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suggest me some graphic novels.
BS:
I'm a little tired to read text walls that came before me, but this made me chuckle.
For an ongoing series, I'd Recommend Deadpool. Some of the funniest material I've read in awhile.
For a one-book type thingy, I actually need to read more of those...
De_El:
Yes! Nextwave is hilarious. If you're a huge comic nerd there are plenty of references to note (like the gun-chair-thing from Elektra: Assassin), and even if you're not the humor is pretty accessible.
Has...has anyone mentioned Little Nemo in Slumberland/In the Land of Wonderful Dreams? Though it may not be a "graphic novel" in any sense, if you can get your hands on any it is super-awesome vintage comics headtrips.
Also someone's probably mentioned A Contract with God by Will Eisner, but it's worth mentioning a couple times. A Contract with God is considered by many to be the first "graphic novel" if that means anything to you or you care at all, but seriously: this is the dude they named the award after. His work is nothing to spit at.
SevenPinkerton:
I second the fun of Scott Pilgrim, Ghost World, and anything by Neil Gaiman.
I also recommend Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis about a journalist in a really disturbing future.
And if you haven't lost your childish fun love of pirates, and adventure- One Piece.
I prefer using the term graphic novel when talking with people who know nothing about comics, simply because otherwise they will assume they know what I'm talking about and that it involves silly men in tights who think fighting off burglars is more important in a world than solving real problems. By calling them graphic novels I get a chance to explain before people assume. Silly, yes, but language is full of stereotypes and preconceptions, so what can ya do...
De_El:
I'm pretty sure that when people say A Contract with God was the first "graphic novel" they meant it was the first published volume of comics that in itself was a complete and stand-alone story, beginning to end, much like a novel. Basically a one-shot.
SonofZ3:
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/
A great graphic novel that is also online! You can easily get addicted to this one.
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