Mould Map 5 – Various, Landfill Editions @landfilleditions
- Sacred Conversation – Jack Brougham, Comics Workbook @comicsworkbook
- Cleansweep Series – CF, self-published
- The Patio – Alexander Robyn, Vice/self-published @alexandernybor
- Your Black Friend – Ben Passmore, self-published/Silver Sprocket Bicycle Club @daygloayhole
- Christmas in Prison – Connor Stetschulte, self-published @crepusculararchives