Well, I finally got done with my fifteen titles to include in a core collection of suggested titles for libraries.
My criteria from the beginning was to pick titles that were all contained in one book. This left out my personal faves Goon, Hellboy, and Fables. I also tried to steer away from stories that focused on superheroes. So no Green Lantern, Green Arrow, or Batman (well, one batman). And I tried to pick titles that I felt that a librarian could show to a patron and get them to check out the book. Most of these are based on personal favorites and titles that I have had success with getting people to check out.
The List (not in any particular order):
1. Ghost World
2. Sin City: The Hard Goodbye
3. 300
4. The Dark Knight Returns
5. Wonderful Wizard of Oz
6. Watchmen
7. American Born Chinese
8. Asterios Polyp
9. Blankets
10. Fun Home
11. Laika
12. Maus
13. Deogratias
14. Our Cancer Year
15. Pride of Baghdad and We3 (Both shorter animal focused stories that I chose to give equal billing.)
Now that the hard part of picking the titles has been completed I can get to scanning books and including the artwork that made me fall in love with these stories in the first place.









