 The book won Seth two Ignatzes at the award 's inaugural ceremony in 1997 : one for Outstanding Artist and the other for Outstanding Graphic Novel or Collection . In 1999 , the book placed No. 52 on The Comics Journal 's " 100 Best Comics of the 20th Century " . The book appeared on GQ 's " 20 Graphic Novels You Should Read " list in 2009 and on the British journalist Rachel Cooke 's list of ten best graphic novels . It ranked No. 16 on the Scottish Herald 's " 50 Greatest Graphic Novels of all Time " list in 2013 and No. 25 on Rolling Stone 's list of the " 50 Best Non @-@ Superhero Graphic Novels " in 2014 . 
