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Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
 
Earlier this year, I read "Persepolis" and loved it. A few weeks ago, a copy of "Pride of Baghdad" ended up in a stack of strays I was putting away at the bookstore and I was intrigued. I really enjoyed it as well but wanted something longer so I started looking for other material from Brian Vaughn and so I started on "Y: The Last Man."

And wow! That was incredible. It blew me away and I read all 60 issues in a few days. Wonderful humor, great pop culture and academic references, and characters that I absolute fell in love with.

An advertisement on one of the pages for a series called "American Virgin" caught my eye. I'm up to issue #19 so far and its good but its not as dark or as deep as I was expecting.

With all the super-hero movies out right now, I decided to start on Marvel's "Civil War" sometime this week. We'll have to see how that goes.

But I'm on a serious kick right now and I figured Hatrack would have some incredible recommendations so please throw some titles at me!
 
Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
 
Watchmen.

The Dark Knight Returns.

Red Son.
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
We've got a pretty good thread about this, if I recall correctly. I'll see if I can dig it up.
 
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
Avoid Civil War like the plague! Awful, awful execution of what was a good idea.
 
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
 
There's a graphic novel called Ultra: Seven Days or something close to it, really a taste of something very different from any other graphic novel I'd read.

V for Vendetta is great even if you've seen the film. So is I am Legend.
 
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Javert:
Red Son.
I can never get past the awful coda of Red Son, especially since Millar crowed about how brilliant and original it was, kept petting himself on the back over it.

Then again, he does that for everything he writes. [Wink]
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
I'm not having any luck digging up the thread, unfortunately. It's a shame; it was a resource that I printed out and took with me to the library for quite some time. Very helpful.

Also, it looks like the site where Euripides was hosting his list of Hatrack book recommendations is no more.
 
Posted by Rakeesh (Member # 2001) on :
 
Murder Mystery by Neil Gaiman (and someone else whose, heh, name I can't remember) was great too.

League of Extraordinary Gentleman is quite fun for a comic/graphic novel.
 
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
 
Awesome Superhero Graphic Novel Thread (Thanks again to everybody who posted in it.)

I'm looking forward to seeing what this thread brings us.
 
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
My recommendations (in no particular order):



...and there's more where that came from, if you want it. [Big Grin]
 
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
 
Another thread on comics and sequential art in general.

(That thread contains a broken link to another thread--I think that may have been the Uber thread I think we're looking for.)
 
Posted by docmagik (Member # 1131) on :
 
Thread about Time Magazine's 100 best Graphic Novels.

Those are the ones I could find.
 
Posted by T:man (Member # 11614) on :
 
Definitely Runaways I love those comics, puffy treat: I loved many of the civil war comics, especially the spider-man civil war!
 
Posted by Corwin (Member # 5705) on :
 
The broken link from docmagik's thread should point to this:

Commic recomandations
 
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by T:man:
puffy treat: I loved many of the civil war comics, especially the spider-man civil war!
Captain America being chewed out by a reporter because he felt saving lives was more important than watching crappy YouTube videos, and him reacting as if she's said something profound and shattering?

Tony Stark and Co. being portrayed as suddenly and innately EVIL, even though registration actually makes RL moral sense over rampant vigilantes?

It was a good idea that was Millar-ized into utter stupidity. Didn't help that writers like JMS and Jenkins added to the confusion.
 
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Puffy Treat:
quote:
Originally posted by Javert:
Red Son.
I can never get past the awful coda of Red Son, especially since Millar crowed about how brilliant and original it was, kept petting himself on the back over it.

Then again, he does that for everything he writes. [Wink]
I thought that Red Son was a fantastically clever idea that had enormous potential. The execution, though, I was completely disappointed by.
 
Posted by Sterling (Member # 8096) on :
 
Preacher, as long as you aren't weirded out by blasphemy. (Or gore. Or sex...)
 
Posted by Selran (Member # 9918) on :
 
Iron Empires
 
Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :
 
Strangers in Paradise.
 
Posted by Eowyn-sama (Member # 11096) on :
 
I second Fable; awesome series
 
Posted by TL (Member # 8124) on :
 
If you're looking for something deep and dark, I think maybe the best graphic novel I've ever read was 'Black Hole' by Charles Burns.
 
Posted by Shanna (Member # 7900) on :
 
Thanks for all the suggestions.

I started on "Runaways" a few days ago and ripped through it pretty quickly. Now I'm stuck waiting for new issues. I didn't realize that Joss Whedon ended up taking the reins. It has kind of a different feel right now I'm interested in seeing what he does with it. But its fun. I love the characters and the humor and the storylines, except for the major character death. I won't give it away but what is with books always killing my favorite character?!?

Now that I've had some light fun, I'll probably start on "Preacher" next.

I'm putting "Civil War" to the side for now. After reading "Runaways" I realized just how little I know about the more obscure super-heroes so I'm afraid I'd be lost for too much of the story.
 
Posted by Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged (Member # 7476) on :
 
I hadn't read any of the Runaways stuff until the Young Avengers/ Runaways Civil War crossover book then I went back and read them all in rapid succession. When Whedon took over I decided to wait for the trade paparback because he's always been slow with his comics. Boy was I ever right on that one.
 
Posted by Juxtapose (Member # 8837) on :
 
Reading Craig Thompson's Blankets was like being a teenager agian.
 
Posted by Lime (Member # 1707) on :
 
From Hell is one of my favorite Alan Moore books, and recommend it to anyone who has the slightest interest in Jack the Ripper. (Please disregard the pathetic flop of a movie. The two are as unrelated as you can get.)

Top 10 is another Alan Moore; a police procedural set in a city where everyone has a superpower. Lots and lots of hidden joke references to other comics and science fiction. Pick up the one-off side series, Smax, if you liked it.

Johnny the Homicidal Maniac by Jhonen Vasquez is great gallows humor.

I'd also like to second the recommendation for Sandman. I just start reading it a few weeks ago and I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
 
Posted by martha (Member # 141) on :
 
I recommend:
The Rabbi's Cat, by Joann Sfar
Ethel & Ernest, by Raymond Briggs
Castle Waiting, by Linda Medley

and online:
FreakAngels, by Warren Ellis and Paul Duffield, at http://www.freakangels.com/?p=23
 
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
 
Elfquest
Sandman
Death
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
Various Manga
 
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
 
Buck Godot
 
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
 
Still more:


More to come, if you're interested. [Wink]

[ June 25, 2008, 05:35 PM: Message edited by: Puffy Treat ]
 


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