maxnadz Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I'm taking a class during the summer for school about graphic novels and comics. I really never read many graphic novels or comics before this class. I was wondering if anyone can steer me in the direction of some good ones that i can pick up to read in my free time once the summer class has ended. For the class i have so far read The Watchmen, Y: The Last Man, Persepolis, and La Perdida. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 The "preacher" series was probably my favorite series. I really like the "criminal" series by ed brubaker. Probably my favorite writer right now. It starts off slow, but once you get into it you just can't put it down. Kirkman's "The Walking Dead" is a must, but i'm sure you knew that. Sounds like a really cool class. wish I couldve taken something like that in college. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaminrthreat Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 This sounds like an awesome class. Where are you going to college? I read the first volume of The Boys by Garth Ennis recently and enjoyed it. I think that's either ending soon or has just ended. Brian K Vaughan (Y The Last Man) has a new series called Saga that's on it's 4th or 5th issue. I'm liking that one so far, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clydethejackal Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Batman: The Long Halloween, Black Hole, Hard Boiled, I Kill Giants, I second Preacher and Walking Dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batman Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 my wife took a similar class and she read a couple of those. some other more literary graphic novels worth checking out: shaun tan's "the arrival" craig thompson's "blankets" will eisner's "a contract with god" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckpig Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I can back criminal and y the last man. I just bought Brubaker's new series Fatale but haven't got a chance to read it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankmurphy Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid On Earth is my favorite graphic novel ever. It's kind of depressing, if you're into that sort of thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themullet89 Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 Art Spiegelman's "Maus" is awesome (or should I say mausome). I really dug Persepolis too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 My personal favorite: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enjoyadrian Posted July 5, 2012 Share Posted July 5, 2012 I can back criminal and y the last man. I just bought Brubaker's new series Fatale but haven't got a chance to read it. Fatales been really good. Like criminal, but more "out there" (I feel like that's all I can say without giving anything away) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedeni Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 Batman Dark Knight Returns, Demo, Sleeper, Wolves, Love and Rockets, Stray Bullets, Jinx, Goldfish, Alias, anything from Johnny Ryan and Steve Weissman, Scud the disposable assassin, Phonogram, Nightly News, Invisables, Transmetropalitin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeeMoreGlass Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 V for Vendetta and Sin City.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 11 replies and nobody has mentioned Sandman, Bone or Miracleman. Shame on all of you! All essentials to anyone who is remotely interested in comics. A few of my personal favorites that haven't been mentioned... Planetary, 100 Bullets, Asterios Polyp, Frank Miller's Daredevil, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Fables (and all the Fables spin-offs), League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (v1 & v2), Rex Mundi, Tomorrow Stories. themullet89 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justaminrthreat Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 11 replies and nobody has mentioned Sandman, Bone or Miracleman. Shame on all of you! All essentials to anyone who is remotely interested in comics. A few of my personal favorites that haven't been mentioned... Planetary, 100 Bullets, Asterios Polyp, Frank Miller's Daredevil, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Fables (and all the Fables spin-offs), League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (v1 & v2), Rex Mundi, Tomorrow Stories. I don't know how I forgot Sandman. I've only read the first volume, but that one's great. I need to read the Daredevil and Swamp Thing ones you mentioned. I'm reading the New 52 Swamp Thing by Scott Snyder month to month now and really like that one, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerseydave77 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 The Grant Morrison run on Animal Man is essential reading not only for it's amazing writing but for perspective on how it changed the limits of the genre. I could probably list 20 books/titles but I'll let others have some fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
000000 Posted July 6, 2012 Share Posted July 6, 2012 i also vouch for V For Vendetta and The Arrival for non-Marvel/DC works. I'm taking a similar class right now as well, so we did both of those, American Born Chinese (pretty good but targeted towards younger students), a graphic novel version of The 9/11 Report, and a graphic novel version of Coraline. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxnadz Posted July 6, 2012 Author Share Posted July 6, 2012 thanks a lot to the people who replied. ill definitely check out some of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themullet89 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 11 replies and nobody has mentioned Sandman, Bone or Miracleman. Shame on all of you! All essentials to anyone who is remotely interested in comics. A few of my personal favorites that haven't been mentioned... Planetary, 100 Bullets, Asterios Polyp, Frank Miller's Daredevil, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing, Fables (and all the Fables spin-offs), League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (v1 & v2), Rex Mundi, Tomorrow Stories. Frank Miller's Daredevil stuff is just incredible. So are the Fables graphic novels. I only have the first few, but they're great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcm1610 Posted July 7, 2012 Share Posted July 7, 2012 Less comic-y and more novel-in-comic-form, get both "Persepolis" 1+2 and "Maus" 1+2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtz Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 Frank Miller's Daredevil stuff is just incredible. So are the Fables graphic novels. I only have the first few, but they're great. Daredevil 181 is my single favorite comic ever. I like Miller's run on Daredevil better than anything else he's worked on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
breathingliquid Posted July 8, 2012 Share Posted July 8, 2012 I will second Sandman and The Preacher. Both are great. I am a big fan of Hellblazer and dig most of the story arcs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlobban Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 i haven't been into comics since i was a kid, but Sam Keith's The Maxx is still one of my all-time favs. i still have a little black Isz character at my desk at work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbbrew22 Posted December 13, 2012 Share Posted December 13, 2012 Thread bump. Lets talk comics again! I just read through the entirety of the Walking Dead comics and they are amazing. I love the show, but these are even better. What other comics or graphic novels are you reading? On a side note... has anyone picked up the new Girl with a Dragoon Tattoo graphic novel that was released last month? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ronniegwilliams Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 The "preacher" series was probably my favorite series. I really like the "criminal" series by ed brubaker. Probably my favorite writer right now. It starts off slow, but once you get into it you just can't put it down. Kirkman's "The Walking Dead" is a must, but i'm sure you knew that. Sounds like a really cool class. wish I couldve taken something like that in college. All of these, especially to the Preacher series. Though it's not necessarily a graphic novel, you can find trades of the Maxx series, that shit was legit. Also, the Marvel Zombies/Marvel vs Army of Darkness stuff wasn't too bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hankmurphy Posted December 14, 2012 Share Posted December 14, 2012 Saga has been absolutely great so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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