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Favorite Comic/Graphic Novel?

Morganatron
08-03-2007, 19:09
My friend introduced me to Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore, and now I can't get enough of it. I also read Spawn (the early ones, anyway) and now Marvel's Dark Tower series...

Do you read comics? What are your favorites?
Whereyouthinkyougoing
08-03-2007, 19:11
Um, Calvin & Hobbes?

*feels childish*
Cluichstan
08-03-2007, 19:14
Um, Calvin & Hobbes?

*feels childish*

C&H rules! :cool:
Morganatron
08-03-2007, 19:15
C&H rules! :cool:

Yeah it does. Also, the Simpsons comics are pretty funny. :D
Imperial isa
08-03-2007, 19:17
online one i like
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/index.php
Curious Inquiry
08-03-2007, 19:17
Before I stopped trying to keep up, Watchmen, Return of the Dark Knight, Sandman, Alan Moore's Swamp Thing . . . and the collected works of Bill Watterson ;)
Arthais101
08-03-2007, 19:23
Sandman

Neil Gaiman is god.
Desperate Measures
08-03-2007, 19:24
The Crow and Vagabond. Calvin and Hobbes. Bone.
Bottle
08-03-2007, 19:26
My friend introduced me to Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore, and now I can't get enough of it. I also read Spawn (the early ones, anyway) and now Marvel's Dark Tower series...

Do you read comics? What are your favorites?
Joss Whedon's Fray is my current favorite. I am also partial to the classics, such as Spiderman, Captain America, TMNT, Conan, Watchman, etc.
Rhaomi
08-03-2007, 19:30
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0785123725.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

'Twas quite good, actually.
Delator
08-03-2007, 19:30
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Calvin and Hobbes


...the only ones that survived my transistion from child to not-child. :p
Imperial isa
08-03-2007, 19:34
http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0785123725.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

'Twas quite good, actually.

i would have a hard time getting that here
Andaluciae
08-03-2007, 19:37
Um, Calvin & Hobbes?

*feels childish*

Absolutely!
Dododecapod
08-03-2007, 20:08
Colleen Doran's A Distant Soil would have to top my list.

I just wish it didn't take two years per issue...:(
Call to power
08-03-2007, 21:04
I'm too poor for comics

I do like my web comics though Cat and Girl (http://catandgirl.com/archive/cg0428history.gif) and Doctor Faust (http://www.webcomicsnation.com/memberimages/s62a.png) usually do the trick
Snafturi
08-03-2007, 21:16
Sandman

Neil Gaiman is god.

Sandman is a fantastic series. It's what made me first start reading comics.

The Crow and Vagabond. Calvin and Hobbes. Bone.
The Crow was fantastic. Haven't read Vagabond yet.
Farnhamia
08-03-2007, 21:30
Calvin & Hobbes, certainly, for daily comic strips (1st panel: Calvin at the door of a house, holding out a bag: Trick or Treat! Man from inside the door: Where's your costume? What are you supposed to be? 2nd panel: Calvin: I'm yet another resource consuming kid in an overpopulated planet, raised to an alarming extent by Madison Avenue and Hollywood, poised with my cynical and alienated peers to take over the world when you're old and weak! 3rd panel: Calvin (walking away, stuffing candy in his mouth): Am I scary, or what?)

But really, for sheer art, the original series of Conan from Marvel Comics, written by Roy Thomas and drawn by Barry Windsor-Smith.
Anti-Social Darwinism
08-03-2007, 21:46
My daughter reads comics, she's particularly fond of a series called Fables.
Intangelon
08-03-2007, 21:55
Daily Strips (deceased):

Bloom County
Calvin & Hobbes
The Far Side

Daily Strips (current):

9 Chickweed Lane
The Boondocks
Non Sequitur
Doonesbury

Political Cartoonists:

Jules Feiffer
Tom Tomorrow
Keith Knight
Ward Sutton
Andy Singer
David Horsey
Andy (Wahl)
Ted Rall

Corporate Comics:

X-Men, most especially the John Byrne years.

Graphic Novels/Independents:

Elfquest
Cerebus the Aardvark
Darkseed
Rubiconic Crossings
08-03-2007, 21:55
The Ballad of Halo Jones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_Jones

Or Alex Pressbutton...but that was a comic ;)
Dododecapod
08-03-2007, 21:57
The Ballad of Halo Jones.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_Jones

Or Alex Pressbutton...but that was a comic ;)

The Ballad of Halo Jones is the best thing to ever come out of 2000AD.

