Graphic novels

Ri-ra

Can anybody suggest a good graphic novel to read? Any genre is fine.

Evil Phil

If you can get a copy of it "The Dark Knight Returns" is an excellent gn. One of the best I've read.

I haven't seen it for a number of years but if you can get a hold of "Third World War" from the british comic Crises you should read it. And judging by the topics you choose to post in you'll find it v. interesting. (It's about globalisation).

The Books of Magic are good, The Sandmand is also good and there's loads of them.

Ri-ra

Cheers, Evil Phil

plastic membrane

All of the above, plus Watchmen. Also, Preacher, Transmetropolitan, V For Vendetta, Cerebus, Stray Bullets...aarggh, too many to list...

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Cloud

I also liked Alex Ross' Kingdom Come. Also got his Marvels but didn't like it as much.

Other favourites:

Superman / Speeding Bullets
Superman / Return of Superman
Preacher Collection
Sandman Collection

And of course in the manga line:

Akira
Battle Angel Alita

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Ri-ra

Thanks for the recommendations lads. I've quite a bit of summer reading to get finished.

DeVore

V for Vendetta.

Do your brain a favour and get it. Awesome.
A graphic novel with a hard politcal edge without preaching.

DeV.

spider45646

100 Bullets is well recommended (interesting crime stories with unique angle) as is animal man.

Evil Phil

DC Comics Vertigo series are generally good. The Books of Magic are always a good read. Witchcraft is excellent although short.

DeVore

Been reading Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.

Lets just says Alan Moore owns ALL the p4nts.

Even the (usually crummy) readers letters are a laugh!

DeV.

Yo Mamma

All the Nemesis books, and The Chronicles of Chaos, with the ABC Warriors from 2000AD. ! All the Slaine books The Horned God Series is best !

And if u can find them, very very rare, the World Without End series from Marvel comics ! The best graphic novel-s I have ever read!

Shiminay

Didn't spot this before.

Anyway, Dark Knight Returns is quality. Actually, if you've seen any of the Batman Beyond or Batman of the Future cartoons, there's one bit that ties them together - read it and ask me again

Also, by the same guy (Frank Miller), there's some Sin City stuff - black N White (the ones I read), but extremely well done.

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Draco

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DeVore:
Been reading Alan Moore's The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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Excellent stuff that - a good annotations page is http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/league1.html. The amount of detail that went into it is amazing.

DeVore

Draco that link no worky good.

Yes, the detail is incredible but then I guess I'd expect that from Moore. Still, its an amazing series. Tight, very characterful and something totally new and refreshing.
Made me think of Cthulhu by Gaslight...

DeV.

Panda

100 bullets has a great story line and my kind of art, and if u havnt been reading up til now, theyve recently done issue 26 which will bring up to date so far.

Also Dark Minds is good, but u had to be reading from the start.

And for a laugh, keep ur eyes peeled for "Too Much Coffee Man", i've only got one issue myself but its funny stuff....

laters

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Dave

Akira comes highly recommened, i have the first 3 book's, out of series of 6, and by god does it ever own my pantaloons.

-Dave

Draco

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by DeVore:
Draco that link no worky good.
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Whoops -there's an extra dot at the end.
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Olympus/7160/league1.html is the correct URL

Puck

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by irishassassin!:
Akira comes highly recommened, i have the first 3 book's, out of series of 6, and by god does it ever own my pantaloons.

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Is book three of the re-releases out now? I've been looking for it in Forbidden Planet but can't find it.

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LoLth

gah! my reply went into the wrong topic. Dev? Any ideas?

[This message has been edited by LoLth (edited 30-07-2001).]