Favorite Graphic Novel

[screamingdeathpunchpictures]

Anyone else a comic fan? I've read V for Vendetta, Watchmen and Swamp Thing by Alan Moore, along with Ronin, 300 and Sin City by Frank Miller. I prefer Moore to Miller though, I have to say. More meaning to his work, especially Watchmen.

[BackyardProductions]

i used to read graphic novels like dragonball and dragonball z and naruto and yu yu hakusho and shonen jump magazines but then i stopped

[WesScog]

I'm a big fan of Doug TenNapel's work. Creature Tech is probably one of the best Graphic Novels i've ever read.

And no, it has nothing to do with the fact that I know him, and can eat my head if I don't buy his Graphic Novels. (He's a huge Frankenstein monster of a man.)

[Westcroft]

I dug Watchmen, I also like Y: The Last Man... oooh and 30 days of night is kinda cool too. I also really love the Sin City books, "Hell and Back" is my favorite. What else... Neil Gaiman is good, Steve Niles as well, Alan Moore is a genius, etc.

[Flamingo With A Spoon Productions]

I like Arkham Asylum fantastic artwork.

[Gum Brothers]

I'm a big fan of Doug TenNapel's work. Creature Tech is probably one of the best Graphic Novels i've ever read.

And no, it has nothing to do with the fact that I know him, and can eat my head if I don't buy his Graphic Novels. (He's a huge Frankenstein monster of a man.)

I really like EarthBoy Jacobus and The Tommy Rex one. His art reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes.

(Jacobus is named after Arminious Jacobus, the one who came up with Palaganism but it's more commonly known as Armininism or semi-palaganism, a form of christianity.)

[WesScog]

Earthboy is definitely up there, read Black Cherry yet?

[glmclainmovies]

how was v for vendetta I wanna but it?

[bass.shocker91]

i was going to read V for Vendetta, but the art is so distracting. the picture in the comic is important, but it's like water colors. therefore, i never read it.

i read watchmen, it was very good. i read a couple of the sin city books, then i got bored with them. 300 was really good.
i read both the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, probably my favorite

[screamingdeathpunchpictures]

V for Vendetta was amazing. It was the first GN by Alan Moore that I read and it is my favorite. So well done. The movie was a piece of shit and the Wachkowskis deserve to be lynched my a mob for how they butchered it.

[screamingdeathpunchpictures]

i used to read graphic novels like dragonball and dragonball z and naruto and yu yu hakusho and shonen jump magazines but then i stopped

I don't classify manga as graphic novels, more as horrible pieces of imported shit that have flooded the market and ruined the originality of comics.

[bridboyross]

I have read Watchmen (who hasnt, its brilliant) and recently read A Face Full Of Violence (not worth reading), I dont get to buy them often though, the nearest shop that sells them is in Manchester which is miles away.

[BackyardProductions]

I don't classify manga as graphic novels, more as horrible pieces of imported shit that have flooded the market and ruined the originality of comics.
they are pretty shitty i only said they were graphic novels because thats what they were advertised as at barnes and nobel

[WesScog]

Not all Manga is bad. Read the Akira books.

[Alasdair]

V for Vendetta was amazing. It was the first GN by Alan Moore that I read and it is my favorite. So well done. The movie was a piece of shit and the Wachkowskis deserve to be lynched my a mob for how they butchered it.

I enjoyed the movie and wouldn't have read the comic or even heard of it if I hadn't seen the movie.

Obviously the comic book to movie transition isn't seemless, but wishing for the lynching of the directors is slightly extreme don't you think?

[Flamingo With A Spoon Productions]

Yeah I mean focus your rage on something more worthwhile like lynching Nicholous Cage.

[screamingdeathpunchpictures]

Not all Manga is bad. Read the Akira books.
I have and I enjoyed it but I'm talking about most of what's out there now, such as Naruto and all that shit. It always seems like the same premise, different characters. I probably hate the anime shows more than the manga but still I'm not that big on manga.

[screamingdeathpunchpictures]

Yeah I mean focus your rage on something more worthwhile like lynching Nicholous Cage.
I actually think he is somewhat of a good actor, he was excellent in Raising Arizona. If he was only more careful in what roles he picked for himself.

[Darkmast508]

I have and I enjoyed it but I'm talking about most of what's out there now, such as Naruto and all that s**t. It always seems like the same premise, different characters. I probably hate the anime shows more than the manga but still I'm not that big on manga.

Only in one place do I agree with you, and that's Naruto SUCKS! But generally, I think Manga and Anime are both fairly good, but there is some manga I avoid.

[screamingdeathpunchpictures]

Again I can agree on that, however there are only a couple anime that have earned my respect and liking and that is the work of Hayao Miyazaki and the show Cowboy Bebop.

[Flamingo With A Spoon Productions]

I actually think he is somewhat of a good actor, he was excellent in Raising Arizona. If he was only more careful in what roles he picked for himself.

Have you seen The Wicker Man or Ghost Rider. So much crapness.

