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69) Tan Jiu makes the rather one-sided romance comic Their Story. New episodes come out sporadically, but they're always some combination of warm, cute, or funny.
68) Sophie Goldstein's The Oven is a short, spartan book about the future and being married and how it all goes wrong when we find what we want differs from what we acquiesce to.
66) Sarah Burgess creates comics about young people being young - and also about young people being in love or anguish or both. It's delightful and smart. Check out her Summer Of Blake Sinclair and her current work, The Princess Beast.
62) Rutu Modan's Exit Wounds is a fantastic book about life and longing and the mystery of mysteries. And The Property is even better.
55) Ngozi Ukazu created the cutest comic about foul-mouthed hockey players and a darling little gay man who just wants to bake delicious pies. And I guess get better at hockey.
54) Moyoco Anno, like Kyoko Okazaki, put together comics that delight in poking at the seams of the patriarchy. Sakuran, In Clothes Called Fat, and Buffalo 5 Girls all provoke with anarchic clarity.
49) Meredith McLaren went from her own book hinges to drawing Kelly Thompson's Heart In A Box, but my favourite of her work I've so far read is vol 4 of Hopeless Savages, which is fueled by her wild expressiveness.
43) Lucy Knisley focuses on autobio comics and her book Relished is a refreshing piece of memoir organized by recipes. We prepared some of her meals and they were delicious.
42) Lucy Bellwood, a valuable cartoonist any old day, is absolutely the bee's knees when it comes to nautical comics. Baggywrinkles is where you want to go to read all about the world of ships and sailors. And coming soon, a *thing* featuring capybaras! Which is my love language.
38) Kyoko Okazaki, before a debilitating accident in the '90s, created eviscerating comics that skewered society and its treatment of women. Her work is funny and dangerous and bites ferociously. Check out Helter Skelter and Pink.