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Y The Last Man is super entertaining. It's not high art by any means but it's well written and funny, and a page turner.
There are two comic series that absolutely dwarf all others. They're the only two that are really worthy of being called graphic novels, and elevate the medium to literature. They're the books everyone should read even if they never read another comic.
The Sandman by Neil Gaiman is not only insanely well written but is supported by an incredibly variety of literary foundation and myths from different cultures. Neil is a classics scholar - when I was in university one of the classical, near eastern profs who specialized in ancient Greek culture gave a lecture on some of the overriding motifs and the complexity involved is astounding. The guy's an artist.
Probably needs no introduction as the most widely acclaimed comic book ever written. A pure character-driven world. The genius of it is how subtle it is. Takes a simple question - what would the world really be like if people acted like super heroes - and answers it in the most horrifying manner possible. There are no heroes in the book, just flawed human beings with human motivations.
Incidentally, the movie is perhaps the most effective argument for why some stories just don't work properly when you change them into movie or TV format - it's extremely loyal to the source material but it just doesn't have the time to provide the context and nuance. You really need to read the bits between chapters to get it.
