Favourite Graphic Novels/ Series Collections-?

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UPDATED: Thursday, March 5, 2009 12:43
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HELL'S KITTEN

Monday, December 29, 2008 9:26 PM

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...any others Browncoats can recommend?

Transmetropolitan by Warren Ellis.
Quite possibly my most favourite series.

22CLAWS

Monday, December 29, 2008 9:29 PM

Death: The High Cost of Living is a terrific story and a good intro to Neil Gaiman's writing.

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MAL92REYNOLDS

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 1:55 AM

The BONE series is a personally favourite of mine. Great humour and amazing storyline and art!!

THATWEIRDGIRL

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:22 AM

I am by no means a graphic novel expert, but I have a few I've run across (most recommended by MWP) and have enjoyed greatly. Here are some of them:

Fray I love that series.
30 Days of Night
Y: The Last Man Controversial yes, but most of the women are believable creations.
The Walking Dead Good zombie story. We learned about this one at Heroes con.
My first 'graphic novel' as opposed to comic book was The Crow. You know what they say about your first.

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BIGRICHARD

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 4:32 AM

If you think I meant that I disliked P&N, that isn't the case. Yes it was slightly muddled, but at the same time it was a very interesting read and I'm looking forward to reading the rest. Glad to hear it gets astonishingly brilliant.

That said, I did judge Buffy on the first season alone. I'm ashamed to say that before Firefly I'd only seen bits and pieces of Buffy and had though it looked quite silly (I assumed it was similar to Charmed, which I'd been made to watch and had disliked). After Firefly I decided to check it out, so I rented the first season, thinking I'd watch an episode and then return it, having wasted my time.
I watched the entire first season in 2 days, then went and bought all 7 seasons.

Might do the same with Sandman.

Edit: 22Claws, I was looking at Death:HCoL the other day, thinking it looked very interesting. I might go pick it up at some stage.

TUJIAOZUO

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 6:56 AM

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That said, I did judge Buffy on the first season alone. I'm ashamed to say that before Firefly I'd only seen bits and pieces of Buffy and had though it looked quite silly (I assumed it was similar to Charmed, which I'd been made to watch and had disliked). After Firefly I decided to check it out, so I rented the first season, thinking I'd watch an episode and then return it, having wasted my time.
I watched the entire first season in 2 days, then went and bought all 7 seasons.

That was me too, I watched some fragments and didn't want to watch it AT ALL. With Hulu though I've watched nearly 3 seasons during late night stints at College and I seriously need to scrounge up the cash to buy me some used DVD copies (waaay too poor to buy new) that way I can start the comics.

Y: The Last Man is also great series

The Runaways, though about a group of kids is a great concept and I think wonderfully written. It's a great take on the Marvel universe and has a very Jossian flavor to it (doesn't help that he did a small arch on it). Harvey Award winner as well as an Eisner.

Joss's Astonishing X-Men is my favorite X-Men arch currently. The storytelling's brilliant, Cassidy's artwork is to die for and yes I love it just a little bit more than the Firefly comics.

Blacksad by Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido is a huge favorite of mine. Wonderful film noir (three Eisner noms for the writing) with Guarnido's great anthropamorphic art. It can be tricky to find in the states because the writer and artist are Spainish and primarily release the book in French (where is has a massive fanbase), but I think it's worth it.

Another anthro comic to mention is Lackadaisy by Tracy J. Butler. It's a free webcomic that revolves around a bunch of cats in St. Louis Missouri that *try* to run a speakeasy during prohibition. For a free webcomic, the artwork is stunningly detailed and the writing is spot on. Butler's garnered a few awards for the comic, 07-08 Web Cartoonists Choice Awards.

Anything from Neil Gaimen, Frank Miller, Michael Eisener naturally.

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Ash

MANWITHPEZ

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:16 PM

Oh...let's see.

I'll have to say The Tick Omnibus #1 (or Monday through Sunday). If you know anything about superhero comics, this will be hilarhious.

Identity Crisis by DC. Brad Metzler (sp-huh), and Rags Morales. Consequently, the trade paperback has an introduction by Joss Whedon, but if you're easily offended by Woman in Refrigerator syndrome, you might want to skip it.

Batman/Superman - Supergirl. The reintroduction of Supergirl after Infinite Crisis. Just an old fashioned superhero comic with a few little twists along the way. Gorgeous art by Michael Turner (whose style should have pissed me off, but he grew on me...Sorry to see he's gone now)

Any of the Ultimate Spiderman TPBs...Everything you love about Spiderman...Concentrate!

Walking Dead, Stardust (Neil Gaiman, though very, very hard to find, but available to everyone if you know where to look), Batman: Year One, Batgirl: Year One, All of Astonishing vol 1...(forget the new one), 30 Days of Night, Y: The Last Man, Fray...

And...If I can recommend just one, it would have to be Scott Pilgrim. I just read this a couple of nights ago. There's a proposed seven volumes, and only one is published a year. They're up to volume 4 now. Very, very fun book.

I'll have to have a look at what I have here and get back to you.

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MANWITHPEZ

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:21 PM

Oh...and the new Dark Tower vol 3: Treachery is shaping up to be pretty awesome. The first one is good..the second one is not...This third one is badass! And Roland's barely in it.

Kaylee: "What's so damn important about being proper? It don't mean nothing out here in the black."
Simon: "It means more out here. It's all I have..."

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PIZMOBEACH

Tuesday, December 30, 2008 5:53 PM

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Moench & Gulacy's recent Master Of Kung Fu, a collection of the 6 issue miniseries, is AWESOME!!! It's like a Bond movie with more main characters!

Interesting 80's space western they also did:

http://www.amazon.com/Six-Sirius-Doug-Moench/dp/1933305037/ref=si3_rdr
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I think I see Inara in their "Ambassador."

I recommend Samurai: Heaven and Earth:

http://www.amazon.com/Samurai-Heaven-Earth-vol-1/dp/1593073887

From Amazon reviews:

"D'Artagnan meets Musashi"

"There have only been five books thus far in the millenium that I can safely praise as masterpieces, and this is one of them. "Samurai: Heaven and Earth" is one the most emotional, touching, amazing pieces of literature I've ever read. "

Not sure I'd go that far, but... worth a read for sure.

SINGATE

Saturday, January 17, 2009 7:24 AM

I just finished The Long Road Home which is the second collection of comics based on Stephen King's Dark Tower novels. Unlike the previous installment, The Gunslinger Born, this is mostly orignial material. Excellent read for anyone interest in a blend of western, fantasy, and sci-fi.

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