The ''Time
's List of the 10 Best Graphic Novels'' is an unranked list of the 10 best
graphic novel
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s published between 1938 and 2006.
The list was compiled by ''
Time Magazine
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'' critic
Lev Grossman
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Overview
The list of the period was published as a supplement to ''Time''s 100 Best Novels list, compiled by both Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo
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.Watchmen
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'' (1986) by Alan Moore
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and Dave Gibbons
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appears on both the 100 Best Novels and 10 Best Graphic Novels lists, giving the combined lists a total of 109 entries.[ Additionally, ]Neil Gaiman
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is the only author to have more than one entry on the ''10 Best Graphic Novels'' compilation: '' The Sandman'' (1989) and ''Miracleman: The Golden Age'' (1992).
List
See also
* ''Le Mondes 100 Books of the Century
* Time's All-Time 100 Movies
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* Time's List of the 100 Best Novels
''Times List of the 100 Best Novels is an unranked list of the 100 best novels published in the English language between 1923 and 2005. The list was compiled by ''Time Magazine'' critics Lev Grossman and Richard Lacayo.
The list includes onl ...
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