Graphic Novel Recommendations Please

ukdane · 18 June, 2005, 08:55:19 PM

When Artbomb get their site back online, you mght want to check out their selection of tbp recommendations. The site is down at the moment too.

Another idea would be to check out some of the Humanoids books.

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ukdane · 18 June, 2005, 08:59:39 PM

Byron: Heh, thanks anyway- I still haven't read them, as I need to get the first 6 (or 7) issues IE tpb #1.

Jared Katooie · 19 June, 2005, 04:31:12 AM

Transmetropolitan. Sin City and Sin City: Yellow bastard. I lked those. If you havent got Top Ten yet you should do that too.

JimBob · 20 June, 2005, 01:30:31 AM

Another vote for the walking dead, but I've been a sucker for post appocalypse survivors since John wyndham books as a kid.
And the Queen and Country graphic novels, realsitic espionage comics with an interesing supporting cast.

Jim

thrillpowerseeker · 20 June, 2005, 01:54:02 AM

I'm recommending 100 Bullets and Human Target collections...oh and Fables and Ennis Punisher..

ukdane · 20 June, 2005, 02:09:07 AM

Yeah, I'd back up Queen & Country, and 100 Bullets.

I'm not 100% about Human Target. I didn't like it to start with, but it grew on me.

I'd also recommend:
Fables
Y: The Last Man
Hellblazer
Preacher
... and the Non-collected Outlaw Nation.

psycho_slaughterman · 20 June, 2005, 05:03:41 PM

lets see if anyone can guess what i'm going to say.

psm

Wils · 20 June, 2005, 05:16:07 PM

lets see if anyone can guess what i'm going to say.

"I'm in drag."?

Dudley · 20 June, 2005, 05:24:53 PM

lets see if anyone can guess what i'm going to say.

"I love horses, best of all the animals"?

psycho_slaughterman · 20 June, 2005, 05:32:24 PM

no it was actually "I love horses in drag but anyway.

my real recommendation was... ...The Crow.

Byron Virgo · 20 June, 2005, 05:46:56 PM

If you love horses in drag, you could do worse than order yourself a copy of Pony School (now at it's second printing) from PonySchool@gmail.com

Getting back on topic, I'd also recommend KotW, as well as Sebastian O, Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot, Scott Grey's Understanding Comics, Alan Moore's Writing for Comics, and most anything by Will Eisner (Comics and Sequential Art, Dropsie Avenue, A Contract With God, The Dreamer).

Tiplodocus · 20 June, 2005, 06:56:37 PM

Isn't there a nice collection of Doctor Who stories (Mills and Dave Gibbons?) available at the moment. I would imagine that would be an old school treat and also pretty popular at the moment.

Oddboy · 20 June, 2005, 09:05:12 PM

New Walking Dead book? Aces!

The Amstor Computer · 20 June, 2005, 09:49:45 PM

Tips --

There are actually three collections out now:

DOCTOR WHO VOL. 2: DRAGON'S CLAW

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http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1904159923/ref=pd_sim_b_dp_2/026-9914778-6842863">DOCTOR WHO VOL. 3: TIDES OF TIME

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Tordelbach · 23 June, 2005, 01:00:45 AM

How can anynon-suphero library be complete without the beautiful and moving "Age of Bronze" Image collections, "A Thousand Ships" and "Sacrifice"? Just amazing, and verging on the educational too!

I'd add any of Jason Lutes' similarly jaw-dropping collections to the list, the quirky "Jar of Fools" and the monumental "Berlin".

Rick Veitch's two "Rare Bit Fiends" collections are terrific, and you could do worse than any of Paul Pope's graphic novels, such as "The Ballad of Doctor Richardson".