While the big superhero publishers, DC and Marvel, are represented on the list, independent publishers also scored big with imaginative comics like Bone and Owly.
Owly & Friends Fall Print, available at www.AndyRunton.com
There are also web comics on the list, including one which seems to be improved by removing a main character.
Best Comics:
-Teen Titans Year One by Amy Wolfram. My 10-year-old geek daughter reviewed this one for Geek Dad earlier this year, along with the Coraline graphic novel.
-Tiny Titans by DC (Dave G’s daughter, 9) The tiny Titans go to school together. Cuteness abounds.
-Runaways by Brian K. Vaughn. Just avoid the later collections after Vaughn left the series. The eldest daughter wrote about that for an earlier Geek Dad post.
-Bone by Jeff Smith (Stephen’s kids) - classic cartoon fantasy.
-Leave it to Chance by James Robinson and Paul Smith, especially the album formats from Image (Stephen kids and Corrina’s daughter) A girl’s own demon-hunting adventure. With dragons. And ice hockey. The hardcover was first published in 2002, the first many had seen of the series.
-Rocketo by Frank Espinosa (Stephen’s kids)- far future sci-fi adventure, stunning illustrations
-Girl Genius (Matt’s kids) As the blurb says: Adventure, romance, mad science!
-Owly (Chuck’s kids) The gentle story of an owl who makes friends in the world.
-Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth by Chris Ware. Intense story of a little boy in 1893 Chicago.
-Get Fuzzy (Kathy’s kids) A daily print comic strip that reminds me of Bloom County.
-Pearls Before Swine (Kathy’s kids) Alligators at school. 
-Boondocks (Kathy’s kids) Yes, it’s a racially diverse comic strip. Most of all, it’s funny.
-Iron West (Kathy’s kids) An incompetent outlaw in the old West fighting an army of metal men.
-Garfield Minus Garfield (Kathy’s kids) The popular strip enhanced by eliminating its main character.
-The Comics Curmudgeon (Kathy’s kids) a commentary site for all ages.
-The New Brighton Archeological Society (Dave B.’s kids) When their parents are lost on an archeological expedition, four children are determined to find out why.
