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1001 COMICS MINI-SITE

Even with 960 pages, I couldn't squeeze all the material I had into my book 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die. This mini-site is designed to supplement that book with updates, additional information and links... but obviously you'll still need a copy of the book!

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REVIEWER: Nicolas Finet

Nicolas Finet is an author, editor, journalist, curator, and inveterate traveler. He has worked in comics for more than twenty-five years. An expert in Asian comics, he notably headed up DicoManga, the definitive manga dictionary, in 2007. He lives near Paris.

1001 Comics Reviews:

Yukiko’s Spinach
by Frédéric Boilet (2000)

You Are There
by Jean-Claude Forest (1978)

Town Of Evening Calm, Country Of Cherry Blossoms
by Fumiyo Kouno (2003)

Tintin: The Seven Crystal Balls
by Hergé (1943)

Tintin: The Blue Lotus
by Hergé (1934)

Tintin In Tibet
by Hergé (1959)

The Walking Man
by Jiro Taniguchi (1991)

The Two Guys On The Balcony
by Francis Masse (1984)

The Pioneers Of Hope
by Roger Lécureux (1945)

The Nikopol Trilogy
by Enki Bilal (1980)

The Masked Cucumber
by Nikita Mandryka (1965)

The Magician’s Wife
by Jérôme Charyn (1984)

The Hunting Party
by Pierre Christin (1981)

The Great Catsby
by Kang Do-ha (2001)

The Encyclopedia Of Babies
by Daniel Goossens (1987)

The Drifting Classroom
by Kazuo Umezu (1972)

The Color Of Earth
by Kim Dong Hwa (2003)

The Blue Notebook
by André Juillard (1993)

The Beach Café
by Régis Franc (1977)

The Arctic Marauder
by Jacques Tardi (1974)

Streak Of Chalk
by Miguelanxo Prado (1992)

Silence
by Didier Comès (1979)

Same Difference
by Derek Kirk Kim (2004)

Rubric-a-brac
by Marcel Gotlib (1968)

Rocco Vargas: Triton
by Daniel Torres (1984)

Road To America
by Baru (1990)

Pyongyang
by Guy Delisle (2003)

Pure Trance
by Junko Mizuno (1998)

Polonius
by Philippe Picaret (1975)

Planetes
by Makoto Yukimura (1999)

Pioneers Of Human Adventure
by François Boucq (1982)

Pinocchio
by Winshluss (2008)

Paracuellos
by Carlos Giménez (1975)

Notes For A War Story
by Gipi (2004)

NonNonBa
by Shigeru Mizuki (1992)

No Comment
by Ivan Brun (2008)

Nestor Burma: 120, rue de la Gare
by Léo Malet (1986)

Necron
by Mirka Martini (1981)

My Years of Youth
by He Youzhi (1988)

Monster
by Naoki Urasawa (1994)

Modern Speed
by Blutch (2002)

Miss Don’t Touch Me
by Hubert (2006)

Lucky Luke: Tortillas For The Daltons
by René Goscinny (1970)

Louis Riel
by Chester Brown (1999)

Lost In Time
by Jean-Claude Forest (1964)

Lone Wolf & Cub
by Kazuo Koike (1970)

Lieutenant Blueberry: The Lost Dutchman’s Mine
by Jean-Michel Charlier (1971)

Leon The Stuff
by Sylvain Chomet (1993)

King Of The Flies
by Pirus (2005)

Kiki de Montparnasse
by José-Louis Bocquet (2007)

Jeremiah
by Hermann (1979)

It Was The War Of The Trenches
by Jacques Tardi (1982)

Isaac The Pirate
by Christophe Blain (2001)

Indian Summer
by Hugo Pratt (1983)

I Pity You: A Cartoonist’s Diary
by Philippe Dupuy (1994)

How Blue Was My Valley
by Hok Tak Yeung (2002)

Highway Of The Sun
by Baru (1994)

Headshot
by Matz (2004)

HP & Giuseppe Bergman
by Milo Manara (1978)

Good Bye
by Yoshihiro Tatsumi (2002)

GoGo Monster
by Taiyo Matsumoto (2000)

GeGeGe no Kitaro
by Shigeru Mizuki (1959)

Flower
by Park Kun-woong (2004)

Fires
by Jerry Kramsky (1984)

Fever In Urbicand
by Benoit Peeters (1983)

Domu
by Katsuhiro Otomo (1980)

Delirius
by Jacques Lob (1972)

Dark Thoughts
by André Franquin (1977)

Corto Maltese In Siberia
by Hugo Pratt (1980)

Conquering Armies
by Jean-Pierre Dionnet (1975)

Cities Of The Fantastic: The Tower
by Benoit Peeters (1986)

Chicken With Plums
by Marjane Satrapi (2004)

Buja’s Diary
by Seyeong O. (2001)

Blue Pills
by Frederik Peeters (2001)

Blue
by Kiriko Nananan (1996)

Bell’s Theorem
by Matthias Schultheiss (1985)

Barney & The Blue Note
by Philippe Paringaux (1986)

Barbarella
by Jean-Claude Forest (1962)

Bételgeuse
by Léo (2000)

Ayako
by Osamu Tezuka (1972)

Asterix In Corsica
by René Goscinny (1973)

Arzach
by Moebius (1975)

Ardour
by Daniel Varenne (1979)

Alpha… Directions
by Jens Harder (2009)

Alack Sinner
by Carlos Sampayo (1975)

Ada In The Jungle
by Francesco Tullio Altan (1979)

Adèle Blanc-Sec: The Mad Scientist
by Jacques Tardi (1977)

A Week Of Kindness
by Max Ernst (1934)

A Taste Of Chlorine
by Bastien Vivés (2008)

80°C
by Yao Fei La (2000)

5 Is The Perfect Number
by Igort (2002)

300
by Frank Miller (1998)

20th Century Boys
by Naoki Urasawa (2000)

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