Looking at pretty pictures may perhaps be the oldest human pastime – we’ve been doing it since prehistory! Ever since primitive humans stepped out of their caves and sighed at the beauty of the natural world, they attempted to replicate it on cave walls, preserving their fire-discovering, wheel-inventing stories for future generations. Thousands of years later, the graphic novelists took up the torch to do the exact same thing – like Michelangelo! The Sistine Chapel really is just a graphic novel adaptation of the Bible, after all. While watching humanity’s drama with God play out on the ceiling is certainly worth the trip, this list is for those who want to drink in stunning artwork without traveling to the Vatican. For all the homebodies, are the 10 most beautifully illustrated graphic novels of all time.
