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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?

Um, Calvin & Hobbes?

*feels childish*

Um, Calvin & Hobbes?

*feels childish*

C&H rules! :cool:

C&H rules! :cool:

Yeah it does. Also, the Simpsons comics are pretty funny. :D

online one i like
http://www.ctrlaltdel-online.com/index.php

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 ;)

Sandman

Neil Gaiman is god.

The Crow and Vagabond. Calvin and Hobbes. Bone.

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.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0785123725.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

'Twas quite good, actually.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Calvin and Hobbes


...the only ones that survived my transistion from child to not-child. :p

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0785123725.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

'Twas quite good, actually.

i would have a hard time getting that here

Um, Calvin & Hobbes?

*feels childish*

Absolutely!

Colleen Doran's A Distant Soil would have to top my list.

I just wish it didn't take two years per issue...:(

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

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.

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.

My daughter reads comics, she's particularly fond of a series called Fables.

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

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.

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.

Forgot all about Cerebus!

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/c/cerebrsm.jpg

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?

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.

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.

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.

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).

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. :)

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!)

V for Vendetta and The Watchmen, both by Alan Moore...

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!

TinTin & Asterix.

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.

Im suprised no one has mentioned The Preacher.

I also quite like The Walking Dead.

TinTin & Asterix.

i like Asterix more then TinTin but stil read it

Are those the things like webcomics, but on paper?

Are those the things like webcomics, but on paper?

yes it is

hellsing is good but for a non-anime i would have to say The Authority (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Authority)

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*

TinTin & Asterix.

LOL My nickname was "Obelix" for a while :p

Are those the things like webcomics, but on paper?

In Soviet Russia, stupid jokes laugh at you!

LOL My nickname was "Obelix" for a while :p

A friend of mine named her dogs Asterix & Obelix.

Larry Gonick-- The Cartoon History of the Universe

The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

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

Batman and Spiderman and X-men

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.

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.

No one's mentioned the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers (http://www.freaknet.org.uk/pages01/p01/wm01.html) :(

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...

Only because there's been nothing new on that front for forty years...

I thought people just might not know . . .

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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"

I read 2000AD a long time ago, but I've not kept up. Aside from that, Watchmen was fucking awesome.

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.

Whatever happened to Puma Blues?

I confess an undying fondness for Doonesbury.

Also, anything by Alan Moore.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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!