Like novels & poetry, these come in such a wide variety. My suggestions are mostly paranormal bc that's my taste in this field.
THE BEST EVER (imo):The Sandman series Gaiman (classic, MUST read)
Death: The High Cost of Living (
The Sandman world)
CURRENT RELEASE I LOVE:Fables (comic/avail in trade paper)--on-going. I'm a devotee of this series & the JACK series that spun off from it.
Vampire Knight (manga)--very fun, popular; I tend to chat abt this w my readers.
A Few Recent Ones or General Other stuff for the YA UF/Paranormal Writer--Courtney Crumrin (2005? or so)--MG/YA
Death Junior (manga)--MG
Aria (Image Comics) late 90s--fairy (not quite fa
ery, but not really fa
iry) in modern world, very adult, but good
Others I Just Like or have liked (all paranormal)30 Days of Night (S Niles)--adult
Spike series
BtVS series
My Dead Girlfriend (manga)-- Teen
Daughter's manga recs:Bizenghast
Bleach
Death Note
Model (older series)
Demon Diary
Not paranormalFlood--very cool, wordless text
Now, that all said, if you go to your local shop & say "I'm looking for ____ type of comics, trade paper collections, and manga. Can you hook me up?" They will
Hope something there helps.