Many consider comics to be a lesser artform. But for me they are as equally engaging as books and in many ways pieces of art.

1. Maus by Art Spielgelman

Maus, the story of a Jewish family in WWII, created quite a stir when it was publiced in 1973. The different nationalities had all been drawn as animnalsand not all agreed with the potrayal. Gripping story with a great realization.

2. Tales From The Crypt by EC Comics

The first horror comics scared the pants of the establishment in the 50's and the publicists were forced out of business as new laws were passed prohibiting them. There was little heard from Tales From The Crypt for many years, until the stories started appearing in movies and the magazines were reissued. Horror wouldn't be the same without them.

3. Dilbert by Scott Adams

Thank god Scott Adams quit his day job and decided to start putting all the absurdities of office life onto paper. Makes us see that we are all in the same seat.

4. The Big Book Of... by Factoid Books

There are some 20 books in the series and they combine two of the best ingredients of great recreation: popular culture stories and imaginitive artists. Urban legends, Vice, Conspiracies and Scandal are just some of the topics offered in the series.

5. Get Fuzzy by Darby Conley

Anyone who has ever had a cat (and a dog combined) will recognize themselves in thisa nd laugh out loud. But the beauty is that Get Fuzzy is accessible in spite of lack of feline knowledge since Conley has a distinct ability to depict characters and situations that just scream familiarity.

6. Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller

Miller is sometimes political, sometimes critical but most often just observational. Either way Non Sequitur is always hilarious.

7. Folkets Dagblad by Leif Sjöström

This Finnish-Swedish cartoon that appears in the newspaper Vasabladet has hung on to its mission of supplying Ostrobotnia, and the rest of Finland, with sharp observational humour over 20 years. Sometimes tame, sometimes biting but always funny.

8. Rocky by Martin Kellerman

Rocky started out as a minor series in Swedish newspapers in 1998 but has grown into a following. For me the earlier editions were better but the quotable lines of Rocky keep on coming.

9. Arne Anka by Charlie Christensen

Arne Anka is the story of a down and out duck on a quest for alcohol and perhaps a woman. On the way he encounters a line of obstacles and manages to explain the modern Swedish society as well.

10. The Far Side by Gary Larson

No expression or absurd situation is safe when Larson starts drawing. He is simply brilliant. And he had the decency to quit while he was ahead (I can imagine what Larson would do with that line).