Graphic Novels/Comics

Waitsian · 12-01-2014 01:05AM

Lyaiera wrote: »

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.

After reading Dr Seuss as a kid in Canada (my introduction to comics really), I started reading Asterix in Ireland. My brothers and I borrowed them from the local libraries. They are superb.

If they weren't so French I'd imagine Hollywood would have picked up on them yonks ago.

Hollywood would only ruin them. I hate film adaptations of comics. I'm a purist, I just don't see the point. They are two different types of medium, leave it at that.

Vincent Vega · 12-01-2014 02:11AM

Black Hole by Charles Burns.
I'd also recommend anything by Yoshihiro Tatsumi.

RDM_83 again · 12-01-2014 03:00AM

Bambi wrote: »

Preacher is daft, just a bunch of hard case stereotypes

Most of ennis' stuff is gash

Completely agree, Though his viz Style comic set in the north is entertaining enough,

probably not a popular view but While i Like Graphic novels and Have read the Majority of the ones mentioned so far (Though i have noted a few ones thanks shensen etc).

As a group they tend to Leave an awful Lot to be desired, and even the ones that are Serious and Criticaly Acclaimed such as maus or the various middle eastern Focussed ones just aren,t as deep as the stories would have been in well written book or a well acted and directed film.

kowloon · 12-01-2014 03:11AM

Maus already mentioned a few times, all I can add is Persepolis.

DesperateDan · 12-01-2014 03:18AM

A lot of people mentioning Y: The Last Man, great series and Brian K Vaughan is definitely one of my favourite writers - his new series Saga is just fantastic.

ElvisChrist6 · 12-01-2014 04:27AM

bodice ripper wrote: »

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

Book: a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together along one side and bound in covers.

joe stodge · 12-01-2014 09:08AM

Has any mentioned MARVEL's civil war series? http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(comics)

Tea-a-Maria · 12-01-2014 09:53AM

I'd recommend Pride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan.

Sulla Felix · 12-01-2014 11:49AM

mod9maple wrote: »

After reading Dr Seuss as a kid in Canada (my introduction to comics really), I started reading Asterix in Ireland. My brothers and I borrowed them from the local libraries. They are superb.

Hollywood would only ruin them. I hate film adaptations of comics. I'm a purist, I just don't see the point. They are two different types of medium, leave it at that.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news. http://www.asterix.com/asterix-de-a-a-z/films-live/images/cesar.jpg

seanbmc · 12-01-2014 01:08PM

Reading The Manhattan Projects at the moment. Soooo good.

thebostoncrab · 12-01-2014 01:36PM

I have too many graphic novels and comics falling out my book case, yet I keep buying more :P

A lot of the ones have already been recommends to you OP, but for myself the list would go as:

Watchmen, Maus, Persepolis, Black Hole, Ghost World, From Hell, Sandman, Sin City, Scarlett Traces, The Walking , The Killing Joke(Batman), Civil War (All the Marvel guys), Daemon in the Bottle (Iron Man), The Long Halloween (Batman), Plant Hulk (Hulk)

thegreatiam · 12-01-2014 01:36PM

Sulla Felix wrote: »

Hate to be the bearer of bad news. http://www.asterix.com/asterix-de-a-a-z/films-live/images/cesar.jpg

Technically not hollywood movies.

Pat Mustard · 12-01-2014 05:21PM

Links234 wrote: »

I actually couldn't stand Watchmen, so I don't think there's any way Alan Moore would be 'proved wrong' about it. He also got burned with the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In fact, I think V for Vendetta was the only decent adaptation of his stuff at all.

Ah. So twas the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. Amazing comic series. Awful film. No wonder he was upset!

I'm a fan of Watchmen and I know that you don't like it, but it was a very faithful adaptation all the same

Dyr · 12-01-2014 05:24PM

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Completely agree, Though his viz Style comic set in the north is entertaining enough,

probably not a popular view but While i Like Graphic novels and Have read the Majority of the ones mentioned so far (Though i have noted a few ones thanks shensen etc).

As a group they tend to Leave an awful Lot to be desired, and even the ones that are Serious and Criticaly Acclaimed such as maus or the various middle eastern Focussed ones just aren,t as deep as the stories would have been in well written book or a well acted and directed film.

Pretty much, very few comics have done anything with most "serious" themes that hasn't been done previously or better in other media.

RDM_83 again · 12-01-2014 05:40PM

Though to show I am not a just a graphic novel hater.

I'l recommend When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs which I am suprised hasn;t been mentioned so far, its pretty poignant, and as far as I know is one of the first of the "serious" graphic novels

Links234 · 12-01-2014 05:40PM

The Mustard wrote: »

I'm a fan of Watchmen and I know that you don't like it, but it was a very faithful adaptation all the same

It was faithful enough, apart from that horrible ending, but what I think kills it for me is Zack Synder's direction, it felt like a sequence of music videos with Watchmen visuals than a coherent movie. it was good in places, parts of it were just cringeworthy and unintentionally funny.

I think I just can't stand Zack Synder movies in general, and why I'm not looking forward to Batman vs. Superman

Pat Mustard · 12-01-2014 05:53PM

Links234 wrote: »

It was faithful enough, apart from that horrible ending, but what I think kills it for me is Zack Synder's direction, it felt like a sequence of music videos with Watchmen visuals than a coherent movie. it was good in places, parts of it were just cringeworthy and unintentionally funny.

I think I just can't stand Zack Synder movies in general, and why I'm not looking forward to Batman vs. Superman

He has made some awful rubbish but the Dawn of the Dead remake was great.

I just googled Batman v Superman, thinking that maybe you were joking. Ben Affleck. Oh dear.

Links234 · 12-01-2014 06:03PM

The Mustard wrote: »

He has made some awful rubbish but the Dawn of the Dead remake was great.

I just googled Batman v Superman, thinking that maybe you were joking. Ben Affleck. Oh dear.

I'm gonna sound like a serial-contrarian here, so sorry about this

but his Dawn of the Dead was not a patch on the 70's one.

RobbingBandit · 12-01-2014 06:04PM

RDM_83 again wrote: »

Though to show I am not a just a graphic novel hater.

I'l recommend When the Wind Blows by Raymond Briggs which I am suprised hasn;t been mentioned so far, its pretty poignant, and as far as I know is one of the first of the "serious" graphic novels

Full movie is on youtube to watch, still have gotten the graphic novel yet myself.

Chuckles Flower · 20-02-2014 02:04PM

I've just finished reading 'Pyongyang' by Guy Delisle. It describes his 2-month stay in North Korea and is really enlightening.

Y: The Last Man, Saga, and Fables are some of my favourites too.

mawk · 20-02-2014 02:28PM

If it wasn't mentioned yet..

'A god somewhere' is really good

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