[bridboyross]

Have you seen The Wicker Man or Ghost Rider. So much crapness.
face off, he was great in that

[Brainstrained]

He was awesome in Adaptation.

[WesScog]

Loved 8mm, he was good in that.

[Flamingo With A Spoon Productions]

I'm sorry but I can never forgive him for butchering The Wicker Man.

[WesScog]

Well he didn't write or direct it, he was just hired for the part, and did decently.

Doesn't compare AT ALL to the original, but not many films can.

[Flamingo With A Spoon Productions]

I know that. I'm just saying that he was really bad in it and I mean come on "AAHHH!!!! The bees! The bees! They're on my face! The bees! AAAARRGGGHHH!!!"

The original is a classic how could they do that to it?

[Vann]

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Enjoy

[1MrPink1]

Post Your Favorite/s Graphic Novel/s or comic/s here.
Give a review, or whatever.

For example, my two favorite at the moment are

Watchmen & V For Vendetta: They're both written by Alan Moore and they're both amazing.

[NinternMike]

Anything by Garth Ennis: Preacher, Chronicles of Wormwood, The Boys

Y The Last Man I'm currently reading, haven't finished yet though.

[Griffmo]

Hell yeah
http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u47/doomXL/30_Days_Of_Night.jpg

[TiE_Shepherd]

Hell yeah


30 Days is awesome. My buddy was one of the artists for the '04 Annual.

[bridboyross]

The Slavers from Ennis' Punisher run, I love the Punisher and what Ennis did with the character was amazing, he gave it real grit and power (sorely missing from the films). I'd love one day someone to make this into a film (coz really it should not be that hard) that is actually effective.

Also check out the Civil War series and The Dark Knight Returns. Oh and everyone should read Kick-Ass by Millar, they are only on part five but it is awesome.

[trspballer7]

I have to stay basic and say watchmen and v for vendetta. I also liked the justice series.

[1MrPink1]

The Slavers from Ennis' Punisher run, I love the Punisher and what Ennis did with the character was amazing, he gave it real grit and power (sorely missing from the films). I'd love one day someone to make this into a film (coz really it should not be that hard) that is actually effective.

Also check out the Civil War series and The Dark Knight Returns. Oh and everyone should read Kick-Ass by Millar, they are only on part five but it is awesome.


Yea i heard some great things about The Dark Knight Returns

[Citrus]

Pretty much anything by Frank Miller and Alan Moore. More specifically, Sin City, Watchmen, Batman: Year One, Batman: The Killing Joke, 300

[Marc-OS]

Tag, The Boys, and DeathBlow are probably my top 3. I heard a rumor that they are making The Boys into a movie. I don't know if they could pull it off, but it would be so badass if they did.

[uhrisuh]

http://www.comichole.com/img/items/115352165932539500.jpg

[Marc-OS]

Oh snap! I can't believe I forgot about The Walking Dead. Definitely another one of my all time favorites.

[Nonsensical studios]

Watchmen. I usually don't read Graphic novels because I go through them too quickly.

Watchmen was amazing though.

[WesScog]

That's a hard one to answer.

Scud: The Disposable Assassin is definitely up there, I would say it's in my top 3.

As is Earthboy Jacobus and Kingdom Come.

That's my Top 3 in no particular order, simply because it's hard to compare and contrast them.

[TheMightySeamus]

The Long Halloween, The Dark Knight Returns, Dark Victory, Killing Joke....

Yeah, I like Batman.

[woodentoe]

I would agree on The Walking Dead.

But, I also loved Maus.

[Word of the Day]

bleach

[pizmoproductions]

goosebumps graphix.

[DOA Productions]

the vampire Batman series was pretty cool: Red Rain, Blood Storm, and Crimson Mist

[Ciaran]

My personal favourites are The Long Halloween, Year One and The Dark Knight Returns. Year One is probably my favourite out of those three, though. I do really enjoy Frank Millers work.

[Jakekilgore]

the only ones i have ever read are the sin city ones

[sp00k]

Scud: The Disposable Assassin
Loved that one.

The Flaming Carrot by Bob Burden

[jugglingfreak]

Easily: Frank Miller's "Ronin"

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9f/Ronin1.jpg

[Magical Monkey]

I liked:
Maus
The Ultimate X-Men
Tintin! (Still decideing if thats a comic or a graphic novel series)
And there are a couple whose names escape me.

[UndergroundLairProductions]

Johnny The Homicidal Maniac: Director's Cut
Squee!
and
Watchmen

[lowbudgetblockbuster22]

I loved Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns was pretty good. I liked 30 Days and The Walking Dead too. I want to get into that XY The Last Man or whatever. That looks pretty entertaining.

[lowbudgetblockbuster22]

I liked:
Maus
The Ultimate X-Men
Tintin! (Still decideing if thats a comic or a graphic novel series)
And there are a couple whose names escape me.

My brother is reading Maus. That looks pretty . . . um . . . creative? lol

I WANT TO READ TINTIN SO BAD!

