1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die Reading Project

[jaclynhyde]

I'm slowly going through the list of comics in 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die with the help of a random number generator (plus grabbing a few at my library out of order). I sporadically post reviews at League of Comic Geeks. Favorites are in bold, and I've noted what parts I read if I didn't read everything. Comics I've read before starting the project aren't included until I roll their number.

Next Up:

• #383: Den Neverwhere
• #638: City of Glass

Read:

• #4: "Ally Sloper" by Charles Ross & Marie Duvall (Review)
  • read collection on Andy's Early Comics Archive October 2023
• #12: "The Upside Downs" by Gustave Verbeek (Review)
  • read on GoComics February 2024
• #19: "Polly and Her Pals" by Cliff Sterrett (Review)
  • read 1929 Sunday strips and Animation Resources article strips June 2025
• #59: The Four Immigrants Manga by Henry Kiyama (Review)
  • read April 2025
• #78: "Smokey Stover" by Bill Holman (Review)
  • read selection of strips August 2023
• #134: "Torchy in Heartbeat" by Jackie Ormes (Review)
  • read Nancy Goldstein's Jackie Ormes: The First African American Woman Cartoonist April 2023
• #215: "The Flash of Two Worlds" by Gardner Fox & Carmine Infantino (Review)
  • read February 2023
• #219: Asterix the Gladiator by René Goscinny & Albert Uderzo (Review)
  • read September 2022
• #285: Trashman by Spain Rodriguez (Review)
  • read Subvert Comics #1-3 June 2023
• #296: Poem Strip by Dino Buzzati (Review)
  • read April 2025
• #311: Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi (Review)
  • read April 2025
• #327: Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth by Jack Kirby (Review)
  • read Kamandi: The Last Boy on Earth #1-40 June 2025
• #348: “Hagar the Horrible” by Dik Browne (Review)
  • read two paperback collections May 2023
• #379: Die Laughing by Franquin (Review)
  • read April 2025
• #380: Maus by Art Spiegelman (Review)
  • reread June 2025
• #441: The Hunting Party by Pierre Christin (Review)
  • read May 2025
• #443: Zanardi by Andrea Pazienza (Review)
  • read March 2023
• #492: The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore and Ian Gibson (Review)
  • read July 2025
• #562: Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by Daniel Clowes (Review)
  • read December 2023
• #581: Rogan Gosh by Peter Milligan & Brendan McCarthy (Review)
  • read August 2023
• #608: Flood! A Novel in Pictures by Eric Droker
  • read April 2024
• #624: Ghost World by Daniel Clowes (Review)
  • read August 2023
• #651: The River of Stories by Orijit Sen (Review)
  • read February 2023
• #681: Epileptic by David B. (Review)
  • read September 2022
• #691: Blue by Kiriko Nananan (Review)
  • read July 2025
• #714: Hicksville by Dylan Horrocks (Review)
  • read June 2025
• #771: Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware (Review)
  • read April 2025
• #778: Deogratias: A Tale of Rwanda by Jean-Philippe Stassen (Review)
  • read May 2023
• #788: Daredevil by Brian Michael Bendis & Alex Maleev (Review 1, Review 2, Review 3)
  • read Daredevil by Bendis and Maleev Ultimate Collection Books 1-3 February 2024
• #801: Meanwhile by Jason Shiga (Review)
  • read May 2025
• #810: Invincible by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, Ryan Ottley, et al. (Review)
  • read Compendium 1 (issues 0-47) October 2023
• #816: One! Hundred! Demons! by Lynda Barry (Review)
  • read May 2025
• #823: The Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Kim Deitch (Review)
  • read June 2025
• #854: Ex Machina by Brian K. Vaughn, Tony Harris, et al. (Review 1, Review 2)
  • read February 2023
• #868: DC: The New Frontier by Darwyn Cooke (Review)
  • read March 2023
• #883: All-Star Superman by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely (Review)
  • read June 2025
• #887: Tamara Drewe by Posy Simmonds (Review)
  • read March 2024
• #912: I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets! by Fletcher Hanks & Paul Karasik (Review)
  • read May 2025
• #920: Omega: The Unknown by Jonathan Letham (Review)
  • read April 2023
• #933: Sleepyheads by Randall C (Review)
  • read November 2023
• #944: Britten and Brülightly by Hannah Berry (Review)
  • read May 2025
• #956: Pinocchio by Winshluss (Review)
  • read March 2024
• #958: Soft City by Hariton Pushwagner (Review)
  • read September 2022
• #961: Skim by Mariko Tamaki & Jillian Tamaki (Review)
  • read November 2023
• #1000: Paying For It by Chester Brown (Review)
  • read January 2023

Untranslated or otherwise unfindable:

• #235: Chaminou Et Khrompire by Raymond Macherot
• #286: "The Stooped Ones" by Rius
• #377: "Mämmilä" by Tarmo Koivisto
• #425: Modern Art by Joost Swarte
• #949: Äitienpäivä by Amanda Väähmäki
• #991: La Faille by Carlos Sampayo & Oscar Zárate