what do you like?

Scott Pilgrim. Even my friends who don't dig comics enjoyed these graphic novels.

The Ultimates, Civil War, 1602, and other awesome stuff

Kabuki- Circle of Blood

V for Vendetta

Batman- The Long Holloween

Y, The Last Man- (the whole freaking series!!)

Bone- Out From Boneville

Batman- Year One

Madman- Odditty Oddessy (sp?)

Frey

Astonishing Xmen - Gifted

Red Rocket 7

Dare Devil- Yellow

mad cat: yay for suggesting Kabuki and V for Vendetta. I have Circle of Blood, and have been trying to get my hands on the masks of noh and agents collection. I've been getting the Alchemy series, but don't want to read it yet till I'm caught up. I should just buy the graphic novels, but like the single issues.

damn, that was long-winded.

none of that kiddy stuff

Strangers in Paradise



My suggestion - which actually wouldn't appeal to 17-year-old boys, most likely. So nevermind.

starr226, ik dont really have a pref.

maybe something like hard-boiled

if you liked hard boiled I would suggest, obviously, anything by frank miller.

300 and Ronin are both pretty under the radar by him and nice.



I assume you've read Watchmen.



The Preacher series it the best comic epic of all time. it's tough, it's real, it's cool as hell. if you like that check out Ellis's Hellblazer stuff.

i'd also like to get in to more of geoff darrow's stuff,

but he hasnt done a lot of stuff, has he?

not a whole lot no .... umm transmetropolitain is awesome, planetary, pretty much anything written by warren ellis,

oh and hellboy is always good too

not at all - he has a new series. Shaolin Cowboy but I'm not sure how many issues are out (I actually checked 5 or 6). Hard Boiled was like a four issue comic that came out over 5 years.



He did Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot with Miller. But, again, I assume you've read that if you like hard boiled.

transmetropolitain looks cool

he's doing shaolin cowboy with the wachowski brothers right?

completely forgot to check that out

If you looking to have some fun reading you can get some of those ranma 1/2... You would love something call Gon it's so cool and with no dialog what so ever.

warren ellis stuff is an acquired taste though. Chances are you'd like it. I liked his Planetary stuff but really couldn't stand Transmet.

sort of like grant morrison's stuff. I would suggest the Invisibles his run on Doom Patrol and Animal Man...hell, even his JLA run, but 2 dimensionsal storybook characters talking in anagrams isn't for everyone.

I'd sooner someone get into Y:The Last Man than Transmet.

And again, I can't recommend Preacher enough. Check and see if your local library carries the whole series - it will be worth any effort.

shaolin cowboy is his own comic. He's pals with the wachowskis, though - he was a consultant on the matrix films.

lol awesome user pic!

yup, i love geoff darrow

ill be sure check those thing out starr226



say i were interrested in transmet, wich novel should i begin with?

#1, of course. "back on the street"

balls ... umm start at the beginning its a pretty sequential story line

hmm,

http://www.nl.bol.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/eCS/Store/nl/-/EUR/BOL_ParametricSearch-Start

I highly recommend Tsutomu Nihei's "BLAME!" It's an excellent series.

starr what didnt you like about trans. met



and if you end up liking ellis's writing dave check out his run with the authority and I think he did some stormwatches as well

I jsut read Marvel 1602 and The Books of Magic. I'm a Gaiman fan, though I've never read Sandman. It's such a huge series. Anything Adam Moore is good, mad cat and others suggested some (V for Vendetta, Watchmen). I particularly liked the two League of Extraordinary Gentlemen collections. Don't let the movie ruind that for you, just about all of Moore's graphic novels that get turned into movies are not too well done. Constantine and From Hell are some others of his.

