Blankets - Craig Thompson. The most sweet and brutually sincere graphic novel, sometimes a little overly so. This is a definite must.
Completely forgot about Warren Ellis. Transmetropolitan is a favourite of mine, and he's written some other great things as well. He's also currently doing Astonishing X-Men, which a lot of people seem to hate, but I love.
100 Bullets I've had a lot of trouble getting in to. Granted, I've only read the first trade, but I found the quality was really mixed throughout, and none of the stories really got me excited. Maybe it gets better?
batman (at least while grant morrison is writing)...it has batman running around the city beating up bad guys while on lsd in an attempt to beat someone mind controlling him
Read David B.'s Epileptic. Don't question me, just do it. To get you turgid here's a scan of some of the ridiculously gorgeous art in the book.
I've seen the occasional copy in bookstores with good graphic novel sections (kinokuniya in sydney is where I got my original copy), but your best bet is probably to order it online.QuoteRead David B.'s Epileptic. Don't question me, just do it. To get you turgid here's a scan of some of the ridiculously gorgeous art in the book.
Dude, I saw you post this in the Discuss threads, but I'm not sure if it's available at your conventional book stores, should I just order it online?
Pretty much anything by Alan Moore. People have already correctly cited Watchmen, From Hell and V for Vendetta, but if you're in the mood for lighter fare his America's Best comics are great too. Plus, they're limited-run comics so the entire series are usually just a few trade paperbacks long.
Top Ten is a Moore's homage to police procedurals, imagined in a city where every cop, criminal and average citizen has superpowers. The whole thing is chock-full of background gags playing off all kinds of superhero comics. Its spin-off Smax pulls the same trick for the fantasy/sword-and-sorcery genre. [3 trade paperbacks: Top Ten Vols. 1 & 2 are a single long story line, Smax is a one self-contained TPB. There's a prequel book, Top Ten: Forty-Niners but I haven't read that to give suggestions.
(they silly Flash Thompson war issue being an exception).
The '49ers is quite good. Not as good as the two trades, but quite good.
(they silly Flash Thompson war issue being an exception).
Did you actually read the issue? It was one of the top reviewed single issues of the last year's worth of Spider-Man.
With De El recommending Kingdom Come, you should also get Marvels. it has the same amazing artist and chronicles most of Marvel's history from the perspective of an every day reporter.
The '49ers is quite good. Not as good as the two trades, but quite good.
Thanks, I’ll add it to my must-read list.
How in the world does a decades old character being maimed legitimize war? Reading that, all I could was "Fuck, I am sure glad I never enlisted."
I've read overly sentimental comic books and that was far from overly sentimental. It was a pretty damn good balance and coming right after NWTD was a perfect spot for it, especially with the almost weekly scheduling, where it didn't interrupt anything.
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Anyone read Emperor Vulcan? I really can't wait to get a chance to read the War of Kings storyline.
Anyone read Emperor Vulcan? I really can't wait to get a chance to read the War of Kings storyline.
With an image like this, how can you not be excited?
Wowowo, so War of Kings is currently ongoing? And I have read Secret Invasion already, but Annihilation: Conquest is recommended as well?I've got the scans of it on my computer but like all the comics I got before the end of term, I haven't read it yet. Initially, Gabriel Summers whole I'm-your-long-lost-brother-thing didn't sit well with me but I got over it, that and Alex is fast becomming my favourite Summers.
It makes me a little sad that there is only one character in that entire picture who I cannot name (The glowy dude that Nova is flying at). I assume he's a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard due to his proximity to Gladiator, but that's best guess.
I think i may be the only person in the world that reads graphic novels that didn't enjoy the watchmen.
I think i may be the only person in the world that reads graphic novels that didn't enjoy the watchmen.
You're not alone. I found it was nowhere near worth the hype it's always gotten. It's not bad, per se, I just really don't think it's all that good either.
i just didn't find the story all that enthralling. As for the art, it was dark and dull, I didn't see any edge to it. I'm going to have to go back and read it again because i must be missing something.
