Some Favorite Comics/Graphic Novels:

American Splendor
Birds of Prey
Bone
Castle Waiting
Crisis on Infinite Earths
The Dark Knight Returns
Elfquest
Fables
Hikaru No Go
Iron Wok Jan
Maison Ikkoku
Maus
Micronauts
Nana
Sandman
Strangers in Paradise
Watchmen
X-Men - The Dark Phoenix Saga
X-Men - Days of Future Past
X-Men - God Loves, Man Kills
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Some Favorite Characters:
Amethyst (Amy Winston/Princess of Gemworld)
Barbara Gordon (Batgirl/Oracle)
Death of the Endless
Dick Grayson (Robin/Nightwing)
Dinah Lance (Black Canary)
Donna Troy (Wonder Girl/Troia/Wonder Woman)
Katchoo (Katina Marie Choovanski)
Kitty Pryde (Ariel/Sprite/Shadowcat)
Ororo Munroe (Storm/Princess Ororo of Wakanda)
Princess Diana of Themyscira (Wonder Woman)
Skywise (Fahr of the Wolfriders)
Zatanna Zatara