graphic novels

i've been getting into graphic novels a lot lately and want some recommendations.

so far i have read

sin city 1-7 (loved them)

watchmen

and from hell

i almost bought "blankets" today but didn't. should i have?

blankets is good but considering your other 3 picks its hard to say if you'd like it or not

sandman

the maxx

kabuki

if it's good i would like it, i like a lot of different kinds of books, movies, and music, not just dark stuff. (ex really like wizard of oz, singin in the rain, and apocalypse now, boogie nights) blankets is supposed to be about a first love right?

@orange

arkham asylum

maus

the invisibles

preacher

i will tell you two that i think are overrated: watchmen and the dark knight returns

Maus

The Fixer

get as complete a collection of zenith as you can

the best lovecraft-influenced superheroes-as-rockstars yarn you will ever read

  JohnTqs said:

if it's good i would like it, i like a lot of different kinds of books, movies, and music, not just dark stuff. (ex really like wizard of oz, singin in the rain, and apocalypse now, boogie nights) blankets is supposed to be about a first love right?

 

@orange

yea its definitely good, though a bit melancholy. Lovely illustrations!

also: the button man

gorgeous one-off series with sweeeeet photorealistic artwork by arthur ranson

http://www.2000adonline.com/button_man_ii.php

Larry Gonicks cartoon history books but specifically A Cartoon history of the Universe parts 1-3

The Invisibles

bone

People who call comics graphic novels are people who dont read comics

I Can't Get No by Rick Veitch

  Mr Salads said:

People who call comics graphic novels are people who dont read comics

when i was 17 a creepy lanky bloke recommended watchmen and gave me a copy of anthrax's attack of the killer b's

i often see him on the way home from work

he still lives in the same shitty flat

  Mr Salads said:

People who call comics graphic novels are people who dont read comics

In my experience it's actually completely the opposite. Especially since they aren't exactly the same thing. The analogy I'd make would be comparing a single episode of a television show to a full length film.

Arkham asylum was dope

  JohnTqs said:

i've been getting into graphic novels a lot lately and want some recommendations.

 

so far i have read

sin city 1-7 (loved them)

watchmen

and from hell

 

i almost bought "blankets" today but didn't. should i have?

alan moore's swamp thing run

the Supreme (alan moore's amazing superman homage/satire/parody/revival)

Miracleman (kind of the precursor to watchmen but has not been reprinted, can find in cbr format online)

if you like from hell check out the other Eddie Campbell work 'Bacchus' it's like an ambient comedy action horror series about if greek gods lived among us as normal people

*shame on you guys for not recommending him other excellent Alan Moore

  IRARI said:

sandman

the maxx

kabuki

i didn't like the maxx when it first started very much but how it ended i found freaking amazing and not surprisingly i think moore helped tweak the ending in the last issues. i won't spoil what happens but it's actually pretty touching

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 1 and 2

  Atop said:

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol 1 and 2

The black Dossier just kicked my ass, have you read it yet?

jesus negro that is a mind fuck of a comic book, there is probably only maybe 10% actual comic book in it the rest is crazy fake 1930s porno comics and crumpled memos and other weird shit

* i 2nd the league recommendation,

GBIII: yeah I have The Black Dossier on cbr but haven't read it yet, have heard negative things compared to the other 2 vol's.....

am wanting to read the Civil War series(i know not Moore or really a graphic novel)....

and it is a bit of an undertaking....

I will read The Black Dossier definitely....

Promethea is one of the greatest things I have ever read...along with From Hell....I need to read the Miracleman series and Moore's Swamp thing, have those as well but haven't gotten to them yet

what do you think of Morrison's Seven Soldiers of Victory?

keep it comin yall

anyone read persepolis? saw the movie and it was great