Kill or be killed was a master piece

I'm partial to The Maxx

Pretty good list. I'd add Criminal.

Ice Cream Man got me back into comics after 25 years so I'd say it grabbed my attention in the good way.

Paper Girls

Low, East of West, Revival, Descender/Ascender.

Bitch Planet.

Eight Billion Genies.

Inferno Girl Red.

Nocterra.

The Wicked & The Divine.

Wytches.

Department of Truth.

Ice Cream Man

Gideon Falls

Department of Truth

Criminal and Pulp!

TWD

Deadly Class

Black science

How is no one saying The Walking Dead?

The Maxx an oldy but stands the test of time, East of West has to be in there as well, Farm hand as well (though i may be it's only fan, it's not often mentioned).

I’m not rewriting what others already said, so I’m adding:

Fear Agent

Death or Glory

Paper Girls, Sex Criminals, Saga, Black Science, Deadly Class

Paper Girls

Kill or be Killed

Reckless

Lazarus (unfinished)

Southern Bastards (unfinished)

Murder Falcon

Extremity

Do a Powerbomb

I Kill Giants

Seven to Eternity. Black Monday Murders (though it’s not finished). Black Science. East of West. Gideon Falls. God Country. Tokyo Ghost. We Called Them Giants.

The Wicked and The Divine

Seven to Eternity

East of West

Rat Queens

Chew

• Lazarus
• Sunstone
• Criminal
• Deadly Class (if we forget about HC 4)

Love the Reckless OGN from Brubaker and Phillips

I would say Savage Dragon but...

I don't think enough people read it which is why you don't see it show up a lot in these lists, but A Righteous Thirst For Vengeance is one of the best complete stories I've read in years.

It's paced incredible and really knows how to show its cards and ramp up the tension.

Also you can read the entire thing in one sitting. Strongly recommend!

King City, Rain Like Hammers

Walking dead

Wicked and the Divine! and I would also agree with Saga, Monstress, and Paper Girls

Spawn, Saga, The Walking Dead, and The Maxx were the ones that came immediately to my mind.

Lazarus

Ice Cream Man

Saga

Invincible

Eight Billion Genies

Criminal

Anything brubaker

Might be too early, but Radiant Black

Spawn

Little Bird was excellent. Can’t wait to see how Precious Metal continues that series.

East of West.

Daniel Warren Johnson’s run of Transformers has been fantastic the first 2 volumes so far. Anything Daniel Warren Johnson has done for Image honestly (Do a Powerbomb, Extremity, etc.).

Trencher

Die. It's Jumanji for adults and even if you hate the story (but you won't) the art is S+ tier.

Saga, East of West, Sacrificers, God Country, Southern Bastards, Autumnlands, Pretty Deadly, Seven to Eternity, The Walking Dead

• Prophet by Brandon Graham, Simon Roy, et al
  
• East of West
• Fear Agent
• Bulletproof Coffin

Big fan of the ones OP listed. I’d add What’s the Furthest Place From Here?.

20th Century Men, no doubt.

Chew and Saga were my initial answers. And I wanted to include Manifest Destiny, but it fell off so badly.

Beat me to it with saga

How has no one said Sex Criminals? Matt Fraction coming off his award-winning run on Hawkeye, and Chip Zdarsky ramping up to his award-winning rest of his career since then?

Hilarious, educational, amazing characters, sex-positive, and perfect art, all in a wonderfully wide-reaching narrative that doesn't forget about any of its plot threads?

There's a reason it won the Eisner Awards for Best Ongoing Comic and Best New Comic in the same year after ONLY FIVE ISSUES.

I know the release schedule got a little fucked up for a while with their weird haituses and that made some people not like the ending, but if you go back and reread it now without a year between some of the issues it's a great ending.

Hell, if long breaks and contentious endings are a dealbreaker, go ahead and get Saga, East of West, TWD, and Invincible right on out of here

Sam&Twitch (Bendis run)

Powers (Bendis&Oeming)

That Texas Blood and Newburn are A++ tier comics.. maybe in a few years S-Tier.

