Graphic Novels/Comics

Gatling · 11-01-2014 09:32PM

For me Frank Miller got me intrested in graphic novels after reading 2000AD and judge dredd for years I can across frank millers The Dark Night returns and Batman year one converted me to a reader ,
300 was great to well before it was moviefied

Birneybau · 11-01-2014 09:39PM

I really loved "Scott Pilgrim..."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Pilgrim

Also, "Watchmen"

Duck's hoop · 11-01-2014 09:41PM

Used get Sandman whenever I could, way back in the day.

Preacher good. Watchmen is simply outstanding. Read and re-read half a dozen times. Always gives you something a bit different.

Slaine back in the early '90s was superb. Mushroom compatibility 10.

Maus fantastic. And er, educational.

Hard Boiled and Sin City also pretty amazing. Some great French stuff I can't remember, but they really go in for that.

Anyone remember 'Crisis' back late 80s to maybe 90-91? Very intelligent, political and 'punky'. Great teenage stuff back then.

Barna77 · 11-01-2014 09:44PM

I used to read lots of Japanese comics when I was a teenager, cheesy and not so cheesy. And Asterix too. Never got into Tintin though.
The brother has a huge collection on American superhero comics (Spiderman specially)

I read Watchmen just before the movie was out. Loved it.

Want to get my hands on Soctt Pilgrim and The Walking Dead. Love the series but they are expensive

bodice ripper · 11-01-2014 09:48PM

Nothing wrong with graphic novels, but anyone who refers to them as "books" should be fired into the sun.

Lyaiera · 11-01-2014 09:53PM

Links234 wrote: »

I'll probably be accussed of blasphemy here, but Lucifer surpasses Sandman in my books

I totally agree. Sandman isn't coherent throughout, Lucifer is far more of collected idea. Both have value and will appeal to different people but it meant Lucifer was far more satisfying for me.

Big ups to anyone mentioning Asterix. Probably my earliest introduction to comics. The level of writing was outstanding and supposedly each language has it's own particular level of great writing. I've seen some language experts hold the Asterix translations as a high point of translating work.

Thwip! · 11-01-2014 09:55PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

Nothing wrong with graphic novels, but anyone who refers to them as "books" should be fired into the sun.

-_-

jam_mac_jam · 11-01-2014 09:56PM

Lyaiera wrote: »

I totally agree. Sandman isn't coherent throughout, Lucifer is far more of collected idea. Both have value and will appeal to different people but it meant Lucifer was far more satisfying for me.

Big ups to anyone mentioning Asterix. Probably my earliest introduction to comics. The level of writing was outstanding and supposedly each language has it's own particular level of great writing. I've seen some language experts hold the Asterix translations as a high point of translating work.

I completely forgot Asterix, I loved them when I was younger and probably didn't get half of it, should read them again.

Lyaiera · 11-01-2014 09:58PM

jam_mac_jam wrote: »

I completely forgot Asterix, I loved them when I was younger and probably didn't get half of it, should read them again.

I think they're as good as the best kids films. They have something for everyone: historical jokes, wordplay, jokes on the places they're set, jokes about drugs ("Getafix.") If they weren't so French I'd imagine Hollywood would have picked up on them yonks ago.

bodice ripper · 11-01-2014 09:59PM

Thwip! wrote: »

-_-

t(-.-t)

I mean, I think that's the response I mean to give. I amn't sure what your post means.

Darius.Tr · 11-01-2014 10:01PM

The Swamp Thing, the only comic book I've read.

Stone Deaf 4evr · 11-01-2014 10:01PM

The losers
Incorruptible
Punisher war zone
Y the last man
Preacher
The first 95 ish issues of the walking dead
Midnight nation
100 bullets
Ex machina
Runaways

All incredible.

EdwardCastle · 11-01-2014 10:02PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

Nothing wrong with graphic novels, but anyone who refers to them as "books" should be fired into the sun.

What are they so O Knowledable One?

Please enlighten us with your wisdom.

RobbingBandit · 11-01-2014 10:07PM

Superman Red Son is a great read, good twist on the story. 1602 series by Neil Gaiman is fantastic. House of M was really good too.

dicititici · 11-01-2014 10:10PM

Blacksad. Well developed characters(anthromorph animals)plot and great artwork. have the first two read online, they were only in french though.

An Sclabhai, about the life of st Patrick simple storyline but nice artwork.

Shenshen · 11-01-2014 10:17PM

dicititici wrote: »

Blacksad. Well developed characters(anthromorph animals)plot and great artwork. have the first two read online, they were only in french though.

An Sclabhai, about the life of st Patrick simple storyline but nice artwork.

I totally agree on Blacksad - I'm not normally too much into the anthropomorphised animals, but I'm willing to make exceptions in this case (well, this and Usagi Yojimbo).
Great "private eye" style stories, and that fact that it's animals rather than humans gives it an extra edge.

I recently got a few copies of "Fables" as well and rather like them.

Shenshen · 11-01-2014 10:18PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

Nothing wrong with graphic novels, but anyone who refers to them as "books" should be fired into the sun.

I'm curious... how would you refer to the phone book?

Thwip! · 11-01-2014 10:21PM

bodice ripper wrote: »

t(-.-t)

I mean, I think that's the response I mean to give. I amn't sure what your post means.

