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cmcgarvey
10-08-2008, 11:49 PM
I highly recommend the following series/trade paperbacks:
1602 Neil Gaiman (Marvel)
The Eternals Neil Gaiman (Marvel)
The Watchmen Alan Moore[/i] (DC)
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Alan Moore (America's Best)
Batman: The Killing Joke Alan Moore (DC)
Batman: The Long Halloween Jeph Loeb (DC)
(I'm only listing the writers because once you get into the illustrator, you then have to give credit to colorist and in some cases even the letterer. I figure the writer is enough for folks who aren't familiar with the material to look up on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.)
Get your nerd on.
Mackus
10-08-2008, 11:56 PM
(I'm only listing the writers because once you get into the illustrator, you then have to give credit to colorist and in some cases even the letterer. I figure the writer is enough for folks who aren't familiar with the material to look up on Amazon or Barnes & Noble.)What about the inker?
Lt Melmo
10-09-2008, 12:54 AM
Epileptic by David B. (http://www.amazon.com/Epileptic-David-B/dp/0375714685/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223528007&sr=8-1) is one of my favorite books, graphic or not.
DREKTUNES
10-09-2008, 08:42 AM
You forgot Cerebus by Dave Sim. Started out as a parody of Conan, became a life's work. Total wack job, but worth reading.
Any Will Eisner fans here? I have a stack of the 70's Spirit magazine reprints. Amazing stuff. Decades ahead of it's time.
Wanted by Mark Millar
The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore
Criminal by Ed Brubaker
DuffMan
10-09-2008, 12:43 PM
The Civil War Series from Marvel was pretty sweet.
Nigel Tufnel
10-09-2008, 01:28 PM
Nobody's mentioned Frank Miller - who was born in Olney, MD - probably because it's so obvious, but Dark Knight Returns is one of the two best GN's ever. I go back and forth about the order, but Watchmen and Dark Knight are definitely 1 and 1a. And they were both released as monthly books at the same time.
In Dark Knight, anybody ever notice how the first page, where Bruce Wayne crashes his race car, kind of foreshadows the plot of the entire book?
I've never read Dark Knight Returns, since I'm not a big DC fan and it was way before my time, but I might have to check it out.
Spoonless
10-09-2008, 03:36 PM
Jeff Smith's Bone was pretty good.
Camden_yardbird
10-09-2008, 08:03 PM
The Civil War Series from Marvel was pretty sweet.
My local game store owner used to say he felt bad selling this series because it was like peddling crack, it was so addictive.
I have only read the first one and think it was well worth reading the whole series....when I get the money.
DuffMan
10-10-2008, 11:35 AM
My local game store owner used to say he felt bad selling this series because it was like peddling crack, it was so addictive.
I have only read the first one and think it was well worth reading the whole series....when I get the money.
It's only 7 parts so it's not too expensive. Obviously there are several tie-in's, but you don't need to read those to follow what's going on in the story.
DurbBird
10-10-2008, 07:48 PM
I enjoyed Alison Bechdel (http://www.dykestowatchoutfor.com/index.php)'s Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic, a graphic memoir. It's beautifully done. And her books in the Dykes to Watch Out For (http://www.dykestowatchoutfor.com/dtwof-books) series are a hoot.
I also liked Lost Girls (http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/08/30/moore/) by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie, about Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wendy from Peter Pan, and Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It's an erotic account of their sexual awakening. It was really pricey, though, and I think it went out of print pretty quickly.
DREKTUNES
10-10-2008, 08:06 PM
I enjoyed Alison Bechdel (http://www.dykestowatchoutfor.com/index.php)'s Fun Home: a Family Tragicomic, a graphic memoir. It's beautifully done. And her books in the Dykes to Watch Out For (http://www.dykestowatchoutfor.com/dtwof-books) series are a hoot.
I also liked Lost Girls (http://www.salon.com/books/review/2006/08/30/moore/) by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie, about Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Wendy from Peter Pan, and Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It's an erotic account of their sexual awakening. It was really pricey, though, and I think it went out of print pretty quickly.
I was really curious about Lost Girls. What a wonderful crackpot Mr Moore is. Love him so.
Elbren
11-16-2008, 02:06 AM
Graphic Novels
Watchmen - Alan Moore
Kingdom Come (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_Come_(comics)) - Mark Waid / Alex Ross
Emerald Twilight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Twilight) - Ron Marz (the fall of one of greatest DC heroes ever)
Comics
New Mutants #60 - Death of Douglas Ramsey (Cypher). He had suffered feelings of inadequacy for quite some time because his powers were mental and of little use in fighting. These were made worse issue after issue because his friends were constantly having to protect him. It came to a head at the end of this issue as he takes a bullet in the back trying to save one of his friends. They can only stare at him silently in shock; constantly trying to show that they're grown up enough to be heroes, it's very easy to see that the idea of death never really occured to them. Their friend had been taken away from them; not be a monster, an alien or a super-powered super-villian ... but by an angry man with a gun. His death still haunts Magneto.
Scrat1
11-16-2008, 03:30 AM
I'm not a huge comics fan (I've got to admit I didn't care much for The Watchmen), but I did really like Ghost World.
Flip217
11-20-2008, 05:06 PM
Curses (http://www.amazon.com/Curses-Kevin-Huizenga/dp/1894937864) by Kevin Huizenga is pretty cool.
sakata_catching
11-21-2008, 11:06 AM
I've read most of it piecemeal in various publications over the past decade or so, but the complete edition of Charles Burns' Black Hole (http://www.amazon.com/Black-Hole-Charles-Burns/dp/0375714723/ref=pd_cp_b_2_img/178-2192949-2922941?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_r=16MK6NW9NMBPGH32K3NQ&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_i=1894937864) is high on my Christmas list.
SurhoffRules
11-24-2008, 06:25 PM
Runaways - The 2003 and 2005 runs are just great. Some of my favorite covers come from these two series. The jury is still out on the 2008 series.
Oh, and for anyone looking for lighter fare, the new Deadpool series is just great. Plenty of comedic relief, especially since I'm totally burnt out on Secret Invasion (can't wait for it to be over).
Other titles that I've been looking forward to as of late include NYX: No Way Home, the new Titans run, and a few limited runs. I don't know how it's gonna turn out but City of Dust has also peaked my interest.