Top 10 Graphic Novels

Today's Guardian had a nice little top ten list of graphic novels for everybody to vehemently disagree with. Some of the books listed are the deserving usual suspects--Maus, Persepolis, Eisner's A Contract with God. But the list author, Danny Fingeroth, also names some books that are more obscure. I was especially  happy to see Steve Vance and Dan Burr's Kings in Disguise. I remember reading this Great Depression story of youth back in the early 90's when Kitchen Sink first published it in book form. Kings in Disguise was out of print for way too long, but got reprinted by Norton a year or so ago and I highly recommend it. Fingeroth also names Kyle Baker's Why I Hate Saturn. Personally, I prefer The Cowboy Wally Show, but looking back on it, Saturn seems like the grandfather of a lot of the navel-gazing autobiographical comics that began coming out a few years ago--only funnier and with better art.