Graphic Novel Recommendations?

[SUPA FRANKY]

Well, I'm not really keen on gothic novels, but Kick-Ass is preety....kick-ass ( pun intended)

Also, read the Scott Pilgrim Series NOW!!!!!

 

[Sonicron]

Neil Gaiman's "Sandman" series of graphic novels is fantastic, but be warned, at times it's definitely not light reading.

"Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth" is a must-read if you like Batman stories that are as dark as they get.

And, my personal favorite... "Transmetropolitan" by Warren Ellis. Behold the fury of a man armed with the tools of his trade (read: journalism), a righteous cause and an illegal bowel disruptor.

 

[Doitpow]

The obvious ones aside.

I'd recommend Persepolis, Bone and Maus.

 

[Red Right Hand]

thought V for Vendetta was better as a movie than as a graphic novel.

*GASP!!!* You will be cast into the depths of hell for saying that!

But seriously, I thought the movie was a shower of shite. Whereas the book was excellent.

I would suggest, unless anybody here has already done it, that you read Batman: The Killing Joke, Batman: Year One and Batman: The Dark Knight Returns.

 

[Evilproduct]

Sin City
Watchmen
Y: The Last Man
The Walking Dead
Transmetropolitan
Global Frequency
Preacher
The Boys
The Sandman
V For Vendetta
100 Bullets
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Kick-Ass
Johnny The Homicidal Maniac
Wanted
Simon Dark
The Losers

Batman:
-The Long Halloween
-The Man Who Laughs
-Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth
-Joker
-Year One
-Hush

I know I'm mostly repeating stuff thats already been said, but these are some of my favorites from my collection. I know i have much more, but i dont have them with me right now so I know i'm forgetting some. This also isnt including some great Marvel works such as "Civil War". I'm not a huge Marvel universe fan myself though. I tend to stay more with Vertigo and Dark Horse kinda stuff. Batman is my favorite costumed hero though. DC did a great job with his character. As long as they keep him and Superman seperate. I've never understood why they feel the need to make Superman and Batman bestest buddies. I have never been a Superman fan at all.

Ill prolly come back and edit some more into the list later.

 

[molester jester]

The Sandman series - all
Hellblazer - all pretty good but Original Sins ( issues 1 - 9 ) and Dangerous Habits ( issues 41 - 46 ) are probably my favourite story arcs
The Darkness
The Surrogates
Daredevil ( anything written by Bendis or Brubaker )
Punisher Max ( issues 1 - 60, the Ennis run )
and the Marvel Noir series
Are all pretty dark

but if you want to check out a series before you buy it try http://www.htmlcomics.com/ it's quite a useful site. It has a lot of old comics and back issues so you can catch up on what's going on or find a new series you might like.

 

[kalt_13]

Killing Joke is definatly something you should look at getting.

Preacher. Its violent and damn funny.

 

[Enigmers]

Thanks guys, there are lots of interesting suggestions here, Sandman and High Moon in particular appeal to me but I'll try to check out everything.
(High Moon is exactly the sort of thing I was talking about when I vaguely mentioned dark and gothic, I was thinking of Vampires or Werewolves and this seems to fit the bill.)

I'm also open to reading Manga, I've got an old copy of the first Shaman King somewhere which I kind of enjoyed.

Note: what I'm looking for is graphic Novels, something I could find in a bookstore that has some sort of beginning, middle, and end. (Or several issues of a certain series or something like that.)

Edit: I started reading some of High Moon online, and so far, it's incredible, big thanks to whoever it was that mentioned it.

 

[Lisolet]

I highly recommend From Hell by Alan Moore. Sandman has been mentioned and it's great. A big favorite is Kabuki by David Mack. Technically Kabuki is a comic, but if you read them all I think it'd qualify as a novel. And what about Akira by Katsuhiro Otomo? Oh, you said gothic - then for sure, From Hell.

 

[Arqus_Zed]

Blacksad.

I know it already got mentioned once in this thread, but it got kin of lost between everything else the user was posting.

So let me say that again: Blacksad.
(three issues)

Enjoyable story and VERY good art.

 

[Enigmers]

Blacksad.

I know it already got mentioned once in this thread, but it got kin of lost between everything else the user was posting.

So let me say that again: Blacksad.
(three issues)

Enjoyable story and VERY good art.

That looked really intriguing, but there are no bookstores near me that have that in stock. There is one, however, that says it'll be released in July, so I'll wait 'till then.

 

[Kagim]

Everything i would suggest has been said so I'll throw out the one thing i haven't seen yet.

Bone.

Its good and I would definitely recommend it to anybody.

As well...

Nah, just kidding.

Wow thank you. I really really needed that laugh.

 

[Enigmers]

Everything i would suggest has been said so I'll throw out the one thing i haven't seen yet.

Bone.

Its good and I would definitely recommend it to anybody.

As well...

http://larryfire.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/twilight-graphic-novel_5102.jpg

Nah, just kidding.

Wow thank you. I really really needed that laugh.

That "l" in the title looks like someone tried to hammer a nail in backwards.

I have no idea why I notice these things.

 

[Tireseas_v1legacy]

Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth is definitely worth a look at. Very graphic, incredibly dark, and violently psychological.

Also, if you decide on this copy, grab one with the written script in the back. Think of it as reverse-Cliff Notes, where the writer get's to explain the explicit mind-f*ckery as well as the original concepts that the art was supposed to be.

So... yeah... Grab Arkham Asylum: A Serious House On Serious Earth.

 

[thylasos]

Alan Moore's Promethea is one of the best things I've ever read.