graphic novels

Fantasy:
Rachel Smythe, Lore OlympusMike Norton, BattlepugShaun Tan, The ArrivalMike Mignola, The Amazing Screw-on Head and Other Curious ObjectsGuillermo Del Toro, Don't Be Afraid of the DarkMaurice Sendak, Where the Wild Things AreBryan Lee O'Malley, SecondsGreg Rucka, Black MagickJeffrey Love, Notes from the Shadowed CityMarjorie M. Liu, MonstressN.D. Stevenson, NimonaJillian Tamaki, SuperMutant Magic AcademyKurtis J. Wiebe, Rat QueensKim Smith, Buffy the Vampire SlayerTania del Rio, Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye

Sci-Fi:
Joss Whedon, FrayBrian K. Vaughan, Saga

Romance:
Bryan Lee O'Malley, Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life

Queer:
Alice Oseman, HeartstopperJen Wang, The Prince and the DressmakerMariko Tamaki, Laura Dean Keeps Breaking Up with Me

Horror:
Luis Scafati, DraculaGris Grimly, The Legend of Sleepy HollowGarth Ennis, Preacher

YA:
John Allison, Giant Days

Satire:
Daniel Clowes, David Boring

Manga:
Hiroaki Samura, The Blade of the ImmortalUmi Sakurai, A Man and His CatRainbow Rowell & Sam Maggs, FangirlNagabe, Siúil, a Rún: The Girl From the Other SideRyoko Kui, Delicious in Dungeon

Non-Fiction:
Shaun Tan, The Bird KingJeffrey Brown, Every Girl is the End of the World for MeAllie Brosh, Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate  Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That HappenedSarah Sandersen, Adulthood is a Myth