I praise you for your discerning taste.
Morganatron
08-03-2007, 22:02
Forgot all about Cerebus!

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/cerebrsm.jpg
Curious Inquiry
08-03-2007, 22:02
Daily Strips (deceased):

Bloom County
Calvin & Hobbes
The Far Side

Daily Strips (current):

9 Chickweed Lane
The Boondocks
Non Sequitur
Doonesbury

Political Cartoonists:

Jules Feiffer
Tom Tomorrow
Keith Knight
Ward Sutton
Andy Singer
David Horsey
Andy (Wahl)
Ted Rall

Corporate Comics:

X-Men, most especially the John Byrne years.

Graphic Novels/Independents:

Elfquest
Cerebus the Aardvark
Darkseed

Is Cerebus still going? What's he up to these days?
Dododecapod
08-03-2007, 22:11
Is Cerebus still going? What's he up to these days?

Dave Sim finished Cerebus a few years ago. It's pretty easy to find the telephone books though.
Saardat
08-03-2007, 22:15
I'm a huge fan of Alan Moore's stuff, especially Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Gaiman's Sandman and Wagner & Seagle's Sandman Mystery Theater are also tops with me.
Rubiconic Crossings
08-03-2007, 22:17
The Ballad of Halo Jones is the best thing to ever come out of 2000AD.

I praise you for your discerning taste.

I had every 2000AD issue of that series...

Brilliant. Utterly Brilliant.
Intangelon
08-03-2007, 22:31
Dave Sim finished Cerebus a few years ago. It's pretty easy to find the telephone books though.

What ^he^ said.

It's an amazing opus. 300 issues covering topics ranging from the mundane to the completely metaphysical, with some angry highbrow misogyny and a tribute to the last days of Oscar Wilde thrown in for good measure. Some of the best drawing with regard to getting abstract concepts across, and some bitingly witty references to other graphic novels (especially Gaiman's Sandman and he takes a healthy swipe at Spawn as well) and the corporate (DC/Marvel) comic world (Punisherroach, Wolverroach, Super Secret Sacred Wars Roach, and lots more).
Solarlandus
08-03-2007, 22:34
Ranma 1/2 by Rumiko Takahashi is always a good series for those who have a sense of humor and "Oh My Goddess" is a fun series as well. :)
Kryozerkia
08-03-2007, 22:35
Hmmm.. favourite graphic novels?

Zettai Kareshi, Fushigi Yuugi, Ayashi no Ceres and Alice 19th by Watase Yuu. And almost any yaoi manga! (Wah! I want Kizuna!)
Gravlen
09-03-2007, 00:11
V for Vendetta and The Watchmen, both by Alan Moore...
Bolol
09-03-2007, 00:17
I'm a fan of Hellsing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellsing_%28manga%29), and the Sonic the Hedgehog Archie Comics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic_the_Hedgehog_%28comics%29).

I'm a dork...SUE ME!
Boonytopia
09-03-2007, 10:47
TinTin & Asterix.
Rubiconic Crossings
09-03-2007, 11:10
You guys who like Alan Moore should have a look at the Ballad of Halo Jones....his first masterpiece...and as far as I am concerned his best.
BackwoodsSquatches
09-03-2007, 12:34
Im suprised no one has mentioned The Preacher.

I also quite like The Walking Dead.
Imperial isa
09-03-2007, 13:10
TinTin & Asterix.

i like Asterix more then TinTin but stil read it
Ifreann
09-03-2007, 13:14
Are those the things like webcomics, but on paper?
Imperial isa
09-03-2007, 13:21
Are those the things like webcomics, but on paper?

yes it is
Achillean
09-03-2007, 13:27
hellsing is good but for a non-anime i would have to say The Authority (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Authority)
Curious Inquiry
09-03-2007, 13:58
What ^he^ said.

It's an amazing opus. 300 issues covering topics ranging from the mundane to the completely metaphysical, with some angry highbrow misogyny and a tribute to the last days of Oscar Wilde thrown in for good measure. Some of the best drawing with regard to getting abstract concepts across, and some bitingly witty references to other graphic novels (especially Gaiman's Sandman and he takes a healthy swipe at Spawn as well) and the corporate (DC/Marvel) comic world (Punisherroach, Wolverroach, Super Secret Sacred Wars Roach, and lots more).

