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Sandman
A dark fantasy series that tells the story of Dream of the Endless, who rules over the world of dreams. Creative team: Created by Neil Gaiman, with various artists including Sam Kieth, Mike Dringenberg, and Jill Thompson.
Black Hole
A twelve-issue comic book series set in the 1970s Seattle area, which deals with the aftermath of a sexually transmitted disease known as 'the Bug' that causes grotesque mutations in teenagers. Creative team: Written and illustrated by Charles Burns.
Locke & Key
A horror/fantasy series that centers around the Locke family and the mysterious keys of the family house that confer various powers and open magical doors. Creative team: Created by writer Joe Hill and artist Gabriel Rodríguez.
The Wicked + The Divine
A contemporary fantasy series that follows a pantheon of reincarnated gods who are worshipped as pop stars, with only two years to live before they die and are reincarnated again. Creative team: Written by Kieron Gillen and illustrated by Jamie McKelvie.
Mouse Guard
A fantasy-adventure series following the exploits of a group of mice who protect their territory in a world full of predators. Creative team: Written and illustrated by David Petersen.
East of West
A science fiction, western, and dystopian series that focuses on the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse and their quest to bring about the end of the world as part of a prophesied war between seven nations. Creative team: Written by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by Nick Dragotta.
Bitch Planet
A feminist sci-fi series set in a dystopian future where non-compliant women are sent off-planet to a prison known as 'Bitch Planet'. Creative team: Created by writer Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist Valentine De Landro.
Descender
This comic series is about a young robot boy named Tim-21 and his companions as they navigate a universe in which all androids have been outlawed and hunted. Creative team: Created by writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dustin Nguyen.
Lumberjanes
A comic book series about a group of girls spending the summer at a scout camp, where they encounter strange creatures and supernatural phenomena. Creative team: Created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Brooklyn A. Allen, and Noelle Stevenson.
Sweet Tooth
A post-apocalyptic comic about Gus, a young boy/deer hybrid, who leaves home to find the truth about his existence in a world devastated by a cataclysmic event. Creative team: Created, written and drawn by Jeff Lemire.
Sex Criminals
A comedic and surreal series following a couple who discover they can freeze time when they have sex, which they decide to use to rob banks in order to save the library where one of them works. Creative team: Written by Matt Fraction and art by Chip Zdarsky.
Y: The Last Man
A post-apocalyptic science fiction series that explores the fallout after a mysterious event kills every mammal with a Y chromosome except for one man, Yorick Brown, and his monkey, Ampersand. Creative team: Written by Brian K. Vaughan and art by Pia Guerra.
Rachel Rising
A horror comic series featuring Rachel, a woman who wakes up in a shallow grave and discovers she has come back to life with mysterious powers and starts to hunt down her killer. Creative team: Created, written, and illustrated by Terry Moore.
Saga
An epic space opera/fantasy comic book series that follows two lovers from warring extraterrestrial races, Alana and Marko, as they flee authorities from both sides of a galactic war. Creative team: Written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Fiona Staples.
Monstress
A dark fantasy comics series set in a matriarchal world of the early 1900s, featuring an epic story about a war between humans and Arcanic, creatures who are part human, part animal. Creative team: Written by Marjorie Liu and art by Sana Takeda.
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