There's really no moral here outside of "Boy, Nixon was a twat and people running around in spandex sure are silly."
BK, I've always been a proponent of the idea that something is only truly excellent if it can be deemed as such one time through. If I'm not impressed by something the first time, odds are, I'm not going to go out of my way to do it again.
It's kind of funny that you cite The Killing Joke, cause for some reason I found it underwhelming.
Also....if I want to get into Spiderman, what should I be getting (graphic novels or compilations...I can't get into issues).
It's definitely a step up form Army@Love in that aspect, though. Jesus Christ, what an atrocious mess that is.
Pride of Bhagdad is good, but it is nowhere near Watchmen, and doesn't really explore themes that haven't been beaten to death already.
See also:
Serenity: Those Left Behind
Man, what a terrible comic.
how do you people feel about marvel/dc in general? it always seemed to me like marvel held a slightly sillier, more spandex-oriented line than dc, which always looked more, well, artistically motivated. i never really liked the general everlasting superhero idea, has marvel got any non-spandex comics worth checking out?
how do you people feel about marvel/dc in general? it always seemed to me like marvel held a slightly sillier, more spandex-oriented line than dc, which always looked more, well, artistically motivated. i never really liked the general everlasting superhero idea, has marvel got any non-spandex comics worth checking out?
Is Gerard Way's comic, The Umbrella Academy worth my time?
I haven't been reading comics for a long time so what's hot right now doesn't really matter that much. i've just seen the difference between shelves at the store, the marvel line tends to carry stuff like runaways (i agree with jeans on this comic) whereas dc is more along preacher, transmetropolitan, sandman and the likes. i know dc has their share of spandex as well, but i haven't seen any marvel of preacher quality yet - i haven't really been looking though.
Lets not overly confuse DC and Vertigo. Sure they are the same entity, but they aren't, know what I'm sayin'
Re: Watchmen, Alan Moore in gerneral.
While I don't particulairly have a problem with Watchmen, I do think the years have been overly kind to it, much in the same way they have been to Dark Knight. Moore's a smart man, an inventive man. I do think he crammed a ton of info and inventiveness into the story. I do think he expanded upon the method of constructing narrative within the form, but do I think the story is any great shakes? Not particularly. I think he transplanted the tropes, ideas, themes and methodology of one or more forms of litererature and moved them into another. The fact that he was the first to do so in comics makes him a smart man. I think Watchmen kind of falls prey to Moore reminding everyone how damned smart that structure and his writing itself is constantly, which is a problem I have with a lot of his work, save for the dreck he wrote for Image in the nineties.
Re: Watchmen, Alan Moore in gerneral.
While I don't particulairly have a problem with Watchmen, I do think the years have been overly kind to it, much in the same way they have been to Dark Knight. Moore's a smart man, an inventive man. I do think he crammed a ton of info and inventiveness into the story. I do think he expanded upon the method of constructing narrative within the form, but do I think the story is any great shakes? Not particularly. I think he transplanted the tropes, ideas, themes and methodology of one or more forms of litererature and moved them into another. The fact that he was the first to do so in comics makes him a smart man. I think Watchmen kind of falls prey to Moore reminding everyone how damned smart that structure and his writing itself is constantly, which is a problem I have with a lot of his work, save for the dreck he wrote for Image in the nineties.
- Wanted was quite good until I read it a second time and noticed the overt racism, misogyny and general panderingness of it
- Wanted was quite good until I read it a second time and noticed the overt racism, misogyny and general panderingness of it
Um, the second time? (It's ok, I'm not the brightest dude out there)
Although I know Wanted is not everybody's cup of tea, I think the racism and misogyny bits were consciously put in there for a reason.
Read David B.'s Epileptic. Don't question me, just do it. To get you turgid here's a scan of some of the ridiculously gorgeous art in the book.
(http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b171/CatFishEnFuego/epileptic.jpg)
edit: This goes for the rest of you as well.