[HunnyBunchFilms]

Watchmen
Batman Year One and Dark Knight Returns
Quiver (Kevin Smiths run on Green Arrow)
Batman Hush

[Griffmo]

Oh yeah, TinTin is one of my Favorites.

[loosechange]

Shooting War hands down.

[Magical Monkey]

My brother is reading Maus. That looks pretty . . . um . . . creative? lol


Yeah, Maus is really interesting. It portrays the Jews as mice and the Nazi Germans as Cats (You can guess why), Polish as Pigs, Soviets as Bears, Americans as dogs and Frenchmen as frogs. (Ya, its an Animal Portrayal)

Oh yeah, TinTin is one of my Favorites.
So...Tintin is a graphic novel series? Okay I'm fine with that. :)

[MonkeyHead]

Watchmen... No contest for me.

As for comic, I'm not sure. (i'm assuming that you mean an individual comic, and not a series).

But I can name off my favorite comic book character. "Deadpool". There's ust something about a smart ass merc, that makes him the perfect comic book character. Pluss he uses two swords, which is cool by itself, and something that I've been practicing for years.

[TheMightySeamus]

So yeah, I noticed we didn't have a thread about graphic novels.

I'd like to start off with The Long Halloween.
It's easily my favorite Batman story, ever. There were scenes in Batman Begins and The Dark Knight lifted directly from Long Halloween.

[EdDaveStudios]

The thread for discussing your latest book pick ups and what you thought of them.

Today I just picked up

Batman Cacophony #2, #3
Red Robin #1
Batman And Robin #1
Hulk #12

[Razback]

My favorite all the time Batman Killing joke,Justice society of america,X-men comics

[josh bower]

The Comic Book Thread: AKA, EdDaveStudios brags about having Batman And Robin #1 - surely this can't be a first edition? Sounds pretty impressive!

I've always been a fan of comic books, but never had any idea where to seriously start with them. There always seems to be so much backstory that I'm simply unfamiliar of. Probably why I'm such a fan of Graphic Novels, comics (usually) confined to a single book.

[TheMightySeamus]

The Comic Book Thread: AKA, EdDaveStudios brags about having Batman And Robin #1 - surely this can't be a first edition? Sounds pretty impressive!

I've always been a fan of comic books, but never had any idea where to seriously start with them. There always seems to be so much backstory that I'm simply unfamiliar of. Probably why I'm such a fan of Graphic Novels, comics (usually) confined to a single book.
Batman and Robin is a new series, actually.
It's written by Grant Morrison, who I loathe.

[EdDaveStudios]

The Comic Book Thread: AKA, EdDaveStudios brags about having Batman And Robin #1 - surely this can't be a first edition? Sounds pretty impressive!

I've always been a fan of comic books, but never had any idea where to seriously start with them. There always seems to be so much backstory that I'm simply unfamiliar of. Probably why I'm such a fan of Graphic Novels, comics (usually) confined to a single book.


Whoops, I should have made that more clear haha, Batman And Robin is a brand new series. My Bad.

[EdDaveStudios]

Batman and Robin is a new series, actually.
It's written by Grant Morrison, who I loathe.

Why do you "loathe" Grant Morrison? Final Crisis was awesome and he was responsible for that. Unless you have something against Final Crisis?

[TheMightySeamus]

Why do you "loathe" Grant Morrison? Final Crisis was awesome and he was responsible for that. Unless you have something against Final Crisis?
Read his run on Batman.

[LukBuk]

If you want to talk about comic books, go to Pulp Secret (http://http://www.pulpsecret.com/).

[EdDaveStudios]

If you want to talk about comic books, go to Pulp Secret (http://http://www.pulpsecret.com/).

Wicked, I had no idea about this.

[theSarge00]

Justice League: the New Frontier

[EdDaveStudios]

If anyone digs any of Loeb's or McGuinness' work, I recommend the new HULK series.

[NinternMike]

Y the Last Man.

[tambrm1016]

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. A friend of mine had it many years ago, but I think it's out of print. I did find it somewhere on the web and started reading it.

Got to find that again and finish the mission...

[Ruste]

Watchmen is the freaking greatest comicbook/-s of all time.:)
Nothing will ever beat it.

~Ruste
:superjustin:

[sp00k]

OH, I just started reading The Walking Dead. (I got through the first 3 volumes in one sitting...and I couple gallons of Kool-Aid). I love it so far. My friend's got me into zombie books (after I fell in love with zombie movies) and I saw The Walking Dead at my local retailer and had to have it.

I usually don't BUY graphic novels or comics because I polish 'em off too fast to be worth the money. But watchmen was worth it because it's only 20 bucks. I'm gonna have get the compedium of Walking dead to save literally a couple hundred bucks.

[Jakekilgore]

Watchmen, V for Vendetta, and OldBoy. too bad only one has a good film adaptation.

[Kaygee]

The Hedge Knight. A Song of Ice and Fire but in pictures! Whats not to like? If only I can find a physical shop that sells The Sworn Sword...

[bubblefax]

Probably Death Note (except for the ending)
And Scott Pilgrim.