Recommended graphic novels
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Well, if you like "Kingdom Come" then there's "Marvels" the semi-equivalent set in the Marvel universe. It's not anything on a particularly epic team-up-to-stop-the-apocalypse scale, but it's just the early years of the familiar Marvel universe seen through the eyes of a simple human being. From the appearance of its first heroes as phenoms, it's got all the fun allegories(X-Men mutants for racism, superheroes for gods, or whatever...) in a pretty intelligent package.
There's also The Light Brigade.
It's about American soldiers with the help of Saint Longinus fighting renegade angels disguised as Nazis on a mission to kill God in WWII-era Europe.
It's that awesome. But it also deals with crises of faith but presents itself as a graphic novel without attempting multiple allegories so it doesn't come off as pretentious.
Some are just novels in comic book form.
There's also The Light Brigade.
It's about American soldiers with the help of Saint Longinus fighting renegade angels disguised as Nazis on a mission to kill God in WWII-era Europe.
It's that awesome. But it also deals with crises of faith but presents itself as a graphic novel without attempting multiple allegories so it doesn't come off as pretentious.
Well, besides the obvious similarities in that they're both told via illustration rather than paragraphs of type, a graphic novel isn't generally ongoing, has a definite end, and usually might have an artwork unique to it. Also the scope is generally much larger than a comic book.Indigo_Dingo said:
Some are just novels in comic book form.
these are both mangas, but first off is death note. it has one of those situations where the good guy/bad guy can go either way (though they eventually ruin that),and i always loved that kind of thing. i havent gotten to read past the fifth volume, but there are supposed to be twelve. the other is full moon o sagashite. its a shojo manga, so you might not be into that if youre like most people and only read shonen (which i usually hate) but its got seven volumes so it doesnt overstay its welcome and its pretty good.
All the right names are popping up so thats reassuring.
League of Extraordinary Gentleman Vol. 1&2(The book was raped by the film I tells ya! Raped!)
Marvel 1602
Swamp Thing during the Alan Moore years. I can still quote those from back to front.
Miracle Man!
Batman Year 1. Another go round by Frank Miller only it looks at the first year Bruce became Batman and follows how Gordon is adjusting to Gotham. Batman Begins took quite a few ques from this little diddy.
The Long Holloween. Anothjer Batman story but this is more like a Noir Detective story. Very good.
League of Extraordinary Gentleman Vol. 1&2(The book was raped by the film I tells ya! Raped!)
Marvel 1602
Swamp Thing during the Alan Moore years. I can still quote those from back to front.
Miracle Man!
Batman Year 1. Another go round by Frank Miller only it looks at the first year Bruce became Batman and follows how Gordon is adjusting to Gotham. Batman Begins took quite a few ques from this little diddy.
The Long Holloween. Anothjer Batman story but this is more like a Noir Detective story. Very good.
I was going to say those because they were my Christmas present from my fanboy boyfriend and I love them.NoMoreSanity said:
Pick a title under the Vertigo imprint. Its very hard to go wrong there. I would suggest the early run on animal man as well.
Y: the last man, Ex Machina, V for Vendetta, Wanted, The Killing Joke, 100 Bullets, and there are many more that are great but I cannot think of them now, maybe I will edit them in later.
Technically a lot of the ones there are comic book series rather than graphic novels, but definitely worth reading as they are all very very good.
Technically a lot of the ones there are comic book series rather than graphic novels, but definitely worth reading as they are all very very good.
Id suggest garth ennis' Preacher, if you dont mine blasphemy, And if your a fan of the punisher and would like to see what he would do to superman, The Boys, Its verrrry well made and has simon pegg as a lovable glaswegian, yes it has an actor as the visual base of one of the characters. Also i recomend you stay away from any of allan moore's work for DC if you wish to keep you SANITY!!!!
I'd highly recommend Preacher as well, great artwork and an awesome story. The Saint of Killers is awesome! Other ones I'd recommend include 30 Days of Night, Superman: Red Son (a nice twist on ol' supes), Cable & Deapool and finally, The Authority (not strictly a graphic novel, I know, but still fuckin ace).
Or you could just read Watchmen again. You know it's that good.
Or you could just read Watchmen again. You know it's that good.
This. Utterly stunning story and you won't find a better artist than Alex Ross.sms_117b said:
If you liked Watchmen then chances are you'll like anything else by Alan Moore, so i'd recommend the League of extraordinary gentlemen. An added bonus being that he's still releasing comics in the series (I think we're up to the 4th graphic novel now).
Also, Y: the last man is brilliant. I'm just thankful they gave it a real, and fairly satisfying ending, rather than stringing the series out.
I never really got in to comic books, but I had an ex-girlfriend who loved them, so I occasionally read hers. I really enjoyed Sandman, and there was this other one I liked, but can't remember the name of, so maybe someone here could help me. It was definitely released by Vertigo, but I've had a look at Wikipedia's list of Vertigo comics, and didn't recognise it. It had three issues, and one of them was set in the reign of Emperor Constantine. She would have bought it in 1996 or 1997. I think that the name was 'Something of Something'. I'd really like to read that again.
Preacher
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
The Killing Joke
John Constantine: Hellblazer
Y: The Last Man
The Walking Dead
Sandman
Hellboy is ok.
Watchmen
V for Vendetta
The Killing Joke
John Constantine: Hellblazer
Y: The Last Man
The Walking Dead
Sandman
Hellboy is ok.