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Favourite 'graphic novels' etc.
Chesire Cat:
Marvels by Kurt Busiek. Seriously, set during the '50s era Marvel years from the perspective of a regular man, sounds lame but packs a punch. Pretty great reading.
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My respectively tiny description really didnt carry the weight this one deserves. Marvels is the best far and away graphic novel I've very read, and I have read alot in my day.
Kingdom Come was also really good. Set in the DC universe, in an alternate future blah blah. It has the Justice League types hitting retirement and newage superheroes with a broken moral compass doing the saving. The Justice League types get drawn into a huge moral battle between Superman's lead by moral superiority, and Batman's, people are essentially evil and you have to be something even scarier than them to win.
Astro City also by Kurt Busiek. Basically a fictional world full of workman super hero and villian types. It does alot to show what getting old does to super heroes and widen the gap between world class or even city class and more pathetic neihbourhood watch types. my favourite would have to be Astro City Vol 4: Tarnished Angel. It might be the 4th in the series but it really felt the most real.
Theres plenty more greats but its been a while since I've really read any graphic novels and forget which ones were great, and everyone else are covering the Sandman/Sin City/Watchmen angle, so I'll let you guys cover that. And of course there are always the fun but limited ones like Transmetropolitan, or that entire Batman series where there was a giant earthquake in Gotham and Batman was splitsville and all kinds of factions started carving out their own little niche in gotham like a game of Risk.
IronOxide:
I don't know how many times I've said it, but I will continue forever.
Ruroni Kenshin bitches.
greenMonkey:
--- Quote from: ironoxide887 ---I don't know how many times I've said it, but I will continue forever.
Ruroni Kenshin bitches.
--- End quote ---
Mad samurai manga FTW. But I prefer Blade of the Immortal.
StupidityKills:
As before and always:
Transmetropolitan, Preacher, Dan Clowes and Jeffrey Brown
KharBevNor:
Has anyone else who still draws breath actually read The Crow graphic novel? It owns the film. Over-stylised artwork and gratuitous quotation of Joy Division lyrics ftw.
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