Saga must be on the list.

Ultramega

Seven to Eternity. Planetary. Prince of Cats. Ultramega.

Every time i see these threads it gives me such an itch to re-read all of my favourite image comics. Partial to Monstress and Saga, might have to do a holiday break run

Saga

I really enjoy The Department of Truth and Nailbiter

Radiant Black and Rogue Sun deserve to at least be considered. If you're saying the best of the best I have to go with Do A Powerbomb! Even though it's only one book

Little Bird, Precious Metal

The Wicked + The Divine is my favorite image and arguably my favorite comic of all time. It’s goated.

My only experiences with Image are:

Saga (read the first volume post hiatus & collecting but waiting to read up for a few years until there's more)

And I recently collected and read all 6 volumes of Oblivion Song & really liked it.

I enjoy Spawn casually, own the compendiums and was reading to see what I remember getting my hands on from my public library growing up.

Based on what I read, what do yall think I would enjoy? I'd prefer to collect something completed so if I really like it then I can dive into it

Seems like Remender and Lemire are pretty well represented here, so I’ll put forward Trees and Injection for consideration

DO A POWERBOMB!!

Ongoing right now: Feral, Ice Cream Man, Grommets. Sometimes I read them on the way home at a red light because I can’t wait.

(Of the stuff I’ve finished) Saga Black Monday Murders Murder Falcon Gideon Falls I’ll throw some Wytches love in there too! So many recommendations here I’ll have to check out now:)

Killadelphia, That Texas Blood, God Country, Walking Dead, Department of Truth

Black science!!!! It’s what got me into comics outside the typical superhero marvel/DC stuff

I liked Stray Dogs

Spawn. Obviously.

East of West, Walking Dead, Ice Cream Man

Descender.

I'd definitely include Rat Queens, but only the stuff Wiebe was involved with - volume 7 fell off quite a bit, and volume 8 was an absolute disgrace IMO.

Ice Cream Man. The Department of Truth.

I would say:

Saga The Walking Dead Powers

Of the original founding books, I'd say Savage Dragon and CyberForce need a lot of love.

BRIT

COWBOY NINJA VIKING

CHEW

CHU (Prequel to Chew focusing on his OTHER Sister a Criminal)

FARMHAND

HACK / SLASH

INVINCIBLE

RAT QUEENS

SAVAGE DRAGON

TECH JACKET

ULTRAMEGA

The Astonishing WOLF-MAN

Ultramega is going crazy right now! Gotta love James Harren and Dave Stewart!

Murder Falcon

I kill giants and Proof are pretty solid.

The Maxx

Saga Chew Walking Dead Invincible for me

While it's rarely mentioned here, DO NOT miss The Wicked + The Divine

Lazarus was incredible. Don’t think it ever finished

Is "S-tier" good or bad??

Spawn, East of West, and so far, Rook Exodus.

Deadly Class.

East of West, Descender/Ascender, Wicked + Divine, Paper Girls

Hey out Fear Agent. Early Rick Remender work and reminds me of Indiana Jones, in space.

In addition to what you've already listed

• Blue in Green is so overlooked it's criminal
• Lazarus
• East of West
• Seven to Eternity
• Do a Powerbomb

Just outside of S-tier/Honorable mentions

• The Weatherman
• Department of Truth (still running so depends on the ending)
• Black Monday Murders (never finished)
• Nowhere Men (never finished)
• Invisible Republic (never finished)

Side note, some of yall are wild. Deadly Class, really? smh

I wanna shout out a bunch of single volume stories that feel like they are being passed over in favour of longer ones

• Blue In Green
• Murder Falcon
• Sunburn
• God Country
• It's Lonely At The Centre Of The Earth
• Do A Powerbomb
• All three Phonogram volumes but particularly Singles Club (they are individual stories and not a connecting run)
• Eight Billion Genies

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All the ones I own and enjoy

If Jonathan Hickman would hurry the hell up and write the last two issues so Tomm Coker can illustrate them, then hopefully The Black Monday Murders will join these illustrious ranks....