The best science fiction comics and graphic novels
Discover the best science fiction comics and graphic novels, from Alan Moore's Watchmen and V for Vendetta to Akira, Nausicaä, and Ghost in the Shell. Explore classic sci-fi sagas, cyberpunk epics, and space adventures in this curated list of must-read graphic storytelling.
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Watchmen
by Alan Moore
Imagine a future where Nixon is still President, America won the Vietnam War, and the nuclear clock stands at five minutes to midnight.
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Akira
by Katsuhiro Ōtomo
Science fiction tale of 2019 Tokyo after it's destruction in World War III, following the lives of two teenagers, Tetsuo and Kaneda, who must deal with the monstrous consuming power -- Akira.
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V for Vendetta
In a futuristic Britain where a totalitarian regime rules, a young woman is rescued from death by a masked vigilante calling himself "V," who launches a one-man crusade against government tyranny and oppression.
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Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon
by Alex Raymond
The fantastic re-issue of the colour Flash Gordon strips from the pen and brush of its unsurpassed originator, Alex Raymond. The first in a series of re-issues, this volume collects the first two full years of the adventures of Flash, Dale Arden and Doctor Zarkov on the dangerous and mysterious Planet Mongo. With full-colour illustrations throughout.
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Ode to Kirihito
by Osamu Tezuka
Monmow disease, a life-threatening condition that transforms a person into a dog-like beast, is not the only villain in this brilliant medical thriller by manga god Osamu Tezuka. Said to have been a personal favourite of the artist, who held a degree in medicine and who was surprisingly attentive to Christian imagery, Ode to Kirihito demolishes naive notions about human nature, health and likely preconceptions about the comics master himself. Incorporating elements of the often lurid and adult-oriented |gekiga|, this work marks the beginning of Tezuka's late period.
