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suggest me some graphic novels.
Noct:
I mostly agree with you on the accessibility of graphic novels, although there a few out there which might warrant some actual study. Yeah I know everyone mentions it, but Watchmen is the first one that comes to mind. Theres a lot there you'd miss if you don't at least know the gist of postmodernist thinking.
Ishotdanieljohnston:
Agreed. I was lost when i read it for the first time 3-4 years ago. On previous reccomendations- I just bought the first two volumes of the walking dead. I'm nearly finished the first and it's pretty damn fun. I also got Joe Sacco's Palestine, what's that like? Also, can anyone reccomend a good comic review site?
jodizzle:
I am going to agree with those who reccomended Transmetrapolitan and Y: The Last Man.
I'm also going to add anything by Sam Kieth, who is pretty much my comic hero. My favourite is definately Zero Girl, but the Maxx series is really good too. Bizarre though.
HPPH:
I have to disagree. It's a lesson in the synthesis of words and pictures to tell stories. Because it has written elements, there's the ability to use plot, prose, discussion of articulate ideas. Because it is a visual medium, composition, visual symbolism, line, shade, etc come into play as well. Should they be studied? Absolutely! Unless you think literature shouldn't be or art history, there's no reason why comics shouldn't be studied either. The only issue I see limiting it is that its form as we know it has only been around for over 100 years. It's one of those mediums that shows up every few years combining elements to experience it like Opera was the synthesis of writing, music and visual elements during the Baroque.
humanoftheyear:
--- Quote from: ThePQ4 on 14 Aug 2007, 19:32 ---Did you read -both- parts of Maus? I know a lot of people in my Book Group didn't realize there was a second part to it (we had to read it for a group discussion at my college), so I had to explain to a bunch of people what happened afterwards, even though it had been forever since I read it.
Have you ever read Fables? I would reccomend it if you haven't read it. It's a few volumes (I think 6 issues each?), and possibly still on-going. It's been a bit since I checked up on it's progress, but it is -very- good, and the artwork is to die for.
--- End quote ---
yeah, i read both parts for a class i took over literature and the holocaust. i love that prof for introducing me to spiegelman and recommending alison bechdel to me. i wonder how people didn't know there was a second part, isn't there a I on the binding? i know the two books aren't the original way it was printed, but i figured it was common knowledge that there were two.
and thanks sososo much to everyone else for their input. i'm glad i have a healthy list to take to my comic store! ya'll also gave me a few good gift ideas for my fiancee. i always feel kind of dumb for some reason whenever i pester the clerks to see what they like. maybe because they're so passionate and namedrop 50million artists and it makes me feel illiterate.
but, yay. i'm glad i'm working again so i can start buying more books. i really don't know how other people are about buying books vs. checking them out from a library, but i love collecting them and adding notes and stuff in the text.
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