NPR has released their top great reads in a dozen or so categories. In the comics and graphic novel category
Battling Boy by Paul Pope
Boxers & Saints by Gene Luen Yang
Captain Marvel Vol. 1: In Pursuit Of Flight by Kelly Sue Deconnick, Dexter Soy, Emma Rios
Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Gris Grimly
Hand-Drying In America: And Other Stories by Ben Katchor
Hyperbole And A Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, And Other Things That Happened by Allie Brosh
Julio’s Day by Gilbert Hernandez
New School by Dash Shaw
Relish: My Life In The Kitchen by Lucy Knisley
Super Graphic: A Visual Guide To The Comic Book Universe by Tim Leong
The Encyclopedia Of Early Earth: A Graphic Novel by Isabel Greenberg
You’re All Just Jealous Of My Jetpack: Cartoons by Tom Gauld