Welcome to the GlobalComix Most Popular of 2024, our annual feature series celebrating the most popular stories over the past year on GlobalComix. Each day, we'll feature the top 10 from publishers and the top 10 from creators for each category. We’ll cap things off on December 31st, 2024, with two features: the top 10 from publishers, and the top 10 from creators.
Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular Graphic Novels by Publishers:
1. Cyberpunk 2077, 528 pages - Published by Dark Horse Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
Two scavengers in Night City make a living for themselves stealing cyberware and indulging in parties and braindances. One seeks to become the most famous gangster in the city. The other longs for something more—meaning, belonging, warmth . . . As they chase their dreams, their paths begin to deviate. But one thing they can both agree on, in a place like Night City—you run, you fight, you change, or you die.
Story and Art by Aleksandra Motyka, Bartosz Sztybor, Cullen Bunn, Marcin Batylda
2. Sentient, 167 pages - Published by TKO Studios, (cc/ @MeganChristopher)
WELCOME TO THE U.S.S. MONTGOMERY. When a separatist attack kills every adult on board a colony ship in deep space, it is up to VALARIE, the on-board A.I., to help the ship's children survive. But as they are pursued by dangerous forces, can Valarie become more than what she was programmed to be - a savior to these children?
Story and Art by Gabriel Walta and Jeff Lemire
3. Requiem Vampire Knight, 165 pages - Published by Millsverse Comics, (cc/ @LisaMills)
YOU HAVEN'T LIVED UNTIL YOU'VE DIED. You’re Heinrich Augsberg, an honourable German officer dying on the Eastern Front, 1944. Your last thoughts are of your true love, Rebecca… You awake in Hell. You’re now a Vampire Knight: a member of the ruling class on the Hell world of Resurrection, whose members did terrible things when alive, and who revel in their pursuit of power, pleasure, and corruption in death. Surely some mistake? Join Heinrich, renamed Requiem, as he begins a violent, sexy and savagely funny journey towards discovering his dark past and much darker future.
Story and Art by Millsverse Comics
4. ElfQuest, 4271 pages - Published by Dark Horse Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
Discover the legendary ElfQuest! Chief Cutter and the Wolfriders are driven from their forest home by threat of annihilation. As they wander an ever- changing landscape in search of a new home, they are confronted by fearful and vengeful humans, power-hungry trolls, and other mysterious elfin tribes. Alliances are forged, enemies discovered, and savage battles fought in this epic fantasy adventure!
Story and Art by Richard Pini
5. The Hard Switch, 112 pages - Published by Avery Hill Publishing, (cc/ @AveryHillPublishing)
An engrossing science fiction graphic novel about a spaceship's crew, and the end of non-renewable resources. Ada, Haika, and Mallic are on a mission . . . one last mission, before everything, everywhere shuts down. They’re raiding old, abandoned spaceships and wrecks for the (sometimes-expensive) parts – and they make just enough money to get by. But living their nomadic, exploring life isn’t sustainable when they can’t afford fuel anymore.
Story and Art by Avery Hill Publishing
6. Sara, 156 pages - Published by TKO Studios, (cc/ @MeganChristopher)
In the second terrible winter of the siege of Leningrad, seven women snipers find themselves caught up in the struggle against the German invaders. Their deadliest shot is Sara, whose inner demons may yet prove her undoing - but with the enemy to their front and the agents of the Soviet state lurking in the shadows, how long can any squad survive the terrifying maelstrom of war?
Story and Art by Garth Ennis and Steve Epting
7. Kaya, 502 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)
After the destruction of their village, a young girl with a magic arm and a fighting spirit is tasked with delivering her little brother to a faraway safe haven. There, he’s destined to discover the secret to overthrowing the all-powerful empire that destroyed their home. Starting out on their journey, they’ll face lizard-riders, monstrous beasts, and secrets that could tear brother and sister apart.
Story and Art by Wes Craig
8. From the Static, 148 pages - Published by Band of Bards Comics, (cc/ @BandofBards)
A horror anthology of 17 individual stories exploring the theme of horror from many different angles. Fast-paced and gorey, slow psychological haunts, lighthearted & funny, climate collapse, and more! Among the stories: "The Cauldron," written by CJ Hudson, art by Ile Gonzalez; "Beholden," written by Brent Fisher and illustrated by Mariateresa Susca; "Gravestone Tree," written & illustrated by E.C. Ibes; "She Who Weeps," written by Jarred Luján, illustrated by Marcus Jimenez; "The Unfortunate Consequences of Being a Time Traveler," written by Jimmy Gaspero, art by Sam Owen; and many others.
Story and Art by Band of Bards Comics
9. The Mushroom Knight, 196 pages - Published by Mad Cave Studios, (cc/ @chrisfernandez)
A chivalrous faerie mushroom embarks on a quest to uncover a clandestine threat that has brought calamity to his magical woodland kingdom. An adolescent girl from northwest Philadelphia desperately searches for her lost dog. As their destinies coalesce, a whimsical friendship forms. But peril is nigh, and their respective journeys threaten to challenge the foundation of their realities… and reality itself. David the Gnome meets David Lynch in this boundary crossing ecological fantasy filled with humor, horror, depth and delight.
Story and Art by Mad Cave Studios
10. Smurfs, 2153 pages - Published by Papercutz, (cc/ @chrisfernandez)
Far away from here, in a land almost no human has ever seen, live the fantastically funny Smurfs! Only three-apples high, The Smurfs live in mushroom houses, eat sarsaparilla and cake, and speak their very own Smurfy language. But life in the village isn’t always fun and fancy-free, not with the villainous sorcerer Gargamel and his snarling cat Azrael nearby!
Story and Art by Peyo
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