Graphic Novels with Appealing Art Styles

Whether the art in a graphic novel is appealing or not is very subjective, so this list includes works annotated with information about their distinctive art styles.

Updated December 10, 2024
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Batman hush
Loeb, Jeph
Paper Book
The best-selling and critically acclaimed HUSH storyline is here: re-experience the entire thrilling adventure in one complete deluxe hardcover volume! This special 15th anniversary deluxe edition also includes sketches, character designs, altered art and annotations by artist and DC publisher Jim...

Jim Lee, the penciller for this work, is known for his dynamic poses and intricate linework.

Batman. Vol. 1, I am Gotham
King, Tom, 1978- author.
Paper Book
Batman is Gotham City's greatest protector. But now he's not alone. There are two new heroes in town-a pair of masked metahumans with the powers of Superman and a devotion to preserving all that is good about this twisted city. Calling themselves Gotham and Gotham Girl, they've saved Batman's life,...

David Finch, one of this work\'s artists, is known for his dark and dramatic art style, which features strategic use of shadows.

Chivalry
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
Winner 2023 Will Eisner Award - Best Adaptation from Another Medium. Another delightfully humorous and sweet fantasy graphic novel adaptation of a Neil Gaiman short story, brought to you by the Eisner award-winning creative team behind Troll Bridge and Snow, Glass, Apples<...

The artist discusses her artistic inspiration and technique in an afterword in this volume, which is heavily influenced by the look of medieval manuscripts.

Clover
CLAMP (Mangaka group), author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Kazuhiko is a young, but already deeply wounded black ops agent of a baroque, retro-tech future -- pulled out of retirement to escort Sue, a mysterious waif, to a destination she alone knows. Sue and Kazuhiko have never met, yet she knows him, having grown up since the age of four with her only...

In this work, the artists experiment with negative space and panel placement, breaking out of the typical comic \"grid.\"

The complete Persepolis
Satrapi, Marjane, 1969- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
Here, in one volume: Marjane Satrapi's best-selling, internationally acclaimed graphic memoir of growing up as a girl in Iran during the revolution has for twenty years been a classroom staple, a feminist manifesto, and one of the most popular and widely known graphic novels of all time. <...

Persepolis features a bold and simple art style.

Frank miller's sin city, volume 1 [electronic resource] Death's Black Riders
Miller, Frank.
Ebook
The first volume of the crime-comic megahit that introduced the now-infamous Marv and spawned a blockbuster film returns in a newly redesigned edition, with a brand-new cover by Frank Miller-some of his first comics art in years! It's a lousy room in a lousy part of a lousy town. But...

Miller is known for his gritty, film noir-inspired art style.

The girl from the other side siúil, a rún
Nagabe, author, illustrator.
Paper Book
An ethereal fantasy from the editorial team behind the New York Times bestselling series The Ancient Magus' Bride The Girl From the Other Side- Siúil, a Rún is an all-new manga series that pulls readers into a magical and enchanting tale about a young girl and...

Nagabe\'s unique, dark artwork is achieved with the use of the artist\'s favorite tool, old felt tip pens.

Olympos
Aki, 1967- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
From on high, the gods make sport of the mortals who toil below them. None know the cruelty of these beings better than Ganymede, a beautiful prince who was torn away from his family by the gods' divine hands. Granted immortality, Ganymede now whiles away his days in an inescapable miniature garden...

Aki\'s artwork has a beautiful, airy, dream-like look to it.

Uzumaki spiral into horror
Itō, Junji, 1963- author, illustrator.
Paper Book
A masterpiece of horror manga, now available in a deluxe hardcover edition! Kurouzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but a...

Junji Ito is known for horror manga in which the horrific aspects feature particularly intricate linework.


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