For our first panel at this year’s Emerald City Comic Con, we gathered up a handful of our favorite people in comics and had them make some live recommendations to people looking to dive into comics or just wanting to find some new comics to read…. these are their stories. 

“I like stories with Anti Heroes.”
Try Astro City

“I like Westerns and Sci-Fi”
Try East of West, The Sixth Gun, or Six Gun Gorilla

“I love dark, racy comics with a good sense of humor.”
Try Secret Six, Rat Queens, Sex Criminals, Ranma ½, or Fables

“I like newer indie stuff with expansive universes.”
Try D4VE, Saga, Prophet, Multiple Warheads, Low, or The Wake.

“I like comics with a musical element.”
Try The Middlemen, Phonogram, or The Wicked + The Divine

“I like V for Vendetta, anything story-driven.”
Try anything by Alan Moore like Top 10! But also Sheltered, Transmetropolitan, or Bitch Planet

“I like Female Empowerment.”
Try anything by Kelly Sue but especially Bitch Planet, Anything by Gail Simone but definitely Red Sonja, also Lumberjanes!

“I like stories with deep backstories or large universes.”
Try The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Firefly Comics, The Invisibles, or iZombie

“I like Sandman.”
Try The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or American Vampire.

“I like time travel.”
Try Planetary, Ivar, Timewalker, Black Science, or Multiversity

“Any Cyberpunk comics?”
Try Transmetropolitan

“I like dystopia.”
Try Trees, Sheltered, Bitch Planet

“I like Batman. Gritty comics with a good backstory.”
Try Preacher, Hellblazer, or Scalped

“I like suspenseful stories with a supernatural or Lovecraftian vibe .”
Try Hexed, Locke & Key, or The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

“My son loves Legend of Zelda. Any other All Ages comics to recommend?”
Try Adventure Time, Tiny Titans, Aw Yeah Comics, or Jeffery Brown books   

“I’m new to comics, but love Alice In Wonderland.”
Try Fables, Wonderland, Memorial, Saga

“I like queer stories that aren’t overly sexual.”
Try Dash, Lumberjanes, the Pride, or Kevin Keller comics

“I like nautical-type adventures.”
Try The Wake, Corto Maltese, Aria, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, or Black Is The Color

“I want a political comic with shocking twists.”
Try Ex Machina or Letter 44

“I like Manga, Kenshin, and Namesake.”
Try Rat Queens, Lumberjanes, Strangers In Paradise, or Wayward