Top 10 Comics of 2017: From Manga to Graphic Novels

Artribune's 2017 list of the best comics includes Francesco Cattani's 'Luna del mattino' (Coconino Press, Bologna, €19), following a middle school boy's 24-hour revolt. Liz Suburbia's debut 'Sacred Heart' (Eris Edizioni, Torino, €19) depicts teens in a US town amid punk and murder. Carlos Spottorno and Guillermo Abril's 'La Crepa' (ADD Editore, Torino, €28) blends photography and journalism from three years documenting EU borders. Patrice Killoffer's '676 apparizioni di Killoffer' (Coconino Press, Bologna, €17) is a large-format deluxe edition exploring multiple selves. Yoshiharu Tsuge's 'L'uomo senza talento' (Canicola Edizioni, Bologna, €19) is a manga masterpiece of introspection. Éric Lambé and Philippe de Pierpont's 'Paesaggio dopo la battaglia' (Coconino Press, Bologna, €25) won awards in France for its tale of buried rage and spring. Silvia Rocchi's 'Brucia' (Rizzoli Lizard, Roma, €18) is a political novel set in 1980s Tuscany about friendship across class divides. Simon Hanselmann's 'Special K' (Coconino Press, Bologna, €24) features a witch, black cat, owl, and sociopathic werewolf in irreverent drug and sex escapades. Nicolas de Crécy's 'Diario di un fantasma' (Eris Edizioni, Torino, €18) reflects on the creative process. Kazuo Umezu's 'Aula alla deriva' (Hikari Edizioni, Torino, €29, vol. 1 of 3) is a horror manga where a school vanishes into a desert, leaving children to survive.