The Ziggurat of Doom

I was recommending a bunch of stuff to Seth today when I realized I should start making list of comics people should read. Later I got bored and made that list, and here it is.

Here’s all the series I’d really recommend reading. Most of these stand by themselves but some of the Vertigo and Marvel ones may need backstory explained. If you want info on any of them, ask me.
* Means the series is still in printing

Vertigo:
Death (read Sandman first)
Paul Pope 100%
Paul Pope Heavy Liquid
Sandman
Sandman Mystery Theatre
Transmetropolitan
Scene of the Crime
*Hellblazer (stick through the bad parts, skip the prison story)
*Books of Magic
*Fables
*Lucifer
*Y - The Last Man

Oni:
Courtney Crumrin
*Queen and Country (real spy stuff, not James Bond)
Whiteout + Whiteout Melt

Wildstorm:
Warren Ellis
-Global Frequency
-Red
-Mek
-Reload
-Tokyo Storm Warning
-Two Step
-*Planetary (Warren Ellis kills the Fantastic Four)
-*Ocean
Legend
Sleeper
Stormwatch - Team Achilles (cancelled, sadly)
*Ex Machina

Image / Top Cow:
Brian Michael Bendis
-Fire
-Torso
-Jinx
-Goldfish
Ministry of Space (Warren Ellis)
Common Grounds
Capes
Feather
NYC Mech
Tales from the Bully Pulpit (Time travelling Teddy Roosevelt and disembodied ghost of Thomas Edison team up to battle Argentinian Nazi’s on Mars)
Ultra
Wanted (Ultraviolence)
Cloudburst
Firebreather
*Invincible
*Walking Dead (zombies)
Rising Stars

America’s Best Comics:
Top Ten + Smax
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Dark Horse:
Concrete
Hellboy (paging HP Lovecraft)
Sin City (Ultraviolence)

DC:
*Gotham Central (beat this CSI wherever)
*Solo
*Monolith
*Fallen Angel
Caper
Watchmen

Marvel:
Ultimate Universe (Ultimate ____)
Alias
*Daredevil v2
*Pulse
*Iron Man v4
*Supreme Power (J. M. Stracynski rewrites the DC universe)

Other:
Powers
Red Star (Soviets with flying ships and some magic)
Mage (not White Wolf)