The misogyny was during Sim's divorce, yes? I need to figure out where I left off, so I can pick it up again *nods*
Curious Inquiry
09-03-2007, 13:59
TinTin & Asterix.

LOL My nickname was "Obelix" for a while :p
Curious Inquiry
09-03-2007, 14:00
Are those the things like webcomics, but on paper?

In Soviet Russia, stupid jokes laugh at you!
Boonytopia
09-03-2007, 14:06
LOL My nickname was "Obelix" for a while :p

A friend of mine named her dogs Asterix & Obelix.
Commonalitarianism
09-03-2007, 14:48
Larry Gonick-- The Cartoon History of the Universe

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Risottia
09-03-2007, 15:37
My favourites:

Tex http://www.sergiobonellieditore.it/tex/servizi/nome1.jpg

Julia http://www.sergiobonellieditore.it/julia/servizi/chiejulia1.jpg

Johnatan Steele http://www.sergiobonellieditore.it/jonathan/servizi/nome1.jpg

by Bonelli. http://www.sergiobonellieditore.it

Usagi Yojimbo http://usagiyojimbo.com/newinuy/uybk21/bk21-tease.jpg

by Stan Sakai. http://usagiyojimbo.com
New Manvir
09-03-2007, 16:07
Batman and Spiderman and X-men
Atopiana
09-03-2007, 16:52
2000AD: Sinister/Dexter. Halo Jones. Rogue Trooper. Savage. Judge Dredd.

Tintin, Asterix and Obelix, most Bandes Dessines (sp?)... arrrgh, too many, too many!

My absolute most favouritest super kewl leet ubercomic of all time award, however, has to go to 2000AD.

Commando! War Picture Action is good too.
Dododecapod
09-03-2007, 19:49
2000AD: Sinister/Dexter. Halo Jones. Rogue Trooper. Savage. Judge Dredd.

Tintin, Asterix and Obelix, most Bandes Dessines (sp?)... arrrgh, too many, too many!

My absolute most favouritest super kewl leet ubercomic of all time award, however, has to go to 2000AD.

Commando! War Picture Action is good too.

Let's face it, 2000AD changed the nature of comics.
Curious Inquiry
09-03-2007, 20:06
No one's mentioned the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (http://www.freaknet.org.uk/pages01/p01/wm01.html) :(
Dododecapod
09-03-2007, 20:10
No one's mentioned the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (http://www.freaknet.org.uk/pages01/p01/wm01.html) :(

Only because there's been nothing new on that front for forty years...
Curious Inquiry
09-03-2007, 20:12
Only because there's been nothing new on that front for forty years...

I thought people just might not know . . .
Cannot think of a name
09-03-2007, 20:19
Im suprised no one has mentioned The Preacher.



I totally would have forgot. Which actually made me think that there is no way I can make a list. I like Frank Miller's Ronin and his Daredevil stint Born Again, the latter being probably my favorite 'mainstream' comic run pretty much ever (followed by Freaks during the OG Ghost Rider...shedding a tear for that % &#*$&@# movie).

I like Moore probably too much. I haven't really found myself critical of anything he's done. I'm never comfortable with that. I like Gaiman and he was a nice guy to boot when I met him a while back. And he doodled all over the comic book I bought as a pretence to talk to him. (I lost that book, I was never a good collector, I even lost my copy of Hydrogen Jukebox that I had Allen Ginsberg sign...)

I was actually looking for a new graphic novel the other day and couldn't settle on one.
Deep World
09-03-2007, 20:32
I like Joe Sacco's graphic journalism; I read Palestine and I think it's one of the definitive human portraits of the whole conflict.

Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is the critical text on the form, and a surprisingly entertaining read besides.

Alan Moore, of course. I haven't read Neil Gaiman's Sandman yet, something I've been meaning to do something about when I get the chance... I read the first issue of Preacher and loved it. Bone, of course. Tintin is a guilty pleasure from my childhood. I'm not so much into manga but I like Akira, Osamu Tezuka's Buddha, and the manga versions of Hayao Miyazaki films. Let's see, what else... Oh, yes. Epileptic by David B. The hallucinogenic art is stunning, and it has a great story besides. I just finished reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, which isn't a comic book but is about a writer/illustrator team. Great read.
Cannot think of a name
09-03-2007, 20:37
No one's mentioned the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (http://www.freaknet.org.uk/pages01/p01/wm01.html) :(
I have a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers stash box.


Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud is the critical text on the form, and a surprisingly entertaining read besides.

I dug that, haven't gotten around to the follow up.

I should mention Maus before someone gets upset that it hasn't been, unless I skimmed over a mention. It was the first time I read graphic novels as literature.
Morganatron
09-03-2007, 20:39
I have a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers stash box.


I dug that, haven't gotten around to the follow up.

I should mention Maus before someone gets upset that it hasn't been, unless I skimmed over a mention. It was the first time I read graphic novels as literature.

Maus is absolutely fantastic. I actually cried while reading it.

Also Will Eisner's A Contract With God is a must read.
Intangelon
09-03-2007, 20:51
The misogyny was during Sim's divorce, yes? I need to figure out where I left off, so I can pick it up again *nods*

Yes it was. It's something he refuses to backpedal on, though. And if you read it carefully, there's a lot of truth in what seems like an outright indictment of everything female.

As for where you left off, the telephone books break up the 300 issues thusly:

Cerebus
High Society
Church and State I & II
Cerebus Zero
Jaka's Story
Melmoth
Flight
Women
Reads
Minds
Guys
Rick's Story

And those are all the ones I currently own.
Intangelon
09-03-2007, 20:52
No one's mentioned the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (http://www.freaknet.org.uk/pages01/p01/wm01.html) :(

Wow.

Now THERE's a blast from the past. My friends and I, when we were all heavy into weed, each had a Fabulous Furry identity. I was Phineas 'cause I was the only one with glasses.

"Clang"
"Honk"
"Tweet"
The Tribes Of Longton
09-03-2007, 21:11
I read 2000AD a long time ago, but I've not kept up. Aside from that, Watchmen was fucking awesome.
Levee en masse
09-03-2007, 21:39
My daughter reads comics, she's particularly fond of a series called Fables.

It is quite good, apart from moments of a certain type of right-wing America thinking that jar a bit. But other than that I find it a very good story.

However Tintin: Breaking Free (http://tintinrevolution.free.fr/pages/image001.html) ftw.
Anti-Social Darwinism
09-03-2007, 21:40
Whatever happened to Puma Blues?
Turquoise Days
09-03-2007, 22:00
I confess an undying fondness for Doonesbury.

Also, anything by Alan Moore.
Johnny B Goode
09-03-2007, 22:21
My friend introduced me to Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore, and now I can't get enough of it. I also read Spawn (the early ones, anyway) and now Marvel's Dark Tower series...

Do you read comics? What are your favorites?

I read manga. Bleach rocks.
Infinite Revolution
09-03-2007, 22:28
i've only ever read the beano when i was a kid, and later garfield and footrot flats. there are some funny ones on the internet but i only read them if a particularly funny one gets flagged up by someone else or on stumble upon.
Whatmark
09-03-2007, 22:41
For my money, it doesn't get any better than Preacher. It basically rocked my socks off. Pardon the strong language.

Sandman was awfully good as well. And you can't go wrong with Alan Moore.

And come on, Calvin and Hobbes. Sweet.

And if webcomics count, http://www.penny-arcade.com/ is hard to beat. Read the archives from the beginning. You will be devout, or be devoured.

That is all.
Deep World
10-03-2007, 02:15
I have a Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers stash box.


I dug that, haven't gotten around to the follow up.

I should mention Maus before someone gets upset that it hasn't been, unless I skimmed over a mention. It was the first time I read graphic novels as literature.

He's actually done two follow-ups now, one called Reinventing Comics (I think) and another one which I just read recently but can't recall the name of, but it's kind of a guide to creating your own comics, about getting used to writing and art and character and so on. I completely lack artistic ability, but I still liked it.

Oh, yeah, and one I forgot: Dr. McNinja. Forget Penny Arcade, this is the funniest webcomic out there just because it's so random and awesome. Plus it has ninjas, dinosaurs, and (last I checked) Mexican gangsters.
http://drmcninja.com
Demented Hamsters
10-03-2007, 12:49
off the top of my head:
Graphic Novels:
Watchmen
League of extraordinary gentlemen
From Hell
The Filth
Top Ten
V for Vendetta
Batman returns
Killing Joke
Arkham Asylum
Cerebus
Western westyfield
14-03-2007, 14:33
Tintin, Asterix, and a whole load of Commando war comics.
http://www.commandocomics.co.uk/Commando.html
Read some of my Dad's and instantly liked them!