Bande Dessinée essentials

This page is a selection of what I think are the best Bandes Dessinées ever published.

I assume that you can read French. However, it could be a great way to learn/practice la langue de Molière.

Tintin

If you venture into the realm of Bande Dessinée, Tintin is a solid pick for beginning. This is probably the most classic bande dessinée series. Avoid the first three volumes at first glance. The last one, Tintin and Alph-Art, is unfinished and not worth reading.

Tintin was translated into any major language (two of them were translated into Latin).

Blake et Mortimer

All the volumes made by Jacobs are great pieces of Bande Dessinée. Except for L'Affaire Francis Blake, read the others at your own risk...

Thorgal

This BD is better in black and white. Do not ask why.

Yoko Tsuno

My feelings are mixed about the choice of integrals or separated volumes.

The first twenty volumes are good, some excellent, and later the series decays slowly.

Buck Danny

Barbe Rouge

Blueberry

The whole series is good, but the following two are masterpieces.

De Cape et de Crocs

This BD was entirely written in alexandrine. Thus, it cannot be read otherwise than in French.

Lucky Luke

The best ones are those written by Gosciny (volumes 9 to 31) plus La Diligence(volume 32)

Gill Jourdan

A Brief History

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