Bone

So going off of my graphic novel montoge I thought I'd mention right quick my two favorites. (Not webcomics)

First of course is Scott Pilgrim. There's already been a blog about the move but the books are so awesome you can't watch the movie and fully enjoy it without reading those books. It was written by Brian Lee O'Malley from Ontario Canada. He had written another comic called Lost at Sea before Scott, but it was Scott that launched his career. I find it fascinating how the series was first inspired by a song By Plum Tree (A band that Scott wore in the movie and in the novel) The song was actually called Scott Pilgrim. Should listen to it.
Anyways the books are centered around Scott, a 23 year old slacker that plays bass in a band. He meets Ramona Flowers and falls for her immediately, but he comes to realize that he has to battle her 7 evil ex-boyfriends. The comic is hilarious and the illustrations are something unique and playful. After Scott Pilgrim became popular many comics came after that were also stylized similar like the webcomic Johnny Wander.

Scott Pilgrim is heavily influenced by video game art and style, as seen in the movie and cute references, like Scott dreaming that he's Link in the Zelda games and having things like extra lives and coins that explode from the defeated ex's.

The ending was a little confusing for me but the books together are defiantly something I highly recommend.

Second is my ultimate favorite graphic novel. Bone was written by Jeff Smith. It originally serialized in 55 irregularly released issues from 1991 to 2004. Smith's black-and-white drawings were inspired by animated cartoons and comic strips, a notable influence being Walt Kelly's Pogo. Accordingly, the story is singularly characterized by an effective combination of both light-hearted comedy and dark, epic fantasy. he series centers around the Bone cousins, white, bald cartoon caricatures, named Phoney Bone, Smiley Bone, and Fone Bone. Phoney Bone is often scheming his way into trouble and yet again his cousins are having to help him out of his mess, but this time he's got them all run out of their town Boneville. Out in the wilderness they are attacked by a swarm of locusts and separated and all end up in Barrelhaven in a Valley where they meet the people of the village and get tangled up in an ancient struggle.
I love Bone, the characters are fantastic, the illustration is so, I don't even know I love it. And I defiantly think you should read them. There's nine books all together. Just... read them.