Your complete dismissing of a graphic novel as a book. Incredibly ill-informed opinion

bodice ripper · 11-01-2014 10:21PM

EdwardCastle wrote: »

What are they so O Knowledable One?

Please enlighten us with your wisdom.

Graphic novels.

Timmyctc · 11-01-2014 10:23PM

pablomakaveli wrote: »

The Walking Dead novels are worth reading. I've read about 7 or 8 of them and enjoy them a lot more than the tv show.

The Mustard wrote: »

Alan Moore may be a creative genius, but he also has his head up his own ass if he wouldn't even watch the Watchmen film to be proved wrong about it. I guess that he got burned with From Hell, but still.

BPRD already downloaded onto tablet. Bone noted!

Fully agree with the poster about The Walking Dead. The series is quite good, but the comic is something else.

Barna77 wrote: »

I used to read lots of Japanese comics when I was a teenager, cheesy and not so cheesy. And Asterix too. Never got into Tintin though.
The brother has a huge collection on American superhero comics (Spiderman specially)

I read Watchmen just before the movie was out. Loved it.

Want to get my hands on Soctt Pilgrim and The Walking Dead. Love the series but they are expensive

I dont get the circle jerk around TWD comix. The first few editions in particular I found very weak in terms of writing. The first season of the tv series is much better than the first few comics (I know the first season basically comprises only the 1st comic but still.)

The tv series goes downhill in terms of quality once Frank Darabont was fired. The comics do get better, but then they too get fairly medicore.

bodice ripper · 11-01-2014 10:24PM

ok, I see now that perhaps a light hearted post may have been confused with something more weighty. I have a number of graphic novels that I hold in high regard. Its was a a joke about being a snob, which I am.

EdwardCastle · 11-01-2014 10:25PM

Shenshen wrote: »

I'm curious... how would you refer to the phone book?

Phone book, that's a great read, I get through a few pages every night before nighty nighty snooze snooze.

http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5112.Chris_Ware

BlurstMonkey · 11-01-2014 10:28PM

Transmetropolitan. Fantastic series, and completed. Written by Warren Ellis. Well worth anyone's time.

dicititici · 11-01-2014 10:40PM

Shenshen wrote: »

I totally agree on Blacksad - I'm not normally too much into the anthropomorphised animals, but I'm willing to make exceptions in this case (well, this and Usagi Yojimbo).
Great "private eye" style stories, and that fact that it's animals rather than humans gives it an extra edge.

I recently got a few copies of "Fables" as well and rather like them.

It's funny alright seeing groups of animals discriminating against other "races" in the artic nation story which isn't the same if they were human, and how each species are suited to their roles and personalities. I had to break out of my lurker mold to give my 2 cents

Must check out fables sometime too.

jacksie66 · 11-01-2014 10:44PM

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BlurstMonkey · 11-01-2014 10:53PM

jacksie66 wrote: »

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned The Killing Joke yet.
Fecking amazing.

Y'know I didn't think so, and I'm a big fan of Moore. I think he made a big mistake in trying to give Joker an origin story, it's completely contra to his central mythos. Not that Moore cared about that probably but the whole thing was just wrong in my view.

Links234 · 11-01-2014 10:59PM

BlurstMonkey wrote: »

Y'know I didn't think so, and I'm a big fan of Moore. I think he made a big mistake in trying to give Joker an origin story, it's completely contra to his central mythos. Not that Moore cared about that probably but the whole thing was just wrong in my view.

But...

He didn't give the Joker an origin story. The Joker himself tells us in The Killing Joke "If I'm gonna have a past, I'd prefer it to be multiple choice" so it's heavily suggested that the Joker just made up a story. It's a sort of an unreliable narrator trope, and pretty much where they got the whole schtick in the Dark Knight where he says "You wanna know how I got these scars?" and has a different story each time he tells it. Rather than it being against the mythos, I think this is a very, very Joker thing to do.

BlurstMonkey · 11-01-2014 11:02PM

Links234 wrote: »

But...
He didn't give the Joker an origin story. The Joker himself tells us in The Killing Joke "If I'm gonna have a past, I'd prefer it to be multiple choice" so it's heavily suggested that the Joker just made up a story. It's a sort of an unreliable narrator trope, and pretty much where the whole schtick in the Dark Knight where he says "You wanna know how I got these scars?" and has a different story each time he tells it. Rather than it being against the mythos, I think this is a very, very Joker thing to do.

Ah! It's years since I read it, that much clearly slipped my mind. Ya, that's a much better fit for the character.

Dyr · 11-01-2014 11:09PM

karma_ wrote: »

Preacher is just amazing, and created by an Irishman too. I think I read Seth Rogan is making a pilot for this too, been rumoured to be made into an epic TV series for ages now.

My recommendation is 'The Invisibles'.

Preacher is daft, just a bunch of hard case stereotypes

Most of ennis' stuff is gash

Dyr · 11-01-2014 11:11PM

Shenshen wrote: »

I've been really into comic books all my life,

I'm also a huge fan of French and Belgium comics, everything from Gaston Lagaffe to Asterix to Les Tuniques Bleus to Lanfeust and Troll de Troy.
There are some fantastic fantasy-type comics coming from that tradition these days, well worth checking out. I'd particularly recommend Troll de Troy and, if you can find it, Orull.

the french vampire world things that pat mills did are good fun, great artwork

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