Suggest me some good graphic novels

[ChildofGallifrey]

Having lived in New York for 2 months now, I finally worked up the nerve to visit Midtown Comics (which I hadn't done for fear of financial ruin). Having finally ventured forth, it put me in the mood to read a good, new (to me at least) series.

As a frame of reference, my favorites are Wanted, the Loeb/Sale Batman books (Long Halloween, Dark Victory, etc.), Scott Pilgrim, Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, and the Marvel Civil War.

Suggestions? Personal favorites? Tell me my taste in comics is shit? Have at it.

 

[Wolfenbarg]

Sigh.

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.245343-Your-top-5-graphic-novels

Why make a topic like this when a reference you can use is only a few posts down?

 

[Tasachan]

Check out 300. I haven't personally read it, but I'm really curious about what its like. I've wanted to check out Marvel Zombies as well, I've heard its really good.
I read mostly Ultimate X-Men, and nothing else right now. Otherwise I'd be even poorer than I already am.

 

[subject_87]

Pyongyang, Shenzhen, and The Burma Chronicles, by Guy Delisle. (3 books) They're really interesting travelogues of sorts, with some great writing, art and observations.

 

[TaboriHK]

I thought 300 was terrible. I find Frank Miller in general to be horribly overrated. You can't go wrong with Preacher.

 

[Arkvoodle]

If you liked The Long Halloween, you'll probably like Batman: HUSH too.

Watchmen of course is a must-read.

Knightfall is not without its charm.


And the Gargoyles comics are really good if you enjoyed the show.

 

[willard3]

Does Kingdom Come count as a graphic novel? That is definitely one of my favorites, if so.

 

[Serperoth]

V for Vendetta, Marvel 1602, 52, Whatever Happened To The Caped Crusader, the Scott Pilgrim series. Those I've read.
Now I've heard Watchmen is good, Kick-Ass (film is good), and Sandman is supposed to be pretty good too.

 

[BrionJames]

The Punisher, Garth Ennis Marvel Max run, The Watchmen, The Walking Dead and the Earth-X novels (though it gets a little convuluted and dumb towards the end with Paradise X).

 

[44-Blue]

Transmetropolitan

 

[vato_loco]

Scott Pilgrim, Watchmen, 300, Sandman, Sin City.

 

[Anachronism]

I'm not a particular fan of Superman. I think he's so absurdly overpowered that it's night impossible to write a compelling story about him. I tell you this, so that when I tell you what I thought about Red Son, which I read recently, you understand my full significance. It's an alternate history in which Superman's rocket crashed in the Ukraine rather than Kansas, resulting in Superman being brought up as a Soviet citizen.

And it's BLOODY AWESOME.

The Punisher, Garth Ennis Marvel Max run

Also, very much this. Born is one of the finest comics I've ever read. It is, as with most of Ennis' work, astonishingly violent, but that only adds to how powerful the story is.

I find Frank Miller in general to be horribly overrated.

Agreed. I read Batman: Year One having been told on a number of occasions that it's the best Batman story ever. My response: it's ok, I guess, but nothing special.