If you're looking for the least kiddy thing you can find, The Invisibles will blow the shit out of your head. It's amazing.

man, i don't want to get into why i didn't like transmet. in comic terms it's higher quality than average. I just felt that it was WAAAAY style over substance. A lot of the humor was very very base (like the poop ray). And the sort of b level politcal commentary always felt like a guy talking politics in leather pants.

style over substance sums it up...but for comics it's better than most stuff. and in terms of non-super hero fare you're usually dealing with not awesome stuff, so I don't want to knock it. It just wasn't my cup of tea.



rholliday it's alan moore. constantine is garth ennis not alan moore. and you should totally read sandman if you consider youra gaiman fan at all.

yeah seriously rholliday .. sandman is so fantastic not reading it is just silly ... also I love alan moores tom strong



starr .. yeah I understand what you mean .. but you are right in that its better than most .. I just happen to be a fan of ellis's style is all

Sandman was the second graphic novel (series) I read, after Watchmen. Both drew me into the land of incredibly expensive stories forever.



Batman: The Dark Knight Returns is also an outstanding book if that hasn't been mentioned yet.

sandman might be the best of the nonsuperhero fare. It starts off, very initially, slow-ish, but suddenly it's just a world unlike anything else in comics. if someone was going to actually READ comics Sandman and Preacher are two self inclosed arcs that are put together masterfully. Don't short yourself.



I love tom strong, too. Actually, I like all the America's Best stuff he did (i haven't actually read promethea). It's funny how the guy who made comics mega dark with watchmen tried to change them back with that stuff. Top Ten is fun stuff, too.

Thenew zero, thanks! We seem to have very similar tastes! I like SIP a lot but it got a little long for me, I couldn't keep up! ALL the kabuki stuff is super awesome you HAVE to get it! Invest in the trades, you'll read them over and over. What issue is Alchemy up to? I will prob just wait for the collection. If you like Mack, check out his dare devil work it's really great!



Rholli, Hey love! I can't believe I forgot about LoEG!! You are the smartest!

Yeah, I don't know why I always call Alan Moore "Adam." Can't seem to stop that. John Constantine's been in all sorts of books, but I considered him as Moore's since he created the character and owned the rights at the time they made the film. Ennis did write Hellblazer for a few years as I recall, so I suppose he can make a claim to him as well.



I got into Gaiman through his books, and only recently picked up a few his graphic novels. I'll get around to Sandman when I feel up to the task of such a daunting piece of work. It'll be a considerable time investment, not to mention the expense. :)

Sandman doesn't actually take nearly as long to read through as you think it will. It's very good, but surprisingly lighter than other novels in its league.



You've got the expensive part down pat, though.

rholliday, check your local library. they'll have it. graphic novels at libraries are so common now, i couldn't imagine them not carrying this. and if they don't check out their interlibrary loan. you can avoid all cost this way and still get the joy.

Hey mo!



Yeah Larlar, Sandman takes up almsot an entire shelf at Borders, between the series, crossovers, analyses, analyses of analyses …



That's a thought starr. I haven't bothered with libraries since college, but they just might have it. I am in a fairly metropolitan area, after all. I really prefer to buy my books when I can, though. Maybe I'll read them and purchase at a later date.

I second..or third the Sandman recommendation.



Also, Jinx by Brian Michael Bendis is really amazing :)

anyway, thanks yall!

mad cat: I've only got the first few alchemy. I probably will get the trades, eventually. As for SIP - I've been collecting that series for years. I was way behind, but the owner of my local comic shop had tons of back issues he wanted to get rid of cheap, so that was incentive enough. It's actually ending at issue 90. I believe the last one out was 82. Almost done :(



and we do have similar tastes, apparently! I only collect a few other series, mostly slave labor stuff - have any of that?

also, alchemy is up to 6, i believe.

Flight kicks ass. I want to be like eveyone in it when I grow up.



for reals

i just read We3 a while ago.



wait... is that what it's called? yes!



i just found out that it will probably be made into a movie too. It was awesome. i loved every milisecond/ink splotch of it.

I just looked at it through amazon - it looks really good. I'm sold.

i also am reading The Walking Dead, which is a great zombie one. It's pretty standard, but the first few issues have really awesome artwork. I think they get someone else to do it eventually, but i havent read that much of it.

i am pseudo interested in the walking dead. i read a couple issues and it really seemed like standard zombie fare. I'm hoping to get the condensed one, though, and read it as an epic and hope for the best



(i just reserved We3 at my local library, thanks Jubs, I love morrison's work)

anyone read g0dland? its kirby styled mytholgy and art kicked up a knotch?

I always forget to aska bout Flight, but now that I know spezzick likes it zweet.