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Comic books/graphic novels. Any recommendations?

Started by darthkiwi, February 15, 2013, 04:51:29 PM

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darthkiwi

So I'm a massive Alan Moore fan. I read V for Vendetta, From Hell and Watchmen, which are his big three. But I'd like to know if there are any others people would recommend, either by him or anyone else?

Also, webcomic recommendations would be awesome too. Some of those can be great fun :P
Prince of the Aquitaine. Duke of York.

Knight errant and consort to Her Grace the Empress Deloria of the Holy Roman Empire, Queene of all Albion and Princess Palatine.

Oldbushie

I LOVE Sandman (Neil Gaiman). I got the omnibus edition a while back. :D Three huge hardcovers.
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KatieHal

I'll second Sandman. Fables is also great, and soon to be a new Telltale game. The Walking Dead comics, again great, and you're not necessarily spoiled on them if you played the game or ate watching the TV show.

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Oldbushie

Oh yeah!! Mom and I devoured the Fables books at the library. We're all caught up and anxiously awaiting more! I didn't know they were making a game out of it; should be interesting.
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Delling

oo, oo, oo! parahumans.wordpress.com, you're welcome (pre-emptively). :P

Of course, the usual: Girl Genius, Gunnerkrigg Court, and also Erfworld. :)
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Duke of Saxony in Her Majesty's Court
Knight of the Swan for Her Imperial Highness

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stika

I'm a huge Batman fanboy, but even I can't deny that THIS is the best comic book I have ever read:



and hope to God we one day get a movie made

darthkiwi

#6
Thank you everyone! :D

I started reading Girl Genius at Deloria's insistence but got sidetracked but I will finish it one day. But, is it just me or do people find the art a bit... small? Sometimes I look at a panel and actually can't figure out what's going on because it's so very very detailed.

Mm. Methinks I should experiment with the "zoom" function, since I so evidently need it. XD
Prince of the Aquitaine. Duke of York.

Knight errant and consort to Her Grace the Empress Deloria of the Holy Roman Empire, Queene of all Albion and Princess Palatine.

Blackthorne

If you haven't read "The Killing Joke" you should do so.

Also, "Arkham Asylum" by Grant Morrison.


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get older - but in the end you'll pack up, fly down south, hide your head in the sand.  Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer." - Dogs, Pink Floyd.

stika

the Killing joke is indeed great as well as its unofficial prequel The man who laughs

KatieHal

Girl Genius is a lot of fun, agreed. :) Though the story takes its time...I don't always remember what happened previously just because there's SO MUCH backstory at this point.

Paranatural is a fun, lighter webcomic that's also pretty funny. Don't miss the mouseover text on the comics, it's some great commentary! http://paranatural.net/chapter-one/

Katie Hallahan
~Designer, PR Director~

"Change is the constant, the signal for rebirth, the egg of the phoenix." Christina Baldwin

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Blackthorne

"You've got to keep one eye looking over your shoulder
you know it's going to get harder and harder as you
get older - but in the end you'll pack up, fly down south, hide your head in the sand.  Just another sad old man, all alone and dying of cancer." - Dogs, Pink Floyd.

stika

heard many good things about it , but never read it

HitBattousai

You'll probably want to read The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen(comic is nothing like the movie) and Promethea by Moore.  Besides the alternatives others have presented(which are all excellent), I'll throw in Invincible by Robert Kirkman, and basically anything by Brian K. Vaughan is money(Ex Machina, Y: The Last Man, Runaways, Pride of Baghdad, and Saga).

stika

I've heard good things about Y:The Last Man.

By the way, is Jeremiah any good?

HitBattousai

I don't know about the comic, but the TV show edition of Jeremiah is pretty good(Luke Perry is surprisingly decent as the lead) so I imagine the comic it is based on is good as well.

stika

I remember watching the show and thinking it was pretty decent, but then it got cancelled :P

HitBattousai

On a related note, Jericho is pretty good for a similar show(which also has a follow-up comic). 

stika

what's Jericho? A show or a comic book? (yes, I'm too lazy I-I mean busy to google it... yeah... busy >.>)

MikPal

Don Rosa's Young Scrooge McDuck stories
Dropsie Avenue by Will Eisner
The Exterminators-series by Simon Oliver
100 bullets-series by Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso
House of Secrets by Steven Seagle and Teddy Kristiansen (Pretty much anything with Kristiansen is gold)

Anything by Franquin, Moebius (Jean Giraud), Uderzo & Goscinny, Morris, Benoît Sokal, Arthur de Pins (he does also animations)

And if there exists a translations
Monsieur Jean by Dubuy and Berberian (Their diary comic about making mr Jean was good too)
The Painter and the Pirate-series by Christophe blain (pretty much anything by Blain)
Mämmilä-series by Tarmo Koivisto
Pieniä Julmia Tarinoita (Short Cruel Stories) by Gröönroos